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HARDWOOD RECORD 



In the Southern HardWood Country 





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■■TELFER" 



TKANSKER OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL AT 

 NONCONXAH. BE LOW MEMPHIS 



MOMEL FfRN'rmtE FACTORY OF THE LARKIN CO. 

 MEM I'll IS 



Bad Weather Conditions Produce Much 

 Illness 

 Weather conditions in the overflow dis- 

 tricts of the lower Mississippi Valley since 

 last midsummer have been inimical to health 

 conditions. The rainfall has been heavy 

 and the lower levels have generally been 

 overflowed. For months past malaria has 

 been so prevalent as to put out of commis- 

 sion a good many labprers, both white and 

 colored, in many sections of Mississippi and 

 Arkansas. A number of mills have been 

 short-handed for mouths, and in some cases 

 plants have been shut down, owing to the 

 fact that many workmen have been inca- 

 pacitated for emploj-ment. 



Right now the situation is improving and 

 health conditions are better. Proper sanita- 

 tion is one of the most serious problems 

 encountered in the overflowed sections of 

 the delta country, but as time progresses 

 the situation improves. 



Gives Away Its Product 

 In South Memphis there is a large and 

 well-equipped plant of large capacity, the 

 product of which is not sold but is given 

 away. This is the new and extensive plant 

 of the Larkin Company of Buffalo, tlio \V(-I1 



knowu soap manufacturer that .'idvertises 

 its premiums so extensively. This Memphis 

 plant is of modern fire-proof construction 

 and is equipped with electric drives 

 throughout. The factory was only recently 

 started and it is planned to work it at full 

 capacity, turning out a really good grade of 

 furniture. The product is mostly chairs of 

 standard pattern. Memphis was selected as 

 the location lor this plant for the reason 

 that it is in the heart of a vast territory 

 rich in hardwood growth, which makes the 

 operation of the plant at this point desir- 

 able for economic reasons. This company 

 has developed the premium plan to a most 

 profitable point and it will give to many 

 thousands of thrifty housewives yearly fur- 

 niture in exchange for soap wrappers. 



For Handling Bulky Freight 



The new "Telfer" transfer of the Illinois 

 Central at Noneonnah creek bottoms was 

 designed for handling bulky freight. It 

 also eft'c'cts a considerable saving in the 

 handling of lumber from barge to car in 

 bulk. h lias Ih'cu ciroueousiy stated in 

 some lit' tlii> paprrs tint the system would 

 lianillc a i-ar at a tiTiic. liiil siii-h is not tlir 



i-ase. About 2,000 feet of dry lumber is 

 about all that can be handled by the mono- 

 rail trolley hoist, which is electrically oper- 

 ated. The steel crane at the river end of 

 this transfer extends out over the water 

 to pick up loads from the barges below, 

 operating without change regardless of the 

 stage of water in the river. This transfer 

 is a great convenience in the handling of 

 lieavy and bulky freight, such as is shown • 

 in the accompanying illustration. 



After Logging, Agriculture 



Tlie country . along the line of the Iron 

 Mountain Eailroad between Helena and Mc- 

 Gehee, Ark., is being stripped of its forests 

 rapidly to supply the sawmills of Helena 

 aud other nearby places. The switch tracks 

 are only a few miles apart now and new 

 ones are being laid all the time. One of 

 the accompanying halftones shows a splen- 

 did bunch of white oak logs which were 

 cut at Lakeview, Ark. This timber is typi- 

 cal of the quality of the white oak growth 

 of this section. It is of good size and of 

 really unusual character. Another illustra- 

 liou shows a fine crop of rice grown on 



SPLENDID WHITE OAK TIMHEH CUT AT 

 LAKE VIEW. ARK. 



RICE CROP GROWING ON LAND AT LAKE VIEW, ARK., FROM 

 WHICH TIMBER HAS BEEN CUT 



