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HARDWOOD K K C O K 1) 



mattrr at Iblii time to trll cxiiclly what llie ultlmme rffrct will bo «« 

 Ihm arr too many coDlUctliis Influcncfa and a« the tituallon U not tlevrl 

 op*d to a aufflrlpnt point to torr*t* Ju«t what Ihc ri^ult will bv to the 

 nations In conHlct. Mr. IIiKldlmnn wrllen to hU Chlcneo coiinTn that 

 nil (orrlKn uhlpmrniii ar- h.-ld up and forclitn vi-bwIh of all natlnnii ar< 



rnylns at Xi-w Orleans rathc-r than rUk thr voyai!.- nrni«M thi- Atlaullr. 



T.il.ahlr Ihln couJltlnn will prrvnil fnr "onie tlm.- yft. 



W. O. King's Entire Yard Wiped Out By Fire 



Thi- i-xtcDHlvi- hardwood yard of W. O. King & Co., IJ-lfi'J I.oomls alreot, 

 Chicago, wail coniplet.-ly dostroji-d hy (Ire on Sunday night. AneuKt 2. 

 The Ion* Ini-hidod the entire stock of lumber and the oflleo na w^'ll as 

 •ereral hon«» It Is also reported that a child belonging to the watch 

 man lost ita life during the excitement. 



The Arc started. It la reported, in two places and there Is suspicion 

 that It was started by an Incendiary. 



The fire, oh slated, started on Sunday night about eleven o'clock and 



i-i still burning fiercely as late os Monday noon. The total loss was 

 -i.'.O.OtX). of which JIOO.OOO was covered by Insurance. 



\V. O. King * Oo. are planning to clean up the yard and resume bust- 

 ,. >s as soon as possible. This concern started In 1882. It took up lis 

 r.-scnt location In 18S4. This Arc Is the first one In Its history. 



LABORERS FREE 



Free of charge to employers. \vc supply all classes 

 of laborers and mechanics, of any nationality. 



Loggers. Railroad Graders, Cooks, Flunkies, Team- 

 sters, Engineers, Saw-filers, Bark-Peelers, Sawyers, 

 Swampers. Cant-hook men, and good men for general 

 labor work. 



Men pay own railroad fares to the works. We have 

 good men on hand to work around sawmills and lumber 

 yards by the day or by month. 



Write all particulars in your first letter, wages, work- 

 ini; conditions, etc. 



Long- Distance Phone rr.inkllii 3529 



Diamond Labor Supply Co. 



32 So. Canal Street, Chicago, III 



Bluestone Land & Lumber Company 



M.*NrF.*CTlKKR8 



WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 

 Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar. Chestnut, Hemlock 



Band Sawed Stock RIDGWAY 



PENNSYLVANIA 



COLFAX HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. 



MANUFACTUREH.S 



OAK CYPRESS 



ed, carefully graded, good 

 e of 14 and 18 ft. lengths. 



COLFAX, LA. 





The Ferd. Brenner Lumber Co., Alexandria, Louisiana 



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Pertinent Information 



Exports Alloctcd by the War 



KlKUrva coinpllvd by John M<'|i. Trlii' of Itiilllmori', wcretary of the 

 National (..umber Kxiwrti-rit' .\aiioclnilnn. hi'Ik forth a number of Important 

 facta wblcb tbc IuuiImt bualncHH of thla country abould lake Into con- 

 lUdcratlon In connection with tbo Kuropran war: That an almoat com- 

 plete cmbnrKo of forclijn ahlpmrntH may be expcclcd, acoma certain, 

 thla country retalnlnx only thone outleta beyond her own Imrdera that 

 have not boon oirccted by the European complication*. That thrac out- 

 leta take up only a amnll proportion of tbc foreign forwardlnga U known, 

 so that the lumlwr trade facea the certainty of aeeing Itarlf cut oflT from 

 u busincas th.at nmount4 to many mllllona and that haa ae^^'od to abaorb 

 a very Impreaalrc share of the production of the Unllcd State*. If the 

 mllla ore to keep golnij at the present rate tiikera must be found at 

 home for the lumber turned out. 



Fll^res sbowlni; exports from the United Slates emphaslie tbc Important 

 position held by lumber and other forest products. Kxcept coal, lumlier 

 Is the lartjest Item, In point if tonnaRe. Tlie total for 101.1 waa 

 7,650,017 tons, valued at $1H,777,.'513. This represents lumber, timber, 

 pulp, staves and railroad ties. Otber forest products added tU2,180,'JlN. 

 making the total value of such exports $1.30,063,7.31. 



The value of Iron and steel. Including ore, exported In 1913 waa $1MM,- 

 035,060, but the tonnage was only 3,902,711. A summary of cxporta 

 for last year, In tons, follows : 



Tons. 



Forest products 7,060,017 



Grain and broad stuffs •• . 6.486.800 



Iron and steel ^ . 3.062,711 



Cotton 2,280,307 



Oil, cake and meol '. 076.002 



Meat and meat products 048,838 



Tobacco 222,185 



Coal 22,141.143 



Further Hearing on Arkansas Case 

 The hearing In the Five Lake Cases, as they arc locally called, which 

 besan In Memphis, Tcnu.. on July 20, continued In that city until July 

 30, at which time adjournment was lakeo, the hearing to be resumed 

 again on August 5 In Chicago. These cases, entitled, the United States 

 versus Lee Wilson & Co. ct al., are n part of the fnmoua Arkansas 

 sunk land cases, and involve tbc title to some 10,000 acres of very 

 valuable timber and farm lands in eastern Arkansas. As has previously 

 been stated through the columns of the Hardwood Record, there are 

 altogether some 100.000 acres of the so-called sunk lands affected by 

 these suits on the part of the government to quiet title, the defendants 

 being chiefly some of Arkansas' leading lumber manufacturing concern*. 

 Those directly Interested In the five lake cases are Lee Wilson & Co. of 

 Wilson. Ark.: Holly-Mathews Lumber Company: Tyler Land and Lumber 

 Company: and the Saint Francis Valley Land Company which deala 

 extensively In timberlands. 



At the Memphis hearing eighty-seven witnesses were heard on behalf 

 of the government. Most of the witnesses were old residents of the 

 .iffected district, who testifled In the main that since they have known 

 the lands, for periods of various lengths up to flfty or sixty years, there 

 have been no material changes In the character of the lands; that they 

 iippear today much the same as they did a few years after the original 

 survey In 1840. In addition to these witness Curtis J. IJttle. county 

 surveyor of Mississippi county, .\rk., who has been connected with these 





YAHI) WIIKN FIRE HAD BEEN BURNING 

 TWELVE HOURS 



