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fov at least 10,000 houses to take care of the higU-priced workers who 

 hare come here to work in munitions plants. 



Louis A. Moses, well known authority on housing conditions, was 

 apfjointed secretary and general manager o£ the company about a week 

 age, and immediately left for Washington to present Cleveland's claims 

 lor loan of some of the $60,000,000. The company, of which Paul L. 

 Feiss is president, has a capitalization of .$10,000, all subscribed, which 

 !i mount will be raised to equal the loan appropriated to Cleveland by 

 Washington. 



:-< INDIANAPOLIS > 



W. A. Eckstein, former manager of the McCowen Lumber Company of 

 Loganspcrt, Ind., recently returned from Kansas City, where he has had 

 business connections recently, for the purposr -m mjm nin- ,i i;iit(M\ tv>r the 

 manufacture of gun stocks and aeroplane in-iii. Il^i- nn ilh ^nv. rninent. 



A building iu which the industry is to be I -r,i :iii,ii,l,\ i, nihlcr the 



course of construction. Mr. Eckstein expects In wnk willi Wiiliuii almost 

 exclusively, as it is his intention to confine the activities of the plant 

 in the beginning to the manufacture of the two articles named. He has 

 been assured of sub-contracts b.v manufacturers who are making supplies 

 tor the government. 



The plant of the Carter Planing Mill Company of Seymour, Ind., was 

 damaged slightly by Are last week, which is believed to have been caused 

 by spontaneous combustion. The fire was discovered before it had gained 

 much headway and was extinguished before the loss became serious. 



A sawmill owned by Alfred Ilotz at Loogootee, Ind.. was destroyed by 

 fire of unknown origin last week. The roof of the mill was crumbling 

 in when the blaze was discovered and efforts to save any of the plant or 

 the large quantity of timber nearby proved futile. No estimate has been 

 made on the loss. 



=«< EVANSVILLE >= 



John J. Sledge, administrator of the estate of the late John J. Sledge, 

 at Bowling Green, Ky.. a few days ago sold to the Wood Mosaic Company 

 some timber on the land belonging to the Sledge estate for $16,000. 



The next regular monthly meeting of the Evansvillc Lumbermen's Club 

 will be held on Tuesday night. May 7, at which time details for the annual 

 outing of the club will be outlined. This will be the last regular meeting 

 of the club until the first Tuesday night in September. 



Benjamin Bosse, mayor of the city, president of the Giobe-Bosse-World 

 Furniture Company and head of many other large woodworking institu- 

 tions of this city, has returned from a several days' business trip to 

 Chicago and Indianapolis. Mayor Bosse, who is now serving his second 

 term, is enjoying a full-fledged boom for the democratic nomination for 

 governor of Indiana in 1920. 



George O. Worland, secretary and treasurer of the Evansville Veneer 

 Company, is at Kramer, Ind., for a few weeks taking "mud" baths for the 

 benefit of his health. In his absence the business of the company is being 

 handled by his brother, Victor Worland, who has been with the company 

 for the past four or five years. The plant of the Evansville Veneer Com- 

 pany is being operated on the day and night schedule, and Mr. Worland 

 says trade is good and that his company is looking for a nice run the 

 balance of the season. 



Bert Tisserand, who has charge of the hardwood end of the business of 

 the J. C. Greer Lumber Company, has returned from a trip through 



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LUMBER Co\ 



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Our shipments are in- 

 creasing. Send us your 

 prices and stock lists. 

 Hardwoods — Cypress — A II the Pines 



To 



Announcement 

 the Factory Trade 



We have added a 



Hardwood Lumber Department 



and soUcit inquiries for all kinds, grades 



and thicknesses of Hardwood Lumber. 



KILN-DRIED or AIR-DRIED 



ROUGH or DRESSED 



Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co. 



MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 



southern Indiana, southern Illinois and northern Kentucky and says he 

 found trade conditions very satisfactory, and that dealers everywhere 

 express the belief that business will remain very good the balance of this 

 year. Mr. Tisserand says the hardwood business has l)een especially good 

 the p.nst month or so. 



Lumber manufacturers and retail dealers helped to put Evansville and 

 Vanderburg county "over the top" in the third Liberty Loan campaign 

 that came to a close Friday night, April 19. The quota for the city and 

 county was $2,944,000 and the amount subscribed was in the neighbor- 

 hood of $4,000,000. 



The Knights Templar of Indiana will hold its annual conclave in Evans- 

 ville, May .8 and 9, and many prominent lumbermen of this city will assist 

 m entertaining the visiting knights. The following are among the promi- 

 nent men who will serve on the various committees : Frank Fiatt. Piatt & 

 Son; Charles Von Behren, Von Behren Manufacturing Company: Oscar 

 A. Klamer. Schelosky Table Company; Louis A. Wolleubersn-, Wollen- 

 berger Furniture Company ; John D. Craft, Hercules Buggy Company ; 

 Albert F. Karges, Karges Furniture Company ; Frank B. Von Behren, 

 Von Behren Manufacturing Company ; Guild C. Foster, Evansville Wood- 

 stock Comp.any ; John F. Young, Evansville Hoe Company, and others. 



