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want to get some of the genuine suds. Mil- 

 waukee deserves tlie oonvention because she 

 ought to have had it this year. I think we 

 should give it to her next. 



Mr. Palmer — I want to amplify Mr. Rumbar- 

 ger's stateni^'nt that a good many years ago In- 

 dians roamed there. I want to say to Mr. Rum- 

 barger in Milwaukee there are a lot of Indians 

 yet. 



Mr. Lloyd — The eastern members will not 

 only vote for Milwaukee, but will try to take 

 the entire delegation there. 



President Kusse then read telegrams from 

 the mayor and I!. B. Wattrous, secretary of the 

 Citizens' Business League of Milwaukee, invit- 

 ing the association to hold its next annual at 

 their city. 



Mr. Barksdale moved that the choice be un- 

 animous, and Milwaukee was unanimously chosen 

 as the convention city for 1908. 



Mr. Nolan — I want to ask if it is possible 

 at this time to say what time we will meet in 

 Milwaukee next year. In view of the change 

 of weather all over the country I would think 

 It wiser to meet at a later date. Living pretty 

 close to Wisconsin, I find June 16 to 19 about 

 the nicest dates. I have had occasion to watch 

 this thing for the last twenty years and we find 

 almost invariably two of the four days are the 

 most beautiful of the whole year. 



President Ilusse — In reference to that, the 

 date has been changed not only this year but it 

 was changed last year. Last year at Memphis 

 we were up against the proposition of the en- 

 gineers having their convention there and we 

 had no room, so the convention met a week 

 earlier. T'his year, at the request of the east- 

 ern committee, we have met a week later. The 

 Board of Directors took it upon themselves to 

 make that change. There was no criticism in 

 either case, and I do not see why, if weather 

 conditions are such, that we cannot do it again. 



Mr. Rumbarger — At Oklahoma last year at 

 the Hoo-Hoo convention we decided to come to 

 Atlantic City this fall. We have to raise money 

 to entertain these people nest fall and have 

 provided between five and six thousand dollars. 

 We expect between 1.000 and 1.500, besides 

 some of tlu'ir wives and some of their sweet- 



3. WATT GRAHAM. CINCINNATI. 



hearts. We have on the entertainment commit- 

 tee R. F. Whitmer, W. D. Gill of Baltimore and 

 myself. We are going to give you the best show 

 you ever saw or heard of. We have provided for 

 all the features of this show, so you will be 

 pretty well looked after in that line. Being a 

 Hoo-Hoo means goodfellowship. All these east- 

 ern people ought to be Hoo-Hoo. 



Mr. Wall — I have a letter here written to 

 me as chairman of the Forestry Committee. I 



do not know that I can better explain than to 

 read it. 



Mr. Wall here read a letter asking for sub- 

 scriptions to the fuud for the endowment of a 

 chair of lumbering in the Yale Forest School. 



Mr. Wall — All I can say is, It the members of 

 this convention desire to see this a success the 

 committee will be delighted to receive assistance. 



President Russe — I suggest that a donation 

 of that kind had better come from our Forestry 

 Committee and we can then acknowledge it In 

 the proper way. 



Report of Committee to Nominate Di- 

 rectors. 



Mr. Ciu'rie — Your committee has endeavored 

 to pick out five men who are live wires. This 

 association needs tliem right now. While there 

 are many good names, the list we have to pre- 

 sejit you is as follows : 



Directors to serve three years — 



Theodore Fathauer. Chicago, III. 



George W. Stoneman, Devalls Bluff, Ark. 



F. A. Diggins, Cadillac, Mich. 



G. .1. Landeck, Milwaukee, Wis. 



J. H. P. Smith, Parkersburg, W. Va. 



Mr, Woods moved the report be adopted. Mo- 

 tion seconded and agreed. 



President Eusse — I would like to have the 

 directors meet immediately upon adjournment. 

 We can have a meeting in this hall. We have 

 some applications received during this meeting 

 we wish to pass upon. 



W. A. Bonsack of St. Louis, F. A. Diggins of 

 Cadillac, Theodore Fathauer of Chicago and 

 George W. Stoneman of De Vails Bluff. Ark. ' 



Attendance. 



Agler, O. O.. Upham & Agler, Chicago, HI. 

