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HARDWOOD RECORD 



on the conimittop ami other memlieis nre Fred M. Sullivan. John I". Knox. 

 C. Ashton McNeil. Arthur J. Yeager, A. n. Weaver anil F. Chase Taylor. 

 Tile exchange Is holiling well-attended meetings and will continue the 

 plan of having prominent speakers present on frequent occasions. 



CINCINNATI 



The Mowhra.v & Roliinson Lumber Company has been incorporated with 

 a capital of $1(10.000, the new company to act as the selling organization 

 for the Mowhray & Rohinson Company, which will continue as the pro- 

 ducing organization. The incorporators are F. W. Mowbray, E. O. Robin- 

 son, Joseph J. Linehan, Benjamin Rulienstein and R. W. Sloniker. 



J. C. Lloyd of the Illinois Timber Company. Shobonier, 111., was in Cin 

 cinnati rei-ently on his way to Iventucky to inspect some timber lands for 

 his compan.v. 



I'apers have been tiled with the Secretary of State incorporating the 

 Southern Pine & Hardwood Company of this city, with a capital of .$10,000. 

 The incorporators are C. A. Roy of Nicholasville, Ky. ; L. S. Schleinhauf. 

 Birmingham, Ala. ; Charles F. Rnnck. Jr., T. E. and Arthur W. Wood of 

 Cincinnati. The company will establish an office in the Wiggins block. 



The Philip Smith Manufacturing Company, l)ankrupt washing machine 

 concern of Sidney. O., was sold at auction in the United States Federal 

 court room in this city. The sale of the assets has not been confirmed by 

 the court because William Jaffe of Sidney has not paid into court .$2il,soo 

 which he bid in auction sale. The sale was ordered by the court when the 

 creditors failed to agree. The sale yielded $9,300 more than the former 

 highest bidder. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The Marion county. Indiana, surveyor expects to use 0,000 hardwocd 

 stakes during the coming year. Half of this number are to be H^ by 1VL> 

 by l.S inches, sawed on four sides, the remainder to be 2, by % by IS 

 inches, dressed on the two inch face. The board of county commissioners 

 of Marion county are receiving bids on the stakes at the present time. 



The Hoosier Tie and Lumber Company was recently organized at Terre 

 Haute, Ind.. with a capital stock of $100,000. C. J. Richards. John F. 

 O'Brien and John H. Keasley are directors of the company. 



The plant of the Sinker-Davis Company of Indianapolis, manufacturers 

 of boilers, engines and saw mill machinery, was badly damaged by fire 

 recently. The fire originated in the boiler shop and is said to have been 

 caused by the explosion of turpentine fumes in a varnish tank. The 

 flames rapidly spread to other portions of the plant, but were checked 

 before they reached the building occupied by the finishing room offices. 



Fire of unknown origin recently destroyed two war<'houses, two large 

 trucks and about thirty carloads of baskets belonging to the Rice Hub 

 and Rim I'ompany at Ivnglisb, Ind.. as well as machinery for the manu- 

 facture of hubs, rims and egg cases, which A. Turley and James Blackburn 

 had purchased from the Rice company and which they had left stored in 

 one of the warehouses until their new factory building was completed. 

 The men had but little insurance, but the Rice company had $lli.O(Mi 

 insurance to apply on their loss, which is estimated at $38,000. 



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EVANSVILLE 



B. F. VonBehren. of the \\tu r.ehreu .Manufacturing Company, manufac- 

 turers of spokes and hubs here, has announced he will seek the republican 

 nomination for representative in the Indiana legislature in the primary 

 that will be held in Vanderburg county on May 2d. Other lumber men ami 

 those connected with allied interests in this end of the state are seeking 

 piditical honors this year. Fred E. Bergmann, owner of a planing mill and 

 liunber yard at Chrisney. Ind.. is a candidate for the democratic nomina- 

 tion for county commissioner from Spencer county. 



i;us E. Bauman. of the Gus E. Bauman Hardwood Company, has re- 

 turned from a business trip to Memphis. Tenn.. and points of interest in 

 the south and he reports that business conditions in those sections are 

 looking up a great deal. 



The Latona Talking Machine Company of this city has added $.')0,000 of 

 I>referre(l stock to the $100,000 capital and the money will be useil in the 

 • ■instruction of a factory building here, 50 by 125 feet, some time this fall, 

 ill cording to an announcement a few days ago of Oscar (irimwood, presi- 

 <U'nt and treasurer of the comi^any. 



I'^ire a few days ago destroyeil the planing mill and lunilier yard of the 

 Murdock Lundier Company, Washington. Ind., the loss l)eing estimated at 

 $2.7.000. The origin of the fire has n(^t lieen determined. 



The plant of the Universal Manufacturing Compan.v in this cit.v. that is 

 valued at $12.').000, has been placeil in the hamis of the .American Trust 

 and Savings Bank and it will be sold. The company has had its plant here 

 closed off and on for the past two years. The company manufactured soda 

 fountain fixtures. 



Welister and Newman have started a handle factory in operation at Os- 

 good, Ind., for the manufacture of broom handles. A numlier of men will 

 be employeil at the plant. 



Charged with violating the provisions of the patent of F. O. Perkins, a 

 basic glue-making process, on which at his death was assigned by his wife 

 to the Perkins (Jlue Company, of I.andsilale. Pa., suits were filed recently 

 in Federal Court against the Karges Furniture Company. Evansville. and 



We Offer Kiln Dried 



Lumber and an Efficient 



Kiln Drying Service 



A thoroughly modern kiln equipment at Owens- 

 boro enables us to make prompt shipment on 

 our own stock, thoroughly kiln dried and to offer 

 kiln drying service of proven efficiency for han- 

 dling either green or dry lumber. This service 

 is based on the same conservative care which 

 has always characterized our every department 

 from the log to the finished product. 



We offer quick shipment, either domestic or ex- 

 port, straight or mixed cars, all N. H. L. A. 

 grades in our soft texture oak ideal for good fur- 

 niture. We also have splendid walnut, a fine 

 stock of poplar, chestnut, gum, hickory, maple, 

 elm, Cottonwood, beech and quartered sycamore. 

 Thus practically every line of woodworking is 

 offered a thoroughly reliable source of entirely 

 dependable material. 



Try Stimson at Owensboro 

 the next time 



J. V. Stimson & Co. 



OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY 



STRABLE 



Lumber & Salt Company 



SAGINAW, MICHIGAN 



Manujaclurers 



Hardwood Lumber, Maple Flooring 

 ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES 



MODERN DRY-KILNS AND PLANING MILL 

 Insist upon 



Wolverine Maple Flooring 



"Best bj Test" 



SMS.'piXml Maple, Birch, Basswood. Elm, Beech 



The Hardwood Situation 



In view oi iin-vailiug conditions in this nnportant marlii-t. 

 we have con.sidercd the present an opportune time to pre- 

 sent a chart on the movement of hardw'ood lumber prices 

 as a basis for an analysis of the situation. In the chart we 

 show the movements of two composite groups of hardwood 

 lumber prices from July, 1916, to March. 1922. compared 

 with the movements of Bradstreet's Index Number repre- 

 senting the general level of prices for the same period. 



A free cof'y of this chart wilt he maitcii 

 ufioit request, Write Department M today 



The Brookmire Economic Service, Inc. 



25 West 45th Street, New York City 



*'The Original Systerrt of Forecasting frorn Economic Cyctea" 



