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LYONS, KE^TUCK^. 



ARE IN 



THE MARKET 



FOR DRY QUARTER 



SAWED WHITE OAK 



STRIPS. 



STATE QUANTITY 



AND PRICE, F. O. B. 



CARS SHIPPING 



POINT. 



MENTrOX THIS PAPER. 



Opportunities 



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DON'T NEGLECT THEM 



On the \\i>i and ihirU 'Tuesdays of 

 each month the 



Offers its patrons a one-way and a round-trip 

 ticket ai a very low rate to the land of plenty 

 andthebif: red apple, to the land of riches 

 with its wealth of Zinr, \.':^^ nnrl Fri;:: 



OKLAHOMA 



The Garden Spot of the World, most fertile in 



INDIAN TERRITORY 



Wilh ifi expanse of well-watered undulatinsr 

 prairies fitted for all apicuhural and its kindred 

 interests. Immigration is rapidly increasing 

 along the FRISCO because of the benefits 

 and advantages offered by the road, rerfcct 

 climate, and cheapness of binds for homes. 

 For full information, liten-ttire, rates, etc.. 

 call or write 



F. C. REILLY. General Agent, 



332 Marquette Bldg.. Chicago 



— OR— 



A. HILTON, General Passenger Agent. 



St. Louis. Mo. 



!.• ili.'it «<• will Imvf II (iri'iucr iiiiiiilici' 

 • <i visitors, iiroiiiliifiit and iitlii-rwlKi-. tlinii 

 Im.-i «>vor l)i-for«' lii-i-n i-x|ii-rli-iii-<-<l. We 

 will It'iirii soiiK'tliliiK IIS t» liiiw II will fcii 

 III liolil :i fair. 



• • • 



liif Walti-r A. Zelinc-liiT Supply Coui- 

 piiii.v of St. Louis have recontly puriiiusinl 

 a liloi-k of Kruuiul on the Soutlu-rii Hiiil- 

 \\i\y in Kast St. I.ouls (III.) on wliidi they 

 I'xpi'ft lo erect u warehouse ami factory. 



NEW BOOKLET ON GUM TRIM. 



I li.nl. s II .\|c:irs \ ( ■.,., I In.; Ill:; Hci- 

 iiiont avenue, Chicago, are ciilliii); atten- 

 tion of the building puljllc to tiuir stock 

 of liircli doors, red gum and (li'orKiti pine 

 stock trim. Ijy a very attractive booklet. 



Special attention is cilled to a few facts 

 about their jiniii trim. This fiinn trim is a 

 close graiiu^tl wood, susceptible to a hifrh 

 linisli with stains or varnishes, or it will 

 take paint equal to poplar and jiiiic. It 

 is so nearly the color of birch that their 

 stock doors will stain to match. The 

 manufacturers claim that gum costs no 

 more than Georgia pine, and when finished 

 looks equal to mahogany. In fact, gum 

 being a hard wood, is peculiarly adapted 

 to all interior finish. 



NEWS STJM.MAB,Y. 

 11 any Parker of Tullahoma, Tenn., has 

 bought the Bedford Lumber Company of 

 Shelbyville, Tenn. 



The Indiana Lumber Company of Nash- 

 ville. Tenn., has sold its plant near Hunts- 

 ville, Ala., to the Huntsville Lumber Com- 

 pany, wiio will remove the plant to Holly 

 Tree. Ala. 



The Ittabena Hardwood Company has 

 bf«n chartered at Ittabena, Miss., with a 

 capital of $30,000. 



Percy Loomis and C. A. Scott of Chatta- 

 nooga. Tenn., will erect a large saw mill 

 at Tellico Junction, Tenn., wiiere they have 

 purchased a large tract of timber. The in- 

 vfstnient will represent $2.'i.00f). 



Rassctt Bros, of Madisonville. Kj'.. have 

 purchased TOO acres of heavily timbered 

 land in Muhlenberg County, which they 

 will begin operation upon this summer. 



