August 25, 1015. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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know say that the name was wrongly transhited in the New Testament 

 account, and that it should be "fig tree." 



The sycamore is the largest hardwood tree of this country, but the big 

 trunlis are always hollow, and when you want to make a big noise all you 

 need do is pound on one of them and it wil! sound like thunder and blixen. 

 Perhaps the West Virginians had that in mind when they chose the 

 sycamore as their representative. 



The sycamore grows on gravel bars in midstream, thereby catching 

 driftwood in large masses, causing the swift current to gouge out deep 

 holes which become the haunts of fish which the easy-going piscatorial 

 West Virginians like to catch with hook and line while lying In the shade 

 — and then tell stories about their luck that would make Munchausen 

 stare and gasp. But such is the frailty of human nature. 



Pencil Slats from Arkansas 



A report from Consul General Skinner at London on the lead pencil 

 industry makes the statement that the red cedar pencil wood formerly 

 came largely from Florida but the chief supply now comes from Arkan- 

 sas. This may be true, but it will be news to many persons who sup- 

 pose that the pencil slats still come from regions considerably eastward 

 of Arkansas. The commonly accepted opinion is that most of the red 

 cedar found west of the Mississippi river is too hard for lead pencils, 

 and in most instances the trunks are too knotty to yield suitable wood. 

 The grain must be reasonably straight. 



Ten Calves Added to U. S. Bison Herd 



The government's herd of buffalo on the Wichita national forest, in 

 Oklahoma, which is also a federal game preserve, has been increased b.v 

 the arrival of ten calves, according to a report received by the Forest 

 Service from the supervisor in charge. The herd, which now comprises 

 sixty-two specimens of the almost extinct bison, is in good condition, 

 sa.vs the supervisor, and promises to continue increasing at a rapid rate. 



Eight of the calves are females, bringing the number of heifers and 

 cows up to thirty. The Iiulls numlier thirty-two and have Ijeen placed 

 by themselves in a pasture which has .just been fenced in for thetn. 



Three years ago the buffalo herd on the Wichita forest was little more 

 than half ag large as it is now. It is said that the other game animals in 

 the preserve, including the elk and antelope, also are increasing, due to 

 the protection afforded, not only against hunters, but against wolves, wild 

 cats, and other predatory animals, which committed serious depredations 

 from the establishment of the preserve in 1905 until measures were taken 

 to stop them. In protecting the game from predatory animals, the wardens 

 and forest officers are also promoting the interests of local stockmen, who 

 graze several thousand head of cattle on certain allotted areas within 

 the preserve. 



=-< CHICAGO y 



H ardwood ^eivs l>Jotes 



=-< MISCELLANEOUS >-= 



The Tell City Planing Mill has been organized at Tell City. Ind. 



The Polkton Lumber Compan.v has been organized at Wadesboro, N. C. 



The Mobile Sash & Door Company has been incorporated at Mobile, Ala. 



The Rhymes Lumber Company has incorporated at Hazelhurst, Miss. 



The L. D. Murrelle Lumber Company has incorporated at Memphis, Tenn. 



The l^awson Planing Mill Coiupany has incorporated at Henlawson, W. Va. 



-\t Saginaw, Mich., the Minto Toothpick & Specialty Company has been 

 organized. 



At Lenoir, N. C, the Ethel Chair has been incorporated with .?100,000 

 capital stock. 



At Chattanooga, Tenn.. the Chattanooga Handle Company is reported to 

 be organizing. 



Receivers have been appointed for the Piedmont Hardwood Compan.v of 

 Statesville, N. C. 



At Watkins, N. Y,, the Fixture & Lumber Company has become a 

 voluntary bankrupt. 



The American Timber Products has been incorporated at Houston. Tex., 

 with $10,000 capital. 



The Keystone Table Company has been incorporated at York. Pa., with 

 $10,000 capital stock. 



A receiver has been appointed for the West Palm Beach Novelty Works. 

 West Palm Beach, Fla. 



The Rockwell Manufacturing Company of Camden, Ark., has increased 

 its capital stock to $100,000. 



The Green Bay Show Case Works, Green Bay, Wis., has filed an in- 

 voluntary petition in bankruptcy. 



The Nation.al Refrigerator & Fixture Company has been incorporated at 

 Texarkana, Ark., with $10,000 capital. 



At West Point, Va.. the Y"ork Furniture Company has been incorporated 

 with $50,000 capital to manufacture furniture. 



At St. Louis, Mo., the Giesse-Henselmeier Lumber Company has changed 

 its name to the H. W. Giesse Hardwood Company. 



The Lloyd Manufacturing Company. Menominee. Mich., will issue 

 $100,000 in preferred stock and ciect a now furniture plant. 



