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HARDWOOD R i: C O R D 



(IClol'ir •-■.•, llPlir 



FOR SALE 



One Million Feet 



Oak 



One Year Dry 



1" Plain and Quartered 



Red and White 



BAND SAWN, cut from large Louisiana 

 timber— eO'c and better 14' and 16' 



Exceptionally High Grade 



Aberdeen Lumber Company 



Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Stack Lumber Co. 



MASONVILLE, MICHIGAN 



We are Manufacturing 



50,000 Balsam and 

 Hemlock Lath Daily 



Now have five to ten cars 

 in shipping condition 



nrc so iirjiint In llirlr ilonlri* th«I the sovpriiiiii-nl nffnril noiiip ri-llcf. It 

 iimr be -nl-l tlinj Ih^ nilviinr<"< r.nll>- mciin llcilp to III'- npnrl.ro nine* lb* 



■ r. and II !• in<r. llrlll.U 



ricaii Klilpa nvn ■ rnli-n 



I'Mhi I., n I" ..|.i. •[ iiii'. rtiiintry. and II l» biiojjium r iiKily Ibal 

 Icm Moiiltl dijuy more i-<)ullalilr ralrit braldoa. 



illor, Ibc old nrm 



I'livlng Juki (ilniTd 



, •■ ■ Thin nrm, 



OOP of 1 1 ' vi'llow nnd 



wbllp pi! . 1 (lif kihtUI 



rcaiioDii Hindi iirompn'd llu- adillilon ol Hiorka of hardwuodii, li. U. t'roud- 

 fool, who In In clintBc of tlif yard, alalrd lo tho IIauixvimid Kkcouk rrprr- 

 arniallvv lliat nunii-roun lalla wcrf nlwnyn boliiK rpcolTcd for hardwooda 

 from cunlomiTti of ilii' firm who boiii:hl other wooda, and tbia KUKK''a«'<l that 

 bardKouila mlijht In- Imndlid lo n<lvnnini:i' na a convonli'ncf In ihear cua- 

 tomi'ra. Mr. rroudfocii nlso »nw iin cici-ilrnt o|i|)orlunll.v to hullil up a 

 prolltahlc trnih' iHTitofori' ncK'Icctod. He api'nt jiiira In lhi> hardwood 

 rfcloiiH of Wi'hl VIrcliilii, hiivliit! coiiif lo Ilnltlniori' from lluckhnunoii, nnd 

 la therefore well qtmlllled to take hold of the enterprlae. The (Irm will 

 carry alocka of oak. aab, cbeatnul, poplar, and rv<'n maple. At drat tbc 

 bualneaa will lip carried on lo a anmll way, but the conDdent belief la enter- 

 talni'd that the trade can be rapidly expanded. A rearranK<'nient of the 

 atocka In the yard baa been made of Into, belnR about completed, which will 

 admit of much more room for plllni; and fncllitale Ihe hnndllni; of the 

 stocks, thus lesaenlnR Ihe cost nnd InsurlnK prompt delivery. .Mr. I'roud- 

 foot expreiiHes pronounced FntlafMcllon wllh the results of Ihe present year 

 80 far. lie states Ihiit the firm has run ahead of lOH. nnd that wllh reaped 

 to proflts also Ihe business has he^n sntlsfaclory. He lakes an opilniisilc 

 view of Ihe future, and predicts Important gains. 



ConKralulallona are being showered upon Norman James, prealdent of 

 the N. W. Jnmes Lumber Company, which. In addition lo soft wooda, also 

 handles llnlshed hardwoods, on his engagement to Miss Isabella L. IlnKner, 

 who has been social secretary ot the White House for years, harini,- been 

 BClectcd for this position under Kooscvelt, and being the flrsi woman to 

 fill such a post. Mr. James succeeded his brother, the laic Nathaniel \V. 

 James, lo the presidency of the company, hut was largely Interested in the 

 lumber trade before that lime. He also has extensive llnanclul and higb 

 social connections, and is held in the highest esteem. Miss llagner is a 

 sister of the late Justice Hagner of Ihe supreme court of the Ulslrlct of 

 Columbia, and the family has been prominent In Washington socially (or a 

 long time. The wedding is to take place some time in November. 



Lloyd Davis Volk, a salesman for the Wlllson Lumber Company of ritta- 

 burgb, who makes bis headquarters at Cumberland, .Md.. was married at tbe 

 latter city October 16 to Miss Irma Mc.Vusland Ireland of Cumberland. 

 After a wedding tour Mr. and Mrs. Volk will lake up Ibelr residence In 

 Cumberland. 



Erni'st K. Price, a well-known hardwood exporter of this city, who wai 

 formerly engaged in business on his own account, but who now represents 

 the Rock Castle Lumber Company nnd the C. L. Hitter Lumber Company of 

 lluutlngton. W. Va., in their export departments, surprised his friends on 

 October 20 by being married to Miss Marie L. Sherman, a telephone operator 

 at the Hotel Stafford, where Mr. Trice frequently stopped. 



Among the visiting hardwood men in the city during Ihe last week wag 

 E. G. Cafllsch of the Cafllsch Lumber Company of tlnmbleton, W. Va. Mr. 

 CaiUsch stated that his company will have cut out its supply of timber In 

 a few months and will then bare to seek some other location. 



=-< COLUMBUS >= 



James K. Uucklngham of the Uucklnsliam & Ilair Company, Mllford, 0., 

 was injured in an automobile accident near Indian View, on Ihe outskirts of 

 I'incinntttl. recently. L. B. Stump, n druggist in the miichinc wllh him, 

 was killed. Hucklnghnm's automobile plunged over a (Ifty-foot embank- 

 ment. He was hurled from the car, striking his head on a rock. When 

 be regained his senses he attempted to release Stump from under tbe car, 

 but was too weak from his injuries. It was about three hours before a 

 liassing autoist beard his cries for help and went to bis assistance. 



Tbe Steel Bros. Lumber Company has been Incorporated with a cap- 

 ital of $-10,000 to deal in lumber. The incorporators arc Orlando Wilcox, 

 Charles McCuskey. L. II. Adams. E. G. Gensemer and T. A. Murphy. 



Through a recent reorganization of the I'cytonn Lumber Company of 

 Hunlinglon. W. Va., with which Thomas S. Sharpnack of Delaware has 

 been connected for some years, Mr. Sharpnack becomes treasurer and sales 

 manager of the company and wl\l have bis headquarters at Huntington. 

 Mr. Sharpnack for some years has traveled for the company, and be and 

 his wife have made Delaware their home. 



Fire caused a loss of approximately $20,000 at the plant of C. C. Dun- 

 lap, lumber yard and sawmill at Delawafc, O., recently. The Arc had 

 gained considerable headway before It was discovered. 



The nu.ss Furniture Company of Hamilton has been incorporated with 

 a capital of $100,000 to manufacture furniture of all kinds. Tbe company 

 has taken over the business of Huss Bros, of Cincinnati and moved tbe 

 plant to Hamilton. Charles W. Huss Is president and William C. Huss 

 secretary and treasurer. 



R. W. Horton of the W. M. RItter Lumber Company reports a slight 

 increase in the demand for hardwoods. Retailers are buying belter be- 

 cause of the rather nctive building trade. Some buying Is done by fac- 



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