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With the Trade 



Old Walnuts Released for War Work 



Several beautiful lots of American black walnut have been marketed 

 in tbe Louisville-New Albany district witbln the past few weeks, most of 

 this line timber comins from southern Indiana points. No finer lot of 

 logs has been cut anywhere than a lot of 173 logs from old and mature 

 trees, containing 20,124 feet, many of the logs measuring 33 to 36 inches 

 in diameter, and cutting ten aud twelve foot logs, of clear material, with 

 practically no sap, as well matured trees have very little sap 



This prime lot of logs was sold to the Wood-Mosaic Company of New 

 Albany, Ind., large manufacturer of gunstocks, aeroplane pait'^, and piioi 



had Mr. and Mrs. Vehslage down as his guests to attend the Kentucky 

 State Fair in Louisville during the week of September 9, at which time 

 the pictures were taken, while the timber was rolling in. Mr. Vehslage has 

 one son who is registered and anxious to go to war. He Is twenty-eight 

 years of age, but is the father of a family, and is holding off until such a 

 time as he is really needed and called. 



One of the finest shipments of walnut aeroplane stock which has gone out 

 of Louisville and the surrounding district consisted of two cars of prime 

 FAS recently shipped Ijy the Louisville Point Lumber Company, Louisville, 

 Ky., to the Atlantic seaboard for export to the Republic of France. The 

 shipment consisted of 20,000 feet of plain sawn lumber, sap no defect, and 

 clear FAS, averaging 13" In width and 12' in length, consisting of board 

 running S' to 16' in length. The lumber was sawn 1%" to plaiie down 

 to an even inch Eighty per cent of the shipment consisted of FAS. 



\u inteiesting stor\ is told concerning this lumber, which Is of unusual 

 size The boaids were cut from two barges of logs, which were cut from 

 the farm of Miss Lucy Frank, near Mauekport, 

 Ind., fifty miles from Louisville. Miss Frank 

 let her timber go when it became known that 

 the government and the allies needed such ma- 

 terial for prosecuting the war. Prior to that 

 time money wouldn't buy her fine trees, which 

 had been in the family for many years. More 

 than twenty years ago Ed Shippen of the 

 Louisville Point Lumber Company endeavored 

 to buy the timber, but Miss Frank didn't need 

 the money, and didn't wi.sh to spoil the looks 

 of her estate feeling that the big walnut trees, 

 which weie among the largest In the district, 

 idded greatly to the value of her property. 



<hntures tioni many timber buyers met with 

 n I -.] n I lit Miss Frank is a real patriot, 

 111 1 iii\i n t sie the Hun put on the run. 

 •^li «i t ill t 1 Mr Shippen offering to sell 

 ihi lunil el 11 it was needed, but stating that 

 is tar as possible every bit of it must be used 

 tor war woik The company had the timber 

 lugged and placed m barges, it being towed to 

 I ouisMlle Out of the shipment five cars of 

 .i' walnut flitches were cut for manutactur- 

 lUj, gunstocks, two cars of prime airplane 

 stuik 20 000 feet of log run commercial lum- 

 liu and a quantity of small dimension stock. 



\C( Hiding to H F Early, a government in- 

 spei toi who looked after the inspection of this 

 lumber for the Signal Corps. Bureau of Ameri- 

 can .\ircraft Production, this lumber repre- 



to the war heavy dealers iu walnut for com- 

 mercial purposes. Four years ago when war 

 first broke out the company began supplying 

 walnut for the Allies aud has been at It ever 

 since. The loes were purchased from George 

 Vehslage, win. Ini- livi'il in s.'viii.nu- tor nearly 

 twenty ycnr-, ;iimI i^ iilm^i i riL:iiiv ,,ue years of 

 age. Mr. \i li-iim. i> a ii;iii\.' i:. rinan by birth, 

 but was naluializ.'a many .\eai> ago. He oper- 

 ated his farm just out of Seymour for many 

 years prior to that, but has been living in town 

 and taking things easy in his old age. How- 

 ever, though German lii.ni, Mr \ rli-la^;.- is all 



American, and a tiiii' liii/iii. ill nn i- li.idn't 



been for sale, but win n ili.' in "ii" il inn uas ]iut 

 up to him on patriolic L;r..iiinls by T. .1. staiis- 

 field, a buyer for the Wood-Mosaic Company, 

 who formerly lived at Seymour, Ind., and knew 

 the timber. Mr. Vehslage instantly replied : 

 "If the government and the Allies need my 

 timl^er to aid in winning the war they can 

 have it. They can have anything I've got if it 

 becomes necessary." He hated to part with 

 his beautiful trees, to which he had become 

 attached through many years of close connec- 

 tion. However, his patriotism has been put 

 ahead of his love for his fine countr.v place. 



The quality of the logs is shown in the large 

 percentage of FAS for airplane stock that has 

 been cut in connection with utillEing the log 

 for war purposes. Four logs cut a consider- 

 able portion of 3,000 feet of airplane stock 

 that was cut in one day, this being in addition 

 to a large quantity of 2V4" flitches for gun stocks, 

 to run clear FAS. The actual gunstock has to run 

 mon flitch may cut one or more first class gunstocks. 



One of the accompanying photos shows five of the prime logs on 

 car. W. A. McLean, president of the company, is seen without a coat. 

 Mr. Vehslage, who sold the timber, is also seen in the photos. Mr. JIcLean 



drplane stock 

 good, but a c 



flat 



LOUISVILLE POINT 



seated the best walnut that he ever graded or inspected, due largely to 

 the fine quality of the large logs, which were well aged. 



Many Americans who couldn't be persuaded to let their walnut trees 

 be cut for commercial use are now coming to the front and offering their 

 trees for war purposes. These people are not much to blame for preferring 

 to keep their trees, where they don't need to sell. They are to be com- 



