HARDWOOD RECORD 



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wlih tho iransfer of the Interosls of Cnpt. J. H. 

 York. Iiis son Uohert York, and O. L. KiowninK 

 til .Mlllionnirc 1>. II. Uiinrnn, (ho lust paptMs tn 

 the rnriiial liiinsfer havlni^ jnsi passed botwci'ti 

 the parilfs. Tliis puts KutluMford and Iiiiniiiii 

 tn abHolutf ownership ot" the plant and Its IMne 

 Uliiff iiileit'sts. the vahiatlon helng $:!,M(»o,(UH). 

 It is said thnt iMini-au's ptii-ohase rnsi hlni rlose 

 to *l.fHio.iH)it. This removes all otnaslon for 

 friellou. -Ks to what will be done In reKard to 

 The eonleuipt prfw-eedlngs against Captain York 

 iiid Kobert York remains to he seen. The elder 

 York was lineil ^lo.dOd and the yonn^jer $."i.(Mto 

 for contempt of eourt, in that they asked the 

 fe<ler]tl nmrt to appoint a receiver, or father 

 called a meeting <»f the stockholders for this 

 piirpiise. after .Iiidy:e Klliott, the I'ine Ulnft' chan- 

 cellor, had forbidden such meeting. .Mr. Dun* 

 run. the new co-owner of the Bluff ("tty Kuinber 

 Company's interests, has had a phenomenal rise 

 in the Itimher world. A dozen years aso he was 

 unrkluf; for the company at a modest salary of 

 STTi per month, but his business acumen soon 

 a used his advance. A shrewd deal was en- 

 .:ineered by him for bis employers which, it is 

 .-^ald. netted them a cool lialf million. He 

 piovi'd himself to be an or;i:anizer and executive 

 otticiul of the lirst water and his reward was 

 not long in coming. Today he is rated as one 

 of the wealthiest men of the state, and is- in 

 'lose touch with the lumber Interests not only 

 throughout soutliern Arkansas, but In Louisiana 

 as well. 



The (Jranl Timber and Manul'acluriug Com- 

 pany of Texarkana has increased its capital 

 stock from ?.'.no.000 to $072,000. The Grant 

 Land and Lumber Comi>any of the same city 

 has also tiled notice with the secretary of state 

 increasing its capital stock from .$.*J."iO.000 to 

 >=41*(i.oOO, These notices of increase are taken 

 .IS a very hoi>efuI sign of returning normal con 

 ditions. 



The Ihinckel Lox and Luml)er C<tmpaDy of 

 HIack Kock is making extensive improvements 

 and additions to its plant. The li.'>o-horsepower 

 boilers have been installed, and an Allis carriage 

 and steam log loader have also been provided. 

 The impr(»vements increase the capacity to .STi,- 

 iMio feet daily. 



N. K. <'ofrey & Sons are completing the in- 

 Nlallation of a mill near HIack Kock to sui)i)ly 

 material for the ('oflTey manufacturing plant at 

 lUack Kock. The daily capacity will he 30,000 

 feet. 



Dr. J. A. Davis and Sam Hodges of Harris 

 tiurg have organized the Harrl.sburg Hardwood 

 t'nmi'any and have leased the handle factory at 

 that place. The plant will have a saw mill 

 «dd»H|. 



The :jhio liandle factory is shut down tern 

 porarlly to install a lot of addltloiuU machinery. 

 It will resume opei-atlons as siH)n as the Im- 

 provements aie made. The company rejxu'ts a 

 very enci>uraging outlook. The plant Is located 

 at .lonesboro. 



The di-al for a luirdwood mill at I'rescott has 

 iM-en definitely closed, (i. A. Hesmer. represent- 

 ing the Lacrosse (\Vis. j Cooperage Cotupany. 

 has purchased about 4.tM)0 acres of hardwood 

 ilmher from the (izan Lumber Company and a 

 ■«tave mill will be built at Prescott. It Is ex- 

 ited ed to have I he mill in full operation by 

 sriring. 



The Mena I'.ox and Manufacturing Company 

 U the style of a new interest at Mena. in the 

 western portion of the state. The promoters are 

 James K. Schooley of Cranniss, Lee Dusenberry 

 of St. Louis, and K. Fiusenberry. James L. Ilogan 

 ;ind W. J. Kails of Mena. A six-acre site has 

 lieen secured f<)r the i>lant. A sawmill Is already 

 In operation, and among the articles of manu- 

 facture will be wagons, spokes, etc. 



