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extent conternlDB liuniedlute huHlnesH. Sumo of tUo Jobl>cr« are fairly wi'li 

 cleiined up, haven't much to sell, auil are bavluK trouble In locatloK stoik 

 to take care of contractx. 



At present there Is an abtimlanie of Iukh niuvliii; to the tnllls using rail 

 roail logs, and lug cars are In belter supply tliaii fur sur.ie time. In soiik' 

 sections mills are having dltlliulty In securing enuugli lumber cars to rill 



their requirements. They are making a strung effort lo get cleaned UI 



old orders and get shipments out befure crops start moving. The labin- 

 situation at the mills Is better than It has been In some months, vxccpi 

 locally, where there has been an Increased shortage, due to heavy deman.l 

 fur labor at Camp Knox and other government activity. 



The general demand for hardnnixls shun- no material change. Then- 

 U a fair denmnil for quarterid ouk, with plain oak active In thicker gradex. 

 .\Nh Is still good and hickory Is selling freely, (ium Is good only in the 

 lower grades. Kim isn't moving us well as It was, while beech is showing 

 some improvement. Mahogany movement continues good, and walnut 

 dimension stock and low grades are moving fairly well. Trices are being 

 held fairly well. 



George I). Boldrlck, tbiriyibree yi'ars old. native uf Lebanon, Ky., ami 

 vice-president of Ihe Roldrlck-Nelson Lumber Oumpany, New York, when- 

 he made his home, died In Louisville on August 27, after an llliiess of 

 several days. .Mr. Boldrlck was stricken with a severe attack of stomach 

 trouble while visiting his old home at Lebanon. Ky., and was brought t<< 

 Louisville, where he was operated upon about a week before his death. 

 lie had been doing nicely following the operation and was expected to 

 recover. He is sur^•ived by his widow and a number of brothers and sis 

 ters. Judge Samuel J. Boldrlck of Louisville being among them. 



W. A. McLean, president of the Wood-Mosaic Company, New Albany, has 

 returned from a trip to Canada and the East, having been away during 

 the latter part of August. 



I'. M. Sears, Edward Ij. Davis Lumber Company, who has been spending- 

 most of his time In the South for the past few months, has been In tbf 

 city for a few days. Mr. Davis has gone South to look over the situation 

 at the mills. 



The Louisville Point Lumber Company has been getting in a good lot 

 of rail logs lately, but reports that no large quantity of river logs have 

 been moving due to low water. Several good rafts are to come down from 

 above shortly. 



R. R. May, director of the Louisville branch of the Southern Hardwood 

 Traffic .Association, recently went to Cincinnati, where he is endeavoring 

 to arrange for opening another branch of the organization, which has head- 

 quarters at Memphis. 



The Norman Lumber Company has been using a good many girls in its 

 plant during the past few weeks, finding It comparatively easy to secure 

 all the girls required. Incidentally these girls arc doing excellent work 



Female labor is beginning to obtain high wages in the Louisville sec 

 tion. It is reported that the .\merlcan Car & Foundry Company at .Tel 

 fersonville, Ind., Is using girls on metal cutting lathes, and is paying Sf-I 

 a day and up for some of the better operators. Some of the lumber nud 

 veneer concerns arc now paying wages of S2.50 a day and up for femah' 

 workers. 



A meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club was held at the Seelbach 

 hotel, on Tuesday, September 3. The evening was given over to discus 

 slon of log movements and traffic matters largely. Nothing of especliil 

 importance came up. 



Harry C. Inman, secretary of the Inman Veneer & Panel Co. and Inman 

 Furniture Company, has been granted a leave of absence and has joined 

 the colors. He is at the Great Lakes Naval Training School, neac Chicago. 

 Mrs. Inman is making her home in Chicago for the time being. 



.\rthur II. Darrlnger. who for the past two years has been manager of the 

 Insurance dopartnient of the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company, has gone with 

 the insurance brokerage concern of Block, Earl & Manuel, Inc., In order to 

 facilitate handling Insurance from the assurcd's standpoint. 



Herbert Coons of the Mengel company, wlio entered military service ;i 

 few months back, has been commissioned a lieutenant. Itavlng graduated 

 from the Artillery Officers' Central Training School, at Camp Taylor Louis 

 viilc. His brother, Warren Coons, also received a commission as a lien 

 tenant. These men arc sons of Sam Coons of the Kentucky Standard Oil 

 Company and are all ardent golfers. 



On complaint of Walter H. Crim of Salem, Ind.. president of the Indiana 

 Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, Senator James E. Watson of Indlina 

 will take up with the Department of Justice, and cause an investigation 

 to be made of charges made by Mr. Crim. who alleges that timboi- 

 buyers operating in southern and other parts of IndUina have been njj 

 resenting themselves as government agents and endeavoring to intinildutc 

 timber owners to sell timber at a sacrifice. Mr. Crim In his complaim 

 stated that within the past two months a number of reports have como 

 to him of the practices of these timber sharks, who have been coerdni; 

 farmers into selling at much less than the value of their timber. Thcs. 

 buyers claim to have direct authority from the ordnance department t.. 

 practically commandeer timber in event the owner does not see fit to 

 accept offered prices, and in several instances have advised owners that 

 If such quotations were not accepted within a given length of time 

 the government agents would proceed to fell the trees and pay for them at 

 a stipulated price. 



Some large timber and oonl interests of Chicago and Columbus, 0., are 

 All Threo of Ui Will Be Benefited if 



'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. The soundness of 

 the log-ends shows that they fed on the 

 fat of the land. My 



Indiana Oak 



comes from 



le same soil 



CHAS. H. BARNABY 



Greencastle, Indiana 



The following stock is in excellent 

 condition, ready for immediate shipment 



Mo. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE 



eliolcut Nortliani 



Stack Lumber Company 



Masonville, Michigan 



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