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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Minneapolis. 



At till- i<«uliir iiioullily lui'fliiij; of the 

 .Niiitliwpslcrii lliirtlwoort Lmnbci-iuoii's Assod- 

 iitlon at the CommiMrliil Club November 4, It 

 WBS Jcrldcd to luniiiKO for a mcetlDR about 

 Novcnilior IT, with I". K. Becker, ehalrraan of 

 tlie Western Hallway Welgblng Association. 

 with whom « committee of the association has 

 been In correspondence for some time about 

 overweight claims. The usual trouble In get- 

 ting attention and in getting plainly Just 

 einlms audited has been experienced. Jlr. 

 liecker Is ctpecled here for a railroad meet- 

 ing, and It Is hpped that at that time be will 

 meet with the committee, which, as enlarged 

 November -I. consists of D. F. Clark, \V. 11, Sill, 

 A. U. Barnard, H. U. Grinsled and A. S. Uiiss 

 of Mluueapolls, A. K. I'eterson and C. \V. Stan- 

 ton of St. Paul. The committee will talk over 

 with Jlr. Becker the general question of over- 

 weights, which is the most troublesome feature 

 of the service Just now. Keceivers have re- 

 ported a number of times where cars were 

 found partly tilled wllb dirt on which freight 

 was paid. 



The light money situation has made collec- 

 tions slow for the hardwood men, and has nat- 

 urally restricted trade considerably, but there 

 has been a good railroad trade. The largest 

 timber operators report that there will be a 

 lessened production of northern hardwood this 

 winter. This Is not because of any weakness in 

 hardwoods, and there is no reason for curtail- 

 ing the production of anything, not even birch. 

 but because In so many \\'isconsiu camps hard- 

 wood is cut along with hemlock, and tlie hem- 

 lock market being weak, it has been generally 

 decided to cut down the log output this winter. 

 The reduction will probably amount to 50 per 

 cent., and this will entail a reduction in hard- 

 wood logging. 



The cases against tlie uiiieteeu retail lumber- 

 men indicted lor misvise of the mails in the 

 catalogue house light will be fought on demur- 

 rers. Counsel for tlie defense appeared in the 

 federal court here October 31 and withdrew the 

 pleas of not guilty. iJemurrers were then en- 

 tered to the indictment, on the ground that 

 the acts charged in the indictment did not con- 

 stitute "conspiracy to defraud by the use of 

 tlie mails as It is defined in the statute." This 

 gets right at the heart of the questiou, and 

 technical defects in the indictment were 

 waived, as the lumbermen want to tight it on 

 the main issue. Arguments will probably be 

 Iieard lu IJecember. 



W. H. Sill of the Minneapolis Lumber Com- 

 pany is hack from a business trip to Chicago 

 and Osbkosb. 



linos S. liichmond, vice-president of the Mor- 

 gan Company of Oshkosh, Wis., was liere the 

 other day on business. He says they have been 

 doing a good business, especially with veneer 

 doors, of which they turn out 700 a day. 



It is announced by the permanent receivers 

 of the Joanniu-Uansen Company of this city 

 that they will soon have all contracts filled, 

 and hope to show net assets of nearly $30,000. 

 The liabilities are being scaled down, and may 

 be brought below ?U0,U0O. The chances look 

 good for paying 50 cents on the dollar, news 

 which Is pleasing to several hardwood whole- 

 salers. 



F. W. ISusweli of the Buswell Lumber and 

 Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of 

 hemlock and hardwood lumber at Buswell, Wis., 

 is back from a trip to the mill, where he was 

 making arrangements for the winter logging 

 operations. 



The local representatives of the Fulierton- 

 rowcll Hardwood Lumber Company, u! M. Hal- 

 sted and IT. Booracm. report business very good 

 at this brancli. The present money conditions 

 cause a lull with them, but is expected to pass 

 over soon. .Mr. Halsted attends to road sales 

 in this vicinity and Mr. Booraem looks after 

 the < ity business. In lliese young men the I'"ul- 



lerton-Powell Company are well represented ; 

 they are hustlers. 



