July 10, 1915. 



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WK JlONT MEHKLY Ub'Y LOGS; \VK SELECT THEM. THE ABOVE "SIMl i.N-Jll lii; IMilAXA FORKED LEAE 

 WHITE OAK I>OGS AHE JUCliELY AVERAGE LOGS WITH US. THIS IS ONE HE.VSON WHY OUR OAK 



VKNEEK IS THE ACi'ErTEn STANDARD. 



Importers and Manufacturers 



Mahogany and Cabinet Woods — Sawed and Sliced 



Quartered INDIANA White Oak, Red Oak, 

 Figured Red Gum, American Walnut, Etc. 



Rotary Cut Stock in Poplar and Gum for Cross 

 Banding, Back Panels, Drawer Bottoms and Panels 



The Evansville Veneer Co. 



Evansville, Indiana 



well for the past few weeks is cypress, of which a large stock is carried. 



The Atlantic Lumber Company has been selling large blocks of chest- 

 nut lately, and it is finding high-grade cherry moving well. There Is 

 a great scarcity of tough white ash, it is stated. 



A. W. Kreinheder's uame is being suggested by many friends as a 

 candidate for the office of commissioner of this city under the new form 

 of charter government to go into effect the coming year. 



The Hugh McLean Lumber Company has had some export business 

 during the past month in oak and white ash and more is expected this 

 month. Ocean rates are reported as still very high. 



Taylor & Crate have had a number of lake cargoes of maple, I)irch 

 and basswood during the past month, finding it more satisfactory to handle 

 lake stock this year than last by reason of lower mill prices. 



Jackson & Tindle had a loss by fire at their Munisiug, Mich., sawmill 

 recently, and the plant is to be rebuilt. W. K. .Tackson has been spend- 

 ing some time on the ground, arranging for rebuilding. 



Charles N. Perrin has returned from a ten days* automnbile trip 

 through the southern part of the state and into Pennsylvania. Blakeslee. 

 Perrin & Darling say that the hardwood trade is holding about steady. 



Miller, Sturm & Miller have been receiving a number of cars of maple 

 from Pennsylvania. A fair hardwood trade is reported, especially in 

 maple, oak and poplar. 



The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company reports business picking up. 

 Birch and red gum have been moving better than for some time and 

 gum is now showing more firmness in price. 



F. M. Sullivan has returned from a business trip to northern Canada 

 in the interest of T. Sullivan & Co. The trade in brown ash has lately 

 been showing up quite well. 



G. Elias & Bro. have been getting a large amount of business in the 

 building line this summer. The yard has received a number of lake 

 cargoes in hemlock and white pine. 



Plans for the approaching outing of the Buffalo Lumber Exchange are 

 not yet perfected, hut the members of the committee say that it is pro- 

 posed to make an auto trip to the Buffalo Automobile clubhouse at 

 Clarence, .seventeen miles from the city, some time this month. The 

 lumbermen generally favor such an outing and all are anxious to go on a 

 chestnutting expedition this fall, as they did a year ago. 



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On June 26 Mrs. Florence T. Leatherbee, wife of Andrew F. Leatherbee, 

 one of the oldest dealers in Boston, died at her home in Boston. 



A fire, which threatenod the yard of Lawrence & Wiggin in the Charles- 



town district, where they have recently concentrated their entire busi- 

 ness, was extinguished in time to prevent serious loss, the total sustained 

 being estimated at $1,500. 



William B. Gaines of Greenfield, Mass., who has been prominent in 

 lumber trade circles in the state for many years, died in that city on 

 .lone 15, being at the time nf his death treasurer and manager of the 

 Krnnklin County lAiniber Cmiipany. 



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.\. Dali' McMillan, a momljor of tbe former McMillan Lumber Company 

 (if lliis cit.v, now represents th<> G. II. Crawford Lumber Company, big 

 wbolesalers and manufacturers of Elkins, W. Va.. and bas established 

 selling offices at 701 Union Kauk building, tbis city. His brotber. .\. K. 

 McMillan, is manager of tbe Crawford Lumber Company's plant at 

 Elkins. 



Tbe Federal Lumber Company reports tbat bardwood business is pick- 

 ing up some. Its president, E. E. Gregg, spent two weeks lately in tbe 

 East and in Miebigan. 



The C. E. Breitwieser Lumber Company finds bardwood orders difficult 

 to get. although considerable business is coming its way. Frank Smith, 

 (it tbis company, is working tbe bardwood trade among eastern manu- 

 facturers this week. 



The Germain Company reports no improvement in coastwise business, 

 as rates are excessive, it is said. No new export orders have come to 

 light lately. A. A. Germain, of this company, returned a few days 

 ago from a long trip through the South. 



L. L. Satler of tbe Satler-Munsell Lumber Company, is back from a 

 two weeks' trip among the mills of North Carolina. He thinks that 

 stocks there would be pretty large had it not been for tbe immense opera- 

 tions of the Dupont people at City Point, Va., where they have used 

 .-jO.OOO.OOO feet of lumber during the past six months. 



The Southwestern Lumber Company, according to Its president, D. C. 

 Pettit. notes considerable improvement in business. Even in building, 

 Mr. Pettit says, things are beginning to come along and hardwoods are 

 getting in much better demand. 



Tbe A. & D. Lumber Company is a new- concern which has lately 

 located In the Hartje building on Wood street. W. A. Kessler, president 

 of tbe former Crescent Lumber Company, which made a specialty of 

 ties and poles, is head of tbe new concern. 



Twenty-eight firms, members of the Pittsburgh Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' .\ssoeiation, and 42 concerns belonging to the Pittsburgh Lum- 

 bermen's Club, were represented at tbe annual lumber picnic at Key- 



