HARDWOOD RECORD 



to cut almost exclusively beer keg staves in all 

 standard dimensions. Their timber tract is* sev- 

 eiai miles from tbe railroad and they expect to 

 haul their staves and load at Paintsvilie, to be 

 shipped via the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. 



W. K. Vansant of Rush, Ky., was a business 

 visitor in the city this week. Mr. Vansant is 

 running his mill steady, and expects to for 

 some time. * 



N. Goodman of the Licking River Lumber 

 Company, Farmers, Ky., spent several days liere 

 and in Ironton, O., this week. 



W. J. Fell, the large stave operator of Salt 

 Lick, Ky., was in the city this week, looking 

 after business interests and also on his way to 

 the new tract of timber which he lately pur- 

 chased up Big Sandy river. Mr. Fell is one of 

 the largest and most successful stave manufac- 

 turers in this state, and with his new timber 

 supply he will be in excellent position for hand- 

 ling a large amount of the stave business. 



C. W. Peters of H. C. Crelth & Co., Colum- 

 bus, O., was a business visitor in the city this 

 week, calling on the various lumber dealers. 

 Mr. Peters expected to make a trip through 

 West Virginia looking after some business inter- 

 -ts for his firm before returning to Columbus. 

 K. H. Vansant of the Vansant-Kitchen Liim- 

 ■'T Company is spending several weeks at Atlan- 

 tic City. 



The Wright-Saulsberry Lumber Company has 

 not definitely decided as to location of Its new 

 mill, but expects to build now in the near future. 

 iither locations will be considered outside of 

 .Vshland. Since the fire which destroyed the 

 company's mill it is having large amounts of 

 logs sawed by the Kenova Sawmill Company of 

 Kenova, W. Va., and Whisier & Scearcy of 

 Ironton, O. 



J. L. White, the lumber dealer of Salt Lick, 

 K.V., was a visitor in the city this week, calling 

 '•□ the lumber dealers. 



The Clearfield Lumber Company of Morehead. 

 Ky., is operating its mill very steadily, also the 

 new logging road recently constructed from 

 Morehead to Paragon, Ky. 



W. O. Uughart, secretary of the Union City 

 Lumber Company, tirand Rapids, Mich., was a 

 business visitor in this city this week, looking 

 for bill oak and various kinds of lumber, and 

 also was en route to one of his company's mills 

 near Mt. Sterling, Ky. 



S. M. Bradley, the lumber dealer from More- 

 head, Ky., was a business visitor In this city 

 this week. Mr. Bradley reports business im- 

 proving and is satisfied that the next thirty 

 days will bring about a marked change in 

 business. 



J. H. P. Smith, president of the Hardwood 

 Lumber Company, Is spending several days on 

 a business trip through the East. Mr. Smith 

 is reporting to his office some very desirable 

 ■ •rders, and finds that more buying is being done 

 at this time than for several weeks. 



Another very important railroad project which 

 has been In the minds of capitalists for several 

 years will materialize In the building of a 

 standard gauge railroad from Johnson Junction 

 to Flemingsburg, Ky. This railroad will extend 

 into the finest mining fields of Morgan county, 

 as well as several large timber operations. This 

 will leave only twelve miles of road to be con- 

 structed to connect Uillsboro with Morehead, 

 Ky., where tbe new line would meet the More- 

 head & North Fork Railroad, thus affording an 

 outlet to one of the greatest coal fields in that 

 section. The rails for the construction and the 

 contracts for the road have already been se- 

 cured, work to begin at once and completed as 

 early as possible. It Is also understcwd that 

 "the rolling stock has been well considered, and 

 the new line will be as well equipped as any 

 short road in the country. Capitalists behind 

 this project are of Louisville. K.v., Attllla Cox, 

 president of the road ; S. S. Bush, general man- 

 ager; R. L. Dndley of Flemingsburg, superin- 

 tendent. 



ST. LOUIS 



Tbe well-known yellow pine lumber company, 

 the Alf. Bennett Lumber Company, will add a 

 hardwood and cypress department to its business 

 on September 1, and it will be in charge of E. 

