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JEA'JtiD W OOD^ R E C O .HiD 



^j , As an . eyjdeiice of the :cons&i-vatioD policy of 



..jlh)^ rj^yrqad^ (he ■ L£)i)isyille.:!& NasbviUe is 



.jjlantittg catalpa on aU, available spots along its 



line. Keai- Lagrange,,, a ^ubtirt) of , LouisviHe, it 



has . succeeded, in a lew yeais, in raising quite 



a .sizable lot of-catftlpaj -and they will be large 



eiiough in a short time to be; used lor ties. This 



policy has been adopted by most of the raiicoflds 



of fhe country. , i : : , , . • , 



,_. judge Charles -Jloore of the New Xot'k Traffic 



.Club wiU.,inalie aU; address before the Louisville 



Traffic ^(iftd Transportation Club. , a.t its annual 



.pe.eting. ilany of the hard,w.ood .club, members 



b.elopg to the tratiic. organization. 



..Ow.lng to, .tile .fact that the "belt line" of the 

 Kerituciiy and Indiana Bridge & Kallroad Com- 

 . pany touches most of the lumber plants of the 

 city, the hardwood men were interested, by the 

 filing of amended articles of incorporation; al- 

 lowing It to increase its ,. scope- lt:;.is .under- 

 stood -that .the company. will.,^ten<i..Jtg;.tn;aekage 

 . and improve, ijts .equipment, genersUy. ;r; -.'I 

 .,- .Thov^h, ,it, looks qs if the. gftod^cotads amend- 

 imei^t ,-fOi the, state constitution, ;one loftthe meas- 

 . ur.es ..Yfiiicli the lumber, interests .(tf, the .state 

 ,^;sj)BC(ally. favored, wag. lost at . the November 

 ,el^ct(pn-. its .Readers say that there is sti.ll/ a 

 chalice, for, it, andjthaj; if itdid go dowu.ftode- 

 feat, the agita.tiqn ,,w,ill be started in ,;its favor 

 all,, oyer ^ain. .,;■,:. ■• .:;.;-;:; i; .<i.::-.-:! 



Rivf r improvement .i^ a. thing Tyhi^h the lum- 

 bermen, ey,e);ywjjere are urging, and the improve- 

 ment of .,):he[,Ohip and. its tributaries, is consid- 

 ered to he, ,pf;iirst, importance by Kentuckians 

 engaged; in the lumber business. The annual 

 report of the fiiief of engineers at Washington 

 sliovvs that a go-3d deal is being done in this 

 direction. At Louisville the dam has nearly been 

 completed, and when it is linished there will be 

 a nine-foot stage between here and Madison, Ijjd. 

 The Kentucky river, which is a great channel 

 lor logs, has had .^3,000,00p expended on it, 

 and lock No. 13 is pow, h&'ng comp^t^^aod.the 

 Big, Sandy river has been improved by the con- 

 struction of three locks and their accompanying 

 dams. Interest in this sort of work is sug- 

 gested by the enthusiasm with which the state 

 has taken hold of the plans for the National 

 Rivers and Harbors Congress at Washington 

 nest mouth. The two commercial organizations 

 of Louisville have called a mass meeting at the 

 Gayety theater for December 2, when it is ex- 

 pected to make plans for sending a delegation of 

 500 to the convention to fight for the Ohio river 

 improvement. , Delegates have been appointed not 

 only fsopi; -Louisville,, but from every city of 

 cpns^fluenpe , along, the Ohio :Dn. the Kentucky 

 side,,,, , In.; addition,', fJie, govornori b?S -ap^fiinted 

 ueleg^tieg to represent . the state at ,lavg«, ; Q, C. 

 Mengel of Louisville is one of them. ,,„.,;i,,;.,; . 



