Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-05
b0RRESON TELLS PART LUMbERMEN
 PLAYING IN WAR
Rotarians Also Hear Franey On Position Arkansas Oc-
 cupies In Public Rye.

Jules T. Borreson and J. Frank Fra ney were the principal speakers at yesterdays weekly luncheon-session of the Rotary club of Pine Bluff. Sol klarberg was called upon by H. K. Toney, president of the club. to ans Wer briefly the question often pro- pounded, What is Rotary, and brief ly explained that Rotary's aim is to effect improvement in the individual, by instilling higher ideals and bring ing closer together men embued with the desire to serve humanity, and thus accomplishing good for the commun- 1ty, the state and the nation. Rev. J. |. Norris, who spent August filling the pulpit of church at St. Louis, accepted opportunity to say some thing of his stay in the Missouri town and express satisfaction over being at home again.
 There were 31 Rotarians and one guest, Superintendent Ouellett of the Missouri Pacific, to partake of the delicious lunch served by Rotarian Walter Trulock and to be enter tained and instructed by the informa- tion given by the speakers.
 Two new members were present, these being w. Clinton McBHyde, elect ed to represent the retail grocers, and Walter J. Wilkins, elected as repre- sentative of the cotton factor classi- fication.
 Lumbermen Doing "Best."
 Mir. Borreson, who is sales man ager for the Arkansas Short Leaf Lumber company had been assigned the lumber business as his topic, and the facts and figures he gave demon strated the big part the lumbermen are taking in serving the nation at this particular time, and the great factor that hte lumber business is i nthe prosperity of the country. Mir. Borreson told of the Southern Pine associations successful efforts to sup ply promptly the governments lum- Der needs for the 16 army canton ments, and explained how this coop eration and self-sacrificing service made it possible to create these army towns in the short space of time that they were built He told how the lumbermen are helping to solve the transportation problem by placing moro lumber in each freight car, and sounded a note of warning against car shortages this fall. The benefit that the public has derived from the pine asociation's work in standardiz- ing grades was also explained by the speaker, who,s at this point tacetious- ly explained that "a few weeks ago Major Parkes convinced me that with out the civil engineer we, would not have amounted to much, and my ex- eprience leads me to the conclusion also that without the lumbermen this country would not amount to a great deal.'
 Mir. Borreson surprised his audi ence when he described tie uses to which what formerly was mill waste" is now being put, enumerating among the articles manufactured of waste" such things as sausage cases ana even "silk sOX.'
 AS indicating the importance of the lumber industry to Arkansas, as well as this ,states importance in the lumber world, Mir. Borreson pointed out that Arkansas stands seventh in the list of lumber-DrOducing states, sixth as to yellow pine, third as to oak, and first as to gum lumber pro duction, one-third of all the gum lumber cut being produced in Ark ansas.
 Franey Talks Rotary and Arkansas.
 MT. Franey, who recently returned from trip to Chicoga and Bu1lalo, described his conception of Rotary as the result of the attitude of Ro- tarians he had met in those cities and elsewhere on his trip. An lnci dent that particularly impressed Mir. Franey with the opinion of Rotary en- tertained by leaders was the fact that in the placing of the name or Daniel Callahan for reelection as treasurer of the Knights of Columbus, the speaker stressed the fact that MT. Callahan was the president or the Rotary club of Washington, D. C.
 Relative to the place that Arkansas ;s now holding in the eyes of the na- tion, and his conviction that thls Is the state of opportunity, and Pne Bluff the city of wonderful possloli- tiles. Mir. Franey related bits Of con yersation he had with keen business men of other states. A Kansas City business man, he said, advised him that if he had money to invest, put it in Arkansas, for that is the com ing state," and followed this hlnt with the statement that his Kansas City holdings are for sale, or he would strade them for Arkansas farm lana. Another Kansas man told MT. Franey of investing $22,oOO in farm in Ark' ansas on which Angora goats are rals, ed. and of getting 5000 for the wool of last years clipping. And he st1ll has the goats and the land and con siders it fine investment, said MT. Franey. o 1,,,:d.
 The club voted to send A. G. Whld. den. the secretary, to conference or secretaries of Rotary clubs, to pc held in Chicago on September 27 ana 9S. immediately after the convention of the National Association of Com mercial Secretaries on September 24,