September 25, 1915. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



41 



RIEL-KADEL LUMBER COMPANY 



FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 



4/4" 

 212.000 ft. 0" & wUler.F.A.S. 

 97,000 ft. 10" & wilr..F.A.S. 

 40,000 ft. 2V." to 5y," 



Clear Strips 



060.000 ft No. 1 Com. 



427,000 ft No. 2 Com. 



6/4" 



250,000 ft. fl" & wider.F.A.S. 



(17,000 ft. 10" & w(lr..F.A.S. 



32,000 ft. 12" & wdr,.F.A.S. 



S72.000 ft No. 1 Com. 



398,000 ft No, 2 Com. 



«/4" 



122.000 ft. 6" & wdr...P.A.S. 



53,000 ft. 10" &war..F.A.S. 



Ces.OOO ft No. 1 Com. 



322.000 ft No. 2 Com. 



8/4" 



127.000 ft. fi" & wdr...P.A.S. 



92,000 ft. 10" & wdr..P.A.S. 



FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 



5(1,000 ft No. 1 Com. 



47,000 ft No. 2 Com. 



10/4" 



196,000 ft F.A.S. 



39,000 ft No. 1 Com. 



25,000 ft No. 2 Com. 



12/4" 



173,000 ft F.A.S. 



51,000 ft No. 1 Com. 



18.000 ft No. 2 Com. 



16/4" 



97,000 ft F.A.S. 



38,000 ft No. 1 Com. 



11,000 ft No. 2 Com. 



20/4" 



72.000 ft F.A.S. 



6,000 ft No. 1 Com. 



84/4" 



22,000 ft F.A.S. 



2,300 ft No. 1 Com. 



New South Memphis, Tennessee 



(Sivision of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, September 14 and 15. 

 This is the fourth trade extension trip made this year. 



The Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association will be invited by 

 other business organizations of the state to join in establishing a bureau 

 where Information will be liept on file as to where any article manufactured 

 or produced in Indiana can be obtained. The movement to establish the 

 bureau has started with the Indiana Association of Manufacturers and 

 Shippers. 



=^ EVANSVILLE >-= 



Fire on Thursday morning. September 16. damaged the plant of the 

 C. P. White Lumber Company, the loss being placed at about .$8,000. 

 partially covered by insurance. Considerable valuable road machinery 

 stored in one of the company's sheds was destroyed. Tlie origin of the 

 fire is not known. 



The J. B. Martin Lumber Company's stock and equipment at Elkhart, 

 Ind., has been bought by the Newman-Monger Lumber Company, headed 

 by B. S. Monger. Mr. Martin and R. W. Monger have acquired the 

 Monger Lumber & Coal Company, and the former will be its manager. 

 The deals eliminate the Newman-Monger Company. 



A few days ago in the Spencer County Circuit Court at Rockport, Ind., 

 a suit was filed by Samuel Hunter, Charles Kost. John Kost and .Toseph 

 Fischer, asking that a receiver be named for the Anderson Valley Lumber 

 & Spoke Company at St. Meinrad, Ind., and that the company be dissolved. 

 The four plaintiffs are stockholders in the company. They allege that 

 the company has an indebtedness of ?13,000 and that it has a large 

 amount of lumber and logs on hand that it cannot sell. 



Since the Hercules Buggy Company of this city installed a plant some 

 time ago to manufacture farm tractors, it has received over 700 orders 

 for the tractors and the business is increasing at a rapid rate. 



The Elkhart Carriage & Harness Manufacturing Company at Elkhart, 

 Ind., has been re-organized by increasing directors from three to seven. 

 The new directors of the company are William B, and George B. Pratt, 

 J. A. Bell, W. H. Foster, C. T. Swaffleld, W. H. Patterson and W. E. 

 Wilder. 



Herman B. Bessler, aged thirty-sis years, general manager of the 

 George W. Bessler & Sons Veneer & Lumber Company. Lawrencehurg, Ind.. 

 died in his automobile a few days ago while returning to Lawrencebnrg 

 from Oldenburg where he went to look after some lumber. Death was 

 due to heart disease. Mr. Bessler was well and favorably known among 

 the lumber and veneer manufacturers in southeastern Indiana. 



Judge Warren N. Hauck of the Dearborn County (Tircuit Court at 

 Lawrencehurg, Ind., has granted the petition of Hugh S. Miller on be- 

 half of the stockholders of the Ohio Valley Coffin Company of Lawrence- 

 burg, now in the hands of a receiver, to establish a branch office at 

 Dayton, O. 



During the past two or three weeks a great many logs have been 

 shipped in here by rail. Manufacturers report that many of the logs that 

 have been brought in have been defective in quality, but notwithstanding 

 this a good price has been asked tor them. As a result, many of the 

 logs have been refused. River mills here have quit receiving logs. The 

 towboat Alice Barr, which brings in most of the logs from points along 

 Green, Big Barren and Rough rivers in western Kentucky to ,Tohn A. 

