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sell to the complainant. They were therefore 

 entitled to the recovery of damages amounting to 

 $2 a thousand for the amount cut from the 

 lot. This represented a difference between what 

 they received and what they otherwise could 

 have sold the plank for. 



In another instance the Review cites a de- 

 cision in which an action for damages resulted 

 in the following decision by the appellate court 

 of Indiana : 



"Where one enters into a special contract to 

 furnish material to another, and furnishes the 

 same though not in the time or manner stipu- 

 lated in the contract, and the other party accepts 

 and uses it, the latter is liable for the amount 

 of his hcuefits thereby upon an implied promise 

 to pay for value received ; that the one furnish- 

 ing the material can recover for the value of his 

 material less the damages occasioned by his 

 failure to complete the contract, but if he 

 is prevented from completing the contract by 

 the other party, he may recover for the material 

 furnished not to exceed contract price." 



Lumbermen's News Out 



The second number of the Lumbermen's News 

 published by the Lumbermen's Club of Chicago was 

 recently received by the fraternity much to their 

 delight. The issue of July is an even classier 

 publication than was the first number published 

 simultaneously with the meeting of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association in June. Besides 

 containing various subjects of interest and im- 

 portance to the lumber fraternity, a great deal 

 of personal and nonsensical comments aimed at 

 various prominent members of the local trade 

 is supplied the readers. The Chicago lumber 

 trade certainly must contain a plentiful supply 

 of wit judging from the quality of the news. 



Biltmore Doings for July 



Word from the Biltmore Forest School now well 

 established in its camp on the property of the Cum- 

 mer-Diggins Company at Cadillac, Mich., states 

 that the students are enjoying their opportuni- 

 ties for observation in the acquisition of valu- 

 able knowledge. The Cummer-Diggins Company 

 has furnished a new school building on the 

 shores of a pretty lake in the vicinity of 

 Cadillac and in the midst of this company's 

 large holdings. Suitable tents are located on 

 the shore. In addition to having an ideal 

 place for observation the students are provided 

 with excellent living quarters. 



The report reviews the general situation in 

 Cadillac, telling in some detail of the operation 

 of the various famous manufacturing concerns in 

 that home of forest utilization. Considerable in- 

 terest is shown by Cadillac concerns looking to- 

 ward the perpetuation of their timber supply, as 

 the future of the town depends upon the products 

 of the forest. The method pursued has necessi- 

 tated extensive increases in railroad transporta- 

 tion facilities, but has enabled the company to 

 work up a vast amount of timber w-bich tormerlv 

 would have been allowed to rot in the woods, if 

 ihe old policy of cutting had been followed. The 

 problem of afforesting or reforesting areas ad- 

 jacent to Cadillac has occupied considerable 

 thought for some time, and it seems that 

 the most vital requisition to the successful 

 accomplishment of this step would be the entire 

 elimination of the fire danger. There is no 

 reason why the experiment should not succeed, If 

 this is accomplished. 



Charles F. Hickok, chief fire warden of the 

 Forest Fire Protective department of the Mich- 

 igan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, re- 

 cently visited the camp of the school and gave 

 the students an interesting outline of the work 

 in forest fire protection done under his auspices. 



Professors Cobb and Allison recently left the 

 camp after their respective courses in geology 

 and animal husbandry. 



Dr. Herman von Schreuch and R. S. Kellogg 

 will shortly be with the students lecturing on 



their respective subjects, timber impregnation 

 and statistics. 



The school leaves Cadillac on August (J for 

 its western headquarters on the holdings of 

 the C. A. Smith Timber Company of Marsh- 

 field, Ore. En route to the West the students 

 will visit the National forests and the logging 

 operations in Idaho and on the Puget Sound. 

 The address after August IS will be Marshfield. 

 Ore. 



New Defiance Knife Balancing Machine 



What is said to be the only machine capable 

 of securing an absolutely perfect balance to all 

 classes of knives of every size and shape, revolv- 

 ing cutters, knife-screws, etc., is known as the 

 "Defiance" and is manufactured by The Defiance 

 Machine Works of Defiance. Ohio. 



The Icnives could be reduced to the same 

 specific weight by the aid of a common grocers' 

 scales, but that would not attain the object. 

 By the use of the balancing machine the posi- 

 tion, as well as the amount of excess of weight, 

 can be ascertained so that while reducing the 

 knives to the same specific weight they may be 

 made to agree in their corresponding parts. The 

 method hitherto used was to reduce pairs or sets 

 of knives to the same dimensions, and by the 

 aid of common scales to the same specific weight, 

 but so great were the differences in the density 

 of the parts of even the same knife, that a still- 

 running set of knives is but an accidental 

 result. 



