JJovember 25, 1920 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



47 



Southern Pacific Places Large Order 



The Southern Pacific Railroad iias placed an order witli the Crossett 

 Lumber Company. Crossett, Arli., for 50 carloads of lumber to be used In 

 the construction of box cars and other equipment for that line, accord- 

 ing to aunouncement made by the management of the road. Delivery 

 is to be effected as soon as the necessary material can be prepared for 

 shipment. 



The Southern Pacific, it will be recalled, is the railroad which recently 

 placed an order with a Memphis finn for millions of feet of timber in 

 the form of cross and switch ties. This order calls for the delivery of 

 approximately 25,000.000 feet every year for the next five years. 



John Foster of Wausau Dies 



John Foster of Wausau, Wis., for forty-five years associated with the 

 logging and lumber manufacturing industry of Northern Wisconsin, died 

 November 12 at the age of 77 years. He was born at Bangor, Me., Febru- 

 ary 22, 1S43, and went to Mosinee, Wis., in 1875, becoming associated with 

 the Dessert Lumber Company. In ISSO he went to Stevens Point with 

 the Bosworth Lumber Company, serving as general manager. Afterward 

 he moved to Wausau and served with a number of large concerns, eventu- 

 ally engaging in business on bis own account as a broker. He is sur- 

 vived by two sons, F. G. Foster of Portland, Ore., and S. J. Foster of 

 Wausau. 



Founder of Roddis Company Dies 



W. H. Roddis, founder and president of the Roddis Lumber & Veneer 

 Company of Marshfield, Wis., died at his home in that city on November 6, 

 at the age of 74 years. He was born in Tro.v, N. Y., January 5, 1844. 

 When four years of age his parents brought him to Milwaukee, where be 

 lived a half century. Here he "was married to Miss Sara L. Denton. The 

 family moved to Marshfield in 1894, when Mr. Roddis purchased the old 

 plant of the Marshfield Veneer Company from A. K. Hatteberg. This 

 enterprise was developed from a small plant to one which is internation- 

 ally known and now employs from 450 to 500 men. Mr. Roddis is survived 

 by his wife and two children, one of whom. Hamilton Roddis, is treasurer 

 of the Roddis company. 



Wm. Theodore Ellsworth Dies 



William Theodore Ellsworth of Oshkosh. Wis., for many years asso- 

 ciated with the late Philetus Sawyer, former United States senator from 

 Wisconsin, in the lumber business as well as political activities, died at 

 Oshkosh on November 7 at the age of 84 years. He was a native of Mor- 

 ristown, N. Y., and came west at the age of 19 years. He became asso- 

 ciated with the Sawyer interests and was general manager of the West 

 Algona mill, the site of the present Paine Lumber Company planing mill, 

 imtil Mr. Sawyer was elected to Congress, at which time Mr. Ellsworth had 

 assumed entire charge of Senator Sawyer's vast lumber interests. Mr. 

 Ellsworth was confidential secretary to Mr. Sawyer, both as member of 

 the House and later as member of the Senate. Afterward he was asso- 

 ciated with the Marshfield Land & Lumber Compan.v and other lumber 

 corporations, a number of which he rehabilitated. Mr. Ellsworth was 

 married in 1862 to a niece of Senator Sawyer's wife. 



Berry-May Company Formed in Memphis 

 A new wholesale hardwood firm to be known as the Berry-May Lumber 

 Company has just been organized in Memphis and applied for a charter 

 under the laws of the state of Tennessee. The company will do a general 

 wholesale business in hardwoods and offices will be established in South 

 Bend. The new concern will be capitalized at $50,000, and Paul "Bert" 

 Berry, at present general sales manager for the E. Sondheimer Company 

 of Memphis, will become vice-president and general manager. Mr. Berry 

 will resign his present position Jan. 1. Other officers of the new cor- 

 Ijoration are : Ralph May, president ; T. E. Sledge, secretary-treasurer. 

 Frank May and W. F. Holzgrafe are additional incorporators. 



Hooper-Bennett Lumber Company Organized 



Articles of incorporation have been applied for by the Hooper Bennett 

 Lumber Company, a hardwood lumber firm Just organized in Memphis, 

 which will be capitalized at $100,000. The incorporators are Hooper 

 Bennett, Irby Bennett, George H. Tobias, Edward W. Smith and Prather 

 McDonald. Offices will be established at 61S Randolph building. Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



The incorporators recently acquired a large tract of timberland on the 

 Arkansas & Louisiana Railway in Arkansas and will erect a sawmill on the 

 tract Immediately. 



Bruce Company Has New Kansas City Address 



The E. L. Bruce Company has recently changed its Kansas City, Mo., 

 office to 448 Sheidley building. The former address was 17 East Tenth 

 street. Announcement of the change was made by C. Arthur Bruce, 

 treasurer and sales manager. 



