HARDWOOD RECORD 



A lumber inspector who was new to his job 

 was preparing a statement for his company, a 

 Louisville Arm. He came to the heading "Mis- 

 cellaneoos." "If there's any miscellaneous in 

 I his yard I haven't seen it." he said. 



Edward L. Uavis Lumber Company reports 

 that while butiness is fair, the manufacturers 

 seem to be making only hand-to-mouth orders, 

 and that as a result small shipments and quiclv 

 deliveries are the rule. The demand for quar- 

 tered oak is fair, and the furniture manufactur- 

 ers and interior house trimmers are using it in 

 considerable quantities. Mr. Davis' stock is 

 the largest he has had in some time, though he 

 is short on plain oak and has bad to buy some 

 in order to fill contracts. 



Reports of the Louisville building inspector 

 uie that building is going on here at a much 

 lavger rate than at the same time last year. 

 \Mrh increases in this line of activity, local 

 lumber dealers believe that the general situation 



C. M. Sears, representing the Edward L. Davis 

 Lumber Company, is traveling through the East 

 lor his firm, aod has secured some large orders. 



The Norman Lumber Company reports that 

 sales are holding up fairly well, but that cur- 

 rent orders are larger than last year. While 

 the total sales are larger, owing to contracts 

 which were made last year^ new business has 

 fallen off considerably. Local sales are fair, 

 however, though for the rest business is quiet. 

 -Mr. Norman believes that there is a tendency 

 ■jn the part of manufacturers and buyers to 

 wait and see, and that activity will hardjy be 

 resumed before the election is over. A bad 

 feature of the situation he regards is the ten- 

 dency to insist on immediate delivery of orders, 

 showing that the manufacturers are keeping a 

 rather limited stock on hand. The chief demand 

 just now is for first and second quartered and 

 plaiu oak. I'rices on both white and red oak, 

 he said, have i>een advanced, as there is very 

 little of it to be found. 



Stuart R. Cecil of the Norman Lumber Com- 

 pany, is traveling for his firm in Canada and 

 Michigan. The engagement of Mr. Cecil, who is 

 a graduate of Princeton, to Miss Lucile Drum- 

 mond of this city, has been announced and the 

 nodding will take place in the fall. Miss Drum- 

 niond is a Wellesley girl, and is a talented singer 

 ;tnd amateur actor.' 



There have been but few traveling buyers 

 through this territory, as most of the orders 

 have been made by mail. 



A local dealer has adopted a plan which may 

 Interest others. He has organized an index sys- 

 tem of manufacturers, arranged according to the 

 articles they manufacture, such as tank builders, 

 picture frame makers, box manufacturers, etc. 

 When he has a surplus of n . .vinin ;:t:i,1o nvail- 

 able for one of these br.U! ' i . all 



of them offering the stock '^ i this 



is the best way of disposm. - for 



which there is no particular <iiiikiiiu. 



ASHLAND 



William Nortnup. general manager of the 



General Lumber Company's mill and yards at 



ihU place, advises he is billing out several cars 



• -lo. I. n -III ilir yard here, and as well re- 



;ij ■'■ ; I" Uie yards from .«!ome of their 



i ill- lip Big Sandy. The company 



,1 ojiitid its double band mill at this 



place any this season, and very likely will not 



place its mill in operation for some months. 



The Licking River Lumber Company's large 

 band mill at Farmers, Ky., was entirely de- 

 stroyed by lire Thursday afternoon, September 

 17. The are was first discovered in the base- 

 ment of the mill and the origin is unknown. 

 I lie mill was in operation at the time of the 

 inc. and by the use of the modern fire cqulp- 

 111' nt the company owned. Including chemicals, 

 iHisc and a large water tank near the mill, the 

 iinployes were able to prevent the fire spreading 



to the lumber yards and planing mill. The mill 

 was a very valuable plant, being one of the best 

 equipped in eastern Kentucky. Just a few 

 months previovis there bad been a new band 

 mill and carriage installed, taking the place of 

 the large circle mill which had been in opera- 

 tion. The mill, building and machinery was a 

 total loss, co\ered by some insurance. The 

 company expects to rebuild at once on the same 

 site and continue operations at that point. They 

 have about 6.000,000 feet of logs in their log 

 booms and ponds, which will warrant their op- 

 erating for several months. 



S. M. Bradley, the Morehead iumber and tie 

 dealer, is a business visitor in the city this 

 week. Mr. Bradley states that business is im- 

 proving in both lumber and ties and he looks 

 upon the present outlook as very favorable. 



The S. B. Reese Lumber Company of Farmers, 

 Ky.. which has been closed down for several 

 weeks, putting in new foundations and doing 

 general repair work on its band mill, expects to 

 resume operations this week. Having a good 

 supply of logs on hand, the company will be able 

 to operate tor several months to come. 



George H. Gearhart, superintendent of the 

 Clearfleid Lumber Company, Clearfield, Ky., was 

 a business visitor in the city this week, just 

 returning from an eastern trip. Mr. Gearhart 

 reports the entire plant at Clearfleid running 

 steadily and expects to continue doing so for 

 several months. The laying of rails on the ex- 

 tension of the company's new railroad is nearly 

 finished, which will complete a line of twenty- 

 six miles, taking in a very good territory of 

 timber and mining interests. Mr. Gearhart is 

 building himself a new house at Clearfield and 

 expects to move his family there in a short time, 

 which will enable him to have entire supervision 

 over the plant. The company is one of the best 

 equipped hardwood plants and is receiving a 

 nice lot of orders. 



