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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Orlnbt-r 10. IDl 



'Itip kooA'InlKP Mr. llub'oii lia* nf your miiilri'mi-nlx nnil our nhllK.v 

 unil OiHiIri' i<> rurnlHh It iiinki'ii n Dimhlnnilnn Hint «■' know can |ili'n><>' 

 )i>ii unil of wlilfli ««■ lullivi' .von will Im- eIiiiI to taki' ndriiiitnBi*. 



No Trouble in Getting Walnut Logs 



Tho I*lrkr<-I Wnliiiii (*nii)|tHii.v of St. Louis. Mn.. M-nt liAtilkWiinii |{t:rtiitii 

 till- f " ■ili'insllni; lili>r "U tln' Hiihiut nuppl.v lillumlon. tthlcli 



■ (Wfll 



"\\ i: 'iilovliii: nu I'ttn-Mii'l.v Ik'iiv.v Itucloons clurltiK ilu' pnsi 



yriir nntl I our output four iluu's nml nt tlu' prpHonl tliiu' w 



nn pliinnit . iii- nlKliIti, Inxlnnlnu nt an inrl.r ilntc. 



"To kIv<' .tou nil Idi'n of till- Inrci' ipiiiullt.v <if Klofk we nrp usItiK. will 

 Hinlc wr hare orilcm on hnnil tlinl will uxo dnrlni: lliv next twelve 

 monthii over ;i(i.ii(io.(M>0 feet of wnlnnt. iind we nre nt tlio present time 

 usini: at our pinnt In dn.v uiH'rntlons nbout 1<iii.(h)0 feet. This In one of 

 the l>e<t arcumeni-i lliiit wnlnnt Is not nenree thnt the furniture triide 

 could have plm-id before It. We mlubt ndd thnt we hnve on our curs 

 at the pres.'nt time nbout •J.iino.OdO fivt of stock In the city of St. I/ouls 

 to lie unlonded. We have been eompelled to drnw our buyers from the 

 field for ten days In oriler to sineken up our receipts, ns tboy are cumins 

 In fn«ter thVn we can liiiiidle ihem." 



Biltmore Forester Killed 

 llerr Richard Kern, n young Gorman forester who wn.s n teacher In 

 the Biltmore. X. C. forest school In 1000. '10, and '11, lost his life In 

 the army In J'olnnd last Ma.v. lie wns thirty-two yenrs old. Dr. 0. A. 

 Scbeok. formerly director of the Rlllmore school, wns wounded some 

 months ago. also In Poland. Larue numbers of German foresters have 

 lost their lives In the war. Two published Prussian denth lists alone 

 contain ninety-eight foresters. It Is not known that the death rate 

 among foresters In battle Is higher than among other professions and 

 occupations, but It Is very btarh. 



Grand Rapids Furniture House Reorganizing 

 The directors of the Widdiconih l-'iii-nlture 4"oniitnny. (iraud Kii])ids. 

 Mich., hnw entered Into .1 deal with Willium Lincoln ot Columbus. Ind.. 

 head of the Orinleo I'urniture Company of that city to take over the 

 Grand Itaplds company and reorganize It. Some months ago Wm. Wlddl 

 comb asked to be released from the management of thi' company, and that 

 action resulted In the directors getting in touch with Mr. Lincoln. 



Mr. Lincoln will move to Grand Rapids and assume personal manage- 

 ment of the company which will continue under the present name. He 

 Is a highly successful manufacturer, and big things are anticipated with 

 him at the head. The reorganization is brought about on the plan of 

 reducing the present capitalization ot J^LSCi-IO fifty per cent, making it 

 preferred stock: the common stock will be $175,000. held by Mr. Lin- 

 coln and his brother, who will also come here. Tluy will put Into 

 the company in cash enough money to acquire the common stock and to 

 finance the company and make improvements. 



Death of Joseph F. Reitz 



•loseph F. Reitz. aged seventy-eight years, for many years engaged iu 

 the sawmill business and who operated a furniture factory in Evansvllle. 

 Ind., at one time, died recently at Uattie Creek. Mich., where be bad 

 gone for the beneflt of his health. The body was taken to Evansvllle 

 where funeral services were hold on Friday, October 1. burial being at 

 St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery there. Mr. Reitz was bom in Westphalia. 

 Germany. In 1837 and came to the Tnited States in 1842, "ocatlng in 

 Evansvllle with his parents. In 1860 he went to California where he 

 prospected for gold for several years. In 1865 he joined his brother, 

 the late John .\. Reitz. in the sawmill business in Evansvllle, and the 

 firm prospered. In 1870 he stnrte<l a furniture factory and remained 

 in this business f^»r a number of years. Later he engaged in the retail 

 furniture business. He retired from active business several years ago. 

 Mr. Reitz was a man ot the strictest integrity and was the soul ot 

 honor, and his death was keenly felt in the city. He is survived by bis 

 widow. Mrs. Louise Reitz, and one daughter. Mrs. Charles B. Rtidd. 

 also of Evansvllle. 



