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HARDWOOD RECORD 



AiiKUHt 10. 1»1S. 



J. K. WILLIAMS 



A. T. WILUAMS 



Williams Lumber Co. 



(MANUFACTURERS) 



WHOLESALE 

 HARDWOOD 



LUMBER 



Band Mill Planing Mill Dry Kiln 



Fayetteville, Tenn. 



We manufacture PLAIN and QUAR- 

 TERED OAK, ASH, CHESTNUT and 

 other HARDWOODS 



Our Specialty is Quartered White Oak 



We Manufacture Dimension 

 Stock — Hickory a Specialty 



fur an 118 ri'liitlvo ponltloD wllli roUTCucc to oilier mnrkelii Ih coucornod, 

 InnNniiit'h nn ilii' c-ninmlMlon niifllrnii'd the dvclHlon which It hnd nirondy 

 inml,' ri';:iircilni: lirldKo IuIIh, rlr.. In romplnlnlii brought by tbc Norman 

 l.uinlw-r rninimny. 



Till- Nuriniin l.iiniUor Comiiimy. the rhurchlll-Mllton LuuibiT rompany, 

 the ICinbry Kox Onnipiiny and othiTH were iinioni,' KiirroKiiful blddern who 

 were iiwiirded cnnliiU'lM for furnl'ihlnii liimlK'r to the lyoiilKVllle board of 

 iducnilon for UKe In the various manual Inilnliii: di piirlnn'ntH. Thi- 

 inntrarlK wire fur dlnienKlon hlmk of innny varieties, nnd Involved ii 

 considerable foota;;e. Lexlnm«>ii. Ky., Iiuk Just taken under eoiislderiitloii 

 Mds of local dealers for mnnnal rraliilne material. 



(ieorce \V. .Steffey, thlrlyclulii years old, formerly nsslslnnt Buperln- 

 tendent of the Ixulsvlllc Vemcr .Mills, recently died at his home In tbia 

 illy, of tul>crculosls. 



T. Smith Milton of tbc ChurchlUMIlton Lumber Company Is bard at 

 work on plans for the propoieil traflic bureau which tbc lumbermen are 

 planninK to estnlilisb for the Im'iw'IU of all shiptiers In Miilsvllle. Thi- 

 liardwood men believe tbot iinunt facilities offered alonK this line are 

 • -nllrely Inndei|uat4>. and thot there is ^rcat need for the estalilisbment of 

 Mil Independent bureau, llr. Milton has secured Information re):ardini.' 

 ilie morius opirnndl of bureaus of this sort In other cities, and will !"• 

 able to outline a |)lan for or^ani/atlon which is expected to meet with the 

 approval of the business Interests of rynilsvlllc. 



Clyde Smith, formerly with the Ohio Itlver Sawmill Company here, and 

 now n nicniber of tbc Southern Star Lumber Company of McKcnzIc, Tenn., 

 was In Louisville recently. 



=■< ST. LOUIS >-= 



July receipts of lumber In St. l/ouls as reported by the Mcrchonts' 

 Exchange were 15,410 cars of Inmbor. as against 17,440 cars received 

 during .luly last year, a loss of 2,030 cars. Shipments were I0,5S4 

 ears, against 11,099 cars last .Tuly. a loss of 1,485 cars. 



There was a big falling off In building operations during the month of 

 .Tuly. as compared with the corresponding month a year ago. The esti- 

 mated volume of new buildings and alterations was $615,148, as com- 

 pared with $1,287,839 last .Tuly. This shows a decrease of $072,711. The 

 total permits issued last montli were 721 against 892 a year ago, a de- 

 crease of 171 permits. 



The Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis gave a luncheon In the rooms of 

 the club on July 20, the first meeting of the club for several weeks. Tt 

 wos well attended. During the luncheon the members were called to 

 order by President E. G. Robinson, who called on Julius Scldcl for a 

 talk. Mr. Seldel told of the necessit.v of a lumber organization such as the 

 lontemplnted federation of lumlier interests. He told of the many ad- 

 vantages of such an organization. He stated there should be one big group 

 instead of several smaller ones. lie then mentione<l that the committee 

 having the organization of a federation In charge was meeting with good 

 progress and not only had signed up many but bad more in sight. He 

 stated it was the intention to organize the federation as soon as possible, 

 no matter bow many members had been obtained nnd later take in those 

 who had not signed up. 



Henry G. Rolfes, formerly the president of the Lumbermen's Club of 

 St. Louis and a well known lumberman, died in Fort Worth, Texas, on 

 July 18. His death was very sudden. His body was brought to St. 

 Louis for burial, the funeral taking place from his late residence. At the 

 time of his death he was the branch manager of the Anheuser-Busch 

 lirewing Association in Fort Worth. Mr. Rolfes was born In St. Louis. 

 .\ugust 1, 1S70. .After a start in business as cash boy In a large retail 

 dry goods concern in St. Louis be went with the Ganahl Lumber Com- 

 pany. After several years' training in the lumber business he organized 

 the Rehels-Uolfes Lumber Company. Later the company became the Wll- 

 son-Reheis-Kolfes Lumber Compan.v. Kvcntually the latter company was 

 sold to the St. Louis Lumber Compan.v. Until about three .years ago he 

 was the president of the latter compan.v. A year and a half ago he quit 

 the luml>or l>usiness and became connected with the .VnbeuserUusch Brew- 

 ing .\ssociation, and wont to Fort Worth, on June 12. to take the posi- 

 tion he occupied at the time nt his death. His family had not moved 

 TO I'ort Worth at the time of his death, but contemplated doing so within 

 a sliort time. He left a widow and three children. 



=-< MILWAUKEE >■= 



The Wausau Lumber Company of Wausau, Wis., has increased its cap- 

 ital stock from .?100,000 to $15o,()00. 



The N. J. Braun Lumber Company of Plymouth, Wis., has been incor- 

 porated with a capital stock of .'?.50,000 by N. J. Braun, A. M. Braun and 

 Rose Ockenfels. 



The Carl Gross Company of Milwaukee has filed articles of incorpora- 

 tion. Capital stock is listed at .*10,000 and the Incorporators arc Carl 

 <;ross, Erich W. Behrens and Waldemar C. Wehe. The new company 

 will engage in the maniifacturo nl church furniture. 



Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings were started in the Milwaukee 

 federal court recently against Owen W. Owen of Racine. Wis. Among 

 the petitioning creditors are the Grand Rapids Veneer Works of Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., and Charles G. Forstcr, well-known lumberman of Mil- 

 waukee. 



Tlie Prescott Manufacturing Company of Menominee. Mich., well- 

 known steam pump manufacturtr, formerly of Milwaukee, has announced 



