June 25, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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the carriers any adfance at all so far as lumber originating at southern 

 producing points is concerned, but he has nothing tangible other than the 

 sentiment in Washington on which to base this hope. 



While in Washington, Mr. Town.shend kept in close touch with the Car 

 .Service Commission and he is sure the latter is putting forth every effort 

 in its power to bring about more satisfactory transportation conditions 

 not only for the lumbermen but also for the general business interests of 

 the country. The Car Service Commission at Memphis is keeping in close 

 touch, too, with the Car Ser\-ice Commission at Washington, and one of 

 the accomplishments already to the credit of these two bodies, thanks to 

 the co-operation of the lumbermen, is the loading of all cars to full capacity 

 where lumber is concerned. 



Evansville Outing Great Success 



The Evansville Lumbermen's Club of Evansville. Ind., gave its annual 

 summer outing on the Ohio river on the steamer Joe Fowler on Tuesday, 

 June 19. The day was delightful and nearly 200 lumbermen and their 

 friends took in the trip. The steamer left the Evansville wharf at 2 :.^0 

 p. m. and returned at 10 :30. A trip was made to the government dam in 

 course of construction across the Ohio river, seventeen miles below Evans- 

 ville. At six o'clock fried chicken and many other good things were served. 

 The table, which was ISO feet long, extended across the entire cabin of the 

 boat. Instead of a tablecloth being usml ou the table a solid piece of veneer 

 that had been made by the Evansville Veneer Company was used. It 

 was made of poplar and was cut to the thickness of one-sixtieth of an 

 inch, being rotary cut. It was forty-five inches wide, 2.160 Inches long 

 and sewed with eight seams of thread. The machine that sewed it will 

 sew stuff eighteen seams wide, being what is believed to be the biggest 

 sewing machine in the world and the only one built to sew wood. At the 

 banquet table short talks were made by George O. Worland and Daniel W. 

 Wertz. After the banquet dancing and music were enjoyed until the boat 

 landed. Ferol Taylor, the pretty six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Mertice E. Taylor, gave a glowworm dance. Lucy May Greer, the little 

 daughter of J. C. Greer, and Miss Helen Rommell appeared in a Spanish 

 dance, which was greatly enjoyed. Music was furnished by Eck's orchestra. 

 Several solos were sung by Robert Chambers, a general favorite with Evans- 

 ville lumbermen. Card tables were arranged and many of the guests en- 

 joyed this pastime. ' 



Much amusement was created late in the evening by the dancing of the 

 square dances and the old time waltzes. Secretary Taylor acted as "caller." 

 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sabel were given the prize as the best dancers in the 

 old fashioned waltz, the prize consisting of a standing invitation to the 

 next annual outing of the club. Honorable mention was given to John 

 Stephen and Miss Frisse. Mr. Stephen is the general manager of the Mid- 

 land Furniture Company. 



The outing took the place of the regular .Tune meeting of the Evansville 

 Lumbermen's Club and there will be no more meetings of the club until 

 the second Tuesday in Seittfmber. 



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Wkh the Trade 



Isaac Osgood 



Isaac Osgood, grandfather of Geo. B. Osgood, of the Osgood-Corson Lum- 

 ber Company, Chicago, died in Chicago. Friday morning. June 22. at the 

 age of 103 years. Mr. Osgood had been connected directly and indirectly 

 with the utilization of hardwood lumber prac- 

 tically all of his active career. He was born at 

 Ainshury, Mass., December 10, 1S14. 



At the time of the Civil war he was with 

 the Remington-Arms Company, manufacturing 

 rifles for the Union Army, and at that time had 

 charge of purchasing of walnut fitr gunstocks. 

 He remained with this institution for a good 

 many years. 



In 1891 he established the firm of I. Osgood 

 & Son at Carroll. 111., where he was associated 

 with A. M. Osgood, father of Geo. K. The firm 

 had an assembling and distributing yard for 

 hardwood lumber which was kept up under this 

 style for four or iive years. 



To illustrate the sustained acfivit.v of Mr. 

