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should be carried out, and as it was tlie expecta- 

 tion of tile entire country that it should be 

 carried out in a reasonable and businesslike 

 way, doing justice alike to the land-owners who 

 have land to sell and to the whole people whose 

 money was to be used for the purchase of those 

 lands, and only at a reasonable price. 



Did It Ever Happen to You? 



A man who was too economical to purchase 

 or to subscribe for a paper sent his little boy 

 . to borrow the copies taken by his neighbor. 

 In haste the boy ran over a .$4 stand of bees, 

 and in ten minutes looked like a warty summer 

 squash. His cries reached his father, who ran 

 to his assistance, failing to notice a barbed wire 

 fence, ran into it. breaking it down, cutting a 

 handful of flesh from his anatomy and ruining 

 a pair of $4 pants. The old cow took advantage 

 of the gap in the fence and got into the coru 

 field and killed herself eating green corn. 



Hearing the racket, the wife ran, upset a 

 four-gallon churn full of rich cream into a 

 basketful of kittens, drowning the entire litter. 

 In her hurry she dropped a $23 set of faise 

 teeth. 



The baby, left alone, crawled through the 

 spilled milk and into the parlor, ruining a brand 

 new .^iaO carpet. During the excitement the 

 eldest daughter ran away with the liired man, 

 the dog broke up eleven setting hens, the calves 

 got out and chewed the tails off four fine shirts. 

 Dallas \<-ics. 



Where He Sought Peace. 



Chatty Lodger (to landlord) — "You seem to 

 have seen a good deal. What are you ?" 



Landlord — "Well, sir, I were a lion tamer, 

 and I'd be there now if I 'adn't a-married. But. 

 you see, my wife were a knife thrower in the 

 same show, and she got to practicing her turn 

 on me. Well, thinks I, life ain't too long to 

 run no risks, so I took on a safe job and became 

 a steeplejack." — Punch. 



A crank always thinks that he is the only 

 one who is not a crank in the circle of his crank- 

 dom. But, after all, cranks are what make the 

 wheels go 'round. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



B. .Jordan recently commenced the manu- 

 facture of handles at Monticello, Ga. 



Fenn & Rice recently began the manufacture 

 of hubs and bent woodwork at Jasper, Ind. 



The Monro Lumber Company recently began 

 wholesaling hardwood lumber at I'^ort Smith, 

 Ark. 



The Tula Lumber Company, Tula, Mich., has 

 increased its authorized capital stock to $100.- 

 000. 



The Cuero Lumber Company, Cuero, Tex., has 

 been incorporated with a capital stock of $21.- 

 000. 



The Park Lumber Company, Stillwater, Minn., 

 has been incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $50,000. 



The No-Break Handle Company has been in- 

 corporated at Hugo, Okla., with a capital stock 

 of $3,000. 



The Union Lumber Company, Kansas City, 

 Mo., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $16,000. 



The Nuzum-Hunter Lumber Company, Viola. 

 Wis., has increased its capital stock from $50,000 

 to $100,000. 



The Gillette-Mount Company recently entered 

 the wholesale lumber trade at 50 Church street. 

 New York, N. Y. 



The Clayton ' Wells Furniture Company of 

 Laurel, Miss., has been incorporated with a capi- 

 tal stock of $.30,000. 



The Lake Mills Lumber Company, Des Moines, 

 la., has been incorporated with an authorized 

 capital stock of $20,000. 



The Hayden-Denman Lumber Company, Mount 

 Vernon, Tex., has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $15,000. 



The Jordans Bay Boat Company, Raymond, 

 Me., has been incorporated with an authorized 

 capital stock of $10,000. 



The Hirsch & Schiner Lumber Company has 

 been incorporated at Providence, K. I., with a 

 capital stock of $20,000. 



The Eastern Carolina Land & Lumber Com- 

 pany, Kinston, N. C, has been incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $25,000. 



The Tomb Lumber Company of Watoga, W. 

 Va., has gone into voluntary bankruptcy. The 

 liabilities are about $204,000. 



The Southern Veneer & Panel Company. High 

 I'oint, N. C, has been incorporated witli an au- 

 thorized capital stock of $.50,000. 



p. A, Stratton, who has operated a handle 

 factory at Tower, Mich., for several years, will 

 move his plant to Atlantic, Mich. 



The Grand Marsh Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated at Grand Marsh, Wis., with an au- 

 thorized capital stock »i $10,000. 



The Continental Lumber & Tie Company, 

 Houston, Tex., recently increased its capital 

 stock from $200,000 to $300,000. 



The Smith & Peterson Lumber Company has 

 been incorporated at Marquette, Mich., with an 

 authorized capital stock of $10,000. 



The McConnell Lumber Company, McConnell, 

 Blounts Creek P. O., N. C, has been incorporated 

 with an authorized capital stock of $10,000. 



A. C. Titus & Co.. of Salem, Mass.. have been 

 incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000, 

 for the purpose of manufacturing furniture. 