 Reitz & Sons, the Helfrich Lumber Manufacturing Company and the 

 Clemens Reitz Sons Company, is doing little or nothing at the present 

 time. 



J. C, Greer of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company reports that the com- 

 pany's large stave mills in Tennessee and Mississippi aje being operated 

 on full time and the outlook for fall and winter business is very 

 flattering. 



George 0. Worland, secretary and general manager of the Evansvllle 

 Veneer Company, reports that the factory is now being operated on an 

 average of sixty hours a week and business conditions are improving 

 rapidly. "Everybody seems to be without everything and is sending 

 in rush orders," said Mr. Worland. "Trade conditions certainly look 

 better to us now than at any time during the present year. Business for 



this month has held up wonderfully. The outlook is certainly one of 

 encouragement and we are well pleased at the way things are moving." 

 Many other manufacturers here are encouraged over the business out- 

 look, among these being Daniel Wertz, of Maley & Wertz. Mr. Wertz says 

 the business conditions look better to him than at any time this year. 

 Wood consuming factories are busy and most of them are being operated 

 on full time now. Furniture manufacturers say the outlobk is improving 

 and trade in the South and Southwest is looking up mighty well. John 

 C. Keller, traffic manager of the Evansvllle Lumbermen's Club, says stove 

 manufacturers are reporting an increased trade in the South and South- 

 west. 



Paul W. Luhring, vicegerent snark of the Hoo-Hoo for southern Indiana, 

 says quite a tew members of the order in this section are anxious to 

 have a canecation pulled off in Evansvllle some time this fall or winter 

 and he hopes to arrange one. There are several prospective kittens in 

 this section. 



Bert Tisserand. who had charge of the business of the Brooks-Scanlon 

 Company of Kentwood, La., for the state of Indiana, resigned his posi- 

 tion a few days ago and has received an advertising offer in Chicago 

 that he may accept soon. 



Thomas Christian of Maley & Wertz, hardwood lumber manufacturers, 

 has returned from a successful road trip. 



Henry Beckman, lumber dealer and planing mill owner at Ferdinand, 

 Ind., was a recent business visitor in the city. He reported trade con- 

 ditions improved in his section. 



-< MEMPHIS > 



The biggest order by far which has been received in Memphis directly 

 attributable to the war in Europe is that which has been given to 

 Penrod, Jurden & McCowen and other companies which are allied with 

 this firm. This order is exclusively for walnut and it is estimated that 

 it will involve something like 25,000,000 feet. It is Impossible to confirm 

 this, however, though it is known that the order calls for an exceptional 

 quantity of this material. This is borne out by the fact that Penrod, 

 Jurden & McCowen have made arrangements with three firms in Memphis 

 —May Bros., the Stimson Veneer & Lumber Company and the J. V. Stim- 

 son Hardwood Company — to saw walnut logs for them and that they are 

 also operating eleven mills in various parts of the country under lease, 

 all of which are working on this order, either in whole or in part. As 

 further confirming the idea of the bigness of this order, it is stated that 

 it will require something like a year in which to complete it. The firm 

 has been buying walnut logs wherever possible during the past few 

 weeks and it is stated that it has already concentrated between 75 

 and 100 cars of walnut logs at Memphis. It is having logs delivered at 

 other points where it has milling facilities and there is unusual activity 

 in connection with this big contract. It is stated that the order was 

 placed through New York bankers and American arms manufacturers, and 

 that payment has been guaranteed in such way that no difficulty will be 

 encountered along this line. In fact, delivery is made to the buyers in 

 the United States, and they in turn ship the material to the several 

 nations in Europe which are to be the final receivers of this stock. It is 

 understood that all of the material is to be used in the manufacture of 

 gunstocks, and that it will be made to several nations is indicated by 

 the fact that there are at least three or four designs specified in the 

 requirements. Penrod, Jurden & McCowen have their headquarters at 

 Memphis and own and operate mills at Brasfield, Ark., and Helena, Ark. 

 The allied companies which will share in this order are Penrod Walnut & 

 Veneer Company, Kansas City ; East St. Louis Walnut Company, East 

 St. Louis, 111., and H. A. McCowen & Co., Louisville, Ky. 



The Three States Lumber Company at Burdette, Ark., has resumed 

 operations at its big double band mill at that point after a suspension cov- 

 ering twelve or fourteen months. This firm, which has its headquarters 

 In Memphis, has persistently refused to convert logs into lumber hereto- 

 fore because it did not believe that conditions were right for this course. 

 However, during the past year it has succeeded in very substantially 



