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has filed an amendment in the county clerk's 

 office, changing its name to the LouisTille Plan- 

 ing Mill & Hardwood Flooring Company, and in- 

 creased the capital stock from $7."i,000 to ,$100,- 

 000 in shares of .flOO each. The following 

 signed the articles : Olof Anderson, W. V. 

 Sheperdson and M. C. Imords. 



The J. T. Morgan Lumber Company, which 

 does a large business in western Kentucky and 

 southern Illinois, is moving its general offices 

 from Paducah, Ky., to Louisville. The change 

 is made owing to the ill health of J. T. Morgan, 

 who has suffered from malaria, during the three 

 yesrs that the ofHce has been in Paducah. 



The Teass and Davis Lumber Company, Paints- 

 ville, has filed articles ot incorporation, with a 

 capital stock of !(;10,000. The incorporators are : 

 .lohi' W. Teass, Harry Davis and John E. Buck- 

 iiii'ham. Buying, selling, manufacturing and 

 handling all kinds ot timber will he done. 



On February 6th fire destroyed the lumber 

 v.t.rchouse of J. L, Hilton with $4,000 worth of 

 lumber. Mr. Hilton carried about $1,500 in- 

 surance, 



Charles Potter, aged sixty-six years, a lumber 

 dr-iler of Bowling Green, Ky., died in Louisville 

 in a sanitarium, where he had been for the last 

 SIX months receiving treatment for organic heart 

 disease. 



ASHLAND 



The Wright-Saulsbcrry Lumber Company has 

 closed its mills for a short time, but expects to 

 1 egin on the steady run in a few days, as it 

 will receive a large amount of timber on the 

 present tides. Business has been very satis- 

 factory and it has loaded out a large amount of 

 boards the past two weeks and received a nice lot 

 of very desirable orders for car stock. 



The Ashland Lumber Company is expecting its 

 new carriage at any date and will also make 

 ether repairs on its baud mill, getting same in 

 s leadiness for steady running in a short time. 

 The company has considerable timber in the Big 

 Sandy. It advises business satisfactory in its 

 retail and planing mill business. 



J. H. Kester ot the Southern Hardwood Com- 

 pany advises business very satisfactory, A nice 

 lot of orders have been received for immediate 

 and future shipments. 



rj. J. Bush, lumberman of Hamilton, Ont., was 

 iu our city recently buying several cars of lum- 

 ter. He advises that business in Canada is good. 

 Prospects for this year are encouraging. 



The Whisler & Scearcy Company of Ironton, O.. 

 is operating its band mill at Farmers, Ky., and 

 lo&ding large amounts of car stock and construc- 

 tion oak. Mr. Scearcy advises business cncourag- 

 in.g and the receipt of large orders for car oak 

 and oak boards. 



The Clearfield Lumber Company of Clearfield. 

 Ky., is operating its mills steadily and has large 

 amounts of stock on hand. It is receiving desira- 

 ble orders for car and export stock as well as 

 hoards. In addition to its saw and planing mills 

 the company operates thirty miles of standard 

 gauge railroad over which it hauls its timber to 

 the mills. The company expects to begin run- 

 lang its plant night and day March 1 in order 

 to take care of the large business for future 

 shipments. 



The Yellow Poplar Lumber Company of Coal 

 Grove is making favorable reports as to the 

 orders received and the amount of shipments it 

 Is making at the present time. It is operating 

 its mills full time and is looking forward to one 

 of the best years of business ever experienced, 



S. M. Bradley, lumber dealer of Morehead, Ky., 

 was a business visitor in our city, calling on our 

 several lumbermen and buying and selling lum- 

 ber. Mr. Bradley advises business satisfactory 

 and looks forward to a good year's business in all 

 lines of lumber. 



Irvin Earl, lumber dealer of Detroit, was a 

 business visitor in our city this week. Mr. 

 Earl advises that the Detroit markets are becom- 



ing very active and that large amounts of stock 

 lire moving into the city. 



The Teass & Davis Lumber Company has been 

 organized at Paintsville, Ky., with a capital stock 

 of $10,000. The incorporators are J. W. Teass, 

 Harry Davis and J. E. Buckingham. The com- 

 pany has been organized for the purpose of buy- 

 ing, selling and manufacturing all kinds of lum- 

 ber. It owns considerable timber and expects to 

 do a nice business during this year. 



ST. LOUIS 



A national association of slack barrel staves, 

 heading and cooperage manufacturers was or- 

 ),anizcd here last week at the Planters hotel. 

 J. T. Wylie of Saginaw, Mich., was elected presi- 

 dent, and H. C. Whitney of Detroit secretary. 

 About seventy-five representatives of fifteen 

 slates attended the meeting. It is planned to 

 take in several kindred associations. 



Miss Gladys Little, daughter of Mrs. P. B. Lit- 

 tle and the late P. B. Little, president of the 

 Little Lumber Company, of this city, was mar- 

 ried on February 2 to J. Gordon Carew of Cin- 

 ciunati, O. The wedding took place in the after- 

 noon at the residence of her uncle. After the 

 ceremony the bride and groom left for a wed- 

 ding trip to Cuba. 



At the meeting of the board of directors of 

 the Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis, held recently, 

 A. H. Bush, who has been a most capable and 

 elEcient secretary for the past two or three 

 years, was reelected, 



W. H. Chivvis says there is a fair demand tor 

 cherry and walnut. There has been a better 

 U'.ovement during the past few days in these two 

 ILcms of hardwood than for several months past. 



C. M. .leanings of the Berthold & Jennings 

 Lumber Company says there has been a nice im- 

 Ii;<.vement in hardwood lumber recently. Car 

 11 alerial, he says, is in quite good request. G. P. 

