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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



(Continued from page 23.) 

 and near the revolver was an empty bottle 

 which had contained carbolic acid. Leije- 

 naar, after swallowing the acid, shot him- 

 self with his revolver. He intended shoot- 

 ing himself through the heart, but the 

 l)ullet missed the mark and penetrated 

 his lungs. 



Leijenaar was 33 years of age and a 

 native of Rotterdam. He came to New 

 Orleans two years ago and engaged in 

 exporting logs to his native country. As- 

 sociated with him in business were Harry 

 da Ponte and Albert Fourcade. Neither 

 of these know why he took his life. 

 Neither does Loijenaar's wife, who lives 

 in this city. 



* * •:- 



The Saratoga Lumber Company, owner 

 and operator of the large planing mills at 

 Saratoga, Miss., are putting in a saw mill 

 plant. Heretofore the company has op- 

 erated only a planing mill. The saw mill 

 will give employment to a large number 

 •of men and will add considerably to Sara- 

 toga's facilities for handling lumber. 



* * * 



The jury iu the suit of the Plummer 

 Lumber Company vs. W. P. Kennedy of 

 Mississippi, wherein the lumber company, 

 which is domiciled in St. Louis, was suing 

 for $20,000, failed to reach an agreement 

 at the sitting on the court in Jackson. 

 Miss., November 21. and was discharged. 

 The case had been on trial one week. It 

 appears that no two of the jurors agreed 

 on a verdict. 



W.R..CHIVVIS 



Successor to B J. Ehnis 

 WANTED AND FOR SALE 



Hardwood Lumber 



ASH, OAK, POPLAR, CYPRESS, 



AGRICULTURAL AND WAGON STOCK, 



Wa.ln\it aLfvd Cherry. 



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AND THE 



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ST. LOUIS. 



THE MARKETS 



CHICAGO MARKET. 



Business is not very good in Chicago. 

 That is, you have to go out and hunt the 

 orders to get them. However, manufac- 

 turers have quit coming into the market 

 peddling stock at less than it is worth, 

 leaving the field more nearly to the 

 dealers. There are many inquiries float- 

 ing around for large blocks of stock on the 

 basis of the present prices to be delivered 

 in .January or later. Dealers, however, are 

 very cautious about taking such orders, 

 fearing they may get caught. And the 

 business is largely of the filling-in variety, 

 a carload of this and a carload of that, to 

 run up to the first of January, and by 

 scraping around the dealers are enjoying 

 a fair trade. Upon the whole, the busines.s 

 year promises to close very well for most 

 of them, so far as the volume is concerned. 

 The profits, however, are not so large as 

 in preceding years. 



Plain oak is very scarce and very high, 

 and the dealers returning from the Soiith 

 report a serious shortage in this lumber. 

 Quarter sawed oak is holding its own in 

 price, with the manufacturers getting 

 pretty stiff out in the countvy. 



Cottonwood is advancing several dollars 

 a thousand and is holding strong. 



Poplar continues to rule weak, but it is 

 in growing demand. 



In northern hardwoods, conditions are 

 unchanged, the demand being good but 

 the supply very plentiful. 



PITTSBXJRG. 



Pittsburg. Pa., Dec. 7. 1904.— (Special 

 Correspondence). — With the closin.g of the 

 year the lumber market is assuming a 

 much more satisfactory aspect. I>ocal 

 dealers are very hopeful of prospects in 

 sight and believe that after the first of 

 the year trade will brighten up very ma- 



Williams &Voris Lamber Co. 



MAM'K.MTl.'liKliS <>P 



HBrdwood 

 Lumber ana 



QUARTER SAWED OAK VENEER. 



\Vf guarantee our oak to be eiiual to 

 Indiana oak in quality and Hgure. 



CHATTANOOGA, 



TENN. 



McCLURE LUMBER CO. 



Wholesale Dealers la 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



OFFICE AND YARDS: 520 to 530 Franklin St., DETROIT, MICH. 



Correspondence Invited (Hi all hardwoods. 



terially. Their opinion is justified by the 

 steady increase and inquiry. More con- 

 cerns are coming into the market every 

 day and reports from traveling salesmen 

 show that there is more business of every 

 kind in sight. Certain conditions are con- 

 tributing to the upward trend of the mar- 

 ket. It is the scarcity of stock. In every- 

 day language, the dealers are "up against 

 winter" witli no large visible supply to 

 draw from. Dry stock in most woods is 

 almost impossible to get. This is espe- 

 cially true of poplar and oak. From the 

 present outlook there will be a big scarcity 

 in this line up to next July, when the 

 timber now being cut will have been 

 thoroughly seasoned. 



Another condition which cannot help 

 but push up prices is the prevailing low 

 water. The Ohio, Monongahela and Alle- 

 gheny Rivers are lower than they have 

 been for thirty years at this season. At 

 many places the main channel of the Ohio 

 is entirely dry. Practically no boats have 

 moved on the river for months. The 

 creeks and smaller streams on which most 

 of the mills are located are equally dry. 

 This means not only that firms can do no 

 floating, but it also means that many of 

 them are pinched to the point of ex- 

 tremity to get good water for their mill 

 boilers. Wells are being bored and water 

 is- being drawn in barrels and casks in 

 many camps of West Virginia and 

 Western Pennsylvania. 



Prices are moving up slowly but steadily. 

 This is not so evident in the quotations as 

 in the firmness al which they are held and 

 the reluctance of dealers to bid on big 

 contracts for future delivery without a 

 uiargin of risk-profit. Hemlock and oak 

 are both expected to advance after the first 

 of the year. Heavy oak is in excellent 

 demand. Finishing lumber is also selling 

 well and there is a big call for house lum- 

 ber in anticipation of the many house 

 I'Uilding projects which are announced for 

 Ihc early spring. In fact, the market 

 shows a strong front. Pittsburg dealers 

 are getting in a position once more to dic- 

 tate prices and terms, their onl.v trouble 

 now being to get enough suitable lumber 

 of all kinds to satisfy their customers. 



CINCINNATI. 



Ciucinnali, Dec. 0, 1904. — (Special Cor- 

 rcsjiondonce.) — As was expected by the 

 trade, the hardwood market during the 

 last two weeks has been less active 

 than for some time past. This is the 

 time of the year when small dealers and 

 manufacturing concerns curtail their pur- 

 chases, only filling actual needs, in order 

 tliat their balance sheets for the year 

 will be as favorable as possible. The 

 weather for building has been satisfactory, 

 but it looks as though real winter had set 

 in. and operations in that line will have 

 to be given up soon. The big furniture 

 manufacturers are busier than usual, and 

 they are using lumber in reasonably large 

 quantities. Demand from vehicle manu- 

 facturers, though, has been very light. 

 Prospects are that with the opening of 

 the new year, the woodworking concerns 

 will come into the market with heavy 

 orders. 



The stage of the river is very low and 

 there are no receipts of logs from head- 

 waters, neither have there been any re- 

 ceipts of Cottonwood from the Mississippi 

 river district, so the situation is a least 



