HARDWOOD RECORD 



ml at southern 



2.599,000, 4/4 being also lieic 



ik showed a total on hand April 1 of 4.721,000 

 II the South. Of this total the April 1 unsold 

 arch 1 unsold In both Instances. Here again 

 id, representing about seventy-live per ecnt of 



American Hardwood Annual This Month 



The Hist seini-nnnual of the Ainerlean Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation ^xm be held at the Hotel rhlsca. Memphis. Saturday, May 25. This 

 decision lias Just been reached by the governing board and announcement 

 will be sent to members early next week. Later, Invitations accompanied 

 by the program for the occasion will be mailed to all members of this 

 hmly. 



The -Vmericau Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, successor to the 

 fium Lumber Manufacturers' .Vssoelatlon and the American Oak Manu- 

 faiturers' Association, was formally organized at Memphis, January 18, 

 with R. L. Jurden as president and .Tohn M. Prltchard as seeretary-man- 

 siger. It has taken in all the membei-s of the organizations It succeeded 

 and appioximately twenty-flve lumbermen not identified with either of 

 these l.i.dies. 



Its (blef accomplishments to date have been the weekly sales reports 

 issueil for the benefit of its members, the notable aid It has given in 

 facilitating the placing of orders for hardwood lumber for the direct or 

 Indirect account of the government, and the uncovering, through a special 

 committee, of the prices which vehicle interests used as their basis of cost 

 for lumber In figuring with the government on army escort wagons, as 

 published fully In a recent Issue of the H.ardwood Record. 



The association is comparatively young but it Is a lusty infant. The 

 semi-aunual will disclose this to the satisfaction of all concerned. 



i With the Trade \ 



B'jys Arkansas Timberlands 



The Memphis ISand Mill Company, Memphis, Tenn., has purchased 1.500 



res of virgin hardwood timber from the Wapanoco Club near Turrell, 



Ark., and Is planning to cut this timber and transport It to Its band mill 



at Memphis for conversion Into Uimber. Oak, ash, cotton wood and gum 



predominate. The haul will be only about twenty miles. 



Headquarters in Bluefield 



S. H. Belcher, who until recently was with the Graham Lumber Com- 

 pany, is now connected with the Ritter-Burns Lumber Company, with 

 r.lucfleld, W. Va., his headquarters. Mr. Belcher is well known through- 

 .lut the section, especially among lumbermen, and his friends will wish 

 him success in his latest venturi'. 



Changes Office Location 



The Mell-Vu'll Lumber Company announces that since May (i its office 

 at Kane, Pa., has been combined with its eastern sales office in the Crozer 

 building. Philadelphia, Pa. The two offices are merged into one as the 

 home office. The company requests that all correspondence previously 

 addresspil to I 



' Kane office be sent to Philadelphia. 

 Represents Shipping Board 



1>. W. McKdIar. formerly chief clerk to the general freight agent of the 

 S.iiitli. rn Kiiilu ly. with lii-a.lc|iin riers in Louisville, has been transferred 

 t,, \|. 1,1 : :- , . i: I. I ,. |.i !,mi,m> of the United States Shipping Board. 

 Mr M K . ir and will give his entire time to look- 

 in^- i I I ilier raw materials originating in Mem- 

 phi^ ..1 |..i- ii; tiiiMii^ii 11. \I. iiiiiliis gateway for account of the Emer- 

 gency Fleet Corporatiuu. 



Mr. McKeilar is an old Memphis boy and pleasure is expressed by his 

 many friends over his return to that city for duty. 



Holloway Joins Foresters — Hopkins Takes His Place 



lilenn 11. Holloway. president of the rtlcy-lloUciw.-iy Sawniili (•..niiuiny. 



„f the 



pany, Conway building. Chicago, left ou suddeu call last Thursday, May 2, 

 for the American Univer.sity at Washington, D. C, where he is assuming 

 duties as first lieutenant. 20th Engineers, Forestry Regiment. Mr. Hollo- 

 way. according to latest advices. Is iirobahly already on the water en route 

 to France. 



.Mr. Holloway had put in his application some time ago, but had not 

 expected to be called for the next thirty days. Wm. M. Hopkins, who 

 recently retired from his long connection with the Theo. Fathauer Com- 

 pany. Chicago, now occupies Mr. HoUoway's desk under an arrangement 

 that will keep bim there Just so long as Mr. Holloway is away in service. 