 Shehan, who has been on a business trip to Chi- 

 tago, has returned home with quite a nice batch 

 of orders. 



A seasonable number of orders is reported by 

 E. H. Luehrmann ot the Chas. F. Luehrmann 

 Hardwood Lumber Company. All items of hard- 

 wood show a better movement. Red gum in par- 

 ticular is having a satisfactory sale, and Mr. 

 Luehrmann is anticipating a large business when 

 the weather becomes more seasonable. 



E. L. Page, manager of the hardwood depart- 

 ment of the Alf. Bennett Lumber Company, who 

 las been in the South on some deals, has re- 

 turned. Quite a nice business in hardwood is 

 reported by Mr. Page. The hardwood depart- 

 ment of the company is becoming more important 

 and from the amount of business being done will 

 eventually become quite a factor in the hard- 

 wood trade of St. Louis. 



J. G. Ganabl. president of the Fidel Ganahl 

 Lumber Company, has returned from a business 

 trip to several northern points. The company 

 has recently increased its capital stock from $50,- 

 000 to $100,000 and is planning to acquire sev- 

 iral additional retail yards in the city soon. 



The volume of business sent in by L. M. 

 Borgess, secretary of the Steele & Hibbard Lum- 

 ber Company, is quite satisfactory. He was up 

 in Iowa when last heard from. 



S. C. Major, a well-known Memphis, Tenn., 

 hfirdwood lumberman, was a recent visitor here, 

 as was also W. H. Eusse of Eusse & Burgess, Inc. 



George E. Cottrill, secretary of the American 

 Hardwood Lumber Company, reports quite a brisk 

 business. Nearly all the items on the hardwood 

 list are in demand. Prices are firm. 



MILWAUKEE 



R. E. James has been made sales manager for 

 W. E. Cooper, Milwaukee, wholesale lumberman, 

 with offices in the Majestic building. Mr. James 

 reports a steadily increasing volume of business. 



C. P. Crosby, wholesale hardwood lumberman 

 of Rhinelander, Wis,, was a recent Milwaukee 

 visitor. 



J. L. Wells, manager of the Girard Lumber 

 Company at Dunbar, Wis., recently called upon 

 Milwaukee friends. 



The Wausau Box & Lumber Company ot 

 \v'ausau has taken up the manufacture of step- 

 ladders. About 1,000 ladders have already been 

 put out, and if these meet with a good sale the 

 company will equip its plant for a large pro- 

 duction. The company has recently increased its 

 capital stock from $25,000 to $100,000. 



The sawmill and planing mill of the N. S. 

 Washburn Lumber Company of Sturgeon Bay 

 will be placed in operation at once. The com- 

 pany has a log supply of 250.000 feet on hand. 



The headquarters of the Badger State Lumber 

 Company has been moved from Durand to 

 .Menominee, Wis. 



The Willow Elver Lumber Company of New 

 Kichmond is erecting a new dry kiln. 



According to loggers and lumbermen, the 

 present season has been one of the most suc- 

 cessful for the logging industry in Wisconsin in 

 several years. Inadequate car service as a re- 

 sult of snow blockades has caused considerable 

 inconvenience. 



The South Side Lumber Company of Mil- 

 waukee has increased its capital stock from 

 $.30,000 to $50,000. 



The A. S. Trow Lumber Company of La Crosse 

 has sold its abandoned sawmill to Oscar M. 

 Thomas and Oscar Larson, who will tear down 

 the structure. The disposal of the Trow mill 

 winds up the sawmill industry at La Crosse. 



The Iron Range Lumber & Cedar Company, a 

 Michigan corporation with $3-1.000 capital and 

 $22,000 interest in Wisconsin, has filed a state- 

 ment to transact business in this state. 



The new plant of the Monico Excelsior Com- 

 pany at Rhinelander has been placed in opera- 

 tion. Excelsior, shingles and box material will 

 bo manufactured. 



The Spoke, Stave & Heading Company of 

 Spring Valley, Wis., has placed its plant in 

 operation. 



The receipts of logs and the shipments of 

 lumber from the port of Washburn were prac- 

 tically doubled last year, according to the figures 

 of D. W. Corning, port collector. 



Charles O'Hara of Marinette, Wis., has been 

 made sales manager for the Brown Lumber Com- 

 pany of Chicago, covering Wisconsin, Michigan 

 and Minnesota. His. headquarters will be at 

 Ontonagon, Mich. 



The new stave factory of the Michigan Hoop 

 & Stave Company of Marinette has been placed 

 in operation. The company's hoop mill is also 

 in steady operation. 



'ihe sawmill of the Fish-Johnson Lumber 

 Company at Elcho, with a daily capacity of 

 25,000 feet, will be placed in operation at once. 



Levi Withee of La Crosse, the last of the west- 

 ern Wisconsin logging kings of the old days, re- 

 cently passed away at the age of seventy-six 

 years. He was widely known in business and 

 public life of the state. 



The Underwood Veneer Company of Wausau 

 has been incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $20,000 by J. W. Bishop, J. A. Underwood and 

 J. M. Smith. 



The Racine Manufacturing Company, manu- 

 facturers of piano stools and automobile bodies 

 at Racine, has increased its capital stock to 

 $400,000 and has decided to remain at Racine. 

 Contracts have already been awarded for the 

 erection of the first of the new buildings which 

 will be built this spring to replace the plant de- 

 stroyed by fire a few months ago. 



The Diamond Lumber Company of Green Bay 

 is now putting the steel work Into place in the 

 new sawmill which it is erecting to take the 

 place of the plant destroyed by fire last summer. 

 The mill will be strictly fireproof and a modern 

 plant in every respect. 



