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luniks, records ami funds be had in liis 

 possession belonging to the association to 

 the new secretary. 



Mr. Humphrey— We have a lady with us 

 today, who is secretary of a prominent lum- 

 ber concern In this state, and I think the 

 profession would like to hear from her. I 

 refer to Miss Censky. 



Miss Censky — I do not think I have much 

 to say. Like Mr. Colby, I don't know how to 

 make a speech. I do think we ought to en- 

 deavor to make our association the very best 

 possible, and that we ought to work a little 

 harder for it than we do. I think we should 

 have many more members in the association 

 than we have. I have not heard many re- 

 marks at this meeting about conditions, 

 prices, markets, etc., and would like to hear 

 what some of you have to say. You know 

 when these hardwood men come to our town and 

 want to buy stock, prices are never good, and 

 things are in pretty bad shape generally. 

 I Laughter.] I would like to hear something 

 of the other side of the question today. Noth- 

 ing has been said about insurance matters, in 

 which I am interested, and as I came for In- 

 formation, would like to hear some of these 

 questions discussed. 



Mr. Arpin — It would be a good idea to de- 

 vote a little time to hearing from some of our 

 members as to general conditions of trade, 

 future" prospects, etc. Also something about 

 insurance. 



After some discussion, on motion, the 

 meeting adjourned. 



The New Officers. 



The new president of the Wisconsin 

 Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, E. P. 

 Arpin, is secretary and treasurer of the 

 Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company of 

 Grand Rapids, Wis. Mr. Arpin is one of 

 the best hardwood manufacturers in the 

 state, and this fact, combined with his 

 hearty interest in association work and his 

 ability as an organizer, will assist mate- 

 rially in carrying the association forward 

 to increased success. 



Benjamin W. Davis, vice president, is the 

 managerial head of the great John R. Davis 

 Lumber Company of Phillips. Mr. Davis 

 has been veritably brought up in the lumber 

 business of the state, and his conservatism, 

 good judgment and social and business qual- 

 ities eminently fit him for the position for 

 which he has been chosen. 



The new secretary, A. E. Beebee, is 

 general manager of B. F. McMillan 

 & Brother of McMillan. Mr. Beebee has 

 been reared in the lumber business and in 

 connection with this big enterprise has had 

 a vast experience in the handling of cler- 

 ical work, such as will fall to him in con- 

 nection with his duties as secretary and 

 treasurer of the association. 



The directors have been chosen with good 

 judgment. B. F. McMillan is head of B, P. 

 McMillan & Brother at McMillan; Gi 

 H. Lusk is of the Nye, Lusk & Hudson 

 Company, Thorp; George H. Chapman is the 

 hardwood manager of the Northwestern 

 Lumber Company at Stanley; H. C. Hum- 

 phrey is the head of the G. W. Jones Lum- 

 ber Company at Appleton; Thomas P. Wall 

 is an active man of the Wall-Spaulding 

 Lumber Company, of Oshkosh; E. J. Young 

 is the enterprising managerial head of the 



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son, and Guy Nash is the active manager 

 of the splendid Nash Lumber Company's 

 ■ ion at sii 



The price list committee is also made up 

 of exceptionally strong men: A. R. Owen, 

 a must forceful factor in the association, is 

 manager of the John Owen Lumber Com- 

 pany at Owen; George E. Foster is the head 

 of the great Foster-Latimer Lumber Com- 

 pany at Mellen; K. H. Pardoe is the active 



man of the Fenw 1 Lumber Company, of 



Wausau; Geo. .1. Landeck is the forceful 

 head of the l'age & Landeck Lumber Com- 

 pany of Milwaukee, and \V. .1. Wagstafl is 

 the lumber seer of Oshkosh. 

 Attendance. 



The following is a list of those present 

 at the meeting: 



Agler, O. O., Upham & Agler, Chicago. 



Allen, W. E., Paine Lumber Co., Oshkosh. 



Arpin, E. P., Arpin Hardwood Lumber Co., 

 Grand Rapids, Wis. 



Carter, Harry N., Daniel Shaw Lumber Co., 

 Eau Claire, Wis. 



Censky, Miss T., T. D. Kellogg Lumber & Man 

 ufacturing Co., Antigo, Wis. 



Chapman, George H., Northwestern Lumber 

 Co., Stanley, Wis. 



Colby, M. J., Curtis & Yale Co., Wausau. Wis. 



Cone, Albert. American Lumberman, Chicago. 



Davis, B. W.. John It. Davis Lumber Co., 

 Phillips, Wis. 



Davis, John R., John R. Davis Lumber Co., 

 Phillips, Wis. 



