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acres of hardwood timber lands in Prairie coun 

 iv. Arkansas, jusl south ol the holdings of the 

 alo Hardwood Lumber Company, and will 

 put in a mill with a daily capacity of about 

 15,000 feel The land is well timbered with 

 oak and gum. Mr. Campbell also annoohces 

 Ho- purchase of 400 acres of cypress brake near 

 Webb., Mis ]i" intends establishing a 



portable mill. This is somewhat of an exp 

 ment and if it proves successful the portable 



style of planl will prove popular sii it solves 



ill.- logging problem i" a material extent. 



The Murdoek Lumber Company, which comes 

 to Memphis from Washington, ind. will spend 



between $30, and $40,000 in the establish 



men! of a hardwood lumber plant in this city. 

 The company has purchased 6ve acres of land 



in Mew Soutb Memphis and will at an earlj 



date begin the erection of the necessary build 

 m:j- Both members of the company will make 

 their home in Memphis. They have purchased 

 in South Memphis and will ereel thereon 

 a handsome residence. The company comes t<> 

 Memphis because of the reduction in tin- hard- 



w 1 timber supply in southern Indiana. It 



ond concern to leave the Booster Btate 

 for Memphis for this cause, the other being 

 G B. Lesh Manufacturing Company of Warsaw, 



ind.. maker of plow bandies and w I wagon 



stock. 



Tii,- Cochran Lumber I ompanj ha - - losed a 

 tor a site ai Earl, Ark., for the ere< I lo 

 a large hardwood lumber mill for tin- develop 



men! of the timber on its trad "i 6, i 



Mr. Cooper, president of the company, announces 

 thai tin' mill hull- will be removed t" Bar] and 

 thai tin' box planl hereto! ted at this 



[mini will !"■ sold. 



iiardw i lumbermen here are very Indignant 



over ill-- fad thai ihcre is some shipment -it 



lumber from the I nlted States !•• Bngland on 



a consignment hasis from some astern 



They had hoped that the bitter ex- 



perience "i those wl xperlmented along this 



line sum..' nths ago, which culminated In s 



very large failure in Tennessee, would prove an 



object lesson so strong that there would nol be 



attempt i" repeal this practice. Exporters 



here are emphatic in their language in dlsi 



in- consignment business and they claim that 



even it the lumber which is dullest has to be 



s.dii in the United States there win be some 



prod I in the manufacturer thereon or al least 



\-i\ small loss, whereas if the same lumber is 



shipped abroad on consignment it will scarcely 



bring freight and other charges. Sol only will 



i ii,- individual manufacturer suffer by a put 



suance of this policy on his part, but tin' lum- 



whole in tin- United states will 



i»- adversely affected because of tin- Increased 



slowness tin' foreign market will 



assume normal conditions if this consignment 



uj. even on a small - 



Tin' many friends "f Chester Williams of 



I'hlladelphl .. connected with the Thomas Wll- 



. Jr., Lumber Company of thai city, are 



congratulating him mi his recent marriage i" 



Miss Mildred Clark of New Orleans. He tho 



i" steal a march on them by marrying as quietly 



but they an- "on t<< him" ami are 



quite profuse in their felicitations. 



George C. Ehemann of Bennetl ,v Witt.- 

 retai i Lumbermen's ' Hub "i Memphis, 



returned this week from :i trip to dlsslsslppl. 

 II'- repot is very tew of thi fei mills in 



operation and declares thai dry si.,, ks ,,t lum- 

 ber hard to find. He says that there Is 

 int ag on si hks 

 iared with the normal for this time "f year. 

 Howard Coles of ti" C mpany 

 issvilli-. Ark., is in tin- city. II'- is man 

 ager "t thai company's plant. 



Edward Alcott, who hat ely identi- 



fied with the use oi i-m- 



in England, has been in tin- city for Borne 

 tlm bei ween Memphis 

 and hi- timber holdings in Mississippi and 

 have shi|»ji.'d "."'.hi'" 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



tons of gum lumber abroad recently for par- 

 ing purposes. 



