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placed an order for $S,000 worth of machinery 



which will be installed as soon as ir has 1 n 



reo Ived. The company is capitalized al $30,000. 



Dispatches received here state that Camp & 

 Hinton, large lumber manufacturers and whole- 

 salers, have Bled a trust deed in Mississippi 

 with the proper authorities in favor of the 

 Central Trust Company of Chicago. The instru- 



at covers all the mills, timber lands and 



other holdings of the company in Lamar, Perry, 

 Marion and Pearl river counties and has been 



executed because of the desire of the c pany to 



provide funds 1" take care >>i nil the timber 

 blown down during the fierce slorm of last 

 fall. The timber will be worthless if not worked 

 up within the next six months. 



There has never been as much rain in a given 

 period as has fallen in this section during the 

 past ten weeks and it is so warm that there is 

 little promise .of any Improvement in the- imme- 

 diate future. Production is exceptionally light 

 and will probably be even lighter in the next 

 few weeks because, even with good weather, 

 there is so much moisture in the ground and so 

 much water on the surface, particularly in the 

 lew lands, that there will he little or no lugging 

 done. In addition to this unfavorable condition 

 is high water in the Mississippi river. This 

 si ream is now showing a stage of about .'!4 

 feet, which is considerably above the danger line, 



1 there is an abnormally large amounl "I" 



water in the Ohio and some of the other tribu- 

 taries which will have to pass Memphis. In 

 fact, the flood in the (thin promises t<> eclipse 

 all records, and predictions here an' that the 

 stage at Memphis will come close to the pre- 



vious highest level. Levee authorities are 



what uneasy about the, levies taking care of this 

 immense volume of water and they an- taking 

 every precaution to prevent breaks by strength 

 ening the weak places and patrolling the entire 

 levee system. There i s not much danger of 

 large timber losses this season, because the 

 supply of logs and lumber is so far below nor- 

 mal. but the high water, if Here are anj breaks 

 in the levee system, will further interfere with 

 I notion and thus prove a handicap to manu- 

 facturers in this territory. 



There is some improvement u. I in the car 



situation, hut even with this lumber is not 

 moving out with as much freedom as it should. 

 The Lumbermen's Club of Memphis has done 

 what it could during the past few weeks for 

 Hie alleviation of traffic conditions by bringing 

 pressure to bear on railroad officials, and the 

 members thereof feel thai they have accom- 

 plished something in this direction. 



R. .1. Darnell, Inc.. one of the largest manu- 

 facturing and exporting firms in the hardwood 

 trade here, has begun work on a new double 

 band mill in South Memphis, adjacent to the 

 plant it has used for some years. The capacity 

 of the mill will be exceptionally large "and the 

 planl will be equipped with everything needed 

 to bring it thoroughly up to dale. The firm. 

 in addition to this mill, has other interests out 

 side of Memphis. When the new planl has hem 

 eompletedjthe old one will he dismantled. 



There was a meeting of the Lumbermen's 



Club tit the ii i Gayoso January in. called for 



the purpose of hearing the report of the com- 

 mittee having in hand the mapping out of the 

 entertainment features to be given to the Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association of the United 

 States, which will be in convention here January 

 29-30. The committee announced Unit it had 

 decided to give a Dutch lunch an. I smoker to 

 the _'iiu delegates expected tic evening ol tin 

 lirst day, .and that an orchestra aud vocal quar- 

 tette would he features of tie- evening. The 

 club accepted this report and authorized the 

 committee to proceed along the line indicated. 



The c i consists of G. A. Parber, ebair- 



C. W. Holmes, W. C. Dewey, R. T. Cooper. 

 P. II. Ravisies, W. B. Morgan. George C. Ehe- 

 mann. .T. W. Thompson, W. R. Barksdale, W. A. 

 Dolpli and J, \v. McClure. 



John N. renrod, who is interested in the 



.1. \V. Thompson Lumber Company and other 

 lumber firms in tit's city and section, has been 

 spending a (f\v days in Memphis. 