'■. Seyeral^ii'eW 'mills a.r6''bein^" erected' 'in this 

 "-iectl'An. " " ■'^w J T>;.'_jj.i,-.i.^.-~,!.....,-,'„.n„ ^«- n,„ 



Jntt'ed 



acre boundary of fine timber^ ' 'i'he'"mil("is' sit- 



'niited ii'oatUbfeMlne'tif-'the' CaWKria-, CltilcAfleld 



■'& Ohio ' I'alJi'b'ad.--' TKe^'^Iltjna'ktT ■ {.nrhlie^l' -^lom- 



'■pani'-'i's biiildlug- fliree' iMllfr at Hte'aker, 'Va., 



all iamV mills, while ''■J.-'-A'. Wilkinidn of^'Bi-istol 



will put iii A new'-irfill 'in-'WeSt''Vlf^ihM; Where 



'he: llaaireceiitly added. to his 'timber.' possessions. 



■• Dougherty,* Hill lof MorriBtowu; :Tenn., have 



just prachajsedi a.'i^lu,0OO' traet;<i>f')Umbc!r from 



Janms !May>;ui Iito-lyi situalbedjiio.rMeigS' county, 



'TGunesseei>^iHnd^<may iibe deyelooed by? /the irpnr- 



ichasers:;;'! •jj^'iimi :> -f-i--:!;).! /'I o>J■I^■^;.; rt-^ f/ 



no GiiiMoi'toiii'iof the: MDrboa-Ecwisri&i SViUey -Llim- 



F'tJeii Company .of.; this.: joity -.isnhcreillranL;:Grnnd 



>;Knpids, Mloh. ^iHSs eotipahy lis/ rapidljr disposing 



:Cf the rcdilitigi'Klttock 9*. the! Holiiton Va'llcy a-ail- 



road, running out of Bristol. ''Siwie ^''It closed 



down -the Bristol band mill. It has sold a large 

 number of^-the logging cars; to the Rockcastle 

 .Lumber- 1 Company of this city,. : which were 

 shipped to West Virginia. 'I'lt iias sis locomo- 

 tives which will be sold. 



The Rocksasvis LUmD5r"C3ffl'pJmy of Bristol 



h»» jjut pla ced 'Sii order' flJr -Ihe ?mfiid Gllmux 



locomotive, b tail u Uy t he G tiB»a^— Alanufacturlng 



Company ,Qf Corry, I'^.., for the ileek, Ky., mill, 



^which was started .last, jvpek, ,..„ . , 



The Tug, River Lumber Coippany is gunning 

 its big Cherry mill regularly and ig, cutting 

 about 800,000 feet a .jgonth. The .mill , broke all 

 records last week when ^t. cut -io.SOljl feet. The 

 Wise county, tiujfie^- will be cut .out in about 

 ,, twelve .inoptiis, as. there; is otj.lj, Eibgy^t 1^,000,0,00 

 fcef Jeft stahdjng. , , , , ,,,. ,,, , „ ,| 



J, W. .bifenderfer of th?,,J. W. Difendsrfer 

 Lumber Company of Philadelphia and the Laurel 

 Lumber Con^pany,. operating near Bristol, was 

 j,.a .Yisltof on the lof^l,. market last week. .The 

 -company's, mill at Laurel, has been idle for some 

 Vtime.,',', ",:'.,; ,.', ..„ ',;;,,',' ,,, ,, 

 . ,,C.: K.,,, Hawl^ifls, of.,51i;i£field, ,W, Va.,. district 

 representative , of ,]i. Stringer Boggess of Clarks- 

 burg, W. ,Va.., was in Bristol this week and 

 reports business tuoving along well, with excel- 

 lent prospects lor spring trade. 



Walter Johns, buyer lor the Wm. H. Perry 

 Jl.umber Company of Cincinnati, spent several 

 .days in Bristol last week and left some orders 

 lor hardwood stocks to be shipped at once. 



J. H. Mathews of the Mathews Lumber Com- 

 pany of Macon, Ga., and the Stetson Lumber 

 Company of Arlington, Ga., was a prominent 

 visitor in Bristol last week. He reports busi- 

 ness moving along w^ell Jn the lumber industry 

 in Georgia, , .■■.:'' 



, The , Gilmflr^fPankin, .Company ..has been or- 

 :, ganize(J, at ^ayettesyille., N. Q., to do a general 



;;lumber Ijkusiness .,,, .. 



. "Busitiess.|is not as good as we had thought 



...it would be by this time," said George W. 



Peter of tfie , Peter-McCain Lumber Company. 



