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The Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber Company 



The Home of the "Peerless " Standard Brand Products 



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Manufacturers of the following "Peerless" Standard Brand Products: Hardwood Flooring, Stave*, 



Hoops, Heading and Veneers, Hemlock Lum ber. Lath, Shingles, Posts, Poles and Ties, 

 and Hemlock Tan Bark 



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"Peerless Rock Maple, Beech & Birch Hoonng ^ ,i7„:n2„Hrt ^r^r.u%.^:i^L;\';c.r'^:. 



ilembtr$ of Maple Flooring llonufacturer*' A$looiation.(Whea writinc mantlon tha Hardwood Rteord.) 



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The Mail Bag 



Clubs and Associations 



B 987 — Wants to Buy Hickory Sawdust 

 New York, N. Y., Juiiuary US. — Kditor Huiunouu lU;cuiiD : I woulil 



ilectn It a great favor If you eould furnish me with the names of niunii 



facturers who cut nothing but hlckorj-. My reason for wishing to 



secure names of such manufacturers la to try to purchase their sawdust. 



and for the purpose In mind nothlvg else could he used but strictly dry 



hickory dust 



There is no doubt In my mind but what you coulil look up your flies, if 



convenient, and put me In touch with such concerns. ■ . 



Anyone having this sawdust to offer will be given the name of the 



correspondent upon request. — Kditor. 



B 988 — Factory Wants to Buy Log Run Soft Maple 



Indianapolis, Ind., January •.'!!.- -Kditor Haiidwood ItKroKD : We wish 

 to advise that we arc in the market for some 4/4 log run southern soft 

 maple, and will be pleaiwd to receive best dellverc<l prices, together with 

 information us to age, grade and quantity. . 



Anybody handling this stock can have the iiiiino of the buyer on 

 application. — Kditok. 



B 989 — Wants to Buy Quartered Red Gum 



Memphis, Tenn., February 2. — K.lilc.r 11aiii>iv.m.i> 1;k...i;i, : We are in 



the market for several cars of 4/4, r>/4 and S 4 and Ihliker of flrsts and 



seconds and No. 1 common quartered red gum, dry stiK-k. If unable to 



procure prices on this stock, we will be pleased to have prices OD plain 



red gum of the same specifications. . . 



Manufacturers of gum having stock of above description to olVer 

 will be placed in touch with this prospective customer by wiitiiiK 

 Habdwood Record. — Editor. 



Ohio Foresters Meet 



The Ohio State Forestry .\s-soclation held Its twelfth annual meeting 

 February 2 at Columbus. The president of the association stated In his 

 address that the area of wooded land In Ohio now aKgregates ^..lOO.OOO 

 acres, which Is one-tenth of the forested area at the first coming of white 

 men. He recommended that planting of woodlots should go forward until 

 one-Iourth of the land area Is growing trees. 



Chicago Secures National Convention 



The board nt iiuiuanirs of Ihc National Hardwood I.umtjer .\Ksoclatlon 

 held Its regular semiannual meeting In Chicago on January ITi. The 

 most Important subject under consideration was the location and date of 

 the nineteenth annual convention. It was unanimously decided that the 

 meeting will take place In Chicago on June ir> and 10. While the flnol 

 vote wos imanlmous, there was very strong Inclination towards .New York 

 City, while Memphis, Pittsburgh and Itlcbmond, Vn., all presented strong 

 claims for preference and all of them made an energetic ellort to securi' 

 the convention. .Xrcnrdlng to indications it lof.ks as though the meeting 

 for 1!)17 will lie held In New York In the event that that city makes a hid. 



There were twenty-three out of twenty-live members of the board In 

 attendance at the meeting. The report on conditions covering the work 

 of the association during the past several months cli-nrly reflected the 

 unusual activity In lumbering, as every department showed a decided 

 gain. 



There was a particularly gratifying listing of new applicants for mem- 

 bership, as seventy-two nami'S of firms were propose<l who hiid entered 

 applications since the last meeting of the board on I.)ecember 14 last. Of 

 this number, slxty-slx were passe<l on and accepted, thus making a total 

 Increase In membership during this fiscal year of eighty-one. The number 

 of new members admitted a year ago was only forty-two. 



The association's bulletin says that not since September, 191.'?, has the 

 Inspection department made a showing equalling that of December, 191B. 

 Compared to December, l!tl4, the volume of lumber inspected during 

 December of last j-ear falls little short of being double. This is especially 

 remarkable as there were no conditions during the month of December 

 calculated to give II an especially high nmrk as a perlmi of activity for 

 the lumber trade. 



Box Manufacturers Meet 

 The National .Vssodallon of lUix .Manufacturers met In the .\udltorinm 

 hotel, Chicago, on February 2 for a three-days' session. This was the 

 seventeenth annual meeting. .\t the opening session the report by F. C. 

 Olfford, secretary and manager of the association, gave in detail the busi- 

 ness situation of the country and Its effect upon the boimakers. It was 

 shown during the discussion of the report that the boxmakers are paying 

 from S2 to $4 a thousand feet more for lumber ; that there will probably 



