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HARDWOOD RECORD 



HardWood NeWs. 



(By HARDWOOD RECORD Special Correspondents.) 



Chicago. 



A. R. Vinnedge, of the A R. Vinnedge Lum- 

 ber Company, and secretary of t lie National 



Hindu 1 Lumber Association, is just home 



from a business trip to St. I is. Mr. Vinnedge 



says there is a good deal of interest mani- 

 fested over the forthcoming annual meeting of 



the National Hardw I Lumber Association, to 



I... held at Buffalo May 18 and 19, anil that a 

 goodly number of visitors from the late expo 

 sition city will he in attendance. 



Tiie eminent Buffalo lumberman, C. M. Car- 

 rier, wlii has several timber and lumber In- 

 terests i ii the South and in Cuba, was in Chi- 

 cago yesterday on his way in the Sardls, .Miss.. 

 plant, and called on the RECORD 



.1. s, Stearns of Ludlngton, Mich., who has 

 timber and lumber interests in a half dozen 

 states, was at the Auditorium Annex <m Sun 

 day and left for his Bagdad, I'la.. operation 

 Sunday evening. 



R. M. Carrier ami \\\ B. Burke, of c. M. 

 Carrier ,x Son. Sardls, Miss., extensive manu- 

 facturers of hardwoods, oak flooring ami veneer 

 products, were visitors in Chicago lasl week 

 and were welcome callers at the Record offices. 



Harden ■& Lombard, the well known whole 

 hardwood house of the Railway Exchange, are 

 remembering their friends with very handsome 

 little leather-bound desk editions of Web 

 dictionary. 



Charles Chrlstlanson, the Solon of the hard- 

 wood inspection fraternity of Manistee, Midi.. 

 was in Chicago a fortnight ago and paid the 

 Record office a welcome visit. 



clem E. Lloyd, Jr., sales manager of the 

 big Cherry River Boom .v. Lumber Company of 

 Philadelphia, dropped into Chicago a couple Ol 

 weeks ago. to shake hands with his friends, and 

 was a visitor at the HARDWOOD RECORD office. 



Although Mr. Lloyd has had a yerj -""'I trade 

 in Chicago, notably in chestnut and sprue,, for 

 a long lime. Ibis was his lirsl visit here in 

 seven years. 



Mine has reached the desk of the editor of 

 the Hardwood Record, in very handsome pam- 

 phlet form, the report of the thirteenth annual 

 iii.> ling of tin- National Wholesale Lumber heal- 

 ers' Association, held at Philadelphia, March i 



ami - ; also another pamphlet covering ti th- 



cial i 'eedings ol the third annual -ting 



of the Hardw I Manufacturers' Association of 



the Dnlted States, beld al Nashville, January 



LM and 25. 



E. II Barton of Bar Thompson & Co., 



limber agents and brokers, London. E C, was 

 in Chicago several days last wok Mr. Barton 

 is just completing a long torn ol the lumber dis- 

 tricts of this country and start- for home from 

 N'-w ^ ork todaj . 



John v Penrod, president of the American 

 Wa t Company of Kansas City, was in Chi- 

 cago the latter pan ot last week and paid the 



l; iffice a visit. Mr. Penrod was on his 



way to New York, from winch port he expects 



to nl "ii April '-'• ■ one of his regular three 



months' trips To Great Britain and the Conti- 

 nent, visit Ing his customers. 



The article covering the evolution of rotary 

 veneer cutting machines, in ibis issue of the 

 Hardwood Record, was written by L, G Mei 



Merrltl Manufacturing Company of 



Loi i port N \ and was origlnallj published 

 , n ,],,. National Coopers' Journal. Mr. Merrltt 

 i- regarded as .an autborltj on the production 

 of vi i mi rotarj cut lumber, and hi- a 



will he found well worth the perusal of everyoni 



. jted in this , lass of production. 