•However the outlook for next year is especially 



good." 



B. B. Burns of the Tug River Lumber Com- 

 pany, Irving Whaley of Whaley-Warren Lumber 

 Company and V. W. Hughes of Price & Hcald 

 were among the Bristol lumbermen who spent 

 several days last week hunting, 



Amoug the buyers on the Bristol market last 

 week was W. W. Dcmpsey of Johnstown, I'a. 



ASHLAND 



James Kitchen, manager ol''thi Standard 

 •'Pliltiing Mill & Btliiding Company, reports a good 

 -business! --'XBe company-how has on hand more 

 '-''ctshtrac^S ' than it will be able to take care of 

 ^-^or some time. It is furnishing a large amount 

 ' bf'the lumber lor variotiS residences and business 

 ' buildings under' course of construction in this 

 -'•city ahd a number of contracts in surrounding 

 'vicinity^ 1. . 



'- 'Tlfe- W. H. - Dawklns Lumber Company con- 

 ' 'tlnues'to "operats its band mill at Ironton, Ohio, 

 full tfiii'e, Aiid 'Was enoai^ih logs to keep it running 

 ' until" atrotod • th« '■fli'st' <3f the year. More orders 

 ■'-'dire' rec'^i^fto ''for ■ paneP and high-grade poplar 

 'than can be furnished'. Pi'lcfes have gi-eatlyad- 

 '■i'»ii('ed.-''Mi'.'''D'awk'ffis^{s figuring ■on liuying more 

 "tlfaber' In lilio thatf- this year^lu order to enable 

 'ihe (.■btnpihy' to'stlppty -ttiore stbcli atad tabfei care 

 "of its"i^tis'tomers''in'' better shape. ' "-•' i 

 ' ' '''O. E." K!<utht,''iittWii manager of "the :K'. '& P. 

 ''i'^uinber'(e6!fapilnj';"G?4HiWiafi, ' Ohio; w.is a busi- 

 'iiefefe ealldr'-itf'bm' cily •fKi*'-n'eek, ifcallihg on our 

 -■^everaf'ftiiSfte^mpri' Mr: 'Fanyit 'states -the 'lum- 

 ber btsiiJeSs' i'^''fereatl}'' -impr6«tsa"ih CtBitilnBati 

 -'ahtl Wit' hH' cdrtriiitiny'- finds 'it- more tUfe'Cult to 

 "-fill 6i'deri!-'ndw'''tlian' it has- t)eett'''lor some'time; 

 cspecikll.',''''is TOiai'tl'Ue of high-gride 'and panel 

 • stocfc-'tojilat'^ ibi ad 'teell' 'Ti%h grades In plain 

 and quartered oak.' " ' " ■ ' . -- 



W. L. WTatson :of the J. ' W. Mahan- Lumber 

 Company, Mahan, W.> Va., has ^returned to the 

 company's: .plant at Mahan after a lew days' stay 

 in the city.-' 'Mr. iiWatson states evei-ything is 

 running very satisfactorily and . orders received 

 vflll enable the- company to ship stock, as; fast 

 as it is ready..-' :■--.' n' ::;:-.-■*'■ i: ^: ''!'■' 



R. E. Elmei'-and Mr.- 'WsBer ;of< the S'earon 

 Lumber &.'Veii6er Company. Er(>nton',-Ohib, were 

 bosiness. callers in oar city, :en route to' the 

 'mountains on .d! business : trip. The company 

 closed its mills IhiS'-weedi for an indefinite, length 

 of time and will' 'm&ke' extensive repairs, ' put- 

 ting ih' new boilers, ov«n3;'etc. It 'advisee^. busi- 

 ness satisfactM'y. amd bright pcospects for-1910. 



W. A. Cooli..6£ W. A. ,Go61-a& Son, Cleveland, 

 .:Ohio,. spent'a few' days. in our- city this week. 

 Mr. Cool gives encouraging . reports on lumber 

 markets in Cleveland arid states that, hia com- 

 I«iny is receiving a lax'ge amount of business. 

 Prices have materially advanced. . : ■ . 



