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I.esh, Sanders & Egbert Company, in 1802. he 

 was made vice-president and treasurer. On tlie 

 <Jeath of llr. Lesh tlie firm continued as San- 

 ders & Egbert Company. Mr. Sanders lieing the 

 president and general manager. Tlie company 

 has large mills and yards at Goshen and South 

 Bend. Ind. It manufactures hardwood himber. 

 making a specialty of veneers. 



Mr. Sanders leaves a widow and one son, 

 Harry M. Sanders, the junior member of the 

 firm. His death removes one of the influential 

 hardwood men of the central west, his range of 

 activity being general over that territory. 



Meeting Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club 



Tlie montlil.^' meotinj^ of tin- Cincinnati Luin- 

 Tiermen's Club was postponed from Monday, De- 

 cember 7, to Tuesday, December S, in order to 

 entertain a committee from the National 

 "Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, which 

 was investigating the Queen City with a view to 

 holding the next annual meeting of that asso- 

 ciation at Cincinnati instead of Washington, 

 D. C, where it has convened for a number of 

 years past. The members of the committee, 

 who were the guests of the club, were E. F. 

 Perry, secretary of the wholesale association ; 

 George F. Craig, president, and A. L. Stone, a 

 director. The committee was entertained 

 royally aud it is said that without a doubt the 

 next annual of the National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association, which will be held March 

 9, 1910, W'ill convene in Cincinnati. 



Besides the guests from the National Whole- 

 salers' Association, the club had as guests repre-, 

 sentatives of various local freight interests. 



Four new' members were admitted to the 

 club : H. R. Browne, Swann-Day Lumber Com- 

 pany. H. L. Miclile Lumber Company and Stan- 

 dard Lumber Company. 



Invitations were extended to the National Box 

 Manufacturers' Association to hold its next 

 annual meeting in Cincinnati in February, 1910. 



Those present were : 

 C. S. Walker. H. A. Haber. 



.1. M. Arnold. .T. N. Powers. 



J. T. Earle. X. C. Brvson. 



E; "^Skinner. j^ Heidler. 



^.E^fsh^."'"'"- 



.T. (•;. Ferguson. -Ta^es Buckley. 



W. S. Sterrett. 



George W. Hand. 



K. C. Witbeck. 

 T. E. King. 

 H. J. Brenner. 

 Edward Barber. 

 .James S. Zoller. 

 C. F. Korn. 

 iLuke Murdoek. 

 W. E. Talbert. 

 H. R. Browne. 

 E. O. Robinson. 

 Lewis Doster. 

 O. E. Fought. 

 J. D. Serrino. 

 H. R. Welling. 

 H. A. Hallowell. 



E. L. Walker. 

 S. Earl Griffin. 



James A. McEntee. 

 C. D. Gallowav. 



H. X. Mead. 

 Ed. Dulweber. 

 G. C. Ault. 

 Chas. Groves. 

 George Frederick. 



F. Stanley. 



C. W. Harmeyer. 

 R. L. Gilliert. 



1. M. Asher. 

 N. L. Ilentnn. 

 .7. B. Grant. 



D. C. Ramsey. 



F. H. Duling. 



.T. Watt Graham. 

 .T. A. Bolser. 

 S. H. Huse. 

 T. B. Stone. 



C. J. Alien. 

 W. H. Flynn. 

 Ralph McCracken. 

 W. C. Otte, Jr. 

 Geo. F. Craig. 



E. F. Perry. 

 A. L. Stone. 



G. M. Morgan. 



D. Betts. 



A. L. Rotainet. 



J. T. Creahan. 



J. L. Roney. 



C. J. Cherry. 



J. A. Van Arsdall. 



F. E. Uadina. 

 M. A. Shudy. 



C. C. Trimble. 

 M. R. Williams. 



D. L. Hiirrey. 

 ('has. A. Elliott. 



Missouri Opens Conservation Campaign 

 Missouri, through its governor, Herbert S. 

 Hadley, has begun a state-wide campaign for 

 forest conservation and the education of the 

 citizens of the state generally in forestry mat- 

 ters. The movement has for its ultimate object 

 the appointment of a permanent forestry com- 

 mission with larger powers than the present 

 state forestry commission, and to get such ap- 

 propriations from the legislature as will enable 

 the commission to do the worlv now regarded 

 as imperative. 



Governor Hadle.v inaugurated the campaign 



November 27 by entertaining the Missouri State 

 Forestry Commission at the executive mansion 

 in JeSEerson City. The full commission was 

 present save Dr. Hermann Von Schrenk of St. 

 Louis, the chairman. The governor and his 

 wife gave a dinner following which the entire 

 afternoon was spent in formulating plans. 



The campaign calls for the organization of 

 a State Forestry Association, the purpose of 

 which shall be to assist the state forestry coni- 

 iiiission in all matters and to secure to the com- 

 mission the nieml)ership and influence of men 

 [iromineut in the state. 



Forestry matters of strictly an educational 

 <haracter arc to form another feature of the 

 work. This would operate through the public 

 school system and universities of the state. 

 Chairs of forestry and forestry courses will be 

 established. 



