HARDWOOD RECORD 



('ustncnliiin. Will. S. Tiiiuioiii' ; ArciinopiM-. (!<>orgL' Wood; (jurdoii, Hai-i 

 Jlilicr. The kittous wcic : A. Constantinc, It. A. I'onatantlnp. E. S. Ando 

 iKin, ('. R. Uogors, C. L. Iteid, J. II. Xli-Cnskci-, C. Macauley and .T. i 

 Minei-. several of them being out-of-town people. TUe affair was a li 

 siicwRS and a distinctive feature of tile himlier show in New York. 



Report of Wood Preservatives 



500 pages, lilli'd wit 

 treatment of wi)o<l 1i 

 thirt.vone stalls and 

 the oils used in pns,. 



aiiu.'ir.v li.'is lieen piihlislied in a Iraok of 

 formation for persons Interested in the 

 V. 'J'he association has l'.)4 nicmlK-rs iu 

 ountrles. It Is shown that two-thirds of 

 is Imported from lOngland and (ierinan.v. 



a qniet affair, onl.v relatives lielng present, .\fter the ci-remon.v the liride 

 and groom left for au extended trip through the West, taking in Denver 

 and other points of interest. They Intend to ri'turn in about three 

 vvec'ks, and will be at home after .Vugust 1.") at r>2a;i (Jlenwood avenue. 



Mr. Sehoi'n Is a pniriiiiieiit member of the hardwood trade, being chair- 

 man of Division ■ T." of the I,miibermen-s As.soeiation of ("hieago. He is 

 also a member of the lllin.iis Atbl.tl.- Civil.. 



Hardwood Mill at Hattlesburg, Miss. 



1 Lumber Coiiuian.v of Tona- 

 >ngements for the building of 



It is reported that tlie Kels,-y llar.lwt 

 v'anda. X. V., has practically cimipleted ai 

 I hardwood mill at or near Hattlesburg, M 

 I'onawanda, aceoiiipanied liy f!(><irge W. ( 



mmn 



■itiltes 



~'A,021,WM gallons 



SS,66.'5,000 gallons 



100,000,000 gallons 



i' ties treated in tin 



IS :M.141,2:il ; and ol 



treated 



ith 



s.ite. s.r,Tii.:ili:i with zinc chloride. :!,01,->,0T 

 creosote and zinc chloride, and l.Sl.s.4!) 

 miscellaneous materials. 



During the same year there wei;e ( 

 poles treated, of which ."iT..".!!."! were giv 

 creosote treatment. 4:!.r..V.i c.i.il lar, H.1.".:; 

 12,0T9 charring. r,.'M;\> ,vwU- ..n, :niil 

 miscellaneous, 



June Banquet St, Louis Club 



Tbr .Inn.- I>:i 11(111. 't of the St. Louis I 



vltli 



the Lled- 

 :;!0. The 



banquet was given In honor of the ladles, and 

 IS past events, wlieu the ladles have been 

 present, have bc-eri something out of the ordi- 

 nary, this one was no exception. During the 

 course a high-class cabaret entertainment was 

 presented. Between the courses, and after the 

 dinner was finished, the participants danced 

 until they were fired. 



aroi*imMi^t'j!ii!jiTOM5roi:w«M«rotti)^^ 



With the Trade 



Officials of the company at 

 of Chattanooga, southern 

 eted a tour of the Ilatties- 

 i-t hardwood tiiiibcT buyer has been placed in the 

 Held to sciuie stumpage. It is also possible that 

 an additional plant may be erected in that state 

 MS tbc ..Itleials are investigating tb.' timber sup- 

 ply in oilier sections of Mississippi mihI par- 

 li,iilMily in tile Wclnity of Natchez, 



Grand Rapids Men to Build Mill at Little 

 Rock 



ret.uy. Mini Carl .1. llaer. industrial commis- 

 siiinei- .it tb.' l.ittl.' Koek Chamber of Commerce, 

 .1 I.. U.tliiiK ami William V. Clarke of Grand 

 Uapids, Midi., hav.' been induced to locate a 

 large hardwood mill in Little Uock. This de- 

 clsl<in comes as a result of the natural advan- 

 tages to be found in Little Uock, Its proximity 

 to the hardwood forests in addition to the 

 promise on the part of the Little Hock Olmmber 

 of Commerce to pay "i iier cent of the com- 

 pany's annual payroll for a period of three 

 years, and the further inducement offered by the 

 1-aetorla Land Company to donate a tract of 

 ten acres as a site on which to erect the plant. 

