The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-03-02
LUMBER DEALERS
ORGANzEDISTRICT
Pleasant Get Together Was
Held In Mankato
OBJECT OF SESSION
n. n. Hockenbrock, City, Made
President of This North
west Unit

Minnesota district No OF the
Northwest Lumbermen's association
was organized insthis city yesterday
afternoon with H., II. Hockenbrock
of Mankato as president.
II was explained at the meeting by
j. II. Frame of Minneapolis, field
manager of the Northwest Lumber,
mems association, that the object or
the organization is to give oppor-
tunity to thresh out everyday prob
lens which confront the lum Der
dealers of the district. He explained
that the Northwest association in
cludes the states of Minnesota,
North and South Dakota and Iowa.
Since the organization of the district
idea last July there has already
great good resulted from the ex-
Grange of ideas. 1t was thought best
to divide the states into districts
where meetings could be held a
great deal more frequent and local
situations disclosed more thorough.
ly. Meetings in the several districts
result in the lumbermen getting bet
ter acquainted and more confidence
between them is established. 1t will
be the object of the lumber dealers
to keep in close touch with the par
ticular situations in their districts.
Ideas for the betterment of the
lumbermen and their patrons will be
advanced in the meetings held In
the district
The principal work taken up at
yesterdays meeting was regarding
organization.
Meet During Builders Show
The next meeting of the district
will be March Is. the second day of
the Mankato Builders Show at this
city. Every man present at yester-
days meeting intends to take in the
builders show. This means that
large numbers of people will be here
from the counties comprising Mimi
esota District Number Five. which
includes Blue Earth, Sibley, Nicollet,
Br5Np, lie Sueur and Waseca
The election of officers resulted as
follows: President H. II. Hocken-
brock, Mankato; Advisory board, H..
II. lWesterman, Montgomery; A..
Neubert, Mankato; K l.. Geist. Wa
SEGA; A. ]. Vogel, New ylm; and e.
ii. Hughes, Lake Crystal
Those In attendance at the meet
ing yesterday together with their
residences and the companies they
represent are as follows: H. II.
Westerman, Fl. z. Westerman Lum-
Der company of Montgomery; r. r..
Newell Thomas Halvorson Lumber
company. Vernon Center; H.NW.
Foss. H. Simons Lum Der company,
CORTLAND: e. c. Guetzloff, H. f.
Westerman Lumber company. Madi-
son Lake; j. P. Sanborn, ST. Clair,
G. f. Streater, Winona. ID. A. CALI
gan, Waseca, B. w. McCarron, Gay
lord, G.. w. Huntley. Good Thunder,
and Fl. Fl. Hockenbrock, Mankato
all representing the Bottsford Lum-
Der company; j. V. Anderson. New
Richland. Paul II. ochuldt, James
vile NJ. Bowen, Mankato, A. e.
Caldwell, lie Sueur, j. r. Ream, Ka-
sofa, II. c. Enke, Mankato, l.. Full.
wiler, st. Peter. A. f. Caldwell, LIE
Sueur of the Standard Lumber com
pany; c. w. Brundage, Hubbard&
Palmer Lumber company, Garden
City; Ray Ecklund. St Peter. Fl. G.
Hanson. Minneapolis, w. M. Funk.
st. Paul, Fred Stolz, ST. Paul, L. l..
Lampert Jr., st. Paul, o. F.. Heide-
man, LIE Sueur Center. Eugene l..
Cahill. GAINESVILLE. aand A. j. Roem-
err, Mankato. representing the l.. L.
Lampert Lumber company H. Frank
Prohek, Montgomery, representing
the J. Prohek Lumber company, E.
E. Westerman. Montgomery. ami
Fred III. Richest, Elysian, represent
ing the II. e. Westerman Lumber
cOmpany