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HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 10. 1021 



King Mill and Lumber Co. 



PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 



Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods 



Ash, Elm, Oak, Gum 

 Maple, Cypress, Hickory 



Cypress Shingles 



WE SHIP STRAIGHT OR MIXED CAR LOADS 



HARDWOODS and SHINGLES 



Entering a New Business Cycle 



We feel justified in saying that general business con- 

 ditions in the United Statea and Canada have definitely 

 turned the corner, and that we are now entering a new 

 business cycle (as we predicted as long ago as February 

 7th). 



W'e are advising changes in the general policies to be 

 followed by merchants, manufacturers and investors re- 

 spectively at the prei^ent time. These changes are pointed 

 out and discussed in Forecaster M, a copy of which is yours 

 for the asking. Write today. 



The Brookmire Economic Service, Inc. 



25 West 45th Street, New York City 



"The Original System of Forecasting from Economic Cycles" 



Louisiana Red Cypress Company Makes Fine Hardwood 

 Connection 



Tbe Louisiana Keil Cypress CmiipMnv of New Orleans, I^a., has just 

 completed arrangements with Jos. L. Eckstein & Sons Of Jasper, Ind., 

 to have exclusive liandling of the out[>ut of their band mill, which is one 

 of the finest sawmill operations in ludiana, being built on the order of 

 the most efficient of the big southern hardwood mills. 



This company has been in the sawmill business at Jasper for over 

 two decades and since the death of Joseph Eckstein during this year is 

 being carried on by his two sons. Louis Eckstein is general manager and 

 the brother has charge of the logging end of the business. In the summer 

 of 1920 the firm started the erection of the present band mill, which has 

 been in operation hardly a year. It is an overhead mill, six foot single 

 band of the Sinker Davis type, with six inch shot-gun feed on the carriage, 

 gang edger, automatic rip saw and dimension band saw. They have a 

 log pond that is e(|uipped to take care of more than 100 cars of good 

 Indiana timber. There lumber is stacked from trams that are built on 

 concrete foundation. There is a loading dock to take care of seven cars. 

 The company owns large tracts of timber within truck hauling distance 

 of the mill and buys from the surrounding farmers. The capacity of the 

 mills is from 15 to 20 thousand feet a day. A steam vat is now being 

 installed to take care of the walnut cut. Chris. A. Walker, manager of 

 the hardwood department of the Louisiana Red Cypress Company, spent 

 the latter part of September at this mill and came away enthusiastic over 

 the prospect of handling its cut. lie believes his firm has made a 

 "magnificent connection." 



Hardwood News Notes 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Guttman & Uawley Furniture Manufacturing Company has recently 

 commenced business at Marion, Ind. 



The Greenwich Sash & Door Company is closing out at Greenwich, Conn. 



The Banner Reliance Woodwork Company has been succeeded by the 

 General Woodwork Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, Mo. 



G. L. Daane and D. L. McLeod have been appointed receivers for the 

 McLeod Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



The Arcadian Phonograph Company, Ltd., has been incorporated at 



Tcironlo, Out., with a capital of .$40,000 hy J. H. Young and L. J. Ilmwii 

 of Toronto, and will manufacture phonograi)hs and musical lustrumeuts. 



The J. H. Pritchard Lumber Comiiany has commenced in business at 

 Little Rock, Ark. 



The Grand Rapids Trust Company has been appointed receiver for the 

 Michigan Forest Products Company, Muskegon, Mich. 



J. C. Johnson has engaged in business at Memphis, Tenn., as the J. C. 

 Johnson Lumber Company. 



Otis C. Trowbridge, vice-president and manager of the White Wagon 

 Works, Shebo.vgan Falls, Wis., died recently at the age of fifty-four yeiirs. 



