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suspended for a couple of weeks, but work will 

 be resumed as soon as possible as tbe company 

 has a large number of orders on band. 



Aderly & Edwards of Paris. Tex., recently 

 purchased several thousand acres of timber land 

 in the vicinity of Nashville. Teun.. covered with 

 oak. poplar and hickory growth. Arrangements 

 are under way for the erection of a mill on the 

 tract. 



On November 12 fire destroyed the sawmill 

 of Hieronymous Bros, at Mobile, Ala., and 

 spread to the mill of the Mobile Hardwood Com- 

 pany, several blocks away, damaging buildings 

 and stock considerably. The combined loss is 

 estimated al $250,000. 



Ili" l'cnn Shovel Manufacturing Company of 

 Warren, O., and the Hanna & Young Handle 

 Company of poplar Bluff, Mo., have been con- 

 solidated. The new company will be capital- 

 ized at $::.j<i.oihi. A large factorj for the mann 

 Cacture of handles will lie erected al Wan-en. 



The manufacture of patented cabinets for 



dentists and physicians ami sectional 1 kcases 



will"be undertaken by the Bair Cabinet Com 

 pany, recently incorporated with $10,000 capital 

 stock, at l>«-s Moines, la. l>. W. Bair, pice 

 president of the company, is Hie originator of 



the patent. The other officers of tin 1 e panj 



are: Dr. G. N. Ryan, president, and S. W. 

 Leonard, s icre ary and treasurer. 



HardWood NeWs. 



(By HAEDWOOD RECORD Special Correspondents.) 



Chicago. 



H. F. Clark of the hardwood tirm of Osborne 

 & Clark, Minneapolis, visited Chicago last week. 



The vehicle wood stock interests met at the 

 Great Northern Hotel. Nov. 14 and 15, pri- 

 marily for the purpose of discussing the best 

 in. 1 hods of preserving what little timber remains 

 which is suitable to the making of wagon ma- 

 aterial. An attempt will be made to secure the 

 cooperation of the Forest Service in measures 

 to this end, and a committee was delegated to 

 register a protest with the Central Freight 

 \- ociation against the prospective increase in 

 freight rates. 



Jesse Thompson of Leesburg, Intl., died at 

 the age of 87 years on Nov. S after a short 

 illness. Mr. Thompson was an esteemed and 

 long-time resident of Kosciusko county and was 

 the father of J. YV. Thompson, the prominent 

 lumberman of Memphis. 



A. B. Klise of tbe A. B. Klise Lumber Com- 

 pany of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., was a Chicago 

 visitor last week. 



W. D. Johnston, president of the American 

 Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburg, 

 l;i. was a Chicago visitor on the lGth and 

 paid the RECORD a welcome call. Mr. Johnston 

 was on \n> way home after an extended trip 

 through the northwestern states. 



G. M. Payne, special agent for the Manufac- 

 turing Lumbermen's Underwriters of Kansas 

 City, Mo., was a caller at the Record office last 

 week. Mr. Payne reports a steadily increasing 

 demand for high-class lumber insurance, and 

 states that a large amount of business has been 

 transacted by his company during the past year, 

 with prospects excellent for 1007. 



S. G. McClellan of the Simmons Lumber 

 Company, Simmons, Mich., was a recent visitor 

 to Chicago. 



James C. Cowen of Schultz- Bros. & Cowen 

 was contined to his home last week with a 

 bad cold. He is now again at his desk attack- 

 ing the accumulated work with his customary 

 energy. 



Carl A. Luster, president and treasurer of 

 the Clyde Iron Works, Duluth, Minn., manufac- 

 turers of the ^McGiffert log loader, was in town 

 last week. 



\V. A. I 'avis, hardwood wholesaler of the Mar- 

 quette Building, left last Tuesday for a trip 

 through Indiana. He finds business keeping up 

 well. 



E. J. Schlosser, representative of the G. W. 

 Jones Lumber Company at Forrest City, Ark., has 

 been ill for some time and bis work is being 

 attended to by Charles Gordon. G. W. Jones 

 spent some days in Chicago last week on his 

 way home from Arkansas. He reports that dur- 

 ing his stay there were five inches of rain in 

 the eastern part of that state. 



The Southern Oak Lumber Company sees no 

 reason why tbe price of oak should not con- 

 tinue to advance. In the present state of affairs 

 it is impossible to obtain sufficient stock to 

 meet the demand. 



F. J. Heidler of the Fink-Heidler Company 

 has been visiting points in Kentucky and Ten- 

 nessee during the past week. He is expected 

 home in a few days. 



Kelley, Maus & Co. are rushed with orders. 



Pros] ts lor business during the next few 



months are very bright. They are confronted 

 witli the usual shortage of stock at this season 

 of the year. 



Conditions in the sash, door and blind busi- 

 ness of John A. Gauger & Co. have been excep- 

 tionally good during the last few months. In 

 1 he event of an open winter, it is expected 

 Unit the prosperous situation will continue, 

 otherwise there will be the usual slacking off 

 in the trade. 



The Worden Lumber Company of Bundy, Wis., 

 announces that on December 1, 1006, its name 

 will lie changed to the Bundy Lumber Company, 

 the officers and policy remaining the same. 



The following resolutions were passed at a 

 recent meeting of the Chicago Hardwood Lum- ' 

 ber Exchange : 



The members of the Chicago Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Exchange mourn the loss of Charles D. 

 Strode, whose deaih occurred (ictober 27. I'.mm;. 



Mr. Strode has been one of our strongest sup- 

 porters through tbe medium of his connection 

 with tbe lumber trade press and in his official 

 capacity when secretary of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association. 



