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action of practical business. Cliff S. Wallcer, 

 vice president of tbe concern, is the president 

 of tbe Bayou Land & Lumber Company, of Cin- 

 cinnati, and the energetic president of (lie Lum- 

 bermen's Club of Cincinnati. 



W. P. Brown & Sons Start New Mill 

 Tbe new band mill of the W. I". Hrown & 

 Sons Lumber Company at Dickson, Tenn., was 

 started up a few weelis ago under most favor- 

 able conditions. The mill is a model structure, 

 equipped with new machinery throu.shout. It 

 has begun cutting on a stock of except ionall.v 

 fine logs which the company's popular manager, 

 John M. Smith, has accumulated at the Dickson 

 .yard. The stock, which includes about 1,300,- 

 000 feet, 30 per cent oak, 25 per cent poplar 

 and the rest chestnut, ash and walnut, is the 

 finest supply of logs ever seen at one time in 

 that section of Tennessee. Almost three-fourths 

 of the logs are fourteen and sixteen feet In 

 length, and Mr. Smith says that the exceptional 

 length of these timbers should win for Dickson 

 the title "Home of fourteen and sixteen-foot lum- 

 ber." For a considerable time the concern 

 has been in need of long timber ; it has tried to 

 buy enough to keep its mill supplied, and has 

 now about accomplished this end. Besides the 

 logs already on the .yards at Dickson, Mr. Smith 

 has three-quarters of a million feet on the rail- 

 road ready to be brought in. The W. P. Brown 

 & Sons Lumber Company's headquarters are at 

 Louisville, Ky. 



machine, which are tapered and made of phos- 

 phor bronze, having oil reservoirs completely 

 around the inner bearing, and designed In such a 

 manner that a continuous flow of oil is assured. 

 Each bearing Is independently adjustable by the 

 use of one sicrew, with provision for taking up 

 wear. The oil reservoir is covered so that no 

 I'irt can get into the hearings. This construction 

 is said to Insure the highest speed possible. 



Anothor valuable feature of this machine is 

 the construction of the countershaft, the base of 

 which Is cast in one piece, on which all the 

 pulleys and l)clt shifters are mounted. This Is a 

 new feature distinctive of tbe Fay & Egan ma- 

 chine, and makes the most rigid construction, 

 also eliminating all assembling on arrival at des- 

 tination. Adjustable independent idlers are pro- 

 vided to take up the slack in either belt, main- 

 taining the proper tension at all times. 



The table Is planed true and firmly bolted to 

 the column. It is fitted with concentric rings, 

 ten inches in diameter, which are removable. 

 The column is a single-cored casting, very heavy 

 and with broad floor support. It Is of such 

 design that it is not in the least in the opera- 

 tor's way, and It supports the working parts 

 without vibration. 



Further Information aliout this new and val- 

 uable tool may be had by interested parties by 

 writing the manufacturers at 414-434 West 

 Front Street, Cincinnati, for the large illus- 

 trated circular. 



A Splendid Tool 



It is gratifying to be able to call attention of 

 Hardwood RiicORD readers to another new Fay & 

 Egan machine, as these people manufacture such 

 a high-grade line that every new device they 

 put out meets an interested body of users. This 

 new too! is a double spindle shaper, designed to 

 meet the most exacting requirements of furniture 

 factories and all kinds of woodworking plants. 



In the company's large illustrated circular 

 treating of this machine particular attention is 

 «rawii to the extreme high speed of the spin- 

 dles, insuring perfect work and maximum output. 



The spindles are made of forged crucible steel 

 and are mounted in very rigid housings which 

 are fitted into planed gibbed ways their entire 

 length. These housings are adjustable vertically 

 by hand wheel (as can be seen In the Illustra- 

 tion) operating through cut spiral gears, thus 

 requiring no extra locking device. Each housing 

 l3 Independent of the other. Both spindles drop 

 below the table. 



On this page Is a cut showing a section giving 

 the detail of the spindle bearings of this new 



Forest Tires in Northern Minnesota 



The loss of human life and property result- 

 ing from the terrific forest fire which has been 

 burning for days in northern Minnesota Is ap- 

 palling. It Is reported that the loss of human 

 lives will reach one hundred, and about $3,500.- 

 000 worth of property has been destroyed, in- 

 cluding two towns and many hundred acres of 

 forest land. Twenty-seven persons are known 

 to have perished in the flames, and a large 

 number are homeless and penniless. 



