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ni'er : L. F. Cameron, secietary ; II. P. Coc, for 

 many years connected with this Inisiness, will 

 be general sales agent. With these gentlemen 

 at the helm, the future success of the reorgan- 

 ized company is guaranteed. 



In August of .ast year the concern was 

 forced into a receivership, It. C. Moody and L. .T. 

 Cameron beinj;- appointed receivers. Mr. Jloody 

 and Painesville residents, who were interested 

 as stockholders, have labored continuously since 

 that time for a successful readjustment of the 

 company's affairs. 



As the result of an appraisal of Ihe property 

 and assets made by the American Appraisal 

 Compan.v. Milwaukee. Wis., the coaipan.v lias 

 been re-tinanced in a satisfactory manner and 

 future success is assured. 



Successful operation of the business since the 

 failure of the old company has convinced re- 

 ceivers and creditors that with a perfected re- 

 organization the company could and would meet 

 all its obliKations and prove a p.nying invest- 

 ment to those who financed it. 



The books now show a large amount of pres- 

 ent business, while the prospect for the future 

 is promising. Large orders from the Philip- 

 pine Islands. Russia and .Tapan are in sight. 

 while the dome.stic market has never looked 

 brighter. 



Hamilton Lumber Company 



Cul. F. M. Hamilton has sold out his interest 

 in the Indiana Lumber Company of Nash- 

 ville. Tenn.. after having served that company 

 as president since its incorporation more than 

 twenty-five years ago. He will organize with 

 his son. .T. A. Hamilton, the Hamilton Lumber 

 Company, of which the two will be sole pro- 

 prietors. 



Colonel Hamilton is a native of Indiana and 

 started in the lumber business in 1800. He 

 went South in 1877 and a year later took a 

 responsible position with the Indiana Lumber 

 Company, which had just been established at 

 NjLshvilie. This concern was run as a partner- 

 ship until 1883, and was then incorporated 

 with a paid-up capital stock of $100,000, 

 Colonel llnmilton being elected president. 



Colonel Hamilton is an experienced lumber- 

 man, with a wide acquaintance in the hardwood 

 trade. He has several times held office in the 

 local association and has been closely identi- 

 fied with various other hardwood organizations. 

 His tliirly years' residence in Nashville has 

 placed him in a high position socially as well 

 as in the business world. 



His son, J. A. Hamilton, upon graduating 

 from high school, engaged with I lie Indiana 

 LiMuber Company and has long since made a 

 place for himself in the ranks of competent 

 lumbermen. Most of the active work of the 

 new concern will fall to him. 



The offices of the Indi.ana Lumlier Compan.v 

 will serve as headtiuarters feu- the new con- 

 cern. 



Wisconsin Lumber Company to Have Large 

 New Mill 



The ^\'isconsin Lumber Compiiny of t^hicago 

 announces having awarded contracts for the 

 erection of a large double bandmill at Iluttig, 

 Ark, It is expected to have the plant in opera- 

 tion some time in August. Besides the regular 

 equipment, auxiliary machinor.v for the manufac- 

 ture of huljs, belt rims and wagon stock will be 

 installed. 



The plant will be located conveniently near 

 the 200.000.000 feet of white oiik owned by the 

 Wisconsin Lumber Company, whiidi expects to be 

 al)le to operate on that site for twent.v yeai*s. 



The Filer & Stowell Company, Milwaukee, Wis., 

 will furnish the sawmill machinery ; Case.v- 

 Hedges Company, Chattanooga, Tenn., the boil- 

 ers, and the engines will come from the Porter- 

 Alien people. T. R. Helms has the contract for 

 erection. 



A Handsome Badge 



The badges iiirnishcd at the riTcut conven- 

 tion of the Hardwood Manufacturers" Association 

 at Cincinnati were donated by Josliua Oldham 

 & Sons, Hrooklyn, X. Y., the well-known hand, 

 circular and gang saw manufacturers. These 

 I>adges are of an attractive api)earance tliat 

 would warrant their being used permanently as 

 watch-fobs. The pin is attached to the back 

 of an eagle with outstretched wings, holding in 

 its talon.s a shield on which is the registration 

 number and to which are attached two streamers 

 bearing the inscriptions •'Cincinnati" and "Feb. 

 l--2-a. 1010." A black leather strap with a 

 lirass buckle is suspended from the back of the 

 shield and holds the insignia. The bod.v of the 



ATTIiACTlVK HADfiE PRESKXTED TO H. M. 

 A. ('(INVENTION VISITORS I!Y JoSlU'A 

 OLDHAM (Si SONS. • 



medal is gilt and has in the ceuti-r a raised luit- 

 liue map of the I'nited States in white with a 

 f'd l>order and bearing the inscription "Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association of the I_'nited 

 States.'' Behind the map is an embossed, con- 

 ventional design of green trees. The back of 

 the medal is plain and engraved with words of 

 presentation from Joshua (.>ldhain & Sons to the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. 