 Osgood, it is said that at the age of ninety- 

 eight he patented a lathe for grooving axle 

 stocks which lathe is now being used by many 

 of the large automobile companies. 



The death occurred at the home of the daugh- 

 ter. 6707 Glenwood. Burial took place at Utica, 

 X. Y.. on Sunday, June 24. 



Recruiting Station at Office of I. T. 

 Williams & Sons 

 One of the numerous ^Tew York National 

 Guard's recruiting stations which are being con- 

 ducted by the National Lumbermen's Service 



League in cooperation with the Citizens' Preparedness .\ssociation, is Illus- 

 trated herewith. It adjoins the office of Ichabod T. Williams & Sons, famous 

 for years for veneers and lumber in fancy and imported woods. The east- 

 ern lumbermen are doing a big work for the country in various ways in 

 lining up its resources. 



Bulletin on Treatment of Boilers 

 C. A. Newman, prominent in mill supply circles in Chicago, has been 

 made sales manager of The Boikr-Kote Company of Chicago, general 

 sales offices in the Fisher building. In announcing his new connection 

 Mr. Newman has issued a 16-page bulletin entitled "Steam Boilers and 

 How To Kid Them Of Scale, Pitting and Corrosion." The treatise gives a 

 clear and brief e.Nposition of the subject — one which has become increas- 

 ingly important to steam users with each new advance in wages, coal 

 prices and the cost of boiler replacements. 



Important Deal Between Chicago Interests 



Annouuceiueut ~\vas rt,>(ently made of a large deal Itetween .\rniour & 

 Co., Chicago, and D. K. Jeffris &. Co. of Chicago and Jeffris, La. The 

 plan involves the construction of one of the largest box veneer cutting 

 plants in the Cnited States and the erection of a large wire bound box 

 plant manufacturing about 200,000 feet of veneers into boxes daily. A 

 separate power plant will be installed and there will be erected immedi- 

 ately a veneer mill, 100 by 160 feet ; dry kilns, 60 by 150 feet ; box fac- 

 tory. 150 by 250 feet, and a storage warehouse, 100 feet by 240 feet. 



The dry kilns will be furnished with steam from independent boilers 

 equipped with devices and grates for handling refuse material as fuel. 



The construction of these plants will mean an immediate increase in 

 the working force at Jeffris by 250 to SOO men. 



New Assistant for Forest Products Laboratory 



Director C. P. Winslow of the Forest Products Laboratory at Aladison, 

 Wis., has been given an assistant — O, M. Butler, who heretofore ha^ been 

 ser\'ing as assistant district forester, being located at Albuquerque, N. M. 

 Mr. Butler has been with the Forest Service for the past ten years, having 

 put in most of his time in the western districts. lie is a graduate of 

 Butler College, Indianapolis. Since his graduation he has handleil prac- 

 tical work at lumber operations and has also spent quite a little time 

 in newspaper work. 



A. D. Parr 



\. D. Parr, president of the Parr Lumber and Planing Mill Company, 

 Clarksburg, W. Va., died at Baltimore last Friday after a prolonged illness 

 of Bright's disease. Mr. Parr had sought relief in the mild climate of 

 Florida during the spring, but returned recently no better, and failed 

 rapidlj'. He was fifty-nine years old. and besides his lumbering interests, 

 devoted much of his attention to blooded horses, he being among the best- 

 known owners in West Virginia. His wife survives. 



Geo. W. Curtin 



The death of Gen. Geo. W. Curtin. president of the Pardee & Curtin 

 Lumber t'ompany, Pardee, W. Va., on June 7 is reported. General Curtin 

 had experienced a stroke of paralysis, and this, combined with his years — 

 he was seventy-four years old — put his recovery out of the question. Gen- 

 eral Pardee got his title by gubernatorial appointment. He served in the 

 Civil war and had long been prominent in the hardwood trade, the chief 

 office of the company being at Clarksburg. He leaves a son, H. B. Curtin, 

 who is also connected with the company. The funeral took place June 9. 



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