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HARDWOOD RECORD 



every non-resident bolder of slxteentli-sectlon 

 tlmborlnnd In (lie state of Mississippi lias Just 

 been banded down by Judge Henry C. Nlles In 

 the United States Circuit Court at Jackson and 

 Is now being discussed wllb Interest througb- 

 out the state. The question at Issue was whether 

 persons leaslncr the sixteenth section school lands 

 for a period of nincty-nlue years could cut and 

 use the timber and Judge Nlles' decision Is that 

 they may do so. This case has presented an 

 Interesting combination of circumstances inas- 

 much as the iMIsslsslppl State Supreme Court 

 has held that holders of the land cannot cut 

 the timber thereon. Under the constitution of 

 the state of Mississippi every sixteenth-section 

 of land Is school land and cannot bo sold by 

 the state. It is provided that It may be leaseil 

 for a period of ninety-nine years and in all In- 

 stances where there was timber on the land 

 leases have been taken out. Some time ago the 

 Mississippi Supreme Court took up the question" 

 as to whether this timber could be legally cut. 

 A division of the Supreme Court resulted and a 

 decision was handed down which affirmed the 

 right of the holders to cut the timber. Subse- 

 quently the case again went to the Supreme 

 Court, in which changes had occurred in the in- 

 terim, and this time, though again divided, the 

 court's decision was that the timber could not 

 be cut. Non-resident holders went to the fed 

 erai courts with their cases ajid Judge Nlles 

 has decided that they may cut the timber on 

 the land. This has presented an interesting 

 phase in the case in that while the non-resident 

 holder may cut the timber under the decision 

 of the Federal Court, the holder who lives in 

 the state is prevented from doing so by the 

 Mississippi courts. 



Toledo. 



A very peculiar condition exists here which 

 has resulted in such a congestion of the yards 

 of the Toledo railways as never was known be- 

 fore. The car shortage has entirely disappeared 

 and in Its stead has come a general blockading 

 of nearly all the available sidings with empty 

 cars belonging to foreign lines. Toledo is a big 

 distributing point and the army of foreign cars 

 hastening homeward to avoid the per diem 

 charges provided by the new rules is responsible 

 for the congestion. 



The Toledo Sash & Door Company has gone 

 into the hands of a receiver. The order was 

 made by Judge Morris last week, appointing 

 Harry Ensign to take charge of the affairs of 

 the concern. The action was taken at the in- 

 stigation of the Blade Printing & Paper Com- 

 pany, one of its heaviest creditors. It is said 

 that the claims will far outreach the assets. 



The Schauss Parlor Frame Company filed ar- 

 ticles recently at Columbus. It has an author- 

 ized capital stock of ,$200,000 and it is under- 

 stood will open a furniture factory in this city 

 in the near future. The incorporators are Adam 

 Schauss, Charles Schauss, K. Schauss, Clara 

 Schauss and Edward C. Kabel. 



Theodore Williams of Norwalk, Ohio, died at 

 his home in that city last week, after an illness 

 of several months, at the age of 8S years. He 

 was owner of the Maple City Planing Mills and 

 well known to the lumbermen of this section. 



Receivers of the Pope-Toledo Automobile Com- 

 pany state that the plant will be continued in 

 operation and the force of workmen will be in- 

 creased until the plant turns out the usual 

 amount of stock and utilizes the customary quan- 

 tity of hickory and other hardwoods. 



Minneapolis. 



Receipts of lumber and lumber products at 

 Minneapolis during 1907 came to 11,585 cars. 

 This was under the record for 1906, which was 

 12,715 cars. Shipments also showed a decrease, 

 from 20,091 cars in 1906 to 18,167 cars last 

 year. 



The local mills got out new lists on northern 

 pine Jan. 2, reducing the prices In their former 



lists all along the line, $1 on common boards 

 and ?2 on most other items in the list. 



The annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley 

 Lumber and Sash & Door Salesmen's Associa- 

 tion was held Dec. 27 In the Lumber lixcliange. 

 A resolution was adopted expelling from mem- 

 bership Harry V. Scott of the Gordon-Van Tine 

 Company, Davenport, Iowa, tlie big mall order 

 concern that was behind the indictments found 

 against nineteen retailers by a federal jury here 

 recently. The reason given was that Mr. Scott 

 "has engaged In a line of trade, the character 

 of whicli violates the recognized ethics of hon- 

 orable business, and Is treasonable to this or- 

 ganization and which is a menace to the trade 

 of the retail lumbermen of the country and to 

 the vocations of the members of this associa- 

 tion." Mark II. Mouiton was elected president 

 of the association, H. T. Bonham vice president, 

 T. M. Partridge treasurer, and these three with 

 A. W. King and W. W. Vawter were made the 

 executive committee. J. F. Hayden was chosen 

 secretary. 



There will be the usual big doings here Jan. 

 14, 15 and 16. when the Northwestern Lumber- 

 men's .Association holds its annual convention in 

 the city. .\ Hoo-Hoo concatenation will be held 

 the evening of Jan. 15, with George B. Webster 

 as vicegerent snark. 



John C. Hill of the John C. Hill Lumber Com- 

 pany, St. Paul, is out again after a serious 

 siege with the grip. B. W. Smith of the City 

 Sash & Door Company is also out once more 

 after an illness. 



The Coffin Box & Lumber Company does not 

 now expect to start its new plant at Minnesota 

 Transfer before May. There have been some 

 delays in putting the buildings in shape. They 

 have a good stock of logs of different hard- 

 woods, which will be sent in by rail to be 

 worked up into baskets, berry boxes and some 

 hardwood lumber. 



