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HARDWOOD RECORD 



the coast, it is - ments will 



be made for the from the Southwest 



Jont., and there meet the 

 Hoo-EToo si Lai from St. Paul. 



a. L. Houghton bas been confined to his home 



'ii an attack of 



malaria contracted on a recent trip among the 



mills. His condition is not at all serious and 



he iv within a lew daj 



A II. Connelly ami family left this week for a 

 short pleasure trip into Iowa. 



:i N. Penrod, who is now in . sent 



a telegram to tin- office i i the American Walnut 

 any here July 6, to the effect that he cx- 

 il states on Julj '■<, 

 ami will he home the latter part of this month. 

 Mr. Penrod's father is in pom- health, and on 

 this account he is returning from his European 

 trip sooner than he expected. 



John Merrill, who i year has been 



with Merrill -v ' o . bas severed his connection 

 with that lirtu and has returned to his old home 

 at Paola, Kan. 



J. II. Phipps, a prominent hardwood man of 

 Fayetteville, Ark., was in Kansas city recently 

 on business. Mr tated that his demand 



has been very active this year, but that had 

 weather has inn ugly with the opera- 



tions of tin- mills and thai •' generally 



short. He looks for an active fall trade. 



Morgan ft Co. had a little session with a 

 ii man on.- evening recently, and paid trib- 

 ute in tlie shai f ivluii i | he had in 



his pockets, a gold watch and diamond ring. 



Louisville. 

 W. Ii. II. si,ins claims the distinction of being 

 the first to Intri Louisville 



build > 



tour or fivi - After the first ex- 



periment which demoi that lath made 



from oak logs tl ighly water 



soaked and the sap driven out will not stain and 



equlre ran 



ge the home trade until it n.>w easily 



ak lath madi mills 



at this place. Practically all the river mills make 

 lath, using both their waste oak and poplar, but 

 Kirwau Bros, handle the large volume of busl- 



Tbe Lou ' ' Lumber Company has a 



quantity of I In the Kei 



,,w in. omen I is doing 



work on one of the locks, which has teta- 

 ny closed navigation. This is 

 time that lumbermen have been put to the ln- 

 convenlence of having their logs held up on ac- 

 "»' work ai the locks. It is contended by 

 many lumbermen here that the locks really ham- 

 per i bey henelit 

 tries. - ii,e Louisville Point Lumber 

 iny has some logs on hand yet. hut are 

 holding up a little until tl ■ •■ just how 

 long their Kentucky river rafts will be held up 

 ork. 

 The Ohio River Sawmill Company appari 

 has ! ' t than ail the other river 

 mills i worrying 

 much - up the river. They have 

 - on band to keep them running double 



The Louisville Veneer Mills have had a heavy 

 run of business all summer and are at pi 

 busy. The heaviest volume of busini 

 in plain rotary cut oak i have 



awed and quarter cut 

 veneer. These mills 

 i built up lumlier 

 of all kinds, but they i lally to the fur- 



niture trade, from which 

 volume of t oak. 



ely new hardwood lumberman in 



Kampf. who opened up an 



llding five or six 



and has a putting In his 



■ both ends 



ii.- i- giving his attention mostly 



but expects to handle all kinds 



of hardwood lumber and logs both for domestic 



' rade. 



e hardwood lumber firm of 



Minneapolis. 



E. Payson Smith, wholesaler of southern hard- 



rcllow pine, is just hack from a trip 



into Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee. lie 



found things in a condition 01 quiet 



ii count of tie- heavy rain opi 

 lions in the swamps suspended. There is a good 

 demand in this territory rn oak, and 



Mi Smith io-i es the fact thai gum is growing 

 in favor and iis territory expanded farther north. 

 It is beginning t- take thi i basswood 



with some consumers. Mr. Smith and his family 

 >ing io Annandale, .Mum., for a summer 

 vai at ion. 



Foley r.i.,-., of Mllaca, Minn., large operators 

 In white i who have also 



turned ..in considerable hardwood lumber from 

 the plant of the I .1, v llean Luml er Com] ny at 

 that place, have purchased In. nun acres "f tim- 

 ber mar Jacksou, Miss.. Including white oak. 

 gum. hickory and yellow pine, which they will 

 illy. 

 L. i . Nolan and E. II. Nolan, form, 



Paul the Bai Nolan Hardwood 



: n\ v ith headquarters a( > 'ham j . 



Visited Mn few days ago. They will 



. .it her 



will retnrn In a day or two, 



enjoying a good trade and intend to 



put • i en soon, which will double 



their prcaenl ca] a day. A 



large pan of their ou and the. 



.11 iit—. 



P. I: II the Minneapolis Lumber 



that their 



are n.t taking 11 lelng shut up "tighter 



than a drum.'' Thi -her quiet, 



which is pi now owing 



to the p ■ -hipping condition in which stock 



is found. 