 Amos, II. .1.. Nellis, Amos & Swift. Utica, 

 N. Y. 



W. R. BARKSDALE, MEMPHIS. 



On motion of Mr. Landeck the convention 

 adjourned. 



Meeting of Officers and Directors. 



At the conclusion of the meeting a session of 

 the officers and directors of the association 

 ■was called, which was presided over by Presi- 

 dent Russe. In a general way individuals 

 were selected to serve on various committees, 

 but it is not deemed best to print the list of 

 these comm.ittees until all have accepted the 

 appointments. 



Arrangements were made to increase the in- 

 spection force of the association in several lo- 

 calities. 



It is understood that Theodore Fathauer de- 

 clined to longer serve in the arduous position 

 of chairman of the Inspection Rules Commit- 

 tee, and that J. M. Pritchard has been ap- 

 pointed in his place. It is sincerely to be 

 hoped that Mr. Pritchard will qualify for this 

 office, as he is undeniably one of the best ex- 

 ponents of just hai'dwood inspection in the 

 country. But one committee has been fully 

 organized, that being the one having in hand 

 the proposed school of inspection. It consists 

 of C. E. Lloyd, jr., of Philadelphia, cliairman; 



J. C. COWEN. CHICAGO. 



Andridge, A. A., United States Timber Co., 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Alexander, T. M., Journal of Commerce, New 

 York, N. Y. 



Allen, Stuart A.. Cincinnati. Hamilton & Day- 

 ton railway, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Aishworth, D., J. (i. Brill Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



Alcock, John L., John L. Alcock & Co., Balti- 

 more. Md. 



Asher, I. M., I. M. Asher Lumber Co., Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio. 



Balsley, I. F., Willson Brothers Lumber Co., 

 Pittsburg. Pa. 



Beckley. E. A., Crosby & Beckley Co.. New 

 Haven. Conn. 



r.arksdale. W. R., Barksdale-Kellogg Lumber 

 <"i'.. .MiMiipbis, Tenn. 



liechr.l, E. M., William Whitmer & Sons, Inc.. 

 Philadelphia, I'a. 



Brown, E. L., Crandall & Brown, Chicago. III. 



Buckley. James. Brookville. Ind. 



Brownson, C. W., Sea Coast Lumber Co.. New-.- 

 York. N. Y. 



Bigelow, C. A., Kneelaud-Bigelow Co., Bay 

 City, Jlich. 



Barnaby. C. H.. Greencastle. Ind. 



Barns, W. E., St. Louis Lumberman, St. Louis, 

 Mo. 



Bonsack, W. A., Bonsack Lumber Co., St. 

 Louis, Mo. 



Bowden. B. W., Pigeon River Lumber Co., 

 Mount Sterling. N. C. 



Bigelow, Waldo H.. Boston, Mass. 



Barr, Sam E., New Y'ork, N. Y. 



Belin, Henry, Jr.. Cherry River Boom & Lum- 

 ber Co.. Scranton, Pa. 



Buckley. Edward. Buckley & Douglass Lum- 

 ber Co.. Manistee. Mich. 



Beyer, Frank A., Beyer, Knox & Co., Buf- 

 falo, N. Y. 



Bonner, J. W., Stiegel Luipber Corporation, 

 Staunton. Va. 



Bell. Nelson E.. Furnace Run .Saw Mill & 

 Lumber Co.. Pittsburg. Pa. 



Barnard. A. H., Minneapolis, Minn. 



Brenner. Ferd, Ferd Brenner Lumber Co.. 

 Norfolk. Va. 



Babcock, E. V., E. V. Babcock & Co., Pitts- 

 burg. Pa. 



Brill, George. J. G. Brill Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



Baer, R. P., Richard P. Baer & Co., Baltimore, 

 Md. 



Currie. B. C, Jr., R. M. Smith & Co., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



Christian, T. J.. Fullerton-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber Co., South Bend. Ind. 



Christman, Charles A.. New York, N. T. 



Clark, D. F., Osborne & Clark, Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



Card, J. M., J. M. Card Lumber Co.. Chatta- 

 nooga, Tenn. 



Coppock. Thomas B., S. P. Coppoek & Co., 

 Fort Wayne. Ind. 



Cross, Charles C. Santee River Cypress Lam- 

 ber Co., Ferguson, S. C. 



