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■cided to plant cork trees in Formosa and the 

 ■Ogasawara Isles. The climate and the soil of 

 Formosa are deemed suitable for growing cork 

 trees, and the government had previously sent 

 •orders to Spain (through the Mitsui Bussan 

 Kaisha) for some young cork trees, which are 

 ■expected to arrive shortly. 



Cork oaks are found along the Dakusuikei 

 river — the largest in Formosa. Although it will, 

 no doubt, be impossible to obtain from Formosan 

 ■cork trees such large pieces of material as are 

 <>btained in Spain, still a production of small 

 cork would supply a demand of Japanese mer- 

 ■chants. These merchants have therefore induced 

 the government to undertake experiments for in- 

 creasing the island's productivity. The special 

 ■demand for corks comes from the manufacturers 

 of sake, a popular beverage both in Japan and 

 Formosa. 



The Bureau of Productive Industries has begun 

 the experimental cultivation of gum trees. Here 

 -and there in the mountains of Shinchiku. Giran 

 ■and Kagi prefectures of the island certain gum 

 ■trees thrive, yielding a superior quality of sap. 

 Encouraged by the gum industry in Japan, which 

 lias been developed and expanded remarkably dur- 

 ing the last few years, and the increasing demand 

 for material, the Formosan government has begun 

 to make a scientific study of the Formosan gum 

 trees. 



The botanical laboratory is cultivating in Kagi 

 prefecture gum trees imported from Australia, 

 Brazil, and tropical Asia. Their growth is satis- 

 factory, giving promise of a good industry. 



Miscellaneous Notes 

 The E. E. Pittnian Handle Factory of Logans- 

 ■port. Ind.. recently suffered a loss by fire. 



The Ficklin Spoke & Handle Company re- 

 <?ently commenced business at Victory, Ga. 



Mt. Holly, Pa., is the location of the new Mt. 



Holly Lumber Company, capitalized at $13,000. 



It is reported that the Standard Cabinet 



Factory of Peru, Ind., recently suffered a loss 



l)y Are. 



The Davidson Manufacturing Company is a 

 new concern for Lenox, Mich., capitalized at 

 :$33,000. 



The Crawford Lumber Company has been in- 

 corporated at Gallon, Ohio, with a capital stock 

 ■of Si23,000. 



Lexington, Ky., is the location of the new 

 Poplarville Lumber Company, incorporated with 

 a capital stock of ,$.30,000. 



The Hollingsworth Wheel Company was re- 

 ■cently incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $10,000 at Hagerstown, Md. 



A new concern to enter business at Chatta- 

 nooga, Tenn., is the Tennessee Mill & Land 

 Company, capitalized at $10,000. 



The Saginaw Heading & Veneer Company 

 of Saginaw, Mich., has ch.anged its name to 

 the Saginaw Basket & Veneer Company. 



The Grain & French Lumber Company, whole- 

 sale hardwood lumber, recently moved its head- 

 <iuarters from Clifton, Tenn., to Brookport, III. 

 A new concern to start business at Sparta, 

 Ky.. is the Sparta Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company, incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $5,000. 



The J. C. Hill Lumber Company of Houston, 

 Tex;, has filed an amendment to its charter, in- 

 creasing its capital stock from $100,000 to 

 $123,000. 



A new addition to the New York City lumber 

 fraternity is the Woodenware Specialty Manu- 

 facturing Company, incorporated with $60,000 

 capital stock. 



The Deming Lumber Company of Martinsville, 

 Ind.. was recently organized with a capital 

 ■stock of $15,000 by Charles C. Deming, Ed- 

 ^in I'. Deming and Marian H. Deming. 



Harvey L. Prouse and Frank H. McCafferty 

 of Philadelphia and Harry Patton, Pensauken. 

 N. J., have organized the H. L. Prouse Lumber 

 Company, Inc., at Pensauken, N. J. It has a 

 capital of $25,000 and will deal in timber, lies, 

 logs, etc. 



The sawmill, planer and a large lot of lumber 

 situated at Clevenger on the Texas & New 

 Orleans railroad, belonging to George P. Cleven- 

 ger, were destroyed by fire recently. The loss 

 is estimated at between $40,000 and $30,00ff, 

 only partly covered by insurance. 



The Southern Planing Mill recently filed 

 articles of incorporation at Louisville, Ky., with 

 a capital of $t)0,000, divided into 600 shares. 

 The company will operate a planing mill and 

 lumber yard. The incorporators are Emil An- 

 derson, Reiuhold Anderson and Charles Ander- 

 son. 



Fire recentl.v broke out in the lumber piles 

 of the Standard Oil Company's big box shop 

 and burned a swath 400 feet wide and 1,000 

 feet long through the center of the yard. It is 

 estimated that between 10,000,000 and 12,000,- 

 000 feet, having a value of $200,000, were de- 

 stroyed. 



Fire at the plant of the Oliver Chilled I'iow 

 Works at South Bend, Ind., a few days ago 

 destroyed a large amount of fine oak plow 

 beams and a quantity of high-grade hickory 

 lumber which it will be very difficult to replace. 

 The total loss will reach $S0,000 which is well 

 covered by insurance. 



R. A. Reitz of Evansville, Ind., recently went 

 to Sapulpa, Okla., to close arrangements for 

 locating a furniture factory at that place, simi- 

 lar to the one he now owns at Evansville. The 

 new company will have a capital of $50,000 

 and wheu the factory is complete it will employ 

 more than one hundred men. 



The Bay View Furniture Company of Holland. 

