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HARDWOOD RECORD 



v..<..ni.-r 10. 1913. 



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o\- a Ota<.tuU Lxtt iijfvl^th ViUt'irM lu t- 



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 '' furnl' 



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 jUiUiirclal liuiinlllli-a 



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i<-a ur KiMiiiniiiliy. Ttiv Dorlh- 



r {<■%» iiii'rrli*Dtabl« timber U 



Moies F. 



'trntintltr. prr-~li1i!lt 



Rittenhouse 



iim, 1IV..I1-.- ft 



Knibri'c roiniinny, 



' wn« uoo of lliv 



tlip lumlipr IiumI- 



<'niiiiOii mill for tin- 

 „ ! iin osixTliiii'iilnl fiiriii 



Ul. 



itn pmnilni^nf In riilrnr" trade for niniiy yonm. 

 ti'tt AHM4iclntlcin of ('lil- 

 f (lir> liiiiibcr bimliicKK. 

 .■■ .■/ » lilriicd, jiiTvt'*! ni* imiHuriT 

 I niiH n iiii'iiiliiT of the NiKlniiiil 

 iilveU by lili* wlilnw. Mrs. Kiiiiiin I'. 

 , i'hnrlcii J., mill Iir. Wnltcr Itltli'ii 



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Mr. I; 

 At ono lliiif be m-rvi-jl uii pre- 

 i-«SO ntitl «■«■ Ki'll "P In 1x1 

 He »ni« n Ulrt'Olnr •• 

 of the IH-ep \Vnl. r 



Ulvom and llnrbori i .ulti --. ii' i~ -' 

 lllttrnlioune, and three soim. ICdwnrd K 

 hou»e. 



At n siM'rliil meethiK on Nov. S the Imnrd of dlrectorn of the Lumber 

 men's Association of Chloigo adopted the follow Iiik resolutions : 



\ViiERr^8, This board 

 of dlreetom of the l-uiii- 

 bormen"s Assoclnllon of 

 Chliago lenrns with pro- 

 found sorrow of the 

 death on .November 7. 

 1915, of our late asso- 

 ciate. Moses F. Kitten 

 house, president of the 

 Itltteuhousc & Kiiibree 

 Company, at one time 

 president of this asso- 

 ciation, and for over 

 half a century Identified 

 with the lunilier trade 

 of Chicago, the North- 

 west and the South ; 

 and 



\Vii»:nr.-vs, We point 

 with pride to the life of 

 our dearly bclovci! 

 friend and associate, 

 which was a bright ex- 

 ample of business In- 

 tegrity and iiprlshtness, 

 a life of devotion to 

 high Ideals and the bet- 

 terment of his fellow 

 man, and one which has 

 left a legacy to the 

 world In the respect and love engendered in the hearts of nil whose privilege 

 It was to know its contact ; therefore be It 



Resolvkd, That while we reverently bow to this decree of the Maker and 

 Ruler of all, yet we cannot but regret to part with one so favorably known, 

 respected and lovid ; 



Re-solved. That we tender the sorrowing family our heartfelt sympathy 

 in this hour of their great aillirtlon. .ind remind them that their surest 

 consolation can be found in the unsullied record of his earnest nnd faithful 

 life: 



Revolved, That we extend our warmest sympathy to his business asso- 

 ciates and that these resolutions be spread on the records of this associa- 

 tion and copies transmitted to the family of the deceased nnd to the 

 press. 



Northern Hardwood Forest 



The Uiiitol States Uepartnient of .Vgrlculturc tins issued liiillitin -'^.'i. 

 styled: "The Northern Hardwood Forest: Its Composition. Growth, and 

 Management." It was prepared by E. II. Frothingham of the United States 

 Forest Service, and Is for sale at twenty cents a copy by the Superin- 

 tendent of Documents. Washington, D. C. 



This bulletin will be found valuable to owners of northern forested 

 land or land which should be reforested In that region. It deals to some 

 extent with utilization of timber, but that Is not the principal purpose of 

 the bulletin. It deals with the stand of timber, the kind, rate of growth, 

 size, methods of protection, and the business of caring for such timber 

 from the sprouting of the seeds until the tru«ks are ready for the mill. 



It should be noticed that the subject of the bulletin is the northern 

 hardwood forest, not the southern. The two areas Join or overlap, but 

 they arc distinguished as carefully as possible. It Is stated as a general 

 definition that the northern hardwood region coincides with the range of 

 yellow birch and that the two prevailing species arc yellow birch and sugar 



t'd from the re|H>rt 

 "III four yi-rtra nuo, 



>II<T In tiAIIIIWIHip 



fi'i'l, of which 41.- 

 • •fiwiMKl, roiiHlHllnic 

 Mr. Frotblniihanra 



THE LATE M. F. lilTTEXnOLSE 

 CIIICACO. 



