HARDWOOD RECORD 



53 



Quality 



in hardwood lumber is de 

 termined largely by the soi 

 in which the stumpage is 

 grown. This is why our 

 St. Francis Basin gum and 

 other lumber is Superior. 

 Conditions are ideal for 

 perfect growth. 



MILLER 



LUMBER 



CO. 



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Manager of Cortez Southern Department 



V. Riiliardsdii, a hanlwiHid luiiiluTiiian nf wide' ami valualih- i-xpiTicnre, 

 HiTivt'd in (.'hicago on May 10 to bpconic manager of t,ta(* southern depart- 

 iiicnt of the Cortez Lumber Company, the main office of which is in the 

 I'duway building at 111 West Washington street. Mr. Richardson trav- 

 eled in the eastern territory for six years for the McLean Hardwood Lum- 

 tit-r Ciiuipany and also served with the (irisnuirc-llyniiin iiiid the Urnwn 

 I'c Hackney Companies, all of Memphis. 



New "Lumber Inspection Rules" 



The fourth cditidn of "Tln' LvuuIht Inspection Kales" is now off the 

 press and ready for the trade. The new edition is revises! right up to the 

 minute and contains rules governing the manufacture and inspection of 

 the different kinds of lumber, weights of lumber, comparative strength of 

 luiilding timbers and other infcprmation useful to the buyer and consumer 

 <if lumtier. The honk is ctunpibMl hy "Lumber Inspection Rules," Chicago. 



Belgian Lumberman Returns Home 

 Mr. l*v .longe of the well known Antwerp timber tirm of De lleukelaer & 

 I)e .Tonge, who has been in the United States for some time, covering much 

 territory and studying lumber trade conditions both at the manufacturing 

 and the distributing end, stopped in lialtimore two weeks ago and saw 

 aimuig others Jidin L. Aleock cd" .lidin L. Alcock & Co., Baltimore, exporters. 

 preparatory to sailing for home. Mr. De Jonge. who went through the 

 war in the Belgian army, put in some time at the Batesviile Voneer Com 

 pany's mill at Batesviile, ^Hss,. familiarizing himself with actual working 

 conditions hy intimate contact with operations. He also worked at a 

 saw niiil in West ^'irgini;l for the same jiurpose. 



Alcock Wins Pay for Spruce 



•lotm L. Alcock of the hardwood exporting firm of John L. Alcock & Co.. 

 Kaltimnre. spent part of last week at Wheeling, W. Va., to prosecute a suit 

 agiiinsi the West Virginia Air Craft Company for some four cnrs of prime 

 spruce lurnisbeil un<ler reipiisition from the government <iuring the w:ir. 

 The Air Craft Company lia<l refused to make payment fttr the huuber. con- 

 tending that not less than 70 per cent of it was so bad as to he prac- 

 tically worthless. When pressed to furnish proof of its assertion the 

 company stated in court the lumber had been so poor that It was burned. 

 The judge of the court in which the case was tried before a jury pointeil 

 out that this was virtual destruction of the evidence, and that under the 

 circumstances there was nothing to do other than to award the plaintiff 

 the full amount claimed, which was done. Mr. Alcock consequently got 

 judgment for the sum of $9,091. with interest from the time ilellvery whs 

 made. 



Harder Will Manage I. Stephenson Interests 



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Harder, 

 thi- Rii' 



president of 

 L;iUe Lumber <"om- 

 pany of Merrill, and 

 prominent in lumber 

 association circles, re- 

 signed May 15 to ac- 

 cept the position of 

 general nuinager of 

 the I. Steidiensou 

 Trustees, which han- 

 dles the vast affairs 

 ot the estate of Isaac 

 .Stephenson of Mari- 

 nette. This includes 

 two large sawmills at 

 Wells. Mich.. and 

 large timber holdings 

 in Northern WisiMin- 

 sin and Upper Mich- 

 igan. Mr. Harder ln-- 

 came general sales 

 manager of the Rib 

 Lake Company in No- 

 vember. 1911. later 

 I'ecoming a director. 

 :iiid. ill 191S. presi- 

 (b'Tii Jiiid i:enerjil man- 

 ager. He has served 

 US president of the 

 .Northern Hemlock 

 and Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Assoclathin and was in-asurcr of the National Lumlier Manu- 

 facturers' Association. During the war ho spent much time in Washing- 

 ton, giving expert advice and being instrumental in the classilicalhm of 

 lumber on the essential list. He made the announcement of his resigna- 

 tion and new connections at the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of 

 Wausau on May l(t and stated that he will assume his new duties July 1. 

 In his new capacity he will have general management of a production of 

 7(1. nun, dim i.. Tr..(MHi,ono Uh^X of lumber annually. 



Geo. N. Harder 



