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Cut from logs such as 

 these ranks high in 

 quahty and grade. All 

 our stock IS from St. 

 Francis River basin logs 

 wnicn produce the high- 

 est quality of Gum lum- 

 ber on the market. 



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 100.000 ft. daily capacity 



MILLER LUMBER CO. 



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is o( the opiuloii that the step of the United States fcilcrul government 

 In taking over the control of transportation on the Mississippi river from 

 St. Louis down to the Gulf of Mexico, will be a great boon to the manu- 

 facturers of lumber and other articles along the Ohio river. He says 

 that many of the barges to be built by the government for the Mississippi 

 river will traverse the Ohio river and greatly aid shipping facilities along 

 that stream. He is of the opinion that the government will In time take 

 charge of the entire transportation problem along the Ohio river and that 

 with this will come the completion of all the locks and dams that have been 

 planned for the Ohio river. Lumber manufacturers of Evansville have long 

 been strong advocates of river Improvements. Work Is being pushed on 

 government dam Xo. 48 on the Ohio river seventeen miles below Evansville 

 and it is expected the structure will be completed some time next year at a 

 cost of more than $2,500,000. It will be the largest dam along the Ohio or 

 any other western river, it Is said. 



At a recent meeting of the directors of the Owensboro Wagon Company 

 at Owensboro, Ky., a three per cent semiannual dividend was voted to be 

 paid at once. The secretary reporte<I that the business of the company 

 for the past year had been unusually j;'""!. In fo^^t the wagon factories In 

 most cities In the trl-state territory are enjoying a good business and many 

 of them are working on government orders. While the carriage manufac- 

 turers have been fairly busy their volume of trade has not been so large 

 as that of the wagon manufacturers. The decision of the government to 

 limit the making of carriages to a certain standard is expected to cut Into 

 the business of the carriage manufacturers to a certain extent. 



During the past month a great many walnut logs have been cut in south- 

 ern Indiana, southern Illinois and western and northern Kentucky. Some 

 of these logs have been sold In Evansville, while a great many have been 

 shipped to St. Louis to be manufactured into gunstocks for the United 

 States Government. Prices for walnut logs are the highest on record and It 

 Is expected they will continue to so;ir. 



Furniture factories at Evansville, Tell City, and Jasper, Ind., and Hen- 

 derson, Ky., continue to operate on K"od time and while business is not so 

 good as It was this time last year, the manufacturers continue to run their 

 plants in the belief that their fall and winter trade will come up to the 

 standard. Chair and table factories :>re also being run on good time. 



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road for nian.v yens iu bands of u receiver is doing a larger frelgbt aiici 

 passenger business than ever in Its history. Switching facilities at Nash- 

 ville are now admirable. The better grades of oak, poplar and walnut are 

 In chief request and lower grades are Improving. 



The Chestoa Lumber Company was recently incorporate<l at Jonesboro, 

 Tenn., with a capital stock of ?20,000. H. T. Spence, W. O. Nelson, 

 K. M. Watklns and others are the Incorporators. 



The Hiwassee Lumber Company was recently chartered in Polk county, 

 east TeniHSsee by Albert Crumbliss, G. L. Tate and others. 



John r.. Uansom & Company, Nashville, are finding u large request for 

 walnut and locust, used for dimension stock for government purposes. 



S. G. Holland & Company, Stablman building. Nashville, are developing 

 a large hardwood timber tract, the Shlpp property they acquired sometime 

 ago in Hickman county. 



The Star Lumber Company, McKenzle, Tenn., Roscoe and Clyde Smith, 

 managers, has recently acquired the sawmill there of John W. Bateman 

 and is mainifacturing and shipping hardwoods on a large scale. It main- 

 tains a yard for local trade and a hardwood floorins business. 



J. N. IVurod, Kansas City and Memphis, li. .1 i i I n l:, lumber cor- 

 poration furnishing gum stock material for iIm ! ^ i i » is a recent 

 visitor in Johnson City, Tenn. He conferr. .1 hi i i luents there. 

 Mr. Penrod has yards in Johnson City, Kansa- ' ii.v, M mi In- and several 

 other points. 



The Tennessee Box Company, Johnson City, reports an active box situa- 

 tion in upper east Tennessee. 



Wm. U. Farris, Sr., of the Farris Ilanlwond Lumber Company, Nash- 

 ville, lost his life in the terrible wre( k .ally tins month Just a few miles 

 east of the city when two passenger ir.iliis .,,lli,l,-,l and scores were killed. 



Mr. Farris bail been identified with tlw lumber trade of Nashville for 

 many years and organized several of its pioneer companies. He was a 

 most highly respected business man. 



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ir.lwood interests in middle an 1 ■ ast Tennessee and interior points 

 •ery active. The car situation .- .Iter. The Tennessee Central Rail- 

 All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if 



Edward L. I'avis of the Edward L. Davis Lumber Company rccentb 

 testified bcl'ore Examiner McCawley of the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion, in a case of the Edward L. Davis Lumber Company, against the Big 

 Four Railroaii. and others, docket 10088, involving overcharges on lumber 

 from Louisville, Ky., to Manitowoc, Wis., through misroutlng. F. D. 

 Larson of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, represented Mr. 

 Davis; ami 1! I'. Hunter the railroad. 

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