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HARDWOOD RECORD 



May 10, 1917 



,arri^' 



UMBER AND 



ELmira./l.y 



KoTember 



9th. 



1915. 



Pfiepcke Leight Lte. Co., 



Chicago, 



111. 



Gentlemen: • 



Te are uelng your Bed Oun IdBber io the 

 manufacture of our high class interior 

 trim and general |>lanii% mill work. 



This gum is giTing excellent satisfaction, 

 teing highly graded, soft texture, good 

 widths, and long lengths, also dry, straight 

 tnd flbt. 



Respectfully, 



Harris, kcUenry ft Baker Co. 



Diet. 



Of course it is true that 



Red Gum 



is America's finest cabinet wood — but 



Just as a poor cook will spoil the choicest 

 viands while the experienced chef will turn 

 them into prized delicacies, so it is true that 



The inherently superior qualities 

 of Red Gum can be brought 

 out only by proper handling 



When you buy this wood, as when you buy a new 

 machine, you want to feel that you have reason for 

 believing it will be just as represented. 



We claim genuine superiority for our Gum. The 

 proof that you can have confidence in this claim is 

 shown by the letter reproduced herewith. 



Your interests demand that you remem- 

 ber this proof of our ability to preserve 

 the wonderful qualities of the wood 

 when you again want RED GUM. 



Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



CONWAY BUILDING Ul W. WASHINGTON ST. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Bond MlUa: Helena and BIythevUle, Ark.; Greenville, Ml£s. 



corporated the tirst ot .\pril with .James H. Long of i'hiciigo as prrsidfut. 

 W. S. Hamilton, secretary of ttic Hamilton Lumber Company, will serve 

 as manager of the new company. 



Simons Brothers' sawmill near Huntington, Ind., was destroyed by fire 

 of incendiary origin last week, the loss being ,i:.'l,.50n. No insurance was 

 carried. 



The George L. Wiser Specialty Manufacturing Company of Martinsville. 

 Ind.. has been incorporated with a capitalization of .$:j0.or»o to manufac- 

 ture playground material, baby carriages ami furniture for children. The 

 company expects to bu.\- a site for a factory in the near future and to 

 operate a plant to employ 1.50 men. 



The Isgrigg Lumber Company of Indianapolis has changed its name to 

 the Eaglesfielil-Hill Lumber t'ompauy. 



The Long-Knight Lumber Company last week wrote a letter to Mayor 

 Joseph E. Bell urging him to issue a proclamation requesting the pulilic 

 to set all clocks forward one hour in order to provide more daylight time 

 in which the people might till vacant ground in and near the city to 

 assist the government in increasing the supply of food products. 



The George W. I'idler Lumber Company of Dunkirk, Ind., has been 

 incorporated with a capitalization of .f:!.000. Directors are George W. 

 Fidler, (i, A. Kidler and Homer D. Fidler. 



The Stout Furniture Company of Sali'iii. Ind., has filed notice that it 

 has dissolved as a corporation. 



The Campbellsliurg Furniture Company of Campbellsburg, Ind., has 

 taken out incorporation papers, the company having an authorized capital 

 of $25,000. Directors are William Klerner, John Strattan. .T. C. Brown 

 and John Wilkins. 



.John Simpson, St. Paul, Ind.. has sold his lumber yards there to the 

 Shelby lAimber Company of Shelbyville, Ind. The new owners took pos- 

 session May 1. 



=-< EWAl<iSVlLhE >.= 



May 3 a campaign closed here to raise $500,000 to bring a college to this 

 city. Maley & Wertz gave .f.3,000 to the sum. Other prominent lumber 

 men and owners of wood consuming plants worked hard for the campaign 

 and gave liberally to the fund. 



J. C. Greer of the .1. C. Greer Lumber Company has returned from a 

 business trip through the South and reports trade conilitions ouitc promis- 

 ing. 



Merle Stimson, son of Dayton Stimson. a well-known Uuiibcr manufac 

 turer at Owensboro, Ky., recently Joined the United States Navy in Xew 

 Jersey. lie is a graduate of (he Culver Academy at Culver, Ind. 



The bodj' of (Jeorge Kraemer, ,a well known lumber man who died a few 

 days ago at .Success. .\rk., was taken to Tell City, Ind., near here, his former 

 home, for burial. Mr. Kraemer had been in the lumber business for a num- 

 ber of years and was well known in the Southwest. He is survived by sev- 

 eral brothers and sisters. 



On Tuesday. May 1, the fiftieth annual May dinner was given by the 

 Blount Plow* Company to their several hundred employes. These annual 

 dinners bring together the employers and employes on a common level and 

 the best of feeling always prevails. 



Charles Bell, aged thirty-four years, who was manager of the Greer- 

 Wilkinson Lumber Compan.y at Denver, Ind.. committed suicide at his 

 home in that city a few days ago by shooting himself in the mouth with a 

 revolver. He had been in failing health for some time and was despondent. 



D. B. MacLaren of the D. B. MacLaren Lumber Conipauy says that while 

 he looks for the European war to last a long time, he thinks business 

 conditions in the United States v\'ill remain sound and that trade Is 

 going right ahead. 



Chair and furniture factories are being operated on full time and the 

 business outlook is encouraging. Some of the factories ar*' several months 

 behind in their orders and report that the car shortage is handicapping 

 them to a considerable extent. 



-< MEMPHIS >= 



The .\llen-Eaton Panel Company has made application ftir a charter here 

 under the laws of Tennessee. It has a capital stock of 5il25,000 and pro- 

 poses to erect a plant in Memphis this summer for the manufacture of gum 

 panels and built-up veneers. C. B. .Mien, formerly manager of the built-up 

 veneer department of the .^nderson-Tully Company, is to be president and 

 general manager of the company. Other incorporators are : W. H. Mat- 

 thews, Joe Lamb, J. W. Eaton and R. H. Stickley. It was announced some 

 time ago that the Memphis Gum Panel Company was being organized by 

 Mr. .\llen and his associates, but the application fi>r the charter by these 

 gentlemen has been made under the name aii'eady given. 



The will of the late George D. Burgess has been admitted to proliate. It 

 bequeaths all of his real and personal property to his widow. Lillian Early 

 Burgess, with the exception of ?2,500 of life insurance to his sister, Mrs. 

 F. W. Douglass, of Indianapolis, and a blue enameled watch to his son. 

 John. Mrs. Burgess is named executrix without bond. No Intimation Is 

 given of the extent of his estate, though it is known to have been quite 

 large. 



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