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HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 25, 1920 



the birth of the child, this being the first child to visit his home, and Mr. 

 Luhring has been singing the praises of the stork ever since. The new 

 freight rates were discussed by John C. Keller, tbe traffic manager of the 

 club, and other members. 



Lumbermen to Submerge Worries in Golf 



The various kinds of "blues" that assail the peace of mind of tbe hard- 

 wood fraternity — the low-price, tbe slack demand, car shortage and other 

 blues — will be forgotten for a day at Memphis when Lumbermen's Golf 

 Association takes to the links of the Memphis Country Club to play off the 

 second annual tournament of tbe association. This day will be October 28 

 and tbe tournament will take place rain or shine. 



Practically the same system will be employed at tbi' company tourna- 

 ment that prevailed at tbe original tournament, which was held at the 

 Colonial Country Club. The play will be for only one day, IS holes In 

 tbe forenoon and IS in the afternoon. The leading event, the one which 

 will establish the cbampionship, will be for the player who turns in the 

 lowest gross score. There will be about ten other events, which will give 

 players of all grades opportunity to win prizes. 



In nearly every match either full or one-half handicaps will apply, so as 

 to bring everyone as nearly as possible on an even basis. Among some of 

 these events will be tbe lowest net score, 3(\ boles, full handicap to apply : 

 match play against par, ,36 boles full handicap to apply; best net score on 

 even holes, one half handicap to apply ; best net score on odd holes, one- 

 half handicap to apply, and tbe lowest score on blind bole to be selected. 



It is e.vpected that this year's tournament will bring out about 100 

 lumbermen golfers from various sections of the country. Among these 

 will be several who have achieved fame in their localities and who have 

 participated in western and southern cbampionship tournaments. The 

 best-known of these are L. E. Cornelius. St. I.ouis ; W. .7. Foye. Omaha; 

 R. Carnahan, Pine Bluff; J. N. Morehead, Nashville. Several of tbe 

 neighboring cities, such as Helena. Ark. ; Pine Bluff. Ark ; Charleston, 

 Miss. ; Greenwood, Miss. ; Nashville, as well as St. Louis, New Orleans, 

 Chicago and Louisville, are expected to send delegations. 



The day's festivities will be brought to a close by tbe annual banquet, 

 following which the prizes will be awarded. 



Officers for the ensuing year will be elected and such other business 

 acted upou as is required, but no more bu.siness than is necessary, for the 

 day is planned entirely as a golf festival. 



The association's officers are ; R. J. Hackney, Memphis, president ; 

 A. M. Richardson, Helena, Ark., vice-president ; .1. M. Pritchard. Memphis, 

 secretary ; W. E. Hyde, Memphis, treasurer. The board of governors is 

 composed of R. M. Carrier, Sardis, Miss. ; W. B. Burke. Charleston, Miss. ; 

 W, N. Coulson, Memphis; S. M. Nickey, Memphis, and E. X. Lang, Chicago. 



New Northern Rate Books Out 



The Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association has 

 Issued a new rate book showing tbe new rates from Wausau, Wis., and 

 points taking the Wausau rate to points of destination in Indiana, Ohio, 

 Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Delaware and New 

 Jersey, 



The construction of this rate book is a departure over the usual asso- 

 ciation issues, inasmuch as the loose leaf plan has been used and a basing 

 system has been worked out for practically all of the destinations shown 

 therein. This method of construction enables the addition of other states 

 as they are required from time to time, as well as permitting tbe changing 

 of all the rates to all the points of destination by the changing of three 

 pages. 



It is expected that it will prove of tremendous help in interpreting the 

 new schedule of rates. 



With the Trade 



Power Drag Saw Makes Good Showing 



As a solution to the problem of replacing irresponsible labor, the Chas. 

 E. Brower & Co. of Memphis, Tenn., have made a practical and careful 

 study of power saws, and the results of their efforts will be of interest to 

 every logger and lumber operator. 



The machine which was used is equipped with a five horsepower two- 

 cylinder air-cooled engine. One of the features which appealed to all 

 those who witnessed the demonstration was the success of the chain pot- 

 ment, which gave the saw a travel stroke of 34 inches in each direction. 

 This seemed to eliminate the throw or "heave" of the saw at every reverse 

 of the stroke. It was estimated that running at a rate of from 100 to 

 ISO strokes per minute gives this saw from 3,400 inches to cover 6,000 

 inches per minute, 



Tbe Long-Bell Lumber Company of Quitman, Miss., in whose woods the 

 demonstration was held, made the following report to Chas. E. Bower 

 & Co.: 



"Cut down 25 trees in 39 minutes. Average cut of saw at stump 19 

 inches." 



Considering the present aggravated logging problems and the uncer- 

 tainty of labor, it would seem that a portable drag saw, which "Cuts 'era 

 down and cuts 'em up," should find a ready market among all who are 

 interested in "Cost Cutters." 



Spain Opens New Orleans Office 



After having operated from their office in Memphis for ten years, H. M. 

 Spain & Company, land appraisers and timber estimators, have found their 

 business grown to such an extent that they are opening a branch office in 

 New Orleans, Ya., 710 Maison-Blanche building annex. The office will he 

 in charge of C. D. Shy and W. L. Morrow, both of whom have been with the 

 company for a number of years. 



