. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 10 THE} CANADA LUMBERMAN December, 1899 OBITUARY. The death of Mr. H. Ross, lumber dealer, of Sherbrooke, Que. He had been a sufferer from asthma for some years. Mr. Adam Shaefer, of Tavistock, Ont., died recently as a result of injuries sustained while operating- a rip saw in his planing mill. Deceased was born in Germany in 1845 and emigrated to Canada in 1852, settling on a farm. He learned the trade of a carpenter, and for twenty- eight years was
. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 10 THE} CANADA LUMBERMAN December, 1899 OBITUARY. The death of Mr. H. Ross, lumber dealer, of Sherbrooke, Que. He had been a sufferer from asthma for some years. Mr. Adam Shaefer, of Tavistock, Ont., died recently as a result of injuries sustained while operating- a rip saw in his planing mill. Deceased was born in Germany in 1845 and emigrated to Canada in 1852, settling on a farm. He learned the trade of a carpenter, and for twenty- eight years was engaged in the furniture business. About five years ago he purchased a saw mill in the Parry Sound district, which he sold last year. He then pur- chased a furniture factory in Tavistock, which he operated up to the time of his death. CHARLES HAMILTON. Chas. Hamilton, for more than twenty years a promi- nent lumber operator in the province of New Brunswick, died at St. John early in November, at the age of eighty- Sve years. Mr. Hamilton retired from active business several years ago, but his only son, James S. Hamilton, owns a large saw mill near the city of St. John. De- ceased was born in Sago, Maine, and before removing to St. John was actively engag-ed in the lumber and pulp business in that state. HON. RALPH A. LOVELAND. Hon. Ralph A. Loveland, a conspicuous figure in the white pine lumber industry of Michigan, died in Saginaw on November 9th. Mr. Loveland was born at West- port, , in the year 1819, and had been connected with the lumber business since 1857, when he formed a partnership with D. L. White and S. W. Barnard under the firm name of White, Loveland & Company, wholesale dealers, with headquarters at Albany, N. Y. Mr. Loveland's healih becoming impaired he re- moved to Janesville, Wis., in 1863, and in 1869 es- tablished a lumber yard in Chicago under the firm name of R. A. Loveland & Company. This enter- prise was a marked success, but the failure o
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