HARDWOOD RECORD 



ITEMS OF INTEREST 



DRY STOCK 

 PROMPT SHIPMENT 



STEVEN & JARVIS LUMBER CO. 



EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN 



^V ^,>^ QUARTERED OAK VENEER 



We Have Nothing But Flat Dried Stock 

 EDINBURGH, INDIANA 



Dermott Land and Lumber Company 



DERIVIOTT, ARK. 



Willi f^ii.iHKi raplliil, till- MadliHin I^iiil nml TIiiiIht Coiiipanjr bu 

 Ik-cii •irKKiilti'il mill liKiirimniliMl nt Anilcritoii to ilt-nl In timber nnd 

 iliiilH-rlnnila. TlioKv luti-n-nlvd In llii- cuDcvrn arc Joliu T. Aclniiin, M. C. 

 Aiiktlll nml HcDjBmIn Ix>wv, A. C. Call anrl II. V. Ilaocork. 



I.iinilx'rnii-n nud wooOworklng Induiilrlpa uf tlic atatc arc much 

 Interested In a rommUiilon JuNt appointed b}' Governor Samuel M. 

 I(iili>lcii>. Thill coniiiiliiKluu U tu iiludy the iiuhjcct of HoudH In the (talc, 

 iI.wmI prevention and prepare reruniincndatlonii for leelnlatlon which will 

 lie iiubnillli'd to the leculnture neit January. There are thirteen mem- 

 liem, one bcluK appointed from each conKrenMlonal dlntrlct. Among the 

 mcinbcra are K. W. Shirk of the Indiana Manufacturing (Company, Peru; 

 W. II. Showera of Showera Brothem, KlooinlnRton. and Itcnjnniln Itooae, 

 II furniture ninnufaeturer. of KvniiAvllle. In the flood of .March, lltl.'l, 

 till' luiiilier and woodworkliiK ImliiKirleh ucri- iiniong the heavlcat HUlfererH 

 In Indiana. 



=■< MEMPHIS >•-. 



The ordinance which InHurnnre IntercHlii hero aought to have paaaed 

 barring the uae of wooden shingles In the city llmltii haa been rejected 

 by the board of coniiiiliiHlonerK, the governing body here. Thia ends the 

 controversy that haa been waged with considerable emphasis for aomo 

 time. <:oinnilHsloner Thomas Dies, having charge of public utilities, 

 building, etc., tlotly opposed the measure and his associates on the board 

 concurred with blin. Manufacturers and distributers of shingles opposed 

 the ordinance and the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis recently made the 

 matter the subject of vigorous resolutions of protest. 



Itussc & Burgess, Inc., whose new l>aud mill was recently destroyed 

 l>y Are here, bus awarded contract for the necessary machinery to 

 r.placc this, and work Is to begin at once. It is estimated that It will 

 take about Ave months to get the new plant In readiness for operation. 

 In the meantime the firm will have Its sawing done by other mills here, 

 sM that It will he able to carry out Its present contracts as well as any 

 new Imslnoss It may receive. 



The Southern Hardwood Trafllc Bureau Is now comfortably Installed 

 in a new suite of offices In the new half of the Bank of Commerce & 

 Trust Company building. It is located on the fourteenth lloor. R. J. 

 liarncll. Inc., too, has recently removed from the Exchange building and 

 has ofBces adjoining those of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau. 

 Tlie Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association Is In the same building, 

 having a handsome suite of three rooms furnished where possible with 

 furniture and fixtures made of red gum. It is also finished in this 

 wood and presents a very striking Illustration of the possibilities of 

 red gum. 



An informal entertainment was given by the Hoosier Society of 

 Memphis, which was organized here a short time ago, at the Hotel 

 Chisca during the past week. A very large number of lumbermen are 

 identified with the organization which exists for purely social purposes. 

 I". E. Stonebraker, one of the best-known lumbermen here. Is chairman 

 of the entertainment committee and In that capacity bad charge of the 

 function held during the past few days. 



George C. Brown 4 Co., who closed down their big mill at Proctor, 

 .Vrk., before the Christmas holidays, in order that they might reduce 

 their stocks before the flood season, have resumed operations and arc 

 now working at full capacit.v. The firm has a full supply of timber 

 aliead and Is congratulating Itself over the brilliant prospects for 

 escaping a repetition of the flood damage experienced during the two 

 preceding seasons. Several other mills in the path of the usual floods, 

 too. have resumed operations recently nnd are making good progress Id 

 rutting lumber. 



Work has begun here on the levcc sj-stem In North Memphis which 

 !■; designed to prevent a recurrence of the flood damage experienced by 

 luml)er interests and others in that part of the city. Contracts have 

 been awarded for the digging of two tremendous drainage tunnels alwut 

 fifty feet below the surface of the city. This is the first work to be 

 undertaken and it is estimated that it will take practically a year for 

 its completion. Later contracts will be awarded for the ciinstruction 

 of a fltty-foot levee in North Memphis. The entire plans will involve 

 an outlay of about $1,500,000 and will result In the most elaborate 

 system of flood protection anywhere In the South with the possible 

 exception of New Orleans. Lumber and woodworking interests will benefit 

 appreciably by this work. 



Kussc & Burgess, Inc., have sent a check forS200 to the Firemen's 

 IJelief l'"uud here In token of tlielr appreciation of the elTectivc work done 

 iiy the department during the fire which receutly destroyed their plant. 

 The flames were confined to the mill proper and several million feet of 

 lumber on the yords were saved. 



•Tohn M. Pritchard. secretary of the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association, has received notice of several prominent structures that 

 will be finished In red gum, Including the Fort Dearborn and Morrison 

 hotels In Chicago and Hotel Deming in Terre Haute, Ind. There is also 

 a church at Hot Springs, Ark., that will be finished in this material. 

 The amount of red gum required for all of these buildings is quite 

 extensive, one of them alone needing 800,000 feet. 



B. W. Davis & Son have begun the erection of a planing mill at Heber 

 Springs, Ark. The necessary buildings are being erected and as soon 

 as they have been completed the niachinery will be Installed and the 

 plant will be placed In operation. 



The Crcnshaw-Gary Lumber Company and the RIel Lumlier Company 



