Kansas City journal., 1898-01-25
THEY ALL HAIL PROSPERITY.
1uupEp .tNLERS HAVE EVIDENCE
T,,,, y 1T IS HERE
So They Are nSS,nr to kan... Cit,
To-day Re;o,c,n g and in Great-
er Numbers All
Before.

Inc tenth annual convention of the Me,
souri, and Kansas Association of Lumber
Dealers will be opened this morning at
LFceum hall. The session will last for two
Gays. and from indications will be the
shortest, Nveliest and most successful gath
erhss the iumbermen have ever held. The
membership last year was 100 and the at
! tehuahce was SsO. This year the member
snip Is nearly 500. and it is believed at
ieast ooo Will attend the convention.
I Every man who manufactures lumber
or sells it will come to the meeting with
a 1uii purse. big order book full and the
finest prospect for business known in the
| west in ten years" said Bowling Arthur
Johnston. of Chicago, the best known lum-
! Der trade writer in the United States yes
| terday L have been all over the West
and the South. Nothing like the demand
has been seen for years. The sales for the
past year have been wonderful. and the
mills are crowded with big orders. the
wholesaler and the retailer have been
pushed to fill cash orders. there orders
on the books that will last for months
ana the prospect for the spring trade all
over the West was never better. The re-
suit will be that will have no statisti-
clan with d long paper detailing some airy
plan for the evangelization of the world
ana the correction Of the laws up to that
come here to say that he had a good busi-
ness and wants good time-wants to get
nds lIOHl business lOr a week and SlTnply
asks the association to work in harmony
that the normal conditions may be MAIN
tanned all over the West. That means
short sharp. crisp speeches. the sort that
business men make The country is safe
ard the men In our line simply trying
te save something out of the business. for
which they have been waiting for ten
years 1t is here, the normal business that
Is the result of healthy conditions"
Yesterday afternoon the officers of the
association and the directors held long
executive session at the headquarters in
the Heist building. and discussed business
matters pertaining TO the organization The
officers are:
II. C. Taylor. president. Lyons kas.
,Georse D. Hope. treasurer. Kansas City,
Harry A. Gorsuch. secretary. Kansas
The directors are: r. l., whaley. AL
bany; Mo; a. a. White. Kansas City. Mo:
E. C. Robinson. St Louis. Mo-; NJ. X.
Kss.; r. j. Hurley, Kansas City. Mo-:
VIII A. Pickering. Springfield. Mo; Milo
man. Sedalia, Mo: George W. Crawford.
Ciirard. kas.; g. ID. Logan. Whiting. Kas.;
j. L. Lane. honorary secretary. Kansas
This morning there will be reception
10 members. the reports of the officers and
necessary committees of the convention.
The regular business matters viii! be taken
up and disposed of.
This evening there will be a confederation
of the Hoo Hoo Club at Lyceum hall. and
about forty ambitious and venturesome in
dividuals will be given a chance to see
the great Black Cat and do homage to
the deity of the order. 1t is a wonderful
thing-this Initiation into the mysteries of
the Ptolemies as expounded by the disci-
pies of the Black Cat. The club uses the
remains of Il cat from Egypt
thousands of years old. that was provided
for the House Of the Ancients by Mr.. john
ston. The venturesOme who make the trial
Of faith patience and endurance never have
a word TO say. but they gain wisdom in
large chunks during the ordeal.
Tomorrow the business will be concluded
and arrangements made for the coming
year, and at . o'clock the special train that
rarries the $50 on the excursion TO the Ium-
Der camps and forests of the South will
leave over the Pittsburg & Gulf for IL seven
lays trip. The lumber and miilrnen of the
South are making great preparations for
the entertainment of the visitors. The
arder of the train will be stocked as no
other larder has ever been stocked since
The days of Caesar. so the committee SOL
emnly asserts.
Those who do not make the trip will at
end a reception at the Hoo Hoo ciubroomS
n the Keith & Perry building and be en- "a,
ertained by the local club members in the "a,
.vening. lis