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BUSKIRK-RUTLEDGE LUMBER CO. 



(Inc.) 



Lexington, Kentucky 



BAND MILLS: Quick.and. Ky.; Straight Creek, Ky. 



Rockcastle Lumber Co. 

 C. L. Riller Lumber Co. 



OAK-Plain and Quartered, RED AND WHITE 

 POPLAR CHESTNUT BASSWOOD 



Anything in Hardwoods 



Huntington West Virginia 



Till- rnrki'r Kcllottg Lumbrr Compaay, UlnoriipolU, Minn., bai bven 

 iii-oriiurnli-il \iii(I<t the iuiini> miiip witb ■ capital utork of $50,000. 



A iintunil KHH ■■xplualoii wh-cIkmI the Intvrlnr of lli<- Kirk Furoltur* 

 'c.iii|«mi.v. Akron, «>,, in'rlc)U«ly liiJiirlDK f"ur mm and rn-atlng conilder- 



IIaiiiiiviniii Kki-uiiI) Iiiii, rcD-lvril Inroriimtln 

 iiiH linuetit tin- Ynwkcf tlnibor ni-ar Kc Kunla 

 iilll lit Hint point nnil tlint work will Im- <-<>ninii'nri'<t In the not far dlatant 



=■< CANADIAN >-= 



»( lliintHVlllv, Got., 



I'hi' MuHkokn Wood .Maniifmiiirlny in 



■ illd lt» Hnwnilll which wim r.contly Imrncil. 



I he Ili'riln (Ont.) Interior Ilnrdwuod C^umpuny will build an addition 

 Its pliint at that plncr. 



II Is snld flint the Canada StrniUHlilp Company ha* purcbanod tinrdcn 

 MuikI. Klncsion. Onl., for $ rJ.I.OOO. nnd will hiilld KbIpyardN. 



Till. T. Itllihli- Conipnny. of Mill siroot, AylmiT. Ont., Ih bulldlnR a 

 S.to.nod snwaiUl, the liiilldinK to \)v at \>t[i\ iind concri'lc, electric light 

 Inu- Woodworking machinery will be Inslalled. 



Tlie Roblnaon Cabinet Miinufncturlng Company baa been Incorporated 

 ^ II. S. Kobinson, of Toledo, O., to vatabllsh a factory at Walker- 

 .!il.'. Ont. 



The Slmonds Canada Saw Company, of Montreal, Que., ban bought the 

 \ .7. Ifui'lon .Snw Company, of Vontouver, B. C, and the lotter concern 

 i- now known as the Standard Saw Works. 



The St. .lahn (N. n. ) Desk Company will build a larger factory at Cold- 

 liiiiiik. near that place. 



The lumber business at New Castle, N. S., Is good ; prices arc higher, 

 ivcn with tbc added cost of war risk and Increased freight rates. 



The British coal mining corporations ore becoming anxious concern- 

 ing the supply of timber props. These props have formerly come from 

 iho Baltic ports, and the trade In them is worth 120.000.000 a year. 

 The Board of Trade of London, England, has sent a deputation of com- 

 missioners to confer with Hamilton WIckes, British trade commissioner 

 of Montreal, as to the possibility of getting a supply from Canada, pro- 

 vided prices arc not too high. However, the fact that supplies can be 

 secured from Hie south of France, Portugal and the Kusslao Baltic ports, 

 may tend to keep the prices down. 



British timber merchants and creosotlng works arc Inquiring for wood 

 sleepers, suitable for railway construction. Large ordera have been 

 placed iu British Columbia. 



•< CHICAGO >.: 



U. .7. Goodman of the Little Lake Lumber Company. Little Loke, Mich., 

 was in Chicago on Friday of this week on his way home from Detroit 

 .Mr. Goodman took In the third game of the city scries. 



n. M. Wheeler of Joncsvllle, La., has been In Chicago this week. 



O. C. Lcmcke of the Underwood Veneer Company, Wausau, WlB., spent 

 II few days In Chicago last week. 



.7. 11. Faust of J. H. Faust & Co., Paducah, Ky., spent a few days In 

 Chicago a week ago. 



W. H. Weller of Cincinnati, O., secretary of the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association of the United States, recently spent a week in Cbl- 

 caco in connection with alTalis of that a.ssoclatlon. 



.S. O. Moore, sales manager of the American Column k Lumber Com- 

 pany, St. Albans, W. Va., spent a few days of Inst week with the 

 local trade. 



C. I... Faust of Faust Brothers Lumber Company, Paducab, Ky., waa 

 in Chicago a couple of days during last week In conference with the 

 local manager, J. F. Mingea. 



W. H. Kusse of Husse & Burgess, Inc.. Memphis, Tenn., was In the 

 city a few days ago and announced that that company's new mill Is 

 about to be turned over, although It will not be put on regular run 

 just yet. 



U. W. Baker of the Baker-Matthews Manufacturing Company, Slkeston, 

 .Mo., has been around the city for several days. 



E. A. Hamcr, Chassell, Mich., was In Chicago a few days recently at- 

 tending the session of the board of governors of the National Lumber 

 .Manufacturers' Association. 



N. A. Gladding of B. C. Atkins & Co., Indianapolis, Ind., has been 

 around the city for about a week. 



It. M. Carrier of the Carrier Lumber & Manufacturing Company, 

 Sardis, Miss., was In the city last week on business nnd in attendance 

 at the meeting of the board of governors of the National I>umber Manu- 

 facturers' Association. 



C. A. Bigelow of the Kneeland Blgelow Company was one of the promi- 

 nent noithern visitors to the local trade reccntl.v. 



F. L. KIchardson of the Richardson Lumber Company, Alpena, and 

 r.ay City. Jlich., spent part of last week with the Chicago trade. 



W. C. Landon of the Barker & Stewart Lumber Company. Wausau, 

 Wis., attended the meeting of the board of governors of the National 

 I. limber Manufocturers' Association held at Chicago last week. 



F. V. Higglnson, wholesaler of veneers of Rockford, 111., annouucea 

 that he has opened an office In Chicago to extend his business In thot 

 line. 



The Stoddard Piano Company has been incorporated at Chicago with 

 .«;j.-..O00 capital. 



