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in an imiiiiry for lenlal property considerably in excess of that available, 

 and builders are striving to meet the requirements. 



The firm of H. H. Geisy & Eros., which suffered severely by the recent 

 flood, has repaired about all the damage and is doing business at the 

 same location. 



W. B. Sissons. sales manager for the Snwers-Leach Lumber Company, 

 says there is a good demand for hardwoods,' with prices holding up well. 

 He looks for a better market in the future. The company recently 

 employed C. S. Lucas, formerly connected with the Adclman Company 

 of Pittsburgh, as traveling representative in northwestern Ohio. 



W. M. Ritter of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company has retunicil from 

 an inspection trip among the mills In the South. 



Curliss Ritter, salesman for the W. II. Ritter Lumber Company in 

 western Pennsylvania, has returned to his territory after several weeks 

 illness. 



-< INDIANAPOLIS >- 



A $3,000 loss by tiro was suffered a few days ago by the Hoosier.Hoop 

 Company, Marion, Ind. 



Swings will be manufactured at Huntington by the newly organized 

 Skidoo Swing Company which has been incorporated with an authorized 

 capitalization of .$25,000. 



The Eaglesfield-Stewart Company, manufacturer of parquetry and 

 hardwood flooring, which recently occupied a new plant, has sold its 

 old plant to Dr. ,Tohu F. Barnhill for $24,000. 



A large timber tract near Danville, 111., known as the Mnkesom 

 Woods, has been bought by the Sanders & Egbert Company, which has 

 veneer mills at Goshen and South Bend. There are about 1.000 walnut 

 trees and about 2.000 oak and hickory trees in the tract. The purchase 

 price was about .$85,000. 



C. C. Stewart, H. T. Jordon and A. T. Stewart have organized and 

 incorporated the Laporte Molding and Cabinet Company at Laporte to 

 manufacture moldings and do cabinet work. The company is capitalized 

 at $20,000. 



William W. Waltman of the Indiana State Board of Forestry died at 

 his home in Brown County. June 15. after a short illness. A few days 

 before Mr. Waltman's death Governor Ralston reorganized the forestry 

 board, reappointing Mr. Waltman and Prof. Stanley A. Coulter of Pur- 

 due L'niversity and appointing Will A. Guthrie, nominated b.v the 

 Indiana Hardwood Association and C. D. Meeker, president of the In- 

 diana Retail Lumbermen's Association. Elijah H. Gladden of Lexington 

 will succeed Charles C. Deam of Bluffton, state forester, on .luly 1. The 

 vacancy caused by Mr. Waltman's death has not been filled. 



=-< MEMPHIS >-= 



The weather throughout this territory recently has been very favorable 

 for logging operations and these have made good progress. There has 

 been [fractically no rainfall and the woods are unusually dry even for this 

 time of the year. There is a good demand for logs, owing to the splendid 

 trade conditions obtaining with respect to hardw-ood lumber and this 

 is proving a further incentive to active logging work. Most manufac- 

 turers here believe that there is a good business ahead and there is a 

 decided disposition on their part to get out sufiicient timber to take care 

 of their needs. The fact that stocks are broken in some directions is 

 also something of a stimulus. 



The Valley Log Loading Company is loading logs on a liberal scale 

 for Memphis and other points on the Yazoo & ^Mississippi Valley line 

 of the Illinois Central. It has also just resumed loading on the Mem- 

 phis-Marianu.'i cut-off of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern which 

 has been reopened for traffic during the past few da.vs. This road taps 

 a section which is unusually rich in timber resources.. A number of 

 firms at Memphis own timberland holdings in that territory. The Valley 

 Log Loading Company loads on the Yazoo & Mississippi A'alley line and 

 this road exclusively. Operations have been suspended on the latter for 

 more than two months. Timber is being gotten out rapidl}-, however, 

 and the officials of the company say that they are expecting a large 

 movement of timber over that line in the near future. 



While it is not known on what site the band mill and veneer plant 

 of R. ,T. Darnell. Inc.. will be located, it is definitely understood that 

 plans will be launched at once for the rebuilding of both. Details will 

 be found elsewhere in this issue regarding the burning of the double 

 band mill and the veneer machines of this firm on June 15. R. J. Darnell. 

 Inc., owns two other mills at Leland, Miss., and orders received at Mem- 

 phis will be filled as far as possible from the other plants, pending the 

 rebuilding of the mill at Memphis. This firm also owns the Bates- 

 ville & Southwestern, which is nearly completed between Batesville. 

 Miss., and Charleston, Miss., and has a considerable amount of timber- 

 land in tliat section to be developed through the aid of this road. A 

 large amount of logs had already been prepared for delivery to the mills 

 at Memphis but the timber will be diverted to the mills at Leland. The 

 latter will be operated on fuller schedules as a result of the burning of 

 the plant at Memphis in order that the business of the firm may be 

 taken care of with greater promptness. 



The Illinois Central has announced plans here for the building of the 

 largest roundhouse in the South and for the double tracking of the 

 Tazoo & Mississippi Valley from Memphis to Lake Cormorant. It has 

 also announced that there will be a very decided increase in the facilities 



of the Nonconnah yards south of this city. These improvements will 

 involve a total of approximately $700,000. The enlargement of the 

 terminal facilities of the Illinois Central and the building of the round- 

 house, together with the ■ double tracking of the Yazoo & Mississippi 

 Valley, will greatly facilitate the handling of traffic over the Illinois 

 Central system. This is a "matter of vital importance to lumber inter- 

 ests here, particularly to those manufacturers who have their timber 

 on either line of this system and to the exporters who send the greater 

 portion of their shipments to Europe over either the main line or the 

 Yazoo & Mississippi Valley. There has been more or less serious con- 

 gestion during the fall and winter for several years and lumbermen 

 believe that the improvements now under way will result in a much 

 more satisfactory service than has been experienced heretofore. 



The Sullivan Wood Treatment Company, capitalized at $50,000, has 

 made application for a charter. Headquarters will be maintained at 



Kentucky Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS 



POPLAR, PLAIN AND QUAR- 

 TERED OAK, RED AND SAP 

 GUM, ASH, CHESTNUT, BASS- 

 WOOD, HEMLOCK, WHITE PINE 



Mills at 



Bumside, Ky. Williamsburg, K} , 



Isola, Miss. 



Sales Office 

 Cincinnati, O. 



CINCINNATI 



iHardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers \ 



Iriemeier lumber CO. 



OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT 



SUMMERS AND GEST STREETS 



SHAWNEE LUMBER CO. 



HARDWOODS, WHITE PINE and HEMLOCK 



Sales Office — South Side Station — C. H. & D. R. R. 



JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. 



OAK, POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 



The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co. 



WALNUT, OAK, AND OTHER HARDWOODS 



103-4-5 CAREW BUILDING 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 



Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



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CHARLES F. SHIELS & CO. 



SPECIALISTS IN WIDE STOCK 



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RED CEDAR, CHERRY 



OrnCE: 1263 RICHMOND STREET 



SWANN-DAY LUMBER CO. 



Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK \ 



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