Davis, J. L., John R. Davis Lumber Co., Phil- 

 lips, Wis. 



Dc Yo, Bert E., William J. Starr, Eau Claire. 

 Wis. 



Doud, H. T., Doud Sons & Co., Winona, Minn. 



Ellingson, Chris P.. Ellingson Lumber Co., 

 Hawkins, Wis. 



Fish, Frank P., secretary N. H. L. A.. Indian- 

 apolis, Ind. 



Flanner, I 



Co., CI ), III. 



orge 1 i ostel Lai » i • 



Mellen 

 Gibson, Henry II.. ll.im.w i i: • CM- 



n, A K , Hardwood I: 

 den, .i. r. Mississippi \';ir nan, 



Minneapolis, Minn. 



Humphrey, H. C., G. W. Jones Lud 

 Appleton, Wi>. 



I Lineman, II. II., Helneman Lumber 

 Helneman, Wis. 

 Holmes, B. P., i Ci Wat 



Wis. 



Johnson, C d South Arm Lumbei > Mil 

 wuukee. 



Jones, i: ll . G. W. Jones Lum 

 ton, wis. 



Krueger, J. H., Chicago Lumbei & 



Blhon, N\ If 



Keith, ll. P., Page t Landeck Lumber Co., 

 Crandon, Wis. 



Landeck, G. J. Page ,•: Ijindeck Lumber Co., 



Milwaukee. Wis. 



Lusk, George II., Nye. Lusk ft Hudson I 

 Thorp. \\i- 



Nash, Guy, Nash Lumber Co., Shanagolden, 

 Wis. 



Owen, A R., John Owen Lumber Co.. Owen, 



Wis. 



Okoneski, J. M., Arpin Hardwood Lumbei Co.. 

 Minneapolis, Minn. 



Pardee, r II, Fenwood Lumber Co., W 

 Bau, Wis. 



Palmer, Earl, Ferguson & Palmer Co., Pa- 

 ducah, Ky. 



Qulnlan, M. J., Menominee Bay Shore Lumber 

 Co., Soperton, Wis. 



Ruth. A. II. .:. W. Jones Lumber Co., Chi- 

 cago. 



Smith, George L., surveyor general N. II. L. 

 A., Indianapolis. 



Wagstaff, William J., Oshkosh. Wis 



Week, A. R., John Week Lumber Co 

 Point, Wis. 



Young, Edward J.. Brlttingham & Young Co.. 

 Madison, wis. 



A Lumberman's Letters to His Son. 



■ Chicago, September 20, 1905. 



My Dear Son: I have your letter of the 

 18th, stating that you feel in need of exer- 

 cise and requesting that I forward you your 

 bunch of golf sticks. I have been in the 

 lumber business thirty-five years, and this 

 is the first time I ever heard of a lumber- 

 man's needing exercise other than such as 

 he could got in the lumber business. If you 

 will get a hustle on yourself and attend 

 strictly to peddling boards, you will find 

 that, your hankering after golf will wear off. 



For heaven's sake get busy. 



Let up on selling oak. I am loaded down 

 now with more oak orders than I can fill 

 in ninety days. Somebody is going to get 

 the hot end of this oak proposition, and I'm 

 sure I don't want the honor. Crowd bass- 

 wood and birch. The Wisconsin bunch 

 seems to have gone foolish, and there- 

 are quite a number of soft places where I 

 can buy stock right if you could by any 

 chance land an order. Some idiot from Wis- 

 consin went over to Grand Rapids a few 

 days ago and cut the price on birch $3 a 

 thousand, and has played the demnition bow- 

 wows with the market there. Get after 



some of those furniture fellows down in 

 New York state and bury them in birch if 

 you can. I can deliver the goods. 



Don 't you be in too much of a rush to get 

 to New York City. There are a lot of chaps 

 down there that would lie very glad to see 

 vim, no doubt — lobster is a favorite fruit 

 from one end of Broadway to the other, and 

 along a good many of the side streets be- 

 sides. You just keep in your class and - 

 to th own trade of New York state 



for another month. 



Your ather. 



P. B.; four mother has complied with 

 your request, and has aenl you fa 

 your walking stick with the naiad handle. 

 It is well for you to have this, for I fear 

 that you might have caught Cold without it. 



Rushsylvanla. 186 for 



a white oak tree which grew In Hardin coun- 

 ty. It Is said to be one of the largest pieces 

 of timber ever grown In central Ohio. The 

 stump measured five feet across and the 

 trunk scaled 3.700 feet. Sixty-five railroad 

 ties were cut from the limbs. A. Lesourd ft 

 Sons of East Columbus aie quartering the 

 logs, ... luring considerable stock 



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