HARDWOOD KECOKD 



<l Ibr nlpiiiulnii of liiinlMT under prmure la Opulrnbli-. 

 :iiiil nil ■gmtl tbiit tbp Krai<ixi-r pn'iMiriKor In nii 

 1 tiirtlml mnrblnr fur thia piiriMiap. 

 111.- m..iiiu- n.lj»iiriu>] with Ihi^ niiilvrKlnnillii;: Ihnt » bon roiKlltlixw 

 bnvi- linprovtMl, furlluT iin<tliii!» wmilil \w iU->.\rn\<\<- nnil Ih^ihIIcIiiI. 



Annonncement of New Bule on Wagon Box Boards 



llardwocMl Mnmifnrlurtrs' Amioolnllun of llic Unlti'd 



rormnlly lln nrw rub- for WBgoa box lionrdH. wblcb Ih 



niU' \vni4 ndoptiHl nfti-r cunforoiio- hi'iwrcii a KriidlDR 



' niiNoclallou nnd u o<iiiiiiiltti^ roproKcntliit; ilu* National 



.'III. I Vi'blclp Donlcr!*' AntiH'Inllon. TbU mopllni; wnii bi'ld at 



In January In mnnortlun wllb tbv ino'llng of the former 



M Anions tbe mrnibiTH of tbe ponHiiniers .conrmlttec wnB 



1. ,, .. Sibuetllor of tbe I'eter Schuettler Oonipnn.v. Cbicago ; F. II. 



' ..iKo.-tui; of tbe Jobn I>e<>re Wuiton I'ompauy, Mollne. III.; and Mr. 



KliiriKlKe of tbe International Ilnrveater Company. Cblcago. Tbe rule 



uhlcb wan aitreed upon by the conferees wa« ofllclnily approved by tbe 



iii.'mbern of tbe association In Its reeuliir session. Final notice of Its 



nco'piance by tbe farm wagon department of the National Implement 



and Veblcle Association was received In June. 



IVndlng tbe reprint of tbe grading rules book, tbe new rule bas been 

 Is-iii'd In form of a single page Insert. It follows: 



lluK<>v.>od, Bay Poplar (Tupelo). Cottonwood. Gum, Poplar and Magnolia. 

 WIHTII.x— Wide. 13 to 17 Incbes. Narrow, 9 to 12 incbes. 

 I.K.N<;rilS U', H and IG feet, but 15',o may be 11. 13, and 15 feet, 

 ■mil KM:.<S Must bi' 1 Inch tbick wben sblpping dry. 

 |ii:ii:c IS Must be free from defects excepting tbnt uo objection will 

 I.. iiiMil.' tM iirlgbt eap or sound discolored sap; also one sound knot. 

 II.. I I.. . \. . . .1 1>4 lucbes lu diameter or its equivalent, sbowing on 



■ n. :; hlv. Klevcn feet icngtbs to be free from splits; 12. 13 



:. I 1'. : ; 1. ngtbs will admit of a 12 Incb split In one end or lU 

 III liotb ends; 14 to 15 feet lengtbs will admit of splits 

 ■ V i li Inches In one end or Its equivalent In both ends. 

 ^ '11 !• • iit-ths moy have other defects so that the board will 



1 I- 11 feet long and one end piece 3 feet 6 Incbes long. 

 ^' I .cnt In feet of shipment that can be reduced In measure- 



1 ■ ling tbe end or edge or both to a size ordered must be 



■ 1 ii.l measured as box boards, separate tally to be kept of 

 :-. !.howlnE reduction In measurement. 

 N.'il 1-1 'IS are cautioned that "woolly" cottonwood and lumber 

 s.i warpcii that It cannot be used for box boards, must be excluded 

 from tbls grade. 

 Further copies can be secured by writing Secretary W. H. Wellcr, 

 Uiirdwoo<l Manufacturers' Association, I'Trst National Bank building, 

 <'lnclnnatl, O. 



