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HARDWOOD KECOKD 



.llllv III. 111).'.. 



The Outgrowth of an Effort 

 Tliut 11 Ik |hik>IIiI.' ihrMii^h |ir< ixr • (Tnri aixl iiMiiilKlcnt pri'SPii 

 Intlun o( n-llnlih- stiillstli-N iiml Infurinnlhui !<■ liiliTi'st tlio |>iil< 

 llMlii-m of iliiPy impirs In tli<> rlty nuil lu llii> oiiiiitry III tl|< 

 pulilktitlun uf rviillni: iiiiitti'r nIiowIiii: iIic ikIvuiiIiiki'x <>' wikhI 

 wliun a|>|iU>-<l to Its |)ro|«T pliii'i'h Ih kIiiiwii liy tlu" rediillM iili 

 tnliii'<l l>y S.'iri-tnrv A. \V. IMii'Ips of tin- olilo Assnclnllon or 

 Ki'liill l.iimlMT IValorK. Mr. plu-lps hiis Im'<-ii <ini' of tlii> iimm 

 iiollvi- :iiiil siioTssfiil workors to this imkI mill liiis siMiirril tlii' 

 piiblU-atloii of .1 viTy nltriiitlvi' p«m> In ii ihoiiiIik'HI piipir In 

 till' I'lly In wlili'li Ills otlU'i' Is loiiilcil. nniiii'ly Hiiytoii, (.1.. tin- 

 luice lM>lnK iitlrai'tlvi'ly llhistniti'il anil ^Ii'»Iki1''<I Io slniw wluTi'lii 

 woiKl siTVi'S corliiln imiposrs In liiillillnu roiiNliucllon niiuli 

 inoiv I'lTci-tlvoly. xvltii n more artistic. ploaslnK. lastlni^' anil 

 varlicKtii: i-ITiTt than ronlil any otiit'r luillillni: niaii<rlal. Mr. 

 Pliilps lias also ronipU'tod plans for a lanipaliin. the rssiMitlal 

 iVatur.'S of wliUli nrf set forlli In tln' siiTfotypi- pliilc n^piodur 

 tlon on this paui'. which li<- is ilislrll'iillni: for use l>y dally 

 papers In i Hilo. lie Is plannlni: a trip of several tliunsand miles 

 In len):th ilnrins which he will stop at a great ninny luiporlant 

 iwlnts In Ohio, dellrerlni: lectures with stereoptlcon llUistra- 

 tloDs. the purpo.sp lielnB to Instill « arcater Interest In and reali- 

 zation of ilie posslhllltles for artistic, durable, safe and perma- 

 nent bulldhiK construction where wood Is nsod. 



Mr. Phelps will make the Irip in a machine and will lie 

 rnahled through detailed compiehonslvo plans to get the close 

 personal contact not only tlirouKh the lectures hut through 

 notices in the local papers, thus effecting a maximum of Inti'r- 

 est In his plan. 



Ten principal cities will lie treated to the slereopllcon lec- 

 tures and Mr. I'bclps will nil In with stops at all retail points 

 where he will urge closer co-operation among retailers in this 

 plan to Ixjost wood through specific concerted advertising and 

 through more persistent efforts in the sales of wood versus coni- 

 iietitive materials. 



First Meeting of Trade Extension Department 

 Comittee 

 Members of the advisory committee to administer the m-\v 

 Trade Extension Department of the National Lumber .Manufactur- 

 ers' Association will meet at tbc La Salle Hotel. Chicago, on 

 Wednesday, July 14, in room 1S02. Secretary Kellogg estimates 

 that the pledges for the guaranteed fund will be so close to 

 $50,000, the minimum of the guarantee, that It will be possible 

 to organize the new work and adopt a deflulte policy for con- 

 ducting it. 



Credit Corporation Elects Officers 



The annual meeting i.r ilu- stockhulil.rs of th.- National l.iiiiiber .Manu- 

 facturers' Credit Corporation was hcid in Norfolk, Va., June 20, 191o, at 

 which time U, H, Dowiimaii was elected president of the corporation and 

 the following elected directors : 



E. A. Selfridgc, Jr., Willils. Cal. 



F. E. Waymer, Jacksonville. I'la. 

 R. M. Carrier, Sardls, Miss. 

 Chas. T. Mitchell, Cadillac, .Mich. 

 John M. Gibbs, Norfolk, Va. 



K. B. Goodman, Goodman, Wis. 



Edward Hlnes, Chicago, 111. 



Geo. X. Wendling, San Francisco, Cal. 



I,. G. Ames, Seattle, Wash. 



.1. R. Toole, Missoula, Mont. 



