December 10. 191S 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



41 



UMBEf^AND 



L!»n'ra,/I.y 



November 



9th. 



1S15. 



Fnepcke Lelght Lir. Co., 



Chicago, c 



111. 



Gentlemen: - 



We are uelng yowc Red Qua louber in tbe 

 manufacture of our high claea interior 

 trim and general f>laning mill worlc. 



This gum is giTing excellent satisfaction, 

 being highly graded, soft texture, good 

 widths, and long lengths, also dry, straight 

 and flat. 



Reepectfully. 



. Herrie, kcUenry t Bakej- Co. 



Diet. 



Of course it is true that 



Red Gum 



is America's finest cabinet wood — but 



Just as a poor cook will spoil the choicest 

 viands while the experienced chef will turn 

 them into prized delicacies, so it is true that 



The inherently superior qualities 

 of Red Gum can be brought 

 out only by proper handling 



When you buy this wood, as when you buy a new 

 jiachine, you want to feel that you have reason for 

 believing it will be just as represented. 



We claim genuine superiority for our Gum. The 

 proof that you can have confidence in this claim is 

 shown by the letter reproduced herewith. 



Your interests demand that you remem- 

 ber this proof of our ability to preserve 

 the wonderful qualities of the wood 

 when you again want RED GUM. 



Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



CONWAY BUILDING 111 W. WASHINGTON ST. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Band Mills: Helena and BlythevlUe. Ark.; Greenville, MIm. 



Uecont incorporations are: The Liberty Woodworkers Corporation. 

 Richmond, Va. : the Carolina Handle Company. Gaffney, S. C. ; the Com- 

 bination Ironing Board &. Step Ladder Company, Sioux Falls, Iowa, with 

 a capital of $5,000. 



The Greenville Lumber Company, Greenville, Mich., h&s sold its real 

 estate and buildings to the Tower Motor Truck Company and purchased 

 the Belknap Lumber Company, business being carried on at the same 

 location. 



The Essex Lumber Company. Essex. Conn,, lost its president. Norman B. 

 Griggs, through death. 



The dissolution of the Mclntyre Lumber & Export Company at Mobile. 

 Ala., is announced. 



The Davenport Body Company has been incorporated at Davenport. 

 Iowa, with a capital of $r>0,000, having succeeded the Davenport Body 

 Company. 



The R. L. Muse Lumber Company. Walnut Ridge. Ark., has surren lered 

 its charter. 



-< CHICAGO >• 



Among the recent visitors to the fit.v were. P. J. Lawrence of the P. J. 

 Lawrence Lumber Company. St. Louis. Mo., and E. W. Weichel, secretary 

 of the Matthews Boat Company. Port Clinton. Ohio. 



The Decider Brothers Company, city, has changed its name to the Gold- 

 smith Piano Company. 



The Alliance Manufacturing Company. Streator. 111., has filed an invol- 

 untary petition in bankruptcy. 



The McCann Manufacturing Company, Springfield, 111., has succeeded 

 the firm of Fetzer & Co. 



Arthur Oelhafen of the John Oelhafen Company of Tomahawk. Wis., 

 was a visitor in Chicago last week, as was also J. V. Stimson of Hunting- 

 burg, Ind. 



F. F. Fish, secretary of the Xational Hardwood Lumber Association, is 

 back on duty again after a week's illness and is feeling very much better. 



Chas. A. Goodman of Goodman, Wis., of the Sawyer-Goodman Company 

 and president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, was in Chi- 

 cago November 30, to attend the funeral of his cousin, Lieut. Kenneth 

 Sawyer Goodman, who died of pneumonia. Mr. Goodman said the outlook 

 for business was good and that in his belief the next few months would 

 see a fine hardwood business. He said it may take some time for condi- 

 tions to become adjusted, but in his opinion there Is going to be a gradual 

 growth into active and thriving business. 



Mr. J. H. Stannard of the Baker-Matthews Lumber Company, Memphis, 

 Tenn., who was formerly manager of the company's Chicago office, was in 

 Chicago last week on business. 



Max L. Pease of the Galloway-Pease Lumber Company has returned to 

 Chicago after a two weeks' trip to Poplar Bluff, Mo., the company's south- 

 ern office, and other southern points. 



=•< BUFFALO >•- 



Charles X. Perrin of Blakeslef. Perrin & Darling, has received word 

 that one of their former lumber inspectors, William J. Young, has been 

 lighting and working with the One Hundred and Third Engineers. This 

 regiment has been commended by the division commander for the excel- 

 lent work it performed in the recent offensive in the valley of the Aire 

 and the Argonne. It operated a iiarrow-guage railroad, using the enemy's 

 locomotive, and constructed a bridge over the Aire at Chenery. 



The Batavia & New York Woodworking Company at Batavia, is busily 

 at work carrying out a contract for woodwork for the new Henry Ford 

 Hospital to be erected at Detroit. 



The arrival here lately of a canal boat from Detroit, built of concrete, 

 causes some of the old boatmen to make remarks about it which show a 

 lack of confidence in that undertaking. These boats are an experiment 

 and boatmen say that they will not go. The cost is not only high, but 

 they will draw -iV^ feet of water without any cargo, which ought to be 

 enough to condemn them alone. Take, for instance, the old 250*ton boat 

 as these men knew it. The cost in cheap times was sometimes as low as 

 $l,SO0 for a good scow. It was built of wood and drew only about eigh- 

 teen inches of water. It was the custom to begin to class down wooden 

 lake vessels after they were ten years old, but these wooden canal boats 

 would carry grain for thirty years and they sometimes would earn their 

 cost in two or three trips. While it is not expected that those old days 

 will ever return, it does not look to an experienced boatman as if a light- 

 carrying, new-fangled boat, costing all the way up to $30,000, would help 

 the matter much. Better stick to wood, is the boatman's advice. 



Hugh McLean, who has been on a Canadian vacation trip recently, 

 brought back with him a haunch of venison, which he presented to the 

 members of the Buffalo Lumber Exchange at a Saturday luncheon. 



=-< PITTSBURGH >-= 



The Kendall Lumber Company is running three of its four mills and is 

 getting much more mining stock than any other kind of lumber. Presi- 

 dent J. L. Kendall reports quite a little gain in this business of late. 



The Frampton-Foster Lumber Company is having a very busy month 



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