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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Dccemb.T lo. uiji 



on rejection of the entire sbipiiicut aud brought ^uit to secure recovery 

 of the $6,000 paid against the invoice before arrival of the lumber and 

 to collect $1,000 claimed for unloading and handling. 



The defendant firm did not attempt to deny any of the facts brought 

 out at the trial but it put a number of witnesses on the stand to give 

 evidence regarding trade practices in such cases and this evidence weighed 

 so heavily with the jury that it brought a decision in favor of the F. T. 

 Dooley Lumber Company, 



The decision, however, loses some of its immediate importance for the 

 reason that the complainant firm is taking steps to appeal to the higher 

 courts. 



Mother of William and Charles Perrin Dies 



Mrs. Belinda S. Perrin, mother of William A. and Charles N. Perrin, 

 members of Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling, died in Rochester on November 

 25, aged 77 years. She was the widow of Andrew N. Perrin, who was 

 long actively engaged in the petroleum industry, and for a number of 

 years she bad made her home in Rochester with a daughter, Mrs. Henry 

 F. Burton. Two other daughters are Mrs. Sybil Perrin Inslee, of Roches- 

 ter, and Mrs. Edward C. Atwater. of Batavia. 



Bowen Resigns: Succeeded by Schaad 



Armour C. Bowen. district manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic 

 Association resigned from that organization December 1, and on the same 

 date left Memphis for Pensacola, Fla., to become traffic and assistant 

 sales manager of the Weis-Patterson Lumber Company which recently re- 

 moved its headquarters from Pensacola to the Florida city. Although 

 his headquarters were in New Orleans, Mr. Bowen had spent the greater 

 portion of the past several months at the executive offices of the Associa- 

 tion here assisting in preparing the "hardwood rate case" and in other im- 

 portant work. 



George Schaad, Jr., assumed the position of district manager at New 

 Orleans on December 1. For the past year or more he had been assistant 

 to Mr. Bowen and prior to that time he had been district manager of 

 the association at Helena, Ark. He is therefore entirely familiar with his 

 duties in his advanced position. 



Mr. Bowen takes very high rank among traffic men in the South because 

 of his ability, energy and application. He was brought up in that won- 

 derful school of experience, the Illinois Central railroad, advancing by 

 rapid stages from a clerical position in the rate department to the position 

 of assistant to the general freight agent. He was serving in the latter 

 capacity when he enlisted in the army in 1917. He was discharged durjn.L; 

 Christmas of 191S with the rank of lieutenant of infantry. Shortly 

 thereafter he opened the district offices of the association at Alexandria, 

 La., subsequently removing them to New Orleans. 



Mr. Bowen is secretary of the Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers 

 Club and vice-president of the American Overseas Forwarding Company. 

 What effect acceptance of his new position will have on his official con- 

 nections with these organizations is not known. 



Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company Runs Mill for Fuel Only 

 In a letter to H.ardwood Record the llackley-Pheips-Bonnell Company 

 of Phelps, Wis., corrects the statement pul>lished in the November 25 issue 

 to the effect that the company was preparing to re-open its sawmill and 

 begin extensive woods operations because of the decided improvement in 

 the market. The company advises that it is starting its mill merely for 

 the reason that its fuel supply has been exhausted and "it's a case of make 

 some or freeze up." The company does not expect to operate the mill longer 

 than necessary to secure the needed fuel. The company does not feel the 

 need of adding to Its lumber stocks just now, as its yard is full and very 

 little stock' is being moved. 



Edna Lumber Company Formed 

 The E<]na Lumber Company has been organized at Hagerstown. Md., I)y 

 W. M. Daniels and M. E. EUinger, for the purpose of selling lumber whole- 

 sale and on commission. The offices of the company are in the Aughinbaugh 

 building and connections have been formed with a number of high class 

 mills. The owners of the company will work the trade in Centra! and 

 Western Maryland and Central Pennsylvania. Both have had wide experi- 

 ence in that territory and understand not only the selling but the milling 

 end of the business. 



Williams-Crawley 



Miss Gladys IjOv Crawley of Little Rock and Erskine Williams of Mem- 

 phis, were united in marriage at the home of Mrs. A. B. Harvey, Memphis. 

 Wednesday evening. November 30, the Rev. Chai'les W. Wehdell. pastor 'of 

 the First Methodist church, officiating. 



The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L^ee Crawley of 

 Little Rock, and was a debutante in Little Rock society circles several years 

 ago. Mr. Williams is the principal in the Erskine Williams Lumber (_*om- 

 pany of Memphis, and is one of the most prominent as well as one of the 

 most popular of the younger men identified with the industry in this city. 



An informal reception was held following the ceremony and after this. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Williams left for a bridal trip on the southern coast. They 

 will be at home at 1408 Carr avenue, Memphis, after January first. 



Gladding Addresses Service Club 

 John C. Binford. Orval S. Ilixon, Harris Co.\ and L. «'. Iluey, repre- 

 senting the lumber industries of Indianapolis, had charge of the enter- 



tainment at the luncheon of the Service Cluli which was held recently. 

 v\n address was made by N. A. Gladding, vice-president of E. C. Atkins 

 & Co., in which he emphasized the importance of the conservation of the 

 nation's resources of timber. 



