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plan of maintnining separate bureaus for tbe different industries. Readers 

 of Hardwood Rlcokd are familiar with the efforts wbich were made 

 here during the past year to establish a consolidated traffic bureau that 

 ■would represent the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, the Memphis Manu- 

 facturers' Association and the various other interests represented by the 

 Memphis Freight Bureau. The plans along this line failed, however, and 

 the lumbermen organized the Southern Hardwood Traffic Sureau, which 

 is handling matters pertaining to lumber tariffs. 



The tow boat. Dolphin Xo. 3. owned by tbe Patton-TuUy Transportation 

 Company, is laid up near Walnut Bend. Whitehall, Ark., with a cracked 

 shaft. Tbe .Toy Patton has been sent to the relief of the injured boat 

 and will bring the latter to Memphis where it will be placed in repair. 

 The Patton-Tully Transportation Company is an adjunct of the Ander- 

 son-TuUy Company and has been used for a number of years in bringing 

 logs and lumber from the Mississippi and its tributaries to Memphis. 



The Ferguson & Palmer Company, Paducah. Ky., has already begun tbe 

 ■erection of its sawmill at Houlka, Miss. The company owns extensive 

 timberlands in that section amountin.g to about 10,000 acres and tbe 

 mill is being erected for the development of the timber thereon. The 

 sawmill will be 40 b.v»200 feet and will be equipped with a band saw. 

 The plans of the company also contemplate the construction of a rail- 

 road about ten miles in length to facilitate the handling of the timber. 

 It is estimated that the improvements planned by the company and al- 

 ready in progress will cost about ,$50,000. Homes are being constructed 

 at Houlka for the men who will be identified with the management of the 

 mill. Donald Palmer will be in general charge. The headquarters of the 

 i?ompau.v will be kept at Paducab. Earl Palmer, a member of the firm, 

 passed through Memphis sometime ago to make preliminary arrangements 

 for the work which is now under wa.v. 



The Bellgrade Lumber Company will soon be ready to proceed with the 

 removal of its mill from Belzoni to Isola, The compan.v has almost com- 

 pleted cutting its timber at tbe former point and will remove its mill 

 and logging equipment to Isola where it has extensive timberland hold- 

 ings. It is proposed to construct the necessary buildings for the sawmill 

 machinery before tbe removal is made so that this can be accomplished 

 ■with the minimum of delay. T. L. Catbey and J. W. McClure are the 

 principal owners of the Bellgrade Lumber Company and tbe headquarters 

 of the firm are maintained at Memphis. 



,7, W. Thompson, who has been prominently identified with the hardwood 

 lumber trade of the country for a number of years, has accepted service 

 wilh Howard Cole & Co, Inc. at St. Louis. Mr. Thompson has already 

 left Jlemphis to assume his new duties. Mr. Thompson was for years at 

 the head of the J. W. Thompson Lumber Company, which liquidated its 

 affairs here several years ago. Since that time he has been in business 

 on his own account under the name of the J. W. Thompson Hardwood 

 Company. Howard t'ole & Co. Inc. deal in timberlands on an extended 

 scale. Mr. Thompson is very familiar with the timber supply of the valley 

 states. 



The Arkansas-Indiana Lumber Company completed a large plant at 

 Clarksville, Ark., for the manufacture of veneer baskets. The company 

 at present is makin.g baskets for the handling of the Arkansas peach 

 crop, but the plant is equipped with machinery for the manufacture of 

 baskets of almost every kind and the company proposes, after the fruit 

 crop has been marketed, to branch out into tbe manufacture of baskets 

 for distribution throughout tbe country. 



The most important sawmill transact ion in Memphis for a number of 

 months is represented I>.v tbe transfer of the sawmill and veneer plant of 

 C. L. Willey in \orfh Memphis to tbe .1. V. Stimson Hardwood Company. 

 This was effected here a few days ago. The new owner has already 

 placed the plant in operation and proposes to run it on full time. The 

 combined capacity of the mill and veneer plant is about 90,000 feet per 

 day. Mr. Stimson came to Memphis several years ago from Huntingburg. 

 Ind., and has been at the bead of the J. V. Stimson Hardwood Company. 

 He still has extensive interesis at his old home. 



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A small blaze at the plant of tbe Cumberland Heading Company re- 

 cently destroyed the shaving house. The plant was saved with difli- 

 culty. 



Building in Nashville is not so active as at this time one year ago. 



This is particularly true in the matter of building dwellings. A number 



of large building enterprises are under way, involving many hundreds of 



t thousands of dollars. The building permits issued in Nashville for the 



month of May were for improvements costing a total of $117,275.50. 



Several members of the Nashville Lumbermen's Club were in attendance 

 at the annual convention of the Tennessee Miinufacturers' Association held 

 at Memphis June 4 and 5. There has been much activity on the part 

 of Tennessee manufacturers the past year or two in efforts to secure 

 progressive legislation for the encouragement of new industries and a 

 square deal for old ones. Capt. C. D. Mitchell of Chattanooga is 

 president. 



There is a movement on foot by tbe Nashville Manufacturers' Association 

 to establish a permanent exhibit of Nashville-made products. Nashville is 

 one of the most important manufacturing centers in the South. Plans 

 have about been perfected to lease a building on Second avenue, which 

 will be converted into an exposition building. The building has a floor 

 space of 30,000 square feet. There are about 400 local manufacturers. 



Old Fashion 



Tennessee 



LOGS 



Yellow Poplar 

 White Oak 

 Red Oak 



DIAMETER 

 3 ft. — 4ft.^5 ft.- 



6 ft. 



We want to cut above per your instruclions 



Lumber can be cut 

 Any thickness — Any Widths —Any lengths. 



|Tr"Specialty Man" 



1-2 5-8 3-4 4-4 5-4 6-4 8-4 10-4 345678 in. thick 



6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 feet long 



1 8 to 22; 23 to 29; 30 to 39; 40 and up Panels 



Specialties 

 Panel Sfock-Qrtd. W. O. Flitches 



Just bought above tract timber and want a contract, 

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J. H. Whitson. W. L. Whitson H. T. Whitson. 



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