,l. ii. Garrison, formerly of Paducah, Ky.. is 

 now located in this city a- city representative 

 o, \\ a Davis, 



A Baker ol Rot bestei . Ind . a lumberman 



recently elected to the legislature of Indiana, 

 was in Chicago this week. Mr. Baker is creating 

 quite a sensation in a briber; case at Indian- 

 apolis. Someone offered him a bribe which be 

 refused with scorn and denounced the bribe and 

 the bribe dealer before the house. Anyone who 

 thinks he can buy Ananias with a measly one 

 hundred dollars is mistaken. 



The American Hardwood Company of Madi- 

 son. Wis., one of the highest regarded insti- 

 tutions of the Badger state, and well known 

 in the Chicago trade, has changed its name to 

 the Brittingham & Young Company. The per- 

 sonnel of the institution remains unchanged. 



L. It. I.esh of the Lesh & Matthews Lumber 



Company, this city, has recently r vend front 



an attack of the grippe. lie reports a - I 



I,, hi... from the Memphis branch of his firm. 



.1. Slimmer nf Richmond. Slimmer & Co.. Chi- 

 cago i , gone north this week. Park Richmond. 

 the National ll.udwood Lumber Association's 

 Inspector, i- employing three men to assist him. 

 it, ns if business keeps good he will probably 

 make enough clear money to feed his horse 



John i ,.ii" pie o r the John Gillespie Lumber 

 Company is in the northern wood- tin- week. 



M. ii. in-all- I- now in charge "f the sales 

 department of C. I- Wllley. Ibis city. Mr. Wil 

 ley bas .a very complete ami up to date veneer 

 plant, running live veneer saws, four i 

 ,,,:,, nines and three sllcers. 



The Keith Lumber company lias recentlj re 

 , rived a shipment of very line East Italia ma- 

 hogany. 



A .1. McCausland, manager of the hardwood 

 department of W. E. Keliey .v Co., '.»>i Chamber 

 of Commerce building, this city, bas been spend 

 itig the pa-t tew days in the South on a pur- 

 chasing trip. 



John D. Spauldlng, vice president and set re 

 tar j ,,t ii, ,. now Southern Oak Lumber Company, 

 7, ,7 Chamber of Commerce building Chicago 

 ,ii early last week on a southern purchasing 

 Hip. from which he will return about May 1. 



I.. 1'. Arthur, secretary and treasurer of the 

 Arthur Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., was 

 a visitor among the Chicago trade last week ami 



,| : he II m:i>\\ o,,i, R to w it Ii a ..all. 



Cat! Palmer, president : A. R. Vinnedge, vr- 

 retary. a'" 1 M M Wall, Inspector general of the 



\ ua! Wholesale I. umber Association, held a 



conference al the association headquarters, 134 

 Monroe street, Chicago, on April IT. making 

 plans for the forthcoming annual meeting of 



It,, ., ; n ,il Buffalo, May is and IP. 



M. M, Wall "f the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber 

 Company, Buffalo, was a welcome Chicago visitor 

 on April IT. 



Earl Pal r of the Ferguson ,\ rainier Com- 

 pany, Paducah. Ky.. president of Ho- National 

 Wholesale 1. umber Association, spent several 

 day- in Chicago last week. 



Max Sondhelmer, president nf the E. Sond- 

 heimer Company, was in Chicago last week mak- 

 ing preparations for Ihe removal of his com- 

 pany's headquarters to Memphis. 



R. M. (airier, president of C. M. Carrier & 

 Son. Sardls, Miss., manufacturers of hardwood 

 lumber and onk flooring, was a visitor in Chi- 

 cago lasl \\ eek 



Charles E. Spratt, publisher of the Directory 

 of Furniture Manufacturers of tin- United State-, 

 428 Lexington avenue. New York city, was a 



caller at the Hardwood Record office on April 

 19. 



I ,, new offices of the S. A. Woods Ma.hine 

 Company in Hie Railway Exchange are a very 

 handsome suite in this most modern office struc- 



ago. It- B. Dunsmore, western man- 



,i i In- great machinery bouse, is ill charge. 

 and "ill be very glad to welcome visitors and 

 extend to them any courtesies thej mm demand. 



