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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 10, 1922 



Steven & Jarvis Reorganize Sales Department 



W. H. Sill 



F. £. Andrews 



The sales depart- 

 ment of the Steven 

 & Jarvis Lumber Co., 

 Eau Claire, Wis., has 

 been reorganized, ac- 

 cording to announce- 

 ment made by the 

 company the latter 

 part of January. 

 Through the reor- 

 ganization W. H. Sill, 

 formerly sales man- 

 ager for the H. F. 

 Below Lumber Co., 

 Marinette. Wis., and 

 since then in the 

 commission lumber 

 business in the same 

 city, has been made 

 general sales man- 

 ager for the Steven 

 & Jarvis company. 

 In this position he 

 succeeds Fred E. An- 

 drews, who has been 

 transferred to Chi- 

 cago to manage the 



northern hardwood department of the branch office In that city. 



The new general sales manager has had long experience as a lumberman 

 and is known throughout the northern territory, where he has held positions 

 with some of the leading Minnesota and Wisconsin concerns, among these 

 being the Brown Land & Lumber Company of Rhinelander, Wis., for which 

 he was sales manager for a number of years previous to his connection 

 with the H. F. Below organization. 



Mr. Andrews' service with the Steven & Jarvis company extends over a 

 period of thirteen years, four of which were spent in charge of the Rock- 

 ford, 111., office, and nine as general sales manager with headquarters in 

 Eau Claire. He served his apprenticeship in the lumber business many 

 years ago as inspector for the Yawkey Lumber Company, Hazelhurst, Wis.. 



and was then for five 

 years secretary of 

 the St. Paul Fur- 

 niture Company, St. 

 Paul, Minn., manu- 

 facturers of bank 

 and bar fixtures. Fol- 

 lowing this he was 

 with the P a y s n 

 Smith Lumber Com- 

 pany of Minneapolis 

 for two years. He 

 then Joined the sales 

 forces of the Mercer 

 & Ferdon Lumber 

 Company, Grand 

 Rapids, now the 

 Grand Rapids Lum- 

 tier Company. He re- 

 mained five years 

 with this concern, re- 

 signing to enter the 

 employ of the Steven 

 & Jarvis Lumber 

 Company. 



The Steven & Jar- 

 vis Lumber Company 

 recently opened a southern hardwood department in its Chicago office and 

 placed this department in charge of Rowland S. Utiey, who has a wide 

 acquaintance and a long experience in the southern hardwood field. He 

 represented the Aberdeen Lumber Company in Chicago for a number of 

 years, was in the commission business for himself and later manager of 

 the hardwood department of the Chicago Lumber & Coal Company in 

 Chicago. 



P. W. Long, who was for about one year manager of the Chicago office 

 of the company has been transferred to Milwaukee, Wis., where he rep- 

 resented the concern for several years before coming to Chicago. He is now- 

 making his headquarters at the Republican House in Milwaukee. 



The Steven & Jarvis Lumber Company Is one of the most substantial and 

 best known of the northern hardwood wholesale distributers. It has been 

 In the field fifteen years and during that time has grown steadily. The 

 company manufactures as well as wholesales lumber, having a hardwood 

 mill at Cobban, Wis. J. D. R. Steven is president of the concern, Arthur 

 Jarvis is vice-president and B. E. De Yo is secretary-treasurer. 



Rowland E. Utley 



F. W. Long 



Geo. D. Griffith & Co. Puts on New Man 



The George D. GrilHth & Co. of Chicago have made an important addi- 

 tion to their sales force in the person of J. D. Foucht, a lumberman 

 who has had considerable experience in the business. Mr. Foucht has been 

 with the Hardwood Mills Lumber Company, Chicago ; the Advance Mill & 

 Lumber Company, Chicago, and the Russe & Burgess Company, Memphis, 

 Tenn. During 1922 he will cover the Indiana, Michigan and Ohio territory 

 for the Griffith company, selling hardwood chiefly. Mr. Foucht joined his 

 new connection on February 1, announcement being made on that date by 

 George D. Griffith, president of the company. 



