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HARDWOOD RECORD 



NeWs Miscellany. 



On Trade Marks. 

 A. R. \ - m, the well-known 



manul Od lumber, railroad 



timber and car stock at Tam'ms, 111., are thor- 

 ough a trade marking their lumber. 

 It is a concern thai takes infinite pride in the 

 high class of its product, and believes that 



; its stock with its trade mark ii 

 assurance that tjie stock is of the kind and 

 iiualil ry piece of lun 



shipped bj A R. Vansickle & Son Is branded 

 with a hamuli r in the similitude of the I 

 mark herewith represented. 



When Lewie Bumped the Bumps. 

 [Lewis 1 1. >-t . r. tii,- indefatigable Becretarj of 



Uardn i Mannfactui ! soclatlon ol 



the United States, is one of the mown men 



in any way associated with the hatdv, 



dustry. His working hours are long and ardi 

 but when be has a te« moment 

 he plays w ' be works Hi 



was in Chicago a few days :^n. and Bpen 

 evening al Chici lusemenl resort, 



the Whin- City. The accompanying 



adventures at tbi low place.] 



When Doster struck the big White Sbow 



doin' sure : 

 He certalnlj did things up right 

 I m his inspection tour. 



He liked the In kids 



He loved 

 .Inst thought tln.se airships out "I sight, 



And whirled the double whirls. 



ed in t he fire show. 

 With i curdling pans ; 



Then in the ha ok a turn, 



- And broke a dos 



a« ay to Bbool the chutes, 



"Hereafter" was the only p 

 That Lew seemed to avoid. 



He went Into the gallerj 



To have bis picture shot ; 



ouldn't gel a natural pi 

 So out of there he - 



But ere he left the photo place 



He said to the young man 



I w me around a bit. 



And can Ii me as catch can !" 



a, be rushed, be tore, be ; 

 Hi. lothes were all aw rj . 

 he struck a joint 

 That knocked the rest sky high ! 



In other words, he 'bumped the bumps!' 



With artist on the spot. 

 He shol our Lewie's mug right then. 



And this is what he got ! 



Lew didn't give a snap tor looks, 

 The crowd might laugh and shout : 



lb- bumped and bumpety, bump, bump, bumped 

 Until tii- lights went out ' 



If anybody there bad blues 



Ot tell down in the dumps. 

 You bet it left them mighty epiick 



When Lewie bumped the bumps:' 



this agency until 1899, when be established the 

 Foster Lumber Mercantile Agency, which was 



tie- first I ber agency t" give particoiai at 



tention to the hardwood trade. He continued 

 wiili tiii. agencj until 1903, when the assets 

 of the company were sold to the Lumbermen's 

 i redil Association of this city. After this, and 

 up to recent date. Mr. Fish has been western 

 manage! of tie International Mercantile Agency. 

 It goes without saying that Mr. Fish is al- 

 ready very thoroughly acquainted with the ma- 

 jority of tic- hardwood lumber fraternity of the 



New Secretary National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association. 



At a n ting of tl xecntlve commttl >I 



the National Hardwood Lumber Association held 

 at Indianapolis, .Inly IS, Frank F. Fish of that 

 was unanimously elected to the position of 

 secretary, to succeed A R. Vinnedge, secretary 

 pro tem, resigned. Mr. Pish scarcely needs any 

 introduction to the lumber trade, and especially 

 t,, the hard ernlty of the United States, 



as daring his entire business life he ha- been 

 iated with commercial agencies dealing 

 largely or entirely with the lumber trade, 



In 1890 Mr. Fisli became manager of one 

 of the oldest commercial reporting houses in the 

 country, the Early Company, devoted i" the 

 agricultural implement and carriage and wagon 

 industry. lie continued a- western manager for 



FRANK F FISH. 



United states. He was born at Racine, Wis., 

 thirty six years ago, and is a -on ,,f the founder 



of the fa us Fish Brothers Wagon Company of 



that city. He is an industrious and forceful 

 young man. is a thorough adept at organization, 

 and iiis services should prove of Inestimable value 1 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association. 

 Tin- Hardwood Record wishes to extend 



gratnlaliotis to both Mr. Fish and the associa- 

 tion for what seems to be a very desirable al- 

 liance for both. Mr. Fish will assume the duties 

 of Iiis office August i text, and will be located 

 at Indianapolis, Ind., in a handsome suite of 

 offices ai <;i7 Traction building, which be will 

 share jointly with George I.. Smith, Inspector 

 ii of the association. 

 A R. Vinnedge, who has so ably filled the 

 office ol Becretarj ol the association for the last 

 fifteen months, resigns the position that he may 

 devote his entire lime to the extensive hard- 

 wood trade of the a K Vinnedge Lumber Com- 

 pany of which he is president. 



New Maple Flooring Plant. 



Ward Brothers, the well-known manufac- 

 turers of Michigan hardw I products at Big 



Rapids, Mich, an installing a four-machine 

 Hooting plant with a capacity of 10.000,000 

 t.,t ,,i flooring a year. The output will con- 

 sist of hard maple, oak and beech flooring, but 

 very largely -will be ol the first named variety. 



The factory is of entirely new construction. 

 and is equipped with the latest improved 



im.o 1 v of all kinds, including flooring ma- 



i bines, scrapers, polishers and end matchers. 

 The plant is so arrange. I that when the rough 

 lumber is delivered at the mill, it does not 

 ■ cover until the finished flooring is loaded 

 from the warehouse into cars. All tin- latest 

 labor-saving devices, conveyors, etc., are be- 

 ing installed. 



The firm has a double kiln, tin- buildings of 

 which an' u 1 1 feel in length, which affords a 

 capacity of fifty percent mote than the normal 



uirements of the Mooring mill. The mill 



building prop.r i- to by l v " bet, anil the 



