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Made in Bluef ield 



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. 



Peyfona Lumber Company 



Huntington West Va. 



-MANUFACTURERS— 



PLAIN SAWN r\l\.V 



RED AND WHITE \Ji^r^ 



YELLOW POPLAR 

 BASSWOOD 

 CHESTNUT 



ASH AND MAPLE 



BAND MILLS: 



Huntington, W. Va. Accoville, W. Va. 



president of Penrod-Jurden & McCowen of Mempbis, returned from the- 

 latter city last week. He said that the organization of the new com- 

 pany is rapidly being completed, and that the management of the lum- 

 ber and veneer mills at Brasfleld and Helena, Ark., respectively, from 

 Memphis is proving to be a convenient arrangement, Ralph Jurden^ 

 vice-president and secretary of the company, is permanently located! 

 at Memphis, where Mr, McCowen will spend most of his time also. 



The veneer and panel trade in this section could stand a good deal 

 of improvement, the demand not having been up to normal of late. This- 

 has been duo chiefly to slow business with the furniture factories, and 

 also to the fact that when trade is dull many consumers who ordinarily 

 buy their panels ready to use lay their own veneers, as a means of hold- 

 ing their organization together. This of course does not affect the prop- 

 osition of the consumption of veneers. 



The Southern Veneer Manufacturing Company of Louisville has been 

 sued by Mary Loebig, a stockholder, who asks the appointment of a re- 

 ceiver. She alleges that George F. Kretschmer, Sr., and other members- 

 of his family have been mismanaging the company, and that she has not 

 been given a voice in its affairs. Excessive expenses are declared tc^ 

 liave been incurred. The action was brought in the circuit court, which 

 has not yet passed on the petition. 



=■< MILWAUKEE y 



The Xorthwestoru Barrel Company of Milwaukee recently sustained a 

 loss of .$15,000 when fire destroyed one of its warehouses, a shop and 

 l)arn at Menomonee and Erie streets. 



The Wilson Manufacturing Company, a woodworking concern of Apple- 

 ton, Wis., is having plans prepared for the erection of a new two-story 

 factory building 22x60 feet in dimensions, and a boiler house 2Sx,32 feet- 



The American Seating Company will erect a large addition to its plant 

 lit Manitowoc, Wis., which will add 14,000 square feet of working space. 



Milwaukee's new building code, said to he one of the most complete- 

 in the country, is ready for distribution. The building commission 

 worked for more than five years preparing it, but it cost the city only 

 $2,400. as compared with the code of Cleveland, O., which is said to 

 have cost that city ,$40,000. The code covers every phase of building 

 construction and maintenance. 



The Faust Lumber Company of Antigo, Wis., has amended its articles 

 of incorporation. Increasing Its capital stock from $100,000 to $125,000. 



The Wisconsin Seating Company has installed considerable new equip- 

 ment In its plant at New London, Wis., including two new steel punch 

 presses. 



The A. W. Scbram Manufacturing Company, a chair manufacturing 

 concern of Oshkosh, Wis., is said to be contemplating removing its plant 

 to some other city. O. J. Lutter, a representative of the company, ha& 

 been looking over sites at Wausau, Marshfleld and Ladysmith. The com- 

 pany expects to erect a four-story building .''lOxluO feet. 



James K. T. Hiles, president of the George 11. Hiles Lumber Company 

 of DextervlIIc, Wis., died on March 21 at the age of seventy years. Mr. 

 Hiles was reputed to be many times a millionaire. He was the oldest 

 son of George Hiles, founder of the company, and had been engaged 

 in the lumber business all his life. His father founded the town of 

 Dextcrville, where he settled in 18."iO. Mr. Hiles is survived by his 

 widow, a daughter, Mrs. Green of Khode Island, three sons, Samuel T. 

 George, and William, and a brother, Frank, of California. 



Herm.in Bleyer, secretary of the Milwaukee Harbor Commission, has 

 compiled figures which show that although the season of 1914 was one 

 of the slowest on the great lakes since 1893 and that fully sixty per cent 

 of the ships were idle throughout the season, Milwaukee's total tonnage 

 for the year was only 4.4 per cent less than the high water mark reached 

 in 1913. Lumber shipments during the year showed a decrease of 4.S 

 per cent. 



The Kiel Woodenware Company of Glidden, Wis., is now operating 

 its plant at Mellen on a ten-hour schedule. The Foster-Latimer Lumber 

 Company is operating its plant at Mellen on a day and night schedule. 



The Conrath Market & Manufacturing Company has been organized 

 at Conrath, Wis., to engage in the manufacture of bolts and similar 

 lines. A large supply of logs is being received. OBBcers of the company 

 include : President, C. H. Paris ; vice-president, N. H. Spooner ; sec- 

 retary and manager, B. J. Rietz. 



The Paine Lumber Company of Oshkosh, Wis., operating one of the 

 largest sash and door and veneer plants in the world, is to be reorganized. 

 While the company is solvent, it has been decided to place the concern 

 upon the best possible footing and to do that effectively and thoroughly, 

 steps were taken in the circuit court of Winnebago county on April 3 to 

 have a temporary receivership appointed, thus invoking the sponsorship 

 and protection of the courts while the work of reorganization is in prog- 

 ress. Judge Burnell has appointed A. L. Osborn of Oshkosh, J. A. 

 Kimberly, Jr., of Neenah, and the Wisconsin Trust Company of Milwaukee 

 as receivers of the company and all its property. They will take imme- 

 diate possession of the company antl will continue to manage the business 

 until May 10, or until further order of the court. Mr. Osborn and 

 Mr. Kiml)crly were ordered to give a bond of $200,000, which was fur- 

 nished immediately. George E. Foster of Mellen, Wis., was named as 

 plaintiff in the proceedings. It is stated that the company has assets 

 largely in excess of its liabilities and that every creditor will be paid 

 In full with interest. 



