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about 90.000.000. The average lumber cut in these 

 states, in 1907 and 190S, was 3,733.000.000 feet, and 

 for the whole country almost 40,000,000.000. With 

 this ratio in mind, the per capita consumption 

 of sawed lumber in those states was 410 feet, 

 and In the country at large 40S feet. The per 

 capita use in the four states, of remanufactured 

 lumber, was 263 feet. These figures show that 

 our lumber consumption is now from three to 

 ten times that of the leading European nations. 



Memphis vs. Nashville 



An appropriate heading for the ball game 

 played at Memphis July 1 between the lumber- 

 men teams of Memphis and Nashville would be 

 "Lost in the Ninth." 



It looked as if Memphis had an absolute cinch 

 (luring the first seven innings. The Nashville 

 boys did their best to hit the ball pitched by 

 Hartlett Tully, but they were extremely unsuc 

 cessful. The blngies were light and found their 

 way either into the hands of Mr. Tuliy himself 

 or some of the players on the Memphis team. In 

 fact, in the first seven innings Nashville did not 

 get a single man as far round as second base, 

 and there was a fine aggregation of goose eggs 

 on the sign board. The Memphis team had put 

 one man over in the second inning and in the 

 sixth they succeeding in maliing three runs, 

 which gave them a total of 4 to 0. They should 

 have made reaily two more runs but for rather 

 clumsy worli in base running on the part of one 

 member of the team who did not seem to appre- 

 ciate the opportunities which came his way. 



When Nashville came to the bat in the eighth 

 inning the batter was passed to first base on 

 four balls. Then came a succession of hits on 

 the part of the Nashville batters and errors on 

 the part of two or thiee members of the Memphis 

 team, with the result that two men were sent 

 round the bases. Memphis was unable to score 

 in the eighth inning and when Nashville came 

 (0 the bat in the ninth inning things certainly 

 looked squally. One man was sent round in the 

 early stages of the inning and there were two 

 others on bases. There were also two men out 

 when Nashville had players resting on second and 

 third. The feeling was tense. It looked as if the 

 score would be tied and as if it would be neces- 

 sary to play several additional innings. Pitcher 

 Tully did not lose his nerve, however, and the 

 Memphis boys all rallied to his support. The 

 best that the batter could do was a pop fly to left 

 field, which was taken in hand by Mr. Tucker, 

 who played under the nom de plume of Clarke! 

 This wound up the game amid cheers from the 

 Memphis rooters, which were in striking contrast 

 with the silence which had begun to steal over 

 them when it looked as if only Providence could 

 prevent the score's being tied. Memphis had such 

 a long lead on Nashville that it would not be 

 right to say that the former won in the ninth, 

 but it is very fitting to say the latter lost in the 

 ninth, because that was the only opportunity they 

 had of either tieing the score or winning the 

 game. 



The players all used assumed names taken 

 from men in the big leagues who have won na- 

 tional reputations as ball players. 

 The score by innings was : 



Memphis 1 u 3 



Nashville 



The Nashville players arrived .„ ...^„^„.., 

 early Friday morning and were immediately taken 

 in hand by the Reception Committee, composed 

 of C. W. Holmes, W. R. Barksdale. Max Sond- 

 heimer, S. B. Anderson, C. R. and W. A. Ran- 

 som. Automobiles were used for carrying them 

 to their hotel and to the various points of in- 

 terest in the city, including the Country Club at 

 Buntyn. After the game was played the members 

 of the Memphis team entertained the Nashville 

 players informally at the Hotel Gayoso, while 

 R. M. Carrier of Sardis, Miss., president of the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, who was 



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 Memphis 



one of the distinguished visitors, entertained ail 

 the other members of the Nashville delegation, 

 as well as some of the Memphis lumbermen, at a 

 dinner at the same hotel. Mr. Carrier saw the 

 game and was one of the most enthusiastic fans 

 present. Some of the members of both the Mem- 

 phis and Nashville teams are identified with the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, which ac- 

 counts for some of the interest he displayed. 



The funds derived from the game will be used 

 for the benefit of the Mary Galloway Home, one 

 of the worthiest charities in Memphis. "Dusty" 

 Miller held the indicator and his decisions were 

 eminently satisfactory to both teams. A return 

 engagement will bo played with the Nashville 

 team at Nashville, July 23. 



