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ters win be located on the fourth floor aud will include about 7,000 square 

 feet of space. The flttincs and arrangements will Insure convenience and 

 elegance. One of the innovations to make its appearance in the restaurant 

 will be the no-tip policy. The club will be splendidly located, and will 

 have quarters ample for a larger membership than it now has, and a cam- 

 paign to secure new members will be soon undertaken. The total member- 

 ship is now -MO, but nearly half of these live out of town and visit the 

 headquarters only occasionally. 



Philadelphia Golfers in Meet 



The I'hiladelphla Lumbermen's Golf Club held its second tournament 

 of the season on the links of the Old York Road Country Club, Jenkin- 

 town. Pa., on May 14, under auspicious skies and on grounds in excellent 

 condition. Six tour-somes, two three-somes, and one two-some — total 

 thirty-two players — entered with keen athletic zeal into the sport. The 

 course was new to the majority of the players, and of the various hazards 

 encountered the "island hole" was the most tantalizing, as only the cun- 

 ning manipulation of the driver and the skilled measure of distances could 

 place the ball in this circular green, surrounded by water, without endan- 

 gering his total score : a mishap which generally brings forth a volley 

 of "blue-streak" Invectives for such bad luck. Notwithstanding the ob- 

 stacles on which the players had not reckoned, the averages as a whole 

 were very fair and the winners of the prizes have no reason to be ashamed 

 of their showing on such difficult territory. Frank E. Schofield and 

 William H. Fritz tied the lead at a 79 net score. A golfers' raincoat 

 fell to Schofleld as first prize. Mr. Fritz received a "srassee" as second 

 choice. Eugene W. Fry and F. A. Benson, who tied with an 80 net score, 

 decided to divide the next prize, a number of golf balls. At 7 :15 p. m. 

 a dinner was served in iii ■ li ■ h , which would tickle the most epi- 

 curean palate, and whi' i ih from the diners high pi-alse for 



William Ifensterer, thr ^ : i nf steward of the club. Following 



the dinner the raeetinn «,i .ill I i dor by Eugene W. Fry, president. 



After disposing of the umkiI transi.nt business, the important question 

 came up of changing the constitution of the club by altering Article III, 

 "Membership," to read as follows : 



Sectiiix I \>iv mill.' |rf lunn nf twi'titv-fiiic v..,nrs of age or over, actively 

 engaK.'d in Hi i-hiiIm I ' i; -,. -ihIhh • : ^1 1 n ■ I lifty miles of Philadelphia, 



club. The membership 



J iiii/mbers. 



■i I'll -in: 11. I - ill the club shall be limited 



.. mil i.l.tvni^ 11. Mill.. I Lie automatically returned 

 s li.ri-iiiaftnr provided, the playing membership 

 asod. but in such event no new members shall be 

 the playing membership shall be less than fifty in 



to playiiii; mcmbfisl 

 shall be temporarily 

 elected into the club 

 number. 



Section III, \..n-i.ln> mi- m.-viiH-.r.,- mnv <••■ .-i. '.•(.■.! *■■•,... fiiTAn- tlm plny- 

 ing members in in- nil n-^ m^ nin n n< r \ n ■■, i,,. u, , : n, _ nii n ,i i.. i.i.i \- 



in any of five (■•m . . n i ■ . ■ , ^ . ■ ■ . , ..,,.., ..,. 



discretion of tin . : ■ i. , l ; . i , n_ : , n .. i 



ship to non-pl.'i\ 111- i -i-mn. mnl n, m .: n,i'.M,_ . n ..■ Mnii-nri'.'.l 



will upon his rt.-uuiiiii.ni ..i i.l.i.v bn ,iiii..iii.ui. .ill., i.-uiund i,, jjim mg 

 membership. 



Section IV. Admission to active playing membership in the club shall 

 be in the manner prescribed by its by-laws. 



The change was unanimously adopted. A vote of thanks was then ex- 

 tended to H. Winfleld Allen, a member of the club, to whom they were 

 indebted for use of ground, also one to the Old York Country Club for 

 courtesy extended. These were adopted and closed a most enjoyable 

 day. 



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With the Trade 



Big Eiver Shipment Arrives 



Lumbermen are assured by the Decatur Navigation Company, which 

 has Just completed a successful trip from Decatur, .\la., to Louisville, 

 handling 650,000 feet of lumber from the H. H. Hitt Lumber Company 

 of Decatur, to the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, th,at the 

 service is to be continued indefinitely. The railroads, which have begun 

 to "sit up and take notice" as the result of the successful competition 

 of an all-water route, ipsist that the trip will not be repeated more than 

 a lew times, and that the navigation company, which is hauling lumber at 

 six cents a hundred less than the railroad rate, will find that thp 

 expenses are greater than had been expected, and that the low rate will 

 not produce suflicient revenue to make it a paying proposition. The 

 navigation company has secured a big lot of return freight from shippers 

 in Cincinnati, Evansville and LouisvUle, fvnd with the aid of this business 

 the traffic ought to be well worth while. The Louisville & Nashville, 

 whose rate advance brought about the competition from this unexpected 

 source, attempted to block the handling of the lumber at Louisville by 

 refusing to switch cars from the Booker-Cecil Company's yard to the 

 Brown yard, but finally did switch them on the advice of its counsel, who 

 feared that adverse action might affect the company's case before the inter- 

 state Commerce Commission, involving the switching rules of the road. 

