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The Ueci'inlMr calendar oi the l.timbernnn's I'lub of C'lilcaiio shows 

 that there Is listed ii stns vaudeville for December 13 and an evening of 

 dancing for December 17. Miss Ruth Stonebouse will ngaiu teach the 

 new dances on the latter date. 



n.vRDWooD Uecori) acknowledges receipt of a handsome calendar — the 

 first for the year l',)14 — which was sent by the Wood-Mosaic Company 

 of New Albany, Ind. 



H.tRDwooD Record Is also in receipt of a boftklet containing report of 

 the paper on "Closer Utilization of Timber," as submitted by the com- 

 mittee on forest utilization at the recent conservation congress at 

 Washington. 



C. B. Allen, manager of the veneer department of the Anderson-TuUy 

 Company. Memphis, has been spending several days on one of his peri- 

 odical trips to the local market. 



W. B. Burke of the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. Charleston, Miss., 

 accompanied by Mrs. Burke, has been spending quite a little time in 

 Chicago recently and on Sunday last left for Charleston after having 

 been In the city for about two weeks. 



As noted elsewhere in this Issue, a meeting of the board of governors 

 of the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association was held at the Chicago 

 Lumbermen's Club on Saturday. December 6. Among those present 

 were E. A. Lang. F. R. Gadd. S. M. Nickey, T. W. Fry, W. W. Dings, 

 M. B. Cooper. II. B. Weiss. W. B. Burke, C. L. Harrison, John M. 

 Pritchard, J. W. McClure. W. A. Gilchrist. Most of these men have 

 already left the city and returned to their respective homes. 



E. D. Galloway and M. ' L. Pease of the Galloway-Pease Company. 

 Poplar Bluff. Mo., and Saginaw, Mich., have been spending several days 

 with the Chicago trade. 



Geo. n. Chapman of the Northwestern Lumber Company, Stanley, Wis,, 

 spent several days of last week In Chicago. 



F. J. Nichols of the Nichols & Cox Lumber Company. Grand Rapids. 

 Mich., was in town on a selling trip several days of last week. 



O. P. Hurd of Cairo, 111., spent several days In Chicago last week In 

 conference with his brother. J. S. Hurd. 



J. C. Knox, secretary of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation, stopped off In Chicago Monday of this week on his way back 

 to Cadillac after having attended the logging conference at Green Bay. 



The last Issue of the Lumbermen's Club News, dated December, being 

 volume 1. number 3. Is a mighty entertaining sheet. It contains a raft 

 ■of Interesting stuff having to do with the business and personal affairs 

 of members of the club. 



The H. C. Heinemann Furniture Company has started business at 

 Chicago with S2.5,000 capital stock. 



The United Sash and Door Company has started business in Chicago 

 with a capital stock of .$.5,000. 



Haughton & Gillespie of Chicago have changed the firm name to the 

 Haughton Veneer Company. 



The Binder Frame Manufacturing Company of Chicago has been or- 

 ganized with an authorized capital stock of $10,000. 



The Windsor Folding Bed Company of Chicago has changed Its name 

 to the Windsor Furniture Company. 



The Schwartz Picture Frame Company has been incorporated at 

 'liicago with .$.5,000 capital. 



It is learned that J. T. Phillips of the Diamond Lumber Company. 

 Green Bay, Wis.. Is now convalescing after a severe attack of typhoid 

 fever. Mr. Phillips Is away for a two weeks' rest with his brother. 



Max L. Pease, Poplar Bluff. Mo., vice-president of the Galloway- 

 Pease Company, whose headquarters are at Saginaw. Mich., was In 

 Chicago December 2. 



Nels Duebolra. sales manager for the Scott & Howe Lumber Company, 

 Oshkosh, Wis., was a welcome caller at Hardwood Record oflSce Decem- 

 ■ber 2. 



J. S. Stearns, president of the Stearns Salt & Lumber Company, 

 Ludlngton, Mich., was among the visitors to the local trade Demember 9. 



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suit against the Long Island Railroad Company and his daughter, Miss 

 Pauline Darnell, $10,000. The suit was brought following an accident 

 In October. 1911, when a Long Island train ran down an automobile, 

 killing .Mrs. Uarncll and another daughter and Injuring Miss Pauline 

 Darnell. 



Wm. II. Russe of Memphis, Tenn., prominent hardwood lumber operator 

 and ex-president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, was a 

 visitor to New York during the fortnight. In company with Mrs. Russe 

 he was on a shopping tour. 



J. C. Kaul of the Kaul Lumber Company, hardwood manufacturers of 

 Birmingham, .^la.. was a New York visitor recently. 



The South American Hard Woods Company has been incorporated in 

 New York by Geo. H. Hill. Medellin, Colombia. South America ; F. O. 

 Altinger and E. H. Vines of New York. The company will deal In im- 

 ported hard and fancy woods, and control vast tracts of timber In South 

 .America. 



F. C. Price, for many years Identified with the tropical hardwood busi- 

 ness In this city, has been appointed representative here of the Grand 

 Rapids Veneer Works. He Is located at 17 West Forty-second street. 



The Magara Wood Working Company, office this city and plant at 

 Mlddleport. N. Y.. has filed a petition In bankruptcy ; liabilities $.52,600, 

 assets $67,200. 



The Lockhart Piano Company has filed a petition in bankruptcy : liabili- 

 ties $29,700, a.ssets $14,400. 



R. J. Darnell, Memphis lumberman, was awarded $11,000 damages in 



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An order has been issu.-d hy .ludgo Hazel iu Federal Court directing 

 Roland Grangle, receiver of the Blue Grass Lumber Company, to show 

 cause why money collected on certain accounts should not be turned over 

 to the Manufacturers' Finance Company of Baltimore. That concern 

 makes claim to certain assets of the lumber company under an assignment 

 for loans. The affairs of the Blue Grass Lumber Company and the 

 associate Empire State Hardwood Lumber Company are in a tangled 

 condition on account of the loss of part of the books. One Buffalo bank 

 Is a creditor to the extent of $42,000. 



The Jamestown Panel & Veneer Company sustained a loss of several 

 thousand dollars by fire, as well as water on November 30. The beat set 

 off about twenty-five sprinklers and the veneer plant as well as two floors 

 of the Nelson Company, manufacturers of dining-room tables, was flooded. 

 The fire was caused either by spontaneous combustion or defective 

 wiring. 



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