HARDfWOOD RECORD 



Flambeau closed down theii- mill on June 3 

 tor the summer. This company has a large 

 amount of all grades of lumber on hand, and 

 the demand being poor it was thought advisable 

 lo close tor the next few months. 



The Glidden Veneer Mills of Glidden, which 

 have been closed for some time, will resume 

 operations in the near future. It is reported 

 that they will saw more hardwood than here- 

 tofore. 



The Nash Lumber Company of Shanagolden, 

 whose mill was burned about a year ago, will 

 not rebuild till early next spring, at which time 

 they will erect a larger mill and one that will 

 have a capacity of about 55,000 feet. They 

 were very fortunate in having a large quantity 

 of lumber on hand at the time of the fire, and 

 on which they .ire now enjoying ready sales at 

 good prices. 



The hardwood lumber mill of Behnke Brothers 

 at Park Falls is running full time with a full 

 force of men. They have enough logs on hand 

 to keep the mill running for some time, and 

 shipments are being received almost daily. They 

 report a very satisfactory business. 



The Roddis Lumber & Veneer Company of the 

 same city is running to its full capacity to meet 

 the demand upon it. It has a fine line of lum- 

 ber on hand and full stock of veneers. 



The Edward Hines Lumber Company has 

 started its summer logging work in the woods 

 near Cusson, Wis., and when the work is all 

 under way there will be about 1,000 men em- 

 ployed there. 



A machine to make 20,000 staves a day has 

 been purchased by the St. Croix Land Company 

 to be installed at Nimmesung Lake, Wis. The 

 machine is an innovation in this district and 

 will effect economy. 



C. P. Crosby of Khinelander says that trade 

 in his line, or at any rate In his own business, 

 has improved twenty per cent over previous 

 months, and that there is a fair demand for 

 birch, maple and basswood, as well as a light 

 demand for red oak, ash and other hardwoods. 

 Prices are quite firm, and in a number of cases 

 of late, where he made quotations upon in- 

 quiries, he secured every order but one, in the 

 latter case it was a question whether the stock 

 was dry enough for the customer's wants. 



The Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company of 

 Khinelander will rebuild their hardwood mill 

 at Donaldson which was destroyed by fire a 

 few weeks ago. Work will begin at once. 



K. C. Dayton of the Wisconsin Veneer Com- 

 pany, Khinelander, says business is keeping up 

 fairly good with them, and he anticipates a 

 good fall and winter business. This company 

 has one of the best equipped veneer mills in the 

 Northwest. 



The Hawkins Lumber Company has removed 

 its office from Minneapolis to Hawkins, Wis., 

 in order to be in close touch with the mill. 

 This company has a fine tract of timber and a 

 well equipped mill. 



J. T. Edwards, manager of the Medford Fruit 

 Package Company of Medford, informs the 

 i;i£Cor.D that they have all the business they 

 can handle, and especially in the berry box 

 line. This company has two veneer machines 

 running ten hours a day, cutting birch and 

 red oak. A new^ machine has been ordered from 

 the Merritt Manufacturing Company, Lockport, 

 X. v., which will cut to 100 inches. 



A. R. Week, secretary-manager of the John 

 Week Lumber Company, Stevens Point, has 

 just returned from an extended trip in Califor- 

 nia, lie wa.s accompanied by two sisters, and 

 w.Ts joined in San Francisco by his brother 

 of Spok:ino, Wash. The party toured the coast 

 lo southern California and returned in an auto- 

 mobile. 



The Western Steel & Iron Company of De 

 I 'ore, Wis., have put in a sawmill in connection 

 with their plant. Hereafter the company will 

 saw all of the timber used in the manufacture 

 cif the digger and spade handles and also for 



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feet of maple logs have been purchased by the 

 company for Ihe work. 



R. C. Merryman of Marinette has just re- 

 turned from a four months' trip in the West. 

 He was accompanied by his wife. 



A. A. Fairchild, who has been connected with 

 the X. Ludington Company of Marinette for 

 twenty-five years, and for the past nine years 

 been manager of same, has resigned and will 

 leave the company on the 10th inst. Mr. 

 Fairchild will go to British Columbia, where 

 he will manage a large plant. His family will 

 reside in Spokane. 



Eben Olson & Co. of Port Wing will put in a 

 sawmill near Washburn for the purpose of cut- 

 ting what hardwood timber they have along 

 the line of the Northern Pacific between Wash- 

 burn and Iron River. 



The Maple Lumber Company, an Iowa cor- 

 poration, with a branch at Weyerhaeuser, Wis., 

 has filed articles and a statement to operate in 

 Wisconsin. The company is capitalized at $40,- 

 000 and has Wisconsin interests of $34,286. 



Superintendent Clark of the John Schroeder 

 Lumber Company, Ashland, says they are hav- 

 ing a fine run of logs just at this time and are 

 running their mill full time. 



The Stearns Lumber Company of Ashland 

 has finished its drive of 21,000,000 feet of logs 

 down Bad river. The company will operate 

 two summer logging camps, employing 200 men. 



