HARDWOOD RECORD 



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number of afBliated associations of manufac- 

 turers, eacli of whicli will be represented by 

 delegates at this forlhcoming annual. Follow- 

 ing is a list of these affiliated associations and 

 the names of the delegates who will attend this 

 meeting: 



NOKTIIERN riXE MAMI'ACTLREIIS' ASSOCIATKiX. 



William Irvine. Chippewa Falls. Wis. 

 Edgar Dalzell, Minneapolis, Minn. 



.VOHTHER.N- IlEMLUCK & IlAKDWOOD MaNI'FAC- 

 TUKEUS' -\SSOCIATIO.N. 



W. t'. Landun. Warsau. Wis. 



Charles A. (ioodman. .Marinette. Wis. 



A. \i. Osljorn, Oshkosh, Wis. 



Wisconsin Hardwood Lujibermex's Associa- 



TIO.V. 



F. II. I'ardoe, Wausau. Wis. 

 E. E. Fiuni'v. Mar^hlirld. Wis. 



B. F. McMillan. McMillan, Wis. 



VeLLOW I'ISE MA.XLKACTIKKRS' A.SSOCIATKIX. 



H. ir. Foster, Malvern, Ark. 



E. S. Crossett, Davenport. la. 

 N. H. Clapp. Jr., Warren. Ark. 

 J. A. Freeman, St. Louis, Mo. 



F. K. Gilchrist, Laurel, Miss. 



J. Lewis Thompson. Houston, Tex. 

 L. Davidson. Houston, Tex. 

 E. V. Balicock, I'ittsburg, I'a. 



C. D. .Johnson. St. Louis, Mo. 

 John L. Kaul, Hirmingham, .\la. 

 X. W. McLeod. St. Louis. Mo. 



J. B. White, Kansas Cit.v. Mo. 

 J. W. Martin. Yellow Pine, La. 

 George Lock. Wosllake, La. 

 S. H. Fullerton. St. Louis. Mo. 

 W. D. Ilarrigan. Fulton, Ala. 

 Ed. A. Hauss. Centur.v, Fla. 

 E. P. Denkman. Hammond, La. 



Georgia-Floriua SAWMir.I. AsscirlATIuX. 

 H. H. Tift, Tifton, Ga. 

 William B. Stillwell, .Savannah, Ga. 

 .1. B. Conrad. 



H. M. Graham, Brimson, Ga. 

 C. E. Melton. 

 E. C. Harrcll, Tifton, Ga. 



North Carijt.ina I'i.se As.sociatiox. 

 10. B. Wright. Boardnian, X. C. 

 Ira Johnson, Xorfolk, Va. 

 J. T. Deal, Xorfolk. \ a. 

 K. J. Camp, Franklin. Va. 



E. C. Fosburgh, Xorfolk, Va. 

 I!. U. Morris, Norfolk, Va. 



Hardwood Manckacturer.s' Associatiu.n <if the 

 United States. 

 R. M. Carrier. Sardis, Miss. 

 U. H. Vansant, Ashland, Ky. 

 W^ A. (Jilchrist, Memphis, Tenn. 

 George 10. W. Luchrmann. St. Louis, Mo. 



F. E. Gary, Turrell, Ark. 



I'AriFic Coast Ll'.mber iLvxi'FACTtuEK.s' Assu- 

 ciation. 

 J. II. Bloedel, Bellingliam, Wash. 

 W. H. Boner, Everett, Wash. 



.Michigan Hardwood Manckactcker-s' Asso- 

 ciation. 



F. L. Richardson. Alpena, Mich. 

 Bruce Odell, Cadillac, Mich. 



W. C. Hull, ^rraverse City. Mich. 

 John C. Ross. Bay City, Mich. 



SOUTHWE.ST WASHINCTON LV-MBER MaXUFAC- 



TUBERS' Association. 

 (Five delegates, names not yet received.) 

 Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion. 

 (Five delegates, names not yet received.) 



OBEOO.X & WaSHIXCTON LlMllER MANUFAC- 

 TURERS' Association. 



G. K. Wentworth, 2(I.S La Salle street, Chicago. 



A. B. Hammond. San Francisco, ('al. 

 J. W. Blodaett. Grand Rapids. Mich. 

 C. F. Latimer. Ashland. Wis. 



B. C. Miles, Salem. Ore. 



E. B. Hazen. Bridal Veil. Ore. 

 Western I'lxr, Manufacturers' Assochtiox. 