Not Connected with Monongahela 

 W. W. Wilson, Jr., president of the Republic Lumber Company, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa., wholesalers of lumber, has asked that the trade be advised 

 that the Republic company is in no way connected with the Monongahela 

 Lumber Company of that city. Some confusion has arisen from the fact 

 that the Republic Lumber Company took over the offices of the other com- 

 pany and assumed the lease thereof In payment for their equipment and 

 allowed them temporarily to have desk room in the offices. Confusion may 

 also have arisen from the fact that W. J. Harrington, secretary and treas- 

 urer of the Republic company, was formerly connected with the Monon- 

 gahela company. K. G. Snyder owns the capital stock of the Monongahela 

 company and Mr. Harrington is now employed by the Republic company. 

 Mr. Wilson is the owner of the Republic company and has no connection 

 with the Monongahela company. 



Whitson Succeeds Simonson as Manager 

 The National Lumber Manufacturers Inter-Insurance Exchange, 11 South 

 La Salle street, Chicago, announces that on January 25 Charles F. Simon- 

 son severed his connection with the exchange, and for the present W. B. 

 Whitson, deputy attorney-in-fact, will perform the duties of manager and 

 attorney-in-fact. The executive committee, comprising Chas. A. Bigelow, 

 chairman ; W. A. Holt, vice-chairman, and C. F. Wiehe, treasurer, urge the 

 patrons and members of the exchange to co-operate with Mr. Whitson in the 

 upbuilding of the exchange. 



The committee has this to say regarding the condition of the exchange : 

 "We are insuring in excess of 400 mills and lumber properties, and 

 desire to increase this number very materially, and hope you will aid us 

 In so doing, by giving us as large lines on your property as we can carry, 

 and urging your neighbors and friends, who are not now insuring with us, 

 to do so. 



"We are strong financially, as our 1921 statement shows (same Is now 

 in the hands of the printer and will be mailed you shortly). Our surplus 

 over all liabilities Increased 30 per cent as compared with our 1920 state- 

 ment, and this in spite of an unusually heavy loss ratio during the past 

 year. 



"Our average rate has gradually decreased, thus showing a saving made 

 by our competition with the stock companies In favor of our subscribers. 

 By increasing our premium Income, we further reduce the cost to you. So 

 will you not kindly join with us In an earnest effort to increase our busi- 

 ness?" 



Peschau Goes Back to Minneapolis 

 A very advantageous connection has been formed by F. II. Peschau, 

 Chicago representative of the Payson Smith Lumber Company of Minne- 

 apolis, Minn., with the Webster Lumt)er Company of Minneapolis, whole- 

 salers of hardwoods. Mr. Peschau has resigned from the Payson Smith 

 company, to take effect February 15, and on that date will go to Minne- 

 apolis to assume his new duties. He will market hardwoods for the Web- 

 ster company in the Minneapolis and other territories. Mr. Peschau has 

 been the manager of the Chicago office of the Payson Smith company for 

 the past three years, coming to Chicago from Minneapolis. He has had 

 long experience In the northern hardwood industry and has a wide 

 acquaintance. It Is an interesting coincidence that his very first experience 

 in the lumber business fourteen years ago was with the Webster company. 

 The first hardwood board he ever saw graded was in this company's yard 

 at Maple, Wis. lie spent two and a half years in the woods with this 

 company, acquiring the fundamentals of the business. Later he was with 

 the Parker Kellogg Lumber Company of Minneapolis and after that he 

 served five years with the Kneeland-McLurg Lumber Company of Phil- 

 lips, Wis. 



May Buys Davis' Louisville Yards 

 Announcement has Just been made of a deal whereby the R. R. May 

 Hardwood Company has purchased the offices, yard leases and lumber on 

 yards of the Edward L. Davis Lumber Company at Louisville, the latter 

 concern having announced plans for moving its main offices to Mobile, 

 Ala., in order to give closer supervision to its mills and in filling orders, as 

 mills are operated at Mobile and Gllbertown, Ala. Heretofore the May 

 company has been handling a car lot Jobbing business, but has not yarded 

 stock. This latter company was formed about two years ago by R. R. May, 

 who for some years was secretary of the Louisville Hardwood Club and 

 manager of the Louisville Division, Southern Ilardwoofl Traffic Association. 



Stackhouse Made General Manager 

 The partners of French & Hecht, Davenport, la., and Springfield, C, 



successors to Bettendorf Metal Wheel Company, have appointed W. H. 



Stackhouse general manager in charge of their business at both Davenport, 



la., and Springfield, O. 



Mr. Stackhouse has been connected with French & Hecht since 1898, and 



for a number of years has been one of the general partners and manager 



of the Springfield, O., plant. 



