HARDWOOD RECORD 



Dermott Land and Lumber Company 



DERMOTT, ARK. 



All Wood Finishers 



should use ..ur NATURAL RUBBING 

 OIL. "ZERO" BRAND. "Direct from Well 

 to Consumer." 



Zno llitind lUij. C. S. Vat. Offlre. 



STILES BROS. 



Parkersburg, West Va. 



Producer* of Pure Natural West Virginia Lubricating Oil 



Q Fitzgibbons & Krebs Patent Ele- 

 vated Traveling Derrick propels itself 

 on 28-ft. gauge track. 



CJ No guy wires. 



Cj Write to O. M. Krebs, Mallory 

 Branch, Memphis, Tenn., or to P. F. 

 Fitzgibbons, Chattanooga, Tenn., for 

 pamphlet fully illustrating and explain- 

 ing the derrick. 



Also ask for list of users. 



i.ih tin- 



Success or Protit Sharing PUtn 

 Cllpiwr U.lt iMcvT C.miiiin.v ..f <!r«u<l I(u|iIcIh. M1.1i.. Ims nn- 

 •il tta cumpli-lv coiivcmioii to llip (loclrliit- tliiit protll Hliarliiic payi 



I'liiployi' 



■Id Pinplo.vi-d. It liim iiiiiili' ii trlul of tlir plan aud 

 ihf r.'iiiiltii wore r.'iciitly puhlliiliod In n i-lrriilnr. tJIrlii who had for 

 Mi.Tly .•nrni'd J7.50 n wi'i-k wito iitliniilnti'd lu KrraliT ffTort by tlic knowl- 



• ilKi' Hull wlinteviT tlii'y i-oiild i-arn iilmvi' Hint would lie tlii-lr«. Th« 

 loop' I'lnrli'nt nnionK tlii-m IncronHi'd their cnruUiK" to llfi n week and 

 till' poori'Mt to 110. 'I'lie coiiipnuy'H protltF were hirrcUHod, lieruuie they 

 hnd II iircatcr output to sell without n rorrriipondlnK ln«Te«Ke In over- 

 hi-iid expiMiRCa. The method h'iih exti-ndi-d to rover all purlH of the 

 opiTsUonK, und It proved to he equally Muiri'ssful everywhere. 



Death of T. D. Collins 



f)n April 10, 11114, at IiIk home at .N.IiraMka, I'n., occurred the death 



of T. 1>. Collinii, a wealthy 1 hernian whose InlereHlH extend<-d to nianr 



r>arl« of the country, lie owned inlllH and Iractii of timber In California, 

 "reiion and WaMlihiKton, and waa likewise Interested In exteniilve timber 

 liolUliiKs, lianku and rulli-oadH In renniiylvanla. lie was elehtythree year* 

 old at the time of IiIh death. 



Lumber Mutual Casualty Company Now Completely Organized 



The annual nieetliiit of the I.ui r .Mulu.il fiisually Coiiipany was held 



at the odlees of the company. tl(l Itroadway, on .\prll .'L'. The meeting 

 rompleted the formal organization of the company, liylnwH helng adopted 

 and InHuruuce rates decided subject to approval of the state Insurance 



It was reported that more than the number of employes who already 

 illled In applications was far In excess of that reiiulred by law and the 

 I'ompany will thus be enabled to begin operations under very favorable 

 eoudlllons. The new company should be In position to effect a con- 

 siderable saving to Its policyholders through a strict specializing business 

 with a conservative inspection system liisurint; only the best risks. 



New Michigan Hardwood Firm 



Mayor John U. .Mooie, Muskeyon, .Mleh., is president of the newly 

 incorporated Michigan Forest Products Company which has been orgon- 

 l/.ed at Muskegon, with un authorized capital of $1UU,OUO. The company 

 secured a tract of 2,100 acres of bnrdwood In the upper peninsula. C. 

 1.. Salisbury Is treasurer and general manaiier, and Uavld and Kenjumin 

 Wolf and C. L. l>oekwood, Jr., of (irand Ilaplds, are members of the com- 

 pany. David Wolf Is vice-president and .Mr. I.ockwood, secretary. 



Tennessee Oak Flooring Company Now Operating Large Bandmill 

 at Jackson 



Some time ago the Tennessee Oak I'loorlnii Company of Nashville, Tenn., 

 closed a deal whereby it acquired the sawmill and other property of 

 the Forked Deer Lumber Company located at Jackson, Tenn. This is a 

 modern hardwood manufacturing plant of good proportions, which had 

 lormerly been controlled by the Tennessee Hardwood Lumber Company. 



Equipped with this excellent mill arrangement, the Tennessee Oak 

 I'looring Company will not only be equipped to supply a considerable 

 -lock of southern oak for Its big Nashville flooring plant, but will have 



• onsiderablc additional stocks for general sale to the hardwood con- 

 sumlnj; trade. 



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Pertinent Information 



Arguments on Memphis to Nashville Bates 

 Commissioner Mines of the Intei-.stuli- I'mnmLice Commission heard 

 arguments on May ,"> at the custom house at .Nashville In the case 

 liled against the freight advance on lumber from -Memphis to Nashville. 

 The complaint was illed sometime ago against the Louisville & Nashville 

 and the argument mainly at the hearing was as to whether or not the 

 advance would he allowed to stand. 



Forestry School for Montana 

 The Montana legislature has provided the funds for a school of 

 forestry at Missoula, as a departmi-nt of the state university. This en- 

 ables the university to offer a four years' course of study In forestry lu 

 which the professional training of men for the management und utiliza- 

 tion of western forests may lie carried on. The courses, as now pre- 

 scribed, follow largely the recommendations and directions of prominent 

 lii.iiii. rmeii and the administrative ofllcers of the national forests located In 

 Up w -I. and arc essentially planned to give men a practical training in 

 Hi' ;!■ iiial field work of forest management and in logging and lumbering 

 :iimI .'ther means of forest utilization. 



Arkansas Bate Matters 



On April 29 the Arkansas liailroad Commission met in its office at 

 Little Hock at 10 o'clock a. m. anil took up thi- matter of the Hock 

 Island proposition to compromise claims for refund against that rond 

 arising out of overcharge? occurring during the pendency of the Arkansas 

 rate case. In response to a notice which had been given by the rail- 

 road commission a large number of shippers and consignees were present 

 at the meeting, and heard Judge Joseph M. Iliil of Fort Smith, chief 