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With the Trade 



New Chicago Organization 



The latest membi-r of the t hk:igo Irnde Is tbe Wagner & Kozak Lumber 

 Company. This has been organized by Charles H. Wagner, who was 

 formerly with tb.; Starr Lumoer Company, and Fred Kozak. Mr. Kozak 

 has been for tome time with tbe Stlllwcll Lumber Company. 



The new concern will open an oflice In tbe Westminster building and 

 will handle yellow pine mainly. 



Big Prices at Ward Timber Auction 



Practically all of tbe bl^' lumber Interests of Michigan were repre- 

 sented at tbe opening day of tbe auction sale of the estate of the late 

 David Ward, which was held at the court house of Bay County, Michi- 

 gan, this week. Tbe lands lie mostly north of Bay City and are heavily 

 loaded with hardwood. The choicest parcels were sold the opening day. 

 Tbe sale was not marked by sharp bidding and heirs of the estate bid in 

 for much of the property. The opening day sales totaled $564,000 for 

 6,161 acres, an average price of about $91.54 an acre. Following are the 

 first day sales : J. T. Wylle, Saginaw, Mich., 320 acres, $39,000 ; W. C. 

 Ward, Orchard Lake, Mich., 3,221 acres, $290,000 ; the East Jordan 

 Lumber Company, East Jordan, Mich., 1,560 acres, $140,000, and F. B. 

 Ward, Bay City, 1,000 acres, $95,000. The sale was ordered by the 

 circuit court of Bay county so that an accurate division of the Ward 

 millions might be made among tbe heirs. 



Big Timber Deal Beportetl 



It Is rumored that a deal of considerable magnitude was recently con- 

 summated in the East whereby John H. McDonald of Carthage, N. X., 

 and Levy S. Clough of Warren. Pa., completed arrangements at Utica 

 for tbe sale of 20.000 acres of tlmberland In Lewis and Oswego 

 counties. Pennsylvania and New York capitalists are said to be the 

 purchasers. It Is further reported that the deal involves about $3,000,000. 



The land Is designated as tJic White tract and is located in the Tug 

 Hill country. According to reported estimates. It contains considerable 

 quantities of hardwood and also lesser quantities of soft wood. It is 

 planned to extend a railroad for twenty-five miles from Rome to operate 

 the tract. Ten miles of logging road will also be Installed and mills 

 will be built as soon as machinery can be hauled in. 



Furniture Factory Destroyed In Winnipeg 



It la rr|>urtpd tbnt on July 24 the Knechlil Comiuiny'a furniture factory 

 at Wlnnl|H>K win alruck by llgbtnlnit, the rraultlng fire raualng damase 



of $-lii.(MHi to vtork nnd building. While the building and t of tbp 



atock wnii the prii|H'rty of the Knerhtel Company, the Ivp» Modern Bpd- 

 Btend Coiupnny of Cornwall, Ontario, wa« the owner of the roat of the 

 atock. 



Will Enlarge Flooring Plant 



It la plnnnid to double tbe ciipnclty of tin- llonrlng plant of William 

 S. Whiting, AHhevllle. N. ('., tbi- plant being nt Kllaabetbton, Carter 

 cuunly. Tenn. Mr. Whiting hna Intereated J. 11. .McBrlde, a wealthy 

 hardwood man of New York. In the project. The name of the company 

 baa been changed to the Klixabelbton Flooring Company. 



Tbe principal prwlucta will be parquet fiooring and atrnlgbt aoorlcg 

 in maple nnd oak. The plant will have a dally capacity of lO.OUO fcpt of 

 finished flooring. It will he remodeled nnd new machinery Inatalled. 

 The excellent limber surrounding this point Indlcntea that the plant 

 will be carried on prullliibly iiiiil imillnuoualy. 



More Standard Dry Kilns at Evansville 



Maley & Wertz, large hardwood nninulniturera ut Kvanavllle, Ind., bn .•" 

 contracted with tbe Standard Dry Kiln Company of Indianapolis for the 

 Installation of a Standard moist air dry kiln, consisting of two large drying 

 rooms. Both the building and equipment arc to be of tbe bigheat grade 

 and most modern fireproof construction. 