.\bont seventy five men employed in the wood 

 w iirktng <h'i)ail ment of the Iron .Mountain rall- 

 rojul in this <lty have been laid off, through the 

 retrenching policy of the railroad company. 

 Vice President Clarke stated recently, while In 



the elty. that this retrenchment policy would 

 not be carried to any greater extent than was 

 positively necessary. 



The splendbt box and veneer plant of the 

 \V. I). Keeves Lumber Company in South Helena 

 was totally destroyed by lire last week, the loss 

 being placed at STr^ooo. partly insured. The 

 lire started from the engine room, and was 

 caused hy an explosion. Kortnnately the new 

 machinery ordered for the box factory had not 

 arrived. It is thought the plant will be re- 

 built. 



Muskogee, (tkla., is enthusiastic over the 

 prospect of securing a chair factory for that 

 tity. It is declared there is material enough 

 in the district between that point and Fort 

 Snuth to justify the erection of a handle fac- 

 tory, also. 



\V. Coughlin. manager of the Kansas City 

 Soutlu-rn railway, stated in a recent interview 

 that the demand for lumber is rapidly increas- 

 ing and that the indications are for a general 

 reopening of the plants that have been closed 

 down for the past several weeks. "The mill 

 men are beginning to 'kick* on account of al- 

 leged inability to get cars." said Mr. Coughlin, 

 "and that is an evidence of the returning rush 

 of business." 



The (Iranger-Kelley Lumber Company of Eu- 

 reka Springs has acquired the interests of the 

 Kaker Ltimber Company, including lands, mills 

 and all i)roperty. The capital has been In- 

 creased from $40,000 to .$150,000. The new 

 holdings give the Cranger-Kelley people a total 

 of 17.000 acres, with an estimated stumpage of 

 from 7-' to 100 million feet. The personnel of 

 the reorganized comi)any is as follows : lYesi- 

 dcnt. V. K. Ayers of Iowa : vice president. U. U. 

 Kelley : general manager. U. C. Kelley. and sec- 

 retary and treasurer. K. S. (Jranger. The com- 

 pany will liegin the manufacture of all kinds of 

 wagon material, hubs, spokes, etc.. In addition 

 to the lines of manufacture heretofore car- 

 ried on. 



Ktu-mer Acting Governor John Ike .Moore of 

 Helena is now a full-fledged lumberman, being 

 recently elected vice president of the Archer 

 Lumber (^ompany. a new lumber concern at 

 Helena. cai)italized at $100,000. 



The Williams Cooperage Company is having 

 a complete waterworks system installed at its 

 I)laut at Leslie. The Williams cooperage plant 

 is one of the best in north Arkansas. They 

 have recently Installed a new mill and an elec- 

 tric light plant. H. Campbell, employed as the 

 engineer and architect in the new construction 

 work, has gone to Milwaukee, Wis., fiu- a few 

 weeks' recreation. 



<;. T. Craham of Kredericktown. Mo., has been 

 spending several days in Montgomery and ad- 

 Joining counties in the interest of his comimny, 

 llie Uraham Lumber Company of St. L*mis. 



.V handle factory is to be established at Har 

 danelle. The hardwood interests of this section 

 of the state are beginning to be exi»lolted rathi-r 

 extensively. 



Minneapolis. 



Ahoul a ibuusaiid retail liniiher di'alers at- 

 tenried the c.mvenlion of the .Northwestern Lulu 

 bernien's ,Vss«Mlatlon In Minneapolis last week. 

 an<l the wholesale olHces were thronged a gomi 

 part of the tiuie with visitors. They were not 

 very keen to buy. but all were nmking luipilrles 

 and getting a line on the situation, and as a 

 rule repr>rted a good prospect for spring trade. 

 Since the convention ended and the dealers weiil 

 hc)me. a line of mixed ca r orders ca I ling U »r 

 hardwood has been coming In. and business \\nn 

 picked up tlecidedly. The hardwoofi dealers all 

 extended a glad hand t<» the visitors, and some 

 came In from outside. K. .1. Lang of the I. 