Mr. .lames Kennedy, principal of .lames 

 Kennedy & Co.. Ltd.. Glasgow, Liverpool, 

 London, and Fort Wayne, Ind., U. S. A., 

 accompanied by bis son, Mr. Norman Ken- 

 nedy, sailed from I.,iverpooI for New York 

 by the Ivernia on April 4 on a business 

 tour. As shippers and importers of .spe- 

 cially selected American hardwoods, the 

 tirni are known throughout the United 

 Kingdom. AVe may add, as an interesting 

 personal item, that Mr. Norman Kennedy 

 is a famous Rugby footballer. He secured 

 bis "blue" at Oxford, and has represented 

 Scotland in all the three international 

 matches of this year. He plays forward. — 

 Timber News (Liverpool). 



The Markets. 



MEMPHIS. 



.More lumber is innviij;,- licrc now than a 

 fortnight ago and the mills are working 

 a great deal more sjitlsfatiiirlly. The car 

 situation is better, according to some crl- 

 terlons. Till- price sititiitlon is unchanged 

 pnictically. though a few orilcrs have been 

 sold at jirlces a ilollar or so In advance of 

 list. prl<-es. I'oplar and plain white and 

 red oak constitute a good part of the 

 movement. .\sli Is more free. Cottonwood 

 is yet stiflf in price and scant in volume. 

 The appeal made to the railroads by the 

 local organizations with reference to cars, 

 etc.. seems to have borne some fruit. The 

 mills out in the country are n-pairing as 

 nipidly as possible their disarrangement 

 by the recent |ihenonieiial water, but will 

 not as a rule be"down to actual work for 

 some liiui- vet. 



BUFFALO. 



Hardwoods of all kinds continue in good 

 demand, both for e.\port and home con- 

 sumption. Our cousins across the water 

 have linally made up their minds that in 

 order to get the lumber they must pay the 

 price, and while export trade is not to be 

 called brisk by any means, still the orders 

 are coming in freely at prices that have 

 not been paid for years, if ever before. 



(»ne good thing about the present con- 

 ditions is that it is bringing to the front 

 certain kinds of lumber that were hereto- 

 fore considered of small value, such as 

 maple, basswood. elm. cottonwood. gum, 

 etc. In maple, for instance, it is not very 

 long ago that the prices ))aid hardly war- 

 ranted the mill man in manufacturing it. 

 It now lias a value that it never had be- 

 fore and even should the bottom drop out 

 <if the present era of prospcrit.v and prices 

 in general take a tumble, it is certain that 

 maple will never go back to the old price, 

 for the advance has been a healthy one — 

 a recognition of the wood that it should 

 hiive had long before. 



Quartered oak. although higher in price 

 than ever before, is easily the leader and 

 those fortunate enough to have it have no 

 troultle whatever in iinding a market. 

 This refers not only to white oak, but also 

 to quartered red oak. 



Plain white oak is also in good demand 

 in certain thicknesses. Plain red oak does 

 not move quite so readily as white and the 

 market shows a little better supply in .nil 

 gradei. 



Basswood and cherry are scarce and 

 taken readily either green or dry. Beech 

 and birch are the only two woods that 

 move at all slowly. 



Prices on all kinds of liardwoods are 

 good and tirm with no sign of a break any- 

 where. 



CHICAGK). 



The condition of the hardwood lumber 

 market, locally, is quite satisfactory. 

 While the receipts are still short, the de- 

 mand does not seem so urgent and the 

 ni)erators are thus doing a more profitable 

 business than wlien the situation was of a 

 more strenuous nature. 



The consuming trade have, in a great 

 part, come to retilize that there Is a scarc- 

 ity of lumber and also appear to appre- 

 ciate the fact that the outlook is not en- 

 couraging. They have been convinced, 

 many by actual experience, that production 

 has been considerably curtailed and they 

 also know that large salable stocks at cen- 

 tral points are a variety. They are con- 