Pertinent Information 



Large Hardwood Shipments 

 Speaking of American hardwoods arriving in Kiigland. I.ondon Timber 

 said in a recent issue that arrivals ot American hardwood lumber have 

 been heavier of late than Is desirable in the present congested condi- 

 tion of the docks. Great dilliculty is experienced in storing the parcels 

 to hand, and there is even greater difliculty in getting delivery ot such 

 goods as are required. This is partly ou account of lusufflclcncy ot labor, 

 but more particularly because the difliculty ot obtaining lighters is be- 

 coming more acute every week, and lighter owners arc practically in a 

 position to demand any rate they like to ask. There is at present no 

 business In forward shipments, and freights, on account ot the new sea- 

 son's cotton and the consequent competition for freight room, are again 

 becoming firmer. Under the circumstances, consignments ot .\merican 

 lumber are to be discouraged in the Interests ot all parties until the avail- 

 able stocks here become reduced and dock conditions Improve, 



Kentucky's Forestry Building 



rio' K< mucky sint>> Hoard of ForeKlry l» pinnuliig to erect a perinn 

 nent forehtry liulidlng where exhibits ot woods ami of various forest 

 prodMciK can be plaei'd In proper form. If the plans are carried out the 

 building will be ma<h> of lumber that growH in llie state, both the rough 

 lumber and the ilnlsh, as wi'll as the rurnlture. Kentucky has plenty 

 of sullnble mntorlnl fur such n building. It hns numerous hardwooils and 

 softwoods of the best klmls and In nhnndnun'. hut it Is richer In the 

 former tlinn In the l:iit>i 



Will the Telephone Poles Go? 



The wireless station nt .\rllngton, Vn., has succeeded In senOluK verbal 

 luessnges through the nlr to Honolulu, -I,.'i00 miles distnnt. 'Hint Is 

 probably n grenter distance than a telephone message can he sent over 

 wires with the best apparatus, and It seems thnt telephoning without 

 wires promises to surpass the use of wires. If the pri'sent indications 

 nre made good, and it Is found that wires nre not needed In sending 

 telephone messages, the next step will do nway with poles. Many things 

 must be worked out before that can be done, but apparently H Is on 

 the way, A country without i<'!epbone poles would look vacant. 



Situation Called Delicate 

 .'Vn English trade paper says that a somewhat delicate situation Is 

 faced by many .\merican shippers who are ri-gularly In the business and 

 who have established such permanent relations with foreign liuyers or 

 brokers that they have not yet adjusted their terms to war conditions. 

 The drop In English exchange means a material loss to many who have 

 continued to do business In terms ot British money Instead ot I'nlted 

 States dollars. Much ot the new business or the business arising out ot 

 new connections is being done as the purveyors of ammunition are doing 

 theirs: thnt Is. In terms ot American money: hut it has seemed dilllcult 

 to many ot our exporters to change the practice thnt has so long been 

 established with their regular customers. Now they have to face a 

 possible loss, or at least a shrinkage in net reci'lpts of their transactions. 



The Dollar's Standing in Chile 



Four thousand tons of nitrate recently purchased in Chile wire paid 

 for In American money, a draft being drawn on New York for $155,000. 

 The signtllcance of this transaction lies In thi' fact thnt this Is the 

 first sale of large size in that country to lie paid for In dollars. Ex- 

 change heretofore has licen paid In English money, through drafts on 

 Loudon. This change In manner ot payment affords one more straw 

 to show the drift ot the world's financial current toward the United 

 States. It remains to be seen whether this drift will be maintained 

 after the close ot the war. 



Resourceful Woodsmen 

 i'^oresti'rs are supposed to sti''l< pi-etiy close to the wo<ids under ordi- 

 nary circumstances, but when the situation is extraordnlary. they never 

 tall to rise to the occasion. A forester going to the assistance ot a 

 submarine Is somewhat unusual, yet that Is what recently happened on 

 the coast of California on a rugged stretch ot rocks a hundred miles 

 or more south ot San Francisco. Submarine H-.3 went on a submerged 

 rock near Point Sur. with twenty men aboard. Forest Supervisor Nor- 

 man Sloane was in the mountains back <if the coast and at two o'clock 

 in the morning heard the distress signals ot the boat. He procured a row 

 boat and with the help of the lighthouse keeper rowed out to the sub- 

 marine which was still hanging on the rock, but not in immediate danger. 

 When the fog lifted, tugs were sent to the rescue and the submarine got 

 safely off. and reports do not indicate thnt ii was any worse tor Its 

 experience. 



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H ardwood ISleivs ISlotes 



=-< MISCELLANEOUS >■= 



.\ ruteivir has h-iu apiiciiuici for tin' Cunjluiilg'- I'nruitiiii UuiuiJiiny. 

 t'amliridge. O. 



.\n application for a charter has been filed by the Judge Lumber Com- 

 pany, Scranton. Pa. 



The Royal Street Lumber Company. Moliile, .Via., capital stock has 

 been Increased to $5,000. 



The firm of McLean Brothers. North Tonawanda. N. Y.. has been dis- 

 solved. Hugh McLean continuing. 



The Standard Manufacturing Company. Inc., has succeeded the South- 

 ern Novelty Works nt Mobile. Ala. 



The Mobile Chair Company has been succeeded by the Mobile Chair 

 .Manufacturing Company at Mobile. Ala. 



The partnership firm, the Coeburn Lumber Company, May King, Ky., 

 has been dissolved. L. N. Odic retiring. , 



The Southern Lumber Company has been incorporated at Ashevllle, 

 N. C, with a capital stock ot $100,000. 



With a capitalization of $160,000, the Huntley Lumber Company has 

 been incorporated at Charleston, W. Va. 



An Involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed by the Spencer 

 & Barnes Company, Benton Barhor. Mich. 



