The Passing ofa Pioneer

Colonel D. E. Kline, President of the Louisville Veneer Mills, died May 15,I9D.

Daniel E. Kline.was born seventy-nine years ago in Cincinnati, Ohio, and received his education in the schools of that city. When a young man he entered the firm of E. D. Albro & Co., of Cincinnati, makers of veneers and panels, remaining as secretary of this company until the fall of 1889, when he came to Louisville, Ky., and founded the Louisville Veneer Mills Company. The site he selected was located on the banks of the Ohio, on what was, and is known as the Point. He changed the name of the firm a few years later to the Louisville Veneer Mills, but the location of the plant remained the same.

Colonel D. E. Kline not only made a success of the veneer and plywood business, but was an outstanding character in the entire industry, having been instrumental in founding the National Veneer and Panel Manufacturers' Association, and serving as one of the directors vntil I9I7, when he was elected president, and served in that capacity for two years, during which time he was successful in having lumber and wood products reclassified, benefiting all manufacturers and shippers by the saving effected in freight rates. He was one of the founders of the Louisville Hardwood Club, and served as its president for several terms. He was also an active member of the Louisville Board of Trade and the Pendennis Club.

In all association work he has been followed by his son, Harry B. (line, Vice-President of the Louisville Veneer Mills, who while serving as president of the National Veneer and Panel Manufacturers' Association, effected the merger between that body and the National Hardwood Lumber Association, and is now a director of this association.

Mr. Kline, or "Dad' Kline as he was known to the oldtimers, was a pioneer in his chosen business, a man respect: ed and loved by all who knew him, or came in contact with him, and his passing removes one of the pillars of the industry.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ftorence E. Kline; a daughter, Mrs.Carl Peirce of Pittsburgh, Pa.; his son, Harry E. Kline, and three grandchildren.

ROB CALDWELL BACK FROM FISHING TRIP

R. E. Caldwell, assistant sales manager of the Little River Redwood Company, San Francisco, returned to his desk June 10, from a very enjoyable fishing tripin the Covelo district, in the northeastern part of Mendocino county.

New Building and Loan Ass'ns Granted Charters

Two new building and loan associations have just been granted charters by Commissioner Geo. S. Walker, according to a report released yesterday by the California Building-Loan League. This brings the number of new associations licensed since the first of the year to 13 and the number now operating in the state to 231.

The associations just licensed are: Independent BuildingLoan Association, San Jose, Geo. B. Campbell, secretary, with a paid in capital of $100,000, and the Compton Building and Loan Association, Compton, Rex A. Dunn, secretary, with a paid in capital of $30,000.

Axel H. Oxholm Visitin€, Western States

On June 1Axel H. Oxholm, director of the "National Committee on Wood Utilization of the Department of Commerce, will begin a five weeks' trip in western states for the purpose of contacting members and organizations interested in the work of the committee.

One of the main objects of Mr. Oxholm's trip is to visit as many as possible of the 79 district and co-operative offices of the Department of Commerce, to acquaint them in detail with the activities of the committee. These offices constitute the main channel through which the work of the committee is taken to the public.

"Perhaps the greatest service rendered bythe Department of Commerce to the committee is in the distribution by its branch offices of the publications and information which the committee issues from time to time, and in the contacting of local industries through these offices," said Mr. Oxholm. "Were the committee dependent for the distribution of its material upon its Washington headquarters alone, it would not have been possible for it to dispose of over half a million publications in less than two years.'l

Mr. Oxholm will also spend some time at the sawmill at Olympia, Washington, where, at the instigation of the committee, a complete line of Scandinavian gang saws are now under test.

Hoo Hoo Club No.39

Past Presidents Charles Lamb and Clem Fraser of the East Bay Hoo Hoo Club and Past President Rod Hendrickson of the San Francisco club lvere special guests at the regular dinner meeting of Hoo Hoo Club No. 39, held at the Athens Club, Oakland, June 10.

Short talks were given by Charles Lamb and Clem Fraser, and Rod Hendrickson told a couple of snappy stories.

A. C. Horner, head of the \Aiestern Division of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, gave an interesting talk on what his organization is doing to further the use of lumber.

Ray Cox, Clem Fraser and C. I. Gilbert were appointed as a committee to draw up a telegram to Governor Young, urging him to sign Bills Nos. 786, 787, 789, 79O and 791, all of which have to do with building laws, loans, etc.

George Troth, Boulevard Mill & Lumber Co., furnished some entertainment in the person of Milton Franklyn, leader of the Grand Lake Theater orchestra, who g'ave some excellent banjo numbers.

R. A. Hiscox presided in the absence of President H. S. Morton.