As an example of the operation of this machine 

 let it be presumed that two knives are intended 

 to be attached to one cutterhead, rotating at 

 a high velocity. They must be of the same 



its usual quota of pertinent and valuable hints 

 as to reducing fire risks. The bulletin suggests 

 the value of preserviu'/ clear spaces and cut-off 

 walls, contingent to plants, and well-located fire 

 hydrants and cut-off valves at sufficient dis- 

 tances from the buildings so that heat will not 

 prevent their operation during fire. 



Speaking of the sprinkling system the bulletin 

 contends that the presence of automatic sprinkler 

 s.vstems tends to encourage carelessness through 

 a false sense of security, and the breaking of 

 sprinkler pipes during the progress of fires men- 

 aces the water supply, preventing firemen from 

 doing effective work. 



The bulletin recommends a complete service 

 ct chemical engines and hand fire-extinguishers, 

 especially the small kind available for smother- 

 ing incipient fires. It further recommends spray 

 nozzles on inside hose to quickly extinguish small 

 fires and prevent the spreading of embers caused 

 by too much water force. Trained fire fighting 

 organizations and messenger corps are emphatic- 

 ally recommended, and the necessit.v of immedi- 

 ate inspection as soon as the workmen "knock 

 off" at night is suggested as a necessity. 



The bulletin shows some interesting figures 

 covering fires in timber and wood-working plants. 

 It makes the statement that in the United States 

 and Canada the property loss by fire in May was 

 .$21,013,950, a jump of five million dollars over 

 the loss for April, although about the same 

 figure as for May, 1911. Alore than forty lum- 

 l>er plants Were visited by fire in May, which 

 aggregated more than one and one-eighth million 

 dollars against one and one-half million dollars 

 for the same month in 1911. 



The bulletin emphasizes the fact tliat wet 



K.Nll'K BALANCING jIaCIIINK MANUFACTTSltED I'.V TIIK DKFIANCi; MA- 

 CHINE WORKS OF DEFIANCE, OHIO 



specific weight and must agree in their cor- 

 responding parts. Each knife is placed in suc- 

 cession on the platform of the balancing machine 

 with its face toward the end-board, with a 

 suitable weight at the opposite end of the beam. 

 If by this test they all appear to be of the same 

 specific weight, place them each in succession 

 again with their backs against the end-board. 

 The.v may still appear to be of the same specific 

 weight. Place them each in succession, flatwise 

 on the platform and in as many different posi- 

 tions as they are capable of being placed in, 

 noting and reducing by an indefinite number of 

 trials the edges which are found to be of ex- 

 cessive weight until they are all reduced to the 

 same weight in their corresponding parts. They 

 will also then be of the same specific weight. 



The machine is so arranged as to make the 

 balance very delicate, and also susceptible to 

 regulation for different weights. In short, the 

 machine is very efficient and serviceable, and 

 every knife is guaranteed to be perfectly bal- 

 anced after leaving It. 



Further information regarding this machine 

 can be obtained by writing The Defiance Ma- 

 chine Works, Defiance, Ohio. 



Lumbermen's Underwriting Bulletin 



Bulletin No. 55, issued by the Lumbermen's 

 Underwriting Alliance of Kansas City, contains 



premises arc the greatest fire retarders. The 

 invariable rise and fall of the fire loss ratio 

 with the coming and cessation of rains, proves 

 the value of keeping the grounds drenched during 

 dry periods. This should be don'e by turning 

 the hose on the ground, buildings, particularly 

 on boiler house walls, roofs, washing out dust 

 collectors and cleaning dust from framework 

 where no damage to machinery will result. Par- 

 ticular attention should be paid to accumulation 

 of combuslible litter which can not be removed. 

 It is needless to say that every deposit of grease, 

 dust or rubbish that does remain increases the 

 danger of fires and decreases the chances of con- 

 trolling it. 



"Wisconsin Industrial Bulletin 



Wisconsin wood-working concerns are inter- 

 ested in Bulletin No. 3, just issued by the Wis- 

 consin Industrial Commission, which covers prac- 

 tically every phase of the new workmen's com- 

 pensation law which went Into operation last 

 September. In addition, there is an outline of 

 every case appealed to the commission for set- 

 tlement, together with the complete text of the 

 findings and awards in each case. The section 

 devoted to interpretations contains also a full 

 treatise on the manner of computing compensa- 

 tion under different sets of circumstances. Par- 

 ticular attention is given by the commission to 



