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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Important Deal Closed 



The K. & P. Lumber Company of Cincinnati 

 lias absorbed the Suliivan-Sanford Lumber Com- 

 pany of Naples, Tex., and its capital stock has 

 been increased from $75,000 to $1,000,000, The 

 property acquired consists of 40,000 acres of oak 

 and red gum timber, three band mills and twen- 

 ty-six miles of standard gauge railroad, connect- 

 ing the mills with the Cotton Belt Railroad. Ex- 

 tensive improvements are contemplated at the 

 Texas operation, including the building of five 

 miles of railroad and the construction of at 

 least one more band mill at Naples. 



Probably at the close of operations at the K. 

 & P. Lumber Company's mill at Tallega, Ky., 

 that sawmill will be removed to Naples. Max 

 Kosse, president and head of the K. & P. Lumber 

 Company, recently spent a month at the Naples 

 operations arranging for the removal of the busi- 

 ness offices of the Sanford-Sullivan company to 

 Cincinnati and the merging of them with the 

 K. & P. offices there. The company will soon 

 have new and better equipped offices at Cincin- 

 nati as more space will be required by reason of 

 the extended business of the concern. 



The new officers of the company are : Max 

 Kosse, president ; F. T. Atkinson, treasurer ; T. 

 V. Shoe, secretary ; Edgar L. Walker, assistant 

 secretary and treasurer, and W. L. Schleyer, 

 sales manager. The Naples operation will be in 

 charge of J. W. Lockbridge. 



The Story of the Maples 



Under the above title the I. Stephenson Com- 

 pany of Wells, Mich., manufacturer of "Ideal" 

 rock maple flooring, hardwoods, pine and cedar, 

 has issued a magnificent hundred-page book, 

 printed on high-class enamel paper, illustrated 

 with a hundred or more half-tone engravings in 

 color, showing many of the details of its gigantic 

 operations. The book deals especially with the 

 company's maple flooring. It is the handsomest 

 book that has ever been put out by any flooring 

 manufacturer, and is being distributed to the 

 company's customers. 



The frontispiece of the work is a portrait of 

 Senator Isaac Stephenson, the dean of the lum- 

 ber industry of the North country. The volume 

 is well worth a careful perusal and preservation. 



Married to Walter N. Kelley 



Walter N. Kelley, of Traverse City. Mich., of 

 the Walter N, Kelley Company, the well-known 

 Michigan lumberman, was married on Wednes- 

 day, June 8, to Miss Rose Wilhelm, daughter of 

 the late John Wilhelm, a prominent pioneer 

 citizen of Traverse City. For some years Miss 

 Wilhelm has been in charge of the office of the 

 Manufacturers' Lumber Company of Detroit, 

 Mich. 



The newly wedded couple spent their honey- 

 moon at Mount Clemens, Mich., and are now at 

 home in the handsome family residence in Stats 

 street. Traverse City. 



The Record wishes to extend its felicitations 

 to Mr. and Mrs. Kelley, and wish them much 

 happiness and a long life! 



WALTER N. KELLEY, TRAVERSE CITY, 

 MICH., A BENEDICT. 



Regular Meeting Chicago Wholesalers 



The Chicago Wholesale Lumbi'r Dialers' Asso- 

 ciation held its regular luncheon and business 

 meeting at the Chicago Automobile Club on 

 Tuesday, June 21. B"ollowing the luncheon the 

 meeting was brought to order by President G. 

 T. Mickle, who called first for ri>ll call and the 

 reading of the minutes of the last meeting. Fol- 

 lowing this formality the cliairmen of tlie stand- 

 ing committees submitted their regular reports. 



The chairman of the Committee on Inspection 

 aud Trade Relations was not present, but his 

 report was read by the secretary and adopted. 

 Chairman Mark Porter of the Membership Com- 

 mittee reported that J. A. Nourse & Co. had 

 applied for membership, and the president put 

 that name before the body of the association for 

 their approval. The firm was unanimously bal- 

 loted in. 



