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HARDWOOD RECORD 



'Fishing.' " Ho closed his eyes to recall the 

 rising cuitalu, the bliire of the band and the 

 burst of applause as the head-liner soubrette 

 with the wicked wink, the passionate hosiery 

 and the abbreviated skirts, emerged from the 

 wings and tripped to the footlights in the most 

 approved ten-twenf-thlrf style. Then came the 

 stentorian tones of Mr. Edison's robust an- 

 nouncer. 'Tass Me Not, O Do Not Pass Me By,'" 

 and then — but Mr. Koosevelt is so particular 

 lately about what goes through the malls that I 

 will not go into details. 



The captain left without ceremony and while 

 1 have a record as good as new. I have lost a 

 friend. He passes me on the streets without 

 speaking, but he looks at me as if I had sold 

 him one hundred shares at par In the Private 

 Snap Gold Mining & Development Company. 



Furthermore, the record In question grates 

 on my feelings and Is still more inappropriate 

 for constant use, as the Frisco Railroad has not 

 renewed my pass tor 1906 and the hymn seems 

 to give them scriptural authority for withhold- 

 ing the same. 



Regretting to be obliged to call your attention 

 to this preserved prayer, I am. yoUrs truly, 



C. D. BOYNTON. 



hardwood affairs, having been associated for 

 the past twenty years with some ot the larg- 

 est poplar and other hardwood concerns in 

 the Ohio valley. He is particularly well 

 known in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, where 

 for many years he represented the Yellow 



Mershon Kesaws in Cliina. 



The fame of the Mershon band resaws is not 

 confined to the United States. For years 

 Great Britain and the continent have been 

 large purchasers of these tools. Recently 

 Wm. B. Mershon & Co. received an order for 

 one of their combined band resaws and band 

 log mills from China. The request for this 

 outfit was received by cable, and the message 

 contained three words; beyond the order for 

 the mill it called for five head-blocks, a car- 

 riage, full filing room equipment and all acces- 

 sories. 



This type of machine has been advocated 

 by the makers for a long time, and it speaks 

 well for the enterprise of modern China, 

 ■which is tlie first Oriental country to make 

 use of a tlioroughly practical and reliable 

 method of transforming saw logs into the 

 very thinnest material. 



A peculiar feature of this resaw is that 

 ■when the mill is used as a resaw the saw 

 blade travels in one direction, and when used 

 as a log mill the band wheels and the band 

 saw travels in the opposite direction. This 

 result is accomplished by a mere change in 

 the twist of a belt. 



There is doubtless a large field in tills coun- 

 try where this kind of machine could be used 

 to great advantage. Those Interested in this 

 particular type of mill, by addressing Win. B. 

 Mershon & Co. at Saginaw, Mich., will be 

 given full particulars and illustrations of the 

 equipment. 



Important Change in Local House. 



An important change has taken place in 

 one of the foremost wholesale lumber houses 

 of Chicago — Schultz Brothers & Benedict, in 

 the Old Colony building. C. D. Benedict has 

 ■withdrawn from the firm and entered busi- 

 ness on his own account, while Schultz 

 Brothers CSTilliam W., James M. and Alex- 

 ander J.) will continue their extensive yejlow 

 pine operations, with offices at 1225 to 

 1240 Old Colony building, under that name. 



Incident to the change and of particular in- 

 terest to the readers of the Hakdwood Kbcobd 

 is the fact that the Schultz brothers, with 

 James C. Cowen, have embarked in a distinct 

 and extensive hardwood operation under the 

 firm name ot Schultz Brothers & Cowen, with 

 headquarters in the same suite of offices. This 

 firm will do an exclusive hardwood business, 

 making a specialty of poplar. The history 

 of the Messrs. Schultz in connection with yel- 

 low pine, piling and hardwoods is too ■well 

 known to need specific mention. Mr. Cowen, 

 ■who has been associated with Schultz Brothers 

 & Benedict, is a man of wide experience in 



with lieadquarters at Vanceburg, Ky. It will 

 thus be seen that Schultz Brothers & Cowen 

 are well equipped in all the essentials of 

 ability, experience and organization, to do a 

 large and prosperous wholesale trade in pop- 

 lar and other hardwoods. 



Schultz Brothers will continue to operate 

 in their old line specialty of northern and 

 southern pine, piling, railroad ties, and other 

 material, as in the past. 



WILLIAM W. SCHULTZ OF SCHULTZ 

 BROTHERS AND SCHULTZ BROTH- 

 ERS & COWEN. CHICAGO. 



