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court was also in conformity with the order 

 of the Michigan Railway Commission, which 

 body demanded that the railroad in question 

 effect a reduction in rates on saw logs. 



F. W. Gilchrist of the Churchill Lumber Com- 

 pany and the Island Mill Lumber Company of 

 Alpena were responsible for the original com- 

 plaint which dates back to 1909 and which 

 Involves an estimated sum of .$100,000. 



The point in dispute has been a rate of $3 

 per thousand feet on logs from points south of 

 Millersburg to Alpena and .$3.25 per thousand 

 feet from points north of Millersburg to Alpena. 

 Millersburg is only thirty-sis miles north of 

 Alpena. 



The Michigan Railway Commission ruled that 

 the Alpena shippers must pay $1 for a haul of 

 ten miles or less, $1.33 for ten to twenty 

 miles. $1.67 for twenty to thirty miles. $2 for 

 thirty to fifty miles and $2.33 for fifty to 

 eighty miles. The average haul runs between 

 thirty and fifty miles from Alpena. This results 

 in an average saving of $1 a thousand, which 

 should be effected by the now rule. 



Recent Ohio Organization 



The hardwood trade in Ohio has recently been 

 augmented by the incorporation of the Harlan 

 Hardwood Lumber Company at Middleton, O. 

 This concern recently purchased a considerable 

 amount of stumpage in Morgan county, Kentucky. 

 and already has erected a seven-foot band mill 

 for the purpose ol: manufacturing this timber. 



The principals of the new company are E. I. 

 Harlan, a Middletown man, and Walter S. Har- 

 lan, an attorney of Hamilton, O. 



B. O. Slater will have active charge of the 

 company's sawmill operations. Mr. Slater has 

 had a great many years' experience in the manu- 

 facture of southern hardwoods, having been 

 located previously in Tennessee, Louisiana and 

 Alabama. Immediately prior to his accepting 

 his present position, he resigned from his con- 

 nection with the A. M. Lewin Lumber Company 

 of Cincinnati. 



No effort nor money will be spared in equipping 

 the sawmill plant of the uew company, which 

 will be able to take care of any line of business 

 embracing its specialties — quartered-sawed white 

 oak, oak dimension stock, poplar, chestnut and 

 oak lath. It is cvpected that the stock will be 

 sold directly from the mill, which will be located 

 at Wells, Ky., as well as from the office at Mid- 

 dletown. The Harlan company has announced 

 that for the present it should be addressed at 

 Malone. Morgan county. Ky. 



When completed, the main office will be located 

 at Logan street and the Big Four R. R. in 

 Middletown. 



National Association Report for July 



Secretary F. F. Fish of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association has issued the regular 

 monthly report of inspections covering the month 

 of July. There was an increase of 2,660,323 

 feet inspected over June, the total for July being 

 15,909,500 feet. This represents the largest 

 inspection record in the history of the associa- 

 tion. The former high record was established 

 in October, 1911, the figures for that month 

 being 763,025 feet below July. 



The report states that the increased demand 

 for national inspection has resulted in the con- 

 sideration of an increased inspection force. In- 

 spectors will be placed at Memphis, New Orleans, 

 Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Detroit. Detailed 

 notice of these appointments will be issued to 

 all members as soon as the applicants have been 

 selected. 



In speaking of inspection affairs it is noted 

 that J. J. Miller has been transferred to Toronto. 

 Ont., where he can be addressed care of general 

 delivery. C. H. Maddox has been appointed 

 inspector in charge of the Savannah, Ga., dis- 

 trict where he can be reached also care general 

 delivery. 



The inspection rules book containing the new 



inspection rules adopted at the last annual 

 meeting will be ready for distribution in Sep- 

 tember. 



The report also states that five new appli- 

 cants for membership to the association have 

 been received since July 20. 



Change of Office 



The Madera Company of Illinois, exclusive 

 selling agent of the Madera Company, Ltd., 

 with mills at El Paso. Tex., and Pierson and 

 Madera. Mex., has recentl.v moved its Chicago 

 offices from 501 McCormick building, to El 

 Paso. Tex. It is expected that better service 

 can be rendered the trade by having a sales 

 office in immediate touch with the manufac- 

 turing departments. 



G. J. M. Porter, assistant secretary, and his 

 office force have already taken up the work 

 actively from El Paso. 



Ewing & Gilliland Move Mill 



It is announced from Nashville, Tenn.. that 

 Ewing & Gilliland, who have for a long time been 

 closely identified with the hardwood manufactur- 

 ing and wholesale business in Nashville, are 

 moving their sawmill to Clarksville, Tenn. These 

 gentlemen own a considerable tract of high- 

 grade hardwood stumpage in the vicinity of that 

 place. 



The main office of Ewing & Gilliland will be 

 maintained in Nashville as will also the com- 

 pany's yard. The lumber and logs for whole- 

 saling and the sawmill, respectively, will be 

 bought from the Nashville office as heretofore. 



\ brand new sawmill outfit of the Sinker- 

 Davis seven-foot band type with a daily capac- 

 ity of 25.000 feet of hardwood will be installed. 

 The auxiliary machinery as formerly operated in 

 the Nashville mill, will be tised in the new plant. 



The location of the new mill at Clarksville is 

 on Water street on the bank of the Cumberland 

 viver. Switching tracks to the Louisville & 

 Nashville and the Tennessee Central Railroad 

 lines can bo installed conveniently. In addi- 

 tion, the mill is well Incited for shipping by 

 water. 



