THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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From Nea^r dLiid Facr 



CHICAGO COMMENT. 



Our weekly grist of locals is rather small 

 this week. Everybody has been at home 

 looking out for the election, celebrating 

 and getting ■well of it. Not very many 

 visitors have been in town and not much 

 happened of moment. 



The election, however, is satisfactory to 

 almost all. 



Mr. J. W. Thompson of Memphis, the 

 John Sharp Williams of the lumber trade, 

 got in after the election was held. He 

 made several election bets, which he lost. 



"And." said Jesse, "they were all good 

 bets. For instance, one of them was that 

 Indiana would not go more than 20,000 for 

 Roosevelt. That's a good enough bet for 

 anybody, and I thought I had a cinch. 

 I was not expecting an earthquake." 



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The new credit rating department of the 

 National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion is now in working order and their 

 correction sheet comes in with remarkable 

 regularity. This is a good thing. Push 



it along. 



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Mr. A. F. Cook, successor of Mr. E. G. 

 Leszynski as manager of the Chicot Lum- 

 ber Company, was in Chicago this week, 

 superintending the removal of their office 

 to Little Rock, Ark. We dislike to lose 

 Mr. Leszynski from the lumber trade and 

 hope he will make some further connec- 

 tions and remain with us. But if we have 

 to lose him, Mr. Cook is a mighty good 

 man for his successor. 



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Mr. A. G. Wetmore, formerly of the 

 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company of this 

 city, has severed his connection with that 

 firm and is now in business for himself at 

 Memphis, Tenn. The style of the new 

 firm is the Southern Hardwood Lumber 

 Company and Mr. Wetmore's wide ac- 

 quaintance, his boundless energy and his 

 capabilities as a business man make the 

 venture an assured success. Here is wish- 

 ing them good luck. 



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Mr. R. L. Walkley, of the Crosby & 

 Beckley Company, was a caller at this 

 office in the past two weeks. Mr. Walkley 

 is treasurer and a partner in the Crosby 

 & Beckley Company of New Haven, Conn., 

 and a mighty fine gentleman. 



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Mr. W. E. Smith, of the Three States 

 Lumber Company of Cairo, 111., and the 

 W. E. Smith Lumber Company, also of 

 that place, has been in town since the 

 election. He says that the two companies 

 which he represents will remove their of- 

 fice to Memphis after the first of the year, 

 occupying quarters in the Scimitar build- 

 ing. 



Billy is still single. Being a very desir- 

 able catch, he receives considerable atten- 



tion from the young ladies and their fond 

 mothers, and it is a wonder he has escaped 

 this long. Billy says, however, that the 

 firm still has some tall timber standing 

 and when the chase gets too hot he takes 

 to the woods. He cannot think what will 

 happen when the timber is all gone, and 

 it won't last a great while longer. 



Billy will probably be caught and be 

 punished for running away, as he ought 



to be. 



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Billy Bennett was in town and came into 

 our private office, put his 25u pounds of 

 avoirdupois down in our only chair and 

 busted it. We don't believe that Mr. Ben- 

 nett did it intentionally, and we cherish 

 no malice. Come again, Billy. 



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Mr. Earl Palmer, the best president the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 ever had, was shaking hands with friends 

 (he has no enemies) in town this week. 



CLEVELAND LETTER. 



(Special Correspondence.) 



Cleveland, O., Nov. 7, 1904. 

 William Thomas Mason, of Mason, Gor- 

 don Company, Montreal, was a recent 

 visitor here, stopping off on his way to 

 the South. He reports a very satisfactory 

 business for the year, with good prospects 



of a continuance of same. 



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C. W. Young, of the Elk River Stave 

 Company of Charleston, W. Va., was in 

 Cleveland Friday. He reports a building 

 boom in Charleston, and a. good demand 

 for all kinds of lumber. His firm makes 

 a specialty of 'staves for the oil and wine 



trade. 



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One of our wholesale firms recently 

 shipped several carloads of oak timbers 

 from their mills in West Virginia to points 

 on the north shore of Lake Superior. 

 These timbers are used in dock and con- 

 struction work and the shippers advise 

 that they ship a good deal of this class 

 of material to different Canadian points. 



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G. W. Meyers, general manager of the 

 Mud Lake Lumber Company, Raber, Mich., 

 is in town for a few days, conferring with 

 his principals. His firm manufactures 

 large quantities of hardwoods, such as 



birch, maple, etc. 



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E. D. Poole of Buffalo, a lumberman of 



many years' experience, is representing 



the hardwood department of the Robert H. 



Jenks Lumber Company in New York 



state. 



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The Nicola Bros. Company suffered *a 

 loss of f 500 by fire a few days ago. This 

 company has been particularly unfortu- 

 nate, having suffered a loss of about $75,- 

 000 a few months ago. Both fires are 

 thought to have been of incendiary origin. 



FOR SALE 



3 cars 4-4 1 and 2 Poplar. 30 cars 4-4 Xo. 1 



Common Poplar. 

 2 cars 5-4 1 and 2 Poplar. 3 cars 5-4 No. 1 



Common Poplar. 

 2 cars 6-4 1 and 2 Poplar. 5 cars 6-4 No. 1 

 Common Poplar. 

 5 ears 8-4 1 and 2 Poplar. 3 cars 8-4 No. 1 

 Common Poplar. 



1 car 10-4 1 and 2 Poplar. 1 car 10-4 No. 1 



Common Poplar. 



2 cars 12-4 1 and 2 Poplar. 1 car 12-4 No. 1 



Common Poplar. 

 30 cars 4-4 Cull Poplar. 

 2 •• 5-4 •• 

 2 " 6-4 " •■ 



2 " 8-4 •• 

 1 •• 10-4 •■ 

 1 " 12-4 •• 



3 •• 4-4 1 and 2 Plain W. or R. Oak. 

 1 " 5-4 1 and 2 ■• 



1 " 6-4 1 and 2 " 



2 '• 8-4 1 and2 



1 " 12-4 1 and 2 " White 



25 •' 4-4 Common Plain R. or W. Oak. 



3 " 5-4 



2 " 6-4 

 2 •■ 8-4 



Any grade, quantity or thickness in Qt. Red 

 or White Oak. 



CHESTNUT 

 10 cars 4-4 1 and 2. 



5 " 4-4 Common. 

 20 " 4-4 Sound Wormv. 



2 •• 5-4, 6-4 and 8-4. ' 



WHITE US 



W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



EDWARD L. DAVIS 

 & COMPANY, 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



WAGON STOCK 



WHOLESALERS OF 



HARDWOOD 

 LUMBER 



9th and Oak Streets, 

 LOUISVILLE, KY. 



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