 D. S. Watrous of Memphis will be in active 

 management of the new iDlant when completed, 

 .\li. Watrous is an experienced hardwood saw- 

 mill man, and is now manager for the Lansing 

 ('..iiipany of Parkin, Ark. The new company 

 will be capitalized at ,$100,0011, and promises to 

 Iniv.' tlie new plant In operation by Novera- 

 i..r 1. It will employ about one hundred men, 

 wiib an annual iiayroll of $.">O.0oo. 



Government Timber Sold 



ernnnMii ri'eeiitly approved tin' sale of .50ci,(iiHi f.-i't of hardwood 

 the O/.ark National forest. Arkansas, to Barron & (iill. The 

 piice for this timber is $:i per 1,000 feet for all species. The 

 .r.ivldes that the rutting shall begin about .Tuly 1 and continue 

 Tiih.'r 1 lill."!. so that about 23.000 feet will be removed each 



vith 



Frederick W. Cole 



iierly in the wliol.'sab- I rail.' in New York, and 

 National Wbol,.sal.. Lumbei- Dealers' Association. 



Voik .111 May JiJ. Mr. Cole suffered a break- 



.11.1 i.ni..l st.'adlly until the end. 

 11 ill Mil inmber trade In the East when a boy. 

 iiM.li- in I ssK as representative of the Shepard & 

 It. in. Vt. Me began on his own account in 1899, 

 ay. During his activities here he made a large 

 asing personality won for him a large circle of 

 n private life. He was an active member of the 

 iient, and a charter* 



Big Log Jam Broken 



river, a branch of the Meiioin 

 their recollection. It has in 

 jam was two miles in lengtl 

 a mile into the woods. The 



friends in the trade aud in private life. He was : 



New York Lumber Trade Association until his ro 



member of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association. He ^ 



also a member of the New Y'ork Athletic Club. The funeral was held 



H, B. Homan 



ttack of paralysis. Mr. Homan 

 : Puddlngton, wholesalers, and 

 score years. He was one of 



good mixer of the old type in 



quiet. He v 



■^ 



home in ISrooklyu. May 24. following an 



was a principal of the firm of Homan 



had been in the local trade for almost t 



the most popular men in the trade, and 



business. In private life his tastes were quiet. He was not identified 



with any club or order. Mr. Homan was a member of the New York 



Lumber Trade Association and stood for all the principles which that 



organization upholds. He is survived by a widow, three sons and three 



daughters. 



Schoen-Dwyer 



.vt 4 .i-.l<„k W.'iln.is.biy. .liin.i :;. Alr\ 11, S.I ii. s.^eretary of the 



Coiuinhia lliinlu.i.i.l I.ii r C ikiiu, I'l i ts l>.i,s4 H ilii.'k stn-.it, Clli- 



Ini'e iu Wisconsin, was the greatest within 

 en cleared J)y the use of dynamite. The 

 and in some places pushed a quarter of 

 The lumber camps at Looniis were swept away 

 like a house of cards. Twenty thousand cords of pulpwood were mixed 

 up in the jam. The quantity of timber coming out on the drives this 

 season is smaller than in any recent year. 



New Hardwood and Cypress Mill 

 According to information given out. Joseph Norgress has arranged for 

 the erection at Marlngouln, La., of a sawmill for the manufacture of hard- 

 wood and cypress lumber. In addition a plant for the manufacture of 

 bandies will be established. It is the intention of Mr. Norgress to make 

 a spi-cialty of the manufacture of broom handles. The equipment has been 

 purchased from the New Orleans office of the American Sawmills Machinery 

 Company. 



First Lumber Through Canal 



If present arrangements ai arrl.'d out. the first cargo of lumber to 



pass through the Panama canal will be Douglas flr. The date set for the 

 passage is July 1, and the boat will be the "Robert Dollar." It will 

 pass through the Panama canal en route to Toronto, Canada, carrying 

 the initial installment of 2.";,000.000 feet of Douglas flr from mills of 

 the Oenoa Tiav Lumber Company to be used in extensive wharf improve- 



inde 



Planing Mill Burned at Lexington 



r L.>xingt.in, Ky.. a loss estimated at if.-.O.OOO was sus- 



riiiii- of S. F. McCormick Lumber Company's planing mill, 



iiiu. The property carried only $5,000 insurance. A 



II illy of lumber was burned in the yard. The Are Is 



^tiirtcd from a cigarette. 