F. C. Knapp, Portland, Ore. 



E. G. Swartz, Burton, La. 



E. G. Griggs, Tacoma, Wash. 



W. H. Sullivan, Dogalusa, I.a. 



C. 1. Millard, Norfolk, Va. 



W. B. Roper, Norfolk, Va. 



R. S. Kellogg, Chicago, 111. 



At a meeting of the new directors immedintcly following the stockholders' 

 meeting the following officers were elected : W. E. Delaney, Lexington. 

 Ky., vice-president: J. A. Freeman, Pasadena. Cal., treasurer, and K. S 

 Kellogg, Chicago, secretary. 



R. U. Downman, Edward nines and E. G. fJiiggs were elccto<l iis c.nccu 

 tive committee of the board for the <'nsuing year. 



Active Plans for Annual Meeting of Hoo-Hoo at San Francisco 



Plans for the twenty fourth annual convintloii of the Concatenated 

 Order of Hoo-Hoo to be held at San Francisco. Cal., .September 9-10 11 

 are being perfected by R. .\. Iliscox of the Ilartwood I^umber Company. 

 San Francisco. Mr. Hiscox is the local member of tbc governing body 

 of the order and is bojum on the Supreme Nine. Hence he Is responsible 

 for the entertainment for visiting iiiembers. 



Mr. Hiscox has appointed a committee of arrangements of Central 

 California districts composed of nine well-known lumbermen. 



While the plans so far announced are but tentative, complete details 

 will be announced later covering all sessions in the Hoo-Hoo House at 

 the Exposition. 



"BUILD WITH WOOD" 



The Slogan of 



The Ohio Association of 



Retail Lumber Dealers 



In Novel Membership 



Campaign 



W. A. Phelp , the secretary of tlio Ohio Associa- 

 tion of Retail Lumber Dealers, was In town today on 

 a 3,000-mile, s alc-wlde membership campaign, in his 

 "Oakland spee Ister," Sturdy as the Oak. The mem- 

 bership campaign will cover the state of Ohio and 

 will no doubt result In r5aws.kened activity among 

 the retail lum ler dealers. 



Mr. Phelps expects to Increase the membership In 

 the state asso:;iatlon of retail lumber dealers In this 

 campaign and to spread the doctrine of "Build with 

 Wood" throug'.cut the state. 



The present officers of the tissociation are S. S. 

 King, Dayton, president; A. C. Klumph, Cleveland, 

 vice president; F. D. Torrence, Xenia, treasurer. 



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The niosi iinp(a'tant I'ratu: f the liusiness sessions will lie the 



leorgauizatioii which has been made necessary through tbc Important 

 developments in the last few months. Snark of the I'nlverse, K. I'. 

 Teiinant. lias been hard at work on tlieM^ plans for siiaic time. 



National Lumber Manufacturers' Inter-Insurance Exchange 

 Urges Placing of New Risks 



.Manager Charles !•'. Sini<jnson i!f the .National Liimlier .Manufaclurers' 

 Intcr-Insuranie i'lxc'.ange. 10 South La Salle street, Clikago, announces 

 he is .sending out the following notice to subscribers: 



This is the time of the year when stocks of lumber arc increasing and 

 additional security demanded, because of the increased values accumulat- 

 ing in the yards. We desire to call your attention to this ixchange. which 

 is in a position to carry additional lines for you on your plant. This ex- 

 change Is receiving the support of manufacturing luinliemien in all the 

 different districts and Ib'lds and has written close to .<;'_',(JOO.O00 In busi- 

 ness since starting I'eliniary 1 ."i. l!ll."i. Many of our subscribers are not 

 aware that we iiave farililbs for ii'vering additional lines on their risks, 

 and the olijicl of this notice is to call their attention to the progress made 

 and to solicit an :iddltional share of tlielr coverings which may be needed 

 at Ibis lime. 



The exclange now covers one hundred mill plants and the outlook is 

 exceedingly bright for building up a large and profitable exchange. 



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W^ith the Trade 



Olmsted-Flint Company Opens New York Branch 



Tliv nhnsled-l'linl Company, belting maiiufacturers of Cambridge, 

 Mass.. open.VI a ni'W factory at Cambridge the first of this year, and 

 has just announced tlie opening of a New York branch located at 37 

 Warren street. The branch is under the management of the Benjamin F. 

 Alder Company, manufaclurci's' representatives, which company has 

 installed complete facilities to properly care for the New York trade 

 and will carry large stocks in all sizes of Olmstcd-Fllnt belting. 



Owing to further increases in export demands the new branch seemed 

 the only solution for properly taking care of the trade. The .Mder 

 company has had wide experience in both export and domestic business. 

 The new brancli is situated in the heart of the liaiiiware and mill sup- 

 ply district and should prove of valuable assistance to the company. 



