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HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 10, 1917 



S. O. Moore Makes Important Change 



s. II. lloorc, who for the past two years lias beeu associateil witb the 

 \V. M. Itittcr Lumber Cornpan,v as manager of the flooring department in 

 New Yorli, is leavinR New^ York ami has opened an office in Detroit. Mich., 

 having accepted the position of district manager for llie Thomas Hall 

 Lumber C'onipan.v, Charleston. ^V. Va. Mr. :Moore will reside in Detroit 

 and w'll have charge of the sales and sal<-sm. n in .Michigan and snrronnd- 

 ing states. 



The Thomas Hall Lumber Company manufactures yellow poplar and 

 oak lumlier, as well as maple, chestnut, basswood and other hardwoods 

 liuind in the timberlands of that stale. 



Will Inspect Airplane Stock 



II. I!. Oakleaf, a welbknown member of the Forest Service, who has 

 bi'en stationed for some years in Washington and Oregon. ha.s been as- 

 signed to the duty of inspecting the wooden parts of airplanes being built 

 for tlie government. This wood will consist principally of Sitka spruce 

 from the Pacific coast; but some eastern spruce will be used. The pro- 

 pellers will he of several woods, and oak is to be one of them, and black 

 walnut and spruce will serve also. The inspection of airplane stock is 

 very rigid. It is understood that tlie government has 22,000 of these 

 machines under contract. The Forest rroducts laboratory at Madison, 

 Wis., is able to supply the government with a great deal of information 

 iimcerning thi' qualities of woods now in demaml for airplanes. 



Publishes Grading Rules for Philippine Hardwoods 



Arthur F. Fisher, direclor of forestry of the Bureau of Forestry at 

 Manila, Philippine Islands, has forwarded to Hardwood Kkcoud copy of 

 rules governing the inspection and grading of Philippine lumber, which 

 have been prepared after a careful study of mill run from the various 

 mills in the Philippine Islands. They are designed to meet the export 

 :ind lotal demands. 



The manusi'ript, which was cnnsideralily delayed in transit, having been 

 forwarded on July 16 and just now arriving, contains a suggestion that 

 comments, criticisms or suggestions sul)mitled by September 1 would lie 



gratefully received 

 and given careful 

 consiileration before 

 the rules become ef- 

 r.ciivo. 



\Myoni' intiTi'sIed 

 in these rules ma.\" 

 secure the copy 

 w h i c h IlAnr>\voon 

 Iti'.coKD holds or 

 might secure a copy 

 by writing to Mr. 

 I'isber at .Manila. 



R. S. Huddleston 



Contributes 



Royally 



1!. S. Huddleston. 

 \\ I'll known i»resident 

 of the Huddleston- 

 Marsh Mahogany 

 <'ompany, importer 

 and manufacturer of 

 mahogany 1 u ni her 

 and veneers, with 

 lieadquarters in New 

 Yc.rk City, has been 

 doing more than his 

 share in contributing 

 to the successful 

 prosecution of the 

 jiresent war. Mr. 

 lluddleston's mate- 

 rial contributions 

 have been liberal, 

 but he tops them 

 with the most patri- 

 otic offering that a 

 father can make, 

 that is his son. 



I'he photograph of 

 Roderick P. Huddle 

 ston, oldest son of 

 li. S., junior director 

 of the Huddleston- 

 il a r s h Mahogany 

 Company', is shown 

 on this page. Mr. 

 Huddleston, .Tr.. en 

 listed for training 

 several months be- 



for war was declared on Germany. Hardwood Rkcokd has received the fol- 

 lowing characteristic letter from Mr. Huddleston, Sr.. relative to his son's 

 enlistment : 



Roderick P. Huddleston. though a director of the lirm. and tilling a very 

 important position, felt it was his patriotic duty to "do his bit," so several 

 nionth.s liefore this country declared war on-Germany be took up training 

 at Fort Totten. Long Island, and thi'n enlisted in one of the New York 

 regiments ttlie Seventh!, and recentl.\- has been transferred to the famous 

 "Fighting Sixty-Ninth of New York," now knowm as the Itioth regiment, 

 which is'^encamped at present in preijaration to "going across." 



The entire firm, as well as his family, agree with him that supplying 

 mahogany tor aeroplane use, and buying Liberty bonds, are not a sufficient 

 demonstration of patrioti.sm, but giving one's self to the ,;ervii'c is the best 

 that one can do. 



Important Change in Big Firm 



Effective Tuesday, September 4, the Radford & Wright Company, of 

 Duluth, Minn., and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, has taken over the 

 business of Radford Bros. & Co., of Oshkosh. Frank W. Radford, formerly 

 manager of the Canadian business, has arrived in Oshkosh to take over the 

 active management of the plant here. He is succeeded in the management 

 of the Radford-Wright Company, Ltd., and the Home I.undier Yards, Ltd., 

 of Winnipeg, by James A. Wilson of Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Radford will 

 continue the supervision of the company's Canadian interests. 