The Whisl'er' & ' Scearcy Company,- Irooton, 

 Ohio, closed its mills this week;; having ;sawed 

 out the present supply- of logs. iiMr. McConn of 

 the: company advises good business. /and ''says 

 orders are being received at advanced prices.:;' 



L. C. Smith of the Cranor-Smith Lumber 'Com- 

 pany, Prestonburg, Ky., was a business ■ visitor 

 in our city, returning, from a trip-' to Lincoln 

 county, Kentutky. This company owns - and 

 operates a number of mills -in the: Big Sandy 

 district. '■'■ ..;:--.:, : ■ 



Lewis Dostet; secretacy- -of the. Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the United States, 

 was a business visitor- in Ashland this week in 

 the interests of the association. :■ From here he 

 went to Bluefleld,' W. Va:. and -ivarious other 

 large lumber manufacturing centers before re- 

 turning to his office in Cincinnati, Ohio. .: 



The Breece Manufacturing Company, Mew >Bos- 

 ton, Ohio, whose plant was destcoyed.by fire, has 

 placed contracts lor rebuilding at once. The 

 work will be rushed thrcmgh aB,fast as j)0ssible, 

 'so as to enable the company to- begin operations 

 at- a very early date. :At tht-time of .the;ffire 

 it was enlarging the 'plant and iftcreasing its 

 capacity in order to take care.iof the increased 

 amount of business received. -Ihe. Three States 

 Manufacturing Company, Keno'va.' W. Va., is 

 alli'ed with this -coniiKiny. and manufactures the 

 best of oak veneers, both plain and,qBart.?r§(|., . 

 :: -:^•:i-:?.;<r -_:n^ .y : .. . j, .■ j^ ;,-,-q ,,yrr,j 



ST. LOUIS 



The, rece^tl. strike at several" of the Eiast' St. 

 Louis "planing mills ; lias,. pva<;tie£tily. elided^' The 

 mills are running open shops, , tliefcause 'of "the 

 strike. Union or no'n-unioil connections"ar6" ig- 

 nored by ,the maiiagers and many of th^ 'old 

 hands have returned' to work and have a'&elrted 

 the inevitable. ... . . 



■J. 's!''Garetkdii'of fte iS'ai'Stsan-Greiison Ettinber 

 Company hks b«:ti'''ai)p<iin¥ea to "'the- Missouri 

 Forestry Comhilssion l)y Go-y.' Hadley in^ place of 

 W. W. Dings, who resigned -K^vn he removed to 

 fchi,cago. As'MH'. Dings was 'one of the officers 

 ■ of the Garetson-tireftsoin L-iimber Company, the 

 selection 'of 'Mr! Gat'^t^on'%6'^Bs''tbe aif^olntment 

 in the company. "''' ''■"'■ '• -■■" "' ' -: ' 



E. LhPage, 'ma-noger of the hardwotid depart- 

 ment' of the' Alf. Bennett lAlmher Compaa-yi'says 

 thaV'a'^latisfacte'i-y' trade ls':being' db'ne: ahfl' no 

 f rouble' is c'xperiyricea i-n Making- shipmeats,' as 

 the car shortage is'not frffeetlBg -t-he-llfaes' ton 

 "wt'i:tt''thfe firin's mills are sifoated;: t» any ex- 

 '■ te<rf.''"Alf. 'BeirnetW the: president! 'of the eam- 

 ' p4riy','''s^tl8wn Ifl Tesas afi-d- A'rkaiisas,- visiting 

 "'the •D!iytou,'Bpr!B*»na''<roJd' mills, an(i:iyill be 

 ■ 'Ab'seiit Until 'about De«'eiOtoer"l.' • Mrs. Bennett 

 ' and tKeir"-nttlfe dflughte'i""ta'e;'wJth him. -.::The 

 ■'-tfa'falgb'r bf-Hne 'Of' the' t&ill'S hns:!flrranged for a 

 little --sbtteting'-trltJ' fo^ Mr.-iandi Mrs. Bennett 

 'WHi'te'tlipy areola' Texas, foi!':Mr. BeitBett iaiquite 

 "i>f sportsman ahd'BIi'slaStnnett is an cxpenlr: with 

 ";,r-'^nn. The-'fWp 'W*tt^be to the Taft ranch in 



