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HARDWOOD RECOKD 



Jul) lu. mis. 



"Made in Bluefield 



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We are Manufacturers 

 of 



Oak Flooring 



Interior Finish Poplar Siding 



Ceiling and Dimension 



Boards 



CAN SHIP MIXED CARS OF ROUGH 

 AND DRESSED MATERIAL, ALL FROM 

 STRICTLY WEST VIRGINIA TIMBER 



Planing Mill and 

 Dry Kiln Facilities 



The McClellan-West Lumber Co. 

 Bluefield, W. Va. 



Peytona Lumber Company 



Huntington West Va. 



-MANUFACTURERS— 



fLAIN SAWN r^ A V 



RED AND WHITE W/\J\. 



YELLOW POPLAR 

 BASSWOOD 

 CHESTNUT 



ASH AND MAPLE 



BAND MILLS: 



Huntingion, W. Va. Accoville, W. Va. 



Mr. Niiniiiin ri'iiiitly iiimlr ii InnK (rip to Ii'IkIIdk i •uiKiimlni; markrtii niid 

 riMiiiil liiisliKss Krtiitl.v liiiiirovi'il. llr li('llovi-« Hint tin- huttom huH bron 

 liiiii'lii'il. iind thiit triiOi.' In iiuw tlclliillfl.v on tlx' u|i crixli' 



Till' July U nicrtlOK of the IaiuIkvIIIo lliiriluood Cluh wim lirlij at 

 Itrui'UK, nliorv frlcKl froRit' IrgK iiiul rlilrkcn wcri' llic |irlnci|iiil fcaturct 

 of till' iiK'Uu. ThlH wnH the kcooihI of the rliib'H I'XcurHloiut Into tho 

 country, and tlie Dumber would linvi.' boon grcatrr except for very unfavor- 

 able wi'Mllier. 



'I'lie Wood Mosaic Company of New Albany In well Hold up on quartered 

 link, till' I'oinpnny linvlni: ii ri-KUlnr trade on Itx Indliinit and Kentucky 

 sliirk Hint very seldoiii iiIIowk n biK iireuiiiiiliitlnii. llnOi llir lIlKhland 

 Park mill New Albany iiiIIIh are runnjni;, while the UoorinK factory and 

 veneer In New Albany U aiNo busy. 



It. I,. IIiuiK of the National Timber Company, Mobile, Ala., waK recently 

 in Louisville. lip said that production In tlinl; section of the country 

 is nt a low ebb at present. 



J. (;. Brown of the \V. V. Brown & Sons Lumber Company has been 

 in Detroit and other northern consuniinK markets recently. Brown 

 Urns. & ('nrnnlian will soon bc-Kln shippIoK lumber from the Furtb, Ark., 

 mill, ill wlilch T. M. and J. O. Brown lire IntercKted. 



The Kdwaril I.. Davis Lumber Company Is now operating a dlmenstoD 

 plant nt its yard in South Louisville. The sawmill has tieeu down for 

 some time. Tho company has found the demand for hardwood lumber 

 cut to size satisfactory, but reports that prices arc below what they 

 should be. 



=■< ST. LOUIS >■-. 



The estimated value of biillilInK upcratiuus for the month of June. lOLI, 

 fell olT some ?i;i2,000 compared with the same month last year, and the 

 number of tho permits also doerensod nearly 10(1. Tho total nuinlier 

 of jiernilts Issued In Juno this year was SOS, 450 being for new buildings 

 and 41.'! for alterations and repairs. The estimated value of these wa» 

 .fl.4C.'.0'.i.". Last June tho total estimated value was $1,598,625 and the 

 number of permits Issued was 050. 



June receipts of lumber In St. Louis, as reported by the Merchants' 

 K.xchnnKo, were l.'j,746 cars of lumber as against 16,488 cars during June 

 last year, a loss of 742 cars. Shipments were 11,097 cars, as against 

 12.347 cars last year, a loss of 1,230 cars. 



In accordance with the request of Frank O. Ilnnley, whose death 

 occurred last month, his business will be continued under the some name, 

 the Frank G. Hanley Cypress Company. Mrs. Ilnnloy will have the prin- 

 cipal interest In the company and the business will bo managed by A. G. 

 Smart. The mills controlled by Mr. Hanley have approved the arrange- 

 ment and they will give the company the same support as formerly. The 

 arrangemont mentioned was suggested by Mr. Hanley previous to bis 

 death and he also requested that Mr. Smart manage the business. 



=■< MILWAUKEE >■- 



The .MacGlllis ic Cilibs Cuiiipaiiy, luiiilj.r wliolesaler, has filed a com- 

 plaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Northern 

 raclllc railroad, alleging that rates on lumber shipped from Tuscor, Mont., 

 to Clark Forks, Idaho, were unjust and unreasonable. Reparation Is 

 asked for. 



George F. Luehring has been elected trustee in the case of the bankrupt 

 West AIlls Lumber Compony of West AlUs, Wis. An order has been 

 filed in the bankruptcy court directing the sale of the compan.v's assets 

 at public auction on July 12. Tho next meeting of the trustees will be 

 hold on July 14. when the first dividend will be declared. 



Milwaukee lumbermen are much Interested in the announcement that 

 the shippers' bureau of the Merchants & Manufacturers' Association will 

 be reorganized In order to make tho department of greater service to the 

 members of the organization. Frank Barry, the new secretary, a tralBc 

 man of national prominence, is taking charge of the work. It Is the 

 intention to have the department act in the capacity of a traffic auditing 

 bureau, as well as looking after the general shipping interests for the 

 members of the organization. 



The plant of the Paine Lumber Company at Oshkosb, 'Wis., operating 

 under a receivership, is now running eleven hours per day, having been 

 Increased from ton hours. .\ policy of strict economy and Increased 

 efllciency has been outlined by the receivers, who have been authorized 

 to continue operating tho plant until .January 1, 1916. 



Kopplin & Kopplin of Iron River, Wis., have placed their new sawmill 

 in operation. The bulk of tho output at the start will go into the yards 

 of tho company for tho retail and wholesale trade. 



The Wisconsin railroad commission recently issued a ruling on con- 

 centration rates from various points to Wausau and Grand Rapids, Wis., 

 holding that the Chicago & Northwestern railroad should not Increase the 

 present rates on carload lots of lumber for manufacture and reshlpment. 

 Tho road had attempted to increase the rates on various hauls to the 

 points mentioned. 



Tho government Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, 'Wis., co- 

 operating with the University of Wisconsin, has opened for research work 

 throughout tho summer. Five courses in the chemistry of forest prod- 

 ucts, two courses in forestry, and a course in forest protection are being 

 offered at the summer session of the university. 



.\t a recent meeting of the directors of the Ashland Iron & Chemical 

 Company a reorganization was effected and the name of the company 



