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Ayres, at consldeiablo extra expense. .Iiiclvre Trieber. in passing on tlie 

 case, held that the Illinois Central Railway Company, being the initial 

 carrier, was liable to the stave company for the extra cost. 



On April 17, the United States district court at Monroe, ordered 

 Spocial Master Audr(;w A. (iunby, to sell the entire holdings and equip- 

 in iit of the Arljansas, Louisiana & Gulf Uailway. This road Is sixty -five 

 iiiil.s In length, and runs from Hamburg and Crossett, Ark., to Monroe, 

 l.:i It is said that the sale \<as advised by the receiver, who stated that 

 tliis was the only means by which the road's affairs could be satisfactorily 

 wound up. 



On April 8, the Major Stave Company of Arkadelphia, Ark., filed :i 

 complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington. 

 D. C, against twenty Texas railroads, charging them with maintaining 

 exorbitant and discriminatory rates from Ashdown and Arkadclphiii. 

 Ark., to Houston, Texas City and Galveston, Tex., on staves and heading 

 in carload lots. 



The Chess & Wymond Stave Company of Louisville, Is moving Us 

 stave mill from Bicklc's Cove to Turkey Creek in Stone county. Tliis 

 company has recently purchased .'(00,000,000 feet of white oak timber 

 to be taken from the Ozark National Forest in Stone county, and the 

 comiiany Is now Installing two large stave mills for manufacturing tin' 

 timber. 



Last week the Chess & Wymond Stave Company received a car load of 

 vi'ry fine work mules from Louisiana to be used in its logging operations 

 ill that section. The company now has about 100 teams of mules engaged 

 111 this work in Arkansas. 



Guy L. Burke of Little Rock has recently resigned his position as 

 manager of the Jones Furniture Exchange, and accepted a position with 

 the FeeCrayton Hardwood Lumber Company, hardwood manufactur. r 

 <.t Dermott. Ark. Mr. Burke will be secretary-treasurer of the company, 

 with offices at Dermott. He was formerly in the employ of the Fv>- 

 Crayton company as assistant secretary, but resigned his position there 

 in April, 1911, to accept his position with the Jones company. 



The Farris-McGrew Lumber Company of Kansas City, Mo., which Is 

 organized under the laws of the slate of Missouri, with a capital stock 

 of .$100,000 on April 14 filed certificate with the secretary of state of 

 Arkansas, asking permission to do business In Arkansas. 



The Lorays Timber Company of Lorays, Ark., filed articles of Incorpo- 

 ration with the secretary of state on April 8. The new company Is 

 incorporated with capital stock of $5,000. 



Un -Vpril 10, John Parsons was appointed receiver by the Pulaski 

 chancery court to take charge of the assets of the Little Rock Stave 

 Company. The appointment of a receiver came as the result of ii 

 petition filed by local stockholders, who stated that the company had 

 recently met with financial reverses, and that at present Its liabilltlis 

 exceeded its assets. 



On April 8, the Diamond Lumber Company of Ashdown, Ark., also 

 filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. This company 

 is capitalized at $8,000 and has for its president W. H. Adams. 



The Whelen Logging Company of Whelen Springs, Ark., is preparing 

 to lay track from Its right of way from Whelen Springs to the Ouachita 

 river. The road will be used for transporting logs from the river to 

 the tlur.' luills now operating in Whelen Springs. 



Fiilii 111 ^iiurday, June 5 and 6, have been selected as the dates 

 for iioiiMiL II I Mill annual convention of the Arkansas Association of 

 LuTiiii. r I' : ' riir convention will be held in the Marion hotel at 



Littii K ,, I I I ii i.< expected that a large representation of the retail 

 lumlM 1 .|.,i|.i • iuoiiLiliout the state and the Southwest will attend this 

 coiiviiiii-iii 111 iiitiTuoon and evening of the second day will be given 

 oviT to 111 iloo Mm,,, a concatenation will be held in the afternoon and 

 somi' f.iriii Ml i 111. rtainment will be provided for the evening. 



Frank Xeimeyfr of the A. J. Neimeyer Lumber Company of Little 

 Rock, has recently been named as vicegerent for the central district of 

 Arkansas to succeed T. J. Gay. Mr. Gay has invited the local members 

 of the order to attend a smoker to be given at the Marion hotel on tlio 

 night of April 2'} in honor of Mr. Neimeyer. 



Mr. Neimeyer is well known among the Hoo Hoo and lumbermen 

 throughout the state, and It is predicted that his administration will 



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The Sheboygan Upholstering Company has been incorporated at She- 

 boygan by the purchasers of the Central Upholstering Company plant 

 on the Lyman flats. The new concern which will operate the plant is 

 capitalized at $25,000. Charles Honold, William Kaufmann, Alfred 

 Muehlenberg and Otto Mahnke are the incorporators. 



The Wisconsin Woodworking Company at Two Rivers has begun the 

 operation of its new basket manufacturing department in charge of 

 J. Hulbert of South Milwaukee. Baskets and hampers will be manu- 

 factured from veneer cut at the plant which has one of the most 

 complete veneer mills in the state. 



The Millard Manufacturing Company of Appleton Junction, is working 

 a full crew at this time and expects to expand rapidly and engage 

 additional help. The capacity of the plant is now 25,000 butter tub 

 hoops daily which is expected to be increased shortly. Although there 

 is plenty of black ash on hand a large amount has been contracted for 

 and will enable the plant to run a long season. 



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