January 10, 191S 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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was by virtue of a commission slt;neil liy (iov. Alex \V. ICandall when be 

 was appointed at the head o£ the Twenty II rst regiment of the state mllltla 

 March 10. 1S3S. 



Lumbermen in the Army 



Two sons of Clarence H. .Men);il (.i the r, f, Mengel & ISio. I'onipany, 

 Louisville, Ky., are In the army, both hoUUnc commissions as lieutenants. 

 They are Samuel t'astleman Mendel and .lo.sepli Torbltt Mengel. The 

 former received his commission at Fort Itenjainlu Harrison and has been 

 assigned to a machine gun company at Camp Zachary Taylor, preparatory 

 to going to Trance. Lieutenant .loseph Mengel was commissioned at I'ort 

 Sheridan In the Held artillery and is now at the front. H.\kd\vood 

 Kecord Is pleased to be able to present the photosraphs of these young 

 officers who are shown on this page. Samuel C. .Meugi'l is at the left and 

 Joseph T. Mengei at the right. They carry with them cordial wishes of 

 the many people with whom they have associated In their social and busi- 

 ness life. 



Clark-Biller 



Vernon L. <'lark, who is associated in ilic ownership of the Des Moines 

 Saw .Mill Company. Inc.. of Des Moines, Iowa, was married at Des Moines 

 on Saturday. January o. to Miss Christine Hilier. daughter of Mrs. J. 

 Biller of Des Moines. Tlie wcdiilng t.ioli place in tlie lilllcr h.iine, 1821 

 Ingersoll avenue. 



The service was read by the Kev. .S. Medburry, pastor of the L'niversity 

 Park Church of Christ at Des .Moines, immediately following the cere- 

 mony at ten o'clock breakfast was served, covers being laid for a number 

 of relatives. 



Mr. and Mrs. Clark left at noon on Saturday for New York, and will 

 be at home at 12.ii; Grand avenue, the liome of Lieut, and Mrs. Frederick 

 Windsor Hubbell after January 15. • 



, Mr. Clark's bride is a young woman of unusual attainments. She has 

 resided in Des Moines for the past three years, going there with her 

 mother and aunt from Washington. I'. V'. She was graduated from the 



liberal arts department of the University of Indiana, and received her 

 master's degree In Kngllsh at the l'niversity of Iowa. 



Mr. Clark Is well known In lumbi'rlng circles, being a prominent factor 

 in walnut production. The Des Moines Saw Mill Company, Inc., Is a well 

 organized concern operating a strictly modern mill and getting out large 

 quantities of walnut. 



-Mr. l_'lark is secretary of the association of walnut manufacturers and 

 his Influence is Important In determining the policies of that organization. 



Bonuses by Long-Bell Lumber Company 

 The I.ong-IJeil l.uiiilier Company, with iieaihiuarters at Kansas City, 

 .Mo., distributed between .$200,000 and $.'100,000 to its employes in the 

 form of bonuses and gifts, .-^mong the company's new year donations 

 was a check sent to each man who has left the service of the company 

 to go Into the service of the country. Up to the first of the year these 

 numbered I'j;;. 



Prominent New Englanders Pass Away 

 A. M. Wood, of the A. M. Wood Company, of Charlcstown district, Bos- 

 ton. Jiass.. died recently. 



Another large hardwood concern in that district has also suffered the 

 loss of one of its principal meml)ers, Harrison Parker, of the Palmer & 

 Parker Company, one of the largest firms in this branch of the trade in 

 New lOnglaiKi. He was a popular and familiar figure on the market, hav- 

 ing been for nearly sixty years associated with this company, and his 

 passing on. after a lingering illness, while not unexpected, will be keenly 

 felt by his numerous close friends. 



LIKIT. SA.MLEL C. MK.NGKl 



LIKCT. .loSKl'll 1'. MK.NGEL. 



Last Year's Railway Finances 



The current issue of the liailway .\i:o <;azette publishes an analysis of 

 the revenues and expenses of the railroads of the United States during 

 1017. in which it is shown that the revenues crossed the four billion 

 dollars mark, which is .$400,000,000 higher than the figures for 1916. 

 which broke the record by many millions. During the same year railway 

 expenses amounted to S;2..'>00.(ili0.000. which was ?.'J00,000,000 greater 

 than the expenses in 1910. so that the final figure of operating Income for 

 the year was reduced by about .flOO.000.000. 



Southern Pine for Ships 



The Soutliern I'ine Association is not disposed to let pass without chal- 

 lenge the charge that it has fallen down in its agreements to supply 

 timber for ships and that it overestimated its ability to furnish wliat was 

 asked. Through a committee, the pine people have given their side of 

 the controversy, and they charge that any falling down on their part was 

 due to the persistent and frequent changes in quality, size, and quantity 

 of timber called for by the shipping board which would specify one size 

 of timber, and an extraordinary size, and when the pine manufacturers 

 had spent thousands of dollars getting out the stuff, somebody in the 

 shipping board would take a notion in his head that some other size 

 would do better, and a change would be ordered without regard to how 

 much it woviid cost or inconvenience the lumbermen. These sudden and 

 spasnunlic changes in specifications were declared by Senator Martin of 

 Virginia to l)e due to "unfortunate ignorance." Not a practical southern 

 pine lumberman was consulted in making out the schedule of lumber 

 necessary for each ship. Unusual sizes would be ordered, with certain 

 liroportions of heartwood ; and after a little while, a change would be 

 made, perhaps to a larger size with still more heartwood. In that way 

 tlie most strenuous efforts of lumbermen to cut and deliver the timber 

 were defeated. The whole thing was not much different from the muddle 

 in getting guns, ilue to changes in plans which upset all calculations. 



Latest Statistics on 1917 Cut 

 The National Lumber Manufacturers' Association lias just issued a 

 Idotter on whicli is printed the compilation of statistics showing cut and 

 shipnu'nts from December 1, 1910, to November -iO, 1917. 



llelow is found a tabulation of the hardwood cut and shipped, the total 

 hiinber ( nt and shipped, the difference being tlie soft woods cut and shipped : 

 Feet in Millions and Tenths 



- — llardwooils - Total ■ — 



Months— -HARDWOODS-^ , TOTAL 



Cut Shipped Cut Shipped 



Decenilier. lOli; U:i.ll 119.0 l.t>S.-i.l', 1.2:55.0 



.iMUuary, l'.)17 119.1 10S.9 l.lc,2.s 1.2S,S.7 



February. 1917 122.(i 102..'! I.lii0,5 1.0G5.2 



March. 1917 116.7 102.0 I.I.SO.4 1.108.2 



.\prll, 1917 i:i2.8 122.1 1.27:i.O 1,292.5 



.May. 1917 127.9 117.1! 1.35:1.2 1.5:17.8 



.lune. 1917 106.0 111.8 l,-!99.:! 1.5S1.2 



.Inly. 1!)17 95.7 104.9 l,:iSS.6 1.505.5 



.Vugust. 1917 94.8 120.0 l.:!85.9 1.575.8 



September. 1917 85.2 110.0 1.297.4 1.247.:i 



Oitolier. 1917 91.7 90.7 1.417.7 1.2:i4.S 



November. 1917 06.0 87.2 1,240.5 1.197.4 



Totals 1,271.5 l,298.:i 15,.597.5 15.929.4 



Shipped e than cut, softwoods .105.100,000 ft., or 2.1% 



Shipped more than cut, hardwoods 26,800,000 ft., or 2.1% 



Shipped more than cut, total 331,900,000 ft., or 2.1% 