Prominent Wagon Maker Is Buried 

 The funeral services for Peter Bernd, Indianapolis, founder of the 

 Bernd Brothers Company and Peter Hernd and Son, wagon manufacturers, 

 who died recently at his home, 113S South Illinois street, were held at the 

 residence November 26, at 2 o'clock. Mr. Bernd was 75 years old and 

 had been ill almost a year. He was b(»rn in Germany, but came to Indian- 

 apolis in 1873, and in 1S7.^ was married to Katherine Thomas. In the 

 same year he organized the Bernd Bros. Company, and in 1904 established 

 Peter Bernd & Son, with which he was connected at the time of his death. 



Wood Novelties Factory Going Up 



Work is progressing rapidly on a nt>w building being erected by the 

 Storms novelty works, at Winchester, Ind. It will be a two-story struc- 

 ture 100x50 feet, with a one-story adjunct, 20x80 feet, on the west side, 

 which will include a fireproof engine and boiler room. A modern office 

 building will also be erected. WTien the new buildings are completed, a 

 large amount of new machinery will be addetl for the manufacture of all 

 kinds of wooden plugs. It is said the factory will give employment to 

 50 men in the beginning. 



Vail-Donaldson Company Organized 



For the purpose of dealing in forest jtruiiufts and timber lands the 

 Vail-Donaldson Company was recently organized in Fort Wayne. Ind.. by 

 Aaron T. Vail. James W. Donaldson and Edward A. Becker. The com- 

 pany has a capital stock of .S.SOO.OOn. 



Steven & Jarvis Open Southern Hardwood Department 

 Because of the demand on the Steven & Jarvis Lumber Company of Eau 

 Claire, Wis., for southern hardwoods, the company has opened a depart- 

 ment in its Chicago office, Lumber Exchange building, to take care of this 

 end of the business. 



This department has been placed in charge of Rowland S. Utley, who had 

 handled southern hardwo<Ml lumber in the Chicago territory for a number 

 of years and is familiar with the ne*Mls of the trade. Mr. ITtley resigned 

 the position of manager of the Chicago office and hardwood department of 

 the Chicago Lumber & Coal Company to take this position. Previous to 

 this connection he was with the Aberdeen Lumber Company and in business 

 for himself. His experience is wide. 



The Steven & Jarvis company is now prepared to. market all of the 

 southern hardwoods. 



Appointed Vicegerent Snark 



C. A. Neuenhahn. Vicc-Prcsidrnt an.! Sccn-tary of the Central States Tie 

 and Lumber Company of St. I>>uis. .Mo., has been appolntel Vicegerent 

 Snark for the Southeastern District of Missouri, according to announcement 

 from the headquarters of Hoo-Hoo. 



Mr. Neuenhahn is one of the popular and live wire lumbermen of St. 

 Louis and has been a most earnest worker and supporter of the Order in 

 his activities in the past. Immediately following his appointment, he held 

 a meeting at the American Annex Hotel and appointed committers and 

 completed arrangements for Concatenation to be held at the American 

 Annex on Dec. 14. A large number of candidates has already been signed 

 up. 



Maurice Wiley to Form Own Company 



Maurice W. Wiley of Phl]ad<"lphiii. Vn.. announces that he has sold his 

 stock in the Sterner Lumber Company to his former associates and has 

 resigned as director and president in order that he may engage in the 

 wholesale lumber business on his own account and under his own name. He 

 is negotiating now for suitable offices In Philadelphia and expects to per- 

 fect plans between now and the end of the year, so that he will have 

 everything in smooth running order by January 1. 1922. In the meantinK- 

 he is looking nftf-r his alTairs frcni Iiis residence. .S624 I'aring stn*ft. 

 Philadelphia. 



Farber Predicts Quiet in Export Trade 

 Business in American hardwoods with Europe during the next few weeks 

 will be quiet, in the opinion of <:. A. Farber. foreign representative of 

 Russe and Burgess, Inc.. Memphis, and, himself a member of that tirm, 

 who has i-eturned to Memphis recently from his headquarters in London. 

 Mr. Farber takes the view that the advance in prices, which has already 

 appreciably slowed down fon-ign buying, will continue to operate in the 

 same direction, pemling further developments in the wood-working industry 

 in Europe as well as in the American hardwood situation. He points out 

 that foreign buyers have bought with consiilerable freedom during the 

 past few weeks and that, in addition to stock already in hand, a larjUM' 

 percentage of recent purchases will arrive in the next few weel<s, thus 

 giving ample supplies for the time being. The disposition of foreign buyers 

 to delay placing orders is due. according to the authority, primarily to 

 losses they sustained on high-priced lumber they carried into the depression 

 of the past year, and they are. quite naturally, somewhat in the position of 

 the "burnt child" and are anxious to see whether or not the present level of 

 prices for American hardwonds will be maintained. 



Mr. Farber says that Amt-riciin hardwoods are encountering some real 

 competition from foreign lumber, particularly from Poland aud from 

 Austiia. Austrian white oak. he points out, compares very favorably with 

 the American product, the only complaint being based on lengths. 



