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HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 10, lUir>. 



"Made in Bluefield" 



We are Manufacturers 

 of 



Oak Flooring 



Interior Finish Poplar Siding 



Ceiling and Dimension 



Boards 



CAN SHIP MIXED CARS OF ROUGH 

 AXD DRESSED MATERIAL, ALL FROM 

 STRICTLY WEST VIRGINIA TIMBER 



Planing Mill and 

 Dry Kiln Facilities 



The McClellan-West Lumber Co. 



Bluefield, W. Va. 



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results in 1 



Satisfied Artisans | 



meaning | 



Money Saved | 



ITS growing conditions ENFORCE an unvarying 1 



uniformity of color and grain. Its texture has a m 



silky softness that delights and contents your workers. j 



ITS beautiful, clean boles make possible unusual § 



widths and lengths in which we specialize. g 



The following values, | 



All Kentucky Stock Should Attract You | 



4 cars 8/4 Log Run Hard 

 Maple 



2 cars 8 '4 No. 1 Common & 



B(-ttcr Hard Maple 



3 cars 6'4 Log Run Beech 

 15 cars 4/4 No. 3 Common Oak 

 15 care 4/4 No. 2 Common 



Plain Red Oak 



3 cars 4^4 No. 2 Common 



Plain White Oak 



50 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common 



Plain Red Oak 



2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common 



Plain White Oak 

 5 cars 5'4 No. 3 Common 



Plain Red Oak 

 2 cars r>/4 Sound Wormy Oak 

 10 cars 4/4 Sound Wormy Oak 

 5 cars 4/4 Common & Better 



Chestnut 

 S cars 4/4 Sound Wormy 



Chestnut 

 1 car 5/4 No. 3 Common & 



Belter Poplar 



I E. R. SPOTSWOOD AND SON I 



i MANUFACTURERS | 



I LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY | 



■ li'Viiliir fiicturlpH of the coiinlry nnil IliiuKliion eli'vntorg nrp to bo found 

 In IliP WlllysOvcrlnnd and KorU niiluiiioblh' plnnlM, In nil the hlc rtilihcr 

 plnnm iil Akron nnd In (lie hiK fnclory cnniernM nil over the country. 

 Mr. IlnuKliton wnii not only n Hnpct'XKful iniiiiufaclurpr but a promlnrnt 

 cluhmiin, native In ilvio nlTnlrK, nnd generouK townrd chnrllnlilc projects. 



The Toli'do Shliiliulldlni,' t'omimny rcconllv Kerured conlraelH for two 

 biK schooners to he cooBtrucled for the Atlniillc coniil trade. Knch hont 

 will be aOI feet lorn;. 4:i feet Ineheii lienm, L'.'l feet lnche» depth. They 

 will lie built accordlni; lo the I.loydn speelnl Hurvey nnd will Include 

 double bottoniH. The contrnct cnlls for onrly HprlnK di'llvery. About 000 

 addltlonni workmen will be required tbrouKhout the winter to tnke cure 

 of thiB contract. 



The Skinner Bending Company reports Its plant busy nt present wlih 

 nn extensive order for outomoblle rims. There Is n big demand for rims 

 nt present, due It Is tboucht to the heavy rnins In the South whirh bns 

 brouKlit nbout a shortage In stocks and has compelled the factories to 

 look outside of Iheir own pinnts for these rims which mnny firms ordi- 

 narily manufacture for themselves. The deniaiid for carrlaRc rims Is slow 

 nnd the same Is true rlsht now of wncons. Prices nre ri'porli'd a tritle 

 weak. The tunnnger of the Skinner Bending t'ompnny scolTs nt the Idea 

 of carriages being altogether done away with for automobiles. "It Is 

 true that everybody seems lo be riding In motor cars right now," sold he, 

 "still you would 1)6 surprised nt the number of cnrrlnges one sees In a 

 doy's walk throush the country." 



fSoorge Ilershley. for a time superintendent for the Booth Column" 

 Company, has resigned and accepted a position with his father at the 

 Toledo Turning Works, while D. G. Geklc has taken his position with the 

 Booth Column Company. The manager reports business a little quiet right 

 now. There nre few inquiries and not ninny orders. The plant has 

 plenty of lumber on hand to carry the factory tor some time. 