Poplar Lumber Company of Coal Grove, O. 

 His ■n'ork in building up a splendid hardwood 

 trade for Schultz Brothers & Benedict has 

 been justly recognized by Schultz brothers, in 

 directly associating themselves with him in a 

 business way. 



The new firm of Schultz Brothers & Cowen. 

 while already enjoying a large trade, has also 

 made a strong organization in both the buy- 

 ing and selling ends of the trade. Mark S. 

 McCullam. well known to Chicago lumbermen, 

 is now stationed at Roanoke, Va.. where he 

 has in charge the purchase of lumber, and 

 also supervises manufacturing for the firm at 

 its mills in that locality. W. H. Hines, who 

 for many years has been with C. Crane & 



JAMES C. COWEN OP SCHULTZ BROTH- 

 ERS & COWEN, CHICAGO. 



Co. of Cincinnati and is known as one of the 

 best poplar men in the country, will act as 

 general salesman for the firm, and will cover 

 Ohio, Indiana, lower Michigan and Illinois. 

 L. P. Williams ■nill act as buyer for the firm. 



Asheirille Hard-wood Interests. 



Through the dealers of Asheville and the im- 

 mediate vicinity are distributed the famous 

 hardwoods of western North Carolina, reputed 

 to be the highest grade lumber in the world. 

 .\shevllle, famous as a health resort and tourist 

 point, is just as celebrated for its hardwood in- 

 terests, which to a large degree have made the 

 city what it Is today. 



The hardwood concerns of Asheville are prin- 

 cipally manufacturers, although there are some 

 large houses there which do a strictly jobbing 

 business. The producers do not make much of 

 an attempt at maintaining yards in Asheville, 

 but operate from there shipping direct from the 

 woods. Most of the producers have extensive 

 timber tracts, besides controlling large lease- 

 holds. 



The Asheville district manufactures all kinds 

 of haruwoods, especially oak, ash, poplar, chest- 

 nut and basswood. It is one of the most pro- 

 ductive districts in the whole haruwood belt of 

 the South, and the output is eagerly sought the 

 country over, but especially in the eastern mar- 

 ket. 



By organizing as they have just done the 

 dealers will undoubtedly be greatly benefited. 

 There are many ways In which the recently or- 

 gamzeu Asheville Lumber Exchange can be 

 of service to .Asheville dealers, among others 

 the consideration of the treatment of the rail- 

 roads, and it is expected that these troubles 

 will shortly be taken up by this association. The 

 dealers are particularly grateful to Secretary 

 Lewis Doster of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association of the United States for showing 

 them the ways and means of pulling together. 



One of the progressive concerns in Asheville 

 is the Fry-Buchanan Lumber Company, recently 

 known as the H. W. B"ry Lumber Company, or- 

 ganized five years ago by H. W. Fry. Mr. Fry 

 was schooled in the lumber business under the 

 tutelage of his father, J. C. Fry, one of the old- 

 est and best known lumbermen in the state. 

 The new company, besides President H. W. Fry, 

 consists of Andrew Buchanan, an expert timber- 

 man. H. C. Johnson and G. C. Brumfleid. 



Asheirille Lumtier Exchange. 



Agreeable to the announcement made in 

 the last issue of the Haedwood Record, a 

 second meeting of the hardwood men of 

 western North Carolina was held at Asheville, 

 May 26, at which the permanent organization 

 of the Asheville Lumber E.xchange was ef- 

 fected, and the following officers Installed: 

 W. T. Mason, president; J. M. Burns, vice 

 president; A. F. Hall, secretary and treasurer, 

 all of Asheville. The directors chosen were 

 G. N. Hutton, Hickory; W. N. Woodbury, 

 Murphy; E. E. Quinlan, Waynesville; G. L. 

 Wood, Asheville. A constitution and by-laws 

 were adopted. 



C. .\. Schenck, chairman of the committee 

 on transportation, made a report, which was 

 received and adopted, after thorough discus- 

 sion. The report contained a recommendation 

 that a committee of seven be appointed to 

 meet with the Southern Railroad officials, 

 which was approved, and C. A. Schenck. G. N. 

 Hutton, E. H. HaU. J. M. English, C. H. 

 Hobbs, F. L. Winchester and R. E. Wood 

 were delegated for this work. They will re- 

 port at the next meeting of the exchange. 



The meeting was a large and enthusiastic 

 one, and the thirty-four lumbermen present 

 have taken up the new work vigorously and 

 harmoniously. 



