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voting his attenlion to the present distribution 

 of liardwoods. Otliers wlio will spealv in the 

 near future are Harry J. Gates of the Louisville 

 Point Lumber Company : Stuart R. Cecil of the 

 Booker-Cecil Company, and Everett Playnes of 

 the Mengel Box Company, 



The sawmill of the Louisville Point Lumber 

 Company has been running at night. The com- 

 pany is cutting up a lot of fine poplar logs 

 brought down from the Big Sandy country. Ed 

 Shippen, president of the company, has just in- 

 vested $20,000 in a handsome country place on 

 the Brownsboro road. 



The sawmill of the Norman Lumber Com- 

 pany at Holly Ridge. La., has been put in opera- 

 tion again, and the effects of the recent flood 

 are being rapidly dissipated. The sawmill of 

 the Mengel Box Company at Rayville, La., Is 

 also in operation, conditions being close to 

 normal, though of course some difficulty is still 

 being experienced in handling logs. 



The sawmill of C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company 

 is running day and night just now, the demand 

 for mahogany lumber having held up to such a 

 point that increased production was necessary. 



Wagon manufacturers have announced through 

 their national association that owing to the 

 high price of hardwood lumber, an advance in 

 the price of wagons will be made effective next 

 fall. The wagon men are looking for a better 

 trade than the.v have experienced for several 

 years. 



Improvements arc to be made in the baseball 

 factory of the J. F. Hillerich & Son Company of 

 Louisville, which is a large consumer of ash. 

 An addition to the factory and a warehouse will 

 be erected. 



The Washington Mining & Manufacturing 

 Company of Peak's Ferr.v, Ky., is being liqui- 

 dated, and a final settlement of the claims 

 against it will be made in the near future. The 

 company operated a large sawmill near Carlisle. 



Ky 



MILWAUKEE 



Timber land owners of northern Wisconsin 

 met at Oshkosh to take steps for the formation 

 of a forest fire protective association. Although 

 the state has a s.vstem to prevent fires, the 

 owners think it is unsatisfactory for private 

 land and are inaugurating a system to be de- 

 cided on by a committee. 



The log drive of the Peshtigo Lumber Com- 

 pany has landed at the company's pond at 

 Peshtigo from Lake Nocquebay. Four million 

 feet of timber were brought. This will prob- 

 ably be the last large drive from that region, 

 as the company has cut nearly all its timber 

 there. 



Fire recently destroyed the planing mill of 

 the Johnson Creek Lumber Company at Knowl- 

 ton. There was but little insurance and the 

 company suffers a large loss. As there is a 

 large amount of lumber and a sawmill at that 

 place, the planing mill will undoubtedly be re- 

 built. 



The C. II. Schultz sawmill at Johnsville was 

 sold under the sheriff's hammer to satisfy a 

 mortgage held against the property by Fred 

 Boedecker of Herman, Henry S. Luhman, Post- 

 ville, la., holder of a second mortgage on the 

 same property, purchased it for $3,000. 



Charles Wesley Davis, pioneer lumberman and 

 manufacturer, former state senator, and former 

 mayor of Oshkosh, died recently at bis home 

 in Oshkosh at the age of eighty-five years. He 

 is survived by two daughters. 



James Dought.v, pioneer lumberman of Osh- 

 kosh, passed away in that city June 16 at the 

 age of eighty years. With his brother, he was 

 for many years a dominant figure in the lum- 

 bering industry of northern Wisconsin, He was 

 also at one time interested in the Oshkosh 

 Furniture Company, but practically retired in 

 1901, Besides his widow, a son and a daugnter 

 survive him. 



Operations have been resumed at the Wright 

 s.awmill at Marinette where the present supply 

 of timber will be cut, after which the mill will 

 be sold or dismantled. 



The Krone & Van Auken Lumber Company 

 has been organized in Milwaukee by George 

 M. Krone and D, L. Van Auken to carry on a 

 general wholesale lumber business in yellow 

 pine, Louisiana red cypress and western lum- 

 ber lines. The Butterfield Lumber Company of 

 Norfield, Miss., and several other concerns will 

 be represented by the new compan.v. Offices 

 will be opened at 913-914 Pabst building and 

 the new concern will be ready for business by 

 July 1. Mr, Krone has been engaged in the 

 wholesale lumber business in Milwaukee for 

 three years. Mr. Van Auken. a son of one of 

 the members of the Bliss & Van Auken Lumber 

 Company of Saginaw, Mich., has been represent- 

 ing the Pacific Lumber Company in southern 

 Wisconsin and northern Illinois for the past 

 year. 



ST. LOUIS 



The Lumbermen's Club had a noon-day lunch- 

 eon last week instead of a night meeting. The 

 number of members present was not as great 

 as was expected owing to the fact that quite 

 a number of members were out of the city, 

 Sfinie little busini-ss was hrnni.'bt up (nr con- 



sideration, but nothing of any importance was 

 done. 



