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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 25. 1916 



If You Are Interested In 



OAK 



We Can Meet Your Requirements 



We Manufacture 



Plain and Quartered 



Red and White Oak 



Lumber 



Red and White Rotary 

 Oak Veneers 



We have the timber, the mills and the 

 men to produce material that is right. 



Penrod, Jurden & McCowen 



INCORPOK.ATKIl 



GENERAL OFFICE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 





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TRADE MARK REGISTERED 



Green River Lumber 

 Company, Inc. 



MEMPHIS, TENN. 



Cable Address "CREENRrV'ER" 



Codes Used 



A. B. C. 5th Edition. Hardwood 



Universal. Telecode, Western Union. Okay 



following the forty-eight hour period, would be as follows : $2 for the 

 first day, $3 for the second day, $4 for the third day. and ?5 for the 

 fourth day and every day thereafter. Shippers claim that railroads are 

 trying to place the burden on the car receiver for conditions that have 

 resulted from car shortages, and the roads assert that the revised tariCEs 

 are necessary to relieve car shortage conditions. Shippers h.ive arranged 

 to appear before the commission almost every day this weeli to register 

 protests against the proposed tariffs. 



The Sheller Wood Rim Manufacturing Company. Portland. Ind.. was 

 incorporated last week with a capitalization of $25,000 to manufacture 

 one-piece wooden steering wheel rims for automobiles. The company 

 promises to be a larger consumer of hardwoods, as its officers report that 

 large contracts have been signed to supply automobile manufacturers with 

 steering wheel rims throughout the Middle West. The company an- 

 nounces that it has leased a large plant in Portland and that it will 

 be in operation as soon as possible. The incorporators are H. E. Sheller, 

 E. J. Minch, and A. S. Blowers. 



Another hardwood consuming plant was Incorporated in Indiana last 

 weel£ when incorporation papers were issued to the Schaaf & Schnaus 

 Manufacturing Company which has a capitalization of $10,000. The com- 

 pany will manufacture furniture. The directors are A. J. Schaaf, G. 

 W. Schnaus, and Otto Schaaf. 



James Henry Simonson, seventy-nine years old. a pioneer lumber dealer 

 of Terre Haute, Ind.. died last weeli after a short illness. He was the 

 junior member of the firm of Ehinesmith & Simonson. Mr. Simonson 

 was horn in New Tori: City and moved to Fort Wayne in 1S67. He is 

 survived by one daughter. 



The Lafayette Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Lafayette, Ind., 

 has filed preliminary articles of dissolution with the secretary of state. 



H. E. Daugberty, president of the Hoosier Veneer Company, of 

 Indianapolis, last week sold to the state of Indiana a valuable tract of 

 tlmberland covered with hickory, oak and walnut for $40,200. The 

 tract is known as Turkey Run, and in addition to being one of the 

 most picturesque spots in the state, it is considered one of the most 

 valuable timber tracts. -\ committee of citizens bought the property 

 for the state with the understanding that it is to be used as a state 

 park. Mr. Daugberty bought the property at auction last May for 

 $30,200. and in selling it. he makes $10,000 which does not begin to 

 represent the profit he would have acquired if the timber had been cut. 

 Indiana newspapers praised Mr. Daugherty for his willingness to sacri- 

 fice a business Investment for sentiment, ani his action has gone a long 

 way toward creating a friendly feeling for Indiana lumbermen. 



The Mercer-Winchel Lumber Company, Crawfordsville, Ind., has changed 

 its name to the Montgomery County Lumber Company. 



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Judson Sanders, a well-known lumber dealer living at (Josport, Ind., 

 died on Noveml>er 11 after a short illness. 



Mrs. Marie H. Kelly of Washington. Ind., on November 1.5 purchased 

 the William H. Clore Manufacturing Company's plow factory at Wash- 

 ington at receiver's sale, the price paid being $40,000. A company has 

 been incorporated under the name of the Washington Plow Company with 

 Clinton K. Thnrp, Marie 11. Kiliy and Egbert Gasell as directors, and 

 the factory has been put in operation. 



J. C. Greer of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company has returned from a 

 trip through Mississippi and Tennessee, where he Inspected the company's 

 stave mills. 



Mrs. Lute Wile, widow of the late Lute Wile, who for many years was 

 engaged in the furniture business In Evansvlllc and who was well known 

 to the lumber manufacturers of this section, died a few days ago in New 

 York. The body was brought to Evansville for burial. 



The A. W. Benham Cooperage Company, Crothcrsville, Ind., has been 

 incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000. The directors are A. W. 

 Benham. F. C. Mitchell and R. W. Benham. 



The Blnkley Buggy Ciunpany. Tipton, Ind.. has reduced its capital 

 stock from $50,000 to $37,000. 



The various veneer plants in Evansville are still being operated on 

 full time and George O. Worland. manager of the Evansville Veneer 

 Company, reports the outlook for future trade is very good. He says his 

 company has been extremely busy during the past few months. 



The FuUerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Company, with ofllce and 

 yards at 2224 East Virginia street, has closed out Its business In Evans- 

 ville. Malcy & Wertz. hardwood lumber manufacturers, have tiiken over 

 the yards and what lunilier was left on hand, as well as the office build- 

 ing. William P. Scbmuhl. former manager of the company here, has 

 returned to his former home at Michigan City. Ind. 



At the last meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club held November 

 13. President Daniel A. Wertz appointed a nominating committee, same 

 to report at the next meeting, which will be held on the second Tuesday 

 in December. The committee is composed of Joe Waltman, George O. 

 Worland and J. C. Greer. Mr. Wertz has served as president of the 

 club for the past two years and has made a most efficient and painstaking 

 executive. Secretary Mertlce E. Taylor, who has been on the Job for the 

 past year, says the club is now In a flourishing conilltlon and he hopes 

 to have several new members before the year ends. At the next meeting 

 of the club the question of arranging a banquet and dance for the mem- 



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