SELLING LUMBER 49 



A Voice: Mr. Chairman: 



The Chairman : Mr. Montgomery. 



Mr. Montgomery: I have been informed that Mr. Seidel 

 furnished the body when it was called to order yesterday with a A Vote of 

 gavel, and with a key; and most of us also received carnations the^eide 

 and badges ; and I think it is no more than proper that we should Lumber 

 extend to the Seidel Lumber Company a vote of thanks. 



(The motion, having been duly seconded, was put by the 

 chairman to a viva voce vote and unanimously carried.) 



Mr. Austin : To avoid misunderstanding, wouldn't it be bet- 

 ter to have it understood that when division of territory is made, 

 that a salesman will classify himself in the town in which he 

 lives ? 



The Chairman : In which he has his headquarters. 



(At this point a number of salesmen march upon the stage, 

 each carrying a banner bearing the name of one of the established 

 territories.) 



The Chairman : Northern Illinois ! Everybody from North- 

 ern Illinois follow that gentleman to the back of the hall. 



(The salesman carrying the banner of Northern Illinois pro- 

 ceeds to the back of the hall; and all the other banners are suc- 

 cessively carried to the back of the hall, as the chairman calls out 

 the name of each territory, respectively, and thereupon a tem- 

 porary recess was taken.) 



The Chairman : Come to order rapidly, gentlemen. As I call 

 the territory, I will ask that the chairman elected rise and give his 

 name ; and also the name of the alternate. 



(In this manner the following names were recorded:) 

 Territory. Chairman. Alternate. 



Texas H. A. Strube F. J. Lennox 



Oklahoma B. H. Miller J. F. Schnieders 



Kansas Otis Smith J. S. Prestridge 



Indiana Ed Troy Alexander Hamilton 



Ohio J. R. Diamond James H. Heyl 

 Kentucky and 



Tennessee H. S. McLaughlin J. A. Brook 



Northern Illinois S. E. Barwick Jack Brantley 



Michigan C. J. Ashton Chas. W. Myers 



Nebraska and Iowa R. K. Eaton W. M. Simpson 



Minnesota and Iowa, Geo. Fleming 



East, Charles Martin (Clements) 



