36 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



Osirian Cloister Meeting 



At the meeting of the Osiriau Cloister, 

 which followed the adjournment of the regu- 

 lar convention, ten members were initiated 

 and high priests were elected for the ensuing 

 year as follows: 



High Priest of Osiris— L. D. McDonald, 

 California. 



High Priest of Ptah — John Oxonford, In- 

 diana. 



High Priest of Ra — James H. Baird, Ten- 

 nessee. 



High Priest of Isis — Henry Temjjleman, 

 California. 



High Priest of Shu — P. L. Johnson, Jr., 

 Illinois. 



High Priest of Thoth— George M. Corn- 

 wall, Oregon. 



High Priest of Hathor — Robert Carpenter, 

 Louisiana, 



High Priest of Sed— William D. Gill, Jr., 

 Maryland. 



High Priest of Anubis — W, C. Laidlaw, 

 Canada. 



BY WAY OF ENTERTAINMENT 



On Friday, the first day of the convention, 

 the visitors were taken on a delightful trip 

 tc Muir Woods and Mount Tamalpais, About 

 250 Hoo-Hoo enjoyed the scenic features of 

 the journey and all voted the view from the 

 top of the mountain a most inspiring one. 

 Luncheon was served at a tavern on the sum- 

 mit of the mountain, after which many of 

 the sightseers undertook the trip to the ob- 



servatory at the very top. On the return 

 trip the ride was through the beautiful Muir 

 Woods where the gigantic redwoods of Cali- 

 fornia are the principal tree growth on the 

 29.5 acres of the tract. The party arrived at 

 San Francisco at about seven in the evening, 

 and those who wished after dinner and a rest 

 were taken on a trip through Chinatown, 



On Saturday evening in the ladies' dining 

 room of the Palace Hotel occurred the most 

 elaborate function of the convention, the 

 annual banquet. At about eight o'clock over 

 two hundred Hoo-Hoo, including a large num- 

 ber of ladies, sat down to the feast. The 

 room was beautifully decorated and the table 

 was a veritable bower of flowers. It was a 

 scene of great jollification, the Hoo-Hoo yell 

 was given frequently which kept enthusiasm 

 at the top notch, everybody sang the popular 

 airs as the orchestra played them and alto- 

 gether the affair was a thorough success. The 

 menu card, a work of art, showed the follow- 

 ing array of good things to eat: 



MENU 



Toke Point Oysters on the Half Shell. 

 Green Turtle with Quenelles. 

 Olives, Radishes, Celery, Salted Almonds, Pecans. 

 Baked Striped Bass, Beaufort. 



Potato, Gastronome. 

 Cresta Blanca, Sauterne Souvenir. 

 Fillet of Beef, Mushroom Sauce. 



Sweetbread Patty, Queen .Style. 

 Cresta Blanca. St. Julien Souvenir. 

 Punch Marquise. 

 Roast Squab Chicken, Excelsior. 



Asparagus Tips, Mayonnaise. 

 Ice Cream : Kantasie Hoo-Hoo. 

 .\ssorted Fancy Cakes. Cafe Noir. 



At the conclusion of the repast, over coffee 

 and cigars, Toastmaster N. A. Gladding, than 



whom there is none better in this capacity, 

 introduced a number of speakers, and for the 

 next hour or so a delightful tiow of language 

 interrupted by solos admirably rendered by 

 Mr. Mackenzie Gordon entertained the ban- 

 queters. 



On Sunday afternoon another delightful 

 trip was made by the visitors. About two 

 hundred and fifty Hoo-Hoo aifd their ladies 

 boarded the steamer Sehome, which stopped 

 at Monticello Grove for luncheon and then 

 proceeded to Mare Island where the Navy 

 Yard, Racoon Straits, the Golden Gate and 

 other points were visited. On the return 

 voyage interest centered in the main cabin, 

 where an impromptu stage was set up, and 

 in turn H. J. Miller, the new Snark, ex-Snark 

 lladley, N. A. Gladding and others were 

 forced to do their share in furnishing enter- 

 tainment for the assembled crowd. 



San Praneisco certainly outclassed all other 

 cities at which Hoo-Hoo have assembled for 

 their annuals. On Thursday there was a 

 ball game between Portland and San Fran- 

 cisco Hoo-Hoo, in which the Portland nine 

 was successful, and on Thursday evening a 

 reception and musicale was held in the Con- 

 cert Boom of the Palace Hotel, so that there 

 was not a dull moment for the visitors. 



