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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 23, 1921 



Hardwood Man Back from Argentine 



Among the passengers arriving on the Munson liner. Southern Cross, 

 on its record trip north was F. C. Poglinano, representative in Argen- 

 tine of the J. M. Card Lumljer Co. of Chattanooga, Tenn. 



"The market for American hanlw'oods is still favorable," declared 

 Mr. Pogliano, in commenting on the business situation. "General busi- 

 ness operations in Argentine are still at a low point but there are de- 

 cided indications of improvement. The constrHction industry has been 

 affected to the same degree as others but on the whole, it is in a more 

 favorable position than many of the other industries of the country. 



"Oak, ash, mahogany, beech, walnut, cherry and chestnut are the prin- 

 cipal woods in demand and the market for these will be an increasing 

 one in the future." 



J. Frank Keith Dies In Texas 



J. Frank Keith, pioneer hardwood and yellow pine manufacturer of 

 East Texas, died November C, at 2 :30 at Beaumont, Tex., following an 

 operation. Mr. Keith was born in Jasper, Tex., December IS, 1S57, and 

 entered the lumber business at the age of fifteen. At various times he was 

 connected with Long & Co., Village Mills Company and Texas Tram & 

 Lumber Company. In 1897 he organized the J. F. Keith Company, which 

 was sold to the Kirby Lumber Company in 1902. He then organized the 

 Keith Lumber Company, which is still in operation. He is survived by his 

 wife, one son, Carroll Keith, superintendent of the mill, and four daughters. 



Is Seeking Wood Carving Machine 



Hardwood Record is endeavoring to locate a used or rebuilt carving 

 machine similar to the Lochman Type made by the Curtis Machine Cor- 

 poration, of Jamestown, New York. We would greatly appreciate hearing 

 from anyone who might have such machine for sale, or knowing of such 

 machine that may be available. 



Du Bois Loan Over-Subscribed 



Baker, Fentress & Co., Chicago, bankers to lumbermen, report an over- 

 subscription for the one million dollars John E. Du Bois and the Du Bois 

 Lumber Company eight per cent first mortgage bond secured notes. Also 

 the $500,000 Connor Land & Lumber Company guaranteed eight per cent 

 first mortgage bonds. Particulars regarding the Connor Land & Lumber 

 Company bonds will be found in another section of this issue. 



Hardwood News Notes 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Ft. Smith Body Company is a recently incorporated concern at 

 Ft. Smith, Ark. Other incorporations are : The Clinch Valley Lum- 

 ber Corporation, Tazewell, Va. ; the City Lumber Company, Warren, O. : 

 the Allegan Casket- Company, Allegan, Mich. ; the Charles H. Hall Lum- 

 ber Company, New Horn, N. C. ; the Phillips Land & Lumber Company, 

 Dowagiac, Mich. ; the Parkersburg Handle Works, Parkersburg, W. Va., 

 and the E. Z. Box Company, Marshfield, Wis. 



Wm. S. Whiting Company and the Elizabethton Flooring Company, 

 Johnson City, Tenn., have been succeeded by the Boone Fork Manufactur- 

 ing Company of Philadelphia. Pa. 



The Arkansas Land & Lumber Company at Malvern, Ark., has been ab- 

 sorbed by the Wisconsin & Arkansas Lumber Company. 



The Crawford, Nash Cypress Company recently commenced in the 

 wholesale hardwood lumber business at Albany, Ga. 



W. W. Wilson, Jr., announced a few weeks ago that he had severed 

 his connection as vice-president of the Forest Lumber Company, Pittsburgh, 

 Pa., and has organized the Republic Lumber Company, which has offices 

 at 917-919 House building, Pittsburgh. 



The Florida Furniture Company recently commenced in business at 

 Lake Worth, Fla. 



The plant of the Freed Furniture Company, manufacturer of reed 

 furniture at Elkhart, Ind., will be moved to Muncie, Ind. 



E. L. Windelman, Chester Bertolette and Ruth H. Bertolette have in- 

 corporated the Acme Chair Works, Elizabeth, N. J., with a capitalization 

 of $100,000. 



The American Table Company will manufacture tables at 75 Broad- 

 way, Boston, Mass. 



At Jersey City, N. J., the New Jersey Musical Rocking Chair Com- 

 pany has been incorporated by D. Feduke, A. Zubryd and J. Myth. The 

 capital stock is $50,000. Its product will be toys and miniature chairs. 



CHICAGO 



Al. Ruth, manager of the Chicago branch of the G. W. Jones Lumber 

 Company, made a selling trip to Grand Rapids, Mich., leaving Chicago 

 on November 21 and returning for Thanksgiving. 



Among the northern lumbermen who recently made trips to Chicago 

 are the following : W. C. Boden of the Kneeland-McLurg Company, 

 Phillips, Wis. ; L. H. Levisee of the Scott & Howe Lumber Company, 

 Oshkosh, Wis. ; J. R. Andrews, Escanaba, Mich. ; W. S. Thorn, president 



of the Adams-Thom Lumber Company, Wausau, Wis. ; A. C. Wells of the 

 J. W. Wells Lumber Company. Menominee. Mich. ; Payson Smith, of the 

 Payson Smith Lumber Company. Miuneapolls, Minn. ; M. P. McCuUough 

 and John F. Ross of the Brooks & Ross Lumber Company, Schofleld, Wis. 



