HARDWOOD RECORD 



in New York, has recovered sufficiently to 

 return to his home here. 



Twenty-nine indictments have been returned 

 in the circuit court at Abingdon, at the in- 

 stance of Judge Hutton, against night riders 

 alleged to have been members of the body 

 of masked men that raided the lumber town 

 of Damascus. Va.. and scared away foreign 

 laborers employed by the Damascus Lumber 

 Company and other lumber concerns in that 

 section. 



W. O. Came of the Bristol Door & Lumber 

 Company has returned from a trip to North 

 Carolina. The lumber business in that state 

 is reported slightly more active within the 

 past two weeks. 



P. W. Bevins, a prominent Scott county 

 manufacturer, with mills and yards at Hilsons. 

 Va.. was in Bristol last week and reports 

 that the lumber business in that section is 

 rapidly picking up and that the manufacturers 

 are more encouraged over the outlook. 



"The lumber business will, in my opinion, 

 be one of the first divisions of industry to 

 fully recover from the effects of the recent 

 financial depression," said President W. W. 

 Finley of the Southern, who was in Bristol 

 a few days ago with a party of officials and 

 went over the V. & S. W. and other proper- 

 ties in this section just acquired by his road. 

 President Finley stated that his company was 

 so hopeful of the business outlook that nego- 

 tiations looking to a general reduction of the 

 wage scale of about ten per cent, affecting 

 thousands of employes, had been deferred from 

 July 15 to October 1 in the hope that condi- 

 tions would be restored by that time and a 

 cut would not be necessary. 



Statistics gathered by the secretary of the 

 Kansas State Horticultural Society show that 

 the area of Kansas forests aggregates 533,896 

 acres, exclusive of trees in cities and towns, of 

 course. There are 373,909 acres of "wild" tim- 

 ber and 179,999 acres under cultivation. Among 

 the timber is considerable walnut, locust, catalpa 

 and Cottonwood. Missouri turned out 222,445,- 

 624 feet of hardwood lumber, with a value of 

 .$3,892,798. Of building woods Missouri manu- 

 factured 194,083,468 feet, valued at $3,881,669. 

 Missouri supplies a large amount of telegraph 

 and telephone poles and grows considerable 

 young Cottonwood trees for paper stock. The 

 Missouri Pacific railroad buys more ties in 

 Stone county and has recently contracted for 

 an extra million over usual requirements. The 

 white and black oak, which has for so long been 

 considered a nuisance by the Missouri farmers 

 who wanted the land for cultivation, is now 

 proving one of their profitable resources, so that 

 many arc neglecting their fields to make ties. 



At a meeting of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's 

 Club held at the Business Men's Club July 11, 

 action was taken on several minor points and 

 routine business was transacted. A letter was 

 received asking the club to indorse the pneumatic 

 tube mail service and to inform the postmaster- 

 general of what great use this project would be 

 to better the city in general. The club endorsed 

 th« movement and Instructed the secretary to 

 communicate with the postmaster-general. A 

 letter was also received by President Ben F. 

 Dulweber from J. D. Crary, secretary of the 

 New York Lumbermen's Club, asking the opinion 

 of the various lumbermen on the grading sys- 

 tem. The letter was read to the members pres- 

 ent, but no action was taken. The club then 

 appointed the following committee to represent 

 the Lumbermen's Club In the notification of Taft 

 nomination, to take place at the residence of his 

 brother, Charles P. Taft, at 316 Pike street, 

 July 28 : Thomas J. Mollett, chairman ; George 

 Llttleford and Chester F. Korn. Owing to the 

 approach of "hot'' weather. President B. F. 



Dulweber has Issued an order that no more 

 weekly meetings will be held until along In Sep- 

 tember. However, special meetings will be called 

 if the opportunity presents and they will be held 

 at some of the summer resorts. 



The Sayers & Scoville Carriage Company has 

 acquired additional property in WInton place, 

 where it will erect a large building for the man- 

 ufacture of truck automobiles. 



At a meeting of the creditors of the United 

 States Timber Company, bankrupt, held last 

 week in the office of Referee Greve, the proposi- 

 tion of a compromise of certain claims held 

 against the Wiborg & Hanna Company, also 

 bankrupt, was accepted. The latter company 

 offers to settle the claims of 40 cents on the 

 dollar on a cash basis or 50 cents on the dollar 

 on time. 



Harry Freiberg of the Freiberg Lumber Com- 

 pan.\ , who was operated on for appendicitis some 

 weeks ago, has assumed his duties with his ac- 

 customed activity. 



The Sun Shine League, which has been in ex- 

 istence but a short time, has met with consid- 

 erable success In its short career, and Is still 

 issuing weekly bulletins concerning trade condi- 

 tions here, and doing much to instill confidence. 

 The membership of the club has been increased a 

 great deal and includes almost every business 

 man of the Queen City. 



Dwight Hinckley of the Hinckley Lumber 

 Company left the early part of last week on a 

 business trip north, and so far has been meeting 

 with favorable success, as he landed several de- 

 sirable orders. 



The Kentucky Lumber Company will move 

 from its present quarters on the fifth floor of the 

 First National Bank Building to the tenth floor. 

 In the new location the concern will have six 

 large rooms. It expects to be located in the 

 new quarters the first of August. 



