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HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 25, 1919 



Martin Gross of the Gross Lumber Company, Bellevue, Ohio, has returned 

 from a pleasure trip to Hot Springs, Ark. 



A. H. Cobham of the W. M. Rltter Lumber Company is the proud father 

 of a baby girl born early in March. 



Edward H. Giesey, Jr., a son of E. H. Giesey of the Giesey Lumber Com- 

 pany, since his discharge from the army has made a connection with the 

 Lyman-Hawkins Lumber Company. 



Sergeant Paul BartoUe, a son of J. P. Bartelle of Toledo, secretary of 

 the Union Association of Lumber, Sash and Door Salesmen, died in Ger- 

 many recently as the result of an attack of influenza. He was connected 

 with the army of occupation and was expecting to return home soon. He 

 was in the 166th Regiment, a part of the famous Rainbow division. 



K. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a good 

 demand for hardwoods. Factories are the best customers at this time, 

 although some orders are received from retailers. Concerns making 

 vehicles and Implements are in the market and the same is true of fur- 

 niture factories. Prices are Arm all along the line at former levels. 



EVANSVILLE 



Instead of holding its monthly meeting on the second Tuesday In April, 

 the Evansville Lumbermen's Club will give a banquet on the night of 

 April 22. at a local hotel for their members and families. A theater party 

 will follow. 



Because of the bad weather that has prevailed in many sections of the 

 South for some time practically no logs are being received by the hard- 

 wood mills in this section, causing some of the mills to close down. Harry 

 Roy, representing the W. R. Willett Lumber Company, Louisville, Ky., 

 while in Evansville a week ago, said he had recently made a tour of the 

 southern states and reported that he had never seen the logging conditions 

 In that section so bad. Mr. Roy was quite optimistic regarding trade con- 

 ditions and stated that while he did not expect to see real estate men 

 engage in speculative building on a large scale this year, he does look for 

 considerable other building in the Middle West. He looks for a real build- 

 ing boom to be under way by the first of next year. 



The Bell's Knob Mill Company recently filed articles of incorporation at 

 Madisonville, Ky. The Incorporators are : Stafford and Emily R. Phil- 

 lips, Columbus, O., and Robert S. and Hesley Hans Slaton, both of Mor- 

 ton's Gap, Ky. The company will erect a sawmill at Morton's Gap at 

 once and engage in the wholesale and retail lumber business. Its prin- 

 cipal office will be at Morton's Gap. 



The John Obrecht Sons Manufacturing Company, maker of spokes and 

 hubs at Tell City, Ind., recently closed the deal for the purchase of the 

 plant of the Hawesville Hub and Manufacturing Company at HawesviUe, 

 Ky. As soon as the Hawesville plant has been overhauled and repaired 

 the new owners will use it to manufacture wagon hubs and porch and 

 lawn furniture and will give employment to quite a large number of men. 



Fire of an unknown origin destroyed the plant of the Clearfield Head- 

 ing Company at Clearfield, Ky., at a loss of about $15,000, covered by insur- 

 ance. It is expected the plant will be rebuilt soon. 



The Columbus Wood Turning Company, Columbus, Ind., has filed articles 

 of incorporation with the secretary of state at Indianapolis and will erect 

 a factory building at Columbus for the manufacture of wooden handles 

 and other implements. It is capitalized at $25,000. The directors for the 

 first year are Harry E. Chapman, Virgil W. Seal, David C. Behrman and 

 Albert W. Philips. 



Announcement has been made by the Evansville Chamber of Commerce 

 and the Evansville Manufacturers' Association that plans are under way 

 for a big industrial exposition for Evansville this fall. Temporary build- 

 ings for the exhibits will be erected in Garvin Park. It Is expected the 

 exposition will cost over $100,000. 



At a recent meeting of twenty leading capitalists of Evansville over 

 $50,000 in stock was subscribed toward the organization of a company 

 that will make tractors and trucks that were developed by Graham Bros., 

 well known manufacturers of this city. The company is capitalized at 

 $1,000,000. A factory building will be put up and will be ready for opera- 

 tion by August 1. Among the stockholders in the company are the fol- 

 lowing : Daniel Wertz, Maley & Wertz ; Benjamin Bosse, Giobe-Boese- 

 World Furniture Company ; John D. Craft, Hercules Buggy Company ; 

 A. F. Karges, Karges Furniture Company. The concern will be one of 

 the largest of its kind in this part of the country. 



The lumber manufacturers of this section, as well as the owners of 

 wood-consuming factories in Evansville and other cities and towns along 

 the Ohio valley, are interested in the announcement that a South Amer- 

 ican trade bureau has been opened in the Boehne building, this city. The 

 bureau is in charge of W. Chamberlain, who spent several years in South 

 American countries. 



George O. Worland, secretary and manager of the Evansville Veneer 

 Company, has returned from Mobile, Ala., where he spent several weeks 

 looking after the company's factory in that city. Veneer manufacturers 

 of this city report that trade is good and improving right along; in fact 

 some of the factories are getting more orders than they can promptly 

 handle. Mr. Worland is quite optimistic over the trade outlook. 



The Rice Hub & Rim Company, Marengo, Ind., recently incorporated, 

 will operate a hub plant at Marengo. The factory will be built at once. 

