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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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eusuiiit; yejir. nm- i»f tho retiring (lin-rttn-s is Eihvanl Wfiiiyss, of the 

 Weniyss Furniture Coiupany. 



Antan Bnieken & Son, of EvansvilU\ for niauy years engaged in the 

 hardwood lumber inauufaeturing business, have leased a strip of ground 

 at Henderson, Ky.. twelve miles below here, and are making preparations 

 to establish a sawmill in that city. - 



Kenjaniin I'.usse. mayor of Evansville and [iresident of the (ilobe-Bosse- 

 "World Furniture Company, was confined to his hcuiie here several days 

 recently because of a bad attack of the grippe. 



J. II. Motdler. stave manufacturer of Mt. Vernon, lud., who was in 

 Evansville a few days ago ou business, reported that the outlook for trade 

 is looking up sninc and he expects to see a larger volume of business this 

 year than last. 



Henry KuIIker. seiTetary of the Mechanics" IManing Mill Company of 

 Evansville. has announced that he will seek the republican nomination 

 for county auditor of Vauderburg county in the primaries, that will be 

 held on Tuesday, May :;. Mr. Kollker made the race for this office four 

 years ago and lost it by a few votes. 



LOUISVILLE 



At the last iii«'tiiig nt the Louisville Ilardwcidcl Club a committee com- 

 poswl of J. O. Browu. E. B. Norman, P. P. Joyes and II. J. Gates was 

 named to handle entertainment of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association at the meeting on March 7 and s. The club also named J. G. 

 Brown and II. J. Gates as delegates to the ne.\t meeting of the National 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association at Washington. 



Preston P. .Toyes of W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, also presi- 

 dent of the Louisville Hardwood Club, reported that business slumped 

 toward the end of B'ebruary. but that it in now coming back strong, with 

 indications of a stitfer market in sight. 



Barry Norman of the Holly Ridge Lumber Company, on his return from 

 a recent trip to the southern mills of the ccunpany, reported a good deal of 

 water in the woods and very little logging. Mills at Memphis and other 

 points are on a slow bell, due to influenza. Mr. Norman reported better 

 orders, and held that stocks in some consumers hands are so low that they 

 are now being forced to buy in small lots and outlook is brighter all along 

 the line. Mr. Norman stated that he planned running for two to three 

 months more, and would then close down if denuind had not increased 

 materially. 



NEW ORLEANS 



It has been decided to hold the March meeting of the Southwestern Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Club on the third Weilnesday. which falls on the 

 lifteenth instead of on the usual date, which is the second Wednesday, 

 according to recent announcement. The second Wednesday, which for 

 this month, falls on the eighth, is abandoned by the club for the big Louis- 

 ville conclave. Indications are that the Southwestern territory will be 

 strongly represented at the Louisville meeting. 



.Vmong Crescent City visitors of note within the past few days may be 

 mentioneil Harvey Moyan. Mr. Moyan is assistant manager of the hard- 

 wood department situated at Memphis, Tenn.. of the Louisiana Red 

 Cypress Company of New Orleans. 



A new Mobile, Ala., concern is the Wolf-.\lvarHZ Sash & Door Company, 

 which has just been organized in that city with a capital stock of $2."'i,00i) 

 for the purpose of carrying on the wholesale and retail sash and door busi- 

 ness. Business is being started, however, on ,1^15,000. The new concern 

 is to be officered by the following personnel : .Tames F. Wolf, president ; 

 Joseph T. .Mvarez, vice-president, and Warren Wolf, secretary and treas- 

 urer. 



WISCONSIN 



The American Chest Company of Waukesha, Wis., has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of SIfin.noO to engage in the manufacture of tool chests, 

 cedar chests, furniture, toys, furniture specialties and hardwood novelties. 

 The incorporators are .Tohn L. Martin, W. K. Hunter and ,Tohn D. Rem- 

 ington, all of Waukesha. 