I I tc [llinoi i .lit in I S I'nioti Il.-lt Kailway 

 Company ihelt linei will expend about $100,000 

 in the building of tracks from their roads to 

 the Mississippi river at the foot of Railroad 

 avenue and the establishmenl of Increased river 

 terminal facilities. This move will be of eon- 

 siderable benefit to those hardwood lumber peo- 

 ple who depend on the river for their logs and 

 f.. i- the bringing in of lumber. It is estimated 

 thai the annual saving to the latter will ap- 

 proximate $5, t" $10,000 a year alone. 



New Orleans. 



It is said that shipments win soon be made 

 through New Orleans of 7.".. "on tons of red 

 mini logs from Mississippi p. be worked up 

 into hi", ks for us.- in paving the stn-ets of Lon- 

 don. The news was given out by a representa- 

 tive of Edward Alcott of London. Mr. Alcott 

 has recently been in Memphis, Tenn., Invest! 

 ig lie- Hi-id there t"i the purchase of some 

 such material. 



Several large purchases of cypress lands were 

 i. "i'-d during the past fifteen days. The St. 

 Louis Cypress Lumber Company has purchased 

 from tlie w. ll. Morris Lumber Company of 



Horston, Tex., 13, acres of land in Lafourche 



am Terrebonne parishes, Louisiana. In addi- 

 tion to the cypress in this trad there is said to 

 i.e a considerable quantity ol oak on the ridges 

 through the section which will be utilized in 



several slave and si k factories that will lie 



.-re. -ted .in the tract. As tin- oak staves have 

 come into such great demand since lasl season 



it is probable that It k ridges will lie worked 



"iii i, efor,.- much of the cypress is touched. 



Central America has been purchasing hard- 



w i boxes to a considerable degree during the 



pasl fortnight 



i !onslderable Intel esl In local biac been 



-i.d over 'he recent forestry report where- 

 in tlie cottonwood possibilities along the Mis 

 slssippi river were dwelt on. 



Kansas City. 

 Hardwood nun from other markets an- not 

 i in- Kansas Cltj on business i" any ex- 

 tent Dealers here say that usually about this 

 time hardwood mill men ami wholesalers are 

 numerous in this territory hustling for busi- 

 ness, but for the pasi month or two they have 

 beer few and far between, Indicating that they 

 are having plenty of trade anil are devoting 

 their time more to pushing ,.ut shipments of 

 "[■I business than to looking for new orders. 



Elmer E •; Uander, th.- well-known hard 



wood man of Memphis, Tenn., was in Kansas 

 i i ;. on ii,.- 20th, hut was not looking for busi- 

 ness. He was on his way to Sail Lake, i'lall. 



for a vacation. Mr. Goodlander thinks that 

 there will lie a very active demand for the bal- 

 ance "i ii"- year, and thai owing to it"- shortage 

 of lumber prices will maintain the same firm 

 demeanor that has characterized He- market 

 Since early I his year. 



A. II Connelly was in Omaha a few days 

 agi - ii business He sa>s that the lumber busi- 

 ness al Omaha is active this year Mr Con 

 neiiy is preparing for a strong demand all 

 through the fall season, ami is well stocked up 

 I., take care of it. 



.1. II. Tsohudy speaks cheerfully of the out 

 look Ills trade has been brisk through the 



summer, and he looks for a g 1 demand from 



now on. lie was successful in contracting for 

 ■ 1 lot of lumber earlier in the year and 

 i.'ii coming in nicely of late, giv- 

 ing him an evenly assorted stock on hand. 



The Hoo-Hoo in the vicinity of Kansas City 

 nol been very active of late, bul .1. R. 

 M. Lauren ,,f Ellsworth, vicegerent smirk tor 

 western Kansas, announces > concatenation at 

 Sallna, Kan.. August 5, at which time tbe Kan- 

 ats will have s chance to g'-i In their work 

 on a good class of kittens, after which they 

 will have a banquet al the National Hotel. 