Another Evansville concern, tbe K. Q. Smith Chair Company, la alao 

 putting In the Standard dry kiln. This plant will have a singleroom 

 Standard outfit, 75x20 feet, of tbe latest fireproof type. 



J. H. Townsbend Ooes to Washington 

 J. H. Townsbend, niiuiagir nf the Soulbi'm Hardwood Traffic .VsHucia- 

 tion, left Memphis on July 31 for Washington. Ills visit Is the rcault 

 of a freight rate controversy between lumber shippers In the Mempbia 

 territory and roads In that section. The Memphis lumbonnen seem to 

 feel that they are being discriminated against In the matter of log ralen 

 from Arkansas and other states to Memphis. The Bock Islond railroad 

 has consistently refused to grant reduction in these rates and as a result 

 Mr. Townsbend will present a petition to the Intenitatc Commerce Com- 

 mission asking for such reductions and that $10,000 he refunded to 

 Memphis dealers for alleged overcharges. At the same time it Is antici- 

 pated that similar proceedings will be instituted against the Iron 

 Mountain, whose rates arc protested on the same basis. 



Prominent Lumbermen Meet Death in Auto Accident 



On Monday evening. July 27. two prominent members of the lumber 

 trade In Chicago met a tragic and Insliintaneous death wben an auto 

 In wblcb they were riding with relatives nnd friends was smashed by 

 an express train on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad at Eavlnia 

 I'ark near Chicago. William P. Bowring, secretary and treasurer of 

 the C. H. Worcester Lumber Company, 19 South La Salle street. Chicago, 

 was using Mr. Worcester's car for the evening and had Invited several 

 friends to ride to Ravinla for tbe opening of the period of grand opera. 

 The machine was driven by Mr. Worcester's chauffeur, who bas been 

 with the family for nearly twenty years In tbls and other capacities and 

 was reputed to be a careful and efilclcnt driver. 



On account of road repairs tbe party followed a route which carried 

 them across the tracks at an unguarded and dangerous point and It 

 seems that Just as tbe car reached the tracks the engine went dead, 

 and before any of the occupants could move, the Northwestern train, 

 going fifty miles an hour, crashed Into them, completely demolishing 

 the machine and killing or Injuring all Its occupants. 



Besides Mr. Bowring. those who were killed were James W. Bcntaam, 

 secretary of the Naugle Pole and Tie Company, Chicago; Mrs. Benbam; 

 E. n. Wunderle, son of H. O. Wunderic, vice-president of Riddle * 

 Wunderle, stationers and printers of Chicago ; and Matblas Terts, tbe 

 chauffeur. Those injured were. Miss Alice Barler, daughter of A. C. 

 Barler. who is president of A. C. Barler Manufacturing Company of 

 Chicago; George H. Miller, attorney, Evanston, 111.; and Mrs. Catherine 

 Sager, of the Moraine hotel, Illghland Park, 111. 



Tbe tragedy Is one of tbe worst in Chicago's long list of horrible 

 automobile accidents, and It makes it doubly regrettable to feel that It 

 could have been avoided had the railroad made proper precautions to 

 safeguard this crossing. 



The train was forced to go for some distance after the accident be- 

 fore stopping and on going back tbe members of the crew found parts 

 of the auto and bodies of the dead strewn for bait a mile beyond the 

 point of collision. Tbe injured were immediately rushed to a hospital 

 and the bodies were taken to Jjikc Forest. Miss Barler, wllo was less 

 seriously injured than any of the others in the car, was carried on the 

 engine pilot until the train wag stopped. 



Mr. Bowring ond Mr. Worcester have been personal friends as well 

 as business associates for the past thirty years. Mr. Bowring held a 

 position at Detroit up to 1898. at which time he accepted employment 

 with his friend, taking care of the financial end of tbe business, and 

 has worked in this capacity every since. His employment bas taken him 

 at the company's operations. In addition to his work as secretary and 

 treasurer at the Chicago oflice. He was born at Detroit in 1861 and 

 was never married. Mr. Benbam bas been a prominent member of the 