 I Five delegates, names not yet reeeivetl.i 



Lmnberraen's Club Formed by Dickson 

 Trade 



The lumbermen of Dickson. Tenn.. are now 

 associated in an enthusiastic body, known as 

 the Dickson's Lumbermen's Club. At a meeting 

 held the latter part of March there was a hot 

 contest over the election of officers, there I)eing 

 two tickets in the field, the "Woodpeckers" and 

 the 'Sapsuckers." The "Woodpeckers" won out, 

 with the election of the following: John M. 

 Smith, manager of the W. P. Brown & Sons 

 Lumber Company's Dickson branch, president: 

 F. H. Crow, head of the firm of F. H. Crow & 

 Co., vice-president; H. T. Cowan, American Lum- 

 ber Company, secretary and treasurer. 



Forty members were enrolled at this meeting, 

 representing eighteen firms, all of which are lo- 

 cated at Dickson except three. The club will 

 not devote its energies entirely to social affairs, 

 but will make strenuous endeavors toward the 

 upbuilding of the city of Dickson. This city 

 handles on an average of a million feet of lum- 

 ber per week, and maintains twi?nty-six men on 

 the road buying lumber, and it is claimed that 

 this is a larger number of lumber buyers than 

 are traveling out of either Xashville or Mem- 

 phis. 



The enrolled membership of the club is as 

 follows: 



Jno. M. Smith, J. B. Sugg, E. C. Sugg. C. L. 

 Faulkner, F. I'. Ilanley. R. L. Lembke. C J. 

 Agler, O. L. Faust, W. D. Bates, Campbell 

 Woods and II. L. Grigsby. all of W. P. Brown 

 t^ Sons Lumber Company. 



A. W. Haines, II. T. Cowan, J. .M. Duncan and 

 R. L. Spain, all of the American Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



D. T. Self, L. C. Self. W'. R. Boyte and Wm. 

 Bryant, all of the Dickson Planing Mill Com- 

 pany. 



F. II. Crow, E. B. Crow and R. J. JIartin, of 

 F. H. Crow & Co. 



A. B. Cowan of Maisey & Dion (Chicago). 



W. R. Burch of Fullerton-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber Company. 



AV. A. Moore of Crandall & Brown. 



S. (;. Robertson of Hcnsly Lumber Company. 



A. II. Leathers of Leathers Handle Company. 



R. M. Holland of R. M. Holland & Co. 



E'. L. Harrison and Herman Harrison of E. L. 

 Harrison & Son. 



L. C. Mathey and E. L. Burch of Kaufman 

 Stave & Luml)er Company, Spot, Tenn. 



J. A. Turner, S. W. Taylor and D. A. Slonaker. 

 of S. W. Taylor & Co., McEwen, Tenn. 



Earl Seager of Scager Planing Mill Company. 



W. I. Choate. Choate & Winstead. 



J. I). Campbell, Campbell Manufacturing Com- 

 pany. 



A. W. Lucas and Jno. T. Crane of Lucas Land 

 & Lumber Company, Wavcrly, Tenn. 



W. R. Hogin. 



Woodenware Company in Financial Difficiaty 

 The Two Rivers Woodenware Company of Two 

 Rivers, Wis., has gone into the hands of a rc- 

 t elver, involuntary petition in bankruptcy hav- 

 ing been iiled with the federal court of Mil- 

 waukee by three of the creditors. Its liabilities 

 are estimated at .t;394,63;i.7.5, and its assets at 

 .f4:j3,300. This is the second time, during the 

 last five .years, that this concern has been 

 Ipankrupt. 



The Jlilwaukee Trust Company has been named 

 as receiver. During the past thirty days, the 

 petition states, the concern has been practirally 

 without cash, and the employees have been paid 

 with money received in advance on contracts. 

 Outstanding accounts have been assigned in pay- 

 ment of debts. Attempts were made to get ex- 

 tensions on some of the debts, but without 

 success. The concern has contracts aggregating 

 .«;140,0C0 and employs 200 men. 



