January 10, 1917 



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For Greatest Range of Uses -^— 



and 



Easiest Handling 



buy the 



Hoosier Self Feed Rip Saw. This machine has earned thousands 

 of dollars for owners in the manufacture of dimension lumber, crating, 

 etc., because its entirely novel design, resulting in surprising ease of 

 operation and adaptability, makes possible a profit where a loss is 

 often expected in this work. The 



Hoosier Self-Feed Rip Saw 



has a positive and powerful feed which handles the heaviest material 

 the sawmill takes just as readily as the lightest. 



The table, raised and lowered with the crank in front of the ma- 

 chine, is always level — always securely locked. 



The Hoosier rips anything up to 6 inches thick and 17 inches wide. 

 It feeds 35, 75, 100 or ISO feet a minute. 



Manufactured exclusively by 



The SINKER -DAVIS COMPANY 



INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 



Thi "HOOSIER," the rip saw which makes profitable 

 dimension manufacture and grade refining at the mill 

 possible. Hundreds of users already — you will be an- 

 other if you will let us tell you all about it — Will you? 



on January 1 became sales manager in this territory for the Churchill- 

 Milton Lumber Company, with mills at Glendora and Grimwood, Miss. 

 He will continue to make Evansville his headquarters. Mr. MacLaren is 

 one of the best-known lumhermon in this section and has long been a 

 member of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club. 



Several of the local furniture factories have announced increases in the 

 wages of their workmen that average about ten per cent. 



The Columbia street sawmill of Maley & Wertz here is still being oper- 

 ated on the day and night shift and a large number of men are employed. 

 The company has been getting in a large number of poplar logs and these 

 are being sawed up. It has also taken over the annual gum output of 

 the mills of the Henry Maley Lumber Company at Jackson, Miss. This 

 output is large. Maley & Wertz. as well as the other hardwood lumber 

 "manufacturers in this section, have been selling a great deal of gum. The 

 local furniture factories are being operated on full time, and they are 

 taking a great deal of gum. 



Nat H. Hull, president of the Hull Pump and Tank Company at Owcns- 

 boro, Ky.. has verified reports that his company will discontinue the 

 manufacture of pumps and machinery in Owensboro. 



J. Stuart Hopkins, manager of the Never-Split Seat Company on Janu- 

 ary 2 was elected republican city chairman of Evansville and will have 

 charge of the republican city campaign this year. He had no opposition 

 for the place. Mr. Hopkins was his party's candidate for state senator 

 in the election last November. 



During the past month a large number of railroad ties have been towed 

 here from points along Green, Big Barren and Rough rivers in western 

 Kentucky and these ties have been sold to the railroads. The tie business 

 in this section was never more active than now and the impression pre- 

 vails that the railroads of the central western states are getting ready 

 to make many improvements during the year. 



===-< INDIANAPOLIS > 



C. O. Smith of Dintun. lud., wlio fur several years was manager of the 

 yard of the Greer-Wilinson Lumber Company there, has moved to Elnora, 

 Ind., where he will assume charge of one of the company's yards. William 

 C. Headley of Indianapolis has been made manager of the Clinton yard. 



The automatic sprinkler in the plant of the Hoosier Panel Company at 

 New Albany, Ind., prevented a serious fire recently when a blaze was 

 started in a room over a dry kiln. Water damaged stacks of veneer to the- 

 extent of Ji;i,500. 



The Jolin Cobb Chair Company of Shelbyville. Ind., has changed its 

 name to the Clark, Randall & Miles Chair Company. 



The Peabody Lumber Company, owners of sawmills and lumber yards 



at Columbia City, Lafountain, Rochester, Pierceton, and Bourbon, Ind., 

 has put into effect a raise of twenty-five cents a day for all employes. 

 Officers of the company said the policy will be followed as long as present 

 business condititms continue. 



The Hoosier Handle Compa^ny of Indianapolis has leased the Goss Stave 

 Mill at Martinsville, Ind., and will operate the same under the manage- 

 ment of Sherman Goss, who has been employed to buy timber for thj 

 plant. Handles will be delivered in the rough to Indianapolis for finishing. 



The McDougall Kitchen Cabinet Factory at Frankfort, Ind., which was 

 destroyed by fire a few months ago, has been rebuilt and now is in opera- 

 tion. The plant, which is larger than the old one, employs about 200 men. 



=-< MEMPHIS >-- 



Building operations in Memphis during the past twelve months showed 

 an excess of $361,482 over the preceding twelve months. The figures 

 for 191G were .$3,091,970. Interest, however, centers more in the present 

 outlook than in past accomplishments along this line. There is an un- 

 usual amount of activity in the projection of new enterprises not only in 

 Memphis but throughout the Memphis territory, and members of the trade 

 realize that it is a question of only a very brief time when permits must 

 be taken out to cover these new ventures. Viewed from this standpoint 

 it is expected that the first few months of 1917 will make an exceedingly 

 favorable showing. Planing mills and all firms engaged in the manufacture 

 or distribution of building materials report a very satisfactory demand 

 for their output and it is also notable that contractors, architects and 

 others identified with the building trade are luiusually busy. Bank 

 buildings, stamp sales and every other barometer of conditions in this 

 section indicate unusual prosperity and it is anticipated that this will be 

 refiected in continued activity in the building line not only at Memphis 

 proper but throughout the entire Valley territory. There have been few 

 times in recent years when the outlook was so favorable at the beginning 

 of a new year as now. 



It is announced that the Bellgrade Lumber Company will have its mill 

 at Louise, Miss., in readiness for operation by March 1. This company 

 some time ago bought a hardwood mill at ZwoUe, La. This has been dis- 

 mantled and is now being removed to Louise. Its capacity will be increased 

 somewhat in the installation at the latter point, making it able to cut from 

 40.000 to 50,000 feet per day. The company owns about 5,000 acres of 

 timberland in that particular section and the mill is being installed for 

 the development of the timber thereon. The Bellgrade Lumber Company 

 has its headquarters at Memphis and will continue to operate its mill at 

 Isola, Miss., until it has cut out its supply of timber in that locality. 

 The Interstate Cooperage Company has begun rebuilding its eight dry 



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