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side of the association, but now he was fully 

 reliant on National inspection, and in the few 

 cases that were reinspected for him the results 

 were perfectly satisfactory. C. H. Barnaby of 

 Indianapolis, president of the Indiana Associa- 

 tion, spoke briefly and said he had learned some 

 things from the discussion. F. H. Lewis of 

 Minneapolis aslced whether a National inspector 

 for the Twin Cities would instruct the local in- 

 spectors. Mr. Fish said he would be directed 

 to do so. 



Dinner was then served in one of the small 

 club dining rooms. D. F. Clark presided. After 

 dinner Mayor Haynes was introduced and ex- 

 tended the visitors welcome to the city, speaking 

 at some length. Messrs. Russe, Stimson, Fath- 

 auer, Agler and Barnaby all responded briefly 

 anil spoke in complimentary terms of the Twin 

 Cities and of their meeting with the local hard- 

 wood men. 



Those present included the following : 



W. H. Russe, Memphis, president N. H. L. A. 



F. F. Fish, Chicago, secretary N. H. L. A. 



0. O. Agler, Chicago, first vice president N. 

 H. L. A. 



Theo. Fathauer, Chicago, chairman rules com- 

 mittee, N. H. L. A. 



Charles H. Barnaby, Indianapolis. 

 .1. V. Stimson, Huntingburg, Ind. 



D. F. Clark, C. F. Osborne, Grant Osborne and 

 H. E. Walker, Osborne & Clark, Minneapolis. 



A. H. Barnard, Minneapolis. 



W. H. Sill, P. R. Hamilton, Minneapolis Lum^ 

 ber Company, Minneapolis. 



A. E. Peterson, Peterson-Moore Lumber Com- 

 pany, St. Paul. 



S. H. Davis, Henry Levine, S. II. Davis Lum- 

 ber Company, Minneapolis. 



R. H. Grinsted, Pacific Timber Company, Min- 

 neapolis. 



F. H. Lewis, Minneapolis. 



1. P. Lennan, I. P. Lennan & Co., Minneapolis. 



E. Payson Smith, A. S. Bliss, Payson Smith 

 Lumber Company, Minneapolis. 



W. C. Stanton, George De Long, Stanton-De 

 Long Lumber Company, St. Paul. 



G. W. Everts, C. A. Mayo, G. W. Everts Lum- 

 ber Company, Minneapolis. 



H. M. Haisted, Ilalsted & Booraem, Minneapo 

 lis. 



T. D. Jones, G. W. Jones Lumber Company, 

 Appleton. Wis. 



W. C. Bailey, Minneapolis. 



E. H. Ilobe, Ilobe Lumber Company, Minne- 

 apolis. 



A. A. Rotzien, W. C. Meader, Hawkins Lumbeir 

 & Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis. 



F. W. Buswell, Buswell Lumber & Manufac- 

 turing Company, Minneapolis. 



N. C. Bennett, N. C. Bennett Lumber Com- 

 pany, Minneapolis. 



T. T. Bartelme, Minneapolis. 



J. F. Hayden, secretary Northwestern Hard- 

 ■wood Lumbermen's Association, Minneapolis. 



Piatt B. Walker, Minneapolis. 



Mayor J. C. Haynes, Minneapolis. 



Indianapolis Machinery House. 



The patrons of the II.\rdw(iod Record are 

 introduced in the advertising pages of this issue 

 to the veteran sawmill and special machinery 

 manufacturing house — the Sinker-Davis Com- 

 pany of Indianapolis. This concern was founded 

 in LSril by Edward T. Sinker and operated under 

 various firm names until 1871, when the firm 

 of Sinker, Davis & Co. was incorporated, and 

 in 1S8S reincorporated under the style of the 

 Sinker-Davis Company. Perhaps the company 

 is best known through its line of "Hoosier" 

 sawmill machinery, and its specialty in this line 

 is its "Gold Dust" band sawmills, in 7 and 8 

 foot sizes, and its new "Hoosier" 6-foot band 

 sawmill. It also makes a full line of circular 

 sawmills, gang edgers, lumber trimmers, engines 

 and boilers. 



One of the company's famous machines, which 

 is illustrated in its ad. is the "Hoosier" self- 



feed rip saw. This machine is of special In- 

 terest to manufacturers of furniture, flooring 

 and cut-up material, and is one of the best types 

 of feed-in and feed-out rip saws that has ever 

 been made. Its value is attested by the numbers 

 of these machines that already have been sold, 

 and its popularity seems to be general with the 

 trade. 



The officers of the Sinker-Davis Company are 

 J. H. Hooker, president ; H. R. Bliss, secretary 

 and treasurer, and John N. Steely, superintend- 

 ent. These gentlemen are all very popular with 

 the hardwood lumber manufacturing and remanu- 

 facturing trade, with whom they particularly 

 come in contact. 



The plant of the Sinker-Davis Company is 

 very close to the downtown district of Indian- 

 apolis. It consists of a machine shop and foun- 

 dry, a millwright shop and pattern storage house, 

 and is located at the intersection of Kentucky 

 avenue and Missouri street and the Union Rail- 

 way tracks, and the structures run through to 

 West street. The shops are fitted with the most 

 modern types of iron and steel working tools 

 and the employees of the house have been 

 brought up with it and are skilled machinists. 



