April 10. lUlN 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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LUMBER 



Cut from logs sucK as 

 these ranks high in 

 quahty and grade. All 

 our stock IS from St. 

 Francis River hasin logs 

 which produce the high- 

 est quality of Gum lum- 

 ber on the market. 



2 Band Mills 

 100,000 jt. daily capacity 



MILLER LUMBER CO. 



MARiANNA. ARK.: 



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first three lAontbs of tlio ycir 300 permits. Having a valuatiiiii ut' $t)15,S3."i. 

 were issued, as compared willi 409 permits and a valuation of $931,910 

 for the corresponding period in 1917. 



Archlljald P. Davis, a son of .\. C. Davis, head of the A. C. Davis Lum 

 ber Compan.v, Columbus, has entered the aviation service and is stationcil 

 at Vancouver Barracks, Wash., where he is attached to the spruce emer 

 gency division. 



F. R. Oadd. assistant to the president of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association of the United States, has notitiod members that the associa- 

 tion has extended the use of its insi>ection service, free of cost, to tin* 

 British War Mission, with headquarters at 1202 Munsey building, Wash 

 ington, D. C, and is ready to Issue original certificates of Inspection on 

 any government orders, the cost of such Inspection to be paid by the 

 shipper. Only actual expenses, no salary, will be assessed members on 

 such work. The British War Mission has accepted the Inspection service. 



The Peter Kuntz-IIilton Lumber Company, Dayton, has Increased Its 

 capital from $5,000 to .? 100.000. 



The Lowell Planing Mill Company of Lowell, Ohio, has Increased its 

 capital from .'i;2.5.000 to .$.^0,000. 



George M. Morgan, president of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club and 

 Cincinnati manager of the N'icola, Stone & Meyer Company, returned 

 recently from a ten days' trip among mills and timber lands in Tennessei'. 

 Mr. Morgan says that there Is a strong demand reported at all the mills. 

 but despite this the production Is Insufficient. This is principally due to 

 a shortage of labor, much of the new labor which has supplanted that 

 part of the lumber employes who have gone to war being for the most 

 part Inefficient. Wages are generally high. 



The Brasher Lumber Company of Columbus has opened a branch office 

 in Nashville, Tenn., in charge of E. ('.. Dlllow. R. K. .\dams. a traveler 

 formerly attached to the Columbus office, Is now stationed In Nashville 

 territory. 



A change In ownership In the Irwin sawmill of London, Ohio, has taken 

 place when New York parties purchased the property. It will be called 

 the London Hardwood Company, but will not be Incorporated for the 

 time being. 



The Steubenvllle Building & Lumber Company of SteubenvlUe, Ohio, 

 has gone out of business. 



R. W. Horton of the W. M. Rltter Lumber Company reports a continued 

 strong demand tor hardwoods In central Ohio territory. Buying on the 

 part of factories Is now the best feature of the trade. Prices are strong 

 and constantly advancing. Shipping Is still hampered by embargoes and 

 railroad congestion. 



.-< INDIANAPOLIS > 



The Hill-Standard ManulacturinH ('■iiiipiniy oi' .\iiderson. Ind.. last 

 week purchased the entire stock of the HazeUvood Lumber Company of 

 that city. The Hill-Standard Company is engaged in the manufacture 

 iif playground equipment, and with an enlarged plant It was finding it 

 increasingly difflcult to obtain a reserve supply of lumber. 



The Indiana Hardwood cSc Manufacturing Company of South Bend, Ind., 

 last week increasiMl the term of its corporate life thirty years. 



Indianapolis opened its Liberty bond campaign April 0. with a large 

 parade and patriotic demonstration. One of the largest delegations in 

 the parade from any of the industries was that from the plants of E. C. 

 Atkins & Company. This company had several hundred men in line, carry- 

 ing large American flags, each of which required the support of from five to 

 seven men to carry. 



Edward Maley has resigned as timber buyer for the Thompson Veneer 

 Company of Edinburg, Ind., and has accepted a similar position with the 

 plant of the Emerson-Brantingham Implement Company of Columbus, Ind. 



Albert Modlln of Knightstown. Ind.. a timber buyer for the Long-Kuight 

 Lumber Company of Indianpolls, recently bought a walnut tree at Pershing, 

 Ind., near Richmond, which Is said to have been one of the largest walnut 

 trees standing In the state. The tree measured -i'l inches In diameter 

 and was capable of producing 3,000 feet of timber. Two days were required 

 to fell the tree and to prepare it for shipment to Indianapolis. 



The Milliknn-James Hardwood Lumber Company of Indianapolis has 

 reduced its capitalization from .f.'iO.OCO to $10,000. 



The Mitchell Hardwoo<l Lumber Company of Mitchell, Ind., has filed 

 certificate of dissolution as a corporation. 



The D. L. C<mrey Furniture Company of ShelbyvlUc, Ind., has been 

 Incorporated with a capitalization of $50,000. Directors are Jacob A. 

 Conrey, Mary Conrey and Lee C. Davis. 



The Central Lumber Company of Indianapolis has been Incorporated 

 with a capitalization of $10,000. Directors are Elmer W. Hugher, Augus- 

 tus .leunlngs and Lewis Wallace. 



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

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



=■< EVANSVILLE ^ 



The Stout Furniture Company, Salem, Ind., has filed a notice of final 

 dissolutlou with the secretary of state. 



The Third Liberty Loan campaign started In Evansvllle on Saturday, 



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