Employment For Many Men In Regional Lumber Industry
Forests of pine oak hickory and walnut supplied fine timber for bridge timbers ties and piling before railroads and Mena settlement. Brommer Lumber Co of Mena owned by Sh Brommer and ROL Brommer of Kansas City with SP Posom as manager and Gayle Green as bookkeeper operates yards, sawmills, and a sizable timber business employing about seventy five men. They recently purchased Ouachita Lanner Coven Cole Gunn and tie dressing link with Morrison and Breen to process two carloads daily.
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The
Brommer Lumber Co
Mena
Sh BE & Rol Brommer
Keneas City
SP Posom
Gayle Green
Ouachita Lanner
Cole & Gunn
Morrison & Breen
Lehdigh & Havens Lumber Co Mill at Hatferd Chey
Hatferd Chey state stock shows Lehdigh & Havens Lumber Co operates a large mill built last fall measuring 190 by 160 feet. The facility, with a weekly payroll of 175 dollars and potential for multiple car loads, features a 23 inch planer and other finishing equipment. The firm runs extensive lumber yards over a block and a half, with a railway switch feeding both yard and mill for rough timber delivery and finished product shipment.
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Lehdigh & Havens Lumber Co
Pryor Lumber Co Mills at south-west town site
The Pryor Lumber Co. operates a 50 000 feet per day mill in the town’s southwest, with two heavy planers a re saw and a gang saw edger. It sits on a railroad switch with 7 000 000 feet of logs on spurs. Four acres of yard space and a commissary support operations. W S Pryor is president.
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South-Wes
W.S Pryor
Mena Lumber Co Mills Operated by Morton and Finney
The Mena Lumber Co mill on Sherwood Avenue near the railroad, with a switch to the mill and yards, is owned by D. T. Morton and A. M. Finney. It operates three car loads daily and features a moulder among its machinery.
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D. T. Morton
A. M. Finney
Manner
Sherwood Avenue
Lumber Industry and Railroads Transform Mena Region
The arrival of the railroad spurred a boom in lumber and related mills around Mena. Saws, planing mills, and timber yards expanded, providing jobs and enabling wholesale shipments. Poteau Lumber Co led by T A Dunn and C A Haasenbeck of Manhattan operated a major mill network with facilities at Wicks and Janssen, supplying high grade timber for farm implements and tool handles.
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T A. Dunn
C. A. Haasenbeck
Manhattan
Kas
Janssen
Wicks
Arkansas Nears Full Operation With New Mill and Store
A new facility will come online by March 1 offering flour and feed grinding with fifty barrels per day capacity. It includes a rail track for loading and unloading and will trade in groceries provisions poultry and country produce. The Ar kansaw brand ad promises courteous service and a Dr A Simmons Liver Medicine course is advertised for health claims.
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Arkansaw
Carding and Shingle Mill Opening by Hill and Parish
Messrs Hill and Parish have started a good season of business carding cotton and making shingles. Their mill sits on Port Arthur Avenue opposite the Lehdigh and Havens lumber mill, marking a local industrial addition.
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Messrs Hill & Parish
Port Arthur Avenue
Lehdigh & Havens Lumber
Industrial home for colored children eyed in Arkansas bids
In a correspondence with AL Ballenger manager of the American sentinel plans are under way to establish an industrial school for colored children. Arkansas towns vie for the project including Mena. A tract of about 1000 acres is sought to donate, with inducements to be discussed at a conference in Seath Lancaster Massachusetts on February 14 and March et omelesive.
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AL. Ballenger
American Sentinel
Senate
Arkansas
Mena
Lancaster
Massachusetts
Arkansaw Store Founded in Mena by Littlejohn Co
J B Littlejohn and Company opened the Arkansaw store in Mena on DeQueen Street near Port Arthur Avenue in February 1897 and have since carried on a successful business venture.
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J. B. Littlejohn & Company
Arkansaw
Mena
DeQueen Street
Port Arthur Avenue
Mill with in-plant com missary and railroad switch
The mill includes a double and a single surfacer a match er a rip-saw re-saw and a bandsaw plus a turning lathe. It measures 64 by 74 feet with a capacity of three car loads daily and has yard areas covering a quarter block. The yards connect to the railroad by a switch.
Bee Hive Grocery in Me prospers under JT Frady
The Bee Hive Grocery gains popularity in Me under owner JT Frady and his wife Mrs Frady known as the queen bee. Located at the Hu and De Queen Streets corner, the store promises good goods and prompt delivery. Mention is made of N. M. Roach and family occupying upstairs for their science interests. Hunt's Lightning Oil advertises speedily curing bruises sprains and rheumatism, sold by Jackson Drug Co.
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Bee Hive Grocery
Frady
Fia
N. M. Roach
Usi Hunt
Jackson Drug Co
Savage Drug Store Builds Modern Brick Store in Town
The Pioneer Druggist notes Mr Fr Savage arrived in July and built one of the town's first 11 structures. His store, a two story brick 50 by 80 feet, now hosts a large retail trade and has recently expanded stock to include wholesale as well as retail business.
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Savage Br
Fr . Savage
Huarome
Hudgins Bros Flour Mill Begins Construction Engraving
Engraving shows Hudgins Bros flour mill under construction with machinery being installed. The image emphasizes early framing and the forthcoming grinding equipment shaping local industry.
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Hudgins Bros
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Bankston Photo Co
Mena, Ark
Mena Lumber Company
Hatferd Chey
Pryor Lumber Co.’s Mills
Mena Lumber Co.’s Mills
Poteau Lumber Co
Hudgins Brothers’ Flouring Mill
Janssen Park
Arkansaw’’ Store
Morrison & Breen Lumber Co.'s Mills
Morrison & Breen Lumber Company
Leidigh & Havens Lumber Company
Los
Steére
E. P. Smith
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