HARDWOOD RECORD 



Dl ou Siturdav August 1(1 Including women and ihildicn 

 ion yeiscus piestnt i linission being tharged and pioceed 

 ovci t) the Mutuil \i 1 s <let^ poinposf 1 (t thi emplo\es 

 inteKsting ithkti e\ent weie staged including a 1 aseball 

 a 5 t S scoi I \ the New \ll un team a sa k i ice lUO \di 1 

 I I 1 1" t 1 N Ml in\ won thiee of the fl\e 



ih llowiilDu Dock i. Shin 11 I nipin\ t T ft i i ill II with 

 ship\arab It Palunh K\ pi in iibuiUing the rUucah il it hi 1 i 

 leeenth destlc^ 1 I \ fli 



The Fust N t 111 1 U 1 1 I 1 I 



LouisMlle hi II 



C iiiipmi it 1 11 1 II 



in id 1 t 1 I I 



■s 1 1 i been placed with the 



Call 1 V I I II II \ Kj whuh now has 



I lei 1 is 1 nil I 1 300 000 puk handles 



I 1 niiu\ thousanls t smalki h in U Ihe t inpan\ will in till 



I I ti ml hnishine equipment 



M < ininion iS. Ivellii of Lei anon Ky i cmcern which staittd niinu 

 lactuung spok s foi the go\einment last spiing ib now installing iddi 

 tional equipment in oidii to lubh the big eontiacts which have been 

 secuied 



At I Anthi 



juntement 



1 1 \l K ( ompan\ f LouismIU to take o\er the 1 ox 

 h lie Vi Pennybacker has been incoipoiated with i 

 John C Giayes an 1 otheis 



1 letently made at Majfleld Kv to the effect that 

 Ma\hell PI i ii Mill hi\e purchased the lumber business of O S 

 lancr n I 1 t tl t I usinesses 



Times \ I 1 II I iier of TaylorsMlle Kj died at his home 



that iitj on Aii!.iisl 10. .i tr>n hours attei leading his office. JIi. Bennett 

 IS sixty-nine years of age and is survived by a large family. 

 John Merringer. sixty years of age, who for many years was in the 

 iipeiage business at Paris, Ky.. recently dropped dead while working 

 his garden, death being due to hrnrt trouble. 



It is reported that (J. M. Knn. kl. s mh. 

 Lirchaseil 2.000 acres of hardwi>i..l liiiilu. 

 uckhoru Creek and Greasy river, in I..- 

 imber and stave mills will be installed. 



<i>i'iates of Viper, Ky., have 

 Is along the middle fork of 

 I ounty, Kentucky, and that 

 is claimed that the timber 



will require several years to cut. Headquarters will be at Hazard, Ky. 



From Whitesburg, Ky., it is reported that J. L. Blair and others have 

 closed a deal with New York interests for several thou~sand acres of choice 

 hardwood timber, in the Black and Cumberland mountains, along the Vir- 

 ginia line, the timber consisting principally of oak, beech, birch, poplar 

 and chestnut. 



It is reported from Morehead. Ky.. that .1. K. I'.aiid nml ass.Miates have 

 closed a deal for a large boundary of standing tiiniM i. r,,i,..Miiif; princi- 

 pally of oak and poplar, along the north fork nl ih. K. riiii>k.\ river and 

 Colly and Smoot creeks, in Letcher county, near Whit. >iiiiri; It is planned 



septe 



=-< ARKANSAS 



The Darnell Lumber Company i>f West Helena, Ark., sustained a loss 

 estimated at .?1.5,000 from Are which dostrnyed its plant on .\ugust 15. 

 The Are is said to have originated in the stables and spread rapidly. 



The planing mill of the Clark County Lumber Company, Smithton, Ark., 

 was destroyed liy fire on August 8. The extent of the loss has not been 

 learned. 



The Export Cooperage Company of Leslie, .\rk., has raised a large service 

 flag containing 108 stars in honor of Its employes who have entered the 

 service of the country with the armed forces. 



T. F. .Tones and his sons are sawing 100 walnut logs from their farm 

 near Decatur. Ark., to be sold to the government for use as airplane stock. 

 Tills lumber is said to be worth $100 per 1000 feet. 



The J. S. Kimbro Lumber Company, which owns and operates lumber 

 yards at Helena and Monticello, has opened a yard in Little Rock, at Fif- 

 teenth ami Kallniad. with C. .T. Kenedy in charge. 



