October 25. 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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With the Trade 



Baer Mills Resume CuttinK 



Such a hopi'ful view is being Uikeu of the permanence of the improve- 

 ment which has taken place of late in the hartlwooil trade by Richard P. 

 Baer & Co., Maryland Casualty Building, Baltimore, Md., that the firm, 

 through the Magazine Hardwood Company, has resumed operations at 

 the saw mill plant at Mobile, work there having started again October 17. 

 The mill at Bogalusa. La., operated by the Baer & Thayer Hardwood 

 Company, also an affiliated concern, which had likewise been closed down 

 for months, will be running once more by November 1. 



Richard P. Baer, the senior member of the firm, has just returned 

 from a trip of two months abroad. He arrived in New York late Saturday 

 night on the Caronia and was at his office again on Monday. Mr. Baer 

 visited ports and lumber centers in the United Kingilom, and also crossed 

 over to the Continent, getting a close view of conditions in France and 

 Belgium. He states that while he saw many things to indicate improve- 

 ment and gradual recovery from the stagnation an<l the unsettlement of 

 the war, the revival was slow and was being further retarded by the 

 slump in exchange and other developments. 



Scherer Not Connected with Firm by His Name 

 The late William C. Scherer, Jr., had no connection with William C. 

 Scherer & Company, Inc., door, sash and blind manufacturers of Balti- 

 more, Md.. according to a letter written by Wm. C. Kirkley, vice-president 

 of the company, to correct a statement to this effect made in Hardwood 

 Record. Wm. C. Scherer. Jr., was never connected with the company, 

 and the present corporation was formed by the late Philip Green, who died 

 in 1919. Mr. Creen purchased the copartnership known as Wm. C. Scherer 

 & Company from the estate of William C. Scherer. Since Mr. Green's 

 death the officers have been as follows : Luther M. R. Willis, president ; 

 Wm. C. Kirkley, vice-president; Wm. F. Smith, Jr., treasurer; Robert L. 

 Heiser, secretary. 



Richard and Kendall Form Partnership 



H. J. Richards, one of the partners in the well known Dacus-Richards 

 Hardwood Company of Memphis, has purchased the interest in the firm 

 of A. P. Dacus and will hereafter have associated with him J. T. Kendall, 

 who until recently was sales manager of the Gayoso Lumber Company, 

 and is one of the most popular and energetic young lumbermen in the 

 Southern territory. The firm name has been changed to the Richards 

 Hardwood Company, but the business wnll be continued with no change 

 other than that in name and jiartnership. 



MafFett-Graef Lumber Company Formed 



The Maffett (iraef Lumher Company, manufacturers and wholesalers of 

 northern hardwoods, has been launched at Appleton, Wis., by Harlow W. 

 Maffett, in a partnership with Lother G. (Jraef and O. E. Knoke of 

 AppIetoD. Mr. Maflfett recently severed his connections with the Chaa. Gill 

 Lumber Company of which he was sales manager, having opened their 

 Chicago office and covered all the company's territory outside of Chicago. 

 He has been active in the lumber business for fifteen years or more, work- 

 ing in all branches of the industry. He started with the old Rice Lake 

 Lumber Company, working through the different departments, and was 

 for four years with the American Lumber Company at Albuquerque. 

 N. Mex., in charge of the dressed lumber department. He was afterward 

 ■with the Stevens-Jarvis Lumber Company on the Inspection and sales 

 force and had been with the Gill company the past three years. 



Mr. Knoke is recognized as one of the best mill men in the north, having 

 operated a mill and yard at Hatley, Wis., as manufacturer and logger. 

 He recently completed a thoroughly modern band mill and planing mill 

 at Appleton. 



Mr. Graef is associated with the Graef Manufacturing Company and 

 has been interested in the manufacture of sash, doors and millwork for 

 years, therefore gaining a complete experience of the uses of lumber from 

 the factory viewpoint. He served during the late war with the 150th 

 Machine (Jun Battalion of the "Rainbow" Division, as major, and is 

 president of the Chamber of Comnier<-e at Appleton. 



Miss Evelyn Russe Weds New York Man 



One of the most brilliiUit weddings in Memphis this fall was that in 

 which Miss Evelyn Russe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Russe, and 

 Charles Russell Lea, of White Plains, New 'York, were the principals. The 

 ceremony was performed the evening of October 19 in the presence of a 

 select coterie of friends of the contracting parties at St. Mary's Cathedral 

 by Rev. Israel H. Noe, dean of the cathedral. The church was simply but 

 beautifully decorated. The bride was given in marriage by her father, who 

 is president of Russe & Burgess, Inc. Mrs. E. C. Gause, sister of the bride, 

 served as matron of honor, while Clifton Hopkins of New York was 

 best man. 



Following the ceremony, a reception and dance were tendered at the 

 Memphis Country Club to 400 of the most prominent society people of 

 Memphis. Midway of the evening a delightful s«lad course was served. 