The Folsom-Miller Company of Markesan, Wis., manufacturer of domestic 

 washing machines, recently filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, sched- 

 uling its liabilities at $132,966 and assets at $32..13.S. Most of the liabilities 

 are loans made by President S. P. Folsom anrl Secretary-Treasurer Guy 

 Miller as individuals. 



The Turtle Lake Lumber Company of Winchester, Wis., is now cutting 

 between 47.000 ami .50,000 feet of hardwood and hemlock daily, of which 

 CO per cent is hardwood. It is employing 150 men in the mill, yards and 

 on railroad work at Winchester, and 300 more in the camps. 



The Hackley-Phelps-P.onnell Company of Phelps. Wis., has recently added 

 approximately 10.000 acres of virgin harihvood timber land to his hold- 

 ings. The tract lies between State Line. Wis., and Watersmeet, Mich., and 

 ■was acquired from the W. A. Curtis Company. It is estimated that it will 

 take five years to log the area. Woo<ls operations will be instituted within 

 a short time. 



Richard Miller of Appleton, Wis., has applied for letters patent on an 



King Mill and Lumber Co. 



PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 



Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods 



Ash, Elm, Oak, Gum 

 Maple, Cypress, Hickory 



Cypress Shingles 



WE SHIP STRAIGHT OR MIXED CAR LOADS 



HARDWOODS and SHINGLES 



Results from Experience 



Our well selected logs, our careful manufacture and the 

 grading of our stock, demonstrate a service bulU on expe- 

 rience that should bring you into our family fold for fu- 

 ture business. We make Hardwood Lumber that brings a 

 follow-up order. Keep In touch with us when In need of 

 future supply. Dry stock is scarce now. A careful con- 

 suming manufacturer, however, lookx to the future lor sup- 

 plies that give satisfaction. 



We desire to get in communication with you so we may 

 know what your needs are and maybe by and by we can 

 help you. The erection of new mills and because of our 

 having a constant eye cast about for Increasing our timber 

 holdings, should put us at the head of the list of toIUb 

 when you want to buy Pine and Hardwoods. 



Kentucky Lumber Co. 



ilanufacturers Oak, Red and Sap Gum, Rough 

 and Dressed Tupelo, Short-Leal Y. Pine 



Office- 606 Security Trust Building, Lexington, Ky. 



SAW AND PLANING MILLS AT SULLIGENT. ALA. 



A Halt in the Price Decline 



From all indications the decline in construction co.sts. 

 which began in June, 1020. seems for the present to have 

 halted. As a rpsult. the outlook in the building field 

 must be judged from two viewpoints — that of the imme- 

 diate future and that of its longer trend- 



The current Building Bulletin give.<! a complete analysis 

 of this situation. Free copy will be sent upon request. 

 Ask for Bulletin M. 



The Brookmire Economic Service, Inc. 



25 West 45th Street, New York City 



"The Original Systerrx of Forecasting from Economic Cycles' 



iron clamping device designed to hold together die or cutting blocks, which 

 will be used at the plant of the Appleton Wood Products Company. Mr. 

 Miller has been granted patents on fifteen distinct ideas, largel.T in per- 

 fecting and improving processes of manufacturing wood products. 



One of the busiest industries in northeastern Wisconsin is the plant of 

 the Vulcan Last Company of Portsmouth, Ohio, which maintains a large 

 plant in Crandon, to manufacture bolts and stock for its boot and shoe 

 last factories at Portsmouth and Johnson City, near St. Louis. The Cran- 

 don factory is now on a year's run and is turning out 6,000 shoe lasts a 

 day. Six new dry kilns and a new dry shed. 30 by 300 feet, will be 

 erected, and five machines installed to increase the daily capacity to 10,000 

 lasts a day, beginning May 1. The consumption of timber this year is 

 estimated at 2,225.000 feet of logs, mostly maple and birch, representing a 

 cost of $75,000 or more for the raw timber. 



The City of .-Vshland is preparing to start work on a new manual train- 

 ing or vocational arts institute, which will be a memorial to the late C. F. 

 Latimer, a prominent lumberman, who bequeathed $50,000 for this purpose. 

 The common council has made an additional appropriation of $75,000 in 



