Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-27
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and it was variety of work well cal culated to open any mans eyes to tht future of a section so rich in natura resources as Eastern Arkansas. Long after the Frisco's line to Van Buren was completed and in operation MT Rutherford supplied ties, bridge tim- bers, etc., for it's maintenance.
 In 1885 MT. Rutherford decided to look for a place where he could To- cate permanently to advantage, and with this purpose made an extended trip through the southern part of Ar kansas. On looking over the sec ton immediately tributary to Pine Bluff, then an insignificant town with but 1,500 population, he was parti- cularly impressed with it's possibi1i- ties. And after careful consideration decided to locate here, and to form company to acquire and operate in some of the magnificent timber in nearby counties. He planned also to engage in the business of milling in transit, offering facilities to owners of small mills who until that time had been unable to secure blaming mill facilities, business that since has grown to large proportions.
 The company first formed was known as the o. D. Peck Company and began business in 1885, continu- ing under this title until 1889, when the name was changed to Bluff City Lumber Co.,, and an Arkansas corpor- ation was formed to take over the business. This concern owned al blaming mill at Pine Bluff, near the location of the Bluff City Lumber Company's present general offices on West Fourth avenue
 In the meantime Mir. Rutherford be- came associated with Charles LaDue, ] a pioneer lumberman of this section, l In the operation of mill and the | ownership of timber lands at Clio, | Ark, located on the Cotton Belt rail- road seventeen miles in a southeast erly direction from Pine Bluff. This | business was first conducted under | the name of the Anderson Lumber | Co., beginning an 1887. MT. Ruther- ford and MT. LaDue were joint own CTS but after time MT. Rutherford 1 bought MT. LaDue's interest in the business and subsequently sold the plant and timber to the Bluff City 1 Lumber Co. The plant continued in operation and wore out the first mill. second was built and in 1897 it H2s destroyed by fire, when it was iepla2ed by the present yellow pine l.i's.
 f' tie time that the Bluff City
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 &t Pine Bluff and acouir- h-S the tlio plant two Arkansas lum- bermen, Riley Bevens and John Ma 'ors, were conducting business at kearney, Ark, under the name of the kearney Lumber mills, eighteen miles north of Pine Bluff on the Iron Moun. tain road. They had small mil, and were operating on very limited scale but their timber was desirable and in 1896 the Bluff City Lumber Co.,, also bought this business. soon replacing the old mill with a larger and thoroughly modern plant. which has been in operation continuously ever since.
 Mr. Rutherford in the mantima be. came associated as partner in all Of the holdings of the Bluff City Lum- Der Company with Capt. J. B. York his son, Robert York; c. J. Samstae. and David H. Duncan. Many changes took place in the business from time tos time Samstag selling out to ,he Yorks and latsr. when differences
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