C. F. Oshoi-ne of Osborne & Clark Is making 

 preparations f(U' a trip into Arkansas, Tennes- 

 see and Mississippi, intent upon looking up 

 white oak timber. Mr. Osborne reports their 

 business has been very good all season, but at 

 present the market Is a little dull and ship- 

 ments arc rather light. D. F. Clark went over 

 into Wisconsin this week to look over stime 

 hardwood stocks. 



E. I'ayson Smith of the I'ayson Sipitli Lum- 

 ber Company enjoyed a rest and lelnxation 

 from business cares at Salt Lake (Mty, flah, 

 last month. 



A. H. Barnard, the local wholesaler, says 

 business has l)cen very good with him, and 

 has no word of complaint lo offer. His logging 

 camps are working in harmony now and he 

 looks for continued activity along certain liard- 

 wood lines. 



P. R. Hamilton of tlie Minneapolis Lumber 

 (Jompany, when seen at his office said : "We 

 liave only one trouble and that is in making 

 our supply go around. Our business has been 

 exceptionally good, and I look for a continu- 

 ance of the present demand for hardwoods." 



\Vm. C. Bailey, one of the pioneer hardwood 

 lumber dealers of this city, says his concern 

 lias enjoyed a Itusj' retail season, in fact, liave 

 liad all the orders they could fill. Mr. Bailey 

 located in this city in the early "SOs and is 

 still an active man in the lumber trade. 



Little Bock. 



The flnancial flurry has had its effect on the 

 hardwood industry. The difficulty in the money 

 market has caused a suspension of work at 

 some of the factories, not that there is not 

 plenty of business and a bright outlook, but the 

 confusion incident to the announcement from 

 many quarters that only clearing-house certifi- 

 cates, etc., would be tendered, instead of cur- 

 rency, lias occasioned a 'temporary standstill. 

 However, it is thought normal conditions will 

 prevail again shortly. The harvesting of crops 

 has also tended to take labor from the woods, 

 so that in some instances the mills are pretty 

 well up with their raw material. 



The Paragould Lumber and Supply Com- 

 pany is a new concern at Paragould, Ark. The 

 officers arc: I'resident. Howard Martin: vice- 

 president. -\. M. Iteerty ; secretary, E. A. Ander- 

 son, and treasurer, M. F. Collier. 



The Uogers tjanning Company will locate a 

 sawmill on the White Itiver for the manufac- 

 ture of material for bo.ves to be used in con- 

 nection with their plants at Rogers and Ben- 

 louville next year. 



It is reported that the Moline Wagon Com- 

 pany will esiablisli a wagon factory at Ona- 

 laska. They have purchased large tracts of 

 liardwood timber in that settion. 



The Wynne Stave factory will shortly open 

 an important branch at Earle, Ark. About 100 

 men will be employed at the new plant. 



It is said that Wisconsin parties, tlirough C. 

 S. Hosmer of LaCrosse. have pending a deal 

 with tlie Ozan Lumber Company for a 4,000- 

 acre tract of choice timber land owned by that 

 company along the line of the new Prescott 

 & Northwestern Railway. Mr. Hosmer is mak- 

 ing a careful inspection of the tract, and if 

 the deal goes through a hardwood mill will be 

 erected at once. The timber is chiefly oak. 



The Wapaltoncta (Ohio) Wheel Company is 

 erecting at Augusta what promises to be one 

 of the most important hardwood factories in 

 the state. The manufacture of spokes, felloes 

 and other wagon material will be the special- 

 ties. Edward Frau is the local manager and 

 declares tliey have one of the best liardwood 

 t racts in 1 lie state. The site was chosen after 

 the president of the concern. Mr. Fisher, had 

 made a personal inspection of the advantages 

 offered. 



The JIartin-Massey Lumber Company at 

 Batesville is doing an excellent business, par- 



ticularly In the wagon and car material line. 

