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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Mimpiuoiii (llnnrr, atltr whleh th. .-. ;..i.u;ii:\ lui-i'ilui: «ii» cnlliU 



10 ordiT h>- I'rritldrDt KuKcnr W. l"r>. A» tlnTi' wii« only ■ modicum 

 -t tiuxlni-ia to illHiraiU' of nnd ihr miDlrorMry of Ibp orsaDlmtlon of 

 I ho i-liil> f.Ol on tills d«y. n Jolly norlnl good time w«« In ordor. The 

 Tiiliiiii.« of tin- iui-<<tlnt: of two yi'«rK iiito wore n-nd liy Bi'n t'. furrli', 

 ilin -..T.i«ry of tbf club, now tri>ii»iinT. In which nmoiii: otht-r ludicrous 

 f.iiiiii.- a wi>nd<-rrul NiM-^-ch w«h recorded nn bavlni; tiwn delivered by 

 III II Ilallowell. who In truth, nllhoueb repeBlodly called on nt the timi'. 



niiiiiii-al Iniirllciilate to the liisl, iiiul which wim purely n InuKhnble 

 "'UciHlloii of the viTKatlle l«i>n. The rendlnB of iblB conitlomcrBllon 

 f nonw-nw «.«s lienrllly enjoyed not Ipds by Hnllowcll, the victim, tbnn 

 I lie oili.Ts who henrd l«. 



A Jolly bniiterlUR an to the day's eoutoHts rexulted In ii bet by I'reMldent 

 i:u(vnp W. Fry. ainilnst Kdward K. Henson. that Mr. Fry and Jnines 



11 McFnrlnnd. Jr.. would play nnd bent Mr. Henson nnd Maurice r. 

 r.urton. In « match to be played nt IIuntlnKdon Viilley Country Club 

 • n AiiEU!-! 1". All the members were Invited to witness the game, 

 .ifier which tbey would be entertained nt a luncheon nt the expense of 

 I he losers. At sharp 10 a. m.. on the day appointed, the four con- 

 I slants, accompanied by Jacob Holtzman of Maiidwdod RiiConD, as 



orer. and later by William 11. Krltz. president of the Lumbenncns 

 i:\chan(:e. nnd William T. Belts of Charles M. Betts. started from 

 number one tee. The challenKers" side enlned one at each of the 

 ilrst two holes: the opponent one at the third; the fourth resulted In 

 halves : the fifth, sixth and seventh favorable to the Henson side, and 

 «.i the same continued, nip and tuck, up to the elRhtcentb hole, when 

 the players were tied with seven each, In consequence of which a new 

 -tart was made at number one tec In a try for winner. Result was a 

 ■"iir for Henson as the decldlne hole. Although the contestants are 

 •.Knr<Ied as above the average pla.vers. It seemed at times that every 

 -Hear provoking hazard on the links had to be reckoned with, but the 

 -.orer vouches for them that only the most .select Salvation .\rmy ex- 

 i.letlves escaped their lips between the drives and puts. A select luncheon, 

 :it which there was much cood-natured bantering and cballenglnR for a 

 return match, wound up one of the most enjoyable sporting events of the 



The September game of the Philadelphia Lumbermen's Oolf Club will 

 be played on the links of the Huntingdon Valley Golf Club. 



With the Trade 



A. M. Todd Dies Suddenly 



Alexander M. Todd, who was a travellnL- roprfsenlatlve of the Charles 

 F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumti.r Cnmpniiy of St. Louis, died very sud- 

 denly of acute Indigestion on Saturday, .\UKUst 15. at his home 170B E. 

 rifty-slxth street, Chicago. He had been spending the summer at Lake 

 Harbor. Mich., with his family, but returned to Chicago for a few days 

 • ■n a bu.slness matter and was staying In his apartment at the above ad- 

 dress alone. He sent a message to a friend to come to his apartment at 

 ..nee. and when this gentleman reached there some two hours later be 

 found Mr. Todd dead in bed. He leaves a wife and one daughter. Leora, 

 thirteen years of age. 



Mr. Todd was very well known In the lumber consuming trade through 

 the eastern and central states and Canada. 



Mr. Todd served the Lue'nrmann company for twelve years, during 

 which time he earned an enviable reputation for his consistent and per- 

 i~tent work, his upright, honorable character, and bis generally attractive 

 nalitles. He started bis career In the lumher business In New York 

 . ity. Mr. Todd wns a Mason of high standing. 



J. M. CUfford Starts New Yard in Detroit 



J. M. ClifTord, former secretary-treasurer and manager of J. M. Cllt- 

 f'.rd & Co.. whose hardwood .vard at Detroit is easily the largest yard in 

 .Michigan, has severed his active connection with the company and will 

 . stabllsh an independent hardwood yard in Detroit. The yard here of 

 .1. M. Clifford & Co. is controlled by the Mowbray & Robinson Company 

 of Cincinnati. Mr. Clifford, however, has stock in the company and will 

 retain it. 



F. H. Wade, who for several years has been connected with the Mow- 

 bray & Robinson Company, has been transferred from the company's yard 

 :it Indianapolis to succeed Mr. Clifford at Detroit. 



Beady-Made House Company Expands 



The North American Construction Company of Bay City, manufacturer 

 of ready-cut houses, the advertising of which has made Bay City fourth 

 in the list of most advertised Michigan cities, has offered to build at 

 i:ssexviile. Mich., a manufacturing plant bigger than any in the Saginaw 

 valley it the village of Essexville will change Its name to AUadln City 

 r.. conform to the company's product. 