In the absence of the chairman of the Railroad 

 Committee, C. L. Cross, one of the members, I'e 

 ported in his stead that the question of employ- 

 ing an attorney to represent the associatiou at all 

 times and to give advice along various lines had 



come under consideration of this committee. Thij 

 policy has been adopted by the Chicago Hardwood 

 Lumber Exchange, and Mr. Cross requested that 

 the suggestion should be submitted to the asso- 

 ciation. The sentiment was more or less against 

 such a step, and the question was finally placed 

 before the Board of Directors, who will pass 

 upon it later. 



E. A. Thornton, chairman of the joint com- 

 mittee on amalgamation, reported that nothing 

 further had been accomplished along these lines 

 since the last meeting, and that in all probabiliiy 

 there will be no further action during the sum- 

 mer. Following the favorable report of the 

 treasurer, the secretary read communications 

 from various conservation associations through- 

 out the country, the National Conservation Asso 

 elation, the National Conservation Congress and 

 the American Lumber Trades Congress. The es- 

 sence of the communications was an appeal for 

 money and for increased membership. The pre- 

 vailing opinion seemed to be that the whole- 

 salers' association should pledge itself as ao 

 association as favoring the appropriation, at the 

 present time. The matter was finally submitted 

 to the Trade Relations Committee after free dis- 

 cussion. 



The question of an outing in conjunction with 

 the two other Chicago lumber associations was 

 broached by C. L. Cross. W'hile most of the 

 members were in favor of such action, the ques- 

 tion of expense proved a considerable barrier. 

 As finally settled there will be an assessment 

 on all of the luembers of $5. which will entitle 

 two persons to attend as representatives of the 

 various firms. The regular meetings will be 

 abandoned for the summer months. The Enter- 

 tainment Committee will meet with the Enter- 

 tainment Committees of the other two associa- 

 tions to settle upon some date favorable to alt 

 three bodies for the proposed outing. 



No other business of importance was brought 

 before the meeting, and the regular motion to 

 adjourn was put and carried. 



New Addition Completed 



The new tapering wedge dovetail glue jointer, 

 which is practically welding lumber together 

 with glue, and the economical method of joint- 

 ing and joining lumber together at one opera- 

 tion on the Linderman Automatic Dovetail Glue 

 Jointer, has increased the business of the Linder- 

 man Macliine Company of Muskegon, Mich., to 

 such au extent as to warrant the erection of a 

 new addition to its plant. The new huildiag, 

 66 by 106 feet, brick and cement construction, 

 is being added to the west end of the plant. This 

 additional space will be used as part of the pres- 

 ent erecting room. The equipment will consist 

 of a ten-ton electric crane for handling heavy 

 castings and machines. All machines will be 

 given a floor test by direct connected motors : 

 new direct connected electric generators and 

 steam drum air compressors will be added. In 

 addition there will he various other modern ap- 

 pliances for systematic and economic work. 



BASEBALL TLAM OF LICKING RIVER l.U.MHER CO.. 



"LICKING" 'EM ALL. 



WlK.l WANT A CHANCE OF 



Another Lumher Baseball Team 



The Rf;cord is in receipt of the accompanying 

 picture of the baseball team of the Licking Rivir 

 Lumber Company. Huntington. W. Va., made up 

 of employees of this lumber and oak flooring iu- 

 slitution. While this baseball team may be en- 

 titled to be classed only with tlie minor leagues, 

 it will be very glad to receive an invitation to 

 I.la.v ball witli any lumber or flooring factory 

 team that wants to get a good drubbing. It is 

 particularly anxious to have an invitation to 

 ciuss bats with the team of the Lamb-Flsli Lum- 

 ber Company at Charleston, Miss. ; with the 

 ilemphis "bluft'ers" : witli the Cincinnati "scrubs" 

 H] any othere of that class. 



The Licking River Lumber Company thinks it 

 has a bail team that can deliver the goods em- 

 braced in the first wor.. of its name to any lum- 

 bermen's club in the country. Here's a chance 

 to get busv I 