Hardwood Record has received a copy of the report on actual sales 

 of hardwood lumber issued by the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 of the United States, dated August 14. The report shows a constantly 

 growing listing of actual sales. 



The official report of the eighteenth annual meeting of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber .\ssociation has recently come from the press, as has 

 the official bulletin for .\ugust from the same association. 



The new Red Book, issued by the Lumbermen's Credit Association, 

 Transportation building, Chicago, has just come out. This is the August 

 edition. The association calls attention to the fact that the book does 

 not «how any appreciable increase ; there are a few hundred less names 

 in this issue as all dead timber has been eliminated, a good many firms 

 having gone out of business on account of hard times. 



E. B. Brown of the Eddy B. Brown Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., 

 who operates under his own name at Buffalo, passed through Chicago last 

 week on his way to Memphis where he will remain for about a month. 



Bruce Odell and L. C. Harmon of the Consolidated Lumber Company, 

 Manistique, Mich., were in Chicago on business the end of last week. 



John W. McClure of the Bellgrade Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., 

 was in Chicago last week in connection with traffic matters and in con- 

 ference with other hardwood manufacturers. 



W. H. Hatten, president of the Hatten Lumber Company, New London, 

 Wis., spent several days in Chicago on business a week ago. 



Max Sondheimer, president of the E. Sondheimer Company of Memphis, 

 passed through Chicago on the way to Canada for a business trip. 



S. B. Anderson of the Anderson-Tully Company, -Memphis, was another 

 distinguished southern visitor in Chicago last week. 



The Hardwood Mill Company has been incorporated at Chicago with 

 $2,400 capital stock by Lawrence J. Kronaeitter, A. F. Xapieralskl and 

 M. L. Lockeye. 



■< BUFFALO y 



The building permits for .\ugust will run heavy this year, owing to a 

 large amount of railroad terminal construction work. The Lehigh Valley 

 Railroad Company has a permit for a new station which will cost $385,000. 

 Besides this a nujuber of other large structures are being erected, so that 

 the demand for luiuber is on a pretty satisfactory scale. 



The New Y'ork state forests have been rather fortunate in respect to 

 fire losses during the past year. John J. Farrell, assistant secretary of 

 the Conservation Commission, reports a decrease in fire rebates from 

 the towns where forest fires have occurred, amounting to $17,834.21. 

 The entire initial expense of fighting fires is paid by the commission, 

 and one-half of this is then rebated by the towns, so that smaller 

 rebates mean less expense on the part of both state and towns and less 

 fire damage in the woods. Fire fines have increased more than $2,000, 

 due to the persistence with which the rangers run down the origin of 

 forest fires. 



The Hugh McLean Lumber Company Is running its sawmills at Memphis 

 and Chatttanooga, but it has not started up at Birmingham yet this 

 season. There is special activity at the Bathurst mill in New Bruns- 

 wick on account of work on the new $1,000,000 pulp and paper mill. 



The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company is collecting logs at its mill 

 in southern Alabama, but has not begun sawing yet. T. H. Wall has 

 lately been in New York on business. 



Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling report having had a good trade in maple 

 during the past tew weeks and believe this wood likely to show further 

 improvement. W. L. Blakeslee has returned from a vacation trip. 



G. Elias cSc Bro. are preparing to Iniild docks on the new frontage they 

 have lately acquired on the Buffalo river, so that by next year they can 

 bring cargoes direct to the yard without transfer. 



The Yeager Lumber Company looks for better business soon. It is 

 oppo.sed to selling lumber in much quantity at the recent low prices. 

 The theory is that the trade has waited two years for prices and ought 

 to realize them inside of the next year at least. 



W. L. Sykes, president of the Emporium Lumber Company, was down 

 from Utica last week. He said that bis com.pany was one of the few 

 in the -Adirondack district that is actively turning out lumber at present. 

 The new mill building ou Cranberry Lake is to be a large one and will be 

 ready for business soon. The company is still actively engaged in manu- 

 facturing lumber at Galeton. Pa. 



Taylor & Crate have brought down a number of lake hardwood cargoes 

 this season, a good deal of the lumber being basswood and birch. There 

 is a fairly good call for hardwoods at present. 



T. Sullivan & Co. report recent brown ash sales better than expected. 

 .Vrrangements are being made to charter a vessel to bring down 500,000 

 feet of hemlock, which will give the yard a good assortment. Prices in 

 this wood -art a little stronger. 



•< PHILADELPHIA > 



William Whitnior & Sons, for many years with offices in the Franklin 

 bank building, have removed to a fine suite of rooms in the new Finance 

 Company building, S. Penn square. 



The local branch of the Smith Lumber Company of Boston, finds busi- 

 ness increasing and to accommodate the force has added an additional 

 room to its offices in the Real Estate Trust building. 



