BOND CIRCULARS 369 



J. A. Thompson, Pres. 

 J. L. Thompson, Vice-Pres. 

 L. N. Thompson, Secy. 

 Alex. Thompson, Treas. 



Hoxie H. Thompson, Vice-Pres. and M.s,r. 

 J. M. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY 

 Capital and Surplus $1,200,000.00. 

 Manufacturers of Yellow Pine Lumber 



Houston, Texas, December 18, 1908. 

 Messrs. McCoy & Co., Chicago. 



Gentlemen: — Referring to bond issue of the J. M. 

 Thompson Lumber Co., I believe it would be of interest 

 to your clients to know something of the history of this 

 company and of the personnel of the guarantors — viz., 

 .T. A., J. L., L. N., H. H., and Alex. Thompson. 



J. M. Thompson, founder of the company, began the 

 manufacturing of lumber in 1852, under the firm name of 

 The Thompson & Tucker Lumber Company, and celebrated 

 his fiftieth birthday in lumber manufacturing by retiring 

 from active operation, and in the spring of 1902 disposed of 

 his holdings in the Thompson & Tucker Lumber Company, 

 the oldest lumber manufacturing concern in Texas, of which 

 he was founder and was for fifty years the active head. It 

 was after retiring from active business that he considered 

 the idea of organizing a timber holding company to be 

 composed entirely of members of his immediate family. 

 The 70,000 acres of fee land, and more than 400 million 

 feet of timber (according to Lemieux Brothers & Com- 

 pany's detailed report, which is in your possession) now 

 owned by J. M. Thompson Lumber Company, is the out- 

 growth of this idea. 



J. M. Thompson died in April of 1907, after having 

 spent 55 years in the lumber business in the State of Texas. 

 The five guarantors of these bonds, J. A., J. L., L. N., H. H., 

 and Alex. Thompson, are all sons of J. M. Thompson, and 

 have been connected with the lumber business from their 

 youth. 



J. A. Thompson is a resident of Taylor, Texas, and has 

 a line of retail yards; is a man of 54 years of age. 



J. L. Thompson is president and general manager of 

 Thompson & Tucker Lumber Company and Thompson Bros. 

 Lumber Company. 



L. N. Thompson is general sales agent of these two com- 

 panies. 



H. H. Thompson is manager of manufacturing plant of 

 Thompson & Tucker Lumber Company, at Willard, Texas. 



Alex. Thompson is manager of Thompson Bros. Lum- 

 ber Company at Doucette, Texas. We are also interested 