 Owing to a delay in the shipment of material 

 their plant in Lawrence county is not yet In 

 operation. Tlirough a guarantee of a bonus of 

 Sl.OOO from the Board of Trade of Newport, I). 

 B. Morrison and N. P. Wood of .ioplln, Mo., 

 will locate a box factory at Newport, the erec- 

 tion of the plant to begin at once. 



Heavy flres recently visited a number of lum- 

 ber concerns throughout this state. .\moDg 

 those suffering most was the St. Louis Stave 

 and Lumber Company at (Chester; loss, $10,- 

 000 ; Fordyce laimber (Company at Fordyce, 

 .^25,000 : .1. W. Sander's plant at I'Ine Bluff, 

 $75,000 I will be rebuilt): Arkansas Lumber 

 ('ompany's plant at Hot .Springs, 5:20,000. 



The plant of the Huh Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, one of the new liardwood factories lo- 

 cated at .lonesboro, is making an excellent 

 showing. The daily capacity of the plant is 

 being taxed and additional machinery will be 

 installed. 



Sid N. Smith of the Smith Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Company of Sparta, Wis., spent last week 

 looking over the situation in Newton county 

 and inspecting hardwood territory. He ex- 

 pressed liimseif as surprised at the vast sup- 

 ply of tine material in that section and pre- 

 dicts tliat Newton county will soon have a rail- 

 road tapping the resources. This is the only 

 county in tlie state as yet untouched by a rail- 

 way line. 



Ashland, Ky. 

 A temporary injunction has been granted in 

 the case of ^V. M. Ritler against Joseph Thor- 

 worth pending tlie aiipiication for a preliminary 

 writ of injunction, which will be heard on No- 

 vember 10. The case involves a tract of timber 

 in McDowell county, W'est Virginia, which has 

 been famous for years as one of the richest 

 tracts in the state. Mr. Thorworth, a .Maryland 

 man, is enjoined from cutting and removing any 

 timber or trees from the land mentioned in the 

 complainant's bill or disjiosing of any part of 

 the timber already cut. In 17S5 this tract con- 

 tained 320,000 acres, which was in Wythe 

 county, ^'irginia. The tract was twice forfeited 

 to the state for delinquent taxes, and in 1800 a 

 part of it was sold to Henry B. McCormick. 

 Mr. Ritter claims a clear title to the land in 

 McDowell county, which contains about 50,000 

 acres. The Pocahontas Coal & Coke Company 

 liad received from Mr. Ritter the timber and 

 riglits to remove same, and he claims that 

 Thorworth lias entered on the property at Slate 

 creek, a tributary of Tug river, and without 

 1 ight has been cutting, removing and destroying 

 I he timlier. Thorworth has engaged in the 

 manufacture of stairs from part of the timber 

 and intends shipping the same out of the state 

 of West Virginia, as stated in tlie petition for 

 injunction. 



.7. H. Kester, with the R. M. Smith Lumber 

 Company, Parkersburg, has been in the city for 

 a few days, a guest of W. II. Dawkins and fam- 

 ily- 

 Jeff Hannah, a brotlier-iu-law of It. H. Van- 

 sant of this city, and himself a prominent lum- 

 berman of Elliott county, was elected to the 

 office of circuit judge in the Thirty-second Ju- 

 dicial district by tlie Democratic party. Mr. 

 Hannah's election was in a measure due to the 

 cITorts of Mr. Van.sant, as the state was largely 

 Republican, and Mr. Vansant was untiring in 

 bis efforts in Mr. Hannah's behalf. 



The R. (I. Page Lumber Company and <;. R. 

 Roiierts have bouglit the sawmill belonging to 

 James R. Roberts, near Harold, in Floyd county, 

 and will remove same to the large tract of land 

 recently purchased by them in that locality. The 

 mill has a capacity of 15,000 feet per day and 

 will be run by Mr. Roberts, who has had wide 

 experience in the business. The purchase in- 

 cludes the mill and all equipment. 



About one hundred men. composing the sawmill 

 and river crews of the Licking River Sawmill 