The Teckemoyer & Wehinger Lumber Com- 

 pany suffered recently by a fire, which started 

 in its yard, but which fortunately was put out 

 with a loss of but $200. 



According to Charles E. Thomas of the 

 Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company, business has 

 been better than usual with his company. He 

 anticipates that mill conditions will be ham- 

 pered because of the recent heavy rains, 



E, W. Biumer of the Lothman Cypress Com- 

 pany reports quite an increase in the demand 

 for cypress during the past few weeks. 



Mr. Garetson of the Garetson-Greason Lum- 

 ber Compan.v, has gone to California and will 

 be away for the next two months. He went to 

 the Pacific coast, partl.v for pleasure and busi- 

 ness. 



"W. W. Dings of the same company says there 

 is quite a good call for car oak. The company's 

 yard stocks have been almost depleted and its 

 mills, while turning out more lumber than they 

 did a short time ago, have not yet resumed full 

 time, 



F. C. Hanley of the F, C. Hanley Lumber 

 Company is at the mills of the company this 

 week studying conditions. 



The Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber 

 Company is having a pretty good call for near- 

 ly all items in the hardwood line. Prices have 

 increased. 



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The Hardwood Market 



CHICAQO 



The situation locally, as ILiitDWOOD Record 

 goes to press, is difficult to analyze accurately 

 on account of the agitation caused by the 

 National Republican Convention. The unusual ex- 

 citement which prevails throughout the city has 

 undoubtedl.v had a marked effect on business in 

 general. However, getting under the surface of 

 the political agitation, there seems to be a slight 

 teudency on the part of buyers to feel out the 

 market pretty thoroughly before buying on ac- 

 count of advancing prices. Local lumbermen 

 are standing firm for the advances already made, 

 inasmuch as they are continually having ditli- 

 oulty in furnishing adequate stock. There is no 

 question but what the present advances will hold 

 for sometime to come. 



The most active factor in the Chicago trade is 

 the hardwood yard. The local building situation 

 is in fair shape, with a resulting demand for 

 considerable interior finish. Wholesalers continue 

 to complain of inability to secure stock, and in 

 a good many instances are paying more atten- 

 tion to prodding up the mills than to soliciting 

 niw orders. 



On the whole, the situation in the "windy city" 

 can be said to be pretty fair considering the 

 season of the year. While complaints are heard 

 from numerous sources, it is the concensus of 

 opinion that a fair volume of trade and good 

 prices will be maintained for the summer. 



Easswood, birch and plain oak are probably 

 the strongest sellers, although low-grades of Cot- 

 tonwood, poplar, and gum are in active request. 

 The upper grades of poplar are also in improved 

 demand. Of course red gum is selling freely. 



.■<mall quantities. However, the aggregate is 

 sufficient to keep things fairly active and prices 

 satisfactory. Poplar and plain oak are moving 

 well. Birch, ash, beech and maple are also 

 firm with a fair demand. Quartered oak is 

 somewhat improved. 



PHILADELPHIA 



The hardwood business during the fortnight in 

 Philadelphia and other large eastern cities, has 

 been only fair. However, as an offset, a mag- 

 nified activity has sprung up in the smaller 

 towns which keeps jobbers busy hunting stock 

 and hurrying shipments at mill ends. Building 

 work is far below figures of previous years which 

 naturally reduces the call for interior finishings. 

 Furniture and other wholesale consuming indus- 

 tries are comparatively dull but prices on the 

 whole continue firm. As to summer trading a 

 general optimistic feeling prevails. 



Oak, both red and white, continues scarce and 

 prices are strong. Ash, firsts and seconds, here- 

 tofore a little sluggish, is in better demand. 

 Chestnut holds its own and sound wormy is 

 improving. Maple keeps steady, and of birch and 

 beech no complaints are heard. Poplar in cer- 

 tain grades holds a good place, and cypress is 

 moving up a little. In low grades, stocks are 

 light and steady values prevail. 



BOSTON 



NEW YORK 



The hardwood market at New York shows a 

 very fair run of trade and prices on good lum- 

 ber continue firm. Mill stocks are broken and 

 there is a sufllcient demand to keep available 

 supplies moving freely. Mill work and other 

 consuming branches of the local manufacturing 

 trade are taking a fair amount of stock but in 



The local hardwood market is firm with slight 

 advances asked in some cases, and predictions of 

 a shortage of really desirable lumber. Already 

 dealers who can get hold of first class stock 

 find no trouble in disposing of it at good prices. 

 The general demand is not keen although it is 

 better than it has been. Some large manufac- 

 turing concerns are showing more interest in 

 placing orders than they have for several weeks. 

 The retail yard trade is improving. Retailers 

 have been doing a very good business in hard- 

 woods, and have been replenishing stocks with 

 more freedom. Salesmen whose territory lies 

 outside of New England appear more cheerful 



