The weekly soliphone., 1915-06-11
START ALL MILLS
GOING FULL Time
Henry Wrape Company Decides to
Revive Activity in Hardwood
Timber Industry.

hardwood products is gOOd, nor Ue-
cause there has been any percep-
tible increase in the demand for
slaves and heading, but solely be-
cause the company, continuing a
policy it has with more or less reg
ularity pursued for a quarter of
century, the announcement was
made today that the Henry Wrape
Company, owners and operators OF
the largest hardwood mills in Ar
kansas, would within few days
man their plants with full crews
and begin the manufacture of
:staves and heading at the maxi
mum capacity of the mills.
This course was decided upon at
the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the company held in
this city this week. The plants
affected by this decision are two
big mills in Paragould, one mill
near Brookland Craighead county,
one mill at Searcy, and one at
Reydel, Jefferson county. Orders
have been placed for large adver-
tising posters asking for white and
red oak stave and heading bolts,
the heading bolts to be twenty-five
inches long and the stave bolts
thirty-six inches long.
When seen today by represen-
tative of The Press, one of the Of
ficials of the company confirmed
the report that all the mills would
soon begin running with full
crews.
''This decision was reached at
the meeting of the stockholders in
Paragould this week. said the Of
ficial. ''The men directing the
policy of the company discussed
conditions from every angle and
the conclusion was reached that
the best way to revive business
in the hardwood industry was to
get busy. The market has been
bad for more than year and the
demand for slaves and heading has
fallen almost to the minimum, but
despite this condition the officials
have ordered the superintendent
and managers to cellar the decks for
action We are in the market for
white and red oak bolts for slaves
and heading. We will use all We
can get from the timber tracts ad-
jacent to Paragould, and in addi-
tion to this supply will ship in
bolts from the mill at Reydel and
from other points. The five mills
of the company have been furnish
ing employment to about one hun
dred and twenty-five men during
the past few months. When we
fill in the crews We will have not
less than two hundred and seven
have been operating the two plants
in Paragould with an average of
sixty-five men, while not less than
one hundred and twenty-five will be
employed when we begin operat-
ing the mills at full capacity"
The announcement that the
Wrapc mills will soon begin run
ming full time and full crewed win
probably &c followed by smIiar
moves upon the part OF the ather
hardwood plants in Paragould, If
this prediction proves true, old time
business conditions will again pre-
vail in Paragould within the next
thirty or sixty days.
Ia fact, those who study local
industrial conditions are very OPP
timistic ever the situation. The re-
sumption of the street paving work
means the release of approximately
$4,000 In Paragould during the
next two months. Within two
weeks The contractors on the new
water works system will begin op-
erations, and this will furnish
employment to many laborers. The
total cost of this improvement is
$4,000. Several new buildings in
the business district are in course
of construction and others are be.
ing projected.
Reports from all sections of the
county indicate bumper crop yields
this year. Nearly every farmer has
increased his acreage in food crops
and it is now almost certain the
people of Greene county will 'live
1T home and board at the same
place" after the harvest.
Bring that gallon oil can to
town Saturday and Well fill it up
with the hest grade of coal oil for