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Jibr.'irii.'S, aud a superb system of public schools. A new industrial 

 high school aud state normal school is now being erected at a cost 

 ■■■fa million dollars. 



In addition to the foregoing admirable features, Memphis has 

 ijceome the greatest "get-together" city in the country. Its great 

 Business Men's Club is an organization working on business lines, 

 and is a splendid exponent of the co-operative spirit of the South. 

 The organization comprises fifteen hundred resident and three hun- 

 di'ed non-resident members, every one of whom is a " live wire, ' ' 

 advertising Memphis and Jlemphis territory. The Bureau of Pub- 

 licity and Development, an adjunct of this great organization, has 

 raised a fund of $50,000 to advertise the advantages of Memphis to 

 .the world. 



H.VRDWOOD Becokd'.s exploitation of Memphis in this issue is made 

 ■entirely distinct from the advertising fund noted and is printed that 



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this publication may do its share in assisting the Business Men's 

 Club to further its campaign of advertising the advantages of 

 Memphis by impressing on its readers the desirability of the city 

 as a location for manufacturing institutions in many lines and as- 

 sisting in extending the wholesale and retail trade of the city. 



HARDWOOD TIMBER RESOURCES OF THE MEMPHIS 

 DISTRICT 



Within the city of Memphis there are upwards of thirty sawmills, 

 and in the vicinity immediately contiguous there are several hun- 

 dred. These mills have located in Memphis and surrounding regions 

 for the reason that there is a timber supply to keep them running 

 for many years to come. It is a diificult matter to estimate for just 

 how many years the hardwood mills in the Memphis district may 

 continue in operation on the timber supply of the adjacent forests, 



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