 Triangle Liunber Company in Difficulties 



The hardwood mill of the Triangle Lumber Company at Clio, Ark., 

 was destroyed by fire in the early morning of May 12. The loss sus- 

 tained is estimated at S80,000. Only by hard work on the part of the 

 volunteer fire department was the entire plant of the Triangle Lumber 



Company saved from destruction by the Uames. The fire was first discov- 

 ered after it had gained considerable headway in the hardwood mill, and 

 its origin remains a mystery, though an investigation is being made by 

 the officers of the company. 



The mill has not been in operation since May 9, which fact made tbe 

 Are all the more inexplicable. 



The property of the Triangle Lumber Company, including the plant at 

 Clio and several thousand acres of timberland, was recently ordered sold 

 by the United States district court at this place to satisfy a mortgage for 

 some .'5350,000 in favor of Chicago parties. The date fixed for the sale 

 is June 10, and Durand Whipple of Little Rock is the master in chancery 

 to conduct the sale. 



.\nother complication in the Triangle Lumber Company's affairs is 

 brought about by the petition for involuntary bankruptcy which was 

 recently filed in the United States district court at this place. The Mer- 

 cantile Trust Company of Little Rock was appointed receiver to take 

 charge of the assets of the company. It is stated that the court will hear 

 the petition to adjudge the lumber company a bankrupt on May 27. J. H. 

 Allen of Pine Bluff, who has been actively connected with the Triangle 

 Lumber Company for several years, states that the company is in a solvent 

 condition and that all creditors' claims will be met in full. 



New Mill in Louisiana 



Work is under way at Nioltonberg, La., clearing the site tor a now mill 

 to be erected at that place for sawing hardwood and cypress lumber. The 

 enterprise is owned by the Cooper Lumber Company of Alexandria, La. The 

 company is incorporated under the laws of Michigan for ,$100,000. A 

 shingle and lath mill will also be installed. The machinery will be moved 

 from Michigan. James Cooper is president, W. A. Brewer is vice-president, 

 and Henry W'ienstedt, secretary and treasurer. All of these gentlemen are 

 residents of Saginaw, Mich. Mr. Cooper will make his home at Alexandria. 



Developments in the North 



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A stall representative oi 

 report : 



I called on the trade in South Bend aud while business was not rushing, 

 the lumbermen were optimistic. C. C. Shafer had Just returned from a 

 southern trip and enthusiastically reported a bumper wheat crop in the 

 South. He stated that the wheat would go to head the following week. 

 "Our business is always healthy, though we can always take care of more 

 orders. I notice some inclination to cut prices, especially on gum, and 

 hope it will not become a reality. Trade should be good and if railroads 

 are conceded their demands for a five per cent increase, they will make 

 repairs on cars. I don't know what we will do this fall if we have large 

 crops — the car shortage will be disastrous. Even if railroads start repair- 

 ing their cars now, they will not be able to get them ready in time." 



I had a very pleasant visit with W. L. Sanders of the Sanders & Egbert 

 Company, operating hardwood mills at Goshen and South Bend. Tbe yard 

 was filled with fine logs. I noticed in particular a number of choice walnut 

 and red and white oak logs. The mill, which cuts about 5,000,000 feet 

 annually, is running full time. Mr. Sanders was busy and is not at all 

 pessimistic. He believes the railroads should be conceded their demands, 

 and if granted, busines will improve. 



Mr. Hyde of the Hyde Lumber Company, South Bend, reports that the 

 new mill at Ijike Providence, La., will shortly be completed and cutting 

 will begin about June 15. This mill is a large band and resaw and has 

 about twenty years' cut ahead of it. The timber is red and white oak, 

 ash, cypress, elm, gum aud cottonwood. Mr. Hyde says that the com- 

 pany's mill at Arkansas Cit.v, Ark., was discontinued last month. The mill 

 at Millikln, La., which cuts about 35,000 feet daily, has about six years- 

 cut left. 



Harry Schadt, the company's secretary and sales manager, isn't worrying 

 very much about present conditions, proving the old saying that the fellow 

 who hustles gets the business. 



On my arrival at Kalamazoo, Mich., I found Mr. Shepardson, president 

 ot the W. E. Hill Company, extremely busy— moving. For many years 

 the W. E. Hill Company has been making sawmill machinery in its present 

 quarters and for some time has been handicapped b'Scause of cramped 

 conditions. Several years ago the company purchased six acres on north 

 Pitcher street and started building new quarters. The new home- is 

 now completed and awaits the installation of the machinery which is 

 being moved. The buildings, which are of concrete construction, are four 

 in number and will afford added convenience and facilities to turn out a 

 larger volume of business. In fact, it will give the company a triple 

 increased capacity. Railroad trackage connected with four railroads is 

 another decided advantage. Mr. Shepardson states that there will be no 

 delay in handling orders and that the works will go on with scarcely a 

 day's interruption. 



I was very much interested in the growth of the Clarage Foundry and 

 Manufacturing Company ot Kalamazoo. Fans and blower svstems are its 

 specialties. 5Ir. Clarage informed me that despite reported Business deple- 

 tion, his company was enjoying a rush of orders. Besides making exten- 

 sive building additions the company is also housed in a beautiful new office 

 building. 



'At Grand Kapids. Mich., business is quiet. Furniture factories are run- 

 ning on limited time and many of them would shut down entirely if their 

 employes could be taken care of until conditions change. 



The lumbermen are getting orders in small denominations and are 



