. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 46 CAiNADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER March 15, lUl'j. J. G. Morningstar, The lumberman warden of Welland Lumberman Who Possesses Public Spirit G. Morningstar, who was recently elected warden of Welland County, is a man of pub- lic spirit, and has spent eight years in municipal life, four as councillor and four as Reeve of Willoughby Township. He resid- es on Welland No. 4 and for the last fifteen years has been en- i^aged in the lumber and timb
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 46 CAiNADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER March 15, lUl'j. J. G. Morningstar, The lumberman warden of Welland Lumberman Who Possesses Public Spirit G. Morningstar, who was recently elected warden of Welland County, is a man of pub- lic spirit, and has spent eight years in municipal life, four as councillor and four as Reeve of Willoughby Township. He resid- es on Welland No. 4 and for the last fifteen years has been en- i^aged in the lumber and timber business. For a considerable period he hauled logs to the mills hat were conveniently located and had them cut to order. In 1*X)9 he purchased a saw mill of his own which he successfiilly op- crates and last year he ac(|uired a portable mill. Shij) timber and construction work has been his specialty. .Speaking of his election to the highest ofHce in the gift of the county the Welland "Tribune," in a recent edition, ])aid him the following tribute, which will be read with interest. "J. G. Morningstar, Lumber Merchant," perhaps there is no phrase better known throughout the county than that. Jesse Morn- ingstar, while building up for himself one of the most prosperous businesses in the county, built for himself a personal i)opuIarity, that many a less altruistic politician might envy. ⢠When a young man he embarked upon an enteri)rise the magni- tude of which, even at that time, would have deterred any but the most aggressive and determined from undertaking. His first saw- mill in Pelham township was the foundation of his fortunesâand al- most became the ruination of his ho])es. Built under the most try- ing circumstances, the first year's run being calculated to pay off most of the cost of construction, the mill had scarcely ^ot under way when it was threatened with fire. In fact it did catch fire and only hard work of Mr. Morningstar and his men preve
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