Minneapolis. 



• 'Ho Mover of St. Louis, representing the 

 Bonsack Lumber Company, was in Minneapolis 

 last w,-,-k Interviewing consumers, among whom 

 he found a fair demand for some special lines 

 of stock. 



E. Payson Smith, the local wholesaler of 

 southern hardwoods, returned lasl week from a 

 ashing trip to Annandale, Minn., where he spent 

 a couple "f weeks with his family. lie is just 

 ha.-k from a short business trip t" luiluth. Mr. 

 Smith reports a strong demand for oak, but 

 rather a quiet market outside Dl that com- 

 modity. 



1". w. Strickland of Barnard .* Strickland 

 says tho usual rule of dull business during the 

 summer months i- not broken in Minneapolis, 

 where tin- dealers are buying rather gingerly. 

 While tlie general outlook is good, no heavy 

 demand Is looked for before September. 



P. I! Hamilton of the Minneapolis Lumber 

 Company has returned from a short trip over 

 into Wisconsin. lie says the Chicago strike is 

 still hampering their business seriously. While 

 i he situation is improving, it lias not reached 

 a stage yet where it lias added to their business 

 in tlie Windy City. Business In northwestern 

 cities is also quiet There is stork enough in 

 everything hut oak to supply orders. 



I. I'. I.elinan of I. I'. Leiinnn .V Co., local 



wholesalers of nardw I, says the factory trade 



with i hem is rather dull, but he looks for a 

 better demand to set in next month, as soon as 

 'i"i i, in ions cease to be a disturbing feature. 



1-'. II. Lewis of this riiy savs the hardwood 

 trade is quiet. Offerings of stock are not heavy 

 and the market Is In good condition. Birch 

 and basswood seem to he most plentiful, as the 

 now i in i- coming mio shipping condition. 



I'lie City Sash & I ■ Company of Minneapo- 

 lis, which lias just celebrated its tenth annl- 

 versary, was the successful bidder for the stock 

 of ihe defunct Bohn Manufacturing Company 

 of St. Paul, which it is now placing on the 

 market. 



1'. .1. Lang of Mil iiiansv ille. Mich., represent- 

 ing the Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company, is 

 making temporary headquarters in the city and 

 doing missionary work in behalf of their floor- 

 ing and other specialties. 



Louisville. 

 Perkins .v. Pettlbonc are very busy with their 

 hardwood trade this hot weather. They not 

 only continue i" have all the oak order* they 



ran lake .are of. hut poplar lirsls and seconds, 

 as well as lb.- lower grades, an- moving some- 

 what better than they were. They bavr recently 



mail.' BOme good exporl shipments of red gum 

 and tin- domestic trade in this wood is un- 

 usually good. In fart, the call for gum is so 

 strong generally that prices an- advancing a 

 little and ihe market is assuming a Stiller tone. 



Charles StOtZ of the Slotz Lumber Company 

 says thai iheiv is an excellent eastern demand 

 for poplar both for domestic use and for ex- 

 iioii shipment, <-s) tally for wide panel stock. 



Wehmhoff .v. Ilallard, who represent the 

 cypress selling agency in this city, report the 

 cypress irade here dull. With the exception 

 of tin- regnlar tank business, which makes a 

 steady .all f..r the quantities required, and the 

 inn-ease, 1 use of cypress by the planing mills for 

 interior finish and other mill work, the trade Is 

 without exciting feature. 



George K. Moody of the Kentucky Planing 

 Mill, manufacturers of interior hardwood finish, 

 oi Louisville, savs that his company has had a 



-: 1 volume "i business all summer. He says 



thai ii" demand for oak has overshadowed 

 everything rise, but at present the company is 

 not doing quite as much in oak finish as earlier 

 in tin season, Next to oak tlie call for mahog- 

 any has show n more increase this year than 

 any other face wood. 



It. r. Hutchinson of the Nashville Hardwood 

 Flooring Company. .Nashville. Tenn., was iii 