An Interesting Old Deed 



In the office of the register of deeds of Mara- 

 thon county, Wisconsin, located in the city of 

 Wausau, is a copy of an old deed, which is a 

 curiosity not alone because of its age but also 

 because of the language in which it is framed. 

 The original deed was issued by two Indians to 

 an emissary of George III of England and covers 

 what was once the hardwood section of Wiscon- 

 sin. A large portion of this territory is now 

 receiving the attention of the lumber barons of 

 this region, who are turning their energies to the 

 hardwood industry since the white pine supply 

 is nearly exhausted. A copy of the deed is as 

 follows : 



Samuel Peters, LL.D., 



TO 



Benjamin Connor. 

 This indenture, made the thirteenth day of 

 July, Anno Domini Eighteen Hundred and Fif- 

 teen, between the Reverend Samuel Peters of 

 the city of New York, L. L. D., of the one part, 

 and Benjamin Connor of the city of Philadel- 

 phia, gentleman of the other part, Witnesseth, 

 that 



. Whereas, Hawnopajatan and Ochtongoomlish- 

 ean, chiefs of the Nawdoisse Indians, did by their 

 certain deeds, under their respective hands and 

 seals, give, grant and convey to a certain Jona- 

 than Carver a certain territory or tract of land, 

 which said deed to the aforesaid Jonathan Car- 

 ver is in the words and figures following towit : 



To Jonathan Carver, a chief under the most 

 mighty and potent George the Third, king of 

 the English and other nations, the fame of 

 whose courageous warriors have reached our 

 ears, and has been more fully told us by our 

 good brother Jonathan aforesaid, whom we re- 

 joice to see amongst us, and bring us good news 

 from his country, the chiefs of the Nawdoisses 

 who have hereunto set our hands and seals, do 

 by these presents for ourselves and heirs for- 

 ever, in return for the many presents and other 

 good services done by the said Jonathan to our- 

 selves and others, give, grant and convey to 

 him, the said Jonathan, and his heirs and as- 

 signs forever, the whole of a certain tract or 

 territory of land, bounded as follows, viz. : From 

 the fails of St. Anthony, running on the east 

 bank of the Mississippi nearly southeast as far 

 as the south end of lake Pepin, where the Chip- 

 pewa river joins the Mississippi, and from thence 

 eastward five days' travel, accounting twenty 

 English miles per day, and from thence north 

 six days' travel at twenty English miles per day, 

 and from thence again to the falls of St. An- 

 thony in a direct straight line. We do for our- 

 selves, our heirs and assigns forever, give unto 

 the said Jonathan, his heirs and assigns forever, 

 all the said lands with all the trees, rocks and 

 rivers therein, reserving for ourselves and heirs 

 the sole liberty of hunting and fishing on lauds 

 not planted or improved by the said Jonathan, 

 his heirs or assigns. 



To which we have affixed our respective seals 

 at the Great Cave, May the first, One Thousand 

 Seven Hundred and Sixty-seven. 



Hawnopajatan (His Mark). 



OcHTONGOOMUSHEAN (His Mark). 



Which said deed is in the record of the Plan- 

 tation office. White Hall, London. 



The balance of the deed states that Jonathan 

 Carver died in London, January 13, 1778, leav- 

 ing two sons and five daughters, joint heirs and 

 sole inheritors of the aforesaid tract of land. 

 These heirs in 1806 disposed of the territory to 

 Samuel Peters, but this deed does not say what 

 he paid for it. He, however, got $24,148.80 for 

 the land from Benjamin Connor. Fortunes from 

 wood products and other sources have been made 

 from this land since. A large portion of it Is 



today covered with a virgin growth of hardwood. 

 Much of the walnut belt of southern Wisconsin 

 was in this territory. The two Nawdoisse In- 

 dians (Sioux) gave to that soldier of fortune, 

 Jonathan Carver, for a mere pittance one of the 

 richest portions of Wisconsin, and yet Carver 

 died in great poverty, so biographers tell us. 

 The deed given to Carver was one of but few 

 of that character which were recognized by this 

 irovernment after it was organized. 



