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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Work on the Furniture Exchange building 

 is being pushed to completion. A force of 

 men is being kept at work at night. 



Mr. Otto Hill of this city, formerly with S. 

 P. Coppock & Sons Lumber Company, Fort 

 Wayne, Ind., has accepted a position with that 

 firm again. 



Bedna Young of Young & Cutsinger returned 

 last week from Edinburg, Ind., where he had 

 been on business. 



B. F. VonBehren of the VonBehren Manu- 

 facturing Company left this week for the Great 

 Lakes and Canada with his family. 



Frank May of May Bros., formerly of this 

 city but now of Memphis, Tenn., was in the 

 city recently on his way to Memphis from the 

 North. 



George Worland of Thompson, Thayer & Mc- 

 Cowen has returned from Chicago where he 

 attended the seventeenth annual meeting of 

 the Hoo-Hoo. 



A forest fire of more than a mile in width 

 has been burning in the Ohio creek bottom 

 near Mayfield, Ky, Two cabins have been 

 destroyed and the flre fighters have given up 

 hone of checking the flre until it reaches a 

 creek two miles away. 



H. J. Schaefer, the hustling young manager 

 for Maley, Young & Cutsinger. is making a 

 trip through the central and northern part of 

 the state for his firm with a fine line of In- 

 diana quartered and plain oak. 



D. B. McLaren & Co. of this city, whole- 

 sale hardwood dealers, have removed their of- 

 fice to the site of their lumber yard, Kentucky 

 avenue and Illinois Central Railroad tracks. 



The building trade in this city is quite active 

 at the present time, and the general outlook 

 for fall building is good. Several contractors 

 have reported the contemplated building of a 

 number of residences and business buildings, 

 which will liven things up in this line. 



MEMPHIf 



A. N. Thompson, loriuerly a memlxn- ot the 

 wholesale hardwood Him of Thompson & McClure 

 ;ind latterly vlie-presldent of the Bellgrade Lum- 

 ber Company, which has its offices In this city 

 and a large mill at Belzoni. Miss., has sold out 

 hl.s interest in the latter to Messrs. Crenshaw, 

 Cathey and McClure, the more important stock- 

 holders in that corporation. Mr. Thompson has 

 taken over the yards at Memphis formerly oper- 

 ated by the old tirm and will have his offices 

 with the .1. J. Holmes Lumber Company, in 

 North Memphis, close to the yards. He will 

 engage in the wholesale handling of hardwood 

 lumber under the name of A. N. Thompson & Co. 

 Mr. Thompson Is one of the best known lum- 

 bi'rmen of this city and has a large acyuaintance 

 with the buying as well as the selling end of the 

 trade. His many friends wish him much success 

 in bis new venture. He has a good stock of ash 

 and other hardwood lumber in the yards he has 

 taken over, and will continue to make a spe- 

 cialty of handling ash. 



Production of hardwood lumber Is on the in- 

 crease. R. J. Darnell, Inc., began operations at 

 Its double band mill and veneer plant In South 

 .Memphis a short time ago after an extended 

 sliutdown. All departments ot the mill are 

 reported In lull operation. (". L. Wllley of Chi- 

 cago and Memphis Is preparing to resume opera- 

 tions at his mill and veneer plant In North 

 .Memphis. The Lee Wilson Lumber Company, 

 wbkli shut down a portion of the summer, Is 

 running at full capacity at both Its band and 

 pinning mills at Wilson, Ark. The L. H. Gage 

 Lumber Company will resume about October 1 at 

 Its big band plant at Karl. Ark., after a suspen- 

 slrn of several months. The firm has recently 

 been engaged In getting out timber to supply the 

 mill when it resumes. The lilg hardwood plant 



I the McLean Hardwood Lumber Company In 



iiv South Mi'inphls will iilso resume shortly. 