 The guests were received by Mr. and Mrs. Russe and by Mr. and Mrs. 

 C. Reginal Lea. father and mother of the groom. 



Mr. and Mrs. Lea left late in the evening for Kentucky. From there they 



will motor to Canada. On their return from their bridal tour they will 

 be at home in their new residence at Ilastings-on-the-Hudson, New Tork. 



J. Clayton Johnson Organizes New Company 



J. C. Johnson, formerly with the Johnson Bros. Hardwood Company of 

 Memphis, and secretary of the Lundjermen's Club of Memphis, is forming 

 the J. C. Johnson Lumber Company and will shortly make application for 

 a charter under the laws of this State. He has already opened offices on 

 the second floor of the Bank of Commerce building and is handling hard- 

 wood lumber at wholesale. Mr. Johnson is now making preparations to 

 take the output of certain mills in this territory and is progressing satis- 

 factorily with his plans in that direction. Prior to his connection with 

 the Johnson Bros. Hardwood Company, Mr. Johnson was sales manager 

 for the Thane Lumber Company, Arkansas City, Ark. E. O. Johnson will 

 continue, at least for the present, the business of the Johnson Bros. Hard- 

 wood Company without <hange of name. 



R. A. Long Returns from Europe with Clear View of Conditions 



Looking considerably refreshed and in much better health than when he 

 left, R. A. Long, chairman of the board of the Long-Bell Lumber Company; 

 returned home to Kansas City, October S, from a five-months' tour of the 

 principal European countries. 



In an interview with newspaper men Mr. Long gave his impressions and 

 opinions on a score or more of subjects of vital interest, revealing in 

 startling fashion that he did considerably more in Europe than "see the 

 sights." 



Mr. Long found Germany the most prosperous nation in an industrial 

 way, England with conditions more unsettled than any other country, and 

 the nations that were neutral in the World War in less favorable circum- 

 stances than might be expected. 



In his travels he found a similarity of expression as to the world 

 situation today, hankers and public men summing it up with the laconic 

 American phrase, "The world is all upside down." Although no definite 

 plans are suggested for relief, Mr. Long found that a general feeling of 

 confidence prevailed, and that the Europeans expect America to help them 

 on the way to the new prosperity. 



Mr. Long believes he sees a real opportunity for the manufacturers of 

 building materials to get the wheels of industry started with sufficient 

 motive power ultimately to benefit all business. The key that may get 

 things moving is the world housing shortage. 



"In times like the present all manufacturers and retailers should be satis- 

 fied to take much smaller profits than in the past," said Mr, Long. "If 

 they do that they will make more money in the long run." 



"Europe is wonderfully courageous and hopeful. They feel that in time 

 I however, that period may be far away) that the present situation will be 

 cured, but they are unal)le to tell you now what course must be pursued in 

 order to reach this end." 



Hardwood News Notes 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Burke Lumber & Laud Cdiupany has recently eoinmeneed in the 

 wholesale lumber and dimension Steele manufacturing business at Conway. 

 Ark. 



The Northeastern Furniture Company has been incorporated at New 

 York City by E. R. Early, H. C. Finn and M. W. Wintermute, 840 East 

 End avenue. The capitalization is $50,000. 



Thomas F. Welch of Grafton, W. Va., recently sailed for Europe in the 

 interest of his lumber Itusiness. 



Nelson Courtlandt Brown, who since May, 1917, has been on a tour of 

 investigation for the government in Europe, has now returned to the 

 New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse, N. Y., as bead of the 

 Department of Forest Utilization. 



The Dudley-Dubose Lumber Company has recently commenced business 

 at New Orleans, La., to wholesale and export hardwood lumber. 



The R. W. Wood Lumber Company of Baltimore, Md., has been granted 

 a certificate by the State of West Virginia to withdraw its business 

 interests in the latter state. 



At Wheeling, W. Va., the Boydton Box & Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated at $20<1.000, by A. L. Metzner. A. F. Brady, Jr., J. H. 

 McNash, Lawrence Jleharg, and F. H. Ryder, Wheeling. 



The Boyd-Hillier Lumber Company, South Bend, Ind., has consolidated 

 with the Shafer SIcLaughlin Lumber Company of Fortland, Ore., under 

 the name of Shafer, McLaughlin & Ilillier (Inc.). 



CHICAGO 



A receiver has been appointed for the United Table Bed Company, 

 Chicago, 



The Kelly Company has recently commenced wholesaling yellow pine 

 and hardwoods at 'Ali2 S<iut1i Michigan avenue. Chicago. 



Morris Kaufman has started in the upholstered furniture business at 

 Hinsdale. HI. 



T. J. Fullenlove who has been located In Louisville. Ky., for many years, 

 has been appointed by the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company of that 

 city as Its Chicago representative. He resides at 1648 Lunt avenue. 