Building Operations for June 



Official reports from forty-five cities through- 

 out the country compiled by the American Con- 

 Iractor, Chicago, show a gain of two per cent, in 

 the aggregate, in building operations as com- 

 pared with June, ItlOO. Seventeen cities show 

 a loss of from 1 to 64 per cent, and twenty-eight 

 show a gain of from 3 to 264 per cent. The 

 cities scoring a gain of 50 per cent or over are : 

 Atlanta, 67 ; Birmingham, 54 ; Cincinnati, 61 ; 

 Denver, 67 ; Detroit, 109 : Hartford, 115 ; Little 

 Rock, lis ; Manchester, 63 ; Memphis, 70 ; New 

 Haven, 169 ; Oklahoma City, 264 ; Portland. 

 Ore., 83 ; Scranton, 72 ; Syracuse, 53. The par- 

 ticniars will be found in the following table: 



June, June, 



1910, 1900. Per Cent 



'-"i- Cost. Cost. Gain. Loss. 



Vi'lanta 5 732,402 $ 431.970 67 



Baltimore 593,200 675,275 . . 12 



Biraiingh.-iiii 304.224 190.781 54 



Buffalo 1,082,000 1.063.000 2 



Cliicago 8,S3S,100 7,786.300 12 



Cincinnati 778,515 481,665 ul 



Cleveland 1,388.341 1,349,004 2 



Columbus 483,697 401,470 20 



Dl'las 293,435 203,966 43 '. '. 



Denver 1,427,000 853,385 67 



Dos Moines 91,772 259.782 . 64 



''f'roit 1,959.540 •,135,780 109 



Grand Rlipids 163.735 259,250 . 36 



Hartford 674,590 312,820 115 



Kansas City 870,155 1,481.725 .. 41 



Knoxville 30.935 52,618 41 



I.ittle Kock 274.040 125,066 lis 



Los Angeles 1.55S.S91 1.148,418 35 



r.ouisville 438,455 384,234 14 



Jtanchester 119,151 72,910 63 



Memphis ....... 865,845 355,521 70 '.' 



.Milwaukee 1,148.804 1.519.355 .. 2i 



^t■war^i 1,213,004 1.148,014 6 



Nashville 69,750 184,676 .. 62 



-New Haven 708.700 263.360 109 



New Orleans 436,863 408,233 7 



Manhattan 11.007.455 10.256.545 7 



Brookl.vn 3.029,750 6.962.159 .'. 56 



Bronx 3,083,695 2,926,325 5 



New York 17,120,900 20,145.029 .. 15 



Oakland 394,957 418,432 ■.. 5 



Okla. City 962,932 264,325 264 



P^tfson 272,064 355.785 .. 23 



Philadelphia 3.688,060 4,156,090 . 11 



Pittsburg 2,520,153 2,300,098 9 



Portland, Ore 1.587,725 865,300 83 



St. Louis 1,884,013 1,901,254 1 



San Francisco 2,216,631 2,828.849 21 



Scranton 313.528 181,437 72 



Seattle 1,519,955 1,656,425 . 's 



Spokane 543,125 701,170 . 22 



Syracuse 677,855 440.300 53 



Toledo 355,921 244.088 45 



Wilkes Barre 134.920 211260 .36 



Worcester 391,248 521.135 '.'. 24 



Total $60,927,228 .$59,546,761 ~2 77 



WUl Cut Nails 



It is most difficult to appreciate the progress 

 that has been made in the manufacture of steel. 

 Few people realize either the cost of the mate- 

 rials which are now being used or the wonder- 

 ful skill required in producing metal which will 

 po.ssess the desired qualities. 



When it is seen that certain types of steel 

 have a commercial value, ranging about $2 a 

 pound, it will be readily seen that unusual qual- 

 ity must have been put into the product. Per- 

 haps no type of steel requires more care in the 

 selection of its ingredients or more exquisite han- 

 dling in the processes of manufacture than steel 

 which is to be used in the making of saw blades 

 and plates. 



One of the Atkins demonstrators in appearing 

 before a committee who were about to place an 

 order for hand saws, drove four two-penny nails 

 into a piece of two by four and cut them ofC 

 .cleanly without appreciably affecting the points 



