Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-15
VETS AND JUNIORS
BANQUET GUESTS
Organizers of State Lumbermen's As
ISOLATION and Sons Of Members
Eat with Delegates.
ORGANIZATION IS Is YEARS OLD

ORGANIZATION is 25 YEARS OLD
Charter members OF the Nebraska Lum-
Der Dealers convention, together with
the Juniors Of the association. that IS
the sons OF members, took lunch at the
Hotel Rome at noon. as the guests OF
the association.
The association is now a quarter Of a
century old. The members who organized
1t twenty-five years ago numbered lis.
Nineteen Of these charter members are
attending the convention They have all
been in the lumber business at least n
quarter Of century in the state. and
have seen the ups and downs OF the bust
ness here. The charter members attend
ing up TO the second day OF the conven-
ton are: II. n. Jewett. omsha; a. X.
hammers, Harrington; p. d. CoreTl,
Plainview; r. NJ. Trumbull. Bildreth; w.
u. Greenslit. Surprise; F. W. Brown.
Lincoln; r. &. Cheney, North Bend c.
l.. Chsffee, Norfolk; A. Graham, Lincoln;
l., Mittelstsdt Norfolk; F. NJ oster-
bout. David city; A. Barnett McCook;, F..
i. Mccormick. Omaha: l.. NJ. La Grange,
Fullerton: NJ. l.. Fries. Arcadia: f. c.
Houston. Teksmsh; F. Colpetzer. Omaha
w. u. Easley, Lincoln. and f. J. Tucker,
Howe.
Tho forenoon session was given over
largely to moving picture entertain
ment, in which the Panama canal was
shown and some interesting numbering
scenes, also some renewed discussion OF
tbs credit system and cash business and
symposium Of charter day members.
Tho visiting women Of the convention
were entertained at luncheon at>the Com
G.. L. Chsffee, now OF Norfolk. used TO
pc IN the wholesale lumber business in
Omaha He is now on the road for tho
MISSOURI Lumber and Land Exchange
company. -.
J. Mittelstadt Of Norfolk has begun to
take less active part in the business
although he is interested in several wards
I've is associated with his brother In the
business at laurel
r. NJ. LaGrange OF Fullerton has the
reputation Of taking a degree every time
the Hoo Hoo meets. His friends know
nim as one of the extremely Jolly good
fellows OF the association.
The Black Cats gave their annual con-
catnation at $50 yesterday afternoon. 4
smoker was given at the Commercial
uIuD rooms IN the evening, and n banquet
at the Paxton hotel after the smoker.
RESOLUTIONS Of respect will be offered
Ss, hne close OF the convention on the
many years an active and well known
member long identified with the Nye-
Snyder-Fowler interests
~ NJ. Trumbull OF Hildreth has been a
member Of the board OF directors a mum
nor OF times. The board would hardly
look natural without him. lie has been
IN the lumber business at Hldreth for a
fled. % sun Sa''s-
NJ. l.. Fries Of Arcadia Is on deck. lie
carries his political honors as we'll as his
association honors and Is still booster
Tor the association. lie is am ex-stata sen.
ator' an ex-president of the association
body. '""'
In the early days, twenty-five years
ago we got about all our lumber from
view THE southern lumber did not be
kln 70 come In until later. Fir was prac-
ueslly unknown to us who we're in the
business In the state them
NJ 0sterhout Of David City is one
OF the fellows that sticks close TO the as
soclauon and takes an active interest in
the affairs of lumbermen. lie is one OF
those who used to be banked upon as a
nual tours of lunbermen when those were
IN vogue, He and Mrs. Osterhout were
among those who made the trip to Gal
weston q few years ago
r. ~ iAOueNon OF IHh0Fnd0, VINO WAS
once one OF the indians" IL on the
Job as usqel. Years ago the old timers
used 70 look for the bunch from Burt
ana Ihurston counties and designate
them as the Indians" because they
came from the reservation neighborhood.
They were Houston, Holmquist Little
and few others.
Perhaps tho youngest Junior on the
scene at the convention was Ronald
Adam. son Of Andrew Adam. lumber
dealer OF Omaha. Ronald, In a pink
striped suit. handsome, fair, years old
and curly headed, climbed everywhere
the chairs during the session. and yet,
for all that, he had an exceedingly good
time--he disturbed no one~
A.. Barnett of McCook was once in the
lumber business at o'Neiil. Neb. That
was twenty-five years ago. Later he de-
clded to so west. He located at MoCook
ana mas developed a large business. He
does not say but that he could have done
here nor there 40 long as he Is suocessful
where he IL. Ne Is n past president OF
the association and is always an active
oNeill twenty-four years ago. That was
Just year after the association was
organized. That Is the only thing that
prevents him from being a charter mem
her, Tor he came into the association i'm
mediately upon entering in that line OF
business. He was president of the asso-
citation two years, vice president two
years, and on the board OF directors seven
years He is among the live ones always,
as O'Neill fellows are always found TO be
p. d, Cornell OF Plalnview tried TO get
out OF the lumber business four years
ago lie thought he would retire and
take rest No. IL was impossible He
had been In the lumber business since
1870 and had seen his section OF the state
grow from a prairie wilderness 10 a
blooming prosperous and highly civilized
I ~ tat IL laA
the development during all these years
through the eyes OF a lumberman' To
watch Il further through the eyes OF a
retired man did not appeal TO him, espS-
form erect, So last spring he bouaht
back into the business again and now Is