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HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 25, 1918 



Union National hank, director in tho Iliidson Sawmill Company, presi- 

 dent of the Eau Claire Water Works Company, president of the Fort Scott 

 Luii.lier Company, treasurer of the .\nthracite Coal Company of Alberta. 

 Can., a concern with a capital stock of over ffl.OOn.OOO. 



Louis H. Lothman Dies In Service 



Louis II. Lothman. assistant treasurer of the Lothman Cypress Company, 

 St. Louis, died in St. Paul, Minn., on October 12, while in the air service 

 of the United States .Vrmy. Death was due to inthienza. 



He was twenty-seven years old and a native of St. Louis. After attending 

 the public schools and Smith Academy, he entered the employment of his 

 father and for three years has been manager of the Foster-Lothman Lumber 

 mills at Oshkosh, Wis. He was the son of William Lothman. president of 

 the Lothman Cypress Company, and identified with several other enterprises 

 along that line with mills in Alcazar. Batchelor and Napoleonville, La. 

 Mr. Lothman was married in this city several years ago to Miss Bertha 

 Lipps, who survives him. 



Henry S. Boykin Dies 



Southwestern lumber circles wore thrown into grief by the death of 

 Henry S. Boykin. general sales manager of the Chicago Coal & Lumber 

 Company with Houston. Tex., headquarters. His death occurred in that 

 city October 12. Mr. Boykin was born in Caasata, .\la., July 3, 1S74, and 

 received his first lumber experience with the old Beaumont Lumber Com- 

 pany in 1892. After the Kirby merger he organized the II. S. Boykin 

 Lumber Company which he later sold and went with the Ford & Isbell 

 Lumber Company of Ft. Worth. He went with the Chicago company upon 

 its organization by his brother Lorenzo J. Boykin who became president 

 and general manager. He was very popular in lumber circles from the 

 great lakes to the gulf and his death ended the career of one of the most 

 promising of the younger generation of lumbermen. 



J. Newton Scatcherd Victim of Pneumonia 



Much regret was caused to the lumlier industry upon the death of 

 J. Newton Scatcherd. which occurred on October 14. after a week's illness 

 of pneumonia. He was the son of the late John N. Scatcherd and was 

 Jong associated with him in the hardwood lumber business. He was born 

 in Buffalo on June 2, 1885, and attended Hill school, Tottstown, Pa. At 

 school he established a reputation as a footliall player and was one of the 

 most promising polo players at the country club. Genial and of generous 

 nature, he had a great many friends. lie is survived by his widow and 

 two young children, besides a sister, Mrs. G. Milburn, Jr.. of New York. 



The Godfrey Log Conveyor 



Every mill, whether large or small, has the lal>or pi-oblem to face. The 

 handling of logs from cars or trucks to stiu'age piles and from storage to 

 mill means a tremendous expenditure of human labor. 



Why not move this large bulk and weight entirely by power? The God- 

 frey log conveyor can handle your logs at a great saving not only of 

 money, but it can reduce the need of mill yard laborers to a minimum. 



The hoist operated by one man can move the logs either way across a 

 span of any length up to 500 feet. Electric, gas or steam power is used. 



The conveyor can be placed at any angle to railroad or mill and is easily 



LIEUT. CIIAPIN C. BARR, WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN FRANCE 

 Photograph was received too late to be used in connection with account 

 of his death, run in our last issue 



GOIlFREY LOG CONVEYOR 



reset to accommodate change of storage space or handling requirements. 

 The manufact\irer, John F. Godfrey, Elkhart, Ind., invites interested 

 parties to send views of their mill goods, and receive, in return, rough 

 sketches suggesting the hevst location of the log handling equipment. 



Points in the Lumber Embargo 



A liullctin distributed by the Hardwood JIanufacturers' Association, 

 Cincinnati, emphasizes the following points regarding the lumber em- 

 bargo : 



Reconsigument of lumber is absolutely prohibited to the embargoed 

 territory. This will absolutely stop the practice of putting cars In 

 transit. 



Embargoes do not apply on less than car load shipments but it is 

 not expected that a shipper will split up a car load of lumber in order 

 to defeat the embargo. 



When it is necessary for shipments of rough lumber to be stopped off 

 in transit for milling or dressing, one permit only is necessary, providing 

 that the ultimate consumer in making out his application, shows that 

 :t !s necessary tor shipment to be stopped at a milling point tor this 

 purpose and permit so issued. 



The United War Work Campaign 



On November H a campaign will begin for raising ?170..'.00.000 for war 

 purposes, but this is not to be a bond sale. The money given will be a 

 gift to certain organizations which will spend it for the good of soldiers 

 and sailors. It is a united campaign to raise the whole amount which 

 will then be distributed among seven organizations in the following 

 sums : 



Young Men's Christian Association $100,000,000 



Young Women's Christian Association 15.000.000 



National Catholic War Council 30.000.000 



Jewish Welfare Board 3,500,000 



War Camp Community Service IS.OOo.iiOO 



.\merican Lilirary .\ssociation 3.500,(iiiO 



Salvation Army '. 3.500.000 



The total sum seems small in comparison with the lll)erty loans which 

 the country has been raising : and there is no doubt that the sum will be 

 forthcoming. Neither is there any doubt that the money will be spent 

 where every dollar of it will do good. 



Building Permits for September 



Building permits, issued duriug the last half of September came under 

 the ban of the War Industries Board order, prohibiting all but strlctlj 

 essential construction. During the first half of the month, there was a 

 somewhat wider scope to the character of the work. The general effect 

 of the restriction was no doubt to lessen the volume of the building to be 

 undertaken. In a few cities there was reported a temporary stimulatioin 

 to the issuance of permits, under the mistaken Impression of prospectivp 

 builders that once a permit was granted by the city authorities, work 

 might proceed without interference, but the percentage of the permits 

 issued due to that ^-ause was perhaps on the whole inconsiderable. In 

 view of the sharp restrictions placed upon construction work by the 

 government, the showing made last month must be regarded as satisfac- 

 tory. It does not include the en,ormous amount of construction work 

 directly undertaken by the government but. inste-ad, only private work, 

 most of it of an essential character, not only permitted by the authorities 

 at Washington, but much of it actually urged as aids in winning the war. 



The building permits, issued in 133 principal cities of the United States, 

 as officially reported to the Amcricnn Contractor, for September, 1918, 

 total $35,431. is", as compared with $50,724,143 tor September, 1917, a 

 decrease of 30 per cent : but .a decrease of- over 50 per cent, as compared 

 with September, IIUO, in which month 115 cities reported building permits 

 aggregating $70.'.)80.1(U. 



Of the 133 cities reporting last month. 47, or 35 per cent, show gains. 

 The largest of the cities thus reporting gains are Baltimore and Detroit, 