this course haviuir been recently decided upon 

 by the management. The Three States Lumber 

 Company is making preparations to resume at 

 its band mill at Burdette, Ark., but only with 

 a view to cutting up about 1,000,000 feet of 

 timber which It Is anxious to remove from its 

 property there. The company does not believe 

 there is sufficient improvement in conditions to 

 justify resumption of operations on a larger 

 scale. As proof of this fact it may be stated 

 that it has closed down Its hardwood mill at 

 Hollywood, Miss., and has also suspended opera- 

 tions at Its cypress mill In Louisiana. There 

 are other firms In this city which are preparing 

 to resume in the near future. Others, however, 

 say the improvement has not yet been extensive 

 enough to warrant such action and there are 

 many mills which are still Idle and which may 

 remain so for .some time. 



Among the big firms which have resumed out- 

 side of .Memphis may be mentioned the Sawyer 

 & Austin Company ot Pine Bluff, Ark. Opera- 

 tions at the band mill were started again about 

 the middle ot the current month and It is pro- 

 posed to keep the plant going steadily. The 

 planing mill and box factory operated by the 

 same company has been running most ot the 

 summer. 



With preparations for Increasing output there 

 is naturally considerable gain In the amotint 

 of logging operations under way. Weather con- 

 ditions recently have been very favorable for 

 this work, as there had been no rain of conse- 

 quence for about thirty days until yesterday and 

 today, when copious precipitation was noted 

 throughout the Memphis territory. But, even 

 allowing for the recent Increase In milling and 

 logging operations, production Is still far short 

 of normal and the amount of timber being got- 

 ten out Is nowhere approximately what It should 

 be at this time. These are points on which 

 practically every Interest In the trade Is agreed. 



J. V. Hill, who was for some years chief In- 

 spector of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Associ- 

 ation of the United States, has resigned that 

 position to accept service with the Lamb-Fish 

 Lumber Company, which has Its headquarters In 

 this city but which operates mills at Charleston 

 and other points In Mississippi. It Is under- 

 stood that Mr. Hill will have charge of the bend- 

 ing plant at Charleston, where the company op- 

 erates Its most extensive hardwood plant. Mr. 

 Hill constitutes the second Important addition 

 to the forces of the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, 

 the first being .Tohn Dwyer, who recently re- 

 signed as assistant general freight agent of the 

 Illinois Central to accept a confidential position 

 with that firm. General regret Is expressed 

 among members of the association over the with- 

 drawal of Mr. Hill from a position which he has 

 filled with satisfaction to all concerned and 

 with credit to himself. No official announcement 

 has yet been made as to his successor. 



Encouraged by the success of the Lumbermen's 

 Club ot Memphis and prominent shippers ot this 

 city In winning their cases before the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission, Involving proposed In- 

 creases In freight rates as well as rates already 

 put Into effect, cottonseed oil Interests here have 

 retained W. A. Percy, attorney of record In the 

 lumber cases, to flic a bill with the commission 

 seeking to secure an order restraining the south- 

 ern roads from putting Into effect on October 1 

 an advance ot 1! to 5 cents per hundred pounds 

 on cottonseed and products from and to all points 

 east of the Mississippi river. The lumbermen of 

 Memphis are Interested to only a moderate ex- 

 tent In the proposed advance and have not yet 

 talten any step looking to Joint action with cot- 

 tonseed oil Inl crests. Cotton men of Memphis, 

 however, are preparing to join hands with the 

 cottonseed oil men In the fight. Mr. Percy states 

 that the Injunction will be sought en the ground 

 that the advance Is unreasonable and on the ad- 

 ditional ground that the roads, by ncUnn In con- 

 junction In this matter, are vl..liiilne lli" spirit 

 uf ilic Hepburn bill. 