The nineteenth annual will long be remem- 

 bered, as will the San Francisco Hoo-Hoo, 

 and that memory will be one of the pleasant- 

 est borne in the minds of those who were 

 fortunate enough to take iiart in its many 

 enjoyable features. 



SemUJinnual J^orthern Hemlock and HardWood J^ssn. 



The semi-annual meeting of the Northern 

 Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers ' Asso- 

 ciation was called to order at ten-thirty A. 

 M. Wednesday, September 24, in the Hotel 

 Pfister, Milwaukee, Wis. The chair was 

 occupied by President W. C. Landon, of 

 Wausau, and Secretary R, S. Kellogg re- 

 corded. 



The president's address was unusually 

 brief, but he stated that inasmuch as the 

 remarks he would make were embodied in 

 the secretary's report he would not waste 

 time by taking up any of the questions per- 

 sonally. He then called for the report of 

 Secretary Kellogg, who responded as follows: 



Secretary's Eeport 



The permanent ofHce of the secretary of the 

 Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association was opened at Wausau, April 11 

 last. Since then the association has gained ten 

 new members and has several more in sight. The 

 present membership is seventy-eight, with an 

 annual output in round numbers of GOO. 000, 000 

 feet, of which one-third is hardwood and two- 

 thirds hemlock. In the last five months the 

 secretary's office has issued fifty-eight circulars 

 upon thirty different subjects. Much work has 

 been done for the railroad and legislative com- 

 mittees, which is covered in other reports. Books 

 quoting lumber freight rates from Wausau to 

 some 8,000 points in consuming territory have 

 been published and distributed. The services of 

 the Lumbermen's Bureau, Washington, D. C, 



have been secured to keep these books revised, 

 and to assist the association in dealing with 

 freight rate questions. The secretary has rep- 

 resented the association at meetings of the 

 National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, the 

 Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association and 

 the Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Association. 

 Trips of this kind and the office work incidental 

 to the enlargement of association activities have 

 prevented him from getting acquainted with the 

 members as he should. He hopes, before long, 

 to meet each member of the association at his 

 own mill. 



The financial condition of the association is 

 as follows : 



Resources 



Treasurer's cash balance $ SS1.72 



Funds in secretary's office 90.44 



Unpaid dues, 2d and 3d quarters 616.76 



Unpaid inspection bills 83.99 



Unpaid bills for freight rate books.... 121.00 



Traveling expenses 1,200.00 



SECEETARl'S OFFICE 



Salaries $ 993.32 



Expenses 400.00 



National Lumber Mfrs.' Ass'n 555.00 



Total $1,793.91 



Liabilities 

 Bills for office supplies and printing. $ 218.20 



Not resources $1,575.71 



Plus one well furnished office. 

 FORECAST TO JANUARY 1. 1911 

 Receipts 



Present resources $1,575.71 



Dues for fourth quarter.... 2,887.50 



Total receipts $4,463.21 



ESTiJiATEn Expenses 



INSPECTION 



Salaries $1,400.00 



Total expenses $4,548.32 



Apparent deficit, Jan. 1, 1911 $ 85.11 



It will be noted that the above statement In- 

 dicates an apparent deficit of some $85 on Janu- 

 ary 1 next. Such a deficit is not expected, how- 

 ever. It will be offset by receipts for inspection, 

 the sale of freight rate books, dues from new 

 members and by increased dues from members 

 because of greater sales during the year than 

 was estimated at the beginning of 1910, so that 

 finally receipts should slightly exceed expendi- 

 tures. The establishment of a permanent office 

 has necessitated heavy expense that will not be 

 duplicated next year. 



It is now becoming evident that the year 

 1910 is likely to set a new high mark for lum- 

 ber consumption in the United States. More 

 yellow pine has been cut and sold since Janu- 

 ary 1, 1910, than was ever disposed of before 

 during the same period of time. The cut of cy- 

 press has exceeded the shipments. More north- 

 ern pine will be marketed this year than in 1909. 

 Shipments of western pine were greater during 

 the first half of 1910 than in any previous 

 year. Douglas fir shipments have been much 

 greater than in 1909, and the latest reports 

 indicate that the total redwood shipments this 

 year will he as great as in 1907. Members of 

 this association report 235,839,000 feet of hem- 

 lock cut and 218,691,000 feet shipped since 

 January 1, and 137,984,000 feet of hardwoods 

 cut and 85,146,000 feet of hardwoods shipped 



