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daugbter, Mrs. Laurence De Golyer ot Evanston, 

 survive him. 



Funeral services were held April 15 at the 

 Ward residence, and the fiillowing morning the 

 remains were taken by special car to Battle 

 Creeli, where, after services at the old home, 

 they were interred in Oak IIIU cemetery. 



The passing o£ Charles A. Ward removes 

 from the community a true gentleman, a public 

 benefactor and a capable linancicr. The death 

 of the weakest and most insignilicant among us 

 is a sad. strange thing, lint when a man in the 

 prime of life, successful in business, beneficent 

 toward his fellows, is taken away, the loss is 

 irreparable, and the mystery too deep to fathom. 



Death of Major M. Spalding. 



On April 20, at t'adillac. Mich., occurred the 

 death of Major M. Spalding. Mr. Spalding 

 had been dangerously ill for some time, so that 

 his death was not a surprise to his relatives 

 and close friends. To the city of Cadillac it 

 has brought the deepest sorrow, for he held a 

 high place in the esteem and affection of the 

 entire community. 



MAJOR M. SPALDING, DECEASED. 



Mr. Spalding was born in Ann Arbor, Mich.. 

 .Tune 16, 1851, and took up his residence in 

 Cadillac twenty-four years ago, going there 

 from Northville, where he was associated with 

 the Michigan School Furniture Company. Since 

 bis removal to the former city, he has occupied 

 an important post with the Mitchell Brothers 

 Company, the great maple flooring concern. He 

 was married August 'M, 1.S81. to Miss Alice L. 

 Jacklin of Detroit, who with three children, 

 survives him. Funeral services were held at 

 the Spalding home Monday afternoon, April 23, 

 after which relatives and friends accompanied 

 ihe remains to Detroit, for burial at Elmwood 

 cemetery. The ceremony in Detroit was con- 

 ducted by the Masons. Mr. Spalding having 

 been a devoted Knight Templar and Shi-iner. 



Asheville Meeting Hardware Manufacturers ' 

 Association. 



The consolidation of the hardwood producers 

 of western North Carolina with the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the United States 

 is the object of an important meeting to be held 

 at the Battery Park hotel, Asheville, N. C, May 

 5. At that meeting will also be discussed the 

 various conditions in the lumber regions of this 

 section of the state. I'rominent manufacturers 

 from various parts of the country will be present 

 to participate in the convention. 



In a recent interview at Asheville, Lewis Dos 

 ter, secretary of the Hardwood Manufacturers" 

 Association, said : "The Hardwood Manufactur- 



ers' Association of the United States has 230 

 members and operates about 630 sawmills. It 

 embraces the products of twenty-two states, rep- 

 resenting an annual output ot 1,350,000,000 feet 

 of hardwood lumber. This organization was 

 formed in June, 1002, with the object in view of 

 effecting uniform methods of business dealing 

 between the producer and the consumer, and for 

 the purpose of studying the conditions existing in 

 the different sections of production, and to effect 

 measures which develop themselves by meetings 

 of the various districts. It studies the compara- 

 tive values of the different kinds of material 

 being sold upon the market to avoid unnatural 

 substitution, and in addition to this gives to all 

 of the members the results of its work, together 

 with slalistics which at all times are of benefit 

 for the sawmill man to know while he is devel- 

 oping his product. 



"The most important bureau is the depart- 

 ment of grades, which is composed of salaried in- 

 spectors located in the various consuming points 

 tor the purpose of inspecting shipments of lum- 

 ber which are disputed as to the grade. 



"Meetings similar to the one which will be 

 held in Asheville have been held in other sections 

 of the country where production is represented, 

 and great interest is shown by operators for the 

 purpose of protection," 



Ober Manufacturing Company. 



In a conspicuous place in the general olfices 

 of the Obcr Manufacturing Company at Chagrin 

 Falls, O.. there stands a crude model of the first 

 machine ever invented to make axe and other 

 handles automatically. It is not much of a ma- 

 chine, judged from the standard of the new types 

 now being sent broadcast throughout the civil- 

 i/ed world by the Ober Manufacturing Company, 

 but it is a sacred legacy from the late G. H. 

 liber, iiioneer of the automatic handle manufac- 

 mring business. 



It was just about the close u£ the civil war 

 that Mr. Ober perfected his first model. It was 

 a machine to make axe handles. Mr. Ober sent 

 the model to Washington, where the merits of the 

 invention were quickly seen, and in a remarkably 

 short time letters patent were issued to the in- 

 ventor. At, this time Mr. Ober and his brother 

 were operating a small saw and planing mill. 

 'I lie next invention proved a better one than 

 I hey ever dreamed of. He and his brother found 

 it impossible to keep pace with the orders they 

 received for axe handles, and then it dawned 

 upon them In manufacture the machines. Today 

 the Ober machines are known throughout the 

 world. 



