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many yoars. At tlir time the Memphis Venoer and I.umbnr t'ouipany started 

 111' acquiieij au interest in it, wliicli. liowevei-, lias not lieen a majority In- 

 terest until the time this new deal was put through, lie houKht the tola 1 

 stock of J. S. Houston, which gives him control of the company. 



Mell Appointed Pharmacognosist 



It is anmiuneed that r. [>. .Mell has heen aiiimiiilnl pharmacognosist in 

 the Kureau iif I'heiiiistry. his iliities being- the inspection of crude drugs 

 cntereil through the custiirn houses at New York. Huston. I'liilailclpliia. 

 and Baltimore. Headers of ILmidwikii) ItEciiiii) know Mr. Mell through 

 valuahle articles contrihuted liy liini to its columns, especially on the 

 iuhject of South .\merican woods and black walnut. He was formerly 

 assistant dendrologist in the I'orest Service. The articles on black wal- 

 nut, under the joint authorship of C. D. Mell and George B. Sudworth, 

 which appeari'd exclusively in lI.\KnwooD Kkcord, contained the most 

 <omplete description of that wood ever published anywhere. 



Allis-Chalmers' Sawmill Man Dies 



The .Vllis-Chalmeis Maniifactiirinu Company ol Milwaukee, Wis., an- 

 nounces that on JIarch 20 Frank W. Oreenleef died after an illness of three 

 weeks. He contracted grippe which developed into bronchial pneumonia, 

 which was fatal. 



Mr. Oreenleef was connected with the sawmill department of the Allis- 

 Chalmers company as assistant manager for thirty-two years. He is sur- 

 vived hj- a widow and one son, W. F. Greenleef, who is connected with the 

 engine department of the company. 



Death of a Well-Known Lumberman 



.John Stewart, aged eighty-nine years, and a native of New Brunswick, 

 died recently in Kane co^inty. 111., at the home of his daughter, Mrs. 

 Eliza Watson. Mr. Stewart was suddenly taken ill while' in IjOs Angeles, 

 t'al.. and was taken to his home in Illinois by his son-in-law, John Alex- 

 ander. He entered the Innilier business as a laborer on a sawmill at 

 Wausau, Wis., about lS."i2, invested his earnings in timberland, and at 

 the time of his death was rated a millionaire. 



Prominent Saw Manufacturer Dies 



William DIsston. wealthy clubman and manufacturer and a member of 

 one of Philadelphia's oldest and wealthiest families, died suddenly at 

 his country home in Lancasterville. Montgomery county, Pa., on the even- 

 ing of .Vpril 5. Mr. Disston's death followed an illness of more than a 

 year's duration. On .lanuary l^i last, at the German hospital, he was 

 operated on for gall stones, and since that time has suffered several re- 

 lapses. He recently left the hospital and went to his country home to 

 recuperate. He gradually improved until shortly before his death, when 

 he suflFered a severe relapse. Previous to his confinement at the hospital 

 before his operation he had taken a trip for health to Florida, but was 

 forced to return to this city. Mr. DIsston was fifty-six years of age. 



Mr. Disston was vice-president of Henry Disston & Sons, Inc.. Philadel- 

 phia, and was exe<'utive head of the vast saw W'orks at Taeouy. He was also 

 vice-president of the Henry Disston & Sons File t'ompany, and a director 

 ■of various banking and trust companies. 



He took an active part in social and club life, despite his many manu- 

 facturing activities and responsibilities. At one time he was president 

 of the Whitemarsh Valley Country Club. He was a director of the Union 

 League and a member of the Racquet Huntingdon Valley Country, Phila- 

 delphia Cricket, Philadelphia Country and Corinthian Yacht clubs. 



William Disston was born in Philadelphia, June 24. 1849. His father, 

 Henry Disston. a native of England, came to the United States in the 

 year of 1S40 and settled in Philadelphia. On the maternal side Mr. 

 Disston is descended from Swedish ancestors, the family having been 

 established in Philadelphia since ie,'?0. 



After receiving his education at the Episcopal Academy of this city, 

 Mr. Disston entered his father's saw manufactory and spent seven years 

 in the various departments, thereby gaining a thorough knowledge of 

 every branch of the business with the object of fitting himself to continue 

 In association with his brothers, the work of developing and expanding 

 the enterprise whiih had been so successfully launched by his father. 



Jlr. Disston is survived by a widow, one daughter and one son, and a 

 brother, Jacob S. Disston. 



Northern Wood Products Company Organized 



The Northern Wood Products Company has Just been organized under the 

 laws of the state of Wisconsin at Jlerrill. It has purchased the plant and 

 business of the Lee Handle & Dowel Company, which has bej>n engaged In 

 the manufacture of broom handles. C. K. Lee of Lincoln, Nebr., is president : 

 H. B. White of Spencer, Ind., vice-president, and W. A. Thomas of Merrill, 

 secretary and treasurer. 



