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the board around nlille the other end is resting on the racli, the support 

 lias sent it far enough so that he can complete the operation without 

 having to lift the board at all. It simply comes off on the pile on a 

 level with the top of the stock as lar as it has been built up. 



It is claimed that the chains travelling from thirt.v to thirty-three 

 feet a minute will deliver various sizes of himber from 1x4" to 4x24" at 

 the rate of from 7,000 to 20,000 feet per hour. 



It is not necessary that any special arraugement of the alley be made 

 to accommodate the machine, which will work on tracks, planked alleys, 

 or in fact on any kind of alley that is ordinarily used in sawmill or 

 lumber yards. The power used is electric and a very simple and efficient 

 system has been worked out by the manufacturer. 



While it was expected that a great deal of business will be done with 

 the regular line of lumber pilers, the company is equipped to manufac- 

 ture special pilers for timber and for loading and unloading cars, and 

 also it will expect to do considerable business in Its elevator and lifting 

 iron bars. 



A more complete description is contained in the catalogue which can 

 be secured from the Hilkc Stacker Company, No. 1 Broadway, New York 



* A Consolidation of Lumber Companies 



C. A. Cook of Milwaukee, Wis., who since September 1, 1913. has been 

 doing business at 823 Chambers street under the caption of "Charles A. 

 Cook" and C. E. LeCrone of New Orleans, La., who since February 1, 1914. 

 has been located at 626 Whitney Central building, operating under the 

 firm name of "St. Charles Lumber Company," have .ioined forces and the 

 new company thus formed will be known as the Cook-LeCrone Lumber 

 Company.. 



Mr. Cook during the past fifteen years has been associated with such 

 well-known concerns as the Ilaekley-Phelps-Bonnell Company of Grand 

 Kapids, Mich., Ihe J. O. Nesscn Lumber Company, and Edward Uincs 

 Lumber Cuiii|i,iin •.! • In :ii;.i. 111. lie i-- «'ll and favorably known in 

 UDi-ihorn liiiu!'. i i nu .i iiiin ^hi lias made good in the manu- 



facture and hill III hniiiii. iiriii li- tricnds predict for him in 



his new i-n ii'iii a . ' III iimaii. •■ mi ili. success that has marked his 



earlier efforts. 



C. E. LeCrone, the junior member of the new concern scarcely needs an 

 introduction to the lumber trade as for the past twenty years he has been 

 prominently identified in a manufacturing and selling capacity with some 

 of the largest northern and southern companies, among whom might U<- 

 mentioned the Burt & Brabb Lumber Company. Ford, Ky. ; C. Crane & 

 Co.. Cincinnati, O. : W. M. Ritter Lunibfr Company. Columbus, O. ; Shippen 

 Bros. T.iiiiil.i'i' ('iiinlian;. , T:llii.i). 'l,! , i;..Mii-in Ijinilur, \-.'nrrr & Box 



Comjiain, \i A iMiiiiii- I : i ' '■ i i 1 ■ r r;ompany. 



Pbilliii, -Ml-- :iihI \v!'i : .I'.i 'I ' -- "' ■' :■ il lumberman. 



he has aii.iiiiiil lii-^r.Mi.-i -ii..i-- ,ii iin al- i!i i .a 1 1 iiiiiii ii-ing looked 

 upon by ih(.sf who kuMW hiui as a sal.s uuina_;;ir of more than ordinary 

 ability. His unique advertising methods has made the name of C. E. 

 LeCrone as well known among the large wholesale consumers of the coun- 

 try, as the lumber he has furnished them. 



Mr. LeCrone will retain the present offices of the St. Charles Lumber 

 Company, and look after the southern end of the business, such as the 

 purchasing of stock, contracting mill cuts, etc., and will also give special 

 attention to the sales end of t)ii' li\isiii..ss. v.hiie Mr. Cook from the Mil- 

 waukee office will attend to tli. I.ti\ini^ and selling of northern and 

 western stock as well as assistiu- in iln -ilis of stock coming from the 

 South. Ill- will also look afKi t la iiiian. iai end of the business as all 

 accouni- «;il III handled from the Milwaukee office. Mr. Cook being an 



Thii III X iiiiy starts Off auspiciously, having several mills under 



contrail .iial ■ \i rtlant connections with others which assures it of ^n. 

 choice supply of stock, and while it will specialize in hardwoods, it will 

 also handle cypress, yellow pine and west coast products. Inquiries may 

 he sent to either office. 



The Door Beautiful 



HiKuwooD Record acknowledges receipt of a most beautiful and un- 

 usually complete book illustrating and describing the products of the 

 Morgan Company, Oshkosh, Wis., manufacturer of doors. This book 

 breathes the spirit of the woods in all ot its illustrations. It is a fine 

 example of the possibilities of the modern printin;; art. 



Hardwood Record will not attempt to describe it in detail, as this 

 «v'0uld be impossible without a very lengthy story, but it is well worth 

 .vriting for. 



