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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Jtnuarjr 10, lOKl 



I'lirlli la II 



I'urniturc Con- 

 The Wl.lJloonib I 

 |uirrha>f<l bjr li. von ' 

 <i. voo i'lalrn. prrpiucut ; J' 

 (I'l'-^f, ^i^rffnry ; llflkcr \V. » 

 ny. 



II br In Ibe band* of Jow-iili (!rl>«olil nud Maynard 

 ■ - • ' ■-turom, harluK had 



lUtifaciiiiin^- Ixilntoiii 



.iliin. Th. , liny 



niri', BUd I <l n 



I brInK Uie lln<- riKliI up to Hit- luliiuu-, and 



furnlliiri' cxclu»lvfly. 



Courses in Timber Engineering 



,, ' - ..>,..,,. 1 , 11 M I nil., I Willi 



.w>rk 

 ^ arc 

 If InHIruniiin «I iiilll iiiul timber workern. Mr. 

 lit IlAiiuivixin ItKL-iiuii tbriiuRli contrlbutlona to 

 'III biK |M 11. The raclflc Coast lumber Interests have a valuable 

 in Mr. Smith. 



Exposes Lumber Employe Grafter 



II.. 1.1. );i.(.iui has nevlvid Ibo fullonlii); letter from the Korn- 



Tiy. hardwood people of CliiclDnnil, O. The letter necd» 

 ment. It Is printed for the bcnedt of those who miiy 

 come in contact witb this man. 



Wi> hny 1««t hnd nn imii-mnl experience with a young man we em- 

 I ■ ■ - In the Kentucky territory, and feel that 



MiniMl with the fnitN, iis tliis ninn will uii 

 ; for a position, nud since he has proven 

 truxted others ahouUI be warned ogolnst 



the M 



.•ffrrixl In 



Su.lrr. I- t 



I'Uli 

 him 



If t'l 



ni;iii n-'i io 1' 



In Ortotv-r vrr- (-mp!'<v<v1 Geo. n. Turnhull, formerly connected with the 

 I " ■' inv of this city, nnd located him In the 



'lie Is well ncqunlnted In that part of 



,. (t,,. |,T<jt couple of yi'ars : In fact, lived 



for some lime. lie worked 



last we heard from him, and 



lie apparently being Industrious. 



II. ;< n \i.iiiii; man of iibout 25 years, light 



weighing libiiut ISO pounds, height probably 



\w beard from him was tbat he was going to 



.; f, r us. nt wlilcli time we sent blm expense check 



. he drew drnf on us. nt the same time g.ive draft 



at I'lnevllle. Ky., ;ind left for parts unknown. The 



u„;i f him Is the fact tbat h? was reported to have pur- 



cha"^ mbcr 24 at Plnevllle for St. I.ouls. 



If to St. Louis, he will probably put In appearance 



there auiuug iIac trade, looking for a position, as he knows notning but 

 lumber, and the money he secured will not be sufficient to last very 

 long. 



Death of Leonard Bronson 

 Leonard Bronson died nt his home in .\u-tlii. 111., on Decerabor 20, 

 1915, ogcd flfty-nlne years, four months nnd twenty-three days. Death 

 was due to heart and kidney trouble. Ills heailh had been falling for 

 some time. However, he remalmd nt bis desk, as one of the editors of 

 the American Lumberman, until a few weeks before the end came. lie 

 was a man widely known among lumbermen. He was a native of 

 Sackelfs Harbor, N. Y., but In early llf.' attended college at Belolt, Wis. 

 I-ater he took up ranch life In the West, but remained there only a short 

 time, and In bis twcntyfoarth year he went to Chicago and began the 



wnrk wblrli tir cf.ntlnMrd With fllcbt tnlrrriiptlnns imtH the end nf hU Hfi- 



rli I 

 In. 

 Ihi 

 l,ui< 



llln fu 

 of the r< 

 .MIM Cirsif I'lil-le 



mi;- be I.i- 

 I with thai 



'•- •.'■'.". • >" ..Uii II perlwl of 



I. en he was opcrelary of the National 



t Austin under Ibe aiiiiplreii 

 iirvlved by hU wifi' who wn> 

 iKiili.i, 1. A. llruMnun ; a van, (>. K. llrimiHin: u 

 diushler, Mlns Purothy r.raiix.n. nnd n slater, Mrs. Charlrs lleifanlder, 

 Kaeco, Wash. 



Death of Noted Athlete-Lumberman 



In the death of Thomas L. Rhevlln of .MlnneAiHilU, Minn., on Ih'ceiiibet 

 20, the lunilM-r trade as well as the ntbhtle world loat a mimber of 

 prominence and promUe. Mr. Khevlln dbd from pneumonia, which re- 

 sulted from n cold whl'.h be bad been sulTerlng from for aaveral days. 



Mr. Shevlln was an ununual character In every way. He became 

 prominent flrst Ibrougb his athletic prowess when he was at Vale, he 

 being considered as llu' most remarknbb' man thai . vir played In any 

 .Vmerlian university. He was also a prominent m.inber of baseball an.l 



trn"^ ' during his entire career. Ills aggressive courage, remark' 



nl.l iiinkeiip combined with a burn talent for the game were 



r^•^\ 1 his reputation, which he earned In the very beginning of 



his career. 



Mr. S^hevlln was Ihc son of Thomas U. Sbevlln, one of the roost promi- 

 nent men In Minneapolis, who died Jan. 15, 11)12. The younger Rhevlln 

 was born In Muskegon, Mich., March 1, lR8.t. His father removed his 

 business headquarters to Mlnnea|iolls shortly thereafter. 



.Mr. Shevlln followed bis father In control as president of the Shevlln 

 company, the holding company which controls several subsidiary com- 

 panies tbat comprise what are spoken of as the Sbevlln <'arp'nter<'lnrke 

 Interests, lie was considered a business man of unusual ability and gave 

 much personal attention to details of the management of the properties 

 of which he was the head. He confined himself almost wholly to these 

 Interests, In a business way. nnd held few outside positions, eicept that 

 he was a director of the First National and Security National banks. 



Mr. Shevlln leaves an estate of several million dollars. He left Insur- 

 anre alone aggregating ?1,. 175, 000. 



He Is survived by a widow and one daughter, aged live years, nnd a 

 son, aged eighteen months. 



Protest Kentucky Rates 



Big shippers throughout Kentucky m.t In Frankfort Ibe last week of 

 the old year to register another protest against the Increased tariffs of 

 the railroads In Kentucky which Ixxame effective January 1. The In- 

 crease In freight rates ranges from 5 to 100 per cent, affecting all Junc- 

 tion points, according to Chairman Ijiwrence Finn. The meeting of the 

 shippers was in conjunction with a meeting of the state railroad commis- 

 sion. Mr. Finn told the shippers that his commission was not vested 

 with power to suspend the rates, but that be had prepared a bill giving 

 power to the commission to regulate railroads and this proposal would be 

 put before the next Kentucky legislature. The delegates promised to urge 

 their district represen tat Ives to support the bill. The shippers then called 

 upon fiovernor Slanely and reipiested him to recommend the bill In his 

 message to the legislature. 



G. VON PLATEN. NEW FUESIUENT AND 



PART OWNEK WIDDICOMB FURNITLRE 



COMPANY, GRANT) RAPIDS, MICH. 



S. B. ANDERSON. MEMPHIS, TENN., IN- 

 DORSED FOR I'RESIDENCY NATIONAL 

 HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION 



W. B. TOWNSEND, TOWNSEND, TENN., 

 ELECTED FIRST PRESIDENT APPA- 

 LACHIAN LOGGING CONGRESS 



