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tbe Lake Erie Lumber Company on the morning 

 of June 7. It spread to adjoining buildings, 

 tlie total loss exceeding $100,000. The yard 

 is in the center of a thickly settled factory dis- 

 trict and many plants were in danger for a 

 time. Fifteeu horses belonging to the lumber 

 company were burned to death in the flames. 



]■:. J. Harden of the firm of Waggy & Harden, 

 hardwood dealers of Sutton, W. Va., called upon 

 ihc local trade during the week. He says the 

 hardwood business is showing much more 

 strength than a month ago. 



Cleveland lumbermen during tbe past two 

 woeks have sympathized deeply with F. W. Gil- 

 christ, prominent hardwood manufacturer of 

 Alpena, Mich., who with his three sons and a 

 daughter have been at the bedside of Mrs. 

 Gilchrist, who was operated upon for cancer. 

 Mrs. Gilchrist has been in a critical condition, 

 but her recovery is now hoped for. F. R. Gil- 

 chrisr of Laurel, Miss., R. E. Gilchrist of Al- 

 pena and W. A. of Cairo, 111., together with a 

 daughter, have been in constant attendance with 

 the father at the bedside of the sick woman. 



Vi'. G. Ward uf the Ward Lumber Company 

 of Lynchburg. Va., was a visitor to Cleveland 

 during the week. 



Samuel E. Putnam of Putnam & Savage, 

 hardwood dealers with offices in the Williamson 

 building, reports trade for the past two weeks 

 as being the most satisfactory experienced this 

 season. Mr. Putnam says that the volume of 

 inquiries for hardwood has become much 

 greater, while the deliveries are more satisfac- 

 tory also. 



Two desk and a big chair factory, all of 

 which use considerable quantities of hardwoods, 

 are again in full operation in Cleveland and it is 

 expected that they will consume considerable 

 stock within the next six months. 



Officers of the Chamber of Industry have 

 planned an '•Employment day" for July 1. Inci- 

 dentally lumbermen and others interested in 

 building are pointing cut that in addition to 

 giving the unemployed work on July 1 that as 

 many persons as possible proceed with build- 

 ing operations, which will help all along the 

 line. 



COLUMBUS 



M. A. Ilayward returned this week from a trip 

 through the North. He attended the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association convention at 

 Milwaukee and says that it was a large and 

 enthusiastic meeting and that optimistic views 

 were expressed regarding the future of the lum- 

 ber business. He seems to think that the few 

 changes that are taking place in the lumber busi- 

 ness are for the better and that general improve- 

 ment can be noticed from week to week. Mr. 

 Hayward does not look for any rapid gains, but 

 says that the tendency is now in the right direc- 

 tion and that after the presidential nominations 

 have been disposed of conditions will soon assume 

 better form and after the first of the year trade 

 will become normal in all departments. 



Work was suspended last week on the new gov- 

 ernment building at Third and State streets, 

 awaiting plans for the addition of ten feet to 

 the foundation, and according to the announce- 

 ment about $100,000 will be added to the original 

 cost of the building. Considerable of the lumber 

 lor the new building has already been delivered 

 and the addition will enable local dealers to sell 

 many additional cars. A fair amount of build- 

 ing permits has been taken out during the past 

 week and the low price of material has induced 

 many to plan the erection of new structures. 



Some of the larger lumber companies here say 

 that inquiry is now much better than it has been 

 since the first of the year and that large lots 

 now have the call instead of odds and ends, 

 orders for which are often difficult to till. They 

 say that while inquiry shows improvement, there 

 has been but little increase in new orders re- 

 ceived. Some of the larger houses are more 

 optimistic regarding the future than the smaller 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Maurice Trimble, for twenty-eight years super- 

 intendent of the Bosworth Lumber Company. 

 Vincennes, died at his home in that city re- 

 cently. 



The National Veneer & Lumber Company, re- 

 cently merged with the Walnut Lumber Com- 

 pany, is building some new sheds and making 

 other improvements. 



The Conrey & Birely Table Company, Sbelby- 

 ville, has changed its name to the Davis-Birely 

 Table Company. 



William F. Johnson of the Capitol Lumber 

 Company has returned from Minneapolis, where 

 he attended the convention of the National Lum- 

 ber Manufacturers' Association. 



Several Anderson business men have organ- 

 ized the Anderson Go-cart Company with $10,- 

 000 capital, and are preparing to build and 

 equip a plant at once. 



J. M. Pritcbard and W. W. Knight of the 

 Long-Knight Lumber Company, this city, at- 

 tended the convention of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association at Milwaukee. 



Charles W. Miller, Goshen, secretary of the 

 Lesh, Prouty & Abbott Company, East Chicago, 

 has been nominated for congress from the Thir- 

 teenth Indiana district to succeed the late A. I 

 Brick. He was formerly state attorney genera 



After a short illness Charles Hamilton, ei 

 gaged in the lumber business at Martinsville for 

 more than thirty years, died at his home in that 

 city a few days ago. He was formerly in busi- 

 ness at Memphis, Tenn. 



Alexander A. Isgrigg, formerly engaged in the 

 retail business in this city but more recently a 

 traveling representative for the Henry Lumber 

 Company, Michigan City, died in that city a few 

 days ago while attending the Republican na- 

 tional convention. He was 55 years old. 



It is rumored that the Westcott Carriage Com- 

 pany contemplates moving its large plant from 

 Richmond to Anderson, where the Citizens' Fac- 

 tory Committee has offered a free site and sub- 

 stantial bonus. The plant is one of the largest 

 in Richmond. 



