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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Nuvombcr 10. 101&. 



Kentucky Oak 



results in 



Satisfied Artisans 



meaning 



Money Saved 



ITS growing conditions ENFORCE an unvarying 

 uniformity of color and grain. Its texture has a 

 silky softness that delights and contents your workers. 



ITS beautiful, clean boles make possible unusual 

 widths and lengths in which we specialize. 



The following values. 

 All Kentucky Stock Should Attract You 



4 cars 8 4 Loc I*"" liar J 



Maple 

 2 cars 8 4 No. 1 Common A 



Brtlrr Hard Maple 

 8 cars « '4 l.oj Run Beech 

 IB cars 4 '4 No. 3 Common Oak 

 18 car« 4/4 No. 2 Common 

 Plain Red Oak 



5 car» 4 '4 No. 2 Common 



Plain White Oak 

 SO e&n 4/4 No. 1 Common 

 Plain Red Oak 



■J carw 4 '4 .No. 1 L ommon 



Plain White Oak 

 8 cara 8/4 No. .1 Common 



Plain rtcd Oak 

 2 cars 8/4 .Sound Wormy Oak 

 m cara 4/4 Sound Wormy Oak 

 8 cara 4/4 Common & Better 



Chcatnut 

 8 cara 4/4 Sound Wormy 



Chcatnut 

 1 car 8/4 No. 3 Common & 



Better Poplar 



E. R. SPOTSWOOL) .AND SON 



MANUF.\CTURERS 

 LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 



"Made in Bluef ield 



ff 



We are Manufacturers 

 of 



Oak Flooring 



Interior Finish Poplar Siding 



Ceiling and Dimension 



Boards 



CAN SHIP MIXED CARS OF ROUGH 

 AND DRESSED MATERIAL, ALL FROM 

 STRICTLY WEST VIRGINIA TIMBER 



Planing Mill and 

 Dry Kiln Facilities 



The McClellan-West Lumber Co. 

 Bluefield, W. Va. 



of the folloMlne ispeclM : calalpa. lilnrk walnut, l>Urk locual. l>oi elder. 

 J.... I ..„t. ..1..1 . .L t.i...-i, ...V t.-irr onk, clieatniit, buckryi-, iMH-nn, apricot, 

 A I'lnr. K<nliirliy oiffic iri-<'. while hickory. 



hi , .lali. Kiik'ar ma|il<', ntid KuKllab uak. The 



forealrjr di'iiariinint la now well orsanltrd to (iKlit nre». nnd wveral ainall 

 hiaioi In in- 1, 111 K-iitucky have already hria put out t>y the wardena. 

 Owing to II V dry fall, the dnnecr of nreii la great, and a apeclal 



narnlnir hii i out l>y the fonntry d<|iBrlroenl. 



Unrl ■ ■" >h<- fiiinllure irii'le repnrt 



(but I I. nnd that the priiaiwrta are 



for h^ ' "f Ih'- year. Southern furni- 



ture r -hown an linprovi-nK-nl In hualnea<. and 



n« III. > .1 their trade la an lm|>ortant factor, tbla 



la n cbnnKC which la burnt appnclatrd at Ita full value. 



Anxlei}- to aell bna xlvi-n place, In moKl Inatancea, to a dealie to bold 

 for better pricea. Many hanlwood men feel that unlena normal (Itfun-a are 

 Becure<l for their alocka, they would do hetler to hold them. The ijeneral 

 Hitunlinn la «■• iiiich hctlir Ihnii II baa been that thrre la every lnr<-nllTe 

 to keep lumlnr ..ii tillcks nnd await the pricea «-blch are Juallfled by the 

 Intrlnalc value of the innlerlal. 



T. M. llrown of the W. I". Brown & Rooa Lumber f.'ouipany. returnwl 

 recently from n trip to F-"a»lern mnrkela. lie found condlllona abowlne 

 nn Iniprovemeni, and n more optlmlatlc feellnif prcvalllne about lumbermen 

 anil i-c)n"uiner«. 