Col. Anderson Is Cabinet Prospect 



Col. S. B. Anderson, president of the Anderson-TuUy Company, and 

 one of the most prominent lumbermen and business men of Memphis, 

 is being favorably mentioned for a portfolio in the cabinet of President- 

 elect Harding. Tennessee, contrary to both precedent and expectations, 

 went overwhelmingly Republican in the national election and it is gen- 

 erally felt that President-elect Harding will turn to this State, by way of 

 political reward, to choose one of the members of his official family. 

 Friends of Col. Anderson, among both Democrats and Republicans, are 



urging his candidacy on the ground that he is a life-long Republican, 

 that he is one of the most able business men of the State, and that he 

 is well qualified, by virtue of his experience in the lumber and box busi- 

 ness in Michigan and Tennessee, to serve as secretary of commerce. Mr. 

 Anderson has been a counsellor in the United States Chamber of Com- 

 merce and he has also been prominently identified with all of the leading 

 lumber and allied organizations throughout the country for years. 



Gustave A. Farber Sails for States 



Information has been received in Baltimore that Gustave A. Farber, the 

 London representative of Russe & Burgess, Inc., of Memphis, sailed 

 on November IS aboard the steamer Lapland from London for the 

 United States on his annual vLsit to confer with the other officers of the 

 corporation. Mr. Farber is expected to visit Baltimore in the course of 

 his travels, and will remain in this country long enough to attend the 

 annual meeting of the National Lumber Exporters' Association, which Is 

 to be held next January at a place yet to be decided upon. The choice is 

 said to lie between Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. 



Belgium Lumberman Visiting Here 



F. DeJonge of the firm of DeJonge & De Beukelaer of Antwerp, Bel- 

 gium, was a Baltimore visitor November 15, leaving on the next day to 

 continue his trip through the lumber sections of the States. Mr. DeJonge, 

 who is one of the younger members of the firm, expects to spend some 

 time in this country, remaining perhaps for six months, and meanwhile 

 familiarizing himself with conditions in the trade throughout the various 

 areas. It is thought that his visit is made for observation rather than 

 with any idea of taking up stocks. He called among others on John L. 

 Alcock & Co., the Munsey Building. 



Townshend Seeks Improved Expert B. of L. 



J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic 

 As.sociation, is expected to return to Memphis from Washington early 

 .next week. He has been in that city attending the hearing before the 

 interstate commerce commission on the through export bill of lading 

 covering hardwood lumber and forest products. 



Before leaving Memphis, Mr. Townshend expressed the view that a 

 through bill of lading would be developed that would represent material 

 improvement over the present one, with particular reference to the 

 charges for demurrage at the ports on the part of ships belonging to the 

 merchant marine. 



Clubs and Associations 



Chicago Hoo Hoos Plan Concatenation 



Elaborate preparations are being made by the Chicago Hoo Hoos to 

 hold a grand concatenation at the Chicago Lumber Association club rooms. 

 Lumber Exchange building, on the evening of Dec. 8. A number of "kit- 

 tens" are already on the list for the maturing process, and others will be 

 added between this date and the evening of the concatenation. 



The concatenation will open wdth a dinner at 6 o'clock and the initia- 

 tion ceremonies will follow. Arrangements for the celebration are being 

 directed by F. M. Baker, vicegerent snark, assisted by various committees. 

 The matter of entertaining is being arranged by a committee headed by 

 L. J. Pomeroy, who is also, chairman of the "Stunts" committee, which 

 will have to do with the proper entertainment of the "kittens." 



May Move Headquarters to Capital 



The removal of the general offices of the National Lumber Manufac- 

 turers' Association from Chicago to Washington will be debated at the 

 quarterly meeting of the board of directors of the association in Chicago 

 on December 1. 



The proposal for removal reasons that it should be effected "in view of 

 the fact that many of the Important activities of the association are becom- 

 ing focused in Washington." However, the plan is to continue to hold the 

 meetings of the directors and committees and the annual convention of 

 the association and lumber congress in Chicago. 



The directors will also consider the consolidation of the technical and 

 architectural building code activities of the association in a technical 

 research bureau. 



Publicity and reforestation questions will also be coHsidered. 



Perry Retires from National Secretariat 



After a highly successful service of twenty-three .years, E. F. Perry 

 of New York has resigned the secretaryship of the National Wholesale 

 Lumber Dealers' Association, and will be succeeded January 1 by W. W. 

 Schupner, department manager of the association, according to announce- 

 ment made by John W. McClure of Memphis, president, following a meet- 

 ing of the trustees of the organization at the headquarters in New York. 



In announcing the resignation of Mr. Perry and the appointment of his 

 successor, Mr. McClure stated that "desiring to retain the benefit of his 

 long experience and helpful advice in association affairs," he has been 

 appointed "resident vice-president," this title to become effective the first 

 of the year. 



Mr. Perry resigned in order to devote the major part of his time to the 

 Lumber Mutual Casualty Insurance Company of New York, of which he 



