July 25, 1915. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



33 



Election of Officers 



The Forest Piodiitts Exposition Company held a meeting in Cbicago 

 July 13 and elected ofHcers. Robert H. Downman o( New Orleans was 

 re-elected president, James H. Freeman of Pasadena, Calif., treasurer, 

 and R. E. Kellogg, secretary. Tbe following were elected members of the 

 board of directors : W. Frazier Jones, Jacksonville, Fla. ; R. M. Carrier, 

 Sardls, Miss. ; Charles T. Mitchell, Cadillac. Mich. ; Nathan O'Berry, 

 Goldsboro, N. C. ; R. B. Goodman, Goodman, Wis. ; Edward Hines, 

 Chicago ; George X. Wendellng, San Francisco ; E. W. Swartz, Burton, 

 La. ; F. C. Kaapp, Tortland, Ore. ; J. R. Toolf, Missoula, Mont. ; W. II. 

 Sullivan, Bogalusa, La. ; E. G. Griggs, Tacoma, Wash., and E. A. Selfridge, 

 Willits, Calif. This is the company which managed the Forest Products 

 Exposition held in Chicago in tbe spring of 191.3. The organization has 

 been isept alive, ready for future work. 



Chicago Association Elects New Members 



At a meeting of the mcniljership committi'c of the I*umbermen's Asso- 

 ciation of Chicago, Thursday, July 15, the following concerns were elected 

 to membership : 



Herbert Young Lumber Company, Corinth, Miss. 



Marathau Lumber Company, Laurel, Miss. 



Southern Pine Lumber Company, Texarkana, Tex. 



Kansas City Hardwood Flooring Company, Little Rock, Ark. 



Pocahontas Lumber Company, Corinth, Miss. 



Cook & Ketcham, Duluth, Minn. 



Winnetka liUmber & Coal Company, Winnetka, 111. 



George F. Kerns Lumber Company, Chicago. 



Chicago-Standard Lumber Company, Chicago. 



Northwest Side Lumber Company, Chicago. 



The committee has been doing good work in securing new members, 

 the membership continuing to grow steadily. 



Program for Oshkosh Meeting 



The following is the official program for the meeting of the Northern 

 Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' Association to be held at Oshkosh 

 Thursday and Friday, July 29-30 : 



Thursday morning, July 29 — 11 a. m. — Report of secretary ; What the 

 Association Is Doing. 11 :15 a. m. — Bureau of Statistics report ; Cost and 

 Realizations ; "Lumber Costs," R. R. Cunningham ; discussion ; report of 

 committee on safety rules of Industrial Commission. 12 :15 p. m. — Bu- 

 reau of Promotion Report; What Can We Do for Hemlock? Discussion; 

 branding lumber — discussion. 1 ;15 p. m. — Adjournment. 



Friday morning, July 30 — 9:30 a. m. — What Can We Do for Birch? — 

 discussion. 10 :30 a. m. — The San Francisco convention, E. A. Hamar. 

 10 :45 a. m. — The Trade Commission committee, C. H. Worcester. 11 

 a. m. — Bureau of Transportation and Legislation report ; legislation at 

 Madison ; traffic bureau. 12 a. m. — Bureau of Grades report ; work of 

 inspectors ; Market Conditions in South, East and West, R. S. Kellogg ; 

 Market Conditions — Hemlock, G. N. Harder ; Birch, C. A. Goodman ; 

 Maple. E. .\. Hamar ; conclusion, M. J. Quinlan. 1 p. m. — Adjournment. 



Afternoons and evenings — Social program and committee meetings. 



_ 



With the Trade 



New Hardwood Company in Louisiana 



The T. E. Morrison Hardwood, Tie & Timber Co. has filed its 

 charter at Sbroveport, La. It has an authorized capitalization of $500,- 

 000, to begin business with .'i;30,000 paid in. Among many other activities 



the company is authorized to handle, deal in and transact with timber, 

 oil, mineral and clay lands, operate sawmills and tramways, oil refineries, 

 smelters, etc. The officers arc : T. E. Morrison, president ; W. M. 

 Prater, vice-pi'esident ; John R. Duty, secretary and treasurer. 