No answer has been received by the railroad 

 committee of the Northwestern Hardwood Lum- 

 bermen's Association to their demands with re- 

 gard to overweight claims, which were presented 

 Dec. 3 at a meeting with traffic officials and 

 F. E. Becker of the Western Railway Weigh- 

 ing Association. The hardwood men have had 

 no satisfaction either with regard to pending 

 claims, not one of which has since been acted 

 upon, one way or the other. The question will 

 be taken up in earnest again at the association's 

 monthly meeting on Jan. 13. 



Charlotte. 



Fire at the plant of the Sherwood Bobbin & 

 Manufacturing Company of Greensboro, N. C, 

 the night of Jan. 3 caused a loss of something 

 like $75,000. The insurance carried is stated 

 at $62,000. The Are was confined to the boiler 

 room and the dry kilns, of which there were 

 six, stored with birch, maple and beech lumber. 

 The storeroom is a complete loss. Also a large 

 quantity of rough blocks was destroyed. The 

 officers of the Sherwood Bobbin & Manufactur- 

 ing Company are : President, O. C. Wysong ; 

 secretary and treasurer, M. S. Sherwood ; vice 

 president, N. G. Newell. 



The plant which the Lee Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Thomasville, N. C, Is building to replace 

 the one destroyed by fire some time ago, is about 

 completed and will soon be in full operation. 

 The Bard Lumber Company's plant at Thomas- 

 ville began operations Jan. 10. This is one of 

 the best equipped plants in the "chair town." 



The hardwood manufacturing plant of J. H. 

 Wearn & Co of this city resumed operations 

 Jan. 2, having been closed since the day be- 

 fore Christmas. The company distributed $300 

 among its employees in Christmas gifts. Mr. 

 Wearn states that notwithstanding the recent 

 financial stringency his company did the largest 

 business in its history during the year 1907. 



The High Point Bending & Chair Company 

 of Slier City, N. C, whose large plant was de- 



stroyed by Are on Dec. 22. will rebuild the plant 

 at once on a much Improved scale. R. M. Tom* 

 linson of lligii Point, .\. C, Is president of the 

 company and M. J. Holing of Slier City, secre- 

 tary. 



Owing to the financial stringency and the In- 

 ability to find sufficient market fur tlieir goods 

 tile plant of the Waynesviiie Hardwood Com- 

 pany of Waynesviiie, N. C, was closed down 

 temporarily Dec. 27. The plant gave employ- 

 ment to about fifty hands. It Is thought opera- 

 tions will be resumed when the situation clears 

 up. 



Sim Smith has purchased an interest in the 

 Taylor Cannady Buggy Company of Oxford, 

 N. C, and is now vice president of that con- 

 cern. 



The mills of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Cor- 

 poration, the Gardner and Lacey mills and the 

 Wlnyah lumber mill, all located In the George- 

 town, S. C, section, closed down Christmas for 

 the holidays. The Gardner and Lacey mills will 

 resume operations in a few weeks and the mlllB 

 of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation will 

 lake up work as soon as certain repairs can be 

 made. This company distributed among its 2,500 

 employees $75,000 at Christmas time. During 

 the time the mills are idle, most of the em- 

 ployees have been busy at repair work, not losing 

 any time on account of the closing down. 



The Lyon Furniture Company of Spartanburg, 

 S. C, one of the largest furniture manufactur- 

 ing plants in that section of South Carolina, 

 has been declared bankrupt. Liabilities have not 

 been stated. 



Wausau. 



The sawmill owned and operated by Isaac 

 Runnoe, near Pound, was recently destroyed by 

 fire ; loss about $7,000 ; no Insurance. This Is 

 the third time Mr. Kunnoe has lost his mill by 

 fire, the last time about four years ago, each 

 time a total loss and no insurance. It is 

 doubtful if It will be rebuilt. 



William H. Hatten, president of the Hatten 

 Lumber Company of New London, has announced 

 his candidacy for United States senator, to suc- 

 ceed Isaac Stephenson. If Mr. Stephenson Is a 

 candidate for re-election, as his friends think he 

 will be, there will be two lumbermen in the 

 race. 



The Ingram Lumber Company, with plant at 

 Ingram, is clearing space for a new mill which 

 will be built to supply the demands made upon 

 the concern. The company is cutting 200,000 

 feet of mixed hardwoods daily and is employing 

 200 men. The officers are C. S. Curtis, presi- 

 dent ; F. H. Pardoe, vice-president ; A. H. Clark, 

 secretary-treasurer. 



Allie Hawes, lumbering in the Crandon hard- 

 wood belt, adds novelty to camp life occasionally 

 by treating his crew to suppers of victuals out 

 of the ordinary and by giving dances. The 

 neighboring farmer girls are invited in to "hoe 

 It down" with the "lumberjacks" and they 

 obligingly respond. 



The sensational case of James Donovan, a 

 millionaire lumberman of Chicago, against La 

 Fora S. Barker, senator Thomas C. Piatt and 

 J. Piatt Underwood for $10,000,000 will be tried 

 soon. Donovan's suit against Baker dates back 

 thirty-seven years, when they were partners in 

 the lumber business before Baker was alleged to 

 have looted the banks of Big Rapids, Mich., of 

 over $2,000,000 and then disappeared. The case 

 Involves 52,000 acres of land in Vilas and Forest 

 counties and 12,000 acres in Michigan. Donovan 

 has another suit pending against Piatt for 

 $3,000,000. Baker was supposed to be dead 

 until Donovan proved otherwise. Donovan says 

 this trial will settle the dispute as to whether 

 or not Mac Wood will receive a third of Piatt's 

 millions. 



George W. Trogner of Neillsvllle has closed 

 his saw and planing mills and next spring they 

 will be converted into a table factory. This Is 