The W. H. Dawkins Lumber Company states 

 they are receiving orders for poplar, and that 

 business is improving. The company's large band 

 mill at Ironton is running steadily now and ex- 

 pects to continue in operation for some time. 



R. H, Vansant of the Vansant-Kitchen Lum- 

 ber Company has just i-eturned from a business 

 trip in the interests of his company. The com- 

 pany has not been operating for some time and 

 will probably not place its mill in operation for 

 si'V( [-al w.fks tn come. A large and complete 

 -II limber in all grades and thick- 



I umber Company of Farmers, 

 K closed down and will probably 



m.t "iiiiati- 1.11 some time, owing to general re- 



pair work. 



t, the Morehead lumberman, was 

 ness this week, mingling with the 



in town on 

 lumbermen. 



F. G. Ebcrhart Jr. of Mishawaka, Ind., pres- 

 ident of the Licking Hiv. r Lumber Company of 

 this city, is a bu ii •'. n- this week. 



The total Inss 1.;, lauy's mill at 



I'armors, Ky,. m , , , y important 



business iransai till, imI.hI immediate 



attention. While hcrf he will also spend a few 

 days at the iilant at Farmers, looking over sgme 

 of the timber holdings and various 

 the company. 



ST. LOUIS 



The movenicnl 

 souri's forest ri' 

 preserve is will i 

 that the steps t;i 



lion of Mis- 



ng a forest 



rospects are 



along this 



line will be curried to a puiuL where the people 

 of the state will decide whether they wish to 

 set aside a tract of 25,000 acres or more for 

 this purpose. Since the first announcement of 

 Its possibility little has been beard of the proj- 

 ect of a state forest preserve until the news 

 of the appointment of Dr. Hermann von 

 Schrenck as a member of the state commission 



was received in St. Louis. Dr. von Schrenck 

 is the consulting engineer of the firm of Von 

 Schrenck, Faulks & Kammerer. This commission 

 will thoroughly investigate the timber resources 

 of the state and will make an exhaustive report 

 later, which will he presented to the people of 

 Missouri. 



Dr. von Schrenck is the first member of the 

 commission to be selected, and it is not yet 

 known how many other members will compose 

 the commission or who they will be. Where an 

 investigation is being made of like nature in 

 olh-T stat.'s til-' ixiramission is composed of three 

 mt'iu.i. I-. ami it is the general opinion that 

 (_;..v.i iii.i r.ili^ will select a like number. 



I If. Villi .-<.;lir.nck was a member of the I'"or- 

 estry Awards Committee at the World's Fair. 

 He was formerly in the Forestry Service of the 

 government. 



The plan outlined is to preserve 25,000 acres 

 in the southern part of the state. There are 

 wide strips of hardwood and pine in the south- 

 ern counties and Missouri has long been one of 

 the leaders as a lumber shipping state. 



l^red Hotman, formerly with the Fred Helm 

 Lumber Company, has bought an interest in the 

 Cherokee Lumber Company, and will be its gen- 

 eral manager. 



A. It. Belt, secretary of the Millmen's Associ- 

 ation, has started a new lumber company, the 

 Commerce Lumber Company, and will be its 

 manager. The ofllces of the new company will be 

 in the old Third National Bank building. The 

 company will handle yellow pine, cypress anil 

 sash and duor lines. 



rhomas K. I'owe, vice-president of the Plum 

 mer Lumber Company, has returned from a trip 

 through the North and Northwest and reports 

 conditions as being much better than they were. 



E. W. Blumer of the selling department of 

 the Lotbman Cypress Company has been north 

 on a selling trip, sending in some good orders. 



Charles Thomas, president of the Thomas & 

 Proetz Lumber Company, says there is a very 

 encouraging outlook. He further states that 

 thoy are' not pressing sales, for from present 

 indications those who have the best supply of 

 hardwood on hand are the ones who will make 

 the most money. He bases his opinion on the 

 fact that there is a continued upward tendency 

 in the market. They are doing a right nice 

 business, he says, in spite of their disinclination 

 to push sales, and are well pleased with the 

 business they are doing. 



"Jake" Mosberger of the Mosberger Lumhei- 

 Company reports a nice trade on all items on 

 the hardwood list and says it is getting better 

 all the time. 



E. H. Luehrmann, vice-president of the Cbas. 

 F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Company, re- 

 ports quite an improvement in trade and a satis- 

 factory demand for all hardwood items. The 

 business that they have done thus far this 

 month is far in excess of that of last month and 

 is g.^iliim li.-ll.r every day. 



.\ r iiii|i:in\ w i> organized a few days ago by 

 'ill. .i.liiii J'!iiiiiiii.-r. president of the Plummer 

 l.uuil" 1 ( iini|iaiiy. to float his colonization propo- 

 sition in Texas. Mr. Plummer has a large tract 

 of land in Texas, near Brownsville, and is going 

 to cut it up in farms. 



Lewis Dostcr of the Hardwood Manufacturing 

 A-s,i, iaiinii was a recent visitor in St. Ixjuls. 

 Ill «a- 111 n in the interest of the association. 



\\ w liiii;;< of the Garetson-Greasou Lumber 

 I umpauj is well pleased with tlie way business 

 is going thus far this month. Their sales have 

 shown a most satisfactory increase over the cor- 

 responding period last year. What is more 

 pleasing to Mr. Dings is the fact that business 

 is getting better all the time. 



LITTLE ROCK 



r^vr tL*t the raiuoaUs have been given a tem- 

 porary injunction against the freight and pns- 

 seiiger rates at present in force in this >i i- 



