HARDWOOD RECORD 



July 10, 1918 



any better Walnut logs than then? 



"T^HEY all grew right in Indiana where 

 •■• hardwoods have always held the 

 choicest farm lands. The best growth of 

 timber as well as the best yield of wheat 

 comes from good soil. TTie soundness of 

 the log-ends shows that they fed on the 

 fat of the land. My 



Indiana Oak 



comes from the same soil 



CHAS. H, BARNABY 



Greencastle, Indiana 



The following stock is in excellent 

 condition, ready for immediate shipment 



No. 2 Com. & Btr. BEECH. 



2 Com. & Btr. BEECH 286.0 



2 Com. & Btl. SOFT ELM 76.0 



3 Com. SOFT ELM. 



Com. & Btr. BIBCH. 



Btr. BIRCH 108 J 



2 Com. & Btr. BIRCH 61 J 



2 Com & Btr. BLBCH 17.C 



3 Com. 



6/4" No. 3 Com. BIRCH. 



1 Com. & Btr. MAPLE. . . 



1 & No. 2 Com. MAPLE. 



2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE; 



. 2 Com.' & 



2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE 



. 3 Com. MAPLE 



. 2 Com. & Btr. SOFT MAPLE 



IDEAL 

 HARDWOOD 



SAWMILL 



fife' 



Northiro MIoblial Har^woedt 



Stack Lumber Company 



Masonville, Michigan 



Shavings catching fire in the boiler room of the King Mill Company at 

 Paducah, Ky., communicated to the plant, but the blaze was headed before 

 any great damage was done, as three fire companies arrived promptly. 



Lennie Scott, colored, was recently fined $25 in police court on a charge 

 of obtaining money on false pretenses. Scott had been working for the 

 Embry Box Company, but after leaving the company continued punching 

 the clock .-Hid ilr,i\\iii:4 his pay for some time before it was discovered that 



junilier 



■ight years of age, head of the J. D. Hughes 

 ■y View, Ky., died at his home in Nicholasville, 

 Cy., on Juno 21, after a brief illness. Mr. Hughes at one time was in 

 he lumber business at Brooklyn with E. J. Young & Company ; later with 

 i. P. Edgerton & Co., and next with the High Bridge Lumber Company, 

 ligh Bridge, Ky. 



H. S. Wells, of the Paducah Box & Basket Company, former president 

 if the Paducah Board of Trade, has recently been elected a director of 

 he City National Bank. 



he Crescent Lumber & Stave Company, Whitesburg, Ky., has purchased 



timbered lands in Pike county, and pla 

 early date. 



.\. special term of the federal 

 for trying a big case in «inrl 

 endeavoring to prove its rii;liT 

 in Bell and Clay counties, wlii^ h 

 100 witnesses to be tried in tli 

 for some time. 



; opening developments at an 



inesville, Ky., has been opened 

 ii(;-ky Coal Lands Company is 

 tires of coal and timber land 

 ■ is claiming. There are nearly 

 ith is one of the largest tried 



=-< ARKANSAS >= 



The Jefferson Hardwood Lumber Company, through its owners, Thomas 

 R. Ashcraft and G. W. Allport, has purchased a very line tract of virgin 

 hardwood timberlands lying near Tucker and Ferda, Ark., and known 

 as the Van Etten tract. The company is now erecting a large band saw- 

 mill on the property, which will have an annual capacity of 6,000,000 feet. 



The mill, which will soon be ready for operation, is being placed in the 

 heart of the tract, about two and one-half miles west of Tucker, which 

 is on the Altheimer branch of the St. Louis Southwestern railroad. The 

 lumber manufactured at the plant will be hauled by motor .trucks from 

 the mill to Tucker for shipment. There are 15,000,000 feet of extra fine 

 oak, cypress, ash and hickory timber in the tract, which will be cut 

 special for filling government contracts. 



Henry Wrape & Co., stave and heading manufacturers, have begun 

 work on the rebuilding of their plant at Paragould, Ark., which was 

 ilestrc.ycil by fire about two months ago, entailing a loss of $75,000. The 

 1">^ iihiii.liii ^ciuii' :;uii.nii(i ^i.ivcs. The new plant will cost approxi- 

 iiLiii ii s .iiiiiiu iii'l will !"■ nniil. Ill in every way, having concrete floors, 

 sImi'I hull iMi 111, (iii|ih.v, ,111(1 other conveniences. It will be ready 



Till' inill uf the Junction City Lumber Company at Urbana, Ark., which 

 was burned about a month ago, has been rebuilt and is now running again. 

 The new plant has a daily capacity of 50,000 feet, for a ten-hours' run. 



The Hocking Stave Company sustained a $5,000 Are loss on June 28, 

 when its engine room and boiler room at its Newport plant was burned. 

 The fire originated from sparks spread about the plant by the smoke 

 stack, which was blown down by the storm. The loss was partially 

 covered by insurance, and the destroyed parts will be replaced at once. 



=^ WISCONSIN >.= 



Sons Manufacturing Company, Racine, Wis., a 

 and general milhvork concern of southern Wis- 

 intention to liquidate its aCfairs so that the 



re and be relieved of further duties in active 

 us established more than fifty years ago. As- 

 and some of the department heads are solicit- 



urm a new company to take over and continue 



feet, 



ing its waste dis- 

 and 45 feet high. 



The sawmill and power plant of the N..rt 

 mouth of the Fox river. Green Bay, Wis., 

 •rigin early June 28, about ten hours afte 



laii.l Lumber Company, at the 

 ■as ruined by fire of unknown 

 the mill had closed down for 

 iling. The loss of $35,000 to 

 ipany expects to rebuild im- 



■ Sheboygan Cigar Box Lumber & Manufacturing Company, She- 

 ll. Wis., has started work on a two-story addition to its plant, which 

 u"lvc nn investment of about $15,000 in building and equipment. 

 MurniyMylrea Machine Company, Antigo, Wis., which was estab- 

 :ii,.,iii -ix months ago to manufacture sawmill and other wood- 

 11^ in.Hliiiii-ry and equipment, has increased its capital stock from 

 10 to .fTo.dOO to accommodate the rapid growth of its business. 

 Murray, Jr., formerly of Wausau, is general manager of the coui- 



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