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HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 25, 191T 



trade is figuring on bucking a series o£ fall embargoes, car shoitugc, etc., 

 and would hardly feel natural without these dilflcultles. 



A. R. Nuniian, .Jr.. viceprcsiilcnl of the Norman Lumber Compauy, and 

 Miss Nell Crutiber I'"nlt<in, daughter of Dr. Gavlu I'ulton, of Louisville, 

 were married at St. I'aul's Church, on Wednesday evening, October 10. 

 Following the wedding and a home reception, Mr. and Mrs. Norman went 

 East to spend the balance of October. 



J. R. Kirwan of Klrwan Brothers, Louisville, and Miss lillllan Itother- 

 mill of Louisville were quietly married last week, leaving Immediately 

 afterward for a trip Kast. 



The Smith t'oopcrage Company, manufacturer of slack barrels, has in- 

 stalled a new two-ton truck for handling deliveries, and is so pleased with 

 its work that it is probable that all horse-drawn vehicles will shortly be 



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done away with. About three trucks would give the company a surplus 

 delivery capuclty. The new truck is an "Indiana," and is equipped with a 

 lOU-barrd rack. 



Paul K. Iligfe'lns, president of the Higglns Lumber Company, is father o£ 

 a line new buy. which he claims will become a hanlwood mill operator some 

 of these days. 



Following an illness of several weeks, Richard Van Dyke "Norman, seventy 

 years old. died last week. Mr. Norman was a brother of A. E. Norman, 

 president of the Norman Lumber Company, and was formerly a member of 

 the state legislature and prominent in grain circles. 



Due to an illness lasting since last June, William E. Demply, a former 

 sawmill operator of Brownsburg, Ky., died at a local hospital. Mr. 

 Demply was sixty-four years old, and had retired some time ago. He 

 is survived by a wife and several children. 



Announcement has been made at Monticello, Ky., to the cITect that the 

 Bassett Hardwood Manufacturing Company will close its mill at that point 

 shortly, and will not operate another season, having made arrangements 

 to move the plant to Oneida, Tenn. This mill has been cutting hickory, 

 and is endeavoring to get the timber men of the district to deliver all logs 

 and butts before the mill closes. 



It is claimed that the recent law prohibiting the manufacture of whisky 

 resulted in cutting oft the manufacture of 600,000 tight barrels for use by 

 Kentucky distillers, this being an average number used annually. The 

 value of (100,000 barrels is about $2,107,000. It was further estimated that 

 it cut off a demand for 8,000,000 bushels of grain, valued at .$6,351,450 

 last season, labor costing over a million dollars, coal $437,000, insurance 

 of $100,000 and supplies of $407,750. The total loss through non-pro- 

 duction is tigured at nearly $10,500,000. These figures were based on the 

 showing made last year, which was not an especially big season. 



News has been received of the death of Ben F. Soper, president of the 

 Richmond Lumber Company, Richmond, Ky., who has been ill for several 

 weeks. Mr. Soper was seventy-nine years old and a native of the state, 

 having lived at Danville, Ky., until 1905. He is survived by a number of 

 sons and one daughter. 



The Louisville Credit Men's Association and other local business organ- 

 izations have taken up the subject of "trade acceptances," a matter taken 

 up several weeks ago by the Louisville Hardwood Club, this organization 

 endorsing the movement, and putting it up before the national lumber 

 organizations for endorsement. The musical industry and other interests 

 are Jieenly interested in the movement, which gives promise of becoming 

 general. 



Joseph Dreidel, pioneer slack barrel manufacturer of Louisville, who has 

 been in the business for more than forty years, recently died in Louisville 

 of stomach trouble. Mr. Dreidel operated a large barrel plant under his 

 own name, making principally apple and flour barrels. The business was 

 started at Cincinnati and later moved to JefEersonvilie, Ind., being moved 

 to Louisville many years back. Mose Mandel, executor of the estate, which 

 was left to Mrs. Dreidel, will continue the plant, which will be in active 

 charge of Miss Nettie Elkins, who has been office manager for some time. 



Surplus stocks in the hands of lumber manufacturers are probably a bit 

 larger than is commonly thought, but at that the manufacturers will go 

 over into the new year with very light stocks. When the big demand 

 struck the trade a few months ago everyone started cutting, and capacity 

 operations were handled for some time. Some of this stock failed to move, 

 and during the past four months it has been getting well seasoned and in 

 fine shape for the big fall demand that is expected to break shortly. Large 

 concerns supplying government contracts have not managed to obtain much 

 surplus stock, and what surplus is to be had is mostly in the hands of the 

 smaller manufacturers who have not found business quite so brisk. 



Walter Parker, representative of the Department of Commerce, recently 

 delivered an address before the Louisville Board of Trade relative to re- 

 viving river traffic in an effort to aid the carriers at a time when the rail- 

 roads are swamped with business. Mr. Parker called attention to the 

 fact that Louisville enjoys exceptionally good freight rates, made possible 

 largely by the fact that river competition in the old days resulted in the 

 carriers being forced to set low rates. Mr. Parker also called attention 

 to the many millions of dollars that the government has spent in its 

 efforts to bring about a nine-foot stage in the Ohio, to afford boating water 

 the year around. River traffic has slumped badly in the past few years, 

 and at present only a few small boats are running. 



In this connection the newspapers have been handling articles to the 

 effect that the Interstate Commerce Commission may shortly conduct an 

 inquir.v into the ownership of the Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Company, 

 it having been strongly hinted of late that the Louisville & Nashville rail- 

 road might be interested in a hidden ownership. The packet company has 

 taken off its large boats, and has been operating small ones, claiming that 

 the high cost of coal and light traffic was responsible. 



The Mengel Box Company recently subscribed .f2."i0,(>00 to the Liberty 

 Loan campaign in Louisville, in which the maximum sum to be raised is 

 almost $13,000,000. The Mengel company's subscription equaled the largest 

 made in the city, there being two other subscriptions of a quarter of a 

 milliou. 



The Interstate Commerce Commission recently notified the Paducah, Ky., 

 Cooijcrage Company and the I'aducah Board of Trade that the increased 

 rate order on staves and cooperage materials from the Southwest to Pa- 

 ducah would not go into effect until January, 1918, pending action before 

 the Federal courts, in which the carriers undertook to have a granted in- 



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