January 10, 1916 



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Unusual industrial activity in this territory has stimulated the demand 

 locally for lumber. New industries are being started almost e%'ery week 

 at Kingsport, a new boom town south of Bristol, where Just now there 

 Is unusual building activity. 



H. S. Dixon of the John T. Dixon Lumber Company, Elizabethton, 

 Tenn., was a recent visitor in Bristol. He says that indications point to 

 more rapid improvement in the lumber trade. 



Congressman Sam R. Sells of the Sells Lumber and Manufacturing 

 ■Company, Johnson City, before returning to Washington this week stated 

 that he believed that the lumber business would improve more rapidly 

 ■within the next few months than It has In several years. 



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J. C. WicklitEe, secretary of the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company, Louis- 

 Tllle, is home after a long stay on the olher side of the ocean. lie 

 went to England last May and did not return until December 24. The 

 date was propitious, however, for that was Christmas eve, and Santa 

 Claus was permitted to arrive on schedule. Mr. Wicklille looked after 

 the interests of the big ■mahogany company both in England and on the 

 Continent, making the trip across the channel several times. Though he 

 did not succeed in staging a combat with a submarine, he accumulated 

 a fine stock of war stories. The Mengel company is very busy just now, 

 and regards the mahogany situation as promising. It has purchased two 

 ■boats to handle its logs from Central America and Africa, and is con- 

 sidering enlarging its dimension mill, on account of the big demand for 

 mahogany lumber cut to size. 



The Churchill-Milton Lumber Company has recently acquired a big 

 operation at Glendora, Miss., on the I'azoo & Mississippi Valley, and is 

 now running a mill at that point. A large amount of timber has been 

 acquired, and four logging crews are now at work. John Sampson, who 

 has been with the concern for some time, is in charge of the mill, and 

 Hughes Moore, who is well known in the local lumber field, is cashier. 

 John Sullivan, who for a long time was connected with the Memphis trade, 

 is now connected with the company's selling organization. The new mill 

 is cutting a full line of hardwoods, including plain and quartered oak, and 

 will give the company an excellent stock. 



The Boyd-Mehler Lumber Company of Louisville has changed its name 

 to accord with the retirement from the concern of Ed Mehler, the com- 

 pany now being conducted by R. E. Boyd personally. The new style Is 

 the Boyd Hardwood Lumber Company. The old oiTices in the Lincoln 

 building have been retained. 



H. A. McCowen of H. A, McCowen & Co., Louisville, who is president 

 of the American Walnut .\ssociation, said recently that a meeting of the 

 association will probal>ly be held in Chicago this month. The furniture 

 shows will be on then, and the walnut men. who have succeeded in 

 putting their commodity back on the map in the furniture trade, want 

 to look over the new samples which are made up in walnut. 



R. F. Smith, who with his brother, Clyde, is running the Southern 

 Star Lumber Company at McKenzie, Tenn.. was in Louisville recently and 

 attended a meeting of the Louisrtlle Hardwood Club. Mr. Smith has been 

 successful, and is doing a business of considerable volume, taking the cuts 

 of a good many small mills in that section. As foi-mer manager of the 

 Ohio River Sawmill Company in Louisville Mr. Smith was a popular 

 member of the club. 



The Louisville Veneers Mills is now running in all departments, and 

 the scene of activity about the big plant is what is called in the South 

 "a sight for sore eyes." The veneer and panel departments have good 

 orders booked, and while D. E. Kline, head of the concern, is con- 

 servative about making predictions, he believes that the first six months 

 of this year will be good. 



Will McLean, head of the Wood-Mosaic Company, who has been the 

 "official optimist" in the local hardwood market for many months, is now 

 able to point to the greatly improved conditions which have developed 

 and say. "I told you so." He believes that 1016 will be a banner year. 

 Demand for lumber, flooring and veneers, the company's specialties, is 

 good, and all the departments of the plants, both at New .-VIbany. Ind., 

 and Highland Park, are running. Mr. McLean recently made a hit with 

 members of the Louisville Board of Trade by offering to furnish without 

 charge material for reflooring Exchange Hall, which lias been needing 

 attention for some time. Whether for this reason or some other, he was 

 promptly nominated for director, the annual meeting to be held in the 

 near future. 



The Glasgow, Ky., Flooring Company has filed articles of incorporation. 

 It has $10,000 capital stock. 



Rufe Ashurst. Somerset. Ky., is in the market for materials for a 

 logging railroad, including rails, a locomotive with a 36-inch gauge car, 

 hoist, cable, etc. 



The Louisville & Nashville has announced a reconsignment charge of 

 $5 a car on lumber, effective January 18. Lumbermen wanted the recon- 

 signment feature restored, but were opposed to a charge of that magnitude 

 being made for the service. 



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Value of new buildings and alterations and repairs for December was 

 $637,977 against an estimated value of $378,791 for December, 1914, a 

 gain December, 1915, of $259,186. The number of permits issued during 





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Kentucky Oak 



results in 



Satisfied Artisans 



meaning 



Money Saved 



ITS gronring 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 



i c.irs 4/4 S. Wormy Oak 

 5 ears 1x6-16 Oak Fi-ncing 

 25 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. PI. Hed Oak 

 4 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. PI. White 



Oak 

 3 cars 5/4 No. 1 Com. & Bet. PI. 



Bed Oak - 



2 cars 4/4 1st & 2d Qtd. White 



Oak 

 2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. White 



Oak 



3 cars 4/4 No. 3 Com. Poplar. 

 3 cars 4/4 No. 2 A Com. Poplar 

 3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Poplar 

 1 c^r 4/4 .Stained Sap Poplar 

 1 car 4/4x11 in. and up Agricul- 

 tural Poplar 

 Id cars 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Bet. 



Sound Wormy Chestnut 

 10 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. i Bel. 



Chestnut 

 1 car 4/4 Log Run Buckeye 



We are back on the job 

 with a fine new mill 



With over 80,000 acres of the best 

 wood and Hemlock timber in the 

 and Saw Mill capacity of 40,000,000 

 feet of lumber a year, we are in a position 

 to furnish you with Lumber, Lath, Shin- 

 gles, Posts and Poles in small and large quan- 

 tities for many years to come. Send us your 

 inquiries. 



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