August 25, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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In Dubois county at lIuutlngliuiK, Iml., in ISi!"). dli'il n few days ago at 

 his homo in Iluntlngburg. 



In tile opinion of Artiiur Triinbii?. of the Vuioan IMow Company, and 

 several other plow nuniufacturors of this city the plow I>uslness is going 

 to revive this fail ami that by next spring it wiii lie a whole lot better, in 

 their opinion. 



Horace U. I'hillips, ."iS years ipid, a timber buyer who was well known 

 in southern Indiana and nortlieni Keutucl*y, died of ai)oi)lexy at his home 

 at New Albany, Ind., a few days ago. 



Logging activities have started in earnest along Green, Pond and Bar- 

 ren rivers in wi'stern Kentucliy and it Is expected that a great many logs 

 will be gotten out in that section l)y the time winter weather sets In. Most 

 of the logs will be rafted to the mills in EvansviUe. 



MEMPHIS 



The Franif A. Conltiing Company of Memphis, Tenn., has just completed 

 an arrangement under which it will in the future handle the sales of Alex- 

 ander Brothers, Belzoni. Miss., with band mills operating at Junius, La., 

 Beizoni, Miss., and Memphis, Tenn. The product of these mills will be 

 entirely southern hardwoods, specializing in soft textured red gum, plain 

 and quarter sawn ; cypress, oalt, ash and elm. The production of these 

 mills, In addition to the company's operations at Percy and Issaquena, 

 Miss., will give it a daily production of 160,000 feet of choice hand sawn 

 hardwoods, enabling it to increase the efficiency of its service to the con- 

 suming trade. 



F. V. Kuhn has moveil from Memphis, Tenn., to Macon, Miss., where 

 he has opened a wholesale hardwood lumber yard under the name of F. V. 

 Kuhn & Co., and contracted for several mill cuts of plain and quartered 

 oak, ash and poplar. This lumlier will be marketed through S. B. Sch-wartz 

 & Company of Memphis. 



There is apparently no appreciable change in the attitude of hardwood 

 manufacturers here toward resumption of either milling or logging opera- 

 tions. A few Arms are getting out timber and running their mills, but the 

 vast majority are doing nothing, and, so far as can be gathered, they 

 contemplate continuing this inactivity for an indefinite period. It is 

 claimed by the majority tiuit freight rates on logs moving to the mills are 

 so high as to preclude any possibility of profitable operation when the out- 

 put has to bear such a high rate of transportation cost when moving to 

 destination. It is stated freely among hardwood manufacturers that they 

 would resume logging and manufacturing in a general way if transporta- 

 tion rates were substantially lowered, but there appears to be complete 

 unwillingness in this direction under present freight rates on logs and 

 lumber. 



This is the time of year when crews ought to be in the woods and when 

 timber ought to be in process of preparation for delivery to the mills for 

 the fall, winter and spring cut. But crews are not even organized. Equip- 

 ment for logging is widely scattered, and it is pointed out now that some 

 time will be required, even if the decision is reache<l to resume, to enable 

 substantial progress to be made. It is suggested, in this connection, that, 

 If logging is not undertaken in a general way very soon, the quantity of 

 logs available for the mills in the Memphis and valley territories for the 

 winter and spring will be the lightest ever known. 



The West Memphis Lumber Company had purchased from the Bolz 

 Cooperage Company 3,000,000 feet of cypress timber on Grassy Lake, 

 Crittenden County, Ark., and has already established a mill for the develop- 

 ment thereof. It is estimated that this timber will produce about 1,000.000 

 feet of firsts and seconds, which will be shijjped to the North and East. 

 The remainder of the output will be marketed in the Memphis territory 

 through the yards maintained by this company at Memphis. None of the 

 timber will go into shingles, as cypress is being rapidly superseded by 

 compound shingles. Drainage work recently completed in the Grassy 

 Lake region has made the timber in question available for immediate 

 development. 



Caruthers & Son Company, recently incorporated here with a capital 

 stock of $10,000, has installed ma<binery making it possible to turn out 

 all the interior fittings of two homes dally, including doors, window 

 frames, china closets, book cases and other built-in equipment. The firm 

 maintains a building service in connection with the plant, where pros- 

 pective home builders may obtain plans and specifications for their resi- 

 dences. Louis Caruthers, one of the incorporators of the company, is in 

 charge of the plant in question. 



The Ferguson-Palmer Company. Inc., has completed cutting Its timber 

 In the vicinity of Iloulka. Miss., and its big plant at that point is now 

 closed down. The management has not decided whether additional timber 

 will be purchased in that territory or whether the mill will be moved to 

 some other location. Headquarters of the firm are located in Memphis. 



