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HARDWOOD RECORD 



recently purchased timber on a considerable tract of land near Bowling 

 Green, Ky. 



Stuart Gant, for ten years with the Owensboro, Ky., Wagon Company, 

 has resigned as assistant sales manager to take a slmlUar position with 

 the Anglo-American Mill Company, manufacturers of milling machinery. 



Definite announcement has been made at Winchester, Ky., by the Win- 

 chester Lumber & Manufacturing Company, to the effect that it will rebuild 

 its hardwood manufacturing plant, kilns, etc., this fall. Efforts to rebuild 

 early have been held up for material and macbiiiery deliveries. 



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The mill plant of the Quellmalz Mill and Lumber Company at Brook- 

 ings, on Black River, about five miles west of Knobel, Ark., was destroyed 

 by lire on April 11. It was one of the largest hardwood plants in north- 

 east Arkansas, employing a large number of men and women, and had 

 been operating on full time schedule In an effort to get out several Im- 

 portant government contracts. The fire is thought to have been of In- 

 cendiary origin. The plant will be rebuilt at once. 



Articles of incorporation were filed by the De Queen Lumber Company 

 of De Queen on April 11. The capital stock of the new company is placed 

 at ^50,000.00. 



The Blytheville Cooperage Company of Blythevlllc, Ark., on April 11 

 liled certificate with the secretary of state, showing It had increased its 

 capital stock from .faO.OOO.OO to $90,000.00. 



The Arkansas Oak Flooring Company of Pine Bluff, Ark., Increased its 

 Ciipitai from $50,000 to $75,000. 



11. W. Sanford and E. G. White have established a handle plant at 

 Brentwood, Ark. The new plant Is entirely modern and up-to-date. 



The Arkadelphia Milling Company at Arkadelphla, Ark., will erect a 

 stave finishing plant at Prescott, which will employ some fifty people. 

 The locating of the plant at Prescott was brought about through the ef- 

 forts of Prescott business men's organization, an agreement being entered 

 Into by the operators that they will continue to operate the plant for at 

 least five years. 



The Warren Stave Company of Wiirnn has increased its capital stock 

 from .'f.'iii.iiod til .i;75.000. 



Til. ^-11^ Mill It Ues Are. has been sold by O. B. Gwyn, and is now 

 un.l.i- I i iipairs. When ready to resume operations. It will 



eiii|ilM ,1 ;,ud have a weekly pay roll of about $1,000. 



L'haii. 11. l-.ii riiuen has started operations at his new hoop factory 

 at rigfe'utt. Ark., and will manufacture hoops for use in making fish nets, 

 a large portion of which will be disposed of to government fisheries. 



I'ractlcally all of the available tics along the White River bmnrh of 

 the Missouri Pacific Railroad In Arkansas have been Inspected by Cuptnln 

 Kerr, and loaded out for use. Owing to the demand for lalic.r In other 

 lines, very few men arc now cnKaKd In making lbs and tli.- -npply In 

 said to he soniiwbal limited. 



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By terms of an agreeniint entered Into recently by the Wbltlng Manu- 

 facturing Company and the National Wood Products Company and the 

 bondholders of these companies, the big hardwood boundary In Graham 

 county, N. C, containing about 400,000,000 feet of timber, will at onco be 

 opened again to lumber operations, It Is announced. A standard gauge 

 railway will be built for a distance of twelve miles to connect the pro- 

 posed band mill at Ruhbinsvlllc with the Southern railroad at ToptoD. 

 The reorganizcrs plan to cut 25.000,000 feet a year. English bondholders 

 have $2,000,000 invested in this development. The operation has been 

 tied up lately by litigation. 



One of the largest trades for timberland of recent months was closed 

 this week by the terms of which the Champion Fibre Company, of Canton, 

 N. C, becomes owner of 40,000 acres of hardwood, spruce and acid wood, 

 lying mostly In Swain county. The consideration was appro.xtniately 

 ¥500.000. The tract was purchiised from the FlarrlsWoodbury Company. 



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The Vulcan Last roinininy. r.MisMiout ii. ci, riiniuifneturer of shoo lusts, 

 is planning to establish a branch factory near Crandon. Wis., to produce 

 hardwood blocks and bolts as raw material for the main factory In Ohio. 

 Similar plants. It Is stated, arc to be opened in other hardwood timber 

 belts. 



The -Mica Furniture Compony. Kenosha, Wis., has been Incorporated with 

 an authorized capital stock of $5,000 to manufacture and deal In furniture 

 and furnishings. The Incorporators arc Anton Mica, Michael Bode and 

 Mathlas Bode. 



The Blum Brothers Box Company, Marshfleld, Wis., Is now InstalllDfC 

 the machinery and equipment of Its new veneer mills, which for the present 

 will be used exclusively for the production of veneers for cheese boxes 

 to supply the company's own needs. Heretofore the company has purchased 

 all veneer stocks, but was obliged to make provision for Its own manu- 

 facture to Insure a steady supply. 



E. C. Dawley. A. L. Kreutzer and R. E. Puchner. Wausau, Wis., have 

 organized the E. C. Dawley Lumber Company with a capital stock of 

 $50,000. 



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