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HARDWOOD RECORD 



December 10, 1918 



Quick Service is Insured by Our 

 Elastic Sliipping Arrangements 



There is a definite reason AA^hy our five mills are 



located in three different states. It is merely a matter 



of service. Suppose, as has frequently happened, that 



we receive one order for tw^enty cars of a certain kind 



f lumber, all for quick shipment. Were we limited to one or two 

 lis we would either have to refuse the order or fall down on service. 



th five mills, each takes its four cars, and is able to rush through this 

 erate amount. The chances for shipping troubles are lessened because 

 moves over five different roads. 



This arrangement is doubly strong because all our mill sites have been carefully se- 

 lected to guarantee uniform timber, and our operators are carefully schooled to 

 guarantee uniform manufacture. 



Clean Dealing Is Our Business Policy 



Aberdeen Lumber Company 



Manufacturers and Wholesalers 

 Pittsburgli, Pennsylvania 



Five Mills: Ten Million Feet on Sticks, Oak, Gum, Cypress, Cottonwood, Sycamore, Elm. 



Lieut. Duncan Dies in Service 



Lieutenant John Thomas Duncan of the 137th Infantry died in France 

 on September 29 from wounds received in the battle of .\rgonne. Word 

 was received November 29 by his widow, who is a daughter of I. J. Newsou, 

 sales manager for Lee Wilson & Co. Lieutenant Duncan, who was twenty- 

 flve years old, was in the banking business before entering the war. He, 

 was a son of Boza Duncan of Los Angeles. He sailed for France last 

 March, having been promoted to first lieutenant before leaving Fort Sill. 

 Okla., where he attended the ofBiers' training school. 



Organizes The W. C. Barlett Lumber Company 

 W. C. Barlett announces the organization of The W. C. Barlett Lumber 



Company, Charleston, W. Va. Mr. Barlett has associated with him D. L. 



Taylor, president of the Spice Run Lumber Company, and C. A. Briggs, 



secretary and general manager of that organization. Mr. Barlett has 



recently been associated with the Thos. Hall Lumber Company, Charleston, 



W. Va., and has withdrawn from that organization. 



In addition to handling its own stock, the company will do a wholesale 



business with some of the larger West Virginia and Kentucky operations. 



The principal stock, however, will be that of the Spice Run Lumber 



Company. 



Headquarters of the company are in the Kanawha Banking and Trust 



Company building, Charleston. 



Pertinent Information \ 



Mahogany Logs Coming In 



The imports of mahogany for commercial purposes nearly came to a 

 stop during the war. It may be expected to assume former proportions 

 before long. .1 cargo has already reached Boston as a deckload on the 

 American steamer Tallae, from Frontera, Mex., after a twelve days' passage. 

 There were 900 logs, many being of large size. 



Cattle Prosper on Forest Feed 



Cattle thrive on forest range in some parts of the West, and pasturage 

 on the timber lands is eagerly sought after by stockmen. Concrete re- 

 sults help tell the story. Last year the national forests fed 2,137,854 

 cattle, 102,156 horses, 3.371 hogs, 57,968 goats, and 8.454,220 sheep. 

 Twenty yearling cattle from Medicine Bow forest, Wyoming, sold for $55.46 

 each, and a single four-year-old from Custer forest in Montana, brought 

 $225.70 on the Chicago stock yards. 



States and Government Join to Fight Fire 



Twenty-two states have entered into co-operative agreement with the 

 general government for the purpose of fighting fire in the forests. The 

 state provides a fund and the government adds to it. The following 

 states are working under co-operative agreements of that kind : Maine, 

 New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New 

 Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, 

 Louisiana, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Mon- 

 tana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. In fighting forest fires in those 

 states last year the government spent, under co-operative terms, $99,952, 

 and the states $573,761. 



No Restrictions on Walnut and Mahogany 



Mahogany and walnut are no longer being set apart for propeller stock 

 for airplanes, and those who have these woods may sell or use them as 

 tbey like. This is the substance of a notice published by the bureau of 

 aircraft production November 30. The War Department has publicly 

 thanked the walnut and mahogany trade for loyal support of war 

 measures. 



National Forest Grazing Fees Increased 



It is announced from Washington that Secretary Houston, believing 

 that further suspension of the increase in National forest grazing fees 

 first decided on in 1916 is no longer justified, has announced new rates 

 to go into effect March 1, 1919. Effective at the same time, he has 

 authorized the granting of five-year grazing permits where the conditions 

 warrant and such permits are desired by the stockmen. 



Hardwood ISlews 'Notes 



< MISCELLANEOUS >• 



The Saunders Manufacturing Company, Jackson, Tenn., has been suc- 

 ceeded by Piggly Wiggly (Inc.), Memphis, Tenn., manufacturers of fixtures. 



Losses by fire are reported as follows : At the plant of the Maibohm 

 Motor Company, Racine, Wis., the Atwood & McManus Box Company, 

 Boston, Mass. 



The name of the Dixon & Poole Manufacturing Company, Weldon, N. C, 

 has been changed to the Dixon Lumber & Millwork Company. 



The death is announced of John J. Carney, secretary of the West Penn 

 Lumber Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



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