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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company Buys New Property 

 The Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company of Memphis has taken over the 

 properties of the Peniscot Lumber Company, purchased some time ago. 

 The consideration was $60,300 and the financial end of the transaction has 

 been completed. Included in the property, aside from the timberlands, are 

 five sawmills and tveo railroads. The new owners have begun overhauling 

 the sawmills and repairing the railroad tracks with a view to beginning 

 operations in the near future. It is estimated that about $2.j,000 will be 

 spent in these improvements. John Schoen, Chicago, is president of the 

 Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company, while Ed. Schoen is vice-president. 

 These gentlemen have spent some time in Memphis recently in closing up 

 the negotiations which were conducted through their attorney, L. T. 

 KitzHugh. 



J. M. English & Co. Lose Lumber by Fire 

 About .W0,000 feet of lumber, the property of .1. M. English & Co., 

 Asheville, N. C, which was stacked at Yellow Creek, was destroyed by 

 Are on March 14. It is stated the loss approxinuites $20,000 and was 

 partially covered by insurance. 



The lumber was slacked at the company's mill, which, however, was 

 saved by the energetic work of men around the plant. Also 500,000 feet 

 of lumber stacked in another yard remainc-d untouched. 



Change in Norman 



Operations 



The Holly Itidgn 

 Lumber Company has 

 been incorporated in 

 Louisville with $150.- 

 000 capital stock, and 

 the Norman Lumber 

 Company of Louisville 

 has decreased its capi- 

 talization from $150.- 

 000 to $75,000. This 

 action indicates a 

 marked change in the 

 policy of the Norman 

 Lumber Company, 

 which has been opor 

 ating a mill at Uolly 

 Ridge, La., taking the 

 timber, other than 

 white oak, off the 

 35,000-acre tract of 

 the Chess & Wymond 

 Company, Louisville 

 coopers. The Norman 

 company has sold its 

 mill to the Holly Ridge 

 concern, E. B. Norman, 

 vice-president of the 

 Norman Lumber Com- 

 pany, becoming its 

 vice-president and 



general manager. He will he in charge of the mill operation. It will 

 now have access to more of the timber of the Chess & Wymond Company, 

 which controls the Holly Ridge concern, and will probably enlarge its 

 operation. On the other hanj, the Norman Lumber Company, whose 

 business will now be concentrated in Louisville, plans to enlarge, and 

 especially to develop the manufacture of poplar bevel siding and interior 

 finish. 



Large Timber Sale 



Recent reports from Marinette, Wis., say that one of the largest lumber 

 deals of recent years in that locality was comph led recently. The Peshtigo 

 Lumber Company of Peshtigo, Wis., sold to the J. W. Wells Lumber Company 

 of Menominee from 20,000,000 to 40,000,000 feet of timber located in Mari- 

 nette county near Taylor Rapids. The consideration is more than $100,000. 

 It is understood that the Wells company will take all this timber to Menomi- 

 nee and It will add several years to the life of the big sawmill owned by that 

 company there. ' '. 



Traffic Expert Talks on War End 



J. hI, Townshend, manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Associa- 

 tion, recently returned to Memphis from a trip to Washington. He said 

 that the opinion seems to be everywhere that the war will be ended 

 during the fall. He said this opinion emanates from all quarters and 

 seems to have a pretty sound basis as coming from people higher up in 

 the capital. Mr. Townshend says that officials who are in close touch 

 with the situation do not think that it will be possible for the war to 

 continue much longer than the fall on account of the growing sentiment 

 against It among the warring nations, and the tremendous expense. 



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H. NORMAN, VICE-PRESIDENT AND 

 .MANAGER HOLLY RIDGE LUMBER 

 COMPANY. HOLLY RIDGE. LA., 

 AND LOUISVILLE, KY". 



Vestal-Frantz 



Hardwood Rkcord is in receipt of an announcement of the approaching 

 marriage of E. M. Vestal of the Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Kno.xville, Tenn., to Miss Dorothy Jean Frantz, daughter of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Robert Lee Frantz, 2969 Poppleton avenue, Omaha, Neb., on 

 Tuesday afternoon, April 6. The couple will be at home at ISOl Wash- 

 ington avenue, Knoxville, after May 1. 



