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trees contain eight times as much sulphuric acid 

 and five times as much potassium as it does 

 during the winter months. The presence of these 

 two chemical substances during the growing sea- 

 son constitutes the chief factor in dissolving 

 the natural preservatives within the wood and 

 in preparing the wood for the different kinds 

 of wood-destroying fungi, such as polyporous and 

 agaricus. The fungi can thus penetrate more 

 quietly and easily into the interior of the wood 

 when these wood gums are already partly dis- 

 solved and available for their own Immediate 

 use. 



From this standpoint is seems that the best 

 time to cut down the tree is in the winter, when 

 sulphuric acid and potassium are present to a 

 much smaller degree, and the fungi will not be 

 assisted in dissolving the natural preservatives 

 in the wood. The amount of wood gum is always 

 less and more easily soluble in sapwood than in 

 heartwood. 



Delay in Timber Workers' Trial 



Word comes from Calcasieu Parish. La., that 

 the trial of the timber workers held for various 

 charges in connection with the recent atrocities 

 at Grabow will not take place before Novem- 

 ber. It seems that the Supreme court has ruled 

 that the district judge can not call a session to 

 try felony cases during vacation time. The 

 next term of the court will be in November. 

 and in the meantime the public sentiment 

 against the men in jail will probably have time 

 to cool off somewhat, and they will have a 

 better opportunity of preparing their eases with 

 a much better chance of escaping from just 

 punishment for their atrocious crime. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The ShuU I-^urniture Manufacturing Company 

 has been incorporated in Philadelphia with a 

 capital stock of $25,000. 



The Grand Rapids Lumber Company, Grand 

 Rapids, Jlich., has increased its capital stock 

 from $250,000 fo $500,000. 



The Talbot Furniture Company, Nashville, 

 Tenn., has been incorporated with an author- 

 ized capital stock of $25,000. 



The West P.iauch Table Company, Watson- 

 town, Pa., has been Incorporated with an au- 

 thorized capital stock .of $50,000. 



The Thurston Timber Land Company, Estes 

 Mills, Me., has been incorporated with an au- 

 thorized capital stock of $125,000. 



The KuUon Street Furniture Company, Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., has been incorporated with an 

 authorized capital stock of $500,000. 



G. N. Johnson & Sons of Le Rayville, Pa., 

 have been succeeded by the Le Rayville Furni- 

 ture & Toy Manufacturing Company. 



Fire recently destroyed mill No. 2 of the 

 W. M. White Company, Boyne City, Mich., en- 

 tailing a loss estimated at $50,000, partially 

 covered by insurance. 



J. C. Campbell of Marion. Va., is planning 

 the erection of a big sawmill at Black Moun- 

 tain, N. C, which mill will have a daily ca- 

 pacity of 100,000 feet. 



The Century Cabinet Company recently 

 started business at Ft. Plain, N. Y., with $100,- 

 000 capital. This company will manufacture 

 furniture and cabinets. 



The Gulf Pulp Wood Company, Apalachicola, 

 Fla., has been Incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $100,000. The new company will manu- 

 tacture pulp wood, lumber, etc. 



The Sterling Manufacturing Company, manu- 

 facturer of agricultural implements Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., has been incorporated with an 

 authorized capital stock of $100,000. 



The Thompson Parlor Furniture Company, 

 Marietta, O., has recently started operations in 

 that place for the manufacture of furniture. 

 The concern has a capital of $10,000. 



The Northern Veneer Company, Houlton, Me., 

 has been Incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $25,000. W. H. Traftou of Caribow is presi- 

 dent and treasurer of the new company. 



W. K. Miller & Sons, Madison. Ind., have 

 been Incorporated with a capital stock of $30,- 

 ooo. The directors of the new company are 

 W. H. Dean and L. and Earl K. Miller. 



The Denman Lumber Company, Pittsburg. 

 Tex., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $7,500. The incorporators are T. L. Den- 

 man, R. F. Lindsay and E. S. Lilienstern. 



The E. L. Wooley Lumber Company, Sham- 

 rock, Tex., has been incorporated with a capi- 

 tal stock of $20,000. The incorporators are 

 E. L. Wooley, A. J. Laycock, J. T. Close and 

 others. 



The Kimball Lumber Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, manufacturer of hardwood and cypress 

 lumber, St. Louis, Mo., contemplates the erec- 

 tion of a planing mill, flooring mill, dry kilns, 

 etc., at Lanark, Ark 



The Hammond Lumber Company, McAIlen, 

 Tex., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $20,000. The incorporators are H. M. Ham- 

 mond and H. L. Givens of McAllen and F. E. 

 Hammond of San Antonio, Tex. 



Floyd, Day & Co., Jackson, Ky., recently 

 took over the extensive tract of poplar stump- 

 age in Letches county, Kentucky. This con- 

 corn will Immediately begin the erection of a 

 modern sawmill to exploit the timber. 



Stockholders of the Michigan Oak Flooring 

 & Interior Finish Company, Pontiac, Mich., re- 

 cently petitioned the circuit court for a re- 

 ceiver. The assets of the company are placed 

 at $16,000, outstanding debts, $7,500 and stock 

 $23,000. 



