October 10. 1017 



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the main factory building ot tlie Knight-Brinkerhoff Company of Brazil, 

 and that it would emploj* at least 100 men within ninety days. At pres- 

 ent i^ is manufacturing sample bedroom furniture, and as soon as this line 

 is complete salesmen will be sent out. It is expected that the company 

 will begin tilling orders in about thirty days. Shortly after the first of 

 the year the company intends to manufacture a line of dining-room furni- 

 ture. Other lines are to be added in the future. 



The Peabody Lumber Company, Columbia City, Ind., is now using a 

 heavy service motor truck to haul logs to its mill. It recently .hauled 

 three heavy ash logs over rough roads for a considerable distance, the logs 

 weighing 10,976 pounds. The company states that it is well pleased with 

 its experiment, as more logs are being handled than formerly with less 

 effort. 



Peter F. Myers, a well known hardwood lumber dealer of Jefferson ville, 

 Ind., and Miss Emma K. Blythe of that city were married late in Septem- 

 ber. Mr. and Mrs. Myers will continue to reside in Jeffersonville. 



E. C. Atkins & Co., saw manufacturers, have appealed to Harry S. New, 

 United States senator from Indiana for assistance in difficulties the com- 

 pany is having with the federal license board relative to shipping some 

 saws to Cuba. The company has the orders ready for shipment but the 

 license board has refused temporarily to permit the shipment to go through. 

 The matter as yet has not been settled. 



.Martin J. Conrad, a hardwood timber dealer of Lawrenceburg, Ind., last 

 week bought a large oak tree, one of the largest in that part ot the state 

 from a farmer living near that city. The tree measured seven feet one 

 inch through the stump and made four twelve-foot logs between the stump 

 and the first limb. The four logs scaled 6,975 feet of lumber. 



The Corbin Folding Chair Company of South Bend, Ind.. has been in- 

 corporated with a capitalization of $2.5,000 to manufacture all kinds of 

 furniture. Directors of the company are J. A. Hull, Frank J. Cosgrove 

 and F. A. Hull.' 



=^ EVANSVILLE >-= 



The regular monthly meeting of the Evansville Lumbermeu's Club was 

 held at the Hotel McCurdy on October 9. Resolutions were adopted 

 on the recent death of Claude E. Maley of Maley & Wertz. Several 

 business matters came up for discussion. 



Fire recently destroyed the large sawmill of John Enlow in Gibson 

 county, Indiana, a few miles north of the city, the blaze being of un- 

 known origin. The loss is partly covered by insurance. It is probable 

 that the mill will be rebuilt. Mr. Enlow, the proprietor of the mill, lives 

 at Mt. Carmel, 111. 



Veeck & Son, it is announced, will within a short time establish a 



Unloading Mahogany Logs 



at the 



Otis Manufacturing Company's Mills on the Mississippi River 



This picture was taken September 14th, 1917, and shows the S S "Temple E. Dorr," the S S 

 "San Ramon," the S S "Siskiyou," and the schooner "Keewatin," which are operated, besides 

 other boats, by the Otis Manufacturing Company in bringing Mahogany logs in to New Orleans. 

 The picture only shows one-half of their Log Boom, but gives an excellent idea of the enormous 

 amount of Mahogany they are handling. 



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