To Analyze Limibermeu's Problems 



Having inaugurated a policy of keeping in the closest possible touch 

 with the forestry and lumbering problems in the chief forest regions of 

 this country and Canada, the American Forestry Association has arranged 

 with E. T. -Vilen of Portland, Ore., forester ot the Western Forestry and 

 Conservation .\ssociation. to assist it in presenting through its magazine, 

 American Forestry, those of the Pacific coast. These are the problems 

 which face the owners of the forests, those who cut. manufacture and 

 market the lumber, and those who wish to secure the best use of the for- 

 ests and their products. 



Mr. Allen is thoroughly well informed regarding the Pacific coast condi- 

 tions and has wide knowledge of the subject and his grasp of future pos- 

 sibilities will enable him to render valuable aid in this important work. 



This series of articles, now being prepared for American Forestry, will 

 treat of every important phase of forest and lumbering conditions, and 

 they will give to the general public a knowledge of what the forests ot 

 the western coast mean to users of lumber — such a knowledge as com- 

 paratively few people now 



E. B. Brown Opens Memphis Office 



E. B. Brown, the hardwood lumber, wagon and chair stock man ot 

 Buffalo, N. Y., called at Hardwood Record offices a few days ago and 

 announced that he has completed arrangements for the installation of 

 an office in the Bank of Commerce and Ti'ust building, Memphis, Tenn., at 

 which office his son, W. Rexford Brown, will be in charge. This move is 

 a result of the growing difficulty in securing satisfactory stocks from the 

 northern states from which Mr. Brown has in the past years secured 

 most of his lumber and special stock. He has concluded that it becomes 

 necessary to go further south into the general hardwood producing section 

 and for this reason has opened tlie buying office at Memphis. 



A separate company has been organized to he known as the Eddy B. 

 Brown Lumber Company of which E. B. Brown is president and W. R. 

 Brown secretary and treasurer. The company is capitalized at $15,000 

 and it is expected will handle about 200 cars a year. 



While Mr. Brown will have direct charge of the office, E. B. Brown 

 announces that he will spend several months getting the office lined up 

 properly and that the company will start out with one buyer on the 

 road constantly. 



Those in the trade who recognize Mr. Brown's exceptional abilities in 



the special line to which he caters will be glad to hear of his new move. 



which means that he will be better qualified than ever to satisfactorily 



handle his large trade in that particular field. 



New Chicago Firm 



Old friends of Alf. Bennett of St. Louis, Mo., will be pi. as,, I |., l,.arn 

 of his new connection at Chicago. Mr. Bennett with 1'. I >i i mian have 

 formed a co-partnership to be called the Sherman-Benm m ' j i ihis 

 company will be located in the Fisher building and will ii_ j nt 



for the Como Manufacturing Company of Como, Mo. rin ■ n I- a 



large manufacturer of oak and cypress lumber and red oak tiis, 



Mr. Bennett's connection is with the president of the Como Manufac- 

 turing Company. Mr. Sherman is well known in the Northwest, having 

 been engaged in business in Sioux Falls, S. D. 



Memphis Band Mill Company Opens Chicago Office 



A. P. Baker, who has been prominently connected with the Memphis 

 Band Mill Company of Memphis. Tenn,, since that concern was organized, 

 has been placed in charge of the company's trade in the territory from 

 Iowa and other Mississippi river states east to the Atlantic coast. 



Mr. Baker has been long connected with lumber biisjni>s. startiui; 

 with his father in Indiana twenty-five years ago. lb t ■• 



came connected with C. Crane & Co. of Cincinnati an h 



the Mowbray & Robinson Company, also of that city i 



went into business for himself at Chattanooga where la i n i. m 



hardwoods. In 1908, however, he accepted a position wiih ihr .National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association, being located at New Orleans. La., and 

 from this position he went with the Memphis Band Mill Company. 



-Mr. Baker will be located at the Grasmere hotel. 



Skidders to Suit Individual Bequirements 



The Great Southern Lumber Company of Bogalusa. the King-Ryder 

 Lumber Company of Bon Ami and the Meridian Lumber Company of 

 Meridian, all in Louisiana, have each recently bought Lidgerwood skidders 

 and it is an interesting fact that although each of these skidders has four 

 lines and each has a swinging loadin.g boom and each is to work in Louisiana 

 in timber ot the same kind, yet each skidder is different from the others 

 in some interesting particulars. 



Progressive lumbermen who carefully study the conditions under which 

 their work is done find individual advantages in certain directions and 

 for this reason insist upon habing their machines desgned and liuilt to 



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Timber Land For Sale 



5100 acres ot 

 RIVER VALLEY 

 and all on navigabli 



cellent well drained timber land in the RED 

 item Arkansas. Land in solid body 

 1. A careful cruise bv a capable 

 ),000,OOU feet of virgin hardwood 

 mber, consisting of 20 per cent Red Gum. and the balance Oak, 

 ottonwood and Ash. The ash is exceptional in quality and 

 lere is about 6,000,000 feet of very fine virgin cottonwood. 

 The tract is surrounded by improved farms, owned and op- 

 ■aiod l.irgely by Northern men, and valued at from .^50 to .$101 



Price $25.00 Per Acre 



For further iuformation address 



D. E. SHEREICK, American Central Life Bldg. 



Indianapolis, Indiana. 