The West Virginia School Furniture Company 

 of Huntington, W. Va., has begun the installa- 

 tion of a new power planf which will contain 

 a considerable quantity of new wood-working 

 machinery and will be supplemented by a new 

 dry-kiln. 



The Cadillac Veneer Company, Cadillac, Mich., 

 has made repairs and improvements tending 

 to increase the capacity of its plant. Among 

 other changes has been the Installation of a 

 new planer which will increase the output of 

 the factory. 



It is announced from Oconto, Wis., that both 

 the Holt Lumber Company and the Oconto 

 Lumber Company have ceased nigbt operations 

 which they have been carrying on for four 

 months, and will confine their work to day 

 shifts entirely. 



The Bowies Lumber Company, New Orleans, 

 La., recently purchased the properties of the 

 J. C. Reeves Cypress Lumber Company, includ- 

 ing a single band sawmill and 18,000 acres of 

 cypress land estimated to contain 120,000,000 

 feet of cypress timber. 



The Standard Red Cedar Chest Company, 

 AltaVista, Va., has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $10,000 to $25,000. The officers 

 of the new company are J. E. Lane, president ; 

 E. H. Lane, vice-president, and P. F. Hardison, 

 secretary and treasurer. 



Hyatt Brothers is the style of a new lumber 

 < ompany of recent origin at Cumberland, Md. 

 W. H. Hyatt and J. B. Hyatt are the princi- 

 pals of the new company which is organized 

 to do a general wholesale business and has of- 

 fices in the Cobb building. 



Jas. E'. Stark & Co. of Memphis. Tenn., re- 

 cently closed with W. R. Burton & Co. of that 

 city for a considerable area of virgin timber 

 in Lee county, Arkansas. The timber is located 

 in the St. Francis valley and contains trees of 

 unusual size and quality. 



The Hawthorne Lumber & Supply Company, 

 Hawthorne, N. J., has been incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $25,000 and will do a gen- 

 eral lumber and wood-turning business. The 

 incorporators are H. G. Booth. J. W. Booth, 

 C. Auerbach and F. M. Auerbach. 



The Myakka Land Company of Warren, Pa., 

 has been incorporated with an authorized capi- 

 tal stock of $20,000 for the purpose of dealing 

 in timber and manufacturing lumber in the 

 state of Florida. The incorporators are F. P. 

 Hue, G. H. Duham, W. N. Lindsoy and A. J. 

 Hazeltine, all of Warren, I'a. 



The Lake Independence Lumber Company is 

 the style of the concern which recently pur- 

 chased the holdings and the sawmill equipment 

 plant of the Northern Lumber Company, Mar- 

 quette, Mich. It is understood that the new 

 concern is controlled by the Brunswick-Balke- 

 Collander Company, and that its operation will 

 be largely in the interest of that concern. 



The King Lumber & Cedar Company is the 

 title of a newly organized company at Escanaba, 

 Mich., of which W. H. King is the head and 

 A. F. Aley superintendent. The company has 

 purchased a large tract of timber In Luce coun- 

 ty, and active lumbering operations have been 

 commenced. The company has timber in sight 

 to continue operations for eight years. 



The St. Joseph Furniture & Manufacturing 

 Company, St. Joseph, JIo., has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $60,000. The principal 

 stockholders are Howard C. Varner and Paul 

 Shwlerchinski. The new company will occupy 

 the building on South Ninth street formerly 

 occupied by the Talge Lounge Company, which 

 has removed to Omaha, Neb. It is announced 

 that the new concern will be open for business 

 about the middle of September. 



The John R. Davis Lumber Company of 

 Phillips, Wis., has been transferred to Kneeland 

 *; McClurg of Milwaukee. The Milwaukee firm 

 has purchased all the timber lands and the 

 entire plant and equipment of the Davis Com- 

 pany. Arrangements have bcuu made with the 

 Michigan Trust Company for all bonds neces- 

 sary to finance the new proposition. The suc- 

 cessful sale of these bonds will probably result 

 in an increase in the equipment at Phillips 

 through the addition of a new sawmill. 



Charles A. Phelps of Grand Rapids, Mich., re- 

 cently sold for the Huron Bay Lumber Company 

 12,000 acres of timber lands in Baraga county to 

 the Marshall Butters Lumber Company of L'Anse, 

 Mich. The Marshall Butters Lumber Company 

 was recently organized and capitalized for 

 $1,500,000, and in addition to the Huron Bay 

 lands has purchased tracts from the Silver 

 River and L'Anse Lumber companies totaling 

 about 31,000 acres with a total stumpage esti- 

 mated at 350.000,000 feet of mixed hardwoods. 

 The company will build a mill capable of cut- 

 ting 30,000,000 feet of lumber annually, and is 

 also considering the erection of an iron furnace 

 and chemical works. 



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Hardwood 'News Notes 



CHIC AGO 



Hardwood Record office was recently visited 

 by Turner R. Clendinen, formerly of the Mis- 

 souri Land & ^ianufacturing Company of .\tchi- 



son, Kan. Mr. Clendinen is now of the Turner. 

 Day & WoolwortU Company. 



J. S. Stearns, of the Stearns Salt & Lumber 

 Company of Ludingfon. Mich., stopped In Chi- 

 cago on Aug. 16 while passing through on a 

 business trip. 



