HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Autographed Oaks. 



Many English queens have chosen oak 

 trees in the forest of Windsor castle on 

 which to inscribe their names. Their choice 

 and the dates have been commemorated by 

 means of brass plates. In different parts 

 nf the forest, with scats siuTounding the 

 trees, are oaks bearing the names of Queen 

 Klizalieth, Queen Caroline, Queen Charlotte 

 and Queen Victoria. "Heme's oak," men- 

 tioned in the Merry Wives of Windsor, as 

 being in Windsor Park, was destroyed by 

 a gale on August 31, 1863. 



Elephant Tree. 

 In Bristol, Pa., is a peculiar remnant of a 

 grand old catalpa tree — a great stump more 

 than twenty-flve feet high, which viewed 

 from a certain position looks like an ele- 

 phant standing on his hind feet. It attracts 

 the attention of travelers from far and wide 

 and has a history that runs back at least 

 as far as the days when English Tories 

 owned the ground upon which it stands. It 

 is said to have been planted in 1793. Today 

 it measures twenty-one and a half feet in 

 circumference. 



The Hangman's Tree. 

 The little village of Aldworth, close to 

 Streatley-on-Thames, boasts one of the larg- 

 est yew trees in England, and one which 

 has a gi-ewsome history. It is twenty-seven 

 feet in circumference, and depending from 

 one of the low branches is an old rusty 

 chain, which in olden times was used to sus- 

 pend lifeless bodies of daring robbers as a 

 warning to their kind. 



Alleged Defective Cant-hooks. 

 Oscar F. Holmes, administrator of the 

 estate of John W. Brown, who came to his 

 death by reason of a log falling on him 

 while unloading cars for the Talge Mahog- 

 any Company of Indianapolis, on Dec. 27, 

 1905, has sued the company for .$10,000 

 damages. The allegation recites that the 

 comj)an_y did not provide good and substan- 

 tial cant-hooks. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



H. r. Kidney, ot Delphos. O., will soon open 

 lip a handle factory at Sycamore. 



The Beebe Handle Company has been incor- 

 porated at Beebe, Ark., by O. A. H. Loy, R. J. 

 Haley and W. K. Owens. 



The Dablonega (Georgia) Spoke & Handlr 

 (■iinipany bas been organized by M. .T. Williams. 

 .T, r. Moore. H. 1). Gurley and W. A. CbartiT. 

 liiiildings will soon be erected. 



I'etrie & Leak is a partner.sbip formed at 

 Xorwood. La., to manufacture and deal in lum- 

 ber, lugs and staves, poplar, oak. ash, hickory 

 and yellow pine being their specialties. 



The Chippewa Hardwood & Hemlock Company 

 ot Chippewa Falls. Wis., has been Incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $130,000, by G. W. 

 Charter, D. A. Kennedy and J. D. Kennedy. 



The Danaher Hardwood Lumber Company re- 

 cently closed a deal for hardwood timber near 

 Kckerman, which will keep its mill at Dollar- 

 ville, .Mich., in operation for the next si.K years. 



Work has been commenced on the big addition 

 to the Ward & Hanson Veneer Company's plant 

 iu Bay City, Mich., which will be of brick 112.Y 



52 feet in dimensions. It will be ready for use 

 in July. 



The Globe-Wernicke Company, one of the larg- 

 est manufacturers of filing cabinets, sectional 

 bookcases and office supplies in the world, will 

 add two stories to its great factory in Xorwood, 

 a Cinclnimti suburb, and «rect an additional 

 building live stories in height. 



The Bliss-Cook Oak Company, niissville. Ark., 

 wliose sawmill was destroyed by fire on April 12 

 will rebuild at once. The new mill will consist 

 of a single band and a resaw. Although the 

 sawmill was burned to the ground, the flooring 

 plant and lumber yard w-ere not damaged. 



Schedjiles in bankruptcy of the W. H. Furniss 

 Company, dealer in mahogany logs at 301 .\ve- 

 luie A, New York, show liabilities to the amount 

 of $18,442 and assets $794, consisting of cash, 

 $.•!.•! : accounts, $221 : claims. $.540. Most ot the 

 creditors arc Liverpool concerns. 



.Tohn M. Bender. Bernard Brown and George 

 X. Torrcy have incorporated witli a capital 

 stock of $10,000 to manufacture show cases at 

 Houston, Tex. Details of the organization have 

 not been announced, although It is known that 

 the new plant will be in operation within a 

 short time. 



The I'almetto Manufacturing Company is the 

 name of a new Nashville, Tenn.. handle com- 

 pany, which has been organized with a capital 

 stock of $25,000 by W. H. Cooper. .John S. 

 Woodall, Dr. H. P. Campbell, William Lowndes 

 and others, to manufacture a.x, hoc and hatchet 

 handles. 



The Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Company, .\l- 

 goma. Wis., whose veneer mill at BIrchwood, 

 Wis., was recently destroyed by fire will re- 

 build at once. The company has already placed 

 an order for one rotary cutter o.'i-Inch and one 



100-inch machine. In addition to the veneer 

 equiimient a small band mill will be erected. 



The deatli of X. C. Wasbburn. which occurred 

 at Monroe, La., on March 2t) is announced. Mr. 

 Washburn w'as a native of Xorth Carolina, but 

 went to Louisiana a number of years ago, and 

 moved to Jlonroe In 1901, where he operated a 

 sawmill. He was most highly esteemed by all 

 who knew him. He Is sin-vived by a wife and 

 live children. 