The machinery of the Sinker-Davis Company 

 is pretty well scattered over the entire United 

 States, but particularly through the South and 

 Southwest, and has achieved a splendid reputa- 

 tion wherever it has been sold. 



Indian Territory Hardwoods. 



O. M. Eruner, president o£ the Owen M. 

 Bruner Company, wholesale lumber dealer of 

 Philadelphia, has recently returned from a trip 

 to Indian Territory. Mr. Bruner supplies the 

 Record with the accompanying picture of an 



A FINE COTTONWOOD LOG CUT IN 

 INDIAN TERRITORY. 



Indian Territory Cottonwood log scaling 1,500 

 feet, cut by Burgoyne Brothers of Hugo. Mr. 

 Bruner makes a very alluring report of the hard- 

 woods he finds in that district, and thinks that 

 that region will become an eventful source of 

 supply for a considerable quantity. 



Annual National Hardwood Lumber 

 A.ssociation. 



The eastern members of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association, represented by a com- 

 mittee of arrangements consisting of C. E. Lloyd, 

 K. A. Beckley and B. C. Currie, are out with a 

 handsome little booklet containing valuable sug- 

 gestions and requisite information for members 

 and others who contemplate attending the annual 

 meeting, which will be held at Atlantic City, May 

 T.', and 24. 



Members and guests attending the convention 

 will be entertained by the eastern contingent, 

 which hospitably invites all hardwood lumber 

 manufacturers and wholesale hardwood dealers 

 to be present, and announces that special ar- 

 rangements have been made for ladies, so that 

 it is hoped a large number will attend. The com- 

 mittee recommends that visitors arrive as early 

 as Wednesday evening, if possible, that everyone 

 may be on hand promptly the opening day of 

 the convention. 



The headquarters and meetings will be on the 

 Steel Pier, admission to which will be insured 

 by showing the badge or button to the business 

 meetings ; at other times by ticket. A repre- 

 sentative of the committee will be at the entrance 

 to the Pier during the entire convention, to give 

 information, tickets, etc., and to register all mem- 

 bers and guests. It is urged that ail register 

 promptly, as soon as located at any hotel ; all 

 tickets for meetings, smoker, ladies' entertain- 

 ment, etc., will be presented at the time of regis- 

 tration. 



Special railroad rates have been secured for 

 this convention, on the certificate plan ; the 

 method of procedure is to purchase a straight 

 ticket to Atlantic City, over the route by which 

 one intends to return home, and get with it a 

 certificate from the agent which will entitle one 

 to one-third fare returning ; the tickets will be 

 on sale from the 19th to the 27th of May. For 

 members wishing to stop at Philadelphia, New 

 York, New England points, or the Jamestown 

 Exposition on their return, stop-over privileges at 

 Philadelphia have been arranged for, the side- 

 trips to be taken from there. Whatever route Is 

 decided upon, it should be borne in mind that 

 tickets must be routed the same both going and 

 coming, in order to insure securing the low rate. 



Atlantic City is noted tor its fine hotels, and 

 the committee has selected eight of the very 

 best for recommendation to prospective visitors ; 

 they are the Chalfoute, the Dennis, Haddon Hall, 

 the Marlborough-Blenheim, the Rudolph, the St. 

 Charles, the Strand and the Traymore. In writ- 

 ing for accommodations, which should be engaged 

 in advance, mention the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association. 



The following programme of events has been 

 decided upon : 



Wednesday, 22d : Committees will meet In the 

 evening, time and place to be determined upon 

 by their chairmen. 



Thursday, 23d : Morning and afternoon ses- 

 sions of convention on the Steel Pier. Regular 

 business and speeches on important and Interest- 

 ing subjects will be heard. 



Thursday evening : Smoker and entertainment 

 will be tendered the members and guests at the 

 Rudolph Grotto, at 8 P. M. Lunch and "other 

 good things" will be served. Entertainment for 

 the ladies will be furnished on the Pier at 8 

 P. M. Music, special attractions, and a "cake 

 walk." 



Friday, 24th : Morning and afternoon sessions 

 on Pier. Morning excursion for the ladles along 

 the bay and sound to Somers Point. In the even- 

 ing there will be entertainment for all on the 

 Pier, with music and a basketball contest. 



Building Operations for March. 



Building operations for March, as given in the 

 report of the American Contractor of Chicago, 

 while showing a gratifying and widely distributed 

 building activity and a gain in thirty-one of the 

 principal states of the United States as compared 

 with the corresponding month of 1906, indicate 

 a loss in twenty-one cities. This aggregate loss 

 amounts to only three per cent, however. The 

 greatest decrease reported is in the Manhattan 

 and Bronx districts of New York, while Brooklyn 

 shows an increase. Chicago shows a gain of 

 thirty-three per cent. The total for March, 

 1906, was $56,072,037. as compared with $54,- 

 222,077 for March, 1907. 



New Chicago Hardwood House. 



The R. A. Hooton Lumber Company is the 

 name of a new and desirable addition to the 

 wholesale hardwood fraternity of Chicago. The 

 company is under the management of R. A. 

 Hooton. and has opened headquarters at 1052 

 First National Bank building. It will specialize 

 in poplar and chestnut. Mr. Hooton has had 

 long experience in the lumber trade, both in the 

 retail and jobbing business, and made his head- 

 quarters for many years at Danville, 111. He 

 will be heartily welcomed by the wholesale con- 

 tingent of Chicago. 



