HARDWOOD RECORD 



47 



handled by the Hudson & Dugger Company of Memphis, the Hudson & 

 Dugger Company, as assignee of the Cincinnati Cooperage Company, was 

 undertaking to carry out the terms of the contract entered into on Apr. 

 10, 1913, by the American Forests Company and the Cincinnati Cooper- 

 age Company, the interest of the latter concern having been sold to the 

 Hudson & Dugger Company. In the contract, it is said, the Forests 

 company agreed to handle the timber in consideration of the cooperage, 

 conveying all the timber on the land, save the white oak, for the con- 

 tract price of two cents per hundred pounds. The American Forests 

 Company refused to handle the timber for the Hudson & Dugger Com- 

 pany on the ground that the Cincinnati Company had transferred its 

 interest without right and without the consent of the American Forests 

 Company to Hudson & Dugger. 



The Myers Stave and Manufacturing Company of Paragould has re- 

 cently liled articles of incorporation with the secretary of state of 

 Arkansas and received a charter. The capital stock of the new concern 

 is fixed at ?25,000, of which $15,000 has been subscribed. The officers 

 are J. M. Myers, president ; G. W. McMillion, vice-president ; J. R. Myers, 

 secretary-treasurer. 



The Kennedy Heading Company has purchased machinery for a large 

 plant to be erected near Olena, Ark. Lumber is now being shipped to 

 Olena foi the construction of the plant. The company will also erect 

 a genera! merchandise store at that place. 



The Sutton Stave Company of Heber Springs, Ark., has recently been 

 incorporated wilh a capital stock of ?10,000. The officers of the concern 

 are Geo. H. Welch, president : John W. Welch, vice-president, and S. G. 

 Sutton, secretary and treasurer. 



=-< MILWAUKEE y 



Fred S. Underbill, receiver of the Hardlng-Flnley Lumber Company of 

 Philadelphia, has presented a claim of $47.0(i0 against Oswald Sommer, 

 alleged heir to a $23,000 estate of Carl Neuman In a petition for a cita- 

 tion against Sommer. According to the petition, Walter H. Harding and 

 John P. Pfeiffor entered into a partnership on July 2. 1012, and by the 

 terms of the contract PfeiCfer agreed to offer toward his share of the 

 partnership a claim of $47,000 said to have been obtained in a judgment 

 rendered against Sommer in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia 

 on April 19, 1912. Pfeiffer is alleged to have turned over the claim to 

 the lumber firm, which was included in the assets at the time of the 

 appointment of a receiver. 



A new law which becomes effective Jan. 1, 1914, will rapidly exter- 

 minate wooden coaches from trains in Wisconsin. The Legislature 

 enacted a law prohibiting the operation of wooden coaches between steel 

 cars upon petition of the railway mail clerks, express and baggagemen. 

 The state railroad commission is given power to extend the time to any 

 single railroad upon application and hearing. All-wood car trains will 

 not be affected by the law as it applies only to mixed car trains. 



The Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Eau Claire has received 

 another order for one of its log haulers from a foreign concern. Last 

 year one was sent for use in Finland and now one will be made for 

 service in the forests near St. Petersburg, Russia. At present the com- 

 pany is constructing four log haulers for the Mclntire Iron Company. 

 North Creek. N. Y., where they will be used next winter with several 

 carloads of sleds, also products of this concern. 



A big. new dry kiln is being erected to the plant of the Mandt Wagon 

 Company at Stoughton. The woodwork is being done by employes. 



The Brooks & Ross lumbering interests have acquired a 13.000 acre 

 site near Bowler which contains about 70,000,000 feet of mixed timber, 

 mostly hardwood. The property was at one time owned by George B. Mat- 

 ton and is known as the Matton tract. The Wisconsin Timber Company 

 or the Northern Furniture Company, of Sheboygan, were the latest own- 

 ers. The sale included several miles of railroad and was consummated 

 at a price of over $300,000. it is said. The Brooks & Ross mill is sit- 

 uated at Schofleld, about thirty-flve miles distant from the holding. The 

 timber will be brought to this mill to be sawed. 



An opinion given the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association by 

 the state industrial commission in reference to the workmen's compen- 

 sation law is of interest to the lumbering as well as other industries. 

 The ruling is in reference to commission salesmen and holds that they 

 are not classified as employes. "Salesmen who sell goods on commis- 

 sion are not classed as employes under the provisions of the workmen's 

 compensation act. Unless the person is in the service of the employer 

 under contract of hire, he is not to be considered an employe under the 

 act. If traveling salesmen are in the service of the employer under a 

 contract of hire they are to be considered employes under the act, and 

 in case they receive injuries while in the performance of service grow- 

 ing out of or incidental to their employment they are entitled to the 

 benefits of the compensation act," according to the opinion. 



The C. F. Kade Fixture & Show Case Company, recently organized at 

 Plymouth by C. F. Kade of Sheboygan and local capitalists, has ac- 

 quired the land, plant and equipment of the old Plymouth Veneer Com- 

 pany. The plant Is equipped with modern dry kilns, machinery, sprink- 

 ler, heating and electric lighting systems, contains 32.000 square feet 

 of floor space, is located between the Northwestern and Milwaukee road 

 lines with side track facilities and will be in operation shortly. 



The last of the holdings of the Daniel Shaw Lumber Company were 

 disposed of and the affairs of this famous and historic enterprise were 



GUM-OAK-ELM 



Thick or Thin 



Write for Prices That Will 



Make You Grin 



Licking River Lumber Co. 



South Bend Indiana 



The White Lake Lumber Co. 



Peoples Gas Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Northern and Southern Hardwoods 



CAR STOCK 



WHITE PINE YELLOW PINE 



High QiiaUtij — Prompt Delivery 



WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 



5 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Basswood 

 3 cars 4/4 No. 3 Com. Basswood 



THIS IS WINTER CUT AND VERY GOOD 



Send us 2 cars 4-5-6-8/4 L.. R. Sycamore 



your inquiries 1 car 4/4 L. R. Southern Soft Maple 



EXCEPTIONAL 



MAHOGANY, CIRCASSIAN WAL- 

 NUT AND QUARTERED OAK 



V E N E E R S 



If a good veneer cutter can manufacture fair 

 quality veneers with antiquated machinery, what 

 can he do when given the latest and most efficient 

 equipment? 



The Answer 



is to be found in any of the stock produced at our 

 new mill, which is the last word in modern equip- 

 ment. 



We have selected the finest logs on the mar- 

 ket, our men are experienced and capable, the 

 product speaks for itself. 



See our samples and get prices. 



Visit Our Plant 



Any time you are in Chicago and want to see 

 the rnost modern veneer plant in existence today, 

 we will be glad to show you through our plant. 



Fred W. Black Lumber Co. 



2245 S. Fortieth Ave. Chicago, III. 