Itobert Ilixon of the Hlxon Lumber Company, a prominent worker in 

 the Toledo Commerce Club, was recently elected second vice-president of 

 that organization. Carl B. Spitzer was elected president. 



< INDIANAPOLIS > 



Notice has been filed with the Indiana secretary of state that the 

 Lanz-!>"ry Lumber Company at Bedford has changed lis name to the 

 Moore-Tressltar Luinher Coiiipany. 



The Central Lumber Company Is completing its new plant at Roches- 

 ter and will open In a few days with forty employes. The company 

 located In Rochester after its plant at Akron was burned. 



Last month the city issued 641 building permits aggregating $1,255,792 

 as compared with 406 permits aggregating ?-Jll,723 Issued in Septem- 

 ber. 1014. 



John B. PhiUapy, Earl Sandlfur and Dora Sandifur have organized 

 the Miami Lumber Company at Miami, to conduct a general lumber 

 business. The company is Incorporated with an authorized capitaliza- 

 tion of ?20.000. 



George W. Grubb, who had been engaged in the lumber business since 

 1877. died at his home In Greencastle a few days ago. He was seventy- 

 three years old and is survived by bis widnw and three children, 



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J. C. Rea has assumed the management of the Indiana Cooperage Com- 

 pany here. The plant is being operated eight hours a day. six days a 

 week. Mr. Rea says he is unusually busy Just now turning out apple 

 barrels. The apple crop in this .section is the heaviest In mnny years. 



Charles W. Talge, president of the Evansville Veneer Company, who 

 spent most of the summer on the lakes in Wisconsin In company with 

 Mrs. Talge, was here on business a few days ago. lie said In his opinion 

 the business of the country Is rapidly getting better. The veneer business 

 has been especially good this summer and fall and Mr. Talge says he sees 

 no reason why It should not remain good this winter. 



Albert Ward, trustee In bankruptcy, has executed a deed for the Peru 

 Chair Company's holdings at Peru. Ind., to R. A. Edwards for $34,000. 

 Mr. Edwards was the heaviest creditor of the bankrupt concern. 



Claude Maley of Maley & Wcrtz, large hardwood lumber manufocturers 

 here, returned a few days ago with his wife, son and daucrhter from Bay 

 View. Mich., where he spent several weeks. Mr. Maley Is quite optimistic 

 over business conditions. lie says while in the North he talked with many 

 of the leading lumber manufacturers from both the United States and 

 Canada and that in their opinion there Is a better feeling In the trade 

 world and Indications are good for a rapid revival In business circles. 



One of the largest walnut logs ever cut In. Morgan county, Indiana, was 

 shipped recently from Martinsville to Indianapolis to be used by the 

 Indianapolis Handle Company. The log was cut from a tract of land In 

 Ashland township. It was fifty-six Inches in diameter and contained 2,018 

 feet of lumber. 



The Ilill-Tripp Pump Company and the Hill Machine Company, both 

 of Anderson. Ind.. have been merged into the Hill Pump Company, with a 

 capital stock of SS.'iO.OOO. The officers arc: President, George B. Ayres ; 

 vice-president. Hugh Hill ; treasurer, Forrest Hill; secretary, Ernest Hill, 

 all of Anderson. Members of the executive board, besides the oflicers. are: 

 W. T. Scheuremann, E. M. Wilson and T. N. Stllwell. It Is acnounced 

 that the merger of the two companies was due to a rapidly Increasing 

 business that will mean day and night operations of the Hill company 

 plant, with an Increase of emplo.ves for a year or longer. 



