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HARDWOOD RECORD 



all other nominees on the ticket, was elected 

 by acclamation over a protest made by Mr. 

 Whitmarsh and his second. Quite a number 

 of the members of the club say that this 

 makes the election of officers illegal, as ac- 

 cording to the constitution and by-laws, 

 nominations for any office can be made from 

 the floor and they must be elected by ballot. 

 A rising vote of thanks was then extended 

 to Mr. Seidel for his work during the year. 



Mr. Seidel thanked the club, and then said 

 he had secured a fine picture of the Capitol 

 on his recent visit to Washington, which he 

 would turn over to the club to be hung in the 

 rooms. 



Mr. O'Reilly, the new president, on being 

 called on for a speech, promised to do all in 

 his power to maintain the record of the club 

 made under the administration of Mr. Seidel, 

 and asked the cooperation of the members. 



Annual Memphis Lumbermen's Club 



The "red men," known as the candidates on 

 the red ticket in tlie election of officers lor the 

 Memphis Ijumbermen's Club, swooped down on 

 their opponents on the blue ticket on December 

 18 and captured almost everything in sight. In 

 fact, when the Dnal results were announced it 

 was found that only two men on the blue ticket 

 had survived the onset, all the other offices 

 having gone to the red men's camp. 



The red men conceived the idea of posing as 

 Indians at an early stage of the campaign, and 

 they carried it out beautifully. They designated 

 their leader, S. C. Major, as Big Chief Major, 

 and assigned appropriate titles to the other 

 members on their ticket. The red men were 

 vigorous in their campaign, losing no opportu- 

 nity to make friends for themselves, and it seems 

 that their work was slightly more effective than 

 that of the blues. The campaign was conducted 

 in a most spirited manner, but there was evi- 

 dence of good feeling throughout, and the result 

 has left no bad effects. The beaten candidates 

 have taken their defeat philosphically and have 

 not only congratulated their victors but have 

 pledged to tbem their earnest support in behalf 

 of the club during the ensuing year. 



The full results of the election are given here- 

 with, from which it will be seen that E. E. Good- 

 lander and W. H. Greble were the only members 

 of the blue ticket to be elected : 



President — S. C. Major (red). 



First Vice-President — J. W. McClure (red). 



Second Vice-President — .T. F. Jlclntyre (red). 



Secretary and Treasurer — J. M. Thompson 

 (both tickets). 



One-year directors — Keith Blanton (red), L. C. 

 Nolan (red), E. E. Goodlander (blue). 



Two-year directors — J. W. McSweyn (red), 

 i;. J. Lockwood (red), W. H. Greble (blue). 



A. L. Foster of the J. W. Thompson Lumber 

 Company, who ran on the blue ticket, tied with 

 .1. F. McSweyn of the red men for director for 

 I wo years. Some one suggested that a coin be 

 tossed up to settle the matter, and Mr. McSweyn 

 won. 



The red men were loud in their cheers as the 

 results were announced. There was an Indian 

 yell when it was stated that Big Chief Major 

 had won, and the yelling increased in enthusiasm 

 as it became evident that the red men had cap- 

 tured almost everything in sight. 



Tlte colors indicated by the two tickets were 

 much in evidence throughout the evening. In 

 fact, there was so much red and so much blue 

 that it was an easy matter to see that there 

 was an election under w'ay. Some of the candi- 

 dates were so bedecked with red that they could 

 hardly be seen, while some of the others were 

 thoroughly covered with blue. Some of the mem- 

 bers came prepared to vote on both tickets, and 

 it was not an unusual thing to see a mass of 



both red and blue adorning the same Individual. 



The battle lasted for almost four hours, and 

 the committee on both tickets, as well as the 

 candidates and their friends, worked hard to 

 secure votes while the polls were open. The 

 red men, however, had done more effective work 

 before the polls opened, and they give this as 

 the cause of their victory. 



A delightful luncheon was served during the 

 evening. This has become a regular feature of 

 the annual election. After the meal a number 

 of the members were called upon for brief ad- 

 dresses, pending the announcement of the results. 

 There were several visitors present also, and 

 some of these were called upon. Prominent 



S. C. MAJOR, NEW PRESIDENT MEMPHIS 

 LUMBERMEN'S CLUB. 



among them was former Governor Benton Mc- 

 Millin of Tennessee, who declared that the lum- 

 liermen had it in their power to make of the 

 South an even more wonderful country through 

 advocacy of forest preservation. 



All of the successful and unsuccessful candi- 

 dates were called upon for remarks after the 

 results were announced, and those who were suc- 

 cessful declared that they would do everything 

 in their power to serve and advance the interests 

 of the club. The occasion was a delightful one 

 and will go down in the history of the club as 

 one of its "red" letter days. 



Annual St. Louis Exchange 



The annual meeting and banquet of the Lum- 

 bermen's Exchange of St. Louis took place 

 Tuesday evening, December 21, at the Missouri 

 Athletic Club. Dinner was served at G :30, after 

 which the business meeting was called to order 

 by President J, R, Massengale, who read re- 



grets from R. M. Fry of the Fry Lumber Com- 

 pany, who was unable to be present. 