A loss of $30,000 was incurred by fire on 

 May 12. at Boylston, on the Great Northern 

 line. The bush fires did the damage, burning 

 a portable sawmill of Murphy Brothers, several 

 hundred thousand shingles and quarter of a 

 million feet of lumber. Several forest fires 

 have been set by careless fishermen. 



What will probably be the last log drive that 

 will ever be seen on Black river is now in 

 progress near La Crosse. A large crew is at 

 Dells dam, twenty miles above Black river 

 falls. The late rise in the water has given a 

 fine driving stage and the drive will continue 

 as long as the water will permit. 



M. J. Sullivan, manager of the New Orleans 

 branch of the National Biscuit Company, has 

 returned to Milwaukee and will again make 

 this city his permanent home. "Regarding the 

 South, I can only say that business there Is 

 progressing but slowly," said Mr. Sullivan. 

 ■This is due largely to the inactivity in the 

 lumber business. Export activity has also 

 fallen off considerably." Mr. Sullivan is well- 

 known among the traveling men of the state. 

 He was formerly grand counselor of the United 

 Commercial Brokers of Wisconsin. 



George H. Foster, president of the G. H. Fos- 

 ter Lumber Company of Oshkosh, has been 

 chosen president of the Oshkosh fire and police 

 patrol board. Mr. Foster is one of the best- 

 known business men of the city. He is 

 the son of the late Carlton Foster, a pioneer 

 lumberman of Oshkosh and one of its earliest 

 mayors. Mr. Foster has been identified with the 

 lumber business all his working life. He was 

 associated for .vears with the Foster-Hafner 

 and later with the Foster-Lothman companies, 

 and some years ago organized the company of 

 which he is now at the head. 



Lumbennen's Golf Association, 



The annual tournament of the Lumbermen's 

 Golf Assoeiatiou will be held on the links of 

 the Chicago Golf Club at Wheaton. III., Tuesday, 

 June 23. Several trophies will be offered and 

 promise to provoke a lively contest. Among 

 Ihcm are the Hettler cup, to become the per- 

 sonal property of the lumberman winning it 

 three times, and which may be contested for 

 every year by any lumberman golf player in the 

 cotintry, provided he first joins the Chicago asso- 

 ciation. This, with the American Lumberman 

 cup ; the Pate cup, presented by the D. S. Pate 

 Lumber Company : the Mashek cup, and three 

 others, presented by the association, will make 

 the touriininent exceedingly interesting and worth 

 while. Dinner will be served In the evening 

 Mii.l tlic :innual meeting held at that time. 



The association wishes to call attention to the 

 fact that its object is not merely to play golf, 

 but to promote good fellowship in the lumber 

 fraternity, and that consequently the dinner 

 which follows the meet is of equal importance. 

 Those who cannot attend the tournament will 

 be as heartily welcomed to the dinner. 



Wheaton is situated on the Chicago & North- 

 western Railway and on the Aurora, Elgin & 

 Chicago electric line, and is easy of access by 

 automobile. The Chicago Golf Club has gener- 

 ously offered the use of the links from Monday, 

 June 15, until the day of the tournament, except 

 Saturday and Sunday. They also advise that 

 members may engage rooms for Monday or Tues- 

 day night, provided arrangements are made in 

 advance. 



Frank B. Stone, Railway Exchange, Chicago. 

 Is secretary of the Lumbermen's Golf Associa 

 tion. 



New PhUadelphia Concern. 



On May 27 a corporation known as the Mon- 

 arch Lumber Company, with a capitalization of 

 550,000, took over the business of John J. Rum- 

 barger of Philadelphia, who is president of the 

 new company ; William T. Latham of Buck- 

 hannon, W. Va., is vice president, and Howard B. 

 France of Wilmington, Del., is secretary and 

 treasurer. 



As is well known. Mr. Rumbarger has been 

 engaged in the lumber trade during his entire 

 business career, and is thoroughly acquainted 

 with both the manufacturing and selling ends. 



Mr. Latham has been engaged in the manufac- 

 ture of lumber for seventeen years, and is highly 

 regarded. Mr. French began business with the 

 Jackson & Sharp Cciiipany. car manufacturers 



nt' ^"\ iliiiiii_i.iii. 1 1.1 . uhi'ii he was a youth, and 

 w 1- ■ i •'' ' I if.iin and its successor, 



111' \r,.ih III III ,\ I'l.undry Company, for 

 '■i^l'i'ii ' I- \i X, nil. MS times he has been 

 himl.ir l.uy.T nii.l ^uin-riulendcnt of the wood- 

 working di'iiartniont. 



The n.nv company is made up of competent 

 and hustling elements, and should certainly se- 

 cure its share of the eastern trade. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



U' . I lit ili^^iint'lics from Appleton, Wis., say 



til. 11 w i~ Ill nKuiufacturers of print paper 



lin\. .i.hiiii . (1 .1 pioposition which, it adopted, 

 will 1. \..luii._.iiiz._- the print paper industry of 

 the country .and the newspaper ludustrj- as 

 well. They propose that newspapers In the 

 future be printed on black Instead of white 

 paper, using white ink, thus bringing about 