Incendiaries attempted to burn the yards and 

 plant of the Greer-Wilkinson Lumber Company 

 at Fort Branch on the night of June 18. There 

 was only a slight loss. A man and his wife 

 have been arrested on a charge of arson. 



David B. Schofleld. who started the old Scho- 

 fleld mills on tbe banks of Fall creek, near this 

 city, in 1850, died in this city last week at the 

 age of 89. The sawmill was operated fifty years. 



MILWAUKEE 



The report of the Committee on Forestry, 

 given by Chairman M. M. Wall at the recent 

 Milwaukee convention cf the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association, has been attracting 

 attention all over the country. To prevent the 

 serious shortage of hardwood timber the report 

 recommended five steps that should be taken : 

 that lands should be set aside to be devoted to 

 forest growth ; that legislation should be passed 

 protecting tbe timber owner against depredations 

 and forest fires ; that the several states take up 

 the question of reforestation ; that Congress pro- 

 hibit the exportation of logs and that the fed- 

 eral government make a census of the stumpage 

 of the L'nitcd States. 



E. II. Merles of Spokane, Wash., a visitor at 

 the recent hardwood convention in Milwaukee, 

 in an interview spoke of the unlimited supply 

 of timlier in Alaskan territory and believed that 

 this fact offset the hardwood shortages in the 

 Appalachian ranges and in tbe Mississippi dis- 

 tricts. Mr. Merles said that the finest pine In 

 the land covered thousands of square miles in 

 Alaska. 



S. H. Rondeau, former cashier of the State 

 Bank at Clintonville, Wis., has been chosen as 

 manager of the Roberts Lumber Company at 

 Embarass, Wis. 



A. A. Shead, one of tbe Milwaukee managers 

 of the Noble-Corwin Lumber Company, recently 

 returned to Milwaukee after an extensive trip 

 through northern Wisconsin and Michigan. 



D. A. Dardis of the Dardis Lumber Company 

 of Burlington, Wis., was a recent Milwaukee vis- 

 itor. 



E. H. Trump of the Thomas & Proetz Lumber 

 Company of St. Louis recently called upon the 

 Milwaukee hardwood lumber trade. 



A. H. Bohn of the Waldsteiu Lumber Com- 

 pany of St. Louis was a late Milwaukee visitor. 



The Pendle^on-Gilkey Lumber Company of 

 Oconto. Wis., suffered a loss of $65,000 by fire 

 on June 19. The cedar yards, containing 500,- 

 000 poles, were totally destroyed. 



The liabilities of the Koch & Loeber Company 

 of Milwaukee, extensive manufacturers of wil- 

 low and woodenware, recently declared bank- 

 rupt, are far in excess of the first estimate and 

 now are given as $223,874. This is the lar- 

 gest claim filed in the Milwaukee bankruptcy 

 court for some time. More than 200 creditors 

 have filed claims against the company and a 

 meeting of these will soon be called. 



Tbe Filer & Stowell Company of Milwankee, 

 well known manufacturers of sawmill machin- 

 ery and appliances, are experiencing an excel- 

 lent demand in their line. The company has 

 recently shipped a $25,000 sawmill outfit to 

 Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, and has extensive 

 contracts for the supplying of mills to com- 

 panies in Canada and Texas. 



S. C. Major of the S. C. Major Lumber Com- 

 pany of Memphis, Tenn., wholesaler of hard- 

 woods, was a recent Milwaukee visitor. 



Wisconsin hardwood men are awaiting the 

 opening of the Wisconsin & Northern railway 

 branch between Shawano and Crandon, Wis., 

 when one of the richest hardwood tracts in 

 northern Wisconsin will be accessible. It is 

 believed that the distance of some forty miles 

 will soon be lined with hardwood plants. 



R. F. Hodges, Milwaukee wholesale hardwood 

 dealer, is on a business trip through northern 



The Jung Woodenware Company, recently or- 

 ganized and now located at La Crosse, is ready 

 for operation with bright business prospects. 

 The company will start with twenty employes 

 and if the trade will warrant this force will 

 soon be increased 75 per cent. 



The Sawyer-Goodman Company of Marinette 

 is busy with summer logging and has estab- 

 lished two camps at Champion, Mich., where It 

 'is expected that 5,000,000 feet of logs will be 

 cut during the summer. 



The Schroeder Lumber Company of Ashland. 

 Wis., has sent crews to the north shores of 

 Lake Superior, where timber is being cut which 

 will later be shipped down to Wisconsin pulp- 

 wood mills. 



The Iron County Land & Timber Company, 

 to be located at Hurley, Wis., has been incor- 

 porated with a capital stock of $10,000 by T. 

 M. Thomas, J. W. Carow and F. I. Hughes. 



The Mueser Lumber Company, an Iowa cor- 

 poration with a capital of $97,200 and Wiscon- 

 sin interests of $24,430, has filed articles to 

 operate in Wisconsin. 



BRISTOL 



F. K. Bradshaw of Johnson City, who recently 

 purchased a 10,000-acre tract of timber in 

 L'nicoi county, Tennessee, expects to soon install 

 mills and begin the development of the prop- 

 erty on a large scale. 



An evidence of the feeling of confidence 

 among the lumbermen of this section is shown 

 by the heavy improvements, extensions, etc., 

 that have been made and Ihe heavy buying of 

 ma<hinery. Among the machinery men in this 



