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HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 10, 1922 



W. M. Lynch 



Will Direct Sales of Expert Corporation 



The Delta Export Lumber Corporation has appoiuted W. M. Lynch sales 

 manager, and Mr. Lynch assumed his new duties on September 1, in the 

 company's general offices at Memphis, Tenn, 



Mr, Lynch has long 

 been identified with 

 the hardwood trade, 

 having formerly been 

 with the Riggs-Terrell 

 Lumber Company of 

 New Orleans, and for 

 the past several years 

 in charge of the hard- 

 wood export business 

 of the Rees-Scott Lum- 

 ber Company, Ltd., of 

 New Orleans. He is 

 recognized as an au- 

 thority of the hard- 

 wood exporting busi- 

 ness. 



The Delta Export 

 Lumber Corporation, 

 as announced by R, L. 

 Jurden, president, has 

 opened sales offices at 

 5 Rue Getry, Paris, in 

 charge of Oscar Pes- 

 chardt, sales repre- 

 sentative for Conti- 

 nental Europe. 



The company has 

 also opened offices at 

 Suffolk House, Laurence, Pouutucy Hill, Cannon street, London, E. C. 4, 

 England, in charge of A. Antoniou, sales representative for the United 

 Kingdom. 



Speaking of trade conditions, Mr. Jurden had this to say in connection 

 with the announcements : "Considering the summer season of dullness 

 and the newness of our organization, the volume of business transacted 

 to date has been very satisfactory, and we feel with the high grade products 

 produced by our member mills of uniformly manufactured and carefully 

 graded lumber, with our direct sales representatives on the other side, that 

 we shall be able to materially increase and extend the foreign markets for 

 our red gum forest products." 



Becomes Manager of Hardwood Department 



Exceptional ability 



and years of experi- 

 ence qualifj Rex H. 

 Browne for the posi- 

 tion of manager of the 

 hardwood department 

 of the Keith Lumber 

 Company, Beaumont, 

 Tex., manufacturers 

 and wholesalers of yel- 

 low pine and oak lum- 

 ber, railroad ties, 

 bridge timber and pil- 

 ing, Mr. Browne has 

 recently accepted that 

 position, after having 

 resigned from the 

 management of the 

 hardwood department 

 of the Beaumont Lum- 

 ber Company, of which 

 he took charge in 1917. 

 His first experience in 

 hardwoods was gained 

 with the old Liberty 

 Hardwood Lumber 

 Company, one of the 

 pioneer hardwood 

 operations of Texas. 

 He worked with this company successively as stenographer, bookkeeper 

 and salesman from 1906 to 1910. In 1910 he entered the office of the 

 Penrod-Jurden company at Brasfleld, Ark., and in 1912 became resident 

 manager of the Brasfleld operations. That position be resigned in 1915 to 

 return to the Liberty Hardwood Lumber Company as general manager of 

 Its Big Creek plant, which position he filled until its timber was cut 

 out In 1917, when he Joined the Beaumont Ivumber Company. Mr. Browne 

 is known throughout the trade for his enterprise and ability as a salesman 

 and manager. 



Hardwood News Notes 



Rex H. Browne 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Dixie Lumber & Land Company has moved from Vicksburg, Miss., 

 to Elliott. Miss. 



The Jones Hardwood Company has incorporated at San Francisco, Cal. 



At Austin. Tex., the Austin Sash & Door Company is a newly Incor- 

 porated concern. 



The Hager Box Company at Barnesville, 0., has been incorporated. 



CHICAGO 



The (ieneral Hardwood Lumber Co., announces the removal of its main 

 office from 118 North La Salle street, Chicago, to Springfield, 111., 230 

 North Sixteenth street, in connection with the yards located there. A 

 branch office will be maintained at the old address in Chicago. George Ij. 

 Letson will manage the Chicago branch and will travel through the central 

 section for his firm. 



