TIE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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ns arc usually iudulsoMl in ou occasions of 

 this sort, were pulletl oft'. During tlic 

 ovenins' tltere was a Cakewalk, free for all. 

 and this was followed by the presentation 

 of prizes. The train left for home at about 

 .s ii'clock, after a day which was chuck 

 full of enjoyment, and the general picni,' 

 committee, which was composed of Messrs 

 \V. A. Bonsack. A. .T. Lang. John N. Vcr- 

 din. rl. B. Lawrence. .T. E. Mink and .1. .\. 

 Uehies. is to hv congratulated upon the 

 great success of the outing. The weather 

 was ideal and eyerything was handled to 

 till- entire satisfaction of those present. 



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The Soudiern Lumber Manufacturers' 

 .Association have removed their headquar- 

 ters from the Fullerton liuilding to a s>iiii> 

 of orticcs on seventh tloor in the Equilalili' 



building. 



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The organization of the Jlississippi Cy- 

 press Company, incorporated under the 

 laws of Mississippi with a capital stock of 

 ^•JO.lJOO. full paid, has been completed by 

 the stockholders of the Plummer-Benedict 

 Lumber Company of St. Louis^ who. in 

 their individiial capacity, are the sole own- 

 ers of the capital shares. The new com- 

 pany are building a tirst-class band mill, 

 with stealn feed and all modern accessor- 

 ies, at Van Buren, Miss., a few miles north 

 of Tiitwiler, for cutting out a cypress brake 

 containing some 20.000.000 feet of stnmp- 

 jige. It will have a capacity of 3.">.0(Hi 

 feet a day, and is expected to be ready for 

 operation by the first of October. 



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D. S. Hutchinson, representing the T. 

 Wilce Company, flooring manufacturers of 

 Chicago, was in attendance at the Southern 

 Manufacturers' Association's semi-annual 

 meeting in this city on the 14th and IDth 

 inst. He succeeded in creating consider- 

 able interest in the end-matched flooring 

 machine among the yellow pine people. 



The St. Louis & Arkansas Lumber Com- 

 pany, who some time ago purchased the 

 De.sho Lumber Company plant at Arkan- 

 sas City, Ark., have rebuilt the mill and 

 will add a i)laning mill to their eciuipnienl. 



NOKTH"WEST NOTES. 



V. I'aysnii Sinitli. .Ir.. a well-known 

 wholesaler of southern hardwoods, who 

 markets stock in a number of eastern 

 ell ies, left Minneapolis the other day and 

 went down tlie lakes, combining business 

 and pleasuK'. lie will make stops at Buf- 

 falo. Tonawand.i. Cleveland and Detroit, 

 malcing sales and collections. He reports 

 :i godil line nt orders t\<v southern oak and 

 poplar. 



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F. H. Lewis, the well-known hardwooil 

 wholesalei', has returned to Minneapolis 

 from a vacation trip to Denver and other 

 western points. He had a good outing in 

 the Uockies. but when he went up Pike's 

 I'e.ik was overcome by the altitude and 

 f.iinted. II(^ descended ininiediatelv on be- 



ing revived, and was soon right ag.iin. imi 

 lid not get over the ejects for some days. 



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.\. IL Ruth of Applelon. Wis.. ' repre- 

 siiiling the G. W. .lones Lumber Com- 

 pany, was in Miiuu'apolis this week call- 

 ing (ui the jobbers. He says the Appleton 

 concern cannot begin to fill the orders that 

 come in for white oak. and basswood is in 

 strong demand with them. Elm stocks .ire 

 sliiirliT than usual. 



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.1. V. Ferguson of the Coffin Tiox \- I,um- 

 ber Company, one of the largest consumers 

 of liasswood in the Northwest, has returned 

 from a vacation outing at his old home, 

 C^anton, S. D. 



CINCINNATI GOSSIP. 



Among the recent visitors to this mar- 

 ket was Julius Spicer. who has charge of 

 the e.\port department of C. C. Mengel iV: 

 I'.ro. , Company of Louisville. Ky. 

 4 * * 

 W. A. Bennett, of Bennett & Witte, has 

 just returned from a visit to their Mem- 

 phis branch. 



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T. L. Venable. secretary and treasurer 

 of Camp & Hlnton Company of Lumberton, 

 >iiss.. large operators in yellow pine, re- 

 cently made the rounds of this territory 

 and spent a few days of his time in Cin- 

 cinnati. 



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K. Kotha. a lumber buyer formerly in 

 the employ of Wiborg. Hanna & Co. of this 

 city, attempted suicide at Baltimore, Md. 

 It was another case of living beyond one's 

 income, and a means of escape from dis- 

 grace and punishment that would follow 

 the discovery of peculations. It is stated 

 he will recover, in which case he will be 

 arrested. His family, consisting of wife 

 and two children, are now in Kentucky. 



Our British contemporary, the Timber 

 Trades ,Tournal, says there are valuable 

 hardwood forests in that much-tronliled 

 country, Servia. about the resources of 

 which little is really known, while tho,se 

 who know most about them have not the 

 courage to go in for any btisiness there. 

 Wliether there will be a change in conse- 

 quence of another dynasty ruling in Servia 

 is \mknown, but up to the present the 

 foreign capitalist had no security from the 

 government nor by the laws of this un- 

 fortunate kingdom. If a man ventured to 

 put up a mill or factory of any kind he 

 was practically in the liands of corrupt 

 officials, and if tliey were not bril>ed right 

 and left so many obstacles were thrown 

 into the owner's way that lie was glad to 

 leave the country alive. Safety for life 

 ai'id nione.v there is none in Servia. and if 

 a person wanted to travel he had to get 

 gendarmes to accompany him (whom he 

 h.iil to liayi. and even then he was not 

 certain wlicthiM- this bodyguard would not 

 rob him themselves. Should any concern, 

 however, in spite of these 4liHiculties, pros- 

 ]ier, the government would step in and 

 collar the whole show, and the owner was 

 obliged, and sometimes glad, to take a free 

 ri'lnrn lirkcl to his nativi' I.ind. 



WALNUT, 

 OAK, 

 ASH, 



POPLAR. 



BOYNE CITY 

 LUMBER CO. 



BOYNE CITY, MICH. 



Michigan Rock Maple and oiher 

 Michigan Hardwoods. 



Large Capacity. Prompt Shipments. 

 Rail or Cargo. 



"-riHiE r>JENA/ iviii-i-" 



IS 



in most sections of the country, and the 

 prices of tracts of timber land are very 

 high. These conditions, however, do not 

 apply to the territory in Southeast Missouri 

 and Northeast Arkansas traversed by the 

 lines of the 



Wliitc and red oak, hickory, walnut, 

 poplar and ash of the very best quality 

 and of heavy growth can be secured, and 

 sawmills, stave and handle plants and 

 other wood working industries will find 

 that section offers superior advantages as 

 a location. 



For maps, iiamphlets and full informa- 

 tion address 



M. SCHULTER, 



INDUSTRIAL COMIWISSIONER, 

 Commercial Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. 