 The capital stock of the company is $20,000 and directors for the first 

 year are William J. Rice, R. V. Board and D. Raiburn. 



The Modoc Lumber Company, Modoc, Ind., with a capital stock of 

 $10,000, has filed articles with the secretary of state. It will engage In 

 the lumber business with the following directors : Peter Kuntz, Martin 

 and Jessie C. Thornhill. 



The Cambridge Lumber Company, Cambridge City, with a capital stock of 

 $20,000, has just been incorporated and will engage in the lumber and 

 building material business. The directors of the company are Peter Kuntz, 

 H. L. Cotter and Martin Kuntz. 



The directors of the Lamasco Bank in Evansville have just had plans 

 drawn for the erection of a new bank building that will be built at once at 

 a cost of about $50,000. A new bank building to cost over $25,000 Is now 

 going up at Grandview, Ind., for the Grandview state hank. 



As a result of heavy rains the rivers in southern Indiana, western Ken- 

 tucky and southern Illinois were on a rampage and out of their banks 

 most of the past week. Hard rains March 15 and 16 started these rivers 

 rising. Green and Barren rivers in western Kentucky were at the highest 

 stages known since the 1913 flood and owners of logs and ties took every 

 precaution to protect their property and the loss was not heavy. Many 

 of the stave and sawmills along those Kentucky rivers were forced to 

 close down because of the high water. At Evansville the Ohio river went 

 nearly ten feet above the danger line, which is thirty-five feet. Property 

 loss was nominal in the Evansville district. The Wabash and White rivers 

 in southern Indiana went above flood stage, and as a result many thou- 

 sands of acres of growing wheat were under water, and in the event that 

 the back water remains too long on the wheat It is feared the crop will 

 be badly damaged. Farmers have been greatly delayed In their spring 

 work by the floods. 



LOUISVILLE 



Optimism is the keynote of all of the meetings that are being held by 

 the Louisville Hardwood Club at the present time. At the weekly meet- 

 ings the members report good business, good prices, and In some cases 

 members report that they are well sold up on almost all grades and va- 

 rieties. At the last weekly meeting a full attendance was on band, and 

 some interesting discussions were heard relative to the trend of the de- 

 mand, and the cleaning up of odd lots. Lumbermen always delight In 

 telling of how they finally got rid of some special lot of lumber, probably 

 high grade, but for which they couldn't locate an order at a reasonable 

 price. A number of such stories have been told recently. 



Harry Inman of the Inman Veneer & Panel Company, and the Inman 

 Furniture Company, is very much elated over the arrival of Harry Inman, 

 Jr., who was born on March 14. 



Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wymond and Mr. and Mrs. William Wymond and 

 daughter, have returned to Louisville after spending several weeks at 

 El Paso, Tex. The Messrs. Wymond are connected with the Holly Ridge 

 Lumber Company and the Chess & Wymond Company. Will Wymond has 

 been out of the aviation service only a short time. 



Schwarzwalder & Sons, cooperage manufacturers who for several years 

 operated a barrel factory in Louisville, have changed equipment and will 

 shortly start manufacturing oil cooperage In the big plant near Eighteenth 

 and Magnolia. 



Damage was done to the plant of the Voss Table Company, Louisville, 

 on March 15, when fire broke out shortly after midnight in the mill 

 room. Quick action on the part of the night watchman and the fire de- 

 partment resulted in a small loss. 



Philip S. Tuley, vice-president of the Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing 

 Company, has been nominated by the Louisville Banking Interests, as Class 

 B Director, of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, In which district 

 Louisville is located. 



June W. Gayle, Owenton, Ky., former Congressman from Kentucky, 

 lumberman, banker, railroad man and politician, and Miss Nora Hackett 

 of Owenton, were recently married at New Liberty, Ky., and have gone to 

 New Orleans for their honeymoon. Mr. Gayle Is one of the best known 

 men in the state, and for years was connected with the CarroUton St 

 Worthvilie Railroad. 



Suit was recently filed by the Ashby Veneer & Lumber Company against 

 the R. S. Hill Company, organ manufacturer of Louisville, for $451.01, 

 alleged to be due for veneering. 



The Wood-Mosaic Company, Louisville and New Albany, with mills at 

 Cincinnati and Jackson, Tenn., expects to start operations in its new 

 plant at the latter city within a tew days. The Cincinnati plant is now 

 cutting on walnut exclusively, and the Louisville plant Is cutting nothing 

 but walnut during the day shift. 



At Newport, Ky., the Newport Hardwood Lumber Company, has started 

 operations, handling a wholesale business. 



J. E. Barton, Kentucky commissioner of forestry and geology, reports 

 that he is looking for a market for about 50,000 willow sticks, which will 

 be the crop of an acre of willow that was planted for experimental pur- 

 poses in Jefferson county, near Louisville, three years ago. It Is planned 

 to double the acreage this season. 



The plant of the Clearfield Heading Company, Clearfield, Ky., was de- 

 stroyed by fire on March 9, the loss being placed at $15,000, partly in- 

 sured. 



Rates on various commodities will be heard at a hearing In Louisville 

 on March 26, before the Louisville District Freight Traffic Committee, 



