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tiers of the club. m:ule iiuite :i liiiiiKirous talk, selecting W. I!. Uarksdalo 

 and other older members as the bulls of his jokes. 



S. B. .\nderson. chairman of the river and rail committee, again spoke in 

 behalf of the Southern Hardwood Traftic Association, urging support and 

 co-operation on the part of all members of the Lumbermen's Club of Mem- 

 phis. He pointed out that this or^-anization was undertaking a vast 

 amount of work which would prove highly beneficial to hardwood lumber 

 interests throughout the Middle South, with particular reference to the 

 efforts it is making to defeat higher rates on lumber from practically 

 all southern originating points to Ohio river crossings and other northern 

 destinations. He said that the lumbermen would be in a very untenable 

 position if the railroads were successful in bringing about the higher rates 

 they were seeking and that the Soutliern Hardwood Traffic Association, as 

 the champion of the lumber interests, deserved every bit of the support 

 that could be given it. Mr. Anderson and the other members of the river 

 and rail committee are compiling a list of the nieml)ers of the Lumber- 

 men's Club who are not identified with the Southern Hardwood Traffic 

 Association and when this is completed an elfort will be made to bring 

 in all who are not members of that body. The river and rail committee 

 looked after nil traffic matters affecting members of the Lumbermen's Club 

 of Memphis prior to the organization of the Southern Hardwood Traffic 

 Association, but the latter is handling all of these matters now, and the 

 river and rail committee is anxious to render every assistance in its 

 power. 



J. H. Townshend, secretary and general manager of the Southern Hard- 

 wood Traffic Association, spoke briefly. Ho said that all the help that 

 could be given was needed. He also gave the members a detailed state- 

 ment as to the expenses incurred in belonging to the association, but he 

 thought these were extremely light when the beneficial results were con- 

 sidered. 



\V. T. Castles, Hurlburt, Ark., who is engaged in the sawmill business 

 under his own name, was elected an active member at this meeting. Three 

 more applications were reported by the membership committee. These 

 will be acted upon at the next regular meeting. 



There were seventy-flve members and guests present and the meeting, 

 while a ver.v short one, was thoroughly enjoyable. President Kadel was in 

 the chair. The usual luncheon was served. Among the prominent visitors 

 were Martin Butler and Dr. Lawbaugh, both of Chicago. These gentlemen 

 are interested in timberlauds in this part of the country. 



Missing Hoo-Hoo Officer Returns Home 



W. M. Stephenson, supreme scrivenoter of Hoo-Hoo, who had been miss- 

 ing from hi.s home in St. Louis since Monday, February 1, was located 

 not long afterwards in a sanitarium at St. Louis. Mr. Stephenson has 

 been seriously sick for some time and he personally could not be seen. 



He came to St. Louis on February 1 with his wife and they separated 

 in the downtown section, arranging to meet in the hotel in the afternoon. 

 He did not appear and was not heard from again until he was found. 



A Big Letter From a Big Man 



The following is a copy of an open letter sent out l)y the Chamber of 

 Commerce of the United States by President John H. Fahey to the mem- 

 bership : 



RESTORING SHATTERED CONFIDENCE 

 A Lesson of the War 



Shocked as almost never before in our histoi-y by the terrific impact of 

 an unexpected war. the country's business was almost prostrated less than 

 six months ago. The unsettling character of this disturbance you well 

 know ; and yet within this short period Ihe recovery from it has been little 

 short of marvelous. Able and patriotic business men, and resourceful 

 organizations of business men, did their full share, working shoulder to 

 shoulder with the responsible heads of the government in repairing the 

 broken down machinery and in restoring shattered confidence. 



That this great historical happening will have far-reaching results can- 

 not be denied. What the ultimate effect will be depends largely on us as 

 a people, on the wisdom of our statesmen and the courage and leadership 

 of our business men. Perhaps this catasti'ophe has brought us to a 

 keener realization of our common interest than ever before. The farmer 

 and the worker I:ave come to see their doi)endcnce on the transportation 

 agencies and the business men and likewise there has develope<l an equally 

 better understanding on our own part of our relation to these other great 

 interests. 



It seems clear that we are going further out into the world than ever 

 before ; that America and things .\nierican will be Iwtter known in lands 

 where we have been almost strangers. In this evolution let us see to it 

 that our America carries the impression we would like to have it convey, 

 that it stands for liberty and justice and honest dealing. On no other 

 basis can our influence be long sustained. 



In the countries across the Atlantic, now rent by strife, but a few months 

 ago things of serious portent were developing. Violent social, racial and 

 religious prejudices were aroused over proiected reforms in nearl.v all of 

 them. Even civil war threatened. Rut when the cataclysm came dis- 

 sensions were forgolten over night. Rich and poor, high and low, came 

 together in each nation in the common cause. 



The example Is sbarplr before us. Do we nce<l any greater crisis than 

 that throuizh which we liave passed so recently (o make clear to all of us 

 the necessity of real national co-operation and understanding? It is quite 

 as patriotic, it is quite as much our duty, that in the blessedness of peace 

 we should forget prejudices and parlisanships and undertake to work to- 

 gether efficientlv and persistently, supporting with all our energj' that 

 which makes for the gi-eatness of the republic and of its people. 