This design has lieen adopted as the official 

 insignia of tlie Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation. 



Doings in the Forest Service 



(jifford I'inchot spoke before the .National Arts 

 Club of .New York on February and in his talk 

 made a strong plea for the forest rangers of the 

 service. He denounced in forceful terms the 

 action of Solicitor McCabe, who, in the few days 

 in which he served as acting forester, following 

 Mr. Pinchot's resignation, did his best to make 

 it apjtear unlawful for the government to provide 



collegiate training for those rangers who, in the 

 estimation of the chief forester, merit such ad- 

 vancf'uient. 



These actions of Mr-. .McC;ilie resulted in an 

 order from the Comptroller of the Treasury to 

 discontinue wliat h.-is always lieen of direct public 

 benefit. 



Mr. I'inchot made liis apjieai in the following 

 speech : 



iljpon my dismissal, the solicitor of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. Oeorge P. McCabe, was 

 made acting forester for thn-e or four days. It 

 appears that he learni'd of the rangers schools 

 at the four state universities of Montana. Wash- 

 ington. Utah and Colorado, and sent telegrams 

 to the dispersing officers in the Held to pay no 

 expen.se connected with them. Tliese telegrams 

 were kept secret. 



With equal concealment a letter was prepared 

 and sent to the Couq)trolb*r asking for a speedy 

 advanced decision as to tlie legality of the 

 rangers schools. This letter was clearly in- 

 tended, and was so framed, to secure a decision 

 against the school, and it was successful in 

 doing so. 



This letter is a misrepresentation, because it 

 omits to state the central, essential, incontro- 

 vertible facts : First, that the Forest Service 

 must have trained rangers : second, that it can 

 get them only by training them after they enter 

 the service. It follows that the training of the 

 rangers by the service is necessary, clearly and 

 uadeniabl.v, for the "administration, protection 

 and improvement of the national forests." Being 

 necessary for that purpose, it falls well within 

 the terms of the agricultural appropriation bill, 

 and IS therefore lawful. 



Consider now tlie situation under which this 

 decision of the comptroller was obtained. The 

 solicitor of the Department of Agriculture is the 

 officer charged with promoting the welfare of the 

 department on the legal side, yet he made no 

 attempt to assist the service in this matter. On 

 the contrary, he led the secret attack upon it. 



The whole proceeding is not seen in its true 

 light until we realize its effect on nearly two 

 hundred of the best young men in the "Forest 

 Service, who were officially ordered to tho.se 

 schools for instruction. These rangers are poor 

 men, working for from .$000 to .fl,300 a year, 

 and they need their pay. I'et they will lose 

 their pay for the time they attended these 

 schools and the money already advanced out of 

 their pockets for expenses. 



It is a cruel and needless loss, but the fine 

 loyalty of these rangers to their worlj is shown 

 by the fact that half of them have stayed on at 

 the rangers schools at their own expense in order 

 to better learn their public duties. I do not lie- 

 lieve the people can afford to let that devotion 

 stand unrepaid. 



Of course Solicitor Mct^'abe states that this 

 accusation is "ab.solutely untrue" and that he did 

 not initiate this action without consulting any 

 one in the Forest Service. 



Secretary Wilson has issued an order which 

 places the law force for the Forest Service under 

 the suiiervision of the Agricultural Dejiartment. 

 represented by Solicitor McCabe. It is believed 

 that this action is traceable to the difficulty in 

 which former law officer Shaw of the Forest 

 Service became involved in connection with the 

 Glavis charges. From now on the law officers 

 of the .service, instead of being practically inde- 

 pendent as heretofore, will he under the orders 

 of the solicitor of the Secretary of Agriculture. 



L. F. Kneipp has been ajipointed assistant 

 forester in charge of the department of grazing, 

 succeeding Albert F. Potter, who has gone to 

 Washington to take the place of Overton W. 

 Price, recent assistant to Clifford Pinchot. The 

 successor to Law Officer Shaw will be P. P. 

 Wells. 



The plans formulated by (Jifford Pinchot. re- 

 classifying the forest land, stand approved b.v 

 President Taft. .ind more tlian l.dito.ooo acres 

 of public land formerly included in the forest 

 domain have been made available for homestead 

 settlement. 



A Ne-w Plant for the Consolidated Iiiel & 

 Lumber Company 



The Consolidated Fuel & Lumber t'ompany of 

 Negaunee, Mich., will erect a new hardwood 

 flooring mill in that city on the old I'ioueer 

 furnace site. The mill will be up-to-date In 

 every detail and will have a daily capacity of 

 .50.000 feet. 



Work is already begun on the new structure, 

 and tlie management expects to start manufac- 

 turing April 15. The bulk of the machinery has 



