Aufust 25, lOlS 



38 Hoo Hoo Annual Postponed for Year 3^ 



After eoiiMulting tlic mcmlicr.s df tin- «ii]irfiiic nine ami liouse of 



i.nts regarding tlic 1918 iiuuual, iSnark of the I'uiversc W. A. 



I'liu has instructed Secretary-Treasurer K. D. Tennnnt to an- 



inc tliat it is the unanimous opinion of t\\o executive boards 



t.f the order that, for patriotic reasons, the 1918 annual meeting 



be postponed, to take place iu Chicago Sept. 910, 1919. 



The reasons that induced the supreme nine and house of ancients 

 til come to this decision were principally that, owing to a large 

 l>rc>portion of our members being engaged in the manufacture of 

 lumber, which is an essential wiiitlie-war industry, they should not 

 be asked to take time from their work to attend an annual meeting. 

 Also, that the fourth Liberty loan is due September 28. 



The cost of attending an annual this year would be almost double 

 any previous year and, as the members of the Order of Hoo-Hoo are 

 determined to do their utmost toward helping the government win 

 the war, they felt it was the patriotic (Futy of the members to 

 forego the pleasure of meeting their fellow Hoo-Hoo at an annual 

 and save the money for Liberty bonds. It also costs considerable 

 for the order to hold an annual meeting, and it was decided that 

 this money should be conserved for work that will help the order 

 do its share in the all-important duty of beating the Hun. Other 

 reasons might be mentioned which made it desirable to advise post- 

 ponement under present war conditions, but the above are the 

 principal ones. 



The snark of the universe and his advisers felt sure that the 

 memlH'rs of the order will appreciate the decision they have made 

 and, although the annual will not be held, the members will enter 

 th? new year with greater enthusiasm than ever and do their 

 utmost to increase the effectiveness of the important work Hoo- 

 Hoo has to do. 



It is the desire of the snark and supreme nine that, in lieu of 

 holding the annual, the vicegerents of Hoo-Hoo arrange to hold 



as many local concatenations, or get together meetings as possible 

 on or about September 9. These local meetings will not take the 

 members away from their homes, but will enable them to gather 

 together where the spirit of fraternal co-operation can be kept 

 alive, and the work of the ord'jr for the year arranged for in the 

 various jurisdictions. 



In this connection, it will be the duty of the members in the 

 different vicegerencies to keep in touch with the families and de- 

 pendents of lumbermen-soldiers abroad and also extend a welcoming 

 hand to returned soldiers. The welfare fund committee will require 

 information about both returned men and the dependents of those 

 who will make the supreme sacrifice of laying down their lives in 

 the cause of liberty. Many of the above will be placed in a posi- 

 tion where they will need financial and other assistance. The lum- 

 bermen's welfare fund was organized with the intention of render- 

 ing this a.ssistance and will look to all Hoo-Hoo to secure informa- 

 tion and aid them iu carrying on this work. For these reasons the 

 supremo nine desires that vicegerents will have committees ap- 

 pointed and so arrange their territory that when the call comes 

 tliey will be ready. 



The Order of Hoo-Hoo has had a wonderfully successful ye:ii- 

 considering the great difficulties encountered by reason of present 

 .war conditions. Full financial and other reports which would have 

 been given at the annual will be published in the November bulletin. 



The i)ost])onemcnt of the aunual will mean that the present 

 supreme nine will hold office for another year. If there are any 

 changes they will be published in the November bulletin. 



In the meantime the supreme nine asks that all Hoo-Hoo remem- 

 ber that in the present critical times the man who helps his fellow 

 lumberman to enjoy health, happiness and long life is doing great 

 good for his country, the lumber industry and himself. 



Heavier Log JMovement in South 



The movement of logs to mills at Memphis and elsewhere in the 

 valley territory is heavier now than for a number of months, indeed, 

 for more than a year. Officials of the Valley Log Loading Company 

 of Memphis report that, at the present rate of loading, something 

 like '2Wm cars will be prepared for shipment on the Yazoo & Missis- 

 sippi Valley and Missouri Pacific roads during the current month. 

 This will be an increase of nearly 20 per cent over the figures of 

 this company for July, while July was the best month since the 

 corresponding period a year ago. 



As a result of the increased movement of logs, hardwood produc- 

 tion is increasing somewhat, though it is still rather below normal 

 for this time of the year. The mills have enjoyed a better supply 

 of labor recently and this has also helped them materially. They 

 are making the best of present labor and transportation conditions, 

 for they are aware that neither will obtain very long. Already 

 there is a large movement of box cars and other equipment from 

 the southern hardwood field for the moving of wheat and other 

 crops, while it is regarded as certain that there will shortly be a 

 return of the farm labor, more recently available for work at the 

 mills and in the woods, to the farms to gather the corn and cotton 

 crops. A distinct shortage of cars is regarded as logically certain, 

 while the shortage of labor a little later promises to be unusually 

 acute. 



In the meantime, quite liberal quantities of logs are being cut 

 and placed on the rights of way of the railroads against later needs. 

 Indications are that the cut is very close to normal, because owners 

 of mills have been doing everything possible to take advantage of 

 the labor supply available. Weather conditions have been unusually 

 favorable and this has proven a great help. 



A uuiiiImt of th ' small country mills which have not been operat- 

 ing until recently are accumulating quite a bit of stock and it is 

 apparent that their output, thrown on the market under rather 

 unfavorable conditions, has been one of the factors tending to 

 depress prices. Most of these smaller operators have no regu'ar 

 selling agencies and, when they accumulate stock which is ready 

 for shipment, they offer it in ways that often do the market a 

 great deal of harm. Some members of the trade here feel that 

 the method these millmen have adopted of disposing of their stock 

 is the worst feature of the entire southern liardwood situation. 



Forked-Leaf Oak 



Two oaks have the name "forked-leaf" in this country, one 

 belonging to the red oak group, the other to the white oak, and 

 both are confined to the southern states. The red oak, which car- 

 ries forked-leaf as part of its name, is commonly called turkey 

 oak, and botanists know it as Quercus catesbai. It ranges along 

 the coast from North Carolina to Florida, and is found as far west 

 as Louisiana, but not abundantly much west of Georgia. The wood 

 is of fairly good grade, but is not important in the lumber business. 

 It is known in some localities as forked-leaf black jack. 



Forked-leaf white oak is wholly different. It is known also as ' 

 overcup oak, swamp post oak, water white oak, and swamp white 

 oak, while botanists call it Quercus lyrata. Lumber selling as 

 forked-leaf oak is cut almost exclusively from this species. It is 

 perhaps the most important of the southern white oaks, but in 

 abundance it does not compare with the common white oak of the 

 northern and eastern states. 