CHICAGO 



In a statement issued to the members of the Lumbermen's Association 

 of Chicago, S. F. D. Meffley, secretary-manager, said that over 300,000 

 persons passed through and inspected the cottage which the association 

 built in a day last spring at a cost of less than $5,000 to arouse interest 

 in home building. He said further that 3,000 people had made Inquiries 

 about the house in person and 6,000 by mail, while moving pictures taken 

 of the house in process of building had been shown to hundreds of thousands 

 throughout the country. Twenty-five thousand persons witnessed the 

 building of the house. In Chicago 500 very similar bouses are being con- 

 structed in one section, indicating the practical influence of the clever 

 advertising scheme. 



Beginning October 1 Theodore F. Laist became Chicago representative 

 of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association and took up his 

 duties at the Chicago office, 1613 Harris Trust building. Mr. Lalst la an 

 architect of wide experience and unusual executive capacity. He is a 

 man who, both by training and experience, is exceptionally well qualified 

 to represent the lumber industpy effectively in Chicago. 



After receiving his scientific training at Cornell University in 1888, 

 Mr. Laist did work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and spent 

 some time in study abroad. Mr. Laist's ability in the construction field 

 fits him well for the task of developing new uses and markets for timber 

 and wood generally. For a number of years he was superintendent of 

 construction of United States public buildings. He practiced architecture 

 successfully for a period of time in San Francisco, later becoming assistant 

 manager tor Holabird & Roche, prominent architects in the Central West. 



Since 1914 Mr. Laist has had complete charge of all bridge and build- 

 ing valuation work in seven of the central states in connection with the 

 ph.vsical valuation of railroad property undertaken by the United States 

 government seven years ago. In developing office and field methods in this 

 worK, and in initiating policies and procedure, Mr. Laist has demonstrated 

 in a very marked degree his faculty for successful management. 



During the years 1917 and 1919 Mr. Laist had charge of the construc- 

 tion of five of the army cantonments, and in the work that he did as 

 major of engineers of the United States army he has won the approval 

 and respect of many of the leading contractors and engineers of the 

 country. 



G. W. Jones of the G. W. Jones Lumber Company, Appleton, Wis., stopped 

 over in Chicago on October 8 to confer with .\. H. Ruth, Chicago manager, 

 while en route to the company's mill at Tendall, La. 



The Lassahn Furniture Company has been incorporated here. 



The Pyramid Casket & Manufacturing Company is a new Incorporation 

 locally. 



P. Saunders has been appointed receiver for the Streator Hearse & 

 Body Company of Streator, 111. 



Martin A. Leganger, Adolph C. W. Grasshoff and Gerhard Grummel are 

 the incorporators of the Universal Reed & Willow Works, manufacturing 

 furniture at 1240 South Oakley avenue. The capitalization is ?10,000. 



BUFFALO 



Hugh McLean provided a treat for fellow members of the Buffalo Lum- 

 ber Exchange at a recent merting in the form of moose meat. He shot 

 a good-sized moose while on his hunting trip in Canada last month and is 

 preserving the head as a souvenir. 



Charles N. Perrin is chairman of the publicity committee In connection 

 with tbe drive of the Associated Charities of this city, which takes place 

 this month. The amount to be raised is ?549,000. 



Orson E. Yeager is a member of a special Chamber of Commerce com- 

 mittee on rehabilitation, which will seek employment for men and women 

 who are crippled or handicapped through illness or accidents. The com- 

 mittee is cooperating with a state bureau formed for the same purpose. 



Fred M. Sullivan is spending several weeks on a Western trip and will 

 motor frtuii Idaho to California. 



PITTSBURGH 



The plant of the Muncy Lumber Company, near MeyersdaU;, Pa.. \ 

 urned two weeks ago with loss of $50,000 and insurance ^f $20,0 



was 

 burned two weeks ago with loss of $50,000 and insurance ^f $20,000. 

 The company had been cutting a large amount of hardwood and had 

 nearly completed its operations. 



The Mercer Flooring Company is a new hardwood concern In Ifercer. 

 Pa., organized by W. W. Campbell and H. Clay Johnson. 



The Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company is working a hig force of 

 men on its hardwood operation near Warren, Pa., and will likely Increase 

 the number of employes toward winter. 