Philadelphians Organize Golf Club 



-V large number of the Philadelphia lumber- 

 men who are ardent and enthusiastic golf play- 

 ers, have organized a clult. to be known as the 

 Pbiladeliihia Lumbermen's Golf Club. A meeting 

 was held at the beautiful Wliitemarsh Country 

 Club grounds on Aug. 13. Edward F. TIenson 

 was made temporary fbairman. and the follow- 

 ing officers were elected for the first year : 



President. Frank Buck : vice-president. Eugene 



. W. Fry : secretary and treasurer. Ben C. Currie. 



Executive committee : .T. W. Turnbull. ,T. B. 



:\rcFarland. .Tr.. R. Wyatt Wistar. William T. 



Belts, and Ralph Souder. 



A tournament which had been previously ar- 

 ranged and which was to be a contest for three 

 prizes, began with lively vigor and good na- 

 tured rivalry, and some creditable scores were 

 made. The result was a tie between Horace W. 

 Smedley and J. B. McFarland. .Tr.. for low gross. 

 Mr. Smedley won the first prize. Watson B. 

 ^lalone cnrriod off the second and ilorris C. 

 Burton was Ihe winner of the third. At the 

 close of the day a sumpluons dinner was served 

 at the clubhouse. 



New Hoo-Hoo Headquarters 



A lease was recentl.v closed by the manager 

 of the Wright building. St. Louis. Mo., for offices 

 to accommodate the new- headquarters of the 

 Hoo-Hoo. After Sept. 9. the organization will 

 he located in that building. The suite consists 

 of four rooms. The Wright building is known 

 as the Lumberman's building in St. Louis, for 

 the reason that it houses the offices of a great 

 many lumber concerns. 



It is expected that the new offices of the 

 IIoo-Hon will be visited by a great many mem- 

 bers, as St. Louis is an important and central 

 market which is visited frequently by the trade. 



Moves Office to Chicago 



The Morriss Lumber Company of St. Louis, for- 

 merly located in the Wright building in that city, 

 recently moved its entire office equipment and 

 force to the People's Gas building in Chicago. 

 This move had been in contemplation for some 

 time and was made because of the fact that by 

 moving to this city the concern would be more 

 closely in touch with the J. O. Nessen Lumber 

 Company. J. O. Nessen is the principal financial 

 backer of the Morriss company. The change 

 really means that the J. O. Nessen Lumber Com- 

 pany will consolidate its southern business with 

 that of the Morriss Lumber Company, the opera- 

 tion of which will be handled by Mr. Morriss. 

 Jlr. Nessen will thus be enabled to concentrate 

 his time and attention upon the northern busi- 

 ness of the concern. 



The Morriss Lumber Company began business 

 on May 1, 1911, Mr. Morriss having been con- 

 nected prior to that time with the Van Cleave 

 Lumber Company. The officers of the concern 

 are R. M. Morris, president, J. O. Nessen, treas- 

 urer, and S. N. Norton, secretary. The company 

 has planned to maintain the office in St. Louis^ 

 where F. E. Myer and Wm. Sleumer will be 

 located. The company will have an Indianapolis- 

 office in charge of A. E. Lumpkin. 



Munising Company Reorganizes 



The Great Lakes Veneer Company of Munis- 

 ing, Mich., which was obliged to discontinue its 

 operations about a year ago for want of logs^ 

 has been reorganized as the Munising Veneer 

 Company, with the following officers : Wm. G. 

 Mather. Cleveland, O., president; Wm. Chandler, 

 Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., vice-president ; Sherman 

 T. Handy, Sault Ste. Marie. Mich.. secretar.v. 

 The officers, with W. P. Belden, Ishpeming, 

 Mich.. C. V. R. Townsend, Negaunee, Mich., and 

 Burdis Anderson, Chicago, 111., form the board 

 of directors. All Indebtedness of the Great 

 Lakes Veneer Company will be paid in full. 

 The new company will have ample capital, and 

 it is anticipated that the reorganization will 

 insure an abundant supply of logs. 



Forestry Association Meeting 

 One of the most important actions taken by 

 the directors of the American Forestry Associa- 

 tion, which held its quarterly meeting in the 

 White mountains on July 17, 18 and 19, was the 

 passage ol a resolution protesting vigorously 

 against the proposed amendment to the agri- 

 cultural appropriation bill, soon to be acted 

 upon by the Senate, which provides that all 

 lands in the national forests, "suitable and fit" 

 for agriculture, must be classified and listed for 

 settlement whether it is wise or unwise to 

 remove them from public control. This resolu- 

 tion has been .sent to each member of the Senate 

 with a request for his careful attention. 



The directors, with a number of guests, includ- 

 ing state foresters, forestry instructors, state 

 officials, timberland owners, paper and pulp 

 company officials and a number of other promi- 

 nent men, gathered at Plymouth, N. H., on the 

 morning of July 17 and. through arrangements 

 by Col. W. R. Brown of the Berlin Mills Com- 

 pany, journeyed to North Woodstock in auto- 

 mobiles. The afternoon was spent in looking 

 over the Lost River reserve, recently acquired 

 by the Society for the Protection of New Hamp- 

 shire Forests. Tlio members of the party 

 climbed down the course of the Lost river for 

 some distance among the mammoth boulders, 

 into the caves they form, and viewed, with 

 wonder and delight, the remarkable scenic effects 

 caused by some remote convulsion of nature. 

 Here is a spot, which, when the road to it is 

 improved, will become the mecca of almost 

 every sight-seeing party going into the White 

 mountains. 



There followed in the evening, at the Deer 

 Park hotel, a meeting participated in by the 

 directors of the association, and under the aus- 

 pices of the Society for the Protection of the- 



