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The question has been taken up with the Wisconsin Advance 

 ment Association and the Commissioner of Immigration at Madi- 

 son, and it is hoped that aid eventually will come from these direc- 

 tions. It is anticipated there will be no large influx of ineflSeient 

 labor, but that the tide of immigrants will be turned in the direc- 

 tion of the north woods so that efficient woodsmen and millmen 

 will be plentiful. 



Mr. Goodman added there probably will be an increased cost of 

 logging operations during next winter. 



Leonard Bronson, manager of the National Lumber Manufac 

 turers ' Association, asked for a more general use of the Blue 

 Book among members of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association, and various members spoke of the 

 usefulness of this publication. 



The following resolution was then submitted on the death of 

 Eugene Shaw: 



The members of the Northern Ikmlook an6 Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association at this, their first meeting since the death on the 6th day of 

 May of their esteemed associate Eugene Shaw of Eau Claire, Wis., at his 

 home in that city, hereby give expression to profound sorrow in tlie 

 great loss sustained by his untimely death. 



Mr. Shaw was one of the original members of this association and 

 has been actively interested in its success from the date of Its organization 

 and the members feel keenly the vacancy caused by the loss of so valued 

 an associate: be it tlterefore 



Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Shaw this association has lost 

 one of its most worthy, able and active members, who was admired for 

 his sterling qualities and .ts an honest, broad-minded man and as a 

 lumberman w-hose lifelong work represents the best traditions of Wis- 

 consin's earliest and most representative industry. 



That to the family of our late friend Mr. Shaw be extended the con- 

 dolence and sympathy of all the members of this association, both col- 

 lectively and individually, who will recall his charms as a genial associate 

 and his wisdom as a just counsellor and whose kindly personality will 

 be greatly missed and his loss deeply deplored. 



That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of this association 

 aud a copy sent to the members of the family. 



W. A. Holt moved that a vote of thanks be extended to the 

 Houghton Club, to the citizens of Houghton and to local members 

 of the association for the courtesies shown and the hospitality 

 extended to the visitors. 



Adjournment followed. 



At a meeting of the board of directors following the regular 

 meeting of the association, George H. Chapman of Stanley, Wis., 

 was elected director to take the place of the late Eugene Shaw 

 of Eau Claire. 



The banquet tendered by local lumber companies to the visitors 

 at the Houghton Club on the evening of July 24 was a decided 

 success, and a silent but sumptuous tribute to the ability of the 

 lumbermen on the copper range to do things up in proper style. 

 .•Vn elaborate menu was presented, which embodied every calinary 

 detail contained in the most elaborate banquets served in much 

 more pretentious quarters. 



An enjoyable and instructive automobile ride was tendered to 

 all the visitors, including the ladies, on July 25. A number of ma- 

 chines were secured from leading citizens of the town, and aU 

 those present were taken on a long ride to one of the largest 

 mines of the Calumet & Hecla Compan^v. Here the visitors were 

 shown the deepest vertical shaft in the world, which goes down 

 four thousand feet straight into the ground. The immense ma- 

 chinery required to haul the great cars of ore from the depths 

 of the earth to the top of the shaft house was awe-inspiring 

 to say the least. These machines are capable of lifting the cars 

 containing tons of ore at a rate of about twentj'-five miles an 

 hour. 



After a visit to the mines the sightseers were entertained at 

 luncheon at the Calumet Club, after which they returned to 

 Hnnsihton. a crcat many of them leaving on the afternoon train. 



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Members of the ilichigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 met at the Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, on Wednesday, July 31, for the 

 regular annual meeting. After the usual formal opening. Secretary 

 Knox read his report as follows: 



Secretary's Report 



We have come together today to take part in 

 the sixth annual meeting of the Miehigau Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association which was or- 

 ganized at (Ittawa Beach ,Tuly 13 and 14, 1907. 



Since our last meeting we have added to our 

 list of members the name of Cartier-Holland 

 Lumber Company, office and mill at Ludington. 



You will notice from the stock report we show- 

 two less members reporting than for the las. 

 three years. We made every effort to keep the 

 number up to last year's mark, but there were 

 just three members who failed to get the infer 

 mation to us in time to embody in our printed 

 report, notwithstanding our urging them by let- 

 ter and wire. 



Our treasurer's report shows a balance on 

 hand which should carry us to the end of the 

 present year, barring unforeseen expenditures. 



.\t our annual meeting a year ago the subject 

 of forest fire protection was discussed and the 

 president was authorized to appoint a special 

 committee to formulate some plan to bring the 

 stumpage owners of lower Michigan together to 

 discuss the outline for some sort of organization 

 to better protect the standing timber from tire. 

 This committee met in Detroit the following 

 month, canvassed the situation and decided to 

 call the timber owners together about the time 

 of the fall meeting. As many of the members 

 interested in this .subject were not in attendance 

 at the fall meeting, the meeting was postponed 

 imtil the mid-wiuler meeting, when motion was 

 made and vote taken that the timber owners 



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priM e< (1 til cj-iianizc at once with the understanding that those members 

 interested guarantee this association from any loss due to expense of the 

 organization. This committee met in Bay City early in February, can- 

 vassed the situation, looked over list of applications, etc.. and finally 

 decided to engage Charles F. Ilickok of Grand Marias. Mich., a man of 

 experience and recommended by Thomas B. 

 \\'yman. secretar.v of the Northern Forest Pro- 

 tective Association. 



In order to provide means for carrying on the 

 work of this department, it was estimated that 

 the expense of the chief warden, one j^tenog- 

 rapher. expense of office and ten deput,v wardens 

 would be at)Out $10,000. which meant an expense 

 of about three and one-halt cents per acre. 

 However, as more acreage was added ta the 

 department and the districts laid out, it was 

 found necessary to add another warden, making 

 eleven wardens, which will bring the expense a 

 little higher. 



There are now 20G.181 acres enlisted in this 

 department of the association on which the first 

 assessment of two cents per acre was levied and 

 which has netted $."1. 923. (52. It will be necessary 

 to levy an additional assessment at this time to 

 carry forward the work from about the middle of 

 .\agust until the end of October, as our net cash 

 on hand in the forest tire fund of .*52, 379.19 will 

 not carry us through the month of -Vugust and 

 enable us to meet the pay roll due September 1. 

 An additional assessment of one and one-half 

 cents per acre would net us .$4,442.71, which 

 would carry on the work to November 1. but if 

 the chief warden is to be retained to carry on 

 the work for another year the assessment should 

 he made two cents per acre in order to give us 

 funds to pay the necessary expenses. 



Our canvass of the members relative to the 

 vMU-kiug of the new terms of sale hiought out 