President Massengale then read his yearly 

 report. He stated that the Lumbermen's Ex- 

 change had been a little better than self-sup- 

 porting during the year ; that the inspectors 



had measured and inspected about 7,500,000 

 feet of ail kinds of lumber, a gain of about 

 half a million feet over the previous year ; that 

 on the first of the year the Exchange had a 

 membership of forty and that since that time 

 six new members had been gained. He then 

 mentioned what the exchange had done during 

 the year. 



A resolution of thanks was then tendered to 

 the president. 



A committee of three, composed of W. A. 

 Bonsack, A. J. Lang and George II. Cottrill, 

 was appointed to nominate two tickets to be 

 voted on at the annual election on January 3. 

 While the committee was out selecting the tick- 

 ets, Lloyd G. Harris and Kelly Chandler were 

 called on by the president to speak. 



When the Nominating Committee returned 

 they submitted the following names as candi- 

 dates for the respective offices : President, 

 Thomas E. Powe and George E. Hibbard ; vice- 

 president, William W. Milne and R. F. Krebs. 

 The board of directors were the same on both 

 tickets and were ; Franz Waldstein, J. R. 

 Massengale, Frank C. Moore, K. C. Chandler, 

 Peter Whaley, A. W. Johanning, E. N. Wlese, 

 W. R. Chivvis, A. J. Lang, R. E. Drake, L. G. 

 Harris and R. J. O'Reilly. 



The seven nominees of the Board of Directors 

 receiving the highest number of votes were to 

 compose the Board of Directors and the five 

 lowest were to be the Board of Arbitration. 



After the report of the Nominating Commit- 

 tee had been accepted the following gentlemen 

 were called on to speak : Pat Cook, E. H. War- 

 ner, A. W. Johanning, Franz Waldstein, Thomas 

 E. Powe, Col. Jack P. Richardson, John E. 

 Massengale, W. W. Dings and James E. Gate- 

 wood. 



After considerable discussion the resolution 

 offered by Mr. Powe, "endorsing the action of 

 the St. Louis City Council in its stand against 

 the Bridge Arbitrary," was passed and the 

 president and secretary were instructed to send 

 a letter to the president of the City Council to 

 that effect. 



The president then appointed as tellers of the 

 election on January 3 the following gentlemen : 

 L. M. Borgess, Frank G. Liebke and F. E. Som- 

 mers. The meeting then adjourned. 



The guests of the evening were E. H. Warner, 

 J. H. Johanning and John E. Massengale. Oth- 

 ers present were : 



W. E. Ranch, Drake-Conger Lumber Co. 

 K. E. Drake, Drake Conger Lumber Co. 

 A. J. Lang. 

 Kelly R. chandler. 

 John E. Massengale. 

 John E. Massengale, Jr. - 

 Roland F. Krebs, Krebs-Scheve Lumber Co. 

 James E. Gatewood, St. Louis Lumberman. 

 Henry A. Marting. G. H. Marting Lumber Co. 

 Charles W. Marting, G. H. Marting Lumber 

 Co. 



VV. A. Bonsack, Bonsack Lumber Co. 

 Franz Waldstein, Waldstein Lumber Co. 

 Jack P. Richardson, J. P. & W. H. Richardson. 

 John H. Johanning, Johanning Lumber Co. 

 J. R. Massengale, J. R. Massengale Lumber Co. 



E. H. Warner, E. H. Warner. 



A. U. Bush, secretary Lumber Exchange. 

 W. C. Howiand, Hardwood Record. 

 H. F. Nelson, Ozark Cooperage & Lumber Co. 

 Loyd G. Harris, Loyd G. Harris Mfg. Co. 

 William Dings, William Dings. 

 Thomas E. Powe, Thomas E. Powe Lumber Co. 

 J. I., lienas, Waldstein Lumber Co. 

 Charles E. Thomas, Thomas & Proetz Lum- 

 ber CO. 



James Milne, Milne Lumber Co. 



A. W. Johanning. Johanning Lumber Co. 



W. W. Milne, Milne Lumber Co. 



J. L. Sclieve, Krebs-Scheve Lumber Co. 



F. C. Harrington, Thomas E. Powe Lumber 

 Co. 



W. W. Dings, Garetson-Greason Lumber Co. 



Henry Roemer, Southern Lumberman. 



P. F. Cook, St, Louis Lumberman. 



F. C. M<iore, F. C. Moore Lumber Co. 



L. M. Borgess, Steele & Hibbard Lumber Co. 



Edward W. Wiese, Thomas & Proetz Lumber 

 Co, 



George H. Cottrill, American Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Co. 



F. E. Sommers, American Hardwood Lbr. Co. 



F. J. Lleblie, C. F. Liebke Hardwood, Mill & 

 Lumber Co. 



R. J. Fine. 



R. B. McConnoll, Uuttig Sash & Door Co. 