 Mich., has let the contract for a large addition 

 to its factory on Black lake. Excavation has 

 already been commenced. The addition will be 

 SOxlUO feet, three stories high and will greatly 

 ei. large the capacity of the plant, which has 

 been handicapped for room. About forty addi- 

 tional men will he employed. 



The W. A. Cool & Sons Lumber Company of 

 Cleveland, Ohio, has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $50,000 to manufacture lumber. 

 This concern will succeed the firm of W. A. 

 Cool & Sons at the same location and in the 

 same line of business. Those interested in the 

 company are W. A. Cool, Henry R. Cool, C. B. 

 Peterson, K. K. Naroveo and A. G. Carpenter. 

 The H. B. Smith Machine Company, well- 

 known manufacturer of woodworking machinery 

 at Smitliville, N. J., has an exhibit at the 

 Centenary Exhibition of Buenos Ayres, Argen- 

 tina, which is now in progress. The exhibit is 

 complete and very creditable, showing the com- 

 tiany's ■ well-known woodworking machines, 

 v.'hicb have given universal satisfaction and 

 have become very popular among the trade. 



The I'dell Works, an Indianapolis cabinet fac- 

 tory, has resumed work again with a force of 

 100 men. The plant had been shut down for 

 about a week while repairs were being made 

 on the machinery and line shafts. H. H. Phil- 

 lips, secretary of the company, said that pros- 

 pects are good for a splendid fall business as 

 a number of orders are on file. The company 

 has a large exhibition of furniture at the Grand 

 Rapids Furniture Exposition. 



The Henry Maley Lumber Company of Evans- 

 ville, Ind., managed by Charles Maley, has 

 bought the sawmill and property of the Maley 

 Hardwood Lumber Company at Yazoo City, 

 Miss. Joseph Bertrand of Evansville will go 

 to Yazoo City and take charge of the plant. 

 The Maley Hardwood Lumber Company was 

 organized by the late Henry Maley of Edin- 

 burg, Ind., and was operated by him until his 



ueath. It is one of the largest hardwood con- 

 cerns in Indiana. 



D. J. Cavitt & Co. is the firm style of the 

 latest entry Into lumber circles at Texarkana, 

 Ark. The concern was organized the early part 

 of the year but did not actively engage in busi- 

 ness until recently. The firm is composed of 

 D. J. Cavitt and B. K. Rogers, neither of wnom 

 needs any introduction to the lumber trade. 

 They will deal in wholesale hardwoods and yel- 

 low pine, creosoted shingles and fence posts, 

 and have already negotiated to handle the out- 

 puts of several mills in Arkansas and Texas. 



Both Mr. Rogers and Mr. Cavitt are men of 

 several years' experience in the lumber business, 

 having of late years been in the employ of the 

 National Lumber & Creosoting Company, and 

 are peculiarly adapted to make a success of 

 their new undertaking, they being thoroughly 

 familiar with the practical side of the business 

 and having a wide acquaintance among the 

 milling interests of this section. 



The Red River Lumber Company of Lake 

 Charles, La., has Just sold through the State 

 Savings and Trust Company of Texarkana, 

 30,000 acres of hardwood timber lands which 

 extend in spots from Shreveport, La., to Lew-is- 

 ville. Ark. The purchasers were the National " 

 Lumber & Creosoting Company. The purchase 

 price in the deal has not been given out, but 

 it is said that it was decidedly attractive. 

 The timber on these tracts will be utilized ia 

 the manufacture of cross-ties and telegraph 

 poles. 



A. S. Sherrill, president, II. V. Sherrill, gen- 

 eral manager and secretary, and C. H. Sherrill, 

 treasurer, all of Paducah, Ky., composing the 

 Colfax Hardwood Lumber Company, are rapidly 

 getting things in shape for the erection of their 

 plant at Colfax, Grant Parish, La. Other mem- 

 bers of the company are C. A. Weis of Decatur, 

 Ala., vice-president, and V. J. Blow of Louis- 

 ville. Ky.. director. The company is capitalized 

 at $50,000, each of the five members owning 

 $10,000 worth of stock. Staves and barrels will 

 be among the products of the plant. 



The Williams Lumber Company of San An- 

 tonio, Tex., througli its president, T. J. Will- 

 iams, recently closed a deal whereby it becomes 

 owner of a tract of timberland in east Texas, 

 containing 20,000,000 feet of hardwood timber, 

 with a mixture of pine. The company already 

 has a pine mill at Honey Island, Hardin county, 

 in the vicinity of this tract and announces that 

 it has let a contract for the building of a hard- 

 wood mill to take care of the new acreage. The 

 new mill will be complete, including machinery 

 for the cutting of veneers and dimension slock 

 for furniture and fine cabinet work. 



Fire caused by a spark from a locomotive 

 burned over a considerable stretch of territory 

 on a spur of the Munisiug Railway, property 

 of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company. The fire 

 burned over an area half a mile back from the 

 track and about fifty feet in width. The loss 

 is about $3,000 which includes 1,800 cords of 

 hardwood which were piled along the road. 

 Because of the inflammable condition of the 

 woods the company is taking great precautions 

 to prevent further fires and wherever lumber 

 is piled patrols are kept to follow locomotives 

 and watch that fires do not start from flying 

 sparks. 



W. B. Mershon & Co. of Saginaw, Mich., 

 have just been informed by E. C. Mershon, who 

 is in the East, that he has secured an order 

 from Cross, Austin & Ireland, Brooklyn, N. Y.. 

 for nine Mershon Band Resaws and Band Rip 

 Saws to be installed immediately in the new 

 plant which is being built to replace the one 

 recently burned. The Mershon people report a 

 fair volume of inquiries and orders, sufficient to 

 keep the shop running with full force on regu- 