Widow of Late E. C. Atkins Dies 



Mrs. Sarah F. Atkins, widow of the late E. C. Atkins, Indianapolis, Ind., 

 died September 30. Mrs. Atkins was a w'oman of remarkable intellect, who 

 retained to the last, though she was in her eighty-fourth year, her clear- 

 ness of mind and many sided interests in the affairs of the world. She 

 had a business sense that caused her counsel to be valued by her husband 

 In the building up of the great saw manufacturing company of which he 

 was the founder, and she continued actively interested in the conduct of 

 the business up to the time of her death, having been a member of tbe 

 board of directors for some years past. 



Mrs. Atkins is survived by her son, Henry C. Atkins, and four daughters, 

 Mrs. N. A. Gladding, Mrs. T. R. Kackley, Mrs. E. B. Davis and Mrs. S. II. 

 Wadhams, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. 



New Godfrey Catalogue Just Issued 



The Godfri'y Cimvi'yor Company of Elkhart, Ind., announced last week 

 that the new Godfrey catalogue has just been printed and is ready for 

 distribution. Tbe new catalogue gives numerous photographs of Godfrey 

 conveyor installations throughout the country, with a description of each 

 installation. Diagrams showing the working principles of the system are 

 also embodied in the catalogue. 



Lumberman Kills Himself in Vault 



Sven IlaroUl Swensen, 33, secretary-treasurer of the Lundell Land & 

 Lumber Company and the Archer Lumber Company, killed himself the 

 night of Oct. 8 by shooting himself through the bead with a revolver. The 

 body was found in tbe vault of tbe offices of the Archer Lumber Company 

 about 8 :,30 o'clock the morning of Oct. 9. A note left by the dead man 

 addressed to three employes in his office dated Oct. 8, read as follows : 

 "You have been faithful employes of the company and I want you to 

 continue to be and stay with the company. You will be repaid some day. 

 May God bless all of you." 



Other notes in sealed envelopes were left on Swensen's desk. One was 

 addressed to a young lady in Rocktord, 111., to whom it is said he was to be 

 married on Oct. 21, and the other to W. A. Brolin, vice-president of the 

 corporation of which Swensen was secretary-treasurer. 



No motive has been discovered for the suicide. Swensen's accounts are 

 said to be in excellent condition. 



Contract Failure Is Cause for Damage 



A firm which tailed to fulfill a contract made in 1916 and thereby forced 

 the other party to go into the open market and purchase tbe same material 

 at a gleatly increased price, is entitled to damages, a jury in circuit court 

 at Huntington, W. Va., decided on Oct. 6. 



The decision was rendered In the case of the Wood & Brooks Company, 

 lumber dealers of Buffalo, N. Y., against the D. E. Hewitt Lumber Company 

 of Huntington. 



The Buffalo firm testified that it had contracted in 1916 to purchase 500,- 

 000 feet of basswood from the D. E. Hewitt Company at a price of $39 a 

 thousand feet. The local firm, they declared, failed to fill the order and as 

 - a result tbe plaintiffs were later forced to obtain the lumber in the open 

 market where it cost $75 a thousand feet. They alleged that as a result 

 of failure to fulfill the contract they were deprived of "divers great profits," 

 and sued for damages of $10,000. 



Receiver to Operate Plant 



In the case of the Hanging Rock Iron Company vs. tbe McClintock Lum- 

 ber Company, Ironton, O., on application of William Dickens, the receiver, 

 the court granted the receiver the right to operate the plant and borrow not 

 to exceed $6,000 to pay all labor claims. The defendant company operates 

 a stave ami tie plant and it has been idle since litigation was begun. 



Simonds Establishes British Saw Company 



Simonds Manufacturing Company, "The Saw Makers" of Fitchburg, 

 Mass., and Chicago, 111., has just secured a charter and established a 

 new company in Great Britain, to be known as Simonds Saws, Limit-ed. 

 An office and shop has been opened at 53 Bayhara. Camdentown, Ivondon, 

 N. W., where a full line of Simonds saw steel products as is demanded in 

 Great Britain will be carried. The shop will provide for maintenance 

 and repairs of saws, machine knives, and other edge tools produced by 

 the Simonds company. 



Guy A. Eaves, formerly connected with the Fitchburg plant of the com- 

 pany, has assumed the duties as office manager, and Leon E. Wilbnr. a 

 Simonds man, who has covered the Great Britain territory since his dis- 

 charge from the army in France, will he associated with bim. 



Day-Travis Nuptials 



The many friends of D. II. Day of Glen Haven, Mich., will be interested 

 to learn of tbe recent marriage of his daughter. Miss Margaret Thompson 

 Day to Frederick Hewitt Travis of Lansing. Mich. The marriage was 

 solemnized at the First Congregational church in Traverse City, Mich. Tbe 

 couple was attended by David H. Day, Jr., and Miss Jane E. Farrant, 

 brother and cotisin respectively of the bride. The groom is associated with 

 the accounting firm of Hulsapple & Parks of Grand Rapids, Mlih. 