C. A. James of Memphis is working on plans for the establishment of 

 a hardwood mill at Marked Tree, Ark., but he is not yet ready to announce 

 details. It is understood that he is working in conjunction vyith the 

 Chapman-Dewey interests, which have held extensive timber lands In that 

 territory for a number of years. 



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LOUISVILLE 



Preston P. .loyes, of W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, in dis- 

 cussing production, said: "We are operating at the Guin, Ala., mills, 

 where we plan cutting out a half million feet of logs, and closing down 

 again. We've made no plans for our l)ig mills, as we can't convince our- 

 selves that the present good business will continue. UIght now our ship- 

 ments are about 66% per cent of normal In the prewar normal figures. 

 That Is mighty nice business as compared with what it has been." 



W. H. Day, of the Wood-Mosaic Co., who is back from a trip Into 

 Canada, working from Winnipeg to Ontario, claims that Canadian opera- 

 tions are generally slow, and that there is not much of a nuirket Just now 

 for anything in Canada. However, domestic business has been very fair, 

 according to Mr. Day, who held that in the past two or three weeks demand 

 for walnut has come much stronger, while there Is also a good demand for 

 good white oak in plain and quartered, and poplar is good. "We can't 

 supply enough walnut to meet demand," said Mr. Day. 



At the last meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club the members were 

 generally optimistic, and after months of prospective business, instead of 

 actual business, were reporting real business as coming well, with pros- 

 pects of its continuing for some little time. Money is easier, stticks low, 

 general business a little more active, and buyers have more confidence. 



The Prestonia Jlanufacturlng Co., Louisville, manufacturers of furni- 

 ture specialties, is increasing its force, due to having some very fair busi- 

 ness in hand. 



The Inman company, manufacturers of panels, veneers and also operat- 

 ing a furniture plant, is operating full time again, as demand has mate- 

 rially increased tor veneers and glued up stocks. 



The Elk Stave & Lumber Co., Anchor, Ky., capital $3,000, has been 

 chartered by Lee Congleton, Claude Congleton and Chester D. Brewer. 



A charter has been Issued to Croan & Company, Louisville, capital $5,000, 

 debt limit $50,000, to do a lumber business, the incorporators being C. L. 

 Croan. J. K. Brooks and W. E. Brooks. J. K. Brooks will be president, 

 and C. L. Croan general manager, W. E. Brooks secretary-treasurer. 



I. B. Powell, 09 years of age, retired lumberman of Somerset, Ky., died 

 at his home in that city on Aug. 12. He leaves two sons, James and Tom 

 Powell. 



R. R. May, of the R. R. May Hardwood Company, Louisville, has re- 

 turned from a Northern trip, and reports that he picked up some very 

 fair business. 



Edward L. Davis, of the Edward L. Davis Lumber Company, has re- 

 turned from a trip to the mills. He reports slightly better business. 



W. A. McLean of the Wood-Mosaic Company, and a party of friends are 

 spending six weeks at his Canadian lodge, having left Louisville several 

 days ago. 



The Louisville Veneer Company is spending a few thousand dollars In 

 additions to its plant, in order to carry larger manufactured stocks, 



R. V. Board, president of the Kentucky Wagon & Mfg. Company, reports 

 better inquiries for wagons, trucks and autos from the South, he attrib- 

 uting improvement to Improved cotton and agricultural prospects. Presi- 

 dent Black, of B. A. Avery & Sons, implement manufacturers, also reports 

 better prospects and more orders. 



^'EW ORLEANS 



The charter nf the Alexandrhx Cooperngo and Lumber Company, of 

 Alexamlria, La., has been amended so as to change the name of the con- 

 cern to that of the WVis-ratterson Lumber Company : the capital stock 

 has been increased to $500,000 and a new sawmill will be erected by the 

 company in the near future at Pensacola, Fin. It is understood the com- 

 pany has sufficient holdings of hardwood timber in FI()rida to insure Ji 

 lo-year run. C. A. Wels and G, V. Patterson are the principals. Mr. Weis 

 has already removed with his family to speed up the construction of the 

 new plant. 



E. P. Gupton, formerly connected with the Denkniann Lumber Company, 

 of Norfield, Miss., has recently taken over the position as cross tie pur- 

 chasing agent In the state of Mississippi for the Stephens Lumber Com- 

 pany, of the New Orleans office of which David Crockett Is manager. Mr. 

 Gupton will be directly connected with the New Orleans office of the com- 

 pany, but ho will spend most of his time at Hattiesburg. Miss. 



The ilazelhurst Boi Factory has been closed to undergo its usual 