The villages of Baudette and Spooner, on op- 

 posite sides of the Baudette river, were utterly 

 destroyed. The Shevlin-Matthieu Lumber Com- 

 pany, which has a fine plant at Spooner, saved 

 its factory, but the extensive yards were swept 

 by the fire and 100,000,000 feet of lumber 

 burned. The loss from this fire will reach 

 about ■'?1, 300, 000, with only nominal insurance. 

 Tlie lumber company's plant, its oflico build- 

 ing and three large dwellings for employees are 

 all that are loft of the town of Spooner. Two 

 lives were lost In the fire. 



The Rat Portage Lumber Company, just across 

 the river at Rainy Lake, Ont., sustained a loss 



of $600,000 on its plant, and the entire town 

 was threatened. The company's sawmill and 

 26.000,000 feet of lumber were destroyed; the 

 concern had but little Insurance on the property 

 lost. 



All that remains at the town of Baudette are 

 :i couple of small buildings and the Canadian 

 Northern depot. The Engler Lumber Company, 

 located at Baudette, had 300 men fighting the 

 lire to keep It from Its property for a week, 

 and it was only by such strenuous means that 

 the company escaped total loss. Other lumber 

 companies at Baudette managed to save their 

 factories and yards, though all of them have 

 lost some standing timber. 



Fire is still burning over a stretch of about 

 100 miles of territory In Minnesota, all of it 

 grown heavily with timber. Only a small amount 

 of pine has been burned, the heaviest loss be- 

 ing on cedar, birch and pulpwood. There has 

 been little rain in this section since last July, 

 and the fire spread rapidly when fed by the 

 wind. The fire which destroyed Baudette and 

 Spooner was caused by a terrible wind storm, 

 which carried fire brands a quarter of a mile 

 from the burning districts round about. Many 

 hundreds of settlers have been burned out and 

 there will be much hardship for a year or more. 



Organization of Georgia Conservation 



Association 

 During the sessions of the Southern Conserva- 

 tion Congress, which were held recently at At- 

 lanta, a great deal of attention was given 

 Georgia's timber interests. It developed during 

 the discussion of this subject that the leaders of 

 the conservation movement and the lumbermen 

 of the state are of the same opinion in the 

 matter of preserving the resources of the state, 

 and will co-operate effectively In this direction. 

 A state conservation association has been or- 

 ganized, the chief aim of which will be the wise 

 and prudent development of the natural re- 

 sources of the state. 



In regard to the forests the policy will be to 

 protect stands at the headwaters of streams and 

 to prevent the cutting of small trees. An effort 

 will also be made to reclaim swamp lands for 

 agricultural purposes. This will be of impor- 

 tance to lumbermen, since there are In Georgia 

 considerable areas of swamp land heavily grown 

 with cypress and other valuable woods. When 

 the state undertakes the draining of these lands 

 the lumbermen will naturally be interested. 



Some telling facts In regard to the resources 

 of Georgia were brought out in the discussion. 

 Of the 38,000,000 acres embraced within the 

 boundaries of the state, approximately seventy 

 per cent is forest land, which includes trees of 

 practically all varieties native to the eastern 

 states. There are more than one thousand 

 sawmills In operation In Georgia employing be- 

 tween fifteen and twenty thousand men. The 

 annual timber cut was estimated at from eight 

 hundred million to one billion and a quarter 

 feet, with an approximate value of between 

 eighteen and twenty-five million dollars. Mr. 

 Pinchot declared that the timber lands and 

 water powers of the state are second in value 

 only to the agricultural interests. 



Judge John C. Harp, until recently attorney 

 general of the state, was elected president of 

 the Georgia Conservation Association. It Is ex- 

 pected that at the next session of the legisla- 

 ture a bill to create a state department of for- 

 estry will be presented. 



VIEW SIIOWIM! PHOSPHOR BRONZE BEAR- 

 INGS ON FAY & EGANS NEW SHAPER 



FAY & EGANS NEW DOUBLE SPINDLE 

 SHAPER 



August Report of Exports and Imports for 

 1910 



The total volume of trade of this country for 

 August In wood and manufactures of wood shows 

 a favorable balance of trade in these products. 

 In favor of this country. 



There were Imported during this month con- 

 siderable more than a million feet of cedar cabi- 

 net wood worth about .$70,000, while the value 

 of the mahogany import for the month was well 



