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new state capUol at Frankfort, in which the 

 trees of Kentucky will be disjilayed. It is the 

 Intention to give each of the 120 counties 

 a different tree, but this may be interfered 

 with by reason of the fact that the plan would 

 require pressing the persimmon, the ijig-nut and 

 other trees devoid of poetical associations into 

 service. 



Indicating the possibilities of the hardwood 

 business in the Philippines. Capt. Fred L. Wil- 

 son, a Kcntuckian in the regular army, has 

 resigned his post in Moro province to become 

 the general manager of a ?150.000 company 

 which is engaged in the hardwood trade at 

 Kolambugan, Mindanao, P. I. 



The Roy Patton Lumber Company has been 

 formed at .Tackson, Ky., with $23,000 capital 

 stock. It has taken over a large band mill 

 at Hays, two miles from Jackson, and will be- 

 gin operations at once. S. E. Patton is in 

 charge of the mill, while Iguatz Herz of New 

 York, is president, William P. Nettling of Floral 

 Park, N. Y., is vice-president and Roy Patton 

 of Jackson, secretary and treasurer. 



MILWAUKEE 



The Ellington-Schmidt Lumber Company has 

 been incorporated in Milwaukee by M. C. EUing- 

 son, Emil Schade, C. F. Schmidt and Arsan A. 

 Gaucher. The new concern has a capital stock 

 cf $12,000. 



It has been reported that the Plymouth 

 Veneer Company of I'lymouth, has decided to 

 liquidate, on account of poor business condi- 

 tions. The company is not insolvent as the 

 assets are reported at $69,000 with liabilities 

 of $30,000. 



At the annual meeting of the Coye Furniture 

 Company of Stevens Point, directors and officers 

 were elected. The officers for the ensuing year 

 are : President, D. E. Frost ; vice-president, F. A. 

 Southwick; secretary, W. S. Young; treasurer, 

 W. H. Coye. 



E. A. Zundel, secretary of the Crocker Chair 

 Company, Sheboygan, acquired the controlling in- 

 terest of that company by the purchase of stock 

 from W. D. Crocker, president, and W. J. Rietow, 

 vice-president, of the same concern. Mr. Rietow 

 has been elected president of the German bank 

 and will withdraw from the chair company. 



Experiments are being conducted in the United 

 States Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, 

 looking to the hardening of timbers. In many 

 cases tried, the timber has been conditioned in a 

 treating; cylinder, with the result that Its 

 strength was more than doubled. 



The boat factory of Thompson Brothers, at 

 Peshtigo, which was destroyed recently, will be 

 rebuilt. 



The Racine Lumber and Manufacturing Com- 

 pany,' Racine, will erect a planing mill of large 

 capacity at Eddyville. Ky. Wood-working and 

 power machinery equipment will be purchased 

 for the new mill. 



Three district meetings of Ihe Northern Hem- 



lock & Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of 

 Wisconsin were held in Eau Claire, Wausau and 

 Green Bay. The purpose of these meetings was 

 a general discussion of topics relating to lum- 

 bering, particularly "Labor Supply," "Lumber 

 Advertising." and "A Forest Products Exposi- 

 tion." Reports show that the labor supply in 

 general is scarce, that the stocks are light and 

 the market conditions strong. 



A new dry-kiln will be erected for the Gnrney 

 Refrigerator Company. Fond du Lac. The 

 structure will be constructed of brick, three 

 stories high and will measure 55x90 feet. The 

 first floor will be used for the kiln and the re- 

 mainder for factory purposes. 



The Oshkojh Chamber of Commerce is plan- 

 ing to bring about an innovation — a manufac- 

 turers' week. The plan calls for setting aside 

 one week when all plants would receive visitors. 

 Wood-working concerns are interested in the 

 project, which would mean a "Welcome" sign 

 in place of "No Admittance" for the week. 



ST. LOUIS 



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Building permits for the month of June were 

 quite satisfactory and show an increase over 

 those of the corresponding month last jear. Per- 

 mits for new buildings and alterations amounted 

 to $1,931,076, $144,000 over the month of June 

 in 1911. 



Receipts of lumber by rail for June, 1912, 

 were 17,66) cars, in comparison with 16,684 

 cars last June, an increase this month of 977 

 cars. Shipments by rail were 13.137 cars, an 

 increase of 2,000 cars over June of last year, 

 when 11,037 cars were shipped. 



A fire started in the warehouse of the Fidel- 

 Ganahl Planing Mill Company on the morning of 

 July 4. and before it was extinguished, the loss 

 amounted to $30,000. The warehouse contained 

 hardwood lumber and finished lumber. J. George 

 Ganahl, president of the company, departed from 

 St. Louis for Waterloo, Iowa, with his family for 

 an automobile trip on the morning of the fire. 

 The fire is supposed to have been started by a 

 toy balloon. 



The IMckrel Walnut Company filed articles of 

 incorporation last week with a capital stock of 

 $40,000, fuU.v paid. The incorporators are Gus 

 Huston of Blandisville, 111. ; Roy E. Pickrel, C. 

