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for he is a very intelligent gentleman, 

 whom it is a pleasnre to meet. 



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Mr. F. W. Tetter, manager of the Em- 

 pire Lumber Company, above mentioned, 

 was with Mr. Christy, showing him foe 

 .sight.s of Chicago and introducing liim to 

 the Chicago trade. Mr. Vetter was iu a 

 very pleasant frame of mind because of 

 the prosperous condition of the hardwood 

 market. No one feels the advance in the 

 lirice of lumber so much as does the manu- 

 facturer. An advance of from .$3 to $5 a 

 thousand means a great lift to his bank ac- 

 count. Where a mill is cutting an average 

 of 40,000 feet a day, it does not take long 

 to figure that an advance of even .$3 a thou- 

 sand makes a nice little increase In the 

 profits, something like $li!0 a da.v. Mr. 

 Vetter had a liard pull to l)ring the affairs 

 of the concern to the present prosperous 

 condition. Xo one who hasn't undertaken 

 it knows what a task it is to put a big 

 manufacturing plant on its feet down in 

 the Delta country. ilr. Vetter accom- 

 plished this and is now reaping his re- 



w^ird. 



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The Tegge 7-uniIier Company of Milwau- 

 kee, Wis., have increased the size of their 

 yard at Milwaukee by adding another lot 

 of ground. This move was rendered nec- 

 essary to meet the requiremeuts of their 

 growing business. 



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Mr. O. O. Agler, president of the Chicago 

 Hardwood Lumber Exchange, has been 

 cdnfined to his home for the past ten days 

 by a rather severe illness. We are ])leased 

 to be able to report that he is improving. 



ATKINS MILL SUPPLY CATALOGUE. 



One of tlio liandsomest and most com- 

 plete catalogues that has ever come to this 

 office has just been issued by the well- 

 known saw manufacturing concern of E. 

 C. Atkins & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. It 

 is entitled their "ilill Supply Edition." and 

 in the 423 pages which are required £0 tell 

 its story, mill men ma.v find suscinctly and 

 comprehensivel.v arranged everything re- 

 quired for the entire equipment and opera- 

 tion of saw mills, planing mills, stave, 

 heading and furniture factories, etc. 



The catalogue is strongly bound in cloth 

 and typographically it is a work of art. 

 It is printed on heavy enameled paper and 

 over a thousand cuts are used to illustrate 

 the book. 



.Vtkins standard saws of ever.v descrip- 

 tion are shown, as well as special saws 

 made only by this firm. The volume also 

 contains a variet.v of technical information, 

 rules for the care of saws, and other in- 

 structions of importance to sawyers and 

 alers. Machine knives, belting (all kinds), 

 packing, hose, pulleys, files, emery wlieels, 

 logging tools, filling room machinery and 

 supplies, o'l cans, waste, etc., in fact, every- 

 thing required in the operation of a mill 

 can be supplied by E. C. .Vtkins & Co. 

 from their headquarters at Indianapolis, 

 Ind., or their numerous branches located 



in Memphis, Tenn.; Atlanta, Ga.; Min- 

 neapolis, Minn.; Portland, Ore., and New 

 York City. 



The catalogue is certainly a valuable 

 one, and will, no doubt, be in gieat demand 

 liy the large users of saws and mill sup- 

 plies. 



Considering the fact that this Is the sec- 

 ond catalogue that this firm has put out 

 this year, each designed to reach a differ- 

 ent class of trade, the magnitude of the 



Anyone in this section that you are de- 

 sirous of furnishing a kiln you may refet 

 them to us, and the.v ma.v look oure over, 

 and we should be only too glad to show 

 them and tell them all we know about it. 

 Yours trulv, 

 W. A. GARXO COMPANY. 

 By W. A. Oarno, President. 



Our representative on his late visit to the 

 Hoosier lapltal. found them nished with 

 man.v orders for shipment to all parts 

 of the counti-y. and, by the way, if the 

 users of old-style wooden trucks could see 

 the easy running and everlasting steel 

 roller bearing trucks that these people ar& 

 turning out in great quantities, they would 

 send in their orders without delay. The 

 National is officered by practical mechanics 



THE NATIONAL MOIST AIR DRYER 



business which justifies such an expense 

 is something to cause one to pause in 

 wonder. 



THE NATIONAL MOIST AIK DBIEB. 



As the Hardwood Record is particularly 

 proud of its new dress and wanting to tell 

 of many good .things, we are pleased to 

 present to our many readers the coming 

 liardw<Mjd drier. The National, whose ad- 

 \ ertfsenient appears elsewhere. The ac- 

 companying cut illustrates the simple, but 

 unequaled National Drier— being devoid 

 of engines, lilowers and indMcate air flues, 

 it appeals readily to practical people. Lack 

 of space in our new dress issue prevent.s^ 

 ilwelling at length on its many excellent 

 features, but we are pleased to publish an 

 up-to-date endorsement. The National has 

 niany others of a similar tone, and will 

 be glad to mail catalogue and list of en- 

 dorsers on application. The following en- 

 dorsement is of particular Unportance to 

 our readers, coming as it does from a hard- 

 wood user: 



Office of 



W. A. CARNO COIIPANY. 



Hardwood Flooring and Builders' Finish, 



FItchburg, Mass. 

 The National Dry Kiln Company. Indianap- 

 olis. Ind. 



(ientlemen: Inclosed yon will find our 

 check for balance due on contract, and de- 

 sire to say that we are entirely satisfied 

 and more than pleased with the hardwood 

 driers. 



They work fine witli exhaust steam and 

 our oak comes out in first-class condition. 

 We consider the "National"' Al in every 

 respect, and you are at liberty to use our 

 name as reference. 



and dry kiln builders, doing no guessing 

 whatever, and are reliable in every respect. 



The National is represented in the South 

 by Mr. C. H. Beale. with headquarters at 

 .Montgomery, Ala., and at large by Mr. Jno. 

 .McKay. Both of these gentlemen have had 

 many ye«rs' experience in selling all kinds 

 of lumber driers and are, no doubt, known 

 to many of our readers. 



The National drier is rapidly galnin* 

 favor, which is fully proven by the large 

 number of gratifying letters of endorse- 

 ments they have on hand. In fact, they 

 have outgrown their present quarters and 

 are now preparing to move in large and 

 well equipped sliops. designed especially 

 l'(ir their work and where they can arrange 

 for their own railroad siding for handling 

 in and out bound carload shipments. 



If you contemplate the addition of lum- 

 ber drier or remodeling old ones, would 

 iidvise you to open up correspondence v>-ith 

 these people. 



The National has our best wishes as to 

 their conlinued success. 



CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP. 



The partnership heretofore existing be- 

 tween Messrs. .1. Randall Williams and 

 Samuel Williams, under the finn name of 

 Thomas Williams, .Tr.. & Co.. lumlwr mer- 

 chants, of Philadelphia. Pa., was dissolved 

 by mutual consent on April 10. Mr. Sam- 

 uel Williams has ijurchased the entire 

 stock and will can-y on the business as 

 heretofore. 



Fire caused a loss of .fiO.OOO in the lum- 

 ber yard of Smith & Sowers of CoIumi)US, 

 Cdiio. on the 6th inst. 