P. J. .\ttley of the J. M. Attley & Company of Chicago, made a trip to 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., the week ending November 19. 



W. W. Brown of the Northern Hardwood Sales Company, returned to 

 Chicago during the week ending November 19, having finished an ex- 

 tensive tour of the northern Wisconsin mills. 



A. B. Smith of Paducah, Ky., one of the leading lumbermen in that 

 section, visited Chicago and called on the local trade about two weeks 

 ago. 



The Sawyer-Servatius Lumber Company has been fomie<l by C. H. 

 Sawyer and J. H. Servatius, both of this city. Mr. Sawyer for the last 

 year and a half has been in the commission business, with an office in 

 the Lumber Exchange Building and prior to that he was connected with 

 the Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company. Mr. Servatius was formerly 

 president of the Illinois Show Case Company. The new company will 

 have an office at 5 North La Salle street, room 304, and will deal in a 

 general line of hardwood lumber. The partners announce that they will 

 undertake the manufacture of lumber just as soon as conditions Justify. 



The National Lumber & Timber Company and the Thorntou-Vanlanding- 

 ham Cook Lumber Company have been re-organized, due to the retire- 

 ment of E. L. Thornton, formerly president and one of the organizers 

 of the two companies, who sold out his interests to the Hill-Behan 

 Lumber Company of St. Louis, Mo. As a result of the reorganization 

 the name of the latter company has been dropped and both organiza- 

 tions will be handled under the name of the National Lumlier & Timber 

 Company. The former Thornton-Vanlandingham-Cook Luml>er Company 

 handled the retail end of the business of the National Lumber & Timber 

 Company, while the latter handled the wholesale business. 



Bert E. Cook has been elected president of the re-organized company 

 to succeed Mr. Thornton ; A. M. Hill becomes vice-president, W. L. 

 Behan secretary and Walter B. Vanlandingham the treasurer. 



The Chicago Body Manufacturing Corporation has been incorporated 

 at 1420 Blue Island Avenue, Chicago, to manufacture auto bodies. 



The United Cabinet Company is a new incorporation here. 



BUFFALO 



A new National forest is to be acquired in Northwestern Pennsylvania, 

 with a nucleus of 40,000 acres which have been offered to the govern- 

 ment. It is hoped that within a few years a total of 412,000 acres will 

 be devote<l to the purpose by the government. L. L. Bishop, a United 

 States forester located at Warren, Pa., has been in Washington recently 

 presenting plans for the forest to his chiefs and experts have been sent 

 to Pennsylvania to go over the plans and examine the grounds proposed 

 for the forest. The location is contiguous to the new Allegheny State 

 Park, in Southwestern New York, which was recently dedicated and 

 opened to the public. 



The Curtiss airplane plant in this city, owned by the government, is 

 to be devoted in part to offices and storage space, according to an official 

 notification to the local Chamber of Commerce. 



The New York Central car shops at East Buffalo have been reopened 

 under the name of the W. .1. Conners Car Company, and employment 

 will soon be given to about 1.500 men, who will be engaged in making 

 car repairs. They will work ten hours daily. Needed material has not 

 yet arrived, so that a full force has not been put at work. Wlien it was 

 announced that the shoiis would reopen, after an idleness of nine months, 

 the number of applications for work was about 3,000. W. J. Conners, 

 who is at the head of the plant, is the proprietor of two Buffalo news- 

 papers, besides being president of the Great Lakes Transit Co. For 

 years he has been a large employer of labor. 



A canvass of the leading manufactuHng plants near the Black Rock 

 City line shows that over 5,000 men are now employed there, a large 

 increase since last summer. 



COLUMBUS 



The North Colunilnis Lumber Company, located at Mock Road and the 

 Pennsylvania tracks, has completed Its new planing mill which has been 

 In operation for about four weeks. L. W. Koons is general manager of the 

 concern. With the completion of the new mill the capacity Is fully 50 

 per cent more. 



E. J. & W. E. Jones, which concern has been operating a mill at 40ff 

 West Spring Street, ^i'l soon enlarge its yard and carry a full line of 

 lumber. A tract of two acres adjoining the former site has been ac- 

 quire<l. The new stock will be installed for spring aufl a number of 

 sheds will soon be started. 



F. B. Pryor, salesmanager of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, reports 

 a decided improvement in the demand for hardwoods from both retallera 

 and manufacturing concerns. Furniture, box. Implement and piano fac- 

 tories are the best customers. Retail stocks are only fair and many 

 dealers are replenishing them. Prices arc on a higher plane. 



E. M. Stark, treasurer and vice-president of the .\merlcan Column and 

 Lumber Company, reports a good demand for hardwoods and that steps are 

 being taken to place the mill at Stark, W. Va., In operation about the 

 first of the year. Prices are firmer all along the line. 