 G. Hasgall and F. J. Maxwell, all of St. Louis. 

 The object of the corporation is to buy, sell and 

 deal in walnut timber and timber lands, also to 

 manufacture, buy, sell and deal in lumber and 

 all products made therefrom. 



The Vancleave Saw Mill Company recently 

 filed articles of incorporation with a capital 

 stock of $10,000, one-half paid. P. F. Holly 

 holds fifty shares. Thomas E. Powe holds thirty 

 shares, H. Burmlister holds ten shares, F. G. 

 Harrington. Granville Hogan, five shares each. 

 The object of the corporation is to buy and sell 

 all kinds of lumber and to own, rent or lease 

 sawmills, etc. 



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CHICAGO 



The opening of the munth uf July has been 

 marked by seasonable weather and in consequence 

 there is more or less of an apathy settling upon 

 the trade which can easily be expected in the hot 

 summer months when every good lumberman 

 lakes his vacation. If he hasn't made enough 

 money in the wintertime to go out of town on 

 a vacation, he takes it in his offices, with his 

 feet on his desk and with the best cigar he can 

 borrow in his mouth. 



Generally speaking, things are comparatively 



dull. This is notably true in the furniture 

 trade, of course, which has been dull right along, 

 while the building trades are continuing to bring 

 an occasional flutter to the heart of the hard- 

 struggling lumberman. The railroad trade has 

 been an encouraging feature of the market for 

 some time, but on the whole, the demand is en- 

 tirely within the possibilities of the season. 



Slowness in shipments is continually com- 

 plained of. There is probably no relative change 

 in the importance of demand for the various 

 species of hardwoods sold locally. 



The box people and implement concerns prob- 

 ably have as much difficulty as anybody in secur- 



ing what stock they need, while a large manu- 

 facturer of picture frames recently expressed 

 considerable difficulty in getting a sufficient 

 quantity of No. 2 common basswood, but withal 

 <here seems to be very little complaint, the trade 

 generally taking the situation philosophically and 

 claiming they are doing everything possible to 

 realize a fair price on their lumber. 



Nothing startling can be said of the yard 

 trade, which, however, is receiving its full share 

 of the benefits from building activity. A great 

 many of the structures going up in Chicago are 

 outside of the loop district, which means that 

 they are of smaller average size and that in pro- 

 portion to their size, there is probably more 

 wood used than there would be if they were 

 erected within the loop. This should "spell 

 something" to the local trade. 



NEW YORK 



Although hardwoods are moving with less snap 

 than three months ago. this does not mean that 

 there is any appreciable falling off in volume or 

 slackening in price. Birch and maple continue 

 strong features of this market as the.y have been 

 lor the past year. Ash is also in good demand, 

 and it is reported that automobile manufac- 

 turers are again taking large quantities of this 

 stock. The balance of the list continue in fair 

 demand with no change in prices. The hard- 

 wood flooring market finds business fair and 

 prices good. There is nothing to indicate any 

 material change in condition in the near future. 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood trade has been fair at all the 

 yards during the past two weelis, though not 

 showing the activity of a few months ago. 

 Now that the political campaign has begun, there 

 has been some question as to whether or not it 

 would materially affect business, but the pre- 

 vailing opinion is that business will be little 

 disturbed. Dealers are going ahead about as 

 usual in their purchases of lumber and many 

 additions are being made to stocks which bid 

 fair to be in demand during the next few 

 months. Prices hold firm. 



Receipts from the South have been limited by 

 the scarcity of dry lumber at the mills. The 

 amount to be had is comparatively small, al- 

 though it is showing an increase. It is just as 

 hard to get stocks wanted as it is to find a 

 place to sell them. If there were much more 

 activity than at present there would be great 

 difficulty in finding available lumber. 



Plain oak continues to be in chief demand 

 and dealers state that it is furnishing a large 

 share of the inquiry. Quotations hold very 

 firm, with an upward tendency. Quartered oak, 

 while net so strong, is bringing more than a 

 little while ago. Birch and maple are in sea- 

 t^onable demand and additions are being made 

 right along to yard stocks. Maple flooring seems 

 1o be moving quite well. Chestnut has improved, 

 the sale now being mostly of finish. Elm and 

 basswood are fairly active, the latter increas- 

 ing in sale as compared with the past few 

 months. Cherry and walnut are rather quiet, 

 \'.hile poplar is moving mostly in the lower 

 grades. 



PHILADELPHIA 



There has been but little or no deviation in 

 the lumber market from the situation of two 

 weeks ago. Shipping is a little easier in most 

 of the flood centres, and manufacturing is again 

 resumed, but the signs are meager for a rapid 

 accumulation of hardwood, and as to seasoned 

 slock, it will take some months to restore normal 

 conditions. Although there is a fair volume of 

 lumber moving it is mainly for quick orders, and 

 the demand for stocking up is very conservative. 