=-< WISCONSIN >.= 



t W I hi ui 

 season md 



stern pait ot the Like s, [ u 



( C Thompson Lumlei ( n pii I i I 



H)2 the pi(i(it% wis puichased III V 



net peiat 1 until 1<)0S when th s , 



1 Iia tl alh leluilt it thuughout t I 



1 1 lanne 1 the St ains conipan\ his I n \ i itiu 

 1 t time until its tinilei lesouices weie comeitel 

 W hburn in 1109 is man ifeei of the mill which h 



chigm Hoop 



Attei stinlin„ 111 toi about i Mai the plint ff the 

 *. stiie Compani on Witbeck isUnl Miunettc Wis i unit 1 opeia 

 tuns on August 12 undei new management and owneishii with i crew 

 of foitv men Following the sudden leath ot Oscai L\on a \eai a£,o the 

 business wis suspended pending a leorgani/ition which lecentlv was 

 cffectel ly H L Peterson of Stuigeon Ba\ Wis anl associates Order 

 n hmi insui its continuous opei ition it aiacitv toi some time tc 

 111 ih I of the company aic Piesident H L Peteison 



Lindem stui? 



M I 



ih Chill W II h Lumber Conipan\ 

 W 1 his coi mence 1 the operation of th 

 I Its sawmill It \.ntigo Ihe mill i 

 urrent 1 ein" i i h el from th \i t 



Ba^ 



secret 1 



ind 



pulp I I 1 I II which will consume fiom 



f h I 1 k 1 \\\ The work will cos 



bull liufe t Ik 1 Uoelectnc plant etc ( ec 

 Wis IS presilent in I geneial managei ot the i 

 capital stock of $300 000 



The Eeelslui, 1 1 iiW ik e tallished thic 



\titin„ the plant into i 

 sixty h^t, to se^ent\ ton 

 $175 000 including new 

 ge B MauKi Appleton 

 ?w companj which has a 



icquired 



s ago at Reedsbuig 

 the size of its plant hj having 

 so feet in size Since January 1 

 leads each containing jOO dozen 





The Lniversal Shipbuilding Lompanj incorporated with i cipitil stock 

 of $1500 000 to take o\er and develop the wooden shipbuil ling plant of 

 Itieboldt, Wolter &. Company, btuigeon Bay, Wis., has completed impiove 

 nients enabling it to engage exetnsively in frame ship construction for the 

 government. A contract for three 150-foot sea-going tugs, with wooden 

 hulls, has been taken and work is now under way. The contract is valued 

 at $750,000. 



The Menasha W'oodenware Company, Menasha. Wis.. :iii(l .ithcr lunilier 

 manufacturing concerns having plants at Ladysmilli. Wis., and iuiniecUate 

 vicinity, are to be provided with greatly improved railroad faiililies by the 

 action of the Pan.' Cunnty Circuit Court in affirming an order of the 

 Wisconsin Rail»j.\ ( i.riiiiiis^i,,n that the "Soo Line" and the Omaha make 

 a connection at l.iin.i ton. Wis. It now is necessary to ship logs by a 

 roundabout way to ^,t tlic]]] te. the "Soo" tracks. The railroads fought the 

 order, as it involves an estimated expenditure of $36,616 and at the point 

 where the connection is to be made the "Soo" tracks are elevated twenty- 

 eight feet. 



Chicago interests have organized the Wnnbcam Chemical Company to 

 establish a large charcoal and chemical plant at Cahle. Bayfield county. 

 Wis. Work is now under way on the eriMtinn ..f th.- Hrst unit, consist- 

 ing of a main Iniibling. T.-.x300 feet, and a power house. 



The r.isMll 1,1)1, 1- r paiiy. Waiisau and Marshfleld. Wis., which 



recently |Mi rrliii v,, I the ciiti)-.' li.iMiays of the .Stolle I^umber & Veneer 

 ('oinpaii,\ .It rri[iMii, \\ i- , i^ . uiiirtiiplating the erection and equipment 



pre 



Work will not begin until iiniiMiiant .•\t.-iisi.,i,s ,,t- ImnMni; a.T,ii,ii,io,la- 

 tions are under way. Kii^ht t.. im ilwi^lliims aic iinw nn.lrr .oust ru, -11011. 

 A new company store will ho laiill and llir picsiin ..iir . ..in ci ir.l into a 

 clubhouse and recreation huilding for employes. The Tripoli sawmill 

 is now using the cut from two camps and Is shipping about three cars of 

 lumber, one car of veneer and one car of bark a day. The working force 

 at mill and in camps numbers nearly 200. 



Repres.'iilativ IS .ii more than sixty large manufacturing plants in Mil- 

 wauk.-.- all. I . :.-t.rii Wisconsin have formed a local branch of the National 

 Associ.11 1. ill oi I'liiliasing Agents, with headquarters In Milwaukee. The 

 charter m. nil., i.sbip includes Lawrence J. Korbele of the John Schroeder 

 Lumber Company, Milwaukee, and J. R. Dennett, secretary of the Wis- 

 consin Chair Company, Sheboygan and Port Washington. 



The Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Two Rivers, Wis., is reported 

 to be working on a rush order for finished material for Dellaviland batik- 

 planes. 



