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warehouse is SO by 160 feet, which affords a 

 capacity of 1.500,000 feet of finished flooring. 

 The plant is served in a most desirable way 

 with railroad sidetracks. 



Ward Brothers are owners of hardwood tim- 

 ber lands located in the best maple section 

 ol Michigan, and operate their own sawmill at 

 Big Rapids. It is estimated that they have 

 a supply of timber sufficient to operate the 

 !K w flooring plant for a period of at Leasl 

 twenty years. 



Report Annual National Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Association. 

 the Hardwood Record has just issued in 

 pamphlet form for the National Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Association its official report of the eighth 

 annual meeting, which was held at Buffalo, May 

 IS and 19 last. The work is printed on hand- 

 somely calendered paper and comprises forty- 

 eight pages. It is enclosed within tine cover 

 paper, printed in two colors. The book is em- 

 bellished with a handsome duotone-gravure por- 

 trait of President Karl Palmer, and half-tone 

 pictures of the other officers of the association, 

 the board of directors, anil the chairmen of the 

 various committees. The official emblem of the 

 association, which appears "n the cover of the 

 book, ami which is herewith reproduced, was 



designed by the Habdwood Record. For the 

 mechanical excellence of the publication, the as- 

 sociation is indebted to the well-known printers 

 to the lumber craft, the Itegan Printing House, 

 s:;:ii Plymouth Place, Chicago. As an addenda 

 to the work is published a complete roster of 

 the members of the association. The Hard 

 wood Record has been very highly complimented 

 by both officers and numerous members of the 



i iation. for the handsome and attractive way 



in which the book has been executed. Copies of 

 the publication will lie mailed to all members, 

 and can be obtained by those interested in the 

 workings of the association on application to 

 the secretary. 



Annual Vehicle Woodstock Company. 



The annual meeting of the Vehicle W I 



stock Company, at which thirty members wi re 

 present, was held at the Great Northern Hotel 



in Chicago. July 12 and 13. At this me 



the following officers were elected: 



President, P. 1'. Von Behren, Ev'ansville, Ind. 

 Did. 



First Vice President, M. E. Leming, Capi 

 Girardeau, Mo. 



Second Vice President. Henry Quellmanz, 

 St. Louis. Mo. 



Secretary. Treasurer and Sales Manager, 

 Fred A. Curtis. Chicago. 



The report of the year's business indicate.-: 

 that this company has materially increased it- 

 business during the past year. The standing 

 of those connected with the company and the 

 volume of their business makes this concern 

 one of the most important in the vehicle stock 

 line. 



'I'll'- companj operate! thirtj I -■-. o b 

 plants, manufacturing oak and hickor; benl 

 rims and hounds, These plants are loi ated 

 in every - ■ Union producing vehicle 



dstock, by reason of which the com; 

 is enabled to make deliveries to any 

 within the i one,; states oi Canada at a 

 minimum cost for transportation. 



The Vehicle Woodstock Companj was 



ganized July 15, 1903, largelj I igh thi ef 



forts of Fred A. Curtis ol Chicago who 

 that time was a manufacturer of oak and 

 hickory bent rims and hounds. Mr. Curtis 

 recognized the chaotic condition in which this 

 industry stood at that time by reason of non 

 uniformity of sizes, grades and prices, and 



succeeded eventually in perfecting a ganiza 



tion of the chief producers of this lim o 

 wagon and carriage material, thi policy of 

 which has been to maintain a fixed standard 

 of grade on the goods and to establish a uni- 



form I based on relath e values. 



It ha ii the work of the company to 



institute a higher qualltj dl production and 







The in i a thai the company has 



fixed a high and satisfactory standard of grade 

 on these goods. antly 



d al a uniform standard through the 



mi 'limn ..I | :. h, ,.|..ii by 



Inspeetoi n i 



1,1,1 a iusl unifoi ui In jpectlon. 



Numbered among the individuals making up 



the Vehicle \\ i took Companj are a ma- 



of thi leading manufacturers of this 

 line oi -look in the country wl m< □ 



ol character and standing In the trade. The 



work that is being le bj thi company is 



invaluable to buj ei - of thi took bj n 



of the fact thai they receive goods at a just 



price and of uniform and 



PROMINENT MEMBERS VEHICLE WOODSTOCK COMPANl 



The above group represents a number of the directors oi the Vehicle W Istock Company, Chi- 

 cago, III., and was taken on Umbrella Rock, Lookout .Mountain. Chattanooga, Tenn. The 

 guide in the foreground is an ex stave of i;en. Kol.erl I-:. Lee. K.-ailing from righl to left, the gentle- 

 men pictured are as follows: F. A. Curtis. Memphis Rim & Low Company, Chicago, secretary and 

 treasurer: B. F. Von Behren. Von Behren Manufacturing Company, E vans vi lie, 1ml.. president 

 E. S. Philley, Ames Bending Company, Celina, O. ; M. K. Campbell, Campbell & Dann Mannfacturin 

 Company. Tullahoma. Tenn.: II. J. Wildermuth, I . M. Carrier & Son. Sardis, Mi-s. : F. I!. Anderson. 

 J. M Skinner Bending Company. Toledo. 0. ; B. G. Lynch, B. G Lyncl S Co .Tonesboro, Ark.: .1. E. 

 Busscher. Louisville Spoke & Bending Company. Louisville. Ky. : S. W. Russell. Von Behren-Russell 

 Company, Louisville. Ky. : E. K. Cunningham, Cunningham Manufacturing Company, Eostoria, 0. ; 



.1. L. Darn Campbell & Dann Manufacturing Company, Tubal la, Tenn.; T. A. White, St. Mary's 



Wheel & spoke Company, St. Mary's, 0. 



HardWood NeWs. 



(By HABDWOOD BECOBD Special Corespondents, i 



Chicago. 



The Habdwood Record was n -ed wiib a 



call a few days ago. from Stephen Mills. Jr., 

 secretary-treasurer of the Ban- & Mills Com 

 pany, Zanesville, 0. Mr. Mills placed orders 

 in this market for upwards of $10,000 worth of 

 lumber. 



G. M. Payne, special agent of the Manufac- 

 turing Lumbermen's Underwriters of K: 

 City, Mo., was a caller at this office last week. 



.1. .1. Brunei-, traffic manager of Bennett & 

 Wine. Memphis, Tenn.. was a visitor in Chi 

 cago lasl we.-k, and made the Record a call. 



among tb-- distinguished Chicago visitors re- 

 cently were: John ii. Hlmmelberger, of the 

 Himmelberger-Harrlson Lumber Company, More- 

 house, Ky. : M, E. Leming. Cape i.iranleau. Mo. ; 

 B. F. Von Behren, Evansvllie, Ind., and I 

 M. Carrier, Sardis, Miss. 



w. M. Killer, lie- distinguished lumberman 

 .a i olumbus, ".. is away i - i bis regular 



European trips ibis month. 



Among the welcome callers al the Record 

 office within the last few days was Lewis Doster. 



tary ot the Hardw I Manufacturers' As 



, i ; ion of the United States 