 .Mr. Hopkins will assume all of Mr. HoUoway's duties in the office and in 

 <i)nnectiou with the regular work, and will also assume his official posi- 

 tions in the two above iiu ntioned companies. 



John It. Utley is president of the Utley-HoUoway Company and secretary 

 and treasurer of the Dtley-Holloway Sawmill Company. 



The Vtley-Holloway Company has been coming up rapidly and is gener- 

 ally eonsUlered one of the llvest, cleanest organizations of hardwood men 

 In the business. Mr. i;tley and Mr. Holloway both are young men, hut 

 are unusually experienced in the hardwood business and have made a per- 

 fect team. The L'tley-Holloway Sawmill Company is an outgrowth of 

 the parent organization and is owned entirely by Mr. Utley and Mr. Hollo- 

 way. The company has been erecting a sawmlliing operation at Clayton, 

 La., having acquired an extensive tract of very fine timber in that imme- 

 diate vicinity. It is said that the gum will probably show up even bette> 

 than the much advertised St. Francis basin stock. Naturally the construc- 

 tion lias been considerably held up by various conditions which have Inter- 



fered with all new developMn n 

 remains with the company, i i 

 they will be sawing the liri 



The Utiey-Holloway Conipan 

 the coiiperatlon of Mr. Hopkins 

 On the other hand .Mr. Hopkin 



ettlll 



Ma 



ck Intc 



deslr 



ctioi 



past year, but Mr. Utley, who 

 ; South next week and expects 

 Is at the mill. 



In having been able to secure 

 • known as a hardwood expert. 



In having the opportunity <•( 

 1 the present basis and whb 

 lloway institution. 



Navigation Opens at North Tonawanda, N. Y. 



l!al 



Ton 



N. Y. 



lie first lumber sti'anier. The JtuiiiirtK arrived on that da 

 with a cargo of 000,000 feet of liemlock and 200,000 feet of spruce. 



Captain O'llagan reported very little ice trouble, especially in La 

 Erie, where the Ice seems to have broken up and disappeared. 



It is reported that this is the first time in the memory of old reslden 

 in North Tonawanda that the Niagara Kiver has been clear of ice so ear 

 in the spring, as It usually takes from two to three weeks to run out 



Lake Erie, 

 the ra pills. 



Howl 



iking up and disappe 



ling 



To Build Hardwood Mill 



The Ma 



all 



riinnoci i.uniuer i, ompaiiy nas praciicaiiy conipici 

 the building of a hardwood plant in Shreveport. 1. 

 ured, but the company will be in no particular hur 



Iwut building, although construction work will start as soon as the nc 



ssary machinery can be secured. Tin- company in 



I'he site has been 



'I t-",M> I .nunpa^'c in 



Shreveport for manufacti 



nmpany maintains its gene 



.■fflce in that city and operates a .". :,| liiv Ikh.Iw 1 sawmill 



Winnfield, La. A. S. Johnson, pr.'~i,| m m ... - ih.n t lie new pi; 



will have the same cutting capa.iP. ■ n Wiiii.licld. He 



cently made some extensive purchas. ■ 

 tions of north Louisiana and south .\\ 

 the logs can be conveniently shipped 

 lumber. 



A Record Shipment of Cottonwood 



J. R. North, sales manager of tin W i- mi-iii Lumber Company, with 

 offices In Chicago and mills at Iiciiin-, M... -. mU in the accompanying 

 photograph, which shows a carload of ti.:;U U-n <,( lottonwood box boards 

 1" by 13" to 17" for use in governimnt wagons. This car was shipped 

 from the Deeiing plant and was loaded as a solid block of lumber 8' 10" 

 wide. 11' 5" high and 44' long. In writing about the car Mr. North says, 

 "We may not have shipped a record car of this class of material, but if 

 not were prevented only by the physical capacity of the car." He also 

 says this is not merely a spasmodic- effort, but that the company uses 

 every endeavor to load car capacity offered to the utmost. For Instance, 

 he says that while this is the largest car yet shipped, the company has 

 loaded many ears with from 33,000 to 38,000 feet and several 39,000 to 