YV. II Russe, president of the National Lum- 

 ber Exporters' Association, and the members of 

 the same organization in this city will leave 

 for Norfolk early this week to attend the annual 

 convention there. E. M. Terry, secretary, with 



headquarters in Memphis, will go down Ir 



New York where he has bee'n spending the pasl 

 four or live weeks'. 



It. .1. Darnell of R. .1. Darnell, Inc., has 

 purchased a large lol on Union avenue, .me of 

 Hie principal residence thoroughfares of this 

 city, and is preparing t.. erect thereon a hand- 

 some home that will cost a], proximately $60,000 



It is to he finished throughout in hardw I ami 



will have fifteen rooms. 



Mis Edith Bennett Wright, wife of \v. M. 

 Wright of the Wright Bachenian Lumber Com- 

 pany ..r Portland, Ark . and daughter of E. T. 

 Bennett, president of the Bennett Hardwood 

 Lumber Company of this city, died here Jan 21 

 while visiting her father's family. She was 26 

 years old and leaves two children, one three 

 years old and the other only fifteen days. 



New Orleans. 



The car situation in this territory has mi 

 proved slightly .luring the last fortnighl and 



lumberme t nearly all the lines get cars more 



promptly than for some time. 'This is due to 

 tie laot that the crop movement in this section 

 is about over. Indications are that conditions 

 will continue to improve and that within in 

 n.\i f.-w months lumbermen throughout this 



portion of the country will have litli. ulty in 



supplying Hie interior demands. 



Telegraphic advices from Monroe, La., state 

 thai .-i deal has been dosed whereby the plant 



and timber holdings of the Monroe I her Com 



pany, the affairs of which are in the bauds of a 

 receiver, have I u bought by Michigan capital- 

 ists for half i i dollars. The planl of the 



Monroe companj is one of the fines! sawmill 

 properties in the hardwood territorj ol the 

 stat-. The purchasers tire 0. B. Law and 1'. S. 



MeClurg of Detroit, Mich.: A. I-:. Nichols f 



Grayling. Mich.: D. M. Kneeland and William 

 Henson of West Branch. Mi.h. The holdings of 

 the Monro.- company are said to be worth con 

 siderably more than $500,000, the price paid for 

 them. 



The Chicago Land & Lumber Coin], any has 

 filed suit in the United States Court a I Lake 

 Charles seeking to lane annulled the re, cut sale 



1,1 'Ii' 1 IT. acre trad ofbardwo.nl timber land 



on the Sabine river, in Calcasieu parish, which 

 wtis bought in by an Illinois syndicate headed 

 by W. Soit Matthews for $160,1)00. The i •• - 1 i 

 li.m relates that 1,500 people in moderate cir- 

 cumstances, of whom over TOO are preachers. 

 make up the Chicago Land & Lumber Company, 

 and that He- company turned over tic property 

 to David G. Robertson, a Chicago lawyer, giving 

 him a deed of trust to the land, but not a title 

 It is further alleged that the president and 

 secretary of the Chicago Land & Lumber Com- 

 pany sig I Hie d 1 of trust without reading it. 



not knowing that Robertson would attempt to 

 misusi privileges that were granted. It is then 



■ ii ". I that Robertson sold the property which 

 was subsequently bought by the syndicate headed 



by W. Si'ol I Mall hi B - 



The RIckels Furniture Manufacturing C 



pany, which has succeeded the Meridian Coffin 

 Factory, litis begun operations at .Meridian. Miss. 

 The company will manufacture furniture and 



other hardw 1 products. It is capitalized at 



$50,1 with the following officers: B. V. 



White, president; A. J. Kickels. general man 

 ,-iger : \, Meed- secretary- treasurer. 



G. r. Haines and E. C. Drew of Minden, La . 

 have associated themselves with a number of 

 other Minden parties with a view to establishing 

 at .Monroe. La., a wood-working plant that will 

 employ about fifty hands. The plant will turn 

 out only finished material. 



