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HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 25, 1917 



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THEO. FATHAUER CO. 



1428 CHERRY AVENUE 

 Telephone Diversey 1 824 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



YARD 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Direct Shipments in 



CAR AND CARGO LOTS 



a Specialty 



MILL 



HELENA. ARK 



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The Newton Falls Lumber Company, Newton Falls, O., has sold out to 

 the Western Reserve Lumber Company. 



R. W. Horton of the W. M. Rltter Lumber Company reports a good de- 

 mand for hardwoods, especially from factories. Concerns making Ijoxes 

 and furniture are good customers and the same is true of vehicle and 

 implement concerns. Prices are steady and every change is toward higher 

 levels. 



The Imperial Lumber Company is having a good demand for West Vir- 

 Kinia hardwoods. Prices are steady and shipments are slow in coming 

 out. J. A. Ford is at the head of the company. 



Cleo B. Brown, secretary and treasurer of the Columbus Lumber Com- 

 pany, is seriously ill at his home in Columbus, sulfering from blood poison- 

 ing. The trouble lame from a gathering in one of his ears. His condition 

 is critical. 



The Colunihu.'^ Lumbermen's Club is serving noon luncheons at its club- 

 rooms at Chestnut and High streets, and lumbermen from the city gather 

 at the club rooms to discuss business conditions. Members are coming in 

 fast and a large percentage of Columbus dealers and jobbers are identifiod 

 with the organization. 



:-< INDIANAPOLIS >- 



William Roach :u)d Isaac H. Brewer, owners of the Roach & Brewer 

 Lumlier Company, miiintaining yards at McCarty and Chase streets in 

 Indianapolis, were arrested last Friday by Indianapolis police on the charge 

 of receiving stolen goods. Their arrest followed the purchase of timber 

 I'roni .lohn C. and William Miller, loggers, who are alleged to have stolen 

 the timber from Sellers farm, southwest of the city, a tract of land owned 

 by the city for the purpose of maintaining a site for the municipal garbage 

 reduction plant. The arrest of the two lumbermen resulted from a legal 

 controversy between the city and the 'Millers, who have been living on the 

 land tor so long that they have set up a claim to a part ownership, and 

 now have a suit pending in court to (juiet the title. The city ordered the 

 arrest of Mr. Roach and Mr. Brewer in order that civil action might be 

 instituted against Ihe two meu in case the civil proceedings questioning 

 the title of the land is decided in behalf of the city. Following their arrest 

 both of the lumbermen gave bond and were released. 



Dean Binkley, Indiana Harbor, Ind., assistant manager and treasurer 

 of the Indiana Harbor Lumber Company, and Miss Glenn Call of Val- 

 paraiso, Ind., were married last week. After a short wedding trip Mr. and 

 Mrs. Binkley will be at home to their friends in Indiana Harbor. 



Mathlas Meyer, eighty-one years old, a retired sawmill operator of Fort 

 Wayne, Ind., died last week following an Illness of two years. His ad- 

 vanced age caused him to leave active business duties several years ago 



when he was operating successful mills in and near Ki«ri Wayne. He is 

 survived by a widow and four children. 



S. J. Peabody, head of the Peabody Lumber Company, Columbia City, 

 Ind., departed last week for Daytona Beach, Fla., where he will spend the 

 winter. 



The Freeland Park Lumber Company, Freeland Park, Ind., has been in- 

 corporated with a capitalization of $5,000. Directors of the company are 

 .7. C. McKibben, A. W. Nelson and H. E. Cook. 



O. D. Haskett, head of the O. D. Haskett Lumber Company, has been 

 elected a director of the Indiana Greater Industrial .\ssociation, which 

 controls Mars Hill, an industrial suburb. Mr. Haskett was president of 

 the assotiation last year and it was during his management that the in- 

 debtedness of the organization was paid. He is being congratulated by the 

 business interests of the cit.v for his good work. 



.lohn Miller, sawmill operator of Union City, Ind., died recently. He 

 had been ill with paralysis for two years. He was born in Clairmont 

 county, Ohio, in 1S51, and moved to Union City ten years ago, where he 

 has since been identified with the lumber industry. He is survived by a 

 widow and four children. , 



The Showers Brothers Furniture Company, Bloomington, last week sub- 

 scribed for $50,000 worth of Liberty bonds. Officials of the company report 

 that they now are employing about 100 women to operate machines thai 

 formerl.v were operated by men. The company is having little difficulty 

 in meeting the labor shortage resulting from the war. Although most of 

 the women employed have never worked before, they can turn out about as 

 much work as men. 



Hardwood lumber shippers in Indiana are i)reparing lo oppose a petition 

 filed by Indiana railroatls with the Public Service Commission asking for 

 an increase in rates of 15 per cent within the state. They state that tin- 

 proposed rates would be prohibitive ami that it would be cheaper in many 

 instances to ship out of the state and reship back into Indiana in order ti) 

 deliver freight at tlistaut points within the state. 



The conscription appeal board of the Indianapolis district has granted 

 a request of Vincent L. McDonald, general manager of the Batesville Lum- 

 ber and Veneer Company of Lawrenceburg, Ind.. that he be permitted to 

 report for military duty on April 1, 1918, instead of at the present time 

 for military duty. Mr. McDonald explained to the board that he has been 

 the side managei- of his company's affairs and that it uould work a hard- 

 ship on the company it he should leave without giving I lie company several 

 months' noti<*e. When these facts were shown the appeal board his request 

 was granted. 



The Urmston-Shipley Lumber Company. Indianapolis, has been ineor- 

 porated with a capitalization of $50,000 to operate a chain of sawmills. 



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