The annual convention of the American Hard- 

 ware Manufacturers' Association and the Na- 

 tional Hardware Jobbers' Association will be 

 held in Memphis November 18, 19 and 20. It is 

 expected that fully 1,200 delegates will attend, 

 500 representing the former organization and the 

 remainder the latter. The hardware dealers and 

 mill supply men of Memphis are already discuss- 

 ing plans for the entertainment of those who will 

 come to Memphis on that occasion. The Hotel 

 Gayoso has already been chosen as headquarters 

 for the jobhei's and the Peabody hotel for the 

 maniihi. lurri K. The sessions will all be execu- 

 tiv. iii.i III. • ,|,iis will be the chief subject of 

 dis.ii-M.ii. .111.1 11, liun. 



ihf Li<j.-l..\ 1 oldlng Case Company has been 

 granted a charter. Its headquarters are at 

 Jonesboro, Ark., and its capital stock is $30,000 

 authorized and $15,000 paid in. The company 

 will manufacture folding egg cases, folding poul- 

 try coops, folding bread boxes and other styles 

 ot shipping crates, boxes and cases. U. E. L. 

 Crosby, E. L. Westbrook and others are the in- 

 corporators. 



The Lehman Manutnctnring Company, with 

 headquarters at Annlston, Ala., has been incor- 

 porated under the laws of that state. Its capital 

 stock Is $40,000, and It will engage In the manu- 

 facture of washboards, step ladders, lawn swings 

 and other wood. Iron and metal products. E. S. 

 Lehman Is president; C. K. Hostetter, vice-presi- 

 dent and treasurer ; A. G. Lehman, secretary, 

 and W. H. Sargent, general manager. 



A big concatenation of Hoo-Hoo will be held 

 here the evening of October 'A imder the direction 

 of Vicegerent Snark J. H. Fischer, w'ho only re- 

 cently received bis commission as the ranking 

 officer of the order for the western district of 

 Tennessee. It Is proposed to have one of the 

 biggest concatenations witnessed here In some 

 years. Mr. Fischer, who Is connected with the 

 firm of Uced & Duecker, mill supply men, has 

 been a member of the order for only a year, with 

 the result that he was very much surprised at 

 bis selection for the high honor. 



The Three States Lumber Company Is develop- 

 ing yards at Burdette, Ark., which will have a 

 capacity ot about 15,000,000 feet ot hardwood 

 lumber. It has had yards at Burdette for some 

 time, but Is rebuilding and enlarging these. It Is 

 employing kaolin for building the roadways be- 

 tween the piles of lumber and finds that this Is 

 not only better for this purpose, but a great 

 deal cheaper. It Is securing the kaolin or clay 

 from a nearby property and Is making rapid 

 progress with its yards. It is understood that 

 the Chicago Mill & Lumber Company Is employ- 

 ing a similar material in rebuilding Its yards at 

 Blythevllle, Ark. 



The river and rail committee of the Lumber- 

 men's Club has fallen heir to the problem ot re- 

 adjusting rates to compensate for the with- 

 drawal of reconslgnlng privileges by the rail- 

 roads entering this city. The special committee 

 ot the Lumbermen's Club, headed by A. L. Foster, 

 which had this matter In charge, has retired 

 from any further connection with this subject. 

 So far as known the Ulver and Uall Committee 

 has taken no definite action in the matter, pend- 

 ing the arrival of some of the members who arc 

 out of town. In the meantime lumber Is being 

 shipped under the terms designated by the rail- 

 roads, which means that the only concession al- 

 lowed Is about one cent per hundred pounds on 

 the east and northbound rate out ot Memphis 

 All rehandlers of lumber at Memphis are for.. ■! 

 to pay the combination ot the two locals I.-- 

 thls slight concession, and the basis is a iii..~' 

 unsatisfactory one. James E. Stark Is chain, i 

 of the Ulver and Uall Committee. 



The Bralnard Lumber Company has annoui. 

 Its Intention of building a large hardwood .. 

 at Ashdown. Ark. The company will use n 

 almost exclusively for cutting hickory to be u 

 in the manufacture of wagons and carriages 



Memphis will, through the municipal nutli. ' 

 lies and the various commcrciiil i>riiiiiil/.iili..ii- 