Bankruptcy Sale of Pittsburgh Company's Assets 



\\'. B. Fell, receiver in bankruptcy of the estate of The Western 

 Lumber Company, bankrupt, will oiler for sale at public auction on 

 Monday, March 29. at 11 :00 o'clock, in the company's offices in the 

 Oliver building, the entire personal property of the bankrupt on the' 

 premises, consisting of office furniture, fixtures, etc. The terms of sale 

 are twenty-five per cent of amount bid at time of public auction, balance 

 upon confirmation of sale by United States district court. 



Regarding the Pine Bluff Lumber and Box Company 

 The Fine Bluff Lumber & Box Company, Clio. Ark., announces that It 

 has leased the hardwood flooring plant, planing mill and box plant 

 formerly owned by the Triangle Lumber Company of Clio. The Pine 

 Bluff Lumber & Box Company will operate the plant, the output being 

 10,000 feet of flooring and 23,000 feet of box material a day. Edgar 

 Brewster is president and A. \. Brewster, secretary. 



W. W. Brown to Go with Park Falls Lumber Company 



W. W. I'.rown. who for the Inst two years has been lumber buyer for 

 the Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Two Rivers, Wis., will sever 



his connection with th.it 

 institution on April 1!> 

 in order to become man- 

 ager of the hardwood 

 department of the Park 

 Falls Lumber Company^ 

 Park Falls, Wis. This 

 company is pretty well 

 known as an important 

 factor in the extensive 

 Hines' interests and has 

 heretofore been run 

 directly from the Chi- 

 cago offices and the 

 hardwood sales made In 

 connection with the 

 sales of other Hines' 

 lumber. Mr. Brown, as 

 manager o f t h e hard- 

 wood end, will handle 

 the sale of the entire 

 hardwood cut, which 

 will run from 15,000,000 

 1 25,000,000 feet a 

 year. 



The company has been 

 busy the last few 

 months remodeling the- 

 mill with a double band 

 and gang rosaw. When 

 it is in operation, which 

 will be about the middle 

 of April, it will have an 

 Immence capacity. Bircb 

 will make up about seventy-five per cent of the company's cut in hard- 

 woods. 



Mr. Brown is planning to have his hardwood piled according to lengths 

 and grades, from 4 to IG feet long. He says that consumers will be able 

 to buy any length and width of hardwood lumber that might be required. 

 Mr. Brown states that for the benefit of the interior finish trade he wilB 

 also assort stock for S-inch and wider in No. 1 common and better. 



The Park Falls Lumber Company is a big institution that was formerly 

 operated by F. H. .Vtwood of the Atwood Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany. It was purchased by the Hines' interests some time ago and since 

 that time has been materially improved and enlarged. The company 

 owns 116,000 acres of timberland, and also has thirty-five miles of rail- 

 road tor logging. 



Mr. Brown has an exceptional experience in hardwoods, having been 

 in that fleld for a long time. As stated, he has been with the Hamilton 

 Manufacturing Company for the past two years and before then was 

 with the G. W. Jones Lumber Company, Appleton, Wis., for four years 

 in buying and taking up stock. Prior to that time he had charge of the' 

 yard and mill of the John Kaufman Lumber Company at Phlox, Wis. Mr. 

 Brown will take with him the good wishes of a great many friends in the 

 hardwood producing and purchasing fleld. 



A Valuable Walnut Stump 



The Cable-Nelson Piano Company recently received at its factory in South 



Haven, Mich., the veneer cut from one of the most valuable black walnut 



stumps on record. The price paid is not stated as a fact, but it is intimated 



that It exceeded $3,000, which was the highest price ever before paid for n 



A. E. NORMAN, PRESIDENT NORMAN 



LU.MBER COMPANY, LOUISVILLE, KY., 



AND STOCKHOLDER IN HOLLY RIDGE 



LUMBER CO.MPANY. 



