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York state alone. This means an annual expenditure of over $2,500,000, 

 most of which at present is paid for ties produced in the South. In addi- 

 tion to securing this revenue for residents of the state of New Yorls, the 

 plan would effect the utilization of non-producing land and of trees which 

 otherwise would find no use whatever. It would have a further effect 

 of conserving tree growth now converted into ties which could be profit- 

 ably used for other purposes. 



The demonstration will be Iiegun this month by the planting of about 

 fifteen acres of trets of a number of varieties suited to lowland condi- 

 tions. Among these will be white ash, tulip, Norway spruce, bald cypress, 

 tamarack and other varieties. By proper planting, a tie can be produced 

 much more quickly than in the native forests. It is anticipated that by 

 producing their own ties, they can fill th,eir needs more cheaply than by 

 buying on the open market. 



Important Arkansas Purchase 



It is announced from Louisville that R. Chanahan and other interests 

 have clos?d for the purchase of 25,000 acres of hardwood timber in 

 Jefferson and Lonoke counties, Ark. These interests have arranged to 

 construct a railroad line into their timber connecting with the Cotton 

 Belt. The object of the deal is to manufacture the timber and sell the 

 land for agriculture after it is stripped. 



Reorganization Important Memphis Hardwood Company 



The Memphis Saw Mill Company of Memphis, Tenn., has just been 

 reorganized with a capital of $100,000 as the Memphis Band Mill Com- 

 pany, with James F. McSweyn as president and manager. George Mc- 

 Sweyn, vice-president, and Otis A. Felger, secretary and treasurer. The 

 former institution has had a successful career in lumber manufacture 

 under the able direction of James F. McSweyn, and with the reorganiza- 

 tion will surely continue as a very successful business proposition. 



The company has a first-class band sawmill at South Memphis, and 

 ample and desirable yard facilities above the range of the Mississippi 

 floods. It will produce approximately 12,000,000 feet of hardwoods and 

 cypress annually, and will specialize in quartered and plain oak, gum 

 and cypress, but also will produce a full line of other Mississippi valley 

 hardwoods. 



James P. McSweyn has had a long and honorable history in hardwood 

 production, and is one of the best judges of timber, both north and 

 south, and also has splendid executive ability in the handling of a hard- 

 wood manufacturing enterprise. 



George McSweyn, his son. has immediate charge of the sawmill opera- 

 tion, and in the Memphis district Is regarded as the premier sawyer of 

 that region. 



Otis A. Felger has long been allied with both northern and southern 

 hardwood operations, and under the title of the Felger Lumber & Timber 

 Company at Grand Rapids, Mich., conducts a wholesale yard, and also 

 has a jobbing yard at Helena, Ark. Both of these operations will be 

 continued. 



The new company takes for its trade-mark ^n ornamental design in 

 which the word "Quality" prominently figures. This is simply a con- 

 tinuation of the policy of the old company in making not only high-grade 

 lumber, but high-grade lumber of the best possible manufacture and 

 seasoning. 



The Memphis Band Mill Company takes over a very desirable stock of 

 southern hardwoods and cypress. It has a million feet of high-grade 

 logs at its mill at the present time, and another million feet ready for 



loading. It has contracts ahead for enough logs to keep the mill going 

 steadily for a full year, and in addition has a source of timber supply 

 which will keep the plant in operation for many years. 



All parties connected with the new enterprise are to lie congratulated 

 on the new alliance. 



Increased Capacity of Kentucky Lumher Company 



The Kentucky Lumber Company, with headquarters at Cincinnati, O., 

 announces that it has recently acquired a considerable tract of hardwood 

 timber at Sulligent, Ala. This town is located about two hundred miles 

 from Birmingham. It is estimated that the stand will provide for about 

 ten years' cut. It runs mainly to gum, with a smaller percentage of 

 other hardwoods. While the timber is somewhat scattered, it is of ex- 

 cellent character. The Kentucky Lumber Company is now erecting a 

 sawmill with 40,000 feet daily capacity and it is anticipated that work 

 on this mill will be completed in the near future. 



Statement of Ownership and Management 



Agreeable to the act of Congress of Aug. 24. 1912, requiring publishers 

 of periodicals to file with the postmaster general and the postmaster in 

 the office at which such publication is entered, a sworn statement setting 

 forth the names and postoffloe addresses of editors and managing editor, 

 publisher, business manager and owner, and in addition the stockholders, 

 if the publication be owned by a corporation, and also the names of 

 known bondholders, mortgagees, or other security holders, and that such 

 sworn statement shall be published in such newspaper or other publica- 

 tion, the following sworn statement is herewith printed : 



Hardwood Record is published twice a month at Chicago, 111. 



The names and postoflice addresses of the editors are as follows ; 



Henry H. Gibson, editor and business manager, 4040 Woodlawn ave- 

 nue. Chicago, 111. 



IIu Maxwell, 927 Ashhury avenue, Evanston, 111,, associate editor. 



E. W. Meeker, 4758 Magnolia avenue, Chicago, 111., associate editor. 



Publisher : The Hardwod Company, 537 South Dearborn street, Chicago, 

 111., the officers of which are Henry H. Gibson, president : E. H. Defe- 

 baugh, vice-president ; Burdis Anderson, secretary and treasurer. 



Stockholders holding one per cent or more of total amount of stock 

 arc Henry H. Gibson and E. II. Defebaugh. 



There are no known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders 

 holding any bonds, mortgages or other securities of this company. 



(Signed) Henry H. Gibson, 



Editor and Business Manager. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this third day of .\pril, 191.3. 



J. S. Pennington, 

 Notary Public. 



My commission expires October 24. 1010. 



New Mill of the Bellgrade Lumber Company, Memphis 



The Bellgrade Lumber Company of Memphis, Tenn., is planning a new 

 sawmill which will be located at Isola, Miss. The plant will be of mod- 

 ern construction and modernly equipped throughout. An eight foot band 

 mill with twelve-inch saws will be installed and all features will be thor- 

 oughly modern. It is probable that the mill now operated by the Bell- 

 grade company will be given up during the month of .\ugust, at which 

 time it is anticipated that the timber from which it gets its logs will be 

 exhausted. The new mill will cut logs from the timber holdings of the 

 Bellgrade company in Mississippi. This timber runs mainly to red gum 

 and oak. and is of high quality. 



J. F. McSWEYN, PRESIDENT AND MANAGER 

 MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO.MPANY, MEMPHIS 



GEORGE McSWEYN, VICE-PRESIDENT MEM- 

 I'lIIS BAND MILL COMPANY, MEMPHIS 



OTIS A. FELGER, SEC'Y-TUEAS. MEMPHIS 

 BAND MILL COMPANY, MEMPHIS 



