HARDWOOD RECORD 



NDICATIXG THE QUALITY OF LOGS 



UNLOADING LOGS' ONTO THE PILES AT MEMPHIS 



AND CLEARNESS OF LOG: 



•■, ALWAYS BEEN 

 COMPANY 



POINT OF PRIDE 



Modern Hardwood Operations 



J. V. Stimsoii of Huntingburg, Ind., is one of the leaders as well 

 as pioneers iu the hardwood industry. He has built a notable hard- 

 wood organization and is generally acclaimed one of the most 

 capable, experienced and successful manufacturers of hardwood 

 lumber. \ 



Like so many prominent hardwood men he began his experience 

 during the height of the hardwood development in Indiana. He 

 started modestly but with sure foresight, and built the nucleus 

 of his present large organization at the place where he is still 

 '.oeated anil where he still turns out many thousands of feet of 

 high-grade Indiana hardwoods every day, 



most notably quarter-sawed white oak. 



J. V. Stimson founded his business at 

 Huntingburg in 1895. He was successful 

 from the start and as his success increased 

 he looked about him for opportunities for 

 development. His first outside step was 

 the founding of the J. V. Stimson Hard- 

 wood Company of Memphis. This organ- 

 ization was a separate unit in the Stimson 

 interests, and with B. F. Katterhenry in 

 charge since its beginning, has been very 

 successful and more recently branched out 

 on its own account, taking on a large saw- 

 mill operation at Helena, Ark. 



Mr. Stimson has been wise in his selec- 

 tion of managers, and in fact did not have 

 !n look far in seeking capable assistance. 

 lie has two energetic, thoroughly capable 

 sous, who long before their college careers 

 started were familiar with the whole oper- 

 ation of manufacturing and marketing 

 hardwood lumber. The younger son, F. A. 

 Stimson, is now manager of the Hunting- 

 burg operation, and the older son, R. C. 

 Stimson, is secretary and manager of the 

 operation which is the subject of this story, 

 namely, the Stimson Veneer & Lumber 

 Company of Memphis, Tenn. 



This operation was started in April, 

 1914, and is now recognized as one of the 

 leaders from the standpoint of efficiency 

 and quality of the product as well as of 

 size and importance of operation. R. C. 

 Stimson has been the directing head of this 

 branch of the Stimson interests since it 

 was started, and since he took up his res- 

 idence in Memphis he has become most 

 highly thought of by hardwood operators 

 in that extensive hardwood territory. Not 

 imly is he well liked personally, but his 

 thorough fitness for the job which he is 

 successfully carrying on is uniformly rec- 

 iignized. 



The Stimson Veneer & Lumber Company, 

 us well as the J. V. Stimson Hardwood 

 (Jompany, draws its log supply from exten- 

 sive timberlands located at Mellwood, 

 Ark., and Eagle Nest, Miss., owned by the 

 Stimson interests. This timber is of un- 

 usual quality, and as will be noticed from 

 s(ime of the illustrations the size of the 

 I roes is altogether unusual. 



The principles along which J. V. Stim- 

 son operated and has been so successful in 

 Indiana have met with equal success in the 