The Xational Sewing Machine Company, is 

 making arrangements for an addition to Its fac- 

 tory at Belvidere. III., which will be operated 

 for the making of woodwork for the company's 

 machines. A building has been secured, and 

 machinery will be Installed Immediately. It 

 will be operated on a moderate scale at first, 

 but will eventually employ 200 men. 



The Virginia Hardwood Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Albemarle. Va.. Is arranging for the 

 erection of a plant at Dunn, Ky., to manufac- 

 ture showcases, store fixttu-es, bank fixtures and 

 various kinds of hardwood furniture. M. T. 

 Young is in charge. Kembert & Tyer of Timp- 

 son, Tex., are Installing a plant to manufacture 

 all kinds of handles, wagon timbers, etc. 



The Alexandria, La., plant of the H. F. Cady 

 Lumber Company of Omaha. Neb., consisting 

 of a cypress tank factory, planing mill, six 

 acres of land with excellent railroad connec- 

 tions and numerous buildings and sheds, has 

 been purchased by the International Lumber 

 Company, manufacturers of cypress, yellow pine 

 and hardwoods at Alexandria. .The International 

 Company will operate the planing mill, turning 

 out its own dressed stock, and also the cypress 

 tank factory. New and strictly up-to-date ma- 

 chinery win be Installed and extensive improve- 

 ments made In the recently acquired plant. 



Hardwood NeWs, 



(By HABDWOOD BECOBD Special Corrsspondents.) 



Chicago. 



The Record is In receipt of a note from 

 Justin Peters, manager of the Pennsylvania 

 Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Phil- 

 adelphia. In which he says that his company is 

 not involved In the terrible catastrophe that 

 has come to our fellow countrymen on the Pa- 

 cific coast, as the company had no insurance 

 or reinsurance on property in California. The 

 Pennsylvania Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance 

 Company, after providing for all losses and ex- 

 penses, has at the present time net cash assets 

 of about $204,000. 



The firm of Hayden A: Lombard, manufacturer 

 and wholesale pine and hardwood dealer of the 

 Railway Exchange, this city, was dissolved by 

 mutual consent on April 26. The house is suc- 

 ceeded by Harvey S. Hayden, long and fa- 

 voi'ably known in connection with the hardwood 

 trade of this city. Mr. Hayden is to be con- 

 gratulated both on the success of his old firm 

 and on the fact that he will continue In the 

 same line of trade under the most favorable 

 auspices. 



The RccoRD is in rc<M"ipt. in handsome pamph- 

 let form, of the rei)ort of the anniuil meeting of 

 the Xational Wholesale Lumber Dealers* Asso- 

 ciation, which was held at Washington. March 7 

 and S last. The work is illustrated with a 

 handsome copper plate of the majestic structure 

 at 66 Broadway. Xcw York City, in which are 

 located the general offices of the association. 



The Forestry Committee of the National 

 M'holesale Lumber Dealers" Association has pub' 

 lislied in pamphlet form for general distribtition, 

 an essay on forestry as related to the futin-e 

 prospei'ity of the country and its hearing on the 

 lumber industry, by Hon. S. P.. Elliott, a mem- 

 ber of the Forestry Commission ot Pennsylvania. 

 The Ri'X'onD is Indebted to the committee for a 

 copy of the interesting document. 



The fovH-th annual meeting of the National 

 Lumber ilanufacturers' Association was h^ld at 



till' Ji'llrrs.in Hotel. SI. I.i.uis, .\I.Ty ,s and 0. It 

 is presumed that this meeting was one of the 

 most Important that has ever been held by the 

 association. The proceedings perforce cannot be 

 handled in this issue ot the Recoiio, and the 

 details thereof will be presented in the next 

 number of this publication. 



While the "puzzle pii'ture" presented on the 

 cartoon page of the last issue of the ILvrdwood 

 Rp;coRi) was printed entirely as a bit of pleas- 

 antr.v, hundreds of subscribers have taken the 

 matter seriously, and have flooded this office with 

 the pictures correctly assembled. The first cor- 

 rect grouping to reach the editor's desk was 

 from the F. H. Smith Company of St. Louis, 

 Jlo.. to which was attached the following nota- 

 tion : "It takes Just thirteen pieces to make Mr. 

 Russe's picture ; therefore, he will be the next 

 president." Our book binder Is at work on 

 binding the rules in asbestos covers, as prom- 

 ised in oiu- issue of April 2~>, and when his 

 work is completed, it will be a pleasure to for- 

 ward the twin volume to the !■'. H. Smith Com- 

 pany. 



.Miller Bi-others. hardwood dealers, announce 

 that they are now located in their new office at 

 Room 20.S Willoughliy building. 6 East Madison 

 street, this city. Their yard is south of Twenty- 

 second street, on Loomis. 



F. H. Pardee of the Fenw^ood Lumber Company, 

 Wausau, Wis., was a welcome visitor at the 

 Rkcord office the early part of the week. Mr. 

 Pardee was en route to the fourth annual meet- 

 ing of the Xational Lumber Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation held at St. Louis May S ami 9. as del- 

 . egate from the Wisconsin Hardwood Lumber- 

 men's Association. 



E. P. .\rpln ot the Arpin Hardwood Lumber 

 Company, Grand Rapids, Wis., paid the Rneouu 

 olfice a pleasant call on May 7. 



The well-known banking firm of H. C. Barroll 

 & Co., First Xational Bank building, Chicago, Is 