Mr. Dunsmore is a mechanical engineer of abil- 

 ity and I- prepared to assist patrons in making 

 plans and developing any project connected with 

 woodworking machinery. 



O. O. Agler of Upham & Agler has recently 

 returned from a business trip throughout the 

 East. 



.7. N. Woodbury, manager of the lumber de- 

 partment of the Ozark Cooperage Company. St. 

 Louis, was in Chicago, April 14, and visited the 

 Recoup office. 



Grant Harrison, deputy inspector of the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Lumber Association, who has 

 made bis headquarters at Charlevoix for many 

 years, lias removed his office to Fetoskey to fa- 

 cilitate handling his work. Mr. Harrison is 

 well known in the Chicago trade and has a 

 most excellent reputation for a thorough knowl- 

 edge of hardwood Inspection. 



I». I'. Clark of Osborne & Clark. Minneapolis, 

 was in tin' city on Saturday last. He is very 

 enthusiastic about the coming meeting of the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association at Buf- 

 falo. 



Theodore Fathauer, president of the Chicago 

 Hardwood Lumber Exchange, has bought resi- 

 dence property near the Lake Shore Drive. 



George Thamer has completed a new lumber 

 shed and other improvements for the Empire 

 Lumber Company on the north side and has 

 removed his lumber yard to the new location. 



.1. C. Blackford of the National Lumber Man- 

 ufacturing Company reports that its Alabama 

 mill has been closed down for several weeks on 

 account of high water. II has lately started up 

 and is now running full time. 



I 1 . W. Lang, who for the past two years has 

 been with the National Lumber Manufacturing 

 Company, has accepted a position with Taepcke- 

 I.eicht as manager of one of their Cottonwood 

 mills in the South. 



Lewis Hosier of Columbus. <>.. secretary of 



lb.' Hardwood Manufi no's' Association, was 



a Chlcag tor on Friday and Saturday last. 



F. I' Abbott "i He- Lesh. Prouty & Abbott 

 Company, East Chicago. Ind.. sails from New 

 York, April 'JO. for Europe in company with 

 .1, N. Penrod for a two months' (rip of business 

 and pleasure. 



.1. w. Embrey, secretary of the Rittenhouse & 

 liulu.i Company, the great hardwood flooring 



makers of Chicago, bas i n chosen president ot 



the Lumbermen's Association of this city. Mr. 



Embrey i- u I Chicago's most distinguished 



lui i ii. and line board of directors of the 



Lumbermen's Association has done itself credit 

 in his selecl ion as president. 



E. C. Groesbeck, sales manager of the Stearns 

 Company. Grand Rapids, made a Hying visit to 



Chicago last Week 



Boston. 



John B. Bug! r Holt & Bug' I'as opened 



his summer home In Guilford, N. IL. aud is 

 planning for week end trips to that town during 

 the season. 



Galen Parker of Parker & I'age is making a 

 two weeks' business trip among his linn's mill 

 connection- in the southern hardwood section. 



Lawrence, & wiggin of Tabasco mahogany and 

 general hardwopd fame win occupy their finely 

 appointed new offices in the Mason Building on 

 .May 1. 



William E. Litchfield has op,- 1 his summer 



residence on his Bolton, Mass.. farm, and lu- 

 te nils lo spend uiaiiv of the summer ami autumn 

 Saturdays there. 



I.imlsley II. Shepard of Shepard. Far ft 



Co. of Boston ha- made a cash Offer of 37% 



cents, I a nut r of his creditors have Big 



nlfied their willingness to accept The offer was 

 made In accordance with the recommendation "f 

 the committee appointed to investigate and re- 

 port on Hie company's convertible assets. 



Hi,, Worcester Trust Company of Worcester, 

 Mas-., trustees under the mortgage of the Nor 

 , ross Properties Incorporated, i- aotlfj Ing He 

 , redltor bondholdei - "t the Norcross Properties 



