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ARKMO LUMBER COMPANY
PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS - THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 21, 1911
GENERAL OFFICES OF ARKMO LUMBER COMPANY WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM SAINT LOUIS TO THIS CITY.
WALTER W. FUESS , PRESIDENT OF THE ARKMO LUMBER COMPANY , ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE IN PARAGOULD MAKING PREPARATIONS TO BECOME PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
MR. FUESS ANNOUNCES THAT THE HEADQUATERS OF HIS COMPANY WILL BE MOVED FROM ST. LOUIS TO PARAGOULD , THE CHANGE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE WITHIN THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS.
WITH MR. FUESS WILL COME H.C. BALL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY AND PROBALLY ONE OR TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CLERICAL FORCE NOW STATIONED IN ST. LOUIS.
THE ARKMO LUMBER COMPANY IS A COMPARATIVE NEW ENTERPRISE IN ARKANSAS . THE FUESS BOYS CAME TO PARAGOULD ABOUT EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO AND BOUGHT THE YARDS AND MATERIALS OF THE PARAGOULD LUMBER AND SUPPLY COMPANY INFUSED NEW LIFE INTO THE ENTERPRISE AND SINCE THEN HAVE CONDUCTED A MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. THE CONCERN HAS CONSTANTLY BEEN SPREADING OUT AND THEY NOW HAVE YARDS AT STUTTGART , WEINER , ALMYRA , HICKORY RIDGE AND PARAGOULD IN ARKANSAS AND AT NEW MADRID AND HORNERSVILLE IN MISSOURI.
MR. FUESS ANNOUNCES THAT THE PRIME REASON HE IS CHANGING HIS HEADQUARTERS FROM ST. LOUIS TO PARAGOULD IS BECAUSE MOST OF HIS COMPANIES INTERESTS ARE IN ARKANSAS AND PARAGOULD IN MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED WITH REFERNCES TO THE BRANCH YARDS . BESIDES HE LIKES PARAGOULD AND THINKS IT IS A GROWING TOWN AND A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE .