Augu:'t 10, I'.n'i 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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trustee to succeed Mr. Renner, flli>il a motion for an order appointing the 

 late trustee's attorneys as his attorue.vs. 



Murray Shipley, vice-president of the Lodge and Shipley Machine and 

 Tool Company, and one of the original Incorporators of the concern, has 

 formally severed his connections with the company and has disposed of his 

 interest to the heirs of William Lodge, recently deceased president of the 

 company. J, Wallace Carrel, general sales manager, will be the chief 

 c.Necutive of the company under tlic new regime. 



The Richwood Lumber Company, Richwood, has incorporated with cap- 

 ital stocl; of $10,000 : Peter Kuutz. Sr., Peter Kuntz, Jr.. Martin C. Kuntz. 

 J. .\. I'iiyne, Louis C. Kllpstine, A. I!. Klipstlne arc the incorporators. 



The Mahoning Lumber Company. Youngstown. recently incorporated for 

 .$100,000. M. L. Uailey. Etta Boyd, II. II. Wickham, E. Maiden, Jr., and 

 Louise M. Strahls comprise the directorate. 



Everybody I<nows'that the price of briar pipes has increased to such an 

 extent that the article which the smoker formerly purchased for a quarter 

 can scarcely be made now to retail for less than a half dollar. For a 

 long time It was thought that imported l)riar-wood alone could be used 

 to make a good pipe, but recently an American factory undertook to 

 experiniejit with walnut, and successfully too, for after having made a 

 simple little article in the shape of a Congo pipe at an inexpensive price 

 walnut wood is now being used to turn out pipes of every size and shape 

 to retail at a quarter each. 



.V large Cincinnati pipe joblter states tliat many of these walnut pipes 

 are now being marketed locally in competition with briar pipes, and that 

 the percentage of burn-outs is extremely small. In fact, complaints have 

 been so few that there is little reason to doubt that the article made of 

 walnut wood is in every way as satisfactory as the popular briar-wood. 

 while the lower price is certain to create a demand which will tax the 

 capacity of many of the largest pipe factories of the country. 



Representatives of the government, the British, French and Italian 

 Missions, aircraft manufacturers anil lumliermen will leave early next 

 week for the Faciflc coast to stimulate production of finished spruce for 

 airplanes. The itinerary will include Seatle. Taconia. Portland and possi- 

 bly San Francisco. 



=-< CLEVELAND y 



"IDEAL" Steel Burnished 



Rock Maple Flooring 



is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply the de- 

 mand for the best. It is made by modern machinery from care- 

 fully-selected stock, and every precaution is taken throughout 

 our entire system to make it fulfill in every particular its 

 nanie^"IDEAL." 



Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds 



I. STEPHENSON CO., Trustees 

 Wells, Michigan 



Tho Amherst LumUtr Company, which has incroaseil its capital from 

 $30,000 to 840,000 within tho past few years, again announces an increase 

 from $40,000 to S50,000. The officers are W. Menz. president; George 

 llolstein. vice-president ; U. Lee Menz. secretary and treasurer. 



The Wickliffe Lumber Company, Wickliffe. O., a suliurb of Cleveland. 

 has hpen added to the strinj; of lumber yards tlirough the East Knd of 

 Cleveland more or less under the same management, including the Collin- 

 wood Lumber Cnmpany. the East Cleveland Lumber Company and the 

 Glenville Lumber Company. Among the organizers of the new company 

 are F. A. Cramei', S. P. Cramer. John II. Hogg and H. A. Bittner. 



Dover Inn, the scene of many lumbermen's outings, was chosen as the 

 place for the July outing of the Cleveland Lumber Club, of which F. T. 

 Peitch, hardwood dealer, is secretary. The outing w^as held July 28. 

 There was the usual hall game and the dinner at G o'clock. The trip was 

 made in .automobiles. 



Shipping conditions in Clevi-lnnd have not become so bad as lumbermen 

 were l^d to believe they would, and from all general reports there has been 

 a slight improvement both in arrival of shipments and the supply of 

 empties. 



Cleveland's hardwood industries are not expected to be very hard hit 

 by the impending draft. One hopeful sign is the tendency on the part of 

 the local draft board to call aliens for examination in anticipation of 

 their being allowed to draft them into the army. The situation is also 

 being relieved by a rush of aliens for naturalization papers now that it 

 appears practically certain that they will have to serve anyway. As 

 Cleveland has about 40 per cent aliens of draft age the draft would 

 practically sweep the city clean of native born young men, including 

 many married, while the unmarritMl aliens would remain behind to take 

 advantage of this situation. Tho justice of the uniform draft is being 

 shown in the fact that its application is so broad that no one industry 

 will be hard hit. In each fair sized plant there are from a half dozen to 

 a score who will be called for examination in the first draft, but a cer- 

 tain percentage of these will bo -exemiited. 



