Juuf 10, 1'j21 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Quality 



in hardwood lumber is de- 

 termined largely by the soil 

 in which the stumpage is 

 grown. This is why our 

 St. Francis Basin gum and 

 other lumber is Superior. 

 Conditions are ideal for 

 perfect growth. 



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MILLER 



LUMBER 



CO. 



Marianna, Arkansas 



-' Bdwc/ Milh 

 loo.ooo feet Daily Capacity 



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('(unpany. rfturnerl recently from a ten-day fishing trip at Tema.nanii. 

 Canada, wliere as in past years he found good sport. 



A new wholesale and retail concern handling a general line of lumber is 

 the I- lack Rock Lumber Company, which has taken an office in the Fidelity 

 buildin.L^ The members are ^^'ilUam Bornhard, formerly secretary of the 

 Iluiitin^'ttin & Fiuke (.'ompany. retaih-rs of this city, and Ueorgf H. Klaes, 

 who was traffic manager of tlio same company. 



Orson K. Vcager has Ihto l>usy iatoly making preparations for the outing 

 of the orphans of the city, wliicli takes place on .Tune 8 at the Buffalo 

 Park. The event is an annual one ('<mducted by the Buffalo Automobile 

 Club, who give the children the time of their lives. Mr. Yeager is i-hairni;in 

 of the outing committee and has hccn aiipoaling tn tin- citizi-us to furnish 

 automobilos for the occasion. 



PHILADELPHIA 



Folliiwius tile discovi-ry iif tlu> theft of several thousands of dollar.s 

 worth of himber from the yard of Stacy O. Glausor & Son. of Chester, the 

 foreniiin and three yard workers have l>een arrested. They are held under 

 liail .Teiused of stealing the hardwood l>y Iioat during the night. 



Governor Sproul has reappointed Oifford I'inchot as forester of the state. 

 Robert Y. Stuart, of Carlisle, is also reappointed as deputy. The Governor 

 also has signed the Quigley hills reorganizing the state department of 

 forestry. These hills give the forester almost autoeratie rights in the 

 forests of the state and perndt him to take summary measuri's to prevent 

 ft)rest tires. 



Edmund Tennell. a wholesali' lumlier dealer, died in Ocean City, N. .T.. 

 .Tune third. Ilis offices were in the Pennsylvania building, this city. 



The Ilarrisburg Chamber of Cnmmeree has made a survey of liuildiUL' 

 conditions in that city and announo'd that .'5:'.,iiiin,iiiio worth of construc- 

 tion i-. hi'lil up due to unfaviu-Mlile huilding ciuulitions. 



Iir. Ih iiry S. Drinker, of Merion. has been appointiHi the l'hila<lelphia 

 dele;:ale to the meetings of the National Forestry Policy Comndttee to he 

 held in Chicago, .Tunc i:M4. 



A tire in the lumber .vard of il.-nry .\. llitner Sons Comiiany, wreckers. 

 caused a loss of $1(1,000 worth of hardwoods. 



A snuill lire occurred during the month In the yard of William II. I.ear 



I.und" r <■ pan.v, 079 Xorth Front street. The splendid work of the 



employes s;n-ed the yard and the fire was contined to a few piles. 



The New Jersey State Oepartment of Conservati«)n and Development 

 lias sent .Tames O. Hazard, a graduate of the Yale Forestry School, to live 



on tile Wharton tract, located in Atlantic, Burliugt<)n and Camden Coun- 

 ties, to develop the timlwr. The department has issued this bulletin : "Due 

 to frequent tires there arc now only five .sawmills cutting in this tract. 

 These mills have an average cut per day of .3,000 to 4,000 board feet. Had 

 fires been kept out of the tract today the capacity would be fifteen mills 

 with an annual cut of .3,000,000. The practice of forestry will restore this 

 timber in time and return this valual)le industry to the state of Xew 

 Jerse,v." 



.Tohn K. Idoyd. president of the William -M. Lloyd Company, has estal)- 

 lished the I.lo.vd Foundati(Ui. The plan, briefly, is as follows : Each 

 ■ •niploye is asked to tleposit whatever amount he or she desires no to Jl a 

 week, and for each dollar put in by the employe the company will match 

 it with another dollar. Tlie plan is to operate for 15G weeks. The benefits 

 to the employe are : Insurance against illness, acciib^nt and life insurance. 



Mr. I>loyd estimates that each emplo.ve will receive about $l..iO for 

 every $1 put in the fund aside from the insurance features. He has 

 appointed ten trustees, representing eiiually the management and employes 

 to administer tlie fund. Tliey are ; .7ohn E. Lbiyd, honorary president : 

 K. M. Pfisterer, sales nuinager, presidtMit : .Tohn H. Graff. yar{i foi-cman. 

 vice-president : M. P. Royer, secretary ; Iloger E. llliss. bookkeeper, treas- 

 urer ; Evelyn A. Rice, assistant treasurer. 



PITTSBURGH 



\ new wlmlnsale lumln-r cuin'i-rii in I'itislmrgh is the Saw Mill Pnulucts 

 Cnmpanr. at 4lis Fourtli Avi-nue, whose manager will be Nelson K. Bell, an 

 olil time wholesaler of this city. Tho i-ompany will represent tlie foIh)wiug 

 well known manufacturor.*! : Thi' Kaine Andrews Lumber Company of 

 Kvenwood. W. Va. : South Texas Lumber Company of <*hi<'ago. 111., and the 

 Hart- Wood Lumber Company of Portland, Oregon. 



The Napoleon Lumber & Handle ('ompany. at Napoleon. Ohio, had a 

 $L'."(.Ono loss recently in the burning of its plant. 



The Allegheny Plate Ohiss Company has rebuilt its plant at Classmere. 

 Pa., and is likely to heconu' again one nf the leading hardwood buyers in 

 tliis section. 



The Baird & Rees Lumlxir Company, which started in business a few 

 months ago in the Bessemer building, is coming right to the front and is 

 getting its full sliare of industrial business. 



The Ilagerstown Lumber Company has broken ground for a big sash fac- 

 tory at Haserstown, Md. 



The Frampton-Foster Lumber Company, of this city, reports conslderabl*? 