 L. Page, formerly of Kansas City. Mr. Page 

 recently has been with the Louisiana Red Cy- 

 press Company, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The 

 new department will be entirely distinct from 

 the yellow pine department. A general hard- 

 wowl and cypress business will be done. It 

 will take over the sale of the Walnut Lake 

 Cypress Company of Walnut Lake, La., now 

 being handled by tbe Alf. Bennett Lumber Com- 

 pany exclusively. Tbe business of the Forbes- 

 Everts Lumber Company, who are dealers and 

 manufacturers of hardwoods, with St. Paul, 

 Minn., as the headquarters, will be handled by 

 the new departmont. The Aif. Bennett Lumber 

 Company is now the local agents. Additional 

 office room has been secured, not only because of 

 the addition of the new department, but be- 

 cause the yellow pine business of the company 

 has materially Increased. 



K. H. Luehrmann, vice-president of the Charles 

 1". Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Company, re- 

 ports a good demand for all hardwood items. 

 This Is particularly true of red gum, an item 

 the company is making a specialty of. 



Richard J. O'Reilly, president of the O'Reilly 

 Lumber Company, is now enjoying himself at 

 Gloucester, Mass., where he went a couple of 

 weeks ago to spend bis vacation. 



A recent visitor In the city was A. G. Wet- 

 more, president of the Southern Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Company of Memphis, Tenn. lie made his 

 headquarters while in the city at the oflSce of 

 the 1". C. Moore Lumber Company, the selling 

 agents of his company. 



E. V. Fordyce, secretary and treasurer of the 

 Fordyce Lumber Company of Tuscaloosa, Ala., 

 manufacturers and wholesale and retail dealers 

 in hardwoods, pine and cypress, was a visitor 

 In the city on business recently. 



After several months spent In California, with 

 his bride, Theodore .M. Plummer has returned 

 to Mercedes, Tex., where he has a ranch. Mr. 

 Plummer is well known to the hardwood lum- 

 ber trade, having been the secretary of the 

 Plummer Lumber Company, of which his father, 

 Theodore Plummer, Is the president. 



E. W. Ulumer of the Lothman Cypress Com 

 pany, who has been out on the road in the 

 Interest of his company, has returned after quite 

 a successful trip. 



The Garetson-Greason Lumber Company re- 

 ports better sales during the past few weeks 

 than has been the case for some time, although 

 their business has been excellent. W. W. Dings 

 believes that from now on there will be con- 

 siderable of a betterment 



The New Madrid Hoop & Stave Company of 

 St. Louis have filed articles of incorporation 

 with a capital stock of J4,000, fully paid. The 

 o'jject of the corporation is to deal in and man- 

 ufacture hoops, staves, etc. The officers are 

 Edward Schaperkotter, vice-president of the 

 Schaperkotter Cooperage Company, and William 

 A. and Louis U. Schaperkotter, the latter being 

 secretary of the Schaperkotter Cooperage Com- 

 pany. 



The Robert J. Schonebaum Company, East 

 St. Louis, has lately filed articles of Incorpo- 

 ration with a capital stock of ?I0,OO0. The 

 incorporators are Lorenz Bellinger, Emma 

 Schonebaum and Robert J. Schonebaum. 



The Cooper Carriage Woodwork Company of 

 St. Louis filed articles of incorporation a few 

 days ago. The capital stock is ?70,000, one-half 

 paid. The Incorporators are : L. M. Cooper, 

 who holds 50 shares ; Evan James, 28 shares ; 

 F. M. Spe( ht. r. ; all of St. Louis : D. N. Cooper, 

 3; Samuel Jones, 20: Joseph Williams, 5: Ed- 

 ward J. Truesdale, 20 ; James S. Patterson, 

 30 ; D. P. Cooper, trustee 45 shares ; all of 

 foungstown, O. : Bridget Conway, 7 ; Mary A. 