As we go forward in this effort we will surely find that so far as busi- 

 ness is conceraed, unitv of action and efficient organization will prove a 

 great instrument for helpfulness and service. It Is with this sense of 

 service that we should support it and work for it, — for better business 

 and a grander republic. 



Atkins' Pioneers Hold Annual Banquet 

 E. C. Atkins & Co., Indianapolis, have forwarded H.irdwood Record a 

 copy of the program of the annual banquet held February 6, for the 



Atkins' pioneers, made up of men who have served that company for 

 twenty years or more. The program shows there are 110 men on the 

 honor roll. 



The guests enjoyed a ndglity pleasant, sociable evening and the taste- 

 fully arranged dinner. The entertainment consisted of musical features 

 and recitations. 



The Atkins' pioneers arc nominated and elected by ballot, and are those 

 who have served either consecutively or In the aggregate twenty years 

 with E. C. Atkins & Co. The pioneers were organized February 1, 

 1906, with a membership at that time of sixty-two. The object Is to 

 foster a closer fraternal feeling and to add a little social Intercourse to 

 the business associations. 



Each candidate pays one dollar for death benefit, and ten cents for 

 initiation fee. 



With the Trade 



Morton Dry Kiln Company Moves Offices 



n.vRDwooD UKCoiiD has been advised that the downtown ofBcc of the 

 Morton Dry Kiln Company, Chicago, has been moved to the factory at 

 351-357 West Fifty-ninth street. The company requests that correspond- 

 ence be addressed to the new offices in place of the downtown office as In 

 the past. 



C. A. Smith Affairs Being Straightened Out 



There has been a rumor current for some time of the more or less 

 tangled financial difficulties of C. A. Smith of the C. A. Smith Timber 

 Company, who operates on the Pacific coast. Mr. Smith has been known 

 as the "lumljcr king " of California and Oregon, and while actually short 

 of ready cash, bo was far from being a bankrupt. 



The recent statements show that Mr. Smith's liabilities are little In 

 excess of .?0,000,000 while his assets fully exceed ?15, 000,000. His pre- 

 dicament is due to a desire to acquire additional tiniberlands and saw- 

 mills by giving notes and mortgages on his holdings and failure to pro- 

 vide for these obligations when they became due. 



It is stated that the Russell Sage fund has come to the rescue by 

 obligating itself to take care of the obligations outstanding against his 

 redwood holdings. Also that .1. D. Ruggles, a wealthy lumberman of 

 Michigan, has arranged to look after the bonded indebtedness against 

 the pine holdings, and an eastern syndicate will look after the obligations 

 upon the pulp and navigation interests. 



lu order to avoid bankruptcy and to secure his creditors Mr. Smith has 

 placed his affairs in the hands of a liquidation committee, giving it the 

 responsibility of evolving a stable condition out of existing conditions. 

 The commission appointed two weeks ago by Mr. Smith is composed of 

 C. R. Johnson, S. M. Bioss of Chicago, James E. Dancher of Detroit, 

 Herman Waldeck, vice-president of the Continental-Commercial National 

 Bank, Chicago: John W. Blodgett, Grand Rapids, Mich.; W. B. Pettibone 

 of Hannibal, Mo. ; H. C. Clarke, Minneapolis ; William R. Compton, St. 

 Louis, and C. L. Poole of Chicago. 



With the creditors co-operating, there is no fear as to the financial set- 

 tlement of Mr. .Smith's involved affairs. 



Refrigerator and Ice Machine Company Plant to Be Sold 



Tile plant and personal proiierty of 111.' rnilp'l Kefrig'-rator and Ice 

 Machine Company, Kenosha, Wis., recently adjudged bankrupt, will lie 

 sold at public auction on March 13. This Is in keeping with an order 

 issued by the referee in bankruptcy, February 11. The a.ssets of the com- 

 pany arc inventoried at $200,000. 



Dr. Schenck Reported 'Wounded but Convalescing 

 Dr. C. A. Schenck, formerly of Ililtniorc Forost Scliool, has since the 

 war started been serving in the German army on the Russian frontier, 

 and in December was reported wounded lu the German attack on the 

 city of Lodz, Poland. 



Harry B. Oakleaf of the United States Forest Service, Portland, Ore., 

 an old Biltmore man, received the information in a letter from the 

 Doctor, who says that he was seriously wounded but at the time bis let- 

 ter was written was rapidly recovering at Darmstadt, Germany. The let- 

 ter was written on January S and then Dr. Schenck stated he expected to 

 be back at the front again within four weeks. 



West Virginia Timber Company Starts Mills 



In a letter dated February 11 Ihe West Virginia Timber Company ad- 

 vises that George E. Dreece, president of that company, was In the South 

 on that day arranging to start up the plants at Monroe, La., and 

 .\rkansas City, .\rk. Weather conditions may not permit logging at 

 Arkansas City immediately, hut more favorable weather recently has 

 probalily made It possible to start up the plant on full time. 



Mr. Breece has been Installing several new American flooring machines 

 at Baskln, La., as well as end matchers. These replaced old machines. 

 The. band mill at BasUln is now in operation. 



Keeping the Wheels Going 



Notwithstanding the general business depression during the past fall 

 and early winter, due to the European war, the Broderick & Bascom Rope 

 Compnn.v. St. Louis, New York and Seattle, manufacturer of world- 

 famous Yellow Strand Powerstccl wire rope, carefully arranged matters 