•< LOUISVILLE >.= 



.1 :ill(l a lot of 

 I- J- :ind flitches. 

 lilt. A-sociation the 



iugburg. Ind.; D. C. 

 ille, Ky. The local 

 two or more mem- 



The final April meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club, held on April 

 23, brought out a fair attendance, and some interesting discussions relative 

 to traflic conditions and government demand. It was reported that the 

 car supply is much better in many districts, although showing very little 

 impriovement in some parts of the South. Locally the trade is getting 

 plenty of cars, and the embargo situation has improved materially. How- 

 ever, there is a considerable shortage of log cars and mills are generally 

 short of logs as well as labor, which is reducing production somewhat. 

 Some of the plants are so busy on government orders thnt they, are not 



making any drive for commercial business, duv 1 -i i' " n d that it was 



turning out about 4,000 gun stocks daily fur 

 aeroplane stock, but was having much trouble 



At a recent meeting of the Southerii Ihuil- 

 members voted upon and to.ii iin.. i . w m : 

 These additional concerns iH' . i i \ ~ i 

 Stimson, Owensboro, Ky.. .mi i i.n.i f.n ■]! 

 organization is growing fast .aid lia.- uclh l 

 bers at each monthly meeting of late. 



A general shortage of labor and inability to secure and hold good crews 

 of male labor and boys has resulted in some of the Louisville woodworking 

 concerns putting in female workers. At Gamble Brothers in Highland 

 Park the payroll no\v carries eight women, six of wbuni ;ir'- being used 

 lo operate small planers on dimension stock, principally inch oak and 

 light stock. The other two are being used for oft'-ln aiiuL- fmni a cut off 

 saw, or in stacking lumber in the yards. At the plaaf "i Hn l...uisville 

 Veneer Mill*" twenty-flve girls have been employed, due t.i <],•■ inability of 

 the company to obtain capable men. These girls ai' oil inaiiim' from 

 planers, taping veneers, working in the glue room and tilliim iu iu various 

 capacities. So far they have proven very satisfactory, but the idea is of 

 an experimental nature, and hasn't been in effect long enough to show 

 conclusively what the girls can do. The National Hame & Chain Com- 

 pany, New Albany, Ind., is also employing a number of girls, as is the 

 Mengel Box Company of Louisville, Inman Veneer & Panel Company and 

 several other concerns. Inman has been using girls for some time and 

 is well pleased. Gamble Brothers are also very well pleased, and according 

 to Hoyt Gamble the company feels relieved to find that it can use girls 

 in emergencies. The girls at this plant have been doing excellent work, 

 have been found willing and industrious. They are wearing bloomers or 

 overhauls and are handling themselves like veterans. The company has 

 about tifn . ,i|.Imi, . 1,1 all. and expects eventually to use a larger number 

 (if girls ii .aiMi.ai-: continue as they have. 



The K.ir i;i .1 iiimlirr Company, Centertown, Ky., capital $2,500. 



Iras l,.,i : .,:ii,,| i,y \V. C. Knott, D. O. McKinney and Brent .\lt- 



-Ih 1.1 aihi >Mll ..|i,aate a hardwood mill in an old milling building. 



l.iliu I iini.hili of the Churchill-Milton Lumber Company, Greenwood, 

 Ml--.. « I iitly iu Louisville for a few days on a combined business 



I. .yes an.l J. G. Brown of W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Com- 

 lircn ,.n a trip of inspection to the company's cliaiu of mills 

 s ami Mississippi. T. M. Brown has returned from a trip to 



iipital of $40,000 Hendricks, Moore & Co., Lexington, Ky., has 

 orated to do a wholesale and retail lumber business. John W. 

 L. M. Moore and others signed the charter papers. The com- 



" liaii.lle building supplies. 



I II. Ky., the Perry Lumber Company is installing an I'b i 



III planing mill on property adjoining its lumber yard. 



i III] ..f $10,000 the Iliggins Lumber Company of Louis\illi' 

 ...mini aiii.li's of incorporation. The capital was formerly 



I'm] ami A. K. Hlggins Signed the nnicndnuTit. 

 I ih i\\ . .Marine Railroad Company, shipbuibbrs and formerly 



ir, .,i haiilwood lumber, has announced that the, corporation 



•il and is winding up its affairs. The company lost heavily in 

 last winter. Edward J. Howard Is president of the company. 

 Hays, acting for the Wood-Mosaic Company, New Albany, Ind., 



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