Louisiana Mill Burned 



The Boeuf River Land & Lumber Company located at Boscoe, La., lost 

 its sawmill by Are on July 8. The fire consumed the entire structure, the 

 loss running into thousands of dollars, which was only partially covered 

 by insurance. 



St. Louis Publisher Dies 



Charles W. Bright, secretary of the Journal of Commerce Company, 

 publishers of the St. Louis Lumberman. St. Louis, was killed on Tuesday 

 night, July 13. Mr. Bright was struck by an automobile driven by one 

 of the society women of St. Louis. 



Mr. Bright was connected with the Journal of Commerce Company for 

 the past thirty years, having devoted most of his time to the detail 

 work in the office. He finally became secretary and was in effect the 

 business manager of the interests. Mr. Bright was born in Ohio, October 

 23, 1S6G. 



Lamb-Fish Company Sends Out Big Gum Shipment 



The correspondent of Hardwood Record is in receipt of a letter from 

 Geo. Land, traffic manager for the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, Charles- 

 ton, Miss., in which he confirms the sale of more than 200 carloads of 

 southern hardwoods to England. He said that this lumber was being 

 loaded and sent to Gulfport, Miss., where it was being transferred to 

 the Siklestad. In connection with this large sale of southern hardwoods 

 Mr. I>and said that the company was receiving many congratulations 

 not only on having booked so large an crder but also on being able to 

 fill such requirements, particularly as much of the lumber sold was in 

 the nature of special stock. Mr. Land also said that there was a pos.si- 

 l>ility that, with a good July, the volumi; of business of this firm for 

 tbe twelve months ending July 31 would be quite c'ose to that for the 

 ccrrespondlng period last year. This Is one of tht largest orders booked 

 at any time by a southern hardwood firm for export to Europe and this 

 is only another way of saying that the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company has 

 established another record. More than ,1 yoiir ago it sold 30 cars of 

 gum to Alexandria, Egypt, which was the heaviest cargo of that mate 

 rial which had ever moved abroad up to that time. A short while ago, 

 however, it doubled this feat by selling 60 cars of red gum in one csrgo 

 which went to Italy. 



Will Cut Hickory 



Fifteen thousand acres of hickory stumpagc has been taken over by 

 W. S. Elder, Brownsville, Tenn. The land belongs to the J. F. Mc- 

 Intyrc & Sons Company in the Saline river valley, about twenty-five 

 miles south of Pine Bluflf, Ark. It is estimated that there are about 

 10.000,000 feet of hickory timber on this property, and Mr. Elder 

 will take immediate steps to convert this into lumber and dimension 

 stock. 



Reported Large Hardwood Purchase 



It is reported for Greenville, Miss., that George M. Flynn of Columbus, 

 MIMs., and D. K. Jeffris of Chicago, have purchased close to 80,000,- 

 000 feet of hardwood stumpage in the vicinity of Scott, fifteen miles 

 north of tl-at city. It is also stated that the same interests will imme- 

 diately begin the erection of a mill. Mr. Jeffris is the executive head of 

 the Concordia Land & Timber Company, oiiorating a mill at Jeffris, La., 

 while Mr. Flynn is a well known hardwood operator of Columbus. 



^ 



PORTION OP ONE OF H. H. IIITT LUMBER COMPANY MILLS 



Expansion of Hitt Company Operations 



It was but a few years ago when the H. H. 

 Hitt Lumber Company started to manufacture 

 hardwoods with a single band mill at Decatur, 

 .Via. Since that time the lumber which has 

 been produced from the soft textured oak from 

 the Tennessee Valley has gained sufficient pop- 

 ularity as to necessitate the company putting 

 into operation four band mills with an annual 

 capacity of more than 25,000,000 feet, and a 

 hardwood flooring plant with a daily capacit.v 

 of 25,000 feet. 



Three of tbe mills are located on the Ten- 

 nessee river besides having switching connec- 

 tions with the L. & N. and Southern Railway. 

 This naturally facilitates handling both logs 

 and lumber. 



The Hitt company deals strictly in hard- 

 woods and probably has access to more hard- 

 wood stumpage than any other concern of its 

 kind in the Tennessee Valley. 



A picture portion of one of the sawmills of 

 the plant owned by the Hitt company is shown 

 In this connection. 



