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Little Rock Operations 



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iu ArkiiiisJis. with n !<|il<'iiill<ll.v icoiioiiilrnl unci vIDiU'iit mill, a lieautlfully 

 Uld I'll! ynnl and Willi .vitv fnrlUIy for i-ciDoiulcnl niid proper mnDufai' 

 ture. pud owni'<l mid op<rnti'<l liy men who iin- old liiiiids nt tlii> lumliii- 

 bu!ilDi'». till- I.ltlli- It'Mk Ijinilior nod Miimifm-lurliig I'lmipaiiy. I.lttle Kock. 

 Ark.. Marls In n« <>ni- of thi' most promlHlne «-oD«TnB In llio soiitlicrn hard- 

 wood iiiiiniirni'tiirlni: fraternity. 



1>. S. Wmroiis. >..erflnry iind mnnnRor of the new innipany. and the 

 actU-e ■i|ieraiiii»: head, was for ten years manager of Ihi- I.anslni; Company 

 plant at Parkin, Ark. In this capacity he made a creat many friends In 

 the consuiulni: trade, who iM-Ileve In his methods of prodncilmi and in the 

 honest <|iiallty of his stock. 



W. A. Clark, active snperlntendeot of the op<'ratlons, has been Identlfled 

 with the hardwixxl mannfactiirlni: Indnstry of the South for over twenty- 

 live years. Mr. Clark has estalillshed a repiilallon as lielnc In that class 

 which hellev-s In nm eiiltlni; so much thai It cannot all Im? cnt Just right. 

 Ills »i»elnl hnlihy Is In Rcttlni: out nicely llKnre<l quartered oak. 



J. I.. lieltlnu of iJrand Kaplds, .Mich., president, has iieen Identified with 

 the hardwiHMl lumher huslne.ss a iireat many years ami Is widely known lu 

 all hardwood circles as a successful manufacturer and wholesaler. 



Wui, J. Clark, capitalist of Crand Kajilds. Mich., Is vice-president and Is 

 Well kn.iwn In i;rnml Kaplds alouK other lines, but this Is his Tlrst venture 

 In th<' haiflwiHKl liiinlier business. 



Now uettlnu d.iwn to the business Itself. The company erected a mill 

 which was laid cml and the construction of which was sii]MTvlscd by Mr. 

 Clark. «np<TiDtendent, under the jteneral direction of Mr. Watrous and the 

 other ofBc^rs. Kvery detail was carefully considen-d wlih the Idea of put- 

 ting the cost of manufacture into the (luality of the stock rather than Into 

 uoccouomlcal operalloii. As a result, the mill and Its yard look like a small 

 dty park for their iieatni s» and the aeneinl air of clean-cut, well-resulated 

 efficiency. The mill Is new and of modern banil mill lyiK' with a capacity 

 of -ItMHIO feet a day. It Is the Intention of the comiiany to cut oak nml 

 ash until such lime as the ziim inarkit will warrant ciittlD): up Kum logs. 



As aliovc staled, the location Is In the heart of the Arkansas oak section. 

 As a conse<|Uence. the Little Hock Lumber and Manufacturing' Company Is 

 able to draw Its supply of timber from the entire state, and lo Ret the cream 

 of oil that Is r.irere<l. It will maintain as a specialty a rcKular Mm- of oak 

 of the soft texture variety only, and the si-lection of Its loss will make this 

 nnnsual fealuie easily pesslbl. 



The ri'aKonlns oi tin' inanauers of ti.e coinpiiny has bil them to ludleve 

 thai manufacturers mid lonsiimers ol luik have come to look to the soft 

 tc-xturiHl variety with spedal favor on account o< Its easy wurkluK nuallties, 

 and the ease with which It Is llnlshed. This thoUKht is In mind conilnntly 

 in makiiii: piiichases, iiiid Jiiiluln!: from ilie unusual lumln'r which a repre- 

 sentative of II.\iiuu'Miii> ItKi'oiui saw In the yard of tin I.lttli' Itoek lumber 

 an<l Manufacturing Company, Its purpose In iH-lng carrb-d out without 

 variation. 



Anotbi'r feature of tin' business which should appeal to many larse con- 

 sumers who have an lnt"llli:iiil Kras|i of the iHisslbllllles of the right pur- 

 chasing Is thi' sorting of stock to wblths In the grades of firsts and sec- 

 onds. The coiniinny Is In a position to furnish carloads of special widths 

 and will carry In stock at all times regular thicknesses of plain and guar- 

 tercd red and white oak, ami ash. 



The company has not Invested Its money so far to any large extent In 

 slumpage, but Is devoting Its attention to making proper InveHtlgatlons 

 along these lines. .Vt present It owns about L'o,OipO,(iimi fi-et, but In con- 

 sideiing buying when tImiNT that gives assurance of Its iieing the proper 

 soft texture Is locattMl. 



The com|>aiiy operates Its own tow lionts and six barges on the Arkansas 

 rivi-r, from the bottoms of which stream It U getting some very high-grade 

 red oak. 



Up to the middle of April the company's mill had lieen running about 

 sixty days, and at that tinn- It was cutting in goml shape so that It woubl 

 soon be ready to olTer lumber to the dlserlmlnatlng trade. Itlght In that 

 connection It Is well to stall- that the plant Is admirably located for track 

 facilities, as both the Iriin .Mountain ami Hock Island switch to Its yard. 

 The yard, by the way. Is so sltuatisl as to lie thoroughly drained at all 

 times, and also so as to give the best |«osslbllltles for a free sweep of air, 

 regardless of wind direction, so that air-drying under the most favorable 

 conditions will be uninlernipted. 



Seventieth Anniversary of Famous Hardwood Company 

 Wednesday, May ,"), markeil the seventlilli anniversary of the founding of 

 the John .\. Ueltz & Sons sawmill In Kiaiisvllle, Ind., believed to be the 

 oldest lirm In aii.v. Ilni- of business In that section. The business of the mill 

 has gone on without Interruption since the day of the founding and only 

 twice has work lieen suspendwl for any length of time. The siispenston was 

 caused by Are which destroyed two of the four buildings built by the com- 

 jiany on the nreseiil site i;D tieventh avenue. The business was founded by 





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