Two years ago the Ober Manufacturing Com- 

 lauy was organized. The president is A. M. 

 Ober, son of the original inventor. The plant 



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covers a considerable section of the town of 

 Chagrin Falls. 



The accompanying cut shows the Xo. 10 Ober 

 lathe for turning fork, hoe, rake, mop, broom 

 and ice hook handles, pike poles, trolley poles, 

 lent poles, curtain poles, chair bows, dowels, rods 

 and similar work. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



The Ingersoll Handle Factory at Summit Hill. 

 I'n., was recently destroyed by fire. The loss 

 was about $2,000. 



The .^cme Lumber & Manufacturing Company 



has been incorporated at Mount Pleasant, Pa., 

 with $25,000 capital. 



A broom factory, at an estimated cost of 

 $30,000, is to be erected in Louisville, Ky., by 

 the Myers Bridge Company. 



It is reported that the Bliss-Cook Oak Company 

 of Blissville, Ark., recently suffered a $100,000 

 loss by fire, fully covered by Insurance. 



The Owen Arnold Casket Company of Allegan, 

 Mich., will soon enlarge iis plant, as will also 

 the Baines & Moiser Kitchen Cabinet Company 

 of the same place. 



The American Veneer Products Company is 

 erecting a veneer mill in connection with its 

 plant at Mishawaka, Ind. Other improvements 

 are contemplated. 



The Louisa Manufacturing Company, Louisa, 

 Va., has been organized by James E. I'orter, O. 

 P. Binns, Jr., and John F. Sommers to manufac- 

 ture lath, shuttles and hardwood novelties. 



D. McCarley, Walter Smith, D. H. Shell and 

 Fred Clarke are the principals in the new Alert 

 Handle Company at Okolona, Miss. The factory 

 will turn out cant-hook handles and dimension 

 stock. 



The C. W. Allen Company of New Albany, 

 Ind., has been incorporated to deal in hardwoods 

 and floors ; capital stock, $4,000. The directors 

 are C. W. Allen, L. O. O'Daniel and W. A. Mc- 

 Lean. 



The MacEachron-IIaven Lumber Company of 

 Waterloo, Iowa, has changed its name to the 

 Iowa Lumber Company. Its offices and hardwood 

 yards were recently damaged by fire, but the 

 buildings have been rebuilt and stock replen- 

 ished. 



Veneer panels will be manufactured by the 

 Crandall Panel Company, recently organized at 

 Brocton, N. 1'., with a capital stock of $30,0011. 

 Jay E. and Charles L. Crandall and Lester II. 

 Skinner, all of Brocton, are interested in I lie 

 enterprise. 



The new plant of the New York Boat Oar 

 Company, near the Atlantic Coast Line, at 

 Cheraw, S. C, is about completed. James Wilsey 

 of New York is manager. Ash is used in manii 

 facturing the oars, and is supplied from timber 

 along the I'eedee river. 



Charles W. Ilagerman is president and general 

 manager and Eugene B. Nettletou secretary- 

 treasurer of the West Florida Hardwood Com- 

 pany, recently incorporated at Marysville, Fla., 

 with $33,000 capital stock. The officers are both 

 residents of Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Demopolis Coffin & Cabinet Company of 

 Demopolis, Ala., will soon have its plant in oper- 

 ation. In addition to their regular line, they 

 will manufacture fine cedar chests. Cedar 

 abounds in that locality and the outlook for this 

 industry is exceedingly good. 



A spoke and handle factory is to be established 

 at Bessemer, Ala. Robinson Bros., of Selma, 

 have purchased the property and plant of the 

 Krebs Manufacturing Company at Bessemer, 

 which will be remodeled and equipped with all 

 conveniences for the manufacture of handles. 



The Core Hardwood Company of Charlotte, N. 

 C. is purchasing persimmon and hickory timber 

 for export to England. It is stated that, be- 

 cause the supply has been practically exhausted 

 in that country, there is a great demand for this 

 timber, which is used in the manufacture of 

 high-grade golf sticks. 



William E. Uptegrove & Bros.' veneer factory 

 at Johnson City, Tenn., which has been idle 

 for some time because of a shortage of logs, has 

 resumed operations and is running full time with 

 a large force of men. The company has on hand 

 a suflicient quantity of logs to keep the mill 

 running well into the summer months. 



Harned & Quiggins of Caseyville, Ky., have 

 secured a very convenient site at Dawson Springs, 

 Ky.. on which they will establish a plant to 

 manufacture all kinds of wooden handles. The 

 factory will be up-to date in every particular. 

 The Illinois Central will build a spur track 

 from the main line to the factory premises. 



