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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Jdnb 10. 1918 



Of course it is true that 



Red Gum 



is America's finest cabinet wood — but 



Just as a poor cook will spoil the choicest 

 viands while the experienced chef will turn 

 them into prized delicacies, so it is true that 



The inherently superior qualities 

 of Red Gum can be brought 

 out only by proper handling 



When you buy this wood, as when you buy a new 

 .-nachine. you want to feel tjiat you have reason for 

 believing it will be just as represented. 



We claim genuine superiority for our Gum. The 

 i>roof that you can have confidence in this claim is 

 shown by the letter reproduced herewith. 



Your interests demand that you remem- 

 ber this proof of our ability to preserve 

 the wonderful qualities of the wood 

 when you again want RED GUM. 



Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



CONWAY BUILDING 111 W. WASHINGTON ST. 



CHICAGO. ILL. 



Band MlUs: Helena and BlytheTlUe. Ark.; GreenrUU. HIm. 



Entertainment and music — Mesdames Julius Seidel, Charles Price, Arthur 

 •Goessling and Misses Vera Burtde and Bessie Judd. 



Grounds— Mesdames Hallie Ball, Sidney S. May and Grant Gloor. 



Invitations — Miss Pearl Kinder and other members of the committee. 



Miss Kinder is also publicity agent, but she says that the entire pro- 

 ceedings of the committee are a "darker secret than the black cat," but 

 the women promise all Hoo-Hoo who attend a better time than a concate- 

 nation, at least according to their views. 



=-< BEAUMONT >= 



The Thompson-Tucker Lumber Company has sold to T. Hoffman Olsen 

 and associates of New Orleans. 40,000,000 feet of hardwood stumpage in 

 the bottom lands near New Willard, Texas, which is reputed to be one 

 of the best tracts remaining in the state of Texas. The purchasers will 

 erect a modern mill of small capacity to convert it into lumber. 



The Nona Mills Company has completed the installation of a new car- 

 riage capable of cutting 52-feet lengths in its $150,000 mill at Lees- 

 ville, La., the mill starting up June 3. It had been closed down since 

 May 1. 



Timbers are in big demand in the hardwood trade, the oil fields adding 

 substantial orders to the general trade which has been active for some 

 time. Low-grade oak has been another feature and the demand has ex- 

 ceeded the visible supply. 



The furniture trade has increased its inquiries and this demand Is con- 

 sidered still more satisfactory through the fact that It Is for stock items 

 and does not take into account wagon parts which were undertaken by 

 some of the furniture factories. Box factories are still active buyers and 

 the condition of this class of trade is very satisfactory. A noticeable in- 

 crease in the number of orders from railroads for car material, prin- 

 cipally for repairs, has been in evidence and hardwood men expect this to 

 continue indefinitely. 



The fact that the ship building plants have all the labor they need may 

 Improve labor conditions at the plants. Some men who have left the saw- 

 mills in search of the higher wages being paid by the ship yards have 

 found no Jobs awaiting them and their return has discouraged others 

 from leaving a certainty for a chance. Practically all of the ship yards 

 have begun to launch ships and this causes a layoff until a new keel can 

 be laid and the work carried to a point where larger crews can be worked 

 to an advantage. The sawmills offer steady employment and some of those 

 laid off go back to their old jobs where they can get In full time and en- 

 Joy cheap house rent. 



The car situation which had begun to tighten up is reported more 



satisfactory. Attractive prices could be secured if deliveries were guar- 



AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if 



antecd before Ju 

 tainty of the car 

 effect on that da 



2D, but the amount of orders on 

 jation makes this impossible. The 

 will exceed the present Texas rat 



--< ARKANSAS >= 



le and the uncer- 

 ites which go into 

 by more than $1 



The Ordnance Department is favorably considering the establishing of 

 a wood alcohol plant at Bierne, Clark county. Ark., according to recent 

 reports from Washington, D. C. The plant, including equipment, will 

 cost about $2,000,000, and will require about eight months to complete. 

 It will employ a force of 400 men to operate it when ready to run. 



This proposed new industry tor .\rkansas Is made probable through 

 the efforts of J. G. Greene, a well-known and wealthy lumberman of 

 Clark county. For seven years he has been working on plans to establish 

 a plant of this kind in Arkansas, and about six months ago submitted 

 his ideas to the Ordnance Department, which is now seriously consider- 

 ing the proposition. Mr. Greene proposes to erect and equip the plant 

 with private capital and operate it as a private corporation, provided the 

 government will guaranty at least two years market at the prevailing 

 prices for the products. The machinery used in these plants Is similar 

 to that used in creosoting plants, though more delicate and complicated. 

 In the process only hardwoods, such as oak, hickory, gum and ash, are 

 used. But all the trees, including tops and limbs, can be utilized. It is 

 thought that the tops and limbs which have been wasted heretofore, and 

 some that even now are l.vlng In a partially decayed condition, can be 

 made use of. Natural gas, transportation facilities and an abundant 

 water supply are some of the advantages that are offered for locating the 

 plant at Bierne. 



Work has been begun on the erection of the new government picric 

 acid plant in the Factoria addition to Little Rock. Machinery and ma- 

 terial are arriving daily in car loads, and a large force of men is now 

 employed in the preliminary work, which is progressing nicely. Recruit- 

 ing of laborers is being done dally, and it Is thought that within a few 

 days from 2,000 to 3,000 men will be at work on the grounds and build- 

 ings. The railroad spur tracks are being repaired and extended. 



The plant will occupy a 200-acre tract Just east of Little Rock, and 

 will be one of the show places of the state. The grounds have been care- 

 fully laid out by the landscape gardeners and architects, and provide for 

 harmonious arrangement, beauty and attractiveness, as well as for ef- 

 ficiency and convenience. Orders were last week placed with local con- 

 cerns for about a half million feet of lumber and a similar number of 

 brick, also 1,500 kegs of nails and 5,000 barrels of cement 

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