A state forester is contemplated also in the 

 plans of the association, who will devote his 

 entire time and work along practical conserva- 

 tion lines. A survey of the state will be made 

 that will ascertain the actual extent of the 

 state's forest resources. The state forester is 

 to have direct supervision of this work. An 

 effort was made at the last session of the legis- 

 lature to secure the passage of a bill provid- 

 ing for the appointment of a state forester, 

 liut it proved fruitless. But the recent visit 

 of the governor to the timber sections of the 

 state and the wider knowledge of the legisla- 

 tors gained of late will, it is thought, be suf- 

 ficient to bring about all that is now desired. 



It is expected that the commission will avail 

 itself of the visit next spring of Gifford Pinchot. 

 who will make an extended visit throughout the 

 forest districts of the state. Mr. Pinchot will 

 be asked to aid the commission. 



The general meeting for the organization of 

 the Missouri State Forestry Association will 

 lie held in St. Louis in the near future. The 

 gfivernor is to appoint delegates from all sec- 

 tions of the state. A permanent organization 

 will be effected and this will help in the co- 

 operation of the state forestry commission fol- 

 lowing Mr. Pinchofs visit. The suggestions that 

 will lie made by the chief forester will then be 

 adopted and the state can go ahead in con- 

 summation of its present plans. 



New Credit Rating Book Out 



The H.iRDwooD Record has received a copy of 

 the twelfth volume of the Credit Rating Book 

 published by the National Lumber Manufac- 

 turers' Credit Corporation, with headquarters at 

 St. Louis. The book has been revised and aug- 

 mented, and great care has been taken to make 

 it as complete and accurate as possible in a 

 work of this scope. The volume contains a classi- 

 fied list, with capital and pay ratings of all 

 manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers in 

 lumber as well as factories which buy lumber in 

 carload lots. It is printed in the usual good 

 style and contains a number of excellent features, 

 notably the colored map of each state which pre- 

 cedes the listing for that state. 



The National Lumber Manufacturers' Credit 

 Corporation issues these reports twice a year, 

 in April and Octolier. No little credit is due 

 W. F. Biederman, superintendent of the organi- 

 zation, for the general excellent quality of the 

 work. 



A Well-Known Forced Draft System 



The distinguishing feature of the Gordon 

 Hollow Blast Grate, and the one that has made 

 it "the grate with the reputation," is the 

 "tuyere." 



This tuyere is seven inches in diameter, and 

 there are from four to seven to the bar, ac- 

 cording to the length of the latter. No bolt is 

 used, the tuyere being held in place solely by Its 

 own weight, which is ten pounds. 



In the edge of the tuyere are the blast out- 



lets, which are long and narrow, so as to exclude 

 sawdust and ashes as much as possible. Then 

 the shoulder on which the tuyere rests also 

 forms a baffle to prevent matter from entering 

 the bar. 



As the tuyeres are removable and interchange- 

 able, they afford access to the chamber of the 

 bar. make it easy to remove rust, scale, etc., 

 from the outlets, and permit tuyeres with larger 

 or smaller outlets to be substituted. This last 

 feature is especially important, as the size 

 of the outlets is naturally determined by the 

 kind of fuel used, and must, therefore, to give 

 the best results, be changed when the fuel is 

 changed. 



THE GORDON HOLLOW BLAST GRATE. 



The upper surface of the tuyeres is slightly 

 below the general level of the grate, so that 

 the scraper passes over them without touching. 

 They have wings to prevent their canting, and 

 cannot be removed unless lifted vertically. Thus 

 it is impossible for them to become accidentally 

 displaced. 



The tuyeres flare slightly, and hence discharge 

 the blast at an angle. This gives an ideal dis- 

 tribution of air. 



The Gordon Hollow Blast Grate is the heaviest 

 and most durable blast grate on the market. 

 There are many outfits in use today that have 

 been in constant service since early in the 90's. 

 It is the only blast grate that has stood the 

 test of time and use. 



It has been kept thoroughly up to date by 

 practical men. the most recent of the com- 



THE TUVERE, THE DISTINGUISHING FEA- 

 TURE OF THE GORDON HOLLOW 

 BLAST GRATE. 



pany's seven patents being dated Aug. 25. 1903, 

 and June 4, 1907. 



There is no forwardly directed blast at or near 

 the bridge wall, as the rear end of the grate 

 is quite likely to be bare, or at best but poorly 

 covered, and the inevitable tendency of such a 

 blast would be to drive the smoke out of the 

 feed doors and to overheat the front. 



The manufacturer of the Gordon Hollow Blast 

 Grate is the Ciordon Hollow Blast Grate Com- 

 pany of Greenville, Mich., which also makes 

 the well-known Tow'er line of edgers and trim- 

 mers. 



The Licking River Lumber Company, well- 

 known hardwood manufacturer of Ashland, Ky., 

 has moved its offices from Ashland to Hunting- 

 ton, W. Va. The company has been granted right 

 to do business in West Virginia and has recently 

 increased its capital stock to $120,000. The 

 principals in the concern, F. G. Eherhart, presi- 

 dent, and R. G. Page, secretary and treasurer, 

 are experienced lumbermen of energy and activ- 

 ity and their company will be a welcome addi- 

 tion to the lumber fraternitj' of Huntington. 