The Tusclameter Spoke Company has been 

 organized at Lake, Miss., to manufacture, buy 

 and sell spokes, spoke billets, and to manufac- 

 ture handles; capital, $2n. John B. Loper. 



Claude E. Mann and Dan P. Ott of Lake are 

 the incorporators. 



The Golden Spoke Company of Horseshoe. 

 Sett county, Mississippi, has been incorporated 

 with $lii.U00 capital by John E. Golden, Cut lis 

 Golden and others. 



Minneapolis. 

 The presence of several hundred retail dealers 

 in Minneapolis last week for the convention of 

 the Northwestern Lumbermen's Association 

 caused quite a resumption of buying in yard 

 stock, and dealers here report that there was 



isi.lerable selling and a good deal more in 



• piiry. which means sales in the near future. 

 The country demand for hardwood has been 

 very light so far, owing to the car troubles 

 which have kept the farmers short of monej 

 and long on grain. A good many of the retailers 

 reported thai they had sold their yard stock 

 down to a low point, and they were surprised 

 I" learn of the scarcity and higher price of 

 stuff which tli.-y want. 



.News received by local manufacturing and 

 wholesale firms from Wisconsin hardwood log- 

 ging .-amps would indicate that there will be at 

 least an average output of logs. The snow has 

 not been anything like so heavy in that territory 

 as in Hi.- pine woods of northern Minnesota. 

 The weather has not been severe, but cold 

 enough to keep roads in good hauling condition. 

 There are no while oak stocks in sight that 

 amount to anything, aud northern oak will cut 

 very little figure in the market when the small 

 stocks of dry lumber now on hand are sold out. 

 In other hardwoods there is a very fair prospect 

 tot siock. 



The Minneapolis Lumber Company, which 

 until lately lias handled nothing but hardwoods, 

 now has a stock of hemlock lumber cut at the 

 Ruby Lumber Company's mill at Ruby, Wis., and 

 made a bid to the retailers .luring convention 

 week, keeping open hours and inviting them all 

 in to visit and talk business. W. H. Sill was 

 in charge, as on January 13 sad news came to 

 P. R. Hamilton, announcing the death of his 

 mother, who passed away very suddenly at 

 Richmond, Quebec. Mr. Hamilton left inline 

 diately to attend the funeral. 



I'". J. Lang, representing the Wisconsin Land 

 & Lumber Company of Hermansville, Mich., 

 maintained temporary offices here during the 

 convention season, at 71b' Lumber Exchange, and 

 will remain during January. He did missionary 

 work among the retailers for their white cedar, 

 hemlock and hardwood lumber products, espe- 

 cially rock maple and birch flooring and bass- 

 wood finish lumber. 



The Minneapolis Cedar & Lumber Company of 

 this city, producers of hardwood, hemlock and 

 white cedar, has increased its capital stock to 

 $175,000; at the annual meeting held here 

 January William Miller of Minneapolis was 

 re-elected president ; Henry Hauser, Franklin, 

 Minn., vice president, and ,1. 1'. .Miller, Minne- 

 apolis, secretary and treasurer. 



The Lusk Lumber Company is a new whole- 

 sale concern which will handle both northern 

 and southern hardwoods, also pine and west 

 coast lumber. It has established headquarters at 

 B29 Security Bank building. !•'. II. Lusk is 

 ma iiager. 



Hardwood dealers are much interested in the 

 contest for- a reciprocal demurrage law. which 

 has been started lor a second time in the 

 Minnesota legislature. Representative W. A. 

 .Nolan of Grand Meadow has introduced the bill, 

 which provides that railroads shall pay shippers 

 $1 a car for every day of delay in furnishing 

 cars when requested, or moving them when 

 loaded, or delivering them to the consignee after 

 reaching the company's terminals. The same 

 penalty is assessed for failure to move loaded 

 cars faster than tin average of sixty miles a day. 