Insurance Advice 



The linn of V. S. Epperson & Co.. which acts 

 as attorney and manager for the Lumbermen's 

 I'nderwriting Alliance, issues a series of bul- 

 letins en lumber insurance topics, which are of 

 inestimable value to the lumbsr trade. Epper- 

 sons bulletin Xo. 35 recites the fact that "a 

 spark and a breeze" are the promoters of the 

 average fire. The bulletin gives sundry advice to 

 lumbermen on the prevention of fires. The basis 

 of the suggestion is the small amount of time 

 and money required to put projierties in shape 

 to resist spark ignition. In detail, it says: 



"One of the most frequent causes of fire is an 

 accumulation of dust on framing, rafters, etc. 

 One of the quickest and most efficient means 

 of eliminating this hazard. Is an air or steam 

 hose used thoroughly at least once a week. A 



spark precipitated upon dry, fine dust is prac- 

 tically certain to start a fire which will spread 

 with great rapidity, and be exceptionally hard 

 to check. 



"Another common source of fires is accumu- 

 lated grease and oil on timbers, posts, floors 

 or other woodwork. To remedy this, first use a 

 strong alkali combined with sufficient elbow 

 grease to thoroughly remove the precipitation, 

 then cover with a good coat of whitewash or 

 paint, preferably white, which will not only 

 brighten the shop, but will act as a ready in- 

 dicator of fresh grease smears. Wood surfaces 

 (oated with w-hitewash are fireproof to a certain 

 degree, through chemical combinations. In cases 

 where woodwork Is hopelessly Impregnated with 

 oil. it should be metal-clad and kept constantly 

 wiped. 



"Hot boxes and defective frictions are always 

 liable to cause sparks. All bearings should l>e 

 properlv oiled, but should l)e kept frei^ from an 

 over-abundance of grease, and from grit of any 

 sort. All friction transmissions should be exam- 

 ined bef(u-e work each day. 



'"There are two ways of suppressing Ure 

 started by a spark on dust deposits. The aver- 

 age workman will usually lurn a heavy stream 

 of water from a hose on the spot, and in that 

 way very likely spread the burning particles to 

 adjoining woodwork. If he should immediately 

 |M)ur sand or water directly upon the blaze, 

 there would be no danger of spreading and the 

 tile would be smothered in short order. 



"There will probably always he danger from 

 sparks landing In accumulated refuse. One of 

 the most common causes of this sort of disaster 

 is the slab pit, the best protection against 

 which is a good refuse burner. Spark arresters 

 should lie kept aiwa.vs in repair, and all openings 

 into mills should lx> tightly screened, thus while 

 f-parks will always be present, by eliminating 

 the deposits upon which they feed, the fire risk 

 I an be materially reduced. 



"The system of weekly self-inspection, now 

 in operation in numerous mills, has already 

 lu-oved Its worth. By this system a competent 

 employee is appointed to make weekly examina- 

 tions of all flrc-flghting apparatus, and of the 

 general conditions of cleanliness about the plant. 

 Inspections by the men employed by the Lum- 

 iKM-nien's I'nderwriting Alliance have shown a 

 steady improvement in the mills in which this 

 plan is being carried out. 



"With the approach of the hazardous season, 

 and with the fact always present that fires are 

 ever liable to occur, it seems the part of wisdom 

 to overhaul all insurance, and be certain that 

 property is fully covered." 



Meeting Memphis Lumbermen's Club 



.\t tin' regular srini-niontrily mi-eting of the 

 Lumbermen's Club, held at the Hotel (Jayoso, 

 Saturday, .'ipril 'l. announcement was made that 

 the Illinois Central system is getting out a tariff 

 sheet which will allow lumber shipped from 

 points on this system to Memphis, resawn or 

 dressed here and then shipped through to final 

 destination, on the original through rate. This 

 will apply on lioth the Illinois Central and the 

 Vazoo & illssisslppi Valley railroads and is re- 

 garded as a most important concession. The 

 tariff will sjiecify that the lumber thus shipped 

 to Memphis will have to be changed in form. 

 (Ither through resawing. dressing or other treat- 

 ment. This is a phase of the mllling-in-transit 

 rate, but it has nothing to do with the old ro- 

 tonsigning rates which were in effect in Memphis 

 for a number of years. Lumber that Is shipped 

 to Memphis and yarded will have to be handled 

 as it has been during the past two years, that 

 l.s, on the basis of a slight reduction on the 

 eastern and northern rate from Memphis. The 

 rate from local points of shipment to Memphis 

 must be paid in full and the reduction from 

 .Memphis to the final point of destination is so 

 slight as to make the combination of the two 

 lates eonsiderabl.v more than the through rate. 