The Lubin Manufacturing Company Is the 

 style of a new concern which recently began the 

 manufacture of wooden novelties at Attalla, Ala. 



A new concern, which has recently entered 

 the wholesale hardwood lumber trade at Lady- 

 smith, Jllnn., is the Gillette & O'Leary Com- 

 pany. 



The Des Moines Billiard Table Manufactur- 

 ing Company has recently entered the trade at 

 Des Moines, la., and will manufacture billiard 

 tables. 



The Western School & Church Furniture Manu- 

 facturing Company, Spokane, Wash., has been 

 incorporated with an authorized capital stock 

 of $200,000. 



The St. Germain Marine Company. Greene- 

 ville. Me., has been incorporated with an author- 

 ized capital stock of $10,000 and will manu- 

 facture boats. 



The Lance Lumber Company, Reading, Pa., 

 has been incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $10,000. George F. Lance is treasurer of the 

 new company. 



The Udell-Predock Manufacturing Company, 

 manufacturer of tables and furniture, St. Louis, 

 Mo., has increased its capital stock from $25.- 

 000 to $35,000. 



A new organization has recently been com- 

 pleted at Mariintcm, W. Va. M. F. Wilson and 

 W. A. Rexroade have started In the lumber 

 business under the style, Wilson & Rexroade. 



The plant of the 'Ximpson Handle Company, 

 Timpsou, Tex., which was destroyed by fire on 

 Feb. 3, will be rebuilt at once. The company 

 has purchased machinery for its immediate needs. 



The Mericle Lumber Company, Montevideo, 

 Minn., has been Incorpoi-ated with a capital stock 

 of .^^50.000. The incorporators are Wm. Dun- 

 brack, John W. Mericle and Charles J. Thomp- 

 son. 



The Kneeland-McLurg Lumber Company. Mil- 

 waukee, Wis., has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $50,000. The incorporators are 

 David M. Kneeland, Percy S. McLurg and C. B. 

 Perry. 



The Driskell Brothers Lumiier Company has 

 been incorporated at Marshall, Tex., with an 

 authorized capital stock of $20,000. The in- 

 corporators are D. C. Driskell. W. L. Martin 

 and W. M. Driskell. 



A meeting of the National Commissary Man- 

 agers' Association will be held at the Hotel 

 Frederick, Huntington, W. Va., May 7 and S, at 

 which It is expected more than two hundred 

 store managers will be present. 



On Mar. 14 the plant of the Lodi Lumber 

 Company, hardwood manufacturer at Lodi, O., 

 was destroyed by fire, occasioning a loss of $6,- 

 000. The company is rebuilding its plant and 

 expects to be in running order again by May 1. 



The Salamanca Panel Company, Salamanca, 

 N. Y., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $50,000, and will manufacture veneer panels, 

 veneers, veneer products, etc. The incorporators 

 are Earl R. Morrison, Salamanca, N. Y. ; P. Z. 

 Morrison and Thos. McCabe of Warren, Pa. 



The Cuban Mahogany & Tie Company, Man- 

 hattan, New York, N. Y., has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $150,000. The new com- 

 ])auy will import and deal in mahogany and other 

 lumber. The incorporators are J. C. Duff, J, M. 

 de la Torre and W. F. Randal. 



The Southern Mercantile Company, Memphis, 

 Tcnn., has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $100,000, and will manufacture house- 

 hold furniture, making a specialty of a patented 

 kitchen cabinet. The incorporators are W. K. 

 Burton. H. W. German, E. P. Anderson and H. 



A. Sorrels. 



The Australian Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 Inc., of San Francisco, Cal., agent for Allen, 

 Taylor & Co., Ltd., of Sidney, Australia, re- 

 cently closed a contract with the United States 

 government for the delivery of 150.000 feet of 

 iron bark timbers at Mare Island Navy Yard, 

 California. The size of this material ranges 

 from 6x14-8' to 18x19-36'. The company secured 

 the government's last contract for this wood 

 which embraced 312,000 feet. 



The Wolverine Lumber & Supply Company of 

 Iron Ulver, Mich., which was recently organ- 

 ized, has changed its name and will hereafter 

 be known as the Phoenix Lumber & Supply 

 Company. The new company is incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $20,000,000. and is con- 

 trolled by the following officers : I'resident, \¥. 

 n. I'nnnor, Marshlield. Wis. : vice-president, J. 

 Robert I^yons, Iron River, Mich.; secretary, Fred 



B. Tonkin, Iron River, Mich. ; treasurer and 

 manager, I-L N. Truckey, Iron River, Mich. 



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CHIC AGO 



The Lumbermen's Association of Chicago is 

 holding a meeting at noon today at the La 

 Salle hotel, accompanied by a luncheon. It 

 is anticipated that sundry matters of importance 



to divisions of the association will be discussed 

 and acted upon. 



W. B. Burke, manager of the Lamb-Fish 

 Lumber Company, Charleston, Miss., spent 

 several days in Chicago last week. This com- 

 pany's plant at Charleston has not suffered any 

 by water. The woods operations of the com- 



