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We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- 

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ARLINGTON LUMBER cbrXlington, Kentucky 



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Company, Lima, O., told o£ his method of bookkeeping. Other members 

 submitted costs for 1917 and these will be compared with the selling prices 

 on several standard items in the list. The wide variance between the 

 methods of bookkeeping indicated that it was necessary to establish a 

 uniform system of accounting; and raN niating costs. 



A report on the methods usrd by th.- Ohio association in getting the 

 delivery of cars was made. The tiles of the association showed that recent 

 activities have caused the delivery of more than 65 cars which were 

 held up through various reasons. There are 103 other cars listed and 

 it is believed that more than half will ultimately be delivered. A com- 

 mittee was nann^d t.i siriire a cost survey and to devise means for the 

 better co-ni'i'i at in^- ..f dealers in certain sections of the Buckeye State. 

 In all more I ban a sicic i.f dealers attended the meeting. 



Columlius InnilHT n are preparing to attend the annual outing of the 



Ohio .Association of Ketail Lumber Dealers and the Union Association of 

 Lumber, Door and Sash salesmen which will be held at Cedar Point. 

 August 9 and 10. The annual outing is now an established custom of 

 the association and is an occasion to be looked forward to with pleasure. 



The advance freight rates are now effective on lumber shipments and 

 it is causing quite a good deal of inconvenience. The result is a radical 

 advance in prices in all Ohio territory. 



The authorized capital of the Corlett Lumber Company, Cleveland, has 

 been increased from $50,000 to $100,0*00. 



The Eastlake Lumber Company, Cleveland, has been incorporated with 

 a capital of $25,000 to deal in lumber. The incorporators are J. Frank 

 Pease, M. D. Mack, Amos B. Thompson, A. C. Brightman and F. K. 

 Hecht. 



At Cincinnati, the U. S. court has granted a discharge from bank- 

 ruptcy of the Reimeier Lumber Company, Cincinnati. 



The Collamer Lumber Company, Cleveland, has increased its capital 

 to $100,000. 



The Fayette Lumber & Supply Company, recently formed by E. B. 

 Mitchell, E. L. Clay, C. G. Brigham. William M. Hamilton and Norman 

 L. Hanson has taken over the yard and business of the Lyon Lumber 

 Company, of Fayette, O. Kat A. Hill will continue as manager. 



R. L. Watson, a member of the Columbus Builders' and Traders' Ex- 

 change and commissioner for Ohio of the National Association of Build- 

 ers' Exchange at a recent meeting at Newark has returned from a tour 

 of the state and says he was greatly impressed with the improvement 

 in building operations noticed everywhere. He said that business men 

 and manufacturers have begun to realize that low cost of liuilding mate- 

 rials is a thing of the past and that certain building pro.iects were being 

 pushed. He says that many skilled workmen who are making twice the 

 wages they formerly were able to command are now arranging to build 

 comfortable homes. 



A. Mitchell Palmer, U. S. alien property custodian, will soon offer for 

 sale at Cincinnati the leasehold interest In the property at Elmwood 

 Place now occupied by Theodore F. Erben, an enemy alien. The prop- 

 erty contains a sawmill and fixtures. 



R. W. Hortou of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a good 

 demand for hardwoods with factories the best customers at this time. 

 He reports a good demand on the part of box and Implement concerns. 

 Furniture factories are also in the market. Prices are strong at former 

 levels. 



Alexander Hamilton, Indiana agent for the Missouri Lumber and Land 

 KxiininBc Company, with offices in the Merchants' Bank building, Indian- 

 apolis, has accepted an appointment with the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew 

 for service overseas. Mi-. Hamilton is one of the best-known men con- 

 nected with the lumber industry in Indiana, having been prominently 

 identlHed with the Hoo-Hoo and with many civic organizations. Since the 

 United States entered the war, he has devoted much of his time to different 

 phases of war work. 



Although there has been no large increase in the value of building 

 operations or in local retail sales, Indianapolis lumber companies believe 

 that the recent "own your home" campaign has stimulated interest in home 

 building and that such work eventually will bear good results. The public 

 generally displayed much interest in the exhibitions which were provided, 

 while the campaign was in progress. 