W. Thomas Young, general manager of Corinth Saw Mills, Inc, manu- 

 facturers of southern hardwoods at Corinth, Miss., was in Chicago on 

 August 31, during the course of a selling tour of the nortliern consuming 

 centers. 



H. W. Maffett of the Maffett-Graef Lumber Company. Appleton, Wis.. 

 was in Chicago on August 28 to meet Mrs. Maffett, who returned north 

 after several months spent visiting relatives in Albuquerque. N. Mex. 



Irving Dawley of the Dawley-Northern Yards, Inc., Wausau, Wis., was 

 in Chicago on .■\ugust 30 en route to Michigan woodworking centers. 



D. T. Chambers, Methold Sitts and others have incorporated the Double 

 Service Desk Company, located at 163 N. Jefferson street, Chciago ; cap- 

 ital, $10,000. 



With $200,000 as capital, the Crest Furniture Corporation has started 

 business at 730 W. Monroe street, city, the incorporators being Michael 

 Rosenberg, Nathan Manilow and Louis Manilow. 



The Master Parlor Furniture Company is another new Chicago furniture 

 manufacturing concern, incorporated at $10,000. Its address is 018 S. 

 Canal street. 



F. E. Ackley, buyer for the Heywood-Wakeflcld Company, was away from 

 his office on a vacation from .Vugust 28 until September 5, the day fol- 

 lowing Labor Day. 



During his absence, P. J. Ungs, assistant lumber buyer, officiated as 

 chief. Mr. Ungs was on his annual vacation from August 12 to 28. 



BUFFALO 



B. F. Ridley, head of the wholesale lumber firm of B. F. Ridley & Son, is 

 planning to retire from the lumber business and to spend the coming winter 

 in Florida. The yard, which has been carrying on a hardwood trade, will 

 be continued by the son, Raymond S. Ridley. 



W. C. Thomas of the Goodyear Lumber Company was the winner of the 

 Iroquois Hotel cup in the lumbermen's golt tournament played at East 

 Aurora. He defeated Burton H. Hurd and A. P. Wagoon. who were tied 

 with him on the first day's play. The cup is not to become the permanent 

 property of any player until he has won it three times, so there Is a good 

 <Ieal of chance yet for aspiring lumber golfers. 



Frank T. Sullivan spent the labor holiday on a yachting trip to the 

 Tliousand Islands on his .vacht "Flick." He has been appointed one of the 

 executive committee of the International power-boat regatta to be held on 

 the Niagara River September 14 to 16. 



The total lack of anthracite coal mining for more than five months, 

 added to the shortage of bituminous and the scarcity of cars, will make 

 the fuel situation a serious matter, even if the anthracite miners go to 

 wiirk at once, as is promised. A while ago it was easy to obtain wood to 

 burn, mostly In the form of hardwood slabs, but that has now practically 

 disappeared, and even the woodworking factories and planing mills gener- 

 ally are in doubt as to what to do. At one time they used to burn up all 

 the wood refuse. Then they found substitutes, such as coal, natural gas 

 and electricity, cheaper, which has enabled them to sell what refuse wood 

 they had especially shavings, in the market. Lately they have found coal 

 so scarce and high they have turned back to wood as much as possible, when 

 they could get no other power. The householders would burn wood if they 

 could get it. while farmers are looking to their woodlots, and will sacrifice 

 good timber if the price of coal does not decline. 



Buffalo building operations have continued on a large scale all during 

 the summer and arc expected to be large this fall. One of the principal 

 buildings under way is a new office and store structure to be built by 

 Willis K. Jackson of Jackson & Tindle, at the corner of Delaware avenue 

 and West Chippewa street, at a cost of $500,000. Mr. Jackson is the 

 owner of considerable property in that neighborhood, which has been given 

 a boom by the erection of the Hotel Statler and the Hotel Ford. 



Charles N. Perrin has returned from a vacation trip of several weeks, 

 during which he hunted and fished in upper Canada. 