West African Mahogany on British Market 

 In the course of their annual report reviewing the mahogany trade of 

 Liverpool In 1914, Edward Chaloner & Co., of that city, state that the 

 Imports of African mahogany during the twelve months totaled 32,751,329 

 feet, compared with 33,232,939 feet In 1913. Considering that the total 

 Importation of all Tarietles received at Liverpool during the year was 

 34,013,791 feet, it will be seen that West Africa supplies almost all the 

 mahogany imported Into Great Britain. The Imports from Mexico and 

 other .American countries seem to have fallen to a very low place In 

 British trade. 



The Chicago Strike Situation 



Tile strike situation in Chicago, so far as it concerns ibe building 

 trades, has not yet gotten out of control, and the workers for peace are 

 busy, and not much discouraged. The plasterers who went on a strike 

 through sympathy for the lathers who are locked out, refused to spread 

 plaster on lath that had been nailed by non-union men. On Thursday 

 the officials of the plasterers union were .served with an ultimatum by 

 the employing plasterers. At a conference of the officials of the two 

 organizations the union was given twenty-four hours to return the men 

 to work or a lockout would be ordered. 



The lockout ultimatum moved the union officials visibly and they 

 Immediately asked for more lime to put the ouestion before the members 

 of the locals. The contractors granted them until April ]:(. At that 

 time if the plasterers do not return to work a lockout will be ordered 

 and the work of the union men done by other men the contractors will 

 employ. 



Remarkable Revival in Black Walnut 



A list of large buildings of recent construction that have been finished 

 with black walnut shows a remarkable revival for that wood. I''^Irniture 

 makers have lost no time in following the fashion. The new William 

 Penn hotel at Pittsburgh is finished with black walnut, and the furniture 

 is walnut throughout. The new Hotel Statler in Detroit is also furnished 

 In American walnut. The Cleveland Leader building is trimmed In walnut 

 exclusivel.v. The Marshall Field men's building in Chicago is, as is well 

 known, finished throughout in this wood. A considerable portion of the 

 nev: home office building of the Northwestern Mutual Life Ins\irance 

 Company in Milwaukee is finished in it also, while much of the furniture 

 is of the same material. The first floor and dining-room furniture of the 

 Baltimore hotel, Kansas City, are of .\merican walnut. Many other 

 buildings have been handled in the same way, demonstrating that in view 

 of the wide use of the wood as an interior trim, it is logical that much 

 of the furniture of current manufacture should be of that material. 

 Hotel buildings especially have been finished with walnut, and in this 

 case walnut furniture has been used throughout. I^rniture manufac- 

 turers and dealers who are interested in the hotel field have been watching 

 these developments, which have used .American walnut, and they have 

 emphasized the fact that this wood has won a big place in building and 

 furniture making in a comparatively short time. 



Statement of Ownership and Management 



-Vgreeable to the act of Congress of August 24, 1912, requiring publishers 

 of periodicals to file with the postmaster-general and the postmaster In 

 the office at which such publication is entered, a sworn statement setting 

 forth the names and postoffice addresses of editors and managing editor, 

 publisher, business manager and owners, and in addition the stockholders, 

 if the publication is owned by a corporation, and also the names of 

 known bondholders, mortgagees or other security holders, and that such 

 sworn statement shall he published in such newspaper or other publication, 

 the following statement is herewith printed : 



Hardwood Record is published semi-monthly at Chicago, III. 



The names and postoffice addresses of the editors are as follows : 



Editors : B. H. Defebaugh, 537 South Dearborn street, Chicago, III. ; 

 E. W. Meeker, 537 South Dearborn street, Chicago, 111, 



B. W. Meeker, Managing Editor, Chicago, 111. 



Hu JIaxwell, Technical Editor, 927 Asbury avenue, Evanston, 111. 



Business Managers : E. H. Defebaugh. E. W. Meeker. 



Publisher : The Hardwood Company, 537 South Dearborn street, 

 Chicago, 111. 



Owners : The Hardwood Company. 537 South Dearborn street, Chicago, 

 111. : E. H. Defebaugh. 537 South Dearborn street. Chicago, III. ; Estate 

 II. H. Gibson, 537 South Dearborn street, Chicago, III. 



There are no known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders 

 holding any bonds, mortgages or other securities of this company. 



E. n. Defebaugh, Editor. 



Sworn to and subscribed before mc this twenty-second day of March, 



1915. 



J. S. Pennington, Notary Public. 



My commission expires October 24, 1916. 



'' Eastern National Forest Resources 



The merchantable timber acquired by the federal government in the 

 purchase of land for national forests In the White mountains of New 

 Hampshire and the southern Appalachians amounts to more than a 

 billion board feet, worth upward of $3,000,000 on the stump, according 

 to an appraisement by the Forest Service. In addition, there Is an 

 enormous quantity of Inaccessible and widely scattered timber which 

 can not be considered marketable until regional developments and Im- 

 provements place it within reach. 



Plans for cutting some of this timber In accordance with sdenHfle 

 forestry methods already have been prepare<l and In a few localities 

 operations have been started. In some places It has been found neces- 

 sary to remove mature trees In order to give the young growth a chance. 