A. s r.i-- 1 • In I [ the 



i: i '.I anor < ton pan] • f Marshfleld, Wis . :, 



turned from a trip among the retailers in terri- 



nd trade rather quiet, 



of waiting till they knew 



me of the crop. 



Hardv m. but the de- 



A. II. Barnard and P. \V. Strickland of I 

 nard ft Strickland have returned from a 



where Ho 

 COUnl rain and found too 



water alti gether for business. 



.1. A . \\ town cooperage 



firm of YVhltehouse ft Dyer, Columbia, l'enn., 



was in Mini -o renewing old 



lie went east from here. 



i.i ic & i Hark, the local 



wholesalers, has gone down to look after matters 



' nection with their retail yard at Erie, III. 



D. F. Clark is also out on a short business trip 



to Milwaukee and other points. 



Ashland, Ky. 

 .1. II. Northup Ky.. was a visitor In 



■ i we.-k. when ei lumber buyers 



lo wl s.,i of a large block of poplar, 



to move from b the Sand; Valley. 



ed for some 

 time I I - • and \V. Ii. Vnnsant 



Lumber Company at 

 \V. Va .. has been dissolved, Mr. 

 ng his interest to Mr. Vansant, who 

 will in the future conduct the business under 

 the name of the W. r; Vansant Lumber Com- 

 pany. The office has been moved to Greenup 

 avenue and Fifteenth street, Ashland. 



The plant of the II. Hermann Lumber Com- 

 pany of Ashland, which is a branch of the New 

 concern of the same name, is undergoing 

 extensive improvements and a general overhaul- 

 ing of machinery, which has necessitated the 



the factory for a short time, after 

 which it will begin operations with renewed 

 force. 



- Walker of the J. S. Walker Lumber Com- 

 pany of (ronton, 0., has just closed a deal with 

 the United Thacker Coal Company of New 

 Stork whereby n mpanj becomes the posses- 



lino i imlier land in Mingo 

 county. West Virginia. This deal involves Son.- 



1 and the tract is consul, nil one of the 



nnesi boundaries on the Norfolk ft Western Kail- 

 mad. Mr. Walker 



as soon as a modern 

 saw mill and logging equipment can he installed, 

 and the business at Ironton will . ■ inued. 

 The saw mill will have a daily capacity of 50,- 

 tei L te six years will be con- 



I.evi C. G lale of Cincinnati, president of 



the i Kentucky Lumber Company, with 



.it Air-din. Ky.. iltor In Ashland 



last we.k. while o his mills. 



'.. I: Otlks of Richmond, ind., purchased 

 ■ i the local mill men last week. 



Wausau. 

 The Underwood Vei iny of this city 



has i mtly acquired additional power by the 



insla lc motors. 



The Lav Slier, i Company, with head- 



quarters at Mai mi in, wis., will begin in the 

 mar tutu On of a new water- 



- sysiem to ectlon of ils bar. 



mill ami p Waubeno. The sysiem will 



compressed air kind and will cover the 

 whole township throughout which the com- 

 pany's in', 



1 ■ i of Marin te has built 

 ages i tii'iH'ii out 



■ .■iny began the manufacture of 



li is twice i be regular 



si/e and will I • | - logs 



In Sum h Carolina Cypri 



lesl known and require str d more 



ighly bull! than ordinary timber. 



ii say they 

 are n ,-t re- 



. ein ij ' d 6us, ' i George A. 



Buckstalf of i I Awards Company 



thai A. D. Martin, representing the com- 

 bine, tryina for some time to give re- 



iieniieiitiari puts bj getting 



prominent furniti into such an organi- 



been 



i io iliis end. s hair man- 



ufactu that thus far they have 



no stuck in the trust. The Milwaukee 



Company, however, is one of about fifteen 



that - i.OOO,- 



mblne. 



i lesman, w i. conducted 



a hardwood mill in the town of Rib 



nil.. Wisconsin, lias decided to re- 

 tire from business. He recently disposed of 

 orth "i timber lands to the Wausau 

 i.pany, the logs from which will be 

 nil sawed. He still has 

 several thousand acrei bleb he will dis- 



of. 

 In the matter of the bankruptcy of P. B. 

 i all of ti ' Mr. Chase 



have been sold ti the Bilcksta It-Edwards l'urui- 



■ . 



That company held claims to the amount of 



$13, which wen- secured, and the Ashland 



Bank had secured claims of priority 



(15 — i in I'.iu kstaff Edwards 



1 i-eil these claims. The latter, 



in purchasing the lands free from incumbrance, 



an f st. nun and pay 



lust j ninting to $1,100. There- 



will he paid the trustee, for 

 ■in paid i- less than thi aims, 



and the company is the loser of the balance. 

 and consists of about 5,300 acres, coi 



with vi i I hardw Is. It is quite likely 



that the lauds will later be sold to other par- 