W. D. Young & Co. of Bay City, eight months ago contracted to 

 l.nxluce the product of the North American company, but the business has 

 L-rown he.vond all expectation and despite additions to its plant the 

 ^'oung company cannot handle the business. Kssexvilie is a village adjoin- 

 ing Bay City, is connected by electric trolley with Bay City and the loca- 

 tion of the new plant would benefit both city and village. Esscxrille 



decided to grant the company twenty ncr<>a of land and will hold • 

 ■IH-clal election to vole on the clmni;i- of nnini-. 



Richard F. Ba«r Returns from Europe 



One of the lant memberH of tin- hardwood trade traveling abroad when 

 the war cloi:d aettled over Kurop.- who got away before It nrlually broke 

 was Richard V. Baer. senior menil..'r of lllcbanl I*. Bner & Co., Maryland 

 Casualty building, Baltimore. .Mr. Bner innnnged to secure paaaaite on 

 the steamship Kroonland of the Red Star Line, and reached New York 

 on August 11, Keltlng home on the evening of the name day. Mr. Banr, 

 who was accompanied by bin wife, had been to England, Scotland, 

 Holland, Belgium and Germany, everywhere getting In touch with mem- 

 bers of the trade, and he wa> i>n the point of taking the steamrr 

 Imperator of the Ilamburg-Amerkan Line when the atorin broke, nnd 

 the sailing of that vessel waa canci'lled. Mr. Baer then burrh-d ovir to 

 Antwerp, nnd thence to Dover. Through the good olJlcea of one of bli 

 firm's connections at Antwerp he was fortunate enough to sttcure bertha 

 on the Kroonland, boarding the vesnel at Dover. Mr. Baer states that 

 the business men with whom he cami' In contact were opposed to war and 

 did all tbey could to avert the conflict. The relations between the 

 lumbermen of the United Kingdom and the Continent, he said, were 

 very close nnd cordial. By way of illustration he mentions one Instance 

 of an English firm placing to the credit of a German correapondenl 

 not less than 8,000 pounds, to be drawn against for lumber furnlMbi.d. 

 The lumbermen everywhere were working In harmony, and the war came 

 to them as a great calamity, which they were powerless to ward off. 

 He was received at all citlea visited with warmheartedness and hospitality, 

 and his stay proved exceedingly pleasant. He states that he had been 

 quite successful, taking a fair number of orders, and looked for a 

 marked Improvement in tiie foreign business. This outlook, of course, 

 has been obliterated by the great struggle, and for the present nothing 

 can be done. 



Mr. Baer was strongly Impressed with the magnitude of the lumber 

 business on the other side, and especially with the wide Information 

 on the subject possessed by the foreign buyers and brokers. This Is due 

 to the fact that one yard there handles all kinds of woods, from the 

 commonest to the costliest, and from all parts of the world. Thus, there 

 can be found in a single assortment walnut, yellow pine. oak. teakwood, 

 sandalwood, and every other kind of wood commercinlly dealt In, and the 

 men engaged In the trade acquire an extensive and detailed knowledge 

 of the character and use of the various woods. .\n American may know 

 his own branch very thoroughly, but outside of that he is hardly more 

 than a laj-man. Not so the foreign dealer, who possesses at least a work- 

 ing knowledge of the whole line of mercantile woods. This strikes the 

 American as very surprising, but is easily appreciated on reflection. 

 To Raise Deadheads from Carp River 



The Carp River Boom Company has put a crew of men to work clear- 

 ing the outlet of Carp river, Mackinac county, Michigan, of its deadheads. 

 This was necessary as with the bottom of the river crowded with sunken 

 logs it would have been Impossible to drive logs down the river to the 

 bay. It has been estimated that there were between 50,000 and 100.000 

 hardwood deadheads anchored at the mouth of the river alone. 



I'art of these logs are being decked on the banks of the strenin and 

 others will be towed to Cheboygan, Next j-ear there will be BOO feet of 

 cribbing at the mouth of the river. 



Furniture Company Reorganized 



The interests of the P. J. Klingman estate in the Kllngman Sample 

 Furniture Company of Grand Rapids, Mich., have been purchased by 

 D. R. Waters and the company has been reorganized. The officers are : 

 President, M. T. Vanden Bosch : vice-president, G. E. .McVoy; secretary. 

 H. U. Masten ; treasurer, B. J. liapp. The company is capitalized at 

 $150,000. 



A Substantial Timber Sale 



H. H. Wofel Jr. & Co, Mobile, .Ma., announces the sale of a consider- 

 able tract of hardwood timber to J. H. Overstreet and Jefferson GrllBs, 

 Beaumont, Miss. 'I'he property consists of 3,000 acres of virgin hardwood 

 timberland located on the Leaf river between Morrill and Leaf and situ- 

 ated in Green and George counties. Mississippi. The property Is Inter- 

 sected by the New Orleans. Mobile & Chicago railroad. 



The purchasers own a veneer and sawmill plant nt Beaumont, at which 

 point the timber will lie manufnciured. 



Details RegariUng Famous Timber Auction 



As before noted In IIardwood liKiriup. the sale of the remains of the 

 famous Ward Estate in Michigan took place at the court house in Bay 

 City on August 5. Among those present were some of the tiiggest lum- 

 bermen in the state, together with representatives of the Ward heirs and 

 several attorneys interested In the disposition of the property. The auc- 

 tion was made by order of the Bay county circuit court, for the purpose 

 of partitioning the estate among the numerous heirs of the late James 

 Ward. 



The timberlands in Antrim county were the first offered, these being 

 divided into parcels designed by letters from A to K. Parcel G was first 

 offered and various other parcels back to A were tlien sold in reverse ' 

 order. 



The bidding was spirited from the start, the first bid on Parcel G 

 being made by J. T. Wiley, whose bid was $50,000. W. C. Ward of De- 

 troit, one of the heirs. Immediately Jumped the offer to $75,000. and 