The Radford & Wright Company is now operating factories and ware- 

 houses at the three points mentioned, namely Oshkosh, Wis., Duluth, 

 Minn., and Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Duluth business has been in opera- 

 tion for eleven years. The officers of the company are Charles W. Rad- 

 ford, president ; Walter T. Wright, trea.surcr ; Frank W. Radford, first 

 vice-president ; Harvey H. Strassburger, second vice-president ; Donald II. 

 Itadford, secretary, and lOdward 1". Radford, assistant secretary. The 

 business will lie Conducted along the same lines as formerly. 



Will Build Mill in Texas 



('. H. Sherrill of the Shcrrlll-Russell Lumber Company. Padueah, Ky., 

 who is also trea.surcr of the Colfax Hardwood Lumlier Company, Colfax, 

 La., is liaving plans drawn by the Paducali compan.\' to erect mill build- 

 ings, employe shacks, and a general village near lieaumont, Tex., where 

 the Colfax company has purchased about 22.'j,iiii(>,(liiii feet of hardwoods, 

 running fifty per cent white and red oak, forty per cent red gum and the 

 remainder mixed hardwoods. The timber is in the Sabine River valley. 

 The old mill cut out all of its timber, hut the new mill will have timber 

 for about flft)>en years. U will have two hand saws, with a capacity of 

 T."i.(HK) feet per day, much long timber being cut for shipbuilding. It is 

 expected to get the plant in operation about the first of the year. The 

 Colfax company is owned by A. .s. Sherrill, II. V. Sherrill and C. H. Sher- 

 riU, 'who are connected witb the Padueah company, and who have lieen 

 in the hardwood lumber business for twenty-seven years. The old mill at 

 Colfax bail I ri nitting for seven years before the timber was exhausted. 



George F. Williams 



iJeorge 1'. Williams, senior memlier of the Willian 

 pany, Cadillac. Mich., died suddenly SeptiMuber 4 of b 

 Williams had been an invalid for a ntimber of years 

 business to the very last. He held the office of sect 

 manager of the Williams lirothers Company and wa; 

 Cadillac Produce Cojupany of Cadillac. 



Mr. Williams was horn in Ontario, Canada, .\ugust 

 twice married. His first wife was Knima <^. Oraves, by 

 son. <'larence F. Williams, now associated with the fin 



In lOlii he married Mrs. Flora Compton of Manton. 

 husband with two children by former marriage, ,lose 

 I'ompton. 'I'hree lirothers also survive, Walter S. and . 

 of Cadillac, and James H. Williams of Me»ick, Mich. 



The funeral was held at the family residence in ( 

 September li, the Rev. M. M. Callen of the Methodist 

 Jobnathan Turner of the Congregation.ai Church offiii 

 in Maple Hill Cemetery. Cadillac. 



!■ 

 Pertinent Information \ 



Unit hers Corn- 

 ea rt disease. Mr. 

 but was active in 

 etary and general 

 ; president of the 



22, ISnn, and was 

 whom he bad one 



n. 

 who survives her 



phine .and Martin 



\lbert K. Williams 



'adillac, Thursday, 

 Churcii and Rev. 

 ting. fUurial was 



R I'. Ill Idil.lOSTlIN, NLW ViiltK. 



Preliminary Figures on Lumber Production 



statistics just compiled by the National Lumber .Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation show that during the 12 months ending July ;il the mills report- 

 ing to the .\ssoclation (Ut ].'i,(;02,(>()0,00ll feet of lumber and shipped l.'i,- 

 741.0110,000 feet, or only one-fifth of 1 percent more than production. 

 Shipments the first 7 mouths of this year were 7.7 percent more than 

 hist year, with no increase in cut. During July this year 7:i2 ndlls in 

 all parts of the country and operating in all kinds of tindier. cut l.".SO,- 

 11(111. iiiio feet and shi|iped 1 ..".iIil.noO.OiHi feet, or 12.7 percent more than pro- 

 duction. The cut in July this year was 1.:! percent less than July last 

 year, with shipments 10. i> piircent greater. During the four weeks just 

 closed 320 Southern and Western mills have cut liiMi.iioO.ooo feet of lum- 

 ber, .shipped 77S. 11011,000 feet and accepted orders for (11 ::. 0011,000 feet. 



Women Will Make Desks 



Women are invading furidtiire factories to take the place of men called 

 to the war. The latest instance is reported in news from lUirlington, Iowa, 

 where the Lecipold Desk Cotnpany has put fifteen girls to work in its fiic- 