The Dillon Lumber Company of Linton, Ind., has been incorporated with 

 a capitalization of $10,000. Directors are : Charles Dillon, Stuart Alsmao 

 and George B. Allen. 



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The Tennessee Cedar Company, Inc., Woodbury, Tenn., has filed a 

 voluntary petition in bankruptcy. The liabilities arc $113,150, and the 

 assets are stated to be $89,998. Banks at Chattanooga, Nashville, Mur- 

 treesboro, Baltimore and other points are the largest creditors. There is 

 a long list of unsecured creditors, whose claims aggregate $73,000. The 

 company was recently taken over by the government on account of alien 

 ownership, and its financial difficulties and troubles are thought- to have 

 been due to conditions brought about by the war. Walter Hancock, 

 Woodbury, Tenn., is attorney for the company. 



John B. Ransom & Co. have been turning out gunstocks for the United 

 States Government to the limit of the capacity of the local mills. The 

 company has been making urgent appeals to owners of black walnut in 

 this territory to sell in order to meet the requirements of the govern- 

 ment, and good results have been obtained, but the government require- 

 ments are for the maximum supply. A late order from the war depart- 

 ment advises the company that the output will be taken at maximum 

 capacity until December 31. 



Box factories in the Nashville territory are running at full capacity, 

 and are behind with orders. 



A. B. Ransom, president of John B. Ransom & Co., has made a gift to 

 Mrs. Belle Bennett of Richmond, Ky., of 500 acres of land on which to 

 establish an agricultural and industrial training institution for young 

 negro boys. Mrs. Bennett is president of the Woman's Missionary Coun- 

 cil of the M. E. Church, South, which will have charge of the Institution. 



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A meeting 



northern Kentucky was held at the Cham 

 Evansville on June 28 to organize the Evan 

 cinnati regional for the purpose of getting 

 regional system of the federal 



ler of Commerce building in 

 sville sub-division of the Cin- 

 ivar contracts under the new 

 JIany lumber manufacturers, 

 retail dealers and owners of wood consuming factories attended the meet- 

 ing and took a leading part in the organization. The value of the in- 

 dustries in this sub-division is estimated at $40,000,000 or more. Oscar 

 A. Klamer, president of the Schelosky Table Company and owner of sev- 

 eral other wood consuming factories of this city, was elected permanent 

 chairman of the organization. Frank Albus, secretary of the Evansville 

 Chamber of Commerce, was elected vice-president for Indiana and Fred A. 

 Ames, automobile and carriage manufacturer of Owensboro, Ky., was 

 elected vice-president for Kentucky. E. H. Hyman, secretary of the 

 Evansville Manufacturers' Association, was elected permanent secretary 

 and Daniel Wertz of Maley & Wertz, was elected permanent treasurer. 

 News was received here recently from Los Angeles, Cal., of the death of 

 Conrad Kohlmeier, who several years ago operated a sawmill and lumber 

 yard at Mackey, Ind. He was eighty years old and owned a large ranch 

 and sawmill in California and was well known to the lumber trade along 



I'nrnitnre r;t''tories and other wood consuming plants in Evansville 

 have installed women and girls In their plants to take the place of men 

 who have Joined the colors. The girls are giving the best of service. 

 The labor shortage is being felt more and more and it is expected will 

 become still more acute. The United States Government several weeks 

 ago opened an employment bureau here and since that time several hun- 

 dred workmen have been shipped out of Evansville to several points in 

 the East and South-east where the government is doing work. 



Planing mills in Evansville and other cities in southern Indiana are 

 doing a little repair work. Building operations are so slow that their 

 business is dull and they are not looking for any marked improvement 

 during the balance of the summer. Mill owners in the smaller towns 

 say they have been working under many hardships all summer. They 

 have been handicapped by freight embargoes and inability to get mate- 

 rials and that in most instances their operating expenses have gone on 

 just the same. 



The Dillon Lumber Company, Linton, Ind., with a capital stock of 



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