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general contractors. Mr. Cunningham sold a lot of flooring to the con- 

 tractors for an office building. They objected to the price which he 

 invoiced the stock at, claiming that it was priced to them lower. The 

 «ourt held that acceptance and use of the material, in view of the charges 

 made in the invoice, implied approval of them, and decided in favor of 

 Mr. Cunningham. 



J. E. Barton, state forester, has issued his report covering forest flres 

 during 1914. There were 132 flres during the year, and the value of the 

 work which the department has done is indicated by the fact that most 

 of them were discovered and headed off before they had been able to do 

 much damage. The fires burned over 50,921 acres of timber, destroyed 

 6,909,000 feet, board measure, with a loss of $20,669. and also destroyed 

 $11,655 worth of young timber. Mr. Barton showed that co-operation is 

 needed to prevent fires. Railroads caused twelve fires, sawmills four, 

 brush burniog twenty-three and campers and hunters twenty-six. 



H. Oreen (Jarrt'tt of the Brodhead-Garrett Lumber Company of Win 

 Chester, Ky.. is a candidate for re-election to the state railroad commis- 

 sion, of which he is now a member. The company with which he is 

 connected is planning a new development on Indian creek, in eastern 

 Kentucky, and will probably build a railroad into the property. 



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The building pfriiiits issued fni- January indicated au increase of 

 about 25 per cent over tlie building operations for January last year. 

 Last month 353 permits were issued for Iniildings and alterations, the 

 estimated cost of which was $1,094,073. In .January last year, 578 

 permits were Issued for buildings to cost $854,122. The permit for the 

 Missouri Athletic Association building, issued in January, which will 

 cost $500,000. represents nearly one half of the total of the building 

 business for the month. 



According to the statement of receipts and shipments of lumber at 

 St. Louis for the month of January as reported by the Merchants' 

 Exchange, there were 15,235 cars of lumber received, as against 14,480 

 oars during January last year, a gain of 755 cars this January. Ship- 

 ments of lumber were 8,771 cars as compared with 10,377 car* last 

 .January, a loss of 1,606 cars in January, 1915. 



Speaking of the recent decision handed down by the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission last week, sustaining the advance in hardwood rates, 

 Thomas E. Powe of the Powe Lumber Company says that the rate dis- 

 crimination between local rates in the Southwest and through rates for 

 Chicago, as an illustration, is so great that he may have to discontinue 

 to operate his assembling yard at Hugo, Okla. The decision takes prac- 

 tically a dollar a thousand off the value of all oak in this yard. 



J. A. Hemphill, who left the Gideon-Anderson Lumber and Manufactur- 

 ing Company, on January 1 to enter into business for himself under the 

 name of the Hemphill Lumber Company, with offices in the Railway 

 Exchange building, in addition to operating his own business and selling 

 the cut from other mills, is the sales manager of the Lasswell Lumber 

 Company. This concern succeeded to the manufacturing department of 

 the Campbell Lumber Company, at Kennett, Mo., and was recently split 

 Into three separate concerns, the .\llen Stave Company, the Lasswell 

 Lumber Company, and retail yards at Campbell, Kennett and Saneth, Mo. 



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The Kaukauna Lumber & Manufacturing Company of Kaukauna has 

 placed its sawmill in operation and is now running the plant full blast. 



The Hatton Lumber Company of New London is receiving about twelve 

 cars of logs daily and its sawmill is now working overtime. 



The sawmill property of Frank Falconer at Prentice, including sawmill, 

 planing mill, lumber sheds and four acres of land, has been purchased by 

 P. H. Hammer, president of the Red Birch Lumber Company at Catawba. 



The N. S. Washburn Lumber Company of Sturgeon Bay has closed its 

 sawmill after a successful season. The plant will be overhauled and 

 placed in operation within a month or two. 



The Wisconsin Seating Company of New London, owned by F. A. 

 Dennett, has broken ground for two more additions to its plant, one to 

 be 40x80 feet in dimensions and the other 40x40, Both will be three 

 stories high. New equipment will be installed throughout. The company 

 expects to be employing 3.50 men by May 1. New boilers have been 

 Installed In the heating plant. The concern will have au extensive 

 exhibit, comprising the various types of chairs turned out, at the Panama- 

 Pacific exposition. Charles E. Carqueville of Chicago has been made 

 assistant in the general sales manager's office of the concern. 



Robert P. Kraus, wholesale lumberman of Marshfleld, has formed a 

 partnership with Harry J. Stone of Minneapolis, and the business is now 

 being conducted under the name of Kraus & Stone. 



The Rice Lake Lumber Company and Lee Brothers of Rice Lake have 

 resumed operations at their sawmills. Both concerns have large log 

 supplies on hand. 



The Northern Couch Company <)t Port Washington, Wis,, has been 

 incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000 by J. M. Bostwlck. J. E. 

 Dennett and Edward J. Barrett. 



The Jacob Mortenson Lumber Company of Wausau has resumed opera- 

 tions at its sawmill, which is now running on day and night shifts. 

 The company has a large supply of logs on hand. 



The Rockwell Manufacturing Comrany .if Milwaukee, turning out .-ash. 



Dimension Stock 



GARDNER WOOD COMPANY ^'K^^^^",5'K'K!'N''Y•. 



PHIS 



TIMBER ESTIMATES 



RBPORTS INCLCDKU 

 TOrOORAPHICAL MAP. DETAIL. E8TI1IATE8 * WRITTEN RBPOKT 



GARDNER & HOWE 



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Clarence W. Griffith ^'ViX'^riuUiSi'!"- Memphis, Tenn. 



DUGAN LUMBER CO. 



a""nnHrp*p"er HardwoocI Lumber 



MEMPHIS TENNESSEE 



SPECIAL PRICE 



FOR QUICK SALE: 



No. 1 Com. Hickory : 



Scars 11^" to 4" 



No. 1 Com. Poplar: 



15 cars ^" to 4" 



No. 1 Plain Oak: 

 20 cars l"to4" 



No. 2 Plain Oak: 

 5 cars 1" 



No. 1 Common Ash; 

 3 cars 2" 

 1 car 2^" 



Goodlander-Roberfson 

 Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



Yards and OJJice: 



Kansas Avenue Memphis, Tenn. 



