February 25, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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accident in whicli a street car in -nhich he was riding^gika-Srtlirk hy ji 

 switcli engine. 



A big coal and timber deal was recently handled at Whitesburg, Ky., 

 when the Letcher County Coal Company, recently incorporated at Rich- 

 mond, Va., by Lucius F. Care and others for $700,000, purchased a 

 big timber boundary in the western portion of Letcher county. 



Amended articles of incorporation have been filed by the Southern Veneer 

 Manufacturing Company, Louisville, relative to time for holding annual 

 stockholders' meetings, conducting the business, etc. 



The White Oak Lumber Company. Ashland, Ky., with a capital of 

 $200,000, has been incorporated by Edgar P. Kice, S. E. Harmon, John F. 

 Hager and L. S. Wilson. 



Manufacturers of staves and heading in Kentucky have practically closed 

 all operations for the present due to bad weather and impassable roads, 

 which have made it impossible to cut and haul logs or finished staves. 

 Again the embargo situation has closed the eastern markets to the stave 

 men, and things are quiet In the line just now. 



J. H. Turpin, president of the Kentucky Stave & Heading Company, at 

 Pinevllle, Ky., has filed notice of dissolution of that company. 



=-< ARKANSAS >•= 



The big sawmill at Dierks, Ark., is being rushed to completion, and will 

 soon be in operation. It promises to be one of the largest and best equipped 

 hardwood manufacturing plants in Arkansas. It is owned by the Dierks 

 Lumber & Coal Company of Kansas City, Mo. 



The Zeller tract of timber, near Gillette, Ark., has been sold to Indiana 

 capitalists who expect to erect a hardwood sawmill on it. 



Car shortage, which has presented a serious aspect for the hardwood 

 manufacturers of this state for the past several months, is becoming more 

 alarming. The manufacturers are now experiencing great difliculty in 

 obtaining the necessary cars in which to make shipments. In fact, they 

 are able to obtain only a small percentage of the number needed. 



The recent embargo placed on shipments to the East, by eastern rail- 

 roads, as the result of the discontinuance of diplomatic relations with 

 Germany, is also proving to be of serious concern to the lumber manufac- 

 turers of this state. According to L. S. McDonald, manager of the Arkan- 

 sas Traffic Association of Little Rock, there are now approximately 150 

 carloads of lumber manufactured in Little R6ck for use in the East which 

 cannot be shipped as a result of the embargo. Mr. McDonald views the 

 situation with considerable alarm, and thinks that if something is not 

 done at once the lumber industry of the entire South will be seriously 

 crippled. In this view Mr. McDonald is supported by the local lumber 

 manufacturers. 



-<, WISCONSIN >= 



The plant of the Joerns Brothers Manufacturing Company, Sheboygan. 

 Wis., tables, desks, sectional bookcases, etc., was totally destroyed by fire 

 of unknown origin on the night of February 16. The loss is estimated at 

 between $80,000 and $100,000, with insurance of only 20 to 25 per cent, 

 all carried in mutual companies. The plant was established in 1892, and 

 was owned by three Joerns brothers, Paul, of St. Paul, Minn. ; O. B. and 

 Charles A., of Sheboygan. Most of the plan was of reinforced concrete 

 construction, but this did not resist the conflagration and all walls crum- 

 bled to ruins. A decision will be made later as to rebuilding. 



The Wisconsin Cabinet & Panel Company, New London, Wis., formerly 

 the Wisconsin Seating Company, and now owned by the Thomas A. Edison 

 Industries, is planning to make extensive improvements and extensions. 

 The plant is devoted mainly to the production of talliing machine cabinets, 

 but will continue to make opera chairs, etc. 



C. S. Dodge & Son, Monroe, Wis., large manufacturers of cheeseboxes, 

 crating, etc., have incorporated the business under the style of C. S. Dodge 

 & Son Company. The capital stock is $25,000. 



With a modest beginning many years ago, Frank Knick, Tomah, Wis., 

 has risen to the place of the greatest timber operator In Monroe (Wis.) 

 county. Last year he cut over 2,000,000 feet in his various camps and 

 this year he expects to cut 2,500,000 feet of hardwood at La Valle, Wilton 

 and Kendall in Monroe county. Wis. 



The Medford (Wis.) Lumber Company is operating its mill twenty-four 

 hours daily to replenish its rapidly decreasing supply to the trade. 



With fifteen carloads of product on hand and no cars available to relieve 

 the congestion at the plant, the Automatic Cradle Company, Stevens Point, 

 Wis., may soon be forced to close Its factory. Railroads are declining to 

 accept goods on shipments destined east of Chicago. 



The Hub Manufacturing Company, Shawano, Wis., has been completely 

 re-organized and expects son to add other lines of products to its present 

 manufacture of hubs. The directors elected are : M. J. Wallrich, F. D. 

 Naber, F. C. Werblow, Albert Trathen and F. A. Jaeckcl. 



The marriage of Miss Georgia Nichols, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter 

 Nichols, Sheboygan, Wis., to Arthur Meeter, Chicago, traveling represen- 

 tative of the American Hardwood Lumber Company, St. Louis, Mo., took 

 place February 3, at the home of the bride. 



Fifty-seven employes of the North Western Lumber Company, Stanley, 

 Wis., with their wives and families, recently made George H. Chapman, 

 manager of the company, their guest of honor at the U. L. Church parlors 

 at Stanley. Mr. Chapman was presented with an engraved Howard watch 

 in honor of his fiftieth birthday anniversary. 



The Statoaud WhisSever 



Birch IS Bought- 



A Brand 3/^Conf idence 



Dry Southern Stock 



; 4,4 Ists & 2nds Sap Gum 13" & up 

 4/4 No. I Com. Sap Gum 12" &. up 

 4/4 Gum Boxboards 12" wide 

 4/4 I & 2 face Sap Gum Strips 2%-5" 



i 5/4 No. I Com. Red Gum 

 6/4 No. I Com. & Bet. Red Gum 

 4/4 Ists i 2nds PI. Whito Oak 



; 4/4 No. I Com. PI. White Oak 



; 3/4 No. I Com. & Bef. PI. White Oak 

 4/4 No. I Com. Qtd. Red Oak 



i 4/4 No. I Com. atd. White Oak 



i 4/4 Ists & 2nds Otd. White Oak 

 5/4 Ists & 2nds Qtd. White Oak 

 8/4 Ists & 2nds Otd. White Oak 



> 8/4 mixed Oak Bridge Plank 



i 12/4 mixed Oak Bridge Plank 



s 4/4 No. 3 Common Gum 

 8/4 sound wormy Chestnut— W. Va. stock 



; 4/4 sound wormy Chestnut — W. Va. stock 



New Stock — Ready Soon 



75,000' 2" No. I Com. & Bet. Sap Gum 

 2 cars 2" No. I Com. & Bet. Red Gum 

 5 cars 4/4 No. I Shop &. Bet. Cypress 

 5 cars 8/4 No. I Com. & Bet. Qtd. Gum, sap no 

 defect 



Dry Northern Stock 



5 cars 4/4 No. 2 Com. Birch 

 I car 4/4 Ists & 2nds Sel. Red Birch 

 I car 4/4 No. I Com. Sel. Red Birch 

 I car G/4 Ists & 2nds Sel. Red Birch 

 5 cars 5/4 No. 3 Com. Birch 



3 cars 8/4 No. 3 Com. IVIapla 



4 cars 4/4 No. 3 Com. Maple 



1 car 5/4 Com. &. Bet. Basswood 



2 cars 4/4 No. 2 & Bet. Brown Ash 



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