HARDWOOD RECORD 



Kaward M. <'iiUMlMU, .•onncctr,! with IIm- i; I Handle Company .-if 



Newcastle, Inil., nnd .Mrs. Ida IS. SpitliT of that I'ity were united in mar 

 riage at Newcastle a lew days ago. 



Mr. and Mrs. OniUl C. Foster, Evansvillo. have announced tlie engage- 

 laeut of their daughter, Henrietta, to Charles A. Legeman, lieutenant in 

 the United States army, the marriage to tal;e place some time this fall. 

 The father of the bride elect, Guild C. Foster, is the manager of tlir 

 Evansville Woodstock Company. 



Bcr( Tisscr;ii)d. i.f the .T. C. Gvn T.iniilicr Company, says the demand 



fi.r liiii^hi 1 liiniiM, ii,,^ I.,'. 11 L i ill -^A~,,a. although the retail busi- 



II— ! i 1. 1. .Ill I.. I ' I III. The stave mills of the J. C. 



i;iiii I' I I !,,i :... ii.i i I II i !■ have been operated steadily 



f'li-iii' |i.i~' -I'll,, h ,,ii.i III! .1. Ill Mill l'..r staves is strong. 



dy ill tlir S.iiith, the Lcpiiisvillr & Naslivillc having recci 

 •iirs fi-,,iii till- Northfolk & Western and I'ennsylvania lin 

 Southern a large number from the Seaboard .Mrlinc and 

 I'he local organization took the matter up with the U. S. 

 ninistration. ijetting prompt answer to its request for ei 

 <(vntb'-ni TnilK vbirh h;n-n been short on log '-nrs- fm- mnnti 



I'l'' '' ! r :' . I liiiytwii years of age, \i,i lin-.idihi 

 I'l.iii ., \l, . I lull, III), itiMl manager of the IimiIiIimj mnl . n 



-< MEMPHIS > 



heai 



on the yards of the company, csca 

 of th^ fire department. 



Barge line service on the Mississippi botwcon St 

 will bo inaugurated from St. Louis Si'iiteniber 'Jv 

 will pass down that stream loaded wiili ;ill .li- 



cities. Memphis has not yet maib' iiininj. 



tcrmiuiils. IHtBcuIty appears to have hcen , n..,iii 

 luniii- th. .ippinMil of all business interests here 

 1i:iihI Iiii iiiiiliMii.: tlje terminals as soon i 

 He, i-ijcii :iv I., hiiiition of the terminals 



ge through the prompt 



r and rail 

 ■ting a site 

 already in 



Loading Company reports tliat it is working largely on 

 in the loading of logs. Firms having government con- 

 ivorpd in the distribution of logs. Several firms here 



tbii. t.Tiil.iiy h;i\r lull! biui.liriN .T e.i rs delivered to 

 I. .I Willi Iliu-, wliilr III III- iiiii «.iil,iiiu I'll L:overnment 



uiii-li niier hmiim iiikeh .III.' I.I ilii.-r liaving these 

 ► ick-iMi, privi.i.Mi ,.i II, , \:iiie\ I, I, J ].. Hilling Compan.v, 

 ii-ill.> ilie lii-ir till' • iiiiii,\ 111 lel|i ill every possi- 



compared with aliin 



responsihle for tlu' 



The Kellogg Luuil 



A number of 



an mvcstigation of labor conditions 

 tor transfer to other points, found 

 hat city, and that twenty of the b 



I- the purpose of securing 

 shortage of about 1,500 



toruey of Pitduc 

 Paducah operatic 

 Lord. 



A fldl attendan.e was 

 the Louisville Ilanlwo.,,! 

 evening, Si'i'ieniiiei- ]7. 

 connection witli repi.iis 

 ments of commercial lumt 

 ever, the members were 

 embargo announcement. 



to become chief counsel and assistant to President 



ill hand at the second September- meeting of 

 'lub held at the Seelbach hotel, on Tuesday 



■ t this meeting discussion was principally in 

 : the general embargo against southern ship- 



■ into the East and North. .\t that time, how- 

 possession of very few facts concerning the 



=■< TEXAS 



affairs. His two brothers, J. 1'. and U. L. arc "somewhere in 

 ving good accounts of themselves in the service of their countr.i 



Har<lwood operators 1 

 existing within the past : 

 a good supply of labor 

 North and East. New e 



=-< LOUISVILLE >= 



ivc been fairly well satisfied with conditions 

 lontb. Production has lieen good, logs plentiful, 

 nd cars, and free movement of lumber to the 

 ibargo announcements are expected to interfere 



materially with supplying commercial orders, bu 

 this fall, although not quite so early. In order 

 traffic troubles the mills have been shipping out 

 and are in fair shape on old orders. 



New orders have been coming in much better 

 of the mills being well supplied with business 

 business has been so plentiful that there hasn't 

 competition as would have occurred othcrwis 

 prices are being well maintained. As cars will 

 all lumber and forest products used in war wt 



this was to be expected 

 to avoid congestion and 



possible 



much stuff 



during the month, most 

 Prices are good, and 



icen so much cut throat 

 with the result that 



le available for shipping 



k, either on permits or 



without permits, indications 

 go right ahead regardless o 

 to be slim this fail. 



; that a fair volume of shipments will 

 nbargoes. Commercial business promises 



..I 111.' S..iilti.'rn Hardwood 

 1 1.;. i.ii w laiita to attend 



:n. ;i. well ;|- tO llC preSCht 



Iri.llii reiMiMittoe on the 

 iiiiit.rial and the meeting 

 s.ili.latiMl Freight Ciassifica- 

 i.-pliiie the official Southern 

 Its the Southern Hardwood 

 le sliippers a chance to be 



ood Tr 





charge, 

 lumberr 



with the rai 

 Lumbermen 

 per cent, bu 

 as iiiucb as 



:n Dallas October 15 to thrash out their differences 

 objection to the general advance of freight rates 2'. 

 instances, the proposed readjustments amounted t. 



Iiif..riiiali..ii lias I ii r.'c.iv ..I l.y ('has. A. Bland, traffic manager of 



til.' li.aiii Il .haiiil..T ..r ...11 r.'.', fr.mi Traffic Director Chambers at 



Washington, stating tliat the shipment of lumber for export from points 

 on the Gulf & Northern Railroad had been adjusted on the basis of the 

 former rate, plus 25 per cent, making the rate now 9 cents against 1!> 

 cents, the rate in effect since June 25 when all export rates were an- 

 nulled. The Tate prior to that time had been 7 cents. A general read- 

 justment of export lumber rates to Beaumont, to include all Texas an.l 

 Louisiana points of origin, will also probably be taken up at an early 

 date, the telegram indicated. 



The first Ferris type steamer to leave the gulf coast t.. take its place in 

 the new merchant marine, steamed from the ilocks ..r 'I'li.. Iliaiiinont Ship- 

 building & Dry Dock Company September 15. .7. W. Link, a li.niier ()raii.a.> 

 lumberman is president of the company, and was particularly proud of 

 the :i.'.'.iiii]ilisliiii. lit. .v|i,., hilly nftiT government inspectors had pro- 

 noun.. .1 ii |..ri.'. I ill . \. r\ .l.'iMil and ready for a cargo. 



Til.' .\.'. Ii.> Shipliiiil.linu 1' piiiiy has contracted with the government 



to couslrucL four o,.j(io-loii liarg.'s to be used In the coal carrying tra.le 

 along the .-itiantic coast. The company is headed by J. J. SchultheLser. 

 former superintendent of the Lone Star plant. It began the construction 

 of ways at once, an early start being made possible by purchasing the ol.l 