In the death of Mr. Strode each member of 

 this exchange loses a warm personal friend. His 

 life was lull of kindly actions and charitable 

 thoughts for bis fellow man, and his gentle 

 humor lias left an impress on the minds of all. 

 Therefore, be it 



Resolved, That we, the Chicago Hardwood 

 Lumber Exchange, in meeting assembled on this 

 Saturday, November 3, 1906, do express our 

 deepest and sincerest sympathy to his bereaved 

 family ; and be it further 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be 

 furnished the lumber trade papers, and that a 

 copy, properly engrossed, be conveyed to his 

 family. 



Tiieo. Fathauer. President. 



C. V. Kimball, Secretary. 



Leopold Mayer Iiinkol, who has been spending 

 a year in the Untied Siales studying American 

 methods in the interest of his tirm. Dreyfus & 

 Mayer Iiinkel of Mannheim, Germany, will sail 

 for Europe within a few days. The Hardwood 

 RECORD unites with the many friends he lias 

 made during his stay in the LInited States in 

 wishing Mr. Mayer-Dinkel "bon voyage." 



Sam E. Hair, hardwood wholesaler of the 

 1'laliron building, New York City, forwards the 



H.vitnw > Record a paper named parchment 



diaphragm with his business card printed there- 

 on. Mr. Ban- explains that this attachment is 

 intended i" !»■ placed on the mouthpiece of a 

 telephone. Its utility is not entirely clear. Inn 

 possibly it is 10 prevent any fumes from nigh 

 halls reaching the other end of the line. As no 

 one in this office uses intoxicants, the gift of 

 Mr. Parr will be carefully husbanded until such 

 ii as a caller arrives from Oshkosh or Mem- 

 phis who may make use of the appliance. 



The Record acknowledges receipt from Lewis 

 Doster, secretary of the Hardwood Manufactur- 

 ers' Association of the United States, of several 



copies of his booklet containing the classifica- 

 tion, official grading and inspection rules of his 

 .1 ociation, collected U p 1,, October, L906. Mr. 

 Doster advises that any manufacturer, jobber or 

 consumer of hardwoods will be supplied with a 

 copy on application. 



Ceo. w. Hbtchkiss' Director] of the Recog 

 nized Dealers in Lumber ami Masons' Supplies 

 of ihe state ot Illinois tor L006 has been re- 

 ceived til this office. 



II. P.. l.eaviit of the Leavitl Lumber Company 

 has just returned from a trip to his Arkan 

 .plant. 



The Page ,\- Lauded; Lumber Company of Mil 

 waukee, Wis., has .hanged ii s name to the Keith 



& Ililes Lumber Company. I'h fleers tire: 



X. It. Keith, president : William Landed;, vice 

 president, ami G. J. Landed,, secretary and 

 treasurer. The company, manufactures Wiscon- 

 sin. Indiana and Tennessee hardwoodi exten- 

 sively. 



Boston. 



William E. Litchfield is making a trip to his 

 lumber interests in Pennsylvania. 



The lumber dealers of Providence, R. 1., are 

 very uneasy over the large number of incen- 

 diary fires of late. They have offered a 

 reward of $2,000 for the arrest and conviction of 

 the firebug, and have placed additional watch- 

 men on their premises. Fire in the yard of 

 Burrowes & Kenyon recently caused a loss of 

 about $15,000. The yards of William II. Har- 

 ris, lumber dealer, were also damaged slightly a 

 short time ago. 



M. E. Thomas of the Mitchell Bros. Company, 

 Cadillac, Midi., has been visiting the eastern 

 representative of this company, the Boston Lum- 

 ber Company. Mr. Thomas was accompanied by 

 Mr. -Mitchell, sou of W. W. Mitchell. 



The engagement of Robert W. Leatherbee, sou 

 of Charles W. Leatherbee, to Miss Crane of Chi- 

 cago has been announced. Mr. Leatherbee has 

 charge of the yard of the C. W. Leatherbee 

 Lumber Company. 



At tbe annual meeting of tbe Cook Lumber 

 Company, Laconia, N. II., F. P. Cook was elec ted 

 president and L- F. Thurber treasurer. 



The Universal Wood Manufacturing Company 

 has been organized in Hartford, Conn. The pro- 

 moters are Frank M. Brown of Shelby, Mo. ; 

 W. II. Cockran of Pittsburg and Allen w. Pence 

 of Grafton, l'a. 



The Maiden City Lumber Company, whose 

 yards and sheds were recently totally destroyed 

 by lire, have made arrangements whereby it is 

 able to conduct business and fill all orders with 

 a good degree of promptness. 



New York. 



The committee on arrangements for the 

 annual meeting of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association, which will be held 11 

 Atlantic city. N. .1.. in May next, held a meet 

 ing on November 14 to perfect plans and appoint 

 committees tor the work involved, 'there was 



:i g 1 alien, lance at the meeting, and after a 



full discussion of Hie object of tie n ting 



committees on hotel arrangements, transports 

 tion, etc., were appointed and will immediately 

 start in perfecting arrangements. Tbe work 

 of the committee was largely preliminary and 

 it will be several days before the arrangement 

 art finally mapped out. 



The state canals have been ordered closed on 

 November 28 and as usual there is a big rush 

 on ihe part of local wholesale shippers to get 

 through their shipments before that time. 



Theodore A. Guillnudeau, manager Of the sales 

 department of the well-known saw manufactur- 

 ing firm of Joshua Oldham & Sons, Brooklyn, 

 was married at Norfolk, Va., on November 9. to 

 Miss Elsie Williams. After an extended honey- 

 moon to the Pacific coast they will reside in 

 Brooklyn. 



I he next annual banquet of the New 1 oil; 

 Lumber Trade Association, which will be held 

 on January 22. 1907, in the grand ball room of 



