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H.^KDWOOD RECORD 



.iMtiiiai-y -5. 19i:i 



BALTIMORE 



Daniel Annan, Jr., president of the Western Maryland Lumber Company, 

 at Cumberland, suffered the loss by death of his mother, Mrs. Virginia 

 Opie Annan, on January 6. Mrs. Annan was the wife of Daniel Annan. Sr.. 

 president of the Second National Bank of Cumberland. 



The Zouck Lumber Company. 740 Eastern avenue, which was formed to 

 continue the business heretofore conducted In hardwoods and other lumber 

 at wholesale by John H. Zouck, has organized by electing John H. Zouck 

 president. L*. H. Gwaltney vice-president. Ivan Brent secretary and E. R. 

 Stringer treasurer. Mr. Gwaltney is secretary and treasurer of the 

 Lumber Exchange here. There will be no change in the business methods 

 of the company and the old established policies will be followed, the only 

 change being a broadening of the scope of the firm. 



The Union Box Company, which carried on operations for years at a 

 large plant at President and Alieeanna streets, is moving to a new estab- 

 lishment on Ridgely street, nnd is expected to be ready to resume opera- 

 tions there February 15. 



■ Among the visiting lumbermen in Baltimore during the last week or 

 ten days were C. D. Howard, president of the Smoot Lumber Company of 

 Cowen, W. Va., and Ellis Wilkinson of the Wilkinson Lumber Company 

 (if Bristol, Tenn. Both were making a trip to ascertain trade conditions 

 in the various sections. 



The Lafayette Mill & Ijumber Company, C. H. Cromwell, president, at 

 Lafayette avenue and the Pennsylvania railroad, this city, has given out 

 a contract f6r the erection of a dry kiln, shaving bin, boiler house and 

 garage, with a view to augmenting its facilities to take care of the increase 

 in business. 



COLUMBUS 



Considerable intei-est was manifest at the annual meeting of District 

 No. 8 of the Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers which was held 

 in Columbus January 10. The election resulted in the re-election of a 

 large number of the former officers. Howard Potter of the Potter Lumber 

 Company of Worthington was elected president : O. Isl. Gardner of the 

 New Steelton Lumber Company, A-ice president; J. Erwin Jones of the 

 East Side Lumber Company, secretary and W. F. Kimraell of the Powell 

 Lumber Co-^.. treasurer. These oflBcers constitute the l>oard of directors. 

 About 35 dealers were at the meeting. M. J. Bergin a well known retailer 

 spoke on the old timers in the retail game calling to mind firms which 

 existed in the Buckeye Capital forty to fifty years ago. Frank Lumbert. 

 Jr., was juade chairman of the registration committee and T. A. Jones, 

 chairman of the entertainment committee for the annual meeting of the 

 Ohio .\ssociation of Retail Lumber Dealers which will be held in Columbus 

 January 25 to 27 inclusive. 



Papers have been filed with the secretary of state increasing the author- 

 ized capital of the Purdy Lumber Company, of Cincinnati, from $10,000 

 to $20,000. D. O. Purdy is president of the concern. 



W. H. Hamilton of the Wood Lumber Company, Lorain, and Fred H. 

 Alexander of the Xlles Lumber Company. Niles, have recently returned 

 from a hunting trip in northern Minnesota. They were the guests of the 

 Rainy Lake IjUmber Company. The party brought out sixteen deer. 



The Allen A. Smith Company, of Toledo, a retail concern has increaseil 

 its capital from $150,000 to $200,000. 



The Scheetz Lumber Company, Youngstown, has filed papers increasing 

 its capital from $75,000 to $125,000. 



George Friend, a well known traveler of Columbus and n member of the 

 "Union Association of Lumber. Sash and Door Salesmen, No. B94, died at 

 his late residence recently after an extended illne.ss. He had been a 

 resident of Columbus for five years and his latest connection was 

 the Southern Lumber Company. The funeral services were held January 

 11 and interment was made in Green Lawn Cemetery. 



E. Doddington, head of the E. Doddington Company, a large retail con- 

 cern in Columbus, left recently on his usual trip to Florida f()r the wintf^r 

 months. 



In, connection with a meeting of District No. 18 of the Ohio Association 

 recently held at .\kron. a concatenation of the Hoo IIoo was held when 

 a number of novices were initiated into the mysteries of tlie order. A 

 dinner was served at the Elks Home. In all fourteen old cats were 

 present to participate in the ceremonies. 



W. E. Jones, who is secretary of the Ohio Lumber Trade Exchange, has 

 been made Ohio chairman for the European Relief committee to raise 

 funds for the support of 8.500.000 starving children. The Lumber Trade 

 Exchange also offeced the use of its club rooms as state headquarters. 

 Mr. Jones is perfecting organizations in the various counties. So far 

 about a half dozen counties have exceeded their quota and stopped solici- 

 tation. 



P. B. Pryor, sales manager of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, 

 reports an improvement in the feeling in hardwood circles. A larger 

 number of inquiries are being received, although orders are still slow. 

 Semi-annual inventories have now been about completed and a better run 

 of business is expected soon. The company's mills which were closed 

 down Dec. 15 are still down but It is expected to resume operations soon. 



