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1,500,000 y 



Feet ot Lo gs 



This St. Francis basin 

 Red Gum averages 531 

 feet to the log. 



There are two modern 

 banci mills to cut " em 

 on— 100.000 feet a day. 



30 years' experience in 

 Arkansas Gum 



MILLER LUMBER CO. 



MARIANNA, ARK. 



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A^ CLEVELAND J< 



First unit in a series of warehouses, being crectccl by tiie Broolslyn 

 Lumber Company, is nearing completion. While this Arm has been con- 

 sidered one o£ the le.idlng factors in the Middlewest in yellow pine, it is 

 now recognized as an important distributor of hardwoods, and special 

 attention has been given to this divlsiijn in the erection of the new ware- 

 house. .\11 hardwoods are stored on the second floor of the new huliding, 

 each material in a separate compartment behind sliding doors. The 

 material is arranged upon racks, so that a small or large quantity may be 

 talten out. without disturbing the rest. Principal hardwood carried here 

 Is oak flooring and interior trim. 



Contracts for aeroplane and other aircraft propellers are soon to be 

 considered by the propeller section equipment division ot the .Mrcraft 

 Board, which has established offices at Union building, Euclid avenue and 

 East Nineteenth street, this city. F. M. Sibley is director of this division. 

 Following the policy of the government to limit publication of informa- 

 tion concerning Its equipment activities, detailed information regarding 

 this equipment Is withheld. According to Mr. Sibley, however, the air- 

 craft division will be in the market for first and second quarter sawed 

 white oak, birch and yellow poplar, and will be pleased to receive com- 

 munications at Its oSSces here. 



•< INDIANAPOLIS >■ 



In a statement recently prepared for publication to disclose the im- 

 portance ot some of the industries of Indianapolis, John 11. Talge, president 

 of the Talge Mahogany Company, asserts that Indianapolis Is without 

 doubt the largest veneer center in the world, New York being second. 

 He estimates the value ot the output ot the city's veneer mills at 

 $3,500,000 annually. Mr. Talge does not believe that the war will 

 seriously interfere with the successful operation of the veneer mills, 

 although he said It Is Increasingly difficult to receive shipments of foreign 

 woods. This condition has resulted in a greatly Increased demand for 

 the domestic woods, he declared. 



The Central Lumber Company of Indianapolis was Incorporated last 

 Tuesday with a capitalization of $10,000. Directors of the company are 

 Elmer W. Hugher, Augustus Jennings, and Lewis Wallace. The company 

 expects to engage In the manufacturing end of the Industry. 



The E. & W. Lumber Company of South Bend, Ind., has Just Increased 

 Its capitalization from $3,000 to $10,000. 



A judgment of $7,500 was received In a county court of Lebanon, lud., 

 by Otto Burroughs, against the Talge Mahogany Company of Indianapolis. 

 The plaintiff claimed that he was injured permanently while in the em- 

 ploy of the company two years ago. During the trial the defendant 

 offered to compromise the case for $2,000 and the plaintiff held off for 

 a settlement of $3,000 with the result that no compromise was etCoctcd. 



Robert II. Foster, head ot the Robert Foster Lumber Company of 

 Indianapolis, has been appointed a field secretary of the American Red 

 Cross. Mr. Foster has been assigned to camp relief work at the army 

 post at Fort Benjamin Harrison, a few miles northeast of Indianapolis. 

 It will be his duty to look after the needs of the sick soldiers and to supply 

 all of the men with the regulation Red Cross equipment. 



=-< EVANSVILLE >-= 



Claude Wertz of Maley & Wertz, hardwood lumber manufacturers of ' 

 this city, returned a few days ago from St. Louis, where he was called 

 on a business mission. Mr. Wertz reported trade in that city very good. 



The Ohio river here was on a rampage about a week ago and passed 

 the danger line of thirty-flve feet at KvansvlUe on Tuesday, March 10. 

 .\ccording to the government forecaster at Evansville, a stage of about 

 thirty-six or thirty-seven feet would be reached, but he did not think this 

 would do any serious damage to Interests along the river. The high water 

 is expected, however, to delay many of the farmers in the lowlands from 

 plowing for their corn crop. 



A boom has been started for William IT. McCurdy. president of the 

 Hercules Buggy Company at Evansville, for the republican nomination 

 for Congress In the first Indiana congressional district. Sir. McCurdy 

 Is one of the leading citizens at Evansville and has been prominent in 

 affairs of his party for a number of years. 



Fred Bergman of Bergman & Mann, planing mill owners and lumber 

 dealers at Chrlsney, Ind., was a business visitor here a few days ago. 



James Ilunnell, aged seventy-three years, one of the best known lumber 

 salesmen In this city, died on March 17 from heart disease. Mr. Ilunnell 

 was In apparent good health up to the time of his death. For more than 

 thirty years he had been connected with the Edward Hints Lumber Com- 

 pany of Chicago and traveled through Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, 

 where he was well known. He is survived by Jiis widow. 



Practically all the lumber manufacturers and retail dealers In this city 

 will take an active and leading part In the third Liberty loan campaign 

 that will be launched on April G. Among these being Daniel Wertz and 



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