•< INDIANAPOLIS > 



Indiana lumbermen recently appeared befoi'e the Public Service Com- 

 mission to enter a protest against the proposed increased freight rates 

 on logs with the result that they were told to confer with the commission's 

 rate expert to come to an understanding on their differences with tho 

 railroads. C, H. Barnaby, of Greencastle, Ind., was one of the leaders of 

 the movement, ami 11. E. Daugherty of the Iloosier Veneer Company and 

 H. J. Barnard of the Central Veneer Company, Indianapolis, also attended 

 a meeting held here to plan for the appearance before the commission. A 

 readjustment of the rates proposiMl by the railroads meant a slight ad- 

 vance in short haul tariffs. When the lumbermen agree with tho com- 

 mission's rate expert on tariffs, tho decision will be placed before the com- 

 mission for its approval. 



Ishom Ross and Frank L. Clark, lumbermen of Columbus. Ind., recently 

 purchased 115 black walnut trees for $8,000 from a farmer living near 



that city. The trees will be cut as soon as possible and the logs will be 

 used in The manufacture of veneer. 



Nathan Armstrong, eighty-six years old, a well-known lumberman of 

 Anderson. Ind.. died last week. He is survived by one son. 



J. A. Berbster & Co., Rochester. Ind.. have announced plans for the 

 construction of a planing mill. Additions also will he made to the com- 

 pany's yards. 



The Rochester Lumber and Coal Company has purchased n new site 

 to extend its yards and storage facilities. 



The circuit court at Shelhyville. Ind., last "week named the Security 

 Trust Company receiver for the Linileman Wood Finish Company of that 

 city. Suit for the appointment of a receiver was brought by William C. 

 Patterson, president of the company, in order to force the retirement of 

 Arthur E. Iloldt. the company's secretary-treasurer and manager. Jlr. 

 lloblt recently was arrested in a Chicago hotel on the charge of making 

 unpatriotic utterances against the United States and President Wilson. 

 Other oHicers of the company assert that Mr. Holdt's actions have injured 

 the goo<l name of the company, and that they will demand his retirement. 

 Mr. Iloblt was lined .'pluo and costs in a Chicago court following his arrest 

 there. Officers of the company ileclare the concern is solvent and in a 

 highly satisfactory financial condition. Mr. Iloldt has announced that he 

 will leave the country soon to go to South America. 



The Clinton LuihImt Company of Mulberry. Ind., has dissolved as a 

 corporation. 



The Knox-IIutchins Furniture Company and the Paoli Cabinet Company, 

 both of I*aoli, Ind., have consolidated under the name of the Knox-Hutchins 

 Furniture Company. The consolidated company has a capitalization of 

 $200,000 and its directors are Samuel R. Knox, M. W. llutchius and Ed- 

 ward L. Thorp. The company will continue to operate both plants. Addi- 

 tions have recently been completed to both plants. 



The Bean Blossom Creek Lumber Company, a Connecticut corporation, 

 has quulitied to do business in Indiana, $2,000 of its capital stock being 

 represented in this state. Clift'ord 11. Marsh of Ilelmsburg Is named the 

 company's agent. 



=-< EVANSVILLE >■= 



It. F. Wheeler and J. S. Gilchrist have purchasi'il the sawmill anil chaii- 

 factory of W. O. Tucker at Marion, Ky. They have taken charge of the 

 two plants and will soon operate them. 



John C. Keller, tratflc commissioner of the Evansville Chamber of Com- 

 merce, and traffic manager nf the Evansville Lnnilieriuen's <'Iuli, has asked 

 Edward Kramer, superintendent of the Indiana Free Employment Bureau. 

 Evan.sville. to co-operate in steps to prevent extensive inroads on the labor 

 supply of Evansville. Evansville manufacturers have expressed a fear that 

 serious competition for labor may result from the withdrawal of men from 

 the various industries for the national army anil they wish to prevent 

 outside agencies from taking men out of Evansville. For some time past 

 the sawmill owners of Evansville and southwestern Indiana have been 

 seriously handicapped for the want of labor. Even unskilled labor in 

 some instances has lieen hard to get and the wages paid this class of lal)or 

 are the highest in many .years. Mayor Benjamin Bosse, president of the 

 Glol)e-I!osse-World Furniture Company, said a few days ago that because 

 of the labor problem he estimated the output of the furniture factories in 

 Evansville will be cut at least twenty per cent between now and the first 

 of next .lanuar.v. 



The contract has been let for the building of the new plant for the Cot- 

 tage Building Company of this city that will be located at the corner of 

 Governor and Canal streets. The present home of the company at 500-310 

 Walnut street will be vacated. The new plant will be a one-story build- 

 ing and will be erected at a cost of $13,000, The building will be 14S by 

 6.3 feet, and will be erected in a manner that will make future additions 

 possible, as the tirm is expecting to add another story and to enlarge the 

 plant within the next two years. 



Members of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club were the special guests of 

 the Evansville Furniture Manufacturers' Association on its annual summer 

 outing that was held on the steamer Prince and barge Princess on the Ohio 

 river here. Tuesday, August 31. The afternoon and evening were spent in 