Will McLean of the Wood-Moaalc Company, who baa been optlmlatlc for 

 months reKardlii-,- future bualneaa, la now able to aay to bin frl< nda In the 

 lumber bualnesN, "1 told you ho." Condltlona wllb thin eornvrn are 

 excellent; all of Us plants arc runninc, nnd the demand for lumber, 

 (loorlns and veneers Is good, with prices sallafnctory. Altoifeihcr. Mr. 

 McLean Is well pleased with dcvelopmc nts durlne the past few wwka. 



.T. K. Harris and Yaucy Merrltt, Irvine, Ky., have purehasi-d the old 

 Mei;nnn-rn«ke sawmill properly there. It has not been delermlm-il 

 whether to operate the mill. 



The demand for railroad ties Is reported better. Country mills cutting 

 ties state that buyers are asain In the Held and that the outlook Is for 

 belter business In this direction. 



.TudRC Lewlfl .Vppcrson, Mt. Sterling, Ky., has purchased the mill, 

 timbcrland and railroad of the Roper-neecc Lumber Company of MorKOD 

 county, Kentucky, for $01. .100. It was appraised at llOn.OOO. The 

 llnbililles of tlio company amounted to JI.IO.OOO. 



^-< ST. LOUIS >•-. 



October receipts of lumber In St. Louis, as reported by the Merchanta 

 Kxchangc were 10.2C!) cars of lumber as against 14. son cars recelvc<l 

 during October last year, a gain of 1„1"0 cars. Shipments were 11,22.'! 

 i-ars compared with 11.148 cars last October, a gain of 'Tt cars. 



The estimated value of local building operations during the montb of 

 October showed a slight increase as compared w-lth those of the corre- 

 ■ipondlng month a year ago. There was also a slight gain In the number 

 c.f pi-rniits issued. Last month's estimated value of new buildings and 

 alterations w-as ?1.0.'>0..'>31 while a year ago the estimated value was 

 .«1,11.">.S74, a gain this year of $08,744. The number of permits issued 

 during October this year was 839 compared with 756 last October, n 

 i;aln of 8.3. 



The board of directors and Insurance committee of the Lumbermen's 

 I':.vcbangc of St. Louis at a recent meeting held on October 10. to consider 

 the proposed ordinance to create a Are marshal for the city, unanimously 

 adopted a resolution endorsing the bill and later both the board of directors 

 and the insurance committee attended a public hearing on the bill. Chas. 

 K. Thomas, president ot the exchange and Geo. E. W. Luehrmann, chairman 

 of the Insurance committee, spoke In favor of It. 



Vice-president and Treasurer Lewis R. Armstrong, of the T. .T. Moss 

 ric Company, died of heart disease at his residence in St. Louis on 

 October LI. He had one attack in his oBlcc two days prcWous to his 

 death and another a few hours previous to his death. Mr. Armstrong 

 left a widow nnd a daughter, who was attending Vassar College. Mr. 

 .Armstrong was bom in Aberdeen. Mls3.. December 3. 18C0 and came to 

 St. Louis in 1877. In 1898 he Joined the T. J. Moss Tie Company and 

 in 1906 become vice-president and general manager. 



The changes that have been made in the by-laws and constitution of the 

 Lumbermen's Kxchange, so as to permit the formation of the federation 

 of lumber Industries, and which were Bled with the St. Louis circuit court, 

 have gone to the secretary of state and it is expected that they will be 

 certified to at that offlce this week and returned to St. Louis. Just as 

 soon as they are received everything will be ready for the new organization. 



The banquet of th° Lumbermen's Club which was set for the latter part 

 of October and postponed for various reasons, has been reset for 

 November 20, when It will be given at the Mercantile Club. Julius Scldel, 

 chairman of I he entertalnniept committee, promises a unique prcgramme. 



Fire destroyed the sawmill of the Chas. F. Licbke ITardwood Mill & Lum- 

 ber Company on October 30. The fire was caused by a heated journal. The 

 mill has been running overtime to fill orders for the Anglo-French allies 

 and extra Tncn had been employed. The Liebkc company had about com- 

 pleted a contract for $400,000 worth of lumber for the allies and had 

 entered into a new S200.000 contract. Joseph E. Liebkc, president of the 

 company said the contracts called for rough boards, which were to be 

 shipped to null, England. He did not know what use was to be made 



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