■ ,. The ' ■- -' V-' 



(h..«r of III. 

 npulrii will 



r«il cum, a I 

 twi-i'n the t 

 rrn bnnlM, 

 esllniated t' 



llk'urea of !i 

 of till' llurenii " ' 

 nnd which dnlii ^^ < ■ ' 



Iti.< Tlo' total Ki 



llOd.iMKi.uuu f.'.t nre I 



of pine, uprui ". lo'iiiloek, llr, oninr. ami tnmnracli. 

 bulletin dm'N iiol Kl>e nuy Inliulnled i'»llinnte of the ntnndlnK limber In the 

 northern lmr.|.t<H.il leglou oultldc the three lake •tnteii. Michigan, WUcou- 

 Kln, niKl MliiiH -•■tn. 



The Oiiun^ hlmwlng the annual rut of lumb<T In the reftou arc taken 

 from the ceiiMis reiurns of saw mill output for 11)12. 



The bulletin - ' i.ks to the future more than to the preneul, 



and ninny of li^ ■ nre devoli'd to growth stntlKtlci, by which llu' 



owniT of Iniid III... ..^ ihend and ilt'termlne what amount of Iokii can 



be cut from a Irnei nt some given future time, even many yearn to come, 

 If the present sliind Is taken as the basis for calculating. 



William W. Mitchell 

 Wllllnni W. MItelii'll of I'liillllin', Mlih.. proiiiUient lu northern lumber- 

 ing In eonm'Ctlon with Coblw It .Mitchell, Inc., nnd Mitchell Ilrothera Coni- 

 inny of that <lly. ilb'd lit Ills home nt 1 :20 on .Mondny, November 8. 



.Mr. Mitchell waa born 

 nt Hillsdale, .Mich., June 

 .1, 1N,'4. He was n >on 

 of the honorable C. T. 

 Mitchell, one of the 

 lending buHlnesK men of 

 Miiitbern Mlcblgnn. He 

 started Ills activity In 

 the lumber buslnesii at 

 the age of nineteen 

 when he became tally- 

 iiinn nt bla uncle'a saw- 

 nilll at CInni Lake, 

 where Is now located 

 till' elty of Cadillac. He 

 p a s s e d through the 

 prnctlcnl school and In 

 the course of time. In 

 eonjiinctlon with his 

 eouslir,"A. B. Mitchell. 

 i>l>tnin«<l a logKlug coa- 

 trnit from bis uncle, 

 which netted him sev- 

 eral hundred dollars. 

 In 1S77 he entered Into 

 partnership with Jona- 

 than W. Cobbs and 

 formed the lumber firm 

 of Cobbs & Mitchell. Mr 

 Cobbs died In IMJO and 

 the firm became a corporation under the title of Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc.. 

 Mr. Mitchell becoming president and the dominating factor. 



Mr. Mitchell was also a principnl In the Mitchell Rrothcra Company, a 

 concern operating a triple sawmill nnd an Immense flooring factory. He 

 was also Interested in the Cadillac Handle Company of Cadillac. 



Large Poplar Statue 



A German club of Snvaniiali. i;:i., Is alMnit to execute a large piece of 

 curved work, using for that purpose a solid yellow poplar log three feet In 

 dinmeter nnd twelve feet long. It will be cut Into a stntute of Ilindenberg, 

 the German general who has gained fame in the I'oland' campaign. As 

 far as information Is at hand, the only pieces of larger wood carving In 

 single blocks arc the Alaska totuin poles made by Indlnns to be set up In 

 front of their towns. Vellow poplar is one of the best woods for carving. 

 It cuts easily, does not chip or check badly, polishes nicely, and Is durable. 

 If the Hlndenbnrg sfntue at Savannah is kept in a dry place and Is other- 

 wise cared for. It ought to last until HIndenberg shall be as old as Caesar 

 Is now. The oldest known wooden statue in the world Is of acacia or locust 

 wood, and was made In Egypt about 4..j0f) years ngo : but It is small In 

 comparison with the Savannah pnidnr statue of the German general. 



Hickory for Meat Smoking 

 The single firm of packers, Swift & Co., Chicago, burns 8,000 cords of 

 hickory wood yearly In smoking meat. Only the soundest and best wood Is 

 considered suitable for this purpose, and material Is employed which Is of 

 a grade good enough for vehicles nnd handles. Much of It Is split billets 

 reduced from round legs, but some branch wood is used. Preference for 

 hickory for meat smoking dates back a long time and was the result of 

 experience In the days when the farmer's "smokehouse" was the scene of 

 the meat-smokihg operations. Hickory smoke gives a peculiar flavor to 

 meat, and no other wood quite equals it. Bcst«esult3 arc attained when 



Tin; LATE 



W. MIlillEl.L. CADILLAC. 

 MICH. 



