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^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is susceptible of be- 

 ing thoroughly kiln dried or air dried in less than 

 one-third the time ordinarily required for season- 

 ing unsteamed wood. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber does not case-harden, 

 check, end-split or stain, and dries without warp- 

 ing or buckling. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber has a uniform tone of 

 color. Its working qualities are greatly im- 

 proved, and the beauty of the flake on quarter- 

 sawed stock is enhanced. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber dries out to materially 

 less weight than unsteamed wood, ranging from 

 200 to 500 pounds per thousand feet. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber will neither shrink nor 

 swell, and the grain will not raise when water 

 stains are employed in finishing. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is not impaired in 

 strength or quality by the process. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is produced by the use 

 of the Kraetzer Preparator, a steel cylinder per- 

 manently closed at one end and fitted at the 

 other end with a quick-opening and closing 

 steam-tight door, manufactured by 



!;The Kraetzer Company 



537 South Dearborn Street 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Kraetzer-Cured lumber is produced by the following 

 well-known manufacturers: 



John Schroeder Lumber Company Milwaukee, Wis. 



Maple, Birch and Oak Flooring 



Russe & Burgess, Inc Memphis, Tenn. 



Red and Sap Gum, White and Red Oak 



Bennett Hardwood Lumber Company . Memphis, Tenn. 



White and Red Oak. Red and Sap Gum, Sycamore and Cypress 



Lamb-Fish Lumber Company Charleston, Miss. 



Red and Sap Gum, White and Red Oak, Cypress 



Santee River Cypress Lumber Co Ferguson, S. C. 



White and Red Oak, Red and Sap Gum, White Ash 



Forman-Earle Company Heidelberg, Ky. 



Poplar, White Oak and White Oak Flooring 



C. L. Willey Chicago, 111. 



Mahogany and all figured Foreign and Domestic Woods 



New England Hardwood Co Mountain Mills, Vt. 



Birch, Beech and Maple 



Saline River Hardwood Company Pine Bluff, Ark. 



White and Red Oak, Red and Sap Gum 



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formally ratified and accepted by the parties on both sides recently. The 

 total aort'age approximates 100,000 and the cash consideration is unoflQ- 

 (ially said to be between $3,000,000 and $3,500,000. The land is situated 

 in Sawyer and Price counties and a mill at Park Falls. 



The bia sawmill of the Faust Lumber Company at Antigo has started 

 its season's cut. Between seven and ten million feet of lumber will be 

 cut, a large amount having; been purchased in the vicinity of Pelican Lake 

 and Elderon, of which many carloads are being received daily. 



At the annual meetinsr of the Northwestern Steel & Iron Works, manu- 

 facturers of woodworking machinery at Eau Claire, a decided increase in 

 and growth of business was reported. An increase in volume of $100,000 

 over the preceding year showed the excellent condition of the concern, K. 

 Uosholt was elected president and E. R. Hamilton secretary-treasurer. 



Ferdinand Armstrong, one of the pioneer lumbermen of northern Wis- 

 consin, recently died at his liome in Marinette, He was associated for 

 many years with Senator I. Stephenson in the lumber business. At first 

 he was connected with the Stephenson company at Flat Rock and later was 

 superintendent of the Peshtigo Lumber Co'upany at Peshtigo. which posi- 

 tion he hold for thirty years. A wife and eight children survive him. He 

 was eighty years old. 



Paul Lachraund, sixty-eight years old. for a score of years secretary of 

 the Wisconsin Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, and one of the best- 

 known men connected with the luml>er business in the state, has died in 

 ;Milwaukee. Five sons and two daughters survive him. 



Th" State Railway Commission iias issued an order directing the Soo 

 Railroad Company to discontinue discrimination in switching rates, upon 

 complaint of the I, Stephenson Company, The railway company was 

 chai'ging $2 a car for switching at Rhinolander to the Stephenson com- 

 pany, while other concerns were charged toothing. 



Thomas M, Blackstone, president of the Phoenix Chair Company of 

 Sheyboygan, recently died at his home in that city at the age of eighty 

 years. He was for many years prominent in the political and business 

 life of the state. Mr. Blackstone was a native of Ii'eland and came to 

 Sheyboygan in 1849. In 1S75 he was active in organizing the Phoenix 

 Chair Company of which he was. to the time of his death, the only sur- 

 viving original stockholder. He wa.s at first secretary and later president 

 and manager of the firm, which operates the largest chair factory in 

 lh< country. 



A four-story addition is being erected to the plant of the Racine Stool 

 Company, at Racine. It is to be of brick and measure 71 by 115 feet. 

 The present crew of 100 men now works until 9 o'clock each evening to 

 lill the orders. When the addition is completed the capacity will be 

 doubled. It will provide additional space for the finishing department, 

 salesrooms nnd shipping department. 



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111 It Allan of .Mian Brothers reports that, considering the high price 

 <i£ Larihvoods, business has been exceptionally good and prospects for a 

 bu^'.v spring and summer are very bright. 



.\. K. I). Allan of .\llan Brothers, who has been seriously ill with in- 

 flammatory rheumatism since last December, is now able to sit up for a 

 while each da.v. Just as soon as his condition permits he will leave for 

 l"'lorida to recuperate. 



Secretary John Lodge of the Dwight Lumber Company reports that 

 that concern's flooring mill is exceptionally busy. In spite of the con- 

 tinued increase in the price of oak. 



The Thomas Forman Company has enjoyed a busy fortnight with orders 

 and imiuiries plentiful. With a great amount of construction worl; ahead 

 fui this spring the Forman company expects a continuing demand for 

 hardwood flooring. Thomas Forman of this company was out of town 

 on business last week. 



For the first time in over a year the E. W. Leech Company has 

 noticed a lull in the hardwood lumber trade. While business has not 

 been quite so brisk during the past month, Manager Smith is optimistic 

 reL;.irriing the coming spring and summer. 



Oeorgi- 1. McClure says that owing to the various automobile shows 

 during the months of January and February the auto body plants were 

 not so busy as at other times and this resulted in a temporary decrease 

 iu Ihe demand for hardwoods. Mr. McClure reports the trade in interior 

 linish very good. Trices on birch, ash, elm and oak are high. There, 

 too, has leen an increase in the price of low-grade hardwoods and 

 Ijoxing and crating lumber. Nos. 1 and 2 oak and 2i/i", 3" and 4" 

 ash are also scarce and prices are high. 



F. B. Ward of Hanson- Ward Veneer Company of Bay City: Mr. Todd 

 of the C. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Company of St. Louis and 

 Mr. Kerns of the Kerns-Utley Lumber Company of Chicago were Detroit 

 visitors during the past two weeks. 



That the decrease in the demand for hardwoods during the past 

 month was general was confirmed by William Brownlee of the Brownlee- 

 Kelly Company. Mr. Brownlee says that while business done last month 

 exceeded the trade of the same month in previous years, the hardwood 

 men did not anticipate that the decline would be so great. The hard 

 weather and the fact that the Siuto companies are not ordering so freely 

 is probably the main reason for the decrease in business, says Mr. 

 Brownlee. He reports that his .yard is well stocked and is not short 

 on any materials. He does not expect prices to advance any further, 

 l)ut rather expects a decline in the near future. 