E. M. Stark, secretary of the American Column & Lumber Company, 

 reports a better feeling in lumber circles generally whicb is shown by 



nmre inquiries. The market appears to be more stabilized anil prices are 

 not showing as wide a range as formerly. Mr. Stark recently returned 

 from an inspection trip at the company's mills located at Stark, W. Va. 

 These mills have resumed operations on about a fifty per cent basis. 



II. R. Allen, head of the H. R. Allen Lumber Company, recently returned 

 from a Southern trip. 



Owing to the fact that so few responses have been received to the 

 request for names of those who desire to visit lumber producing regions^ 

 on the Association's special train the plans contemplated for an Associa- 

 tion excursion have been abandoned. The failure to have such an excur- 

 sion as in former years apparently comes from a division of sentiment 

 among those interested as to the itinerary. There were not sufficient 

 members who felt tiiey could undertake a trip to the Pacific Coast to 

 warrant arrangements and on the other hand there were enough tourists 

 to go to a new section of the Southern Pine and cypress territory. But 

 the New York Retail Lumber Dealers' Association has not abandoned 

 plans for a. trip to the West Coast and cordial invitation is extended to 

 Ohio retailers who desire to make such a trip. The New York members 

 are planning to start the trip about the middle of February and the trip 

 will include Spokane, Seattle. Portland, Sacramento. San Francisco, Los 

 Angeles and the Grand Canyon of Arizona. 



CINCINNATI 



J. J. Kowc. vice-presiileut of the First National Hank of Cincinnati, 

 was tile principal speaker at tlie monthly meeting' of the Cincinnati Liim- 

 hennen's Club at the Cincinnati liiisiness Men's Club. The bank otBcial 

 informeil his aiulitors of the present money and credit conditions, and the 

 lumbermen in attendance gained ideas of necessity for caution and con- 

 servation and the call for patience in permitting economic conditions to 

 become readjusted before expecting any great expansion in lumber busi- 

 ness activity. He said that it would take time to bring about the neces- 

 sary readjustment in credit conditions before money would again be 

 cheap, but said that banking opinion was not definitely formed as to how 

 long a time this would take. 



Following the address a resolution was passed inviting the National 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association to hold its annual convention in 

 Cincinnati next March. At the uext meeting an enfeitainnieut is planned 

 to which the families and friends of the members of the cluii will be invited. 



The Appalachian Logging Congress will hold its spring meeting at the 

 Sinton Hotel in Cincinnati on April 28, 29 and 30. Arrangements tor the 

 meeting are being made by Secretary T. Sunderland of Knoxville, Tenn. 



A number of members of the Cincinnati hardwood trade attended the 

 Southern Hardwood Tratfic Association annual meeting in Memphis. Tenn. 



The death of Nathau Drucker, SI years old, marks the passing away of 

 one of Cincinnati's niost prominent trunk nianufai.-turers .and a man who 

 has been prominent in local lumber circles for more than sixty years. 

 Mr. Drucker died suddenly at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alfred 

 Reinauer, 3895 Reading road. He was one of the founders of the 

 N. Drucker & Company, which later became the Mendel-Drucker Com- 

 pany. During the terms of Governors Foraker and Campbell in Ohio Mr. 

 Drucker was a member of the state board of pardons. 



Realizing that merchants abroad who formerly paid bills promptly are 

 now refusing shipments and are cancelling contracts, three hundred of 

 the largest exijorters in the country, among them a number of Cincinnati 

 lumber concerns, are cooperating as never before by exchanging credit 

 information regarding their customers. L. J. Bradford represents the Cin- 

 cinnati exporters on the supervisory committee of the bureau. 



The Purdy Lumber Company has increased Its capital stock from $10,000 

 to ,$20,000. This was announced by D. G. Purdy, president, who said the 

 increase was made in order to expand business. 



R. G. McClellan of the Old Dominion Lumber Company, Roanoke, Va., 

 was a vi.sitor at the Cincinnati office of the Thoman-Fllnn Company last 

 week. Mr. McClellan is well known in local lumber circles, having repre- 

 sented a lumber company in Cinciunati before his present connections. 



Fifty employes of the Ward F.lock, Sash & Door Company were given 

 n banquet at the Palace Hotel last week. Following the spread an address 

 was made by L. W. Block, treasurer. A bonus was given each employe. 



C. G. McLaughlin, formerly of the J. C. West Lumber Company, plans 

 to enter busines.s for himself. The company will be known as the McLaugh- 

 lin Lumber Company and will engage in the wholesale distribution of hard- 

 wood. It is said that the embryo firm has already made connections with 

 a number of West Virginia and southern mills. The temporary head- 

 quarters are at 350 Terrace avenue, Cincinnati. 



Members of District No. 1 of the Ohio Retail Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation at a recent meeting reelected Edgar Cummlngs president and L. C. 

 Cordes secretary. 



Charles A. Behlen. carriage manufacturer, died at the JewLsh Ho.spital 

 last week. He was a native of Cincinnati and at one time was associated 

 with the Cook Carriage Company. During his business career he operated 

 c'arriage factories in Charlotte. N. C, and in Richmond. Ind. Up to the 

 time of his death he was engaged in the manufacture of the "Behlen 

 Trailer." He is survived by his widow, two sons, a sister and a brother. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The Howard Shipyard & Dock Company has filed an answer here to 

 the suit of the D. K. Ferris Lumber Company in Federal court. The Ferris 