The William S. Sterrett Lumber Company, for 

 years located In the Hulbert Block, at Sixth and 

 Vine streets, has moved its office headquarters 

 to the fifth floor of the Fourth National Bank 

 Building, directly opposite the Hinckley Lumber 

 Company. Mr. Sterrett was recently elected sec- 

 retary of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 

 succeeding the late J. H. Leiding. He is also 

 secretary of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Ciub, 

 and between tbe two is kept busy. 



James B. King, formerly connected with the 

 Gage & Posell Lumber Company, has sold out 

 his Interest in that concern and entered the 

 lumber business on his own account. A location 

 has not as yet been decided upon. 



William E. Delaney of the Kentucky Lumber 

 rnmpany has returned from a business trip to 

 tbe mill of the concern located at Williamsburg, 

 Ky. All the mills of the company have been 

 closed down for several weeks, due to the fact 

 that they have been sawed out, and until more 

 logs are secured they will remain so. 



W. Best, secretary of the Ferd Brenner Lum- 

 ber Company, and F. Freirenburg, the eastern 

 representative, left las week for a trip abroad, 

 on business and pleasure. The company Is a 

 large dealer In ail grades of oak and does a good 

 foreign business. Ferd Brenner, president of 

 the concern, states that business was better dur- 

 ing June than any month this year. The com- 

 pany moved Its headquarters to Cincinnati some 

 months ago and finds the change quite satisfac- 

 tory. 



Building lumber still continues at the headline 

 of the local trade, and during the month of 

 July the demand has been augmented to a great 

 extent. The weather here during the past two 

 months has been Ideal for building operations, 

 and they have been quite heavy. 



C. L. Barr of the Whiting Lumber Company 

 of Ablngton, Va., was a visitor to the local 

 trade during the past two weeks. His visit 

 was confined to the selling of lumber for his 

 concern, and It is stated that he met with fair 

 success. 



B. F. Dulweber of John Dulweber & Co. says 

 that business with his concern during the month 



has been fairly good and that he thinks It will 

 compare very favorably with that of the month 

 of June, which was one of the best months of 

 the year. "Trade in general seems to have 

 shown a much brighter aspect, and by September 

 1 I think trade will show a handsome increase," 

 he said. 



J. Taylor of Taylor & Crate, Buffalo, N. Y., 

 was a visitor here during the past week in an 

 effort to get trade. 



H. K. Blinn, vice-president and treasurer of 

 the William H. Perry Lumber Company, tendered 

 his resignation to the concern owing to his poor 

 health, and will leave immediately for a more 

 healthful climate. He has been connected with 

 the local concern for a number of years and his 

 resignation came as a surprise to his many 

 friends. He has been in poor health for several 

 months and has been advised by his physician 

 to seek a different climate in anticipation of 

 regaining bis strength. 



L. W. Eadina of L. W. Eadina & Co. has re- 

 turned from a trip up the state with his family. 

 Trade with his concern has been as good as was 

 expected and he looks for an improvement within 

 the next two months. 



William Shrlmpton, president of the Shrimpton 

 Lumber Company, says his concern has done 

 about twice tbe amount of business they trans- 

 acted last month, and he looks for improvement 

 In the situation In general. The company deals' 

 In poplar, oak and mahogany ; the latter wood 

 has done very well this month, due to the pur- 

 chase of the cabinet and furniture manufacturers. 

 H. J. Shrlmpton of the company has severed his 

 connection with tbe concern and has entered the 

 hotel business. J. A. Doppes, who has been 

 with the concern for a number of years, has 

 been taken In as partner with William Shrimp- 

 ton. The former has just returned from a 

 business trip through Indiana and Ohio. 



The Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Company 

 has just closed a deal which involves the pur- 

 chase of a large tract of timber land in tbe 

 South. Tbe tract contains 2,280 acres, and has 

 some very choice oak timber on it. Fred Bos- 

 ken of the concern states that by the middle of 

 September they intend to erect a large mill on 

 the property and cut the stock for market. The 

 bulk of the lumber will be sent to Cincinnati, 

 where the headquarters of the concern are lo- 



BVANSVILLB 



Chas. Davis of the Perkins Lumber Com- 

 pany. Grand Rapids. Mich., was in the city 

 visiting the trade last week. 



"Although business is much better at pres- 

 ent than it has been, I think about Septem- 

 ber 1 it will be getting back to a more 

 normal condition." said a prominent whole- 

 saler recently. This Is about the sentiment 

 expressed by all of the trade here. Not 

 much is expected of July and August, as a 

 great many lumbermen are taking vaca- 

 tions at this time and trade is usually quiet. 

 However, many manufacturers say that up to 

 the present time this month has been the 

 best this year. 



■O'. H. Cornell of the Nichols & Cox Lumber 

 Company, Grand Rapids. Mich., was here 

 calling on the trade this week. 



D. B. McLaren of D. B. McLaren & Co.. 

 local wholesalers, has just returned from an 

 extended eastern trip. 



T. J. Christian, sales manager for Maley & 

 Wertz, South Bend, returned recently from an 

 eastern trip. He took some nice orders for 

 his firm. Mr. Christian reports business as 

 looking up In the section which he covered. 



The large plant of the Henry Maley Lumber 

 Company in this city, which has been closed 

 down for some time past, will resume opera- 

 tions again in a short time. Their boat, the 

 "Neptune," is at present in Green River, get- 