Smith, 10; William Creed, 20; Harry McGeehan, 

 10 ; Bruce R. Campbell, 30 ; Daniel B. Cooper, 4 ; 

 D. P. Cooper, 403; John Pearce, 5 ; W. A. Mor- 

 rison, 10; W. H. Wilson, 5; all of Struthers, 

 O. ; D. P. Cooper, trustee for John W. Gearly 

 of New Bedford, Pa., 28. The object of the 

 corporation is to deal in wooden and iron novel- 

 ties. 



The Steimke Manufacturing Company of St. 

 Louis filed articles of incorporation a few days 

 ago. The capital stock Is $10,000, fully paid. 

 The incorporators are Diedrieh Steimke, who 

 holds 50 shares ; Henry D. Steimke, 40 shares, 

 and Harry A. Waldan, 10 shares. The object 

 of the corporation is to conduct a general plan- 

 ing mill and woodworking business. They are 

 located at No. 3(i16 Gravois avenue. 



MILWAUKEE 



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1^ inc qiicsLiuu aa lu whether or not 

 estates of persons owning property in Wiscon- 

 sin, who die in other states where inheritance 

 taxes are levied, should be taxed in Wisconsin 

 under the inheritance law, a decision has been 

 handed down In the Milwaukee county court In 

 reg.ird to the Cameron estate, "consisting largely 

 of stock in the Tlbblts-Cameron Lumber Com- 

 pany of Milwaukee. The estate in question was 

 left by Mary Tibbits Cameron, formerly of Mil- 

 waukee, who died in California, leaving an 

 estate of nearly $300,000. Objection to the 

 payment of a second Inheritance tax was made 

 by Adrian Cameron, son of Frank J. Cameron, 

 vice-president of the Tlbblts-Cameron Lumber 

 Company. The case was decided against the 

 Cameron estate and tbe Wisconsin law is sus- 

 tained. The case has attracted wide attention. 

 Stale Fire Warden and Forester E. M. Grif- 

 fith of Wisconsin and Chief Assistant Forester 

 F. B. Moody recently met at Spooner, Wis., 

 with about 100 officials and employes of the 

 Omaha Railway to discuss the problem of cop- 

 ing with forest fires In the lumber country. 

 The officials of the road are entirely willing to 

 co-operate with the state In the matter and as- 

 sured the state foresters of enthusiastic support. 

 Fire wardens have already been appointed in a 

 number of northern lumber counties and section 

 foremen In many cases have been sworn in as 

 officers to guard against fires. It Is announced 

 that railroad companies will abandon the prac- 

 tice of burning old ties along the right of way 

 and will adopt all precautions as suggested by 

 Forester Griffith. 



The Robert Brand & Sons Furniture Manu- 

 facturing Company of Oshkosh, which suffered 

 the loss of Its plant by fire last winter and 

 considered several propositions of removing from 

 Oshkosh, has decided to remain in that city. 



Due to the efforts of the citizens of Antigo, 

 the Frost Veneer & Seating Company has de- 

 cided to rebuild the plant at Antigo recently 

 destroyed by fire. Work has already been 

 started In clearing up the ruins of tbe former 

 plant and building operations will soon be under 

 w.ny. The new plant will be the same size as 

 the old one, but the facilities In the way of 

 equipment and arrangement will be modern and 

 better. The company In the past has employed 

 some sixty men and It Is expected that this 

 number will be retained. 



Five of the seven lumber thieves who have 

 been trnubllng timber owners along the river 

 near Prairie du Chien, Wis., for the past year 

 have been arrested and have been bound over 

 until the November circuit court under ?1,000 

 bonds each. The men are Frank Langford. 

 Harry and Lurry Strong, James Clanccy and 

 James Buchanen, all of Lansing, la. 



Capt. Lloyd G. Harris, president of the Lum- 

 bermen's Exchange of St. Louis, with his family. 

 Is spending a part of the summer at I>ake Park, 

 Milwaukee. Before the Civil war. Captain Har- 

 ris was a resident of Milwaukee. Captain Har- 

 ris Is strong In his declaration that St. Louis 

 is the largest hardwood market In the world. 