 Stephenson Company. Hernia nsvllle. Mich., had 

 lenii»irary bendquarters at 7 Hi I-uniber ICx- 

 change. where he bfH)sled the company's hard- 

 w«M>d (loorlng and Iwisswood prmlucts. 



Lumbermen the country over were Interested 



In the proceedlngH In the federal court here 

 January 17, when the nineteen i*etall hiinher- 

 men Indh-ted at the complaint of the catalog 

 houses for "considracy to defraud by use of the 

 malls," had (heir case passed upon hy Judge 

 Lochren. The hearing was tipon a demurrer tu 

 the Indictment, which raised the merits of the 

 w^iolo controversy. After a day spent In argii- 

 ment. Judge Lochren allowed the demurrer and 

 dismissed the defendants. He held, just as ex- 

 pected, that there was no fraud in the acts com- 

 plained of. S(mie of the defendants had mailed 

 postal cards to catalog houses asking for sam- 

 ples and catalogs, but they did not represent 

 their intent h»n to buy. and therefore there was 

 no fraud. There i-ould not he a conspiracy to do 

 an act ni>t criminal In Itself. This outcome of 

 the case was expected, htit was very gratifying 

 to lumbermen, not only those immediately con- 

 cerned, but all who have felt the competition 

 of catalog house people In the line of doors and 

 mill work. 



K. Payson Smith of the Payson Smith Lumber 

 Company, returned a few days ago from an ex- 

 ten<ied business trip. He visited Crand llap 

 ids. Detroit. Toledo. Indianapolis. Chicago and 

 Milwaukee, and reports a successful trip In a 

 business way. The feeling among business men 

 appeared lo be better the farther east he went. 

 He visited the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's 

 convention for a day or two. Mr. Smith has 

 gone south for two or three weeks, to visit sev- 

 eral mills whose stocks he handles, in Missouri, 

 Arkansas and Tennessee. The Payson Smith 

 Lumber Company has just negotiated for the pur- 

 chase of a mill with IimlM?r supply at Hough. 

 Mo., and Mr. Smith will spend some time at that 

 point. The mill is now in operation with a ca- 

 pacity of about 2.'>,000 feet a day. There are 

 ii.S40 acres of timber, oak and gum. in the 

 deal — enough to keep the mill running for three 

 or four years. 



A. S. HIiss. representing the R. Connor Com- 

 pany of Marshfield. Wis., was here during the 

 retailers* convention, and stayed over for a few- 

 days to l<M)k after trade in this vicinity. 



'I'lie Kddy Lumber Company is the name of a 

 new wholesale concern formed in this city hy 

 A. W. Kddy and S. H. Kddy. it will handle a 

 general lutnber line, and S. R. Kddy will repre- 

 sent the Mlnu(>ap'>l')< Sash and Door Company, 

 handling their line of doors, also oak and birch 

 (inlsh. A. W. Kddy has sold his interest in the 

 Kddy Sash ami Door Company of this city, in 

 which be has been concerned for some years. 

 :in<i will give his entire lime to the wholesale 

 line. 



A, S. miss of the Payson Smith Lumber Com 

 pany. is back ;it work again. He was (town 

 with the grip a few days ago and threatened 

 with pneumimia. but escaped without the more 

 serious trouble. 



W. H. Sill of the .Minneapolis Lumber Com 

 pany has also been obliged to lose some time 

 for business lUi account of the grip. He is 

 back at his desk and In good shape again. 

 D. F. Clark of Osborne & (Mark has been con- 

 lined at hotue with grip for over a week, and 

 C. I'*. Osborne has also been more or less in 

 disposed. 



The regular monthly nu'cling of the North 

 western Hardwood Ltimhermen's A.ssoclation was 

 held at the Commercial Club January l.'t. Ow- 

 ing to a light attendance the railroad ipiestlons 

 being considered hy the association were not 

 fortnally taken up. 



Cadillac. 



Coiuliliohs iiiiioiig I be hardwood lumbei-meu 

 the past week In Caillllac have been somewhat 

 brighter. All the manufacturers In an<l near 

 Cadillac, together with the manufacturers us- 

 ing hardwood liouber are making reports that 

 are far more encouraging than for several weeks, 

 although conditions are yet considerably below 

 normal. Not a mill or plant In the city is idle 

 except the Cummer Dlgglns chemical plant and 

 the MItchell-Diggins Iron Company. The chem- 



