The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-31
LUMBERMEN TO CONE.
A VISIT nv July FROM PROMINENT
MEN OF THE MIDDLE WEST.
The WashfaGfon lumber Exchange.
With Hesasuarters In This City,
Extends q Cordial Inwffati on 90
the Members 81 the Northwest
Lumberm~n's Association, which
In Aceepfed-A Programme Being
Arranged for Their Entsrsais-
menG

On ths 18th inst mnt@v the caossor Of
"A Lunbsrnsn's Day the Post-Tnteili-
xencer printed paragraph relative &c
the invitation extended by IRIS Washing
ton Lumber Exchange 20 the members
90 the Northwest LsEmbenren's AssociS-
ton. which net ths following week IN
Minneapolis. 70 visit tina Pacific coast.
and particularly tae Northwest st the
adjournment o. the associations rn.stfng
next June. On this committee were
named Aessrs- p. .. Nor.oa r b Cole
and A = Kerry. This committee was in
structs1 % secure railroad rates and at
tend 20 other details relative 70 IN. con-
ing Of PROBABLY ~ people. who are TO be
gwen a royal good time In eonnecsiOn
with their visit.
The snnntttss L. row basf3y engaged in
arranging the programme fer a weeks
entertainment. and when the guests OF
the Washington Lumber Exchange arrive
here they will Hnd that their wants VIII
% carefully looked after. and there viii
Dc little for them % 90 except enjoy them
selves The date fixed by the local ex-
change was AZ the adjournment Of the
June meeting but IL was decided by the
members OF the Northwest Associst ton 70
make the excursion q month later. July
II western W Arlington Is an ideal month
n which - dispense a welcome 20 guests
from out tire torrid East, and no greater
iu6ucemeut could be offered for close IN
yestiEati0n % the great resources O. the
Northwest than the always bakrny at
rs0@pheTs % Western Washington mid
summer. In the latter part OF the season
the smoke from the mountain fires wouid
deurAct from q clear view OF the noun
talns and the Sound. and 80 II Is quite
as well that a postponeneut was more
convenient for the members from the
East
sent followed by letter. was as follows:
Seattle. Wasn.. Jan. H.
wv. @ Hollis. Secretary Northwest
Lumbermsn's AssociS ton. wsshtngton
Lumber Exchange extends = cordial In
vitation 10 the Northwestern Lumber
mems Association TO visit Puget Sound in
june. Are promised excursion rates az
figure suggested In letter.
&C. II. CRANE. Seerstary."
Prior 90 the receipt Of the telegram at
Minneapolis. Secretary Hollis OF the
Northwest Association, said that while he
was IN attendance at the meeting OF the
Lumber Secretaries Association In Chi
caEo. ne had been approached By a zen
tlenlsn from the Pacific coast. who had
asked him II the Northwest Lumbermen's
Association members would Ike 10 Join in
an excursion 10 the coast Sometime In the
summer. lie had told the gentleman that
The only way he knew OF andlng out was
for the wess coast men TO make a formal
proposition.
AT recent meeting OF the manufac-
turers % Washington" said Secretary
Hollis. they pSsssd resolution authoriz-
Ing a committee TO be appointed 10 invite
the members OF the Northwestern Lum-
bcrsneH's Association 70 visit the coast at
some time ia the summer. Inquiries have
been made as to cost and 10 has been as
certsined that the railroads VIII make ad.
vantageous rates for some time In the
summer. They have also invited the other
associations IN limos, Wisconsin and In
diana TIE programme would be for Us
20 take Pullman ears and 70 out over
one road. returning over another. and
while out there making a number OF side
trips. The railroads havs offered a nate
of SIS for tbs trip. which inciudes trans
portatton and sieepers. After we get 10 the
other SIDE Of the Rocky mountains our
meals VIII not cost much, as the