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.Irlvcr. tlio clpfk, thr iiiid-in.n, tin- mashie aud the putter, to say nothing of 

 ihr .ithcr ilubs that f-'o to make up the full equipment of a real golfer. 



.1. C. Jourdan of luka. Miss., has enlereil into a contract with the South- 

 ern Kailway for the manufacture of something like 20,000 to 2D,000 cross 

 anil switch ties. He has installed a mill about three and one-lialf miles 

 east of luka, on the Memphis division of the Southern Railway, for the 

 cutting of these materials and plans to produce these ties in a large way. 

 He owns an exceptionally fine body of timber adjacent to this plant. 



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The Welister Planing Mill Company, Appleton, has passed into the control 

 of John Strange, Meuashu, who will continue the operation of the plant 

 without change. Miss May Webster is retained as office manager. The 

 factory was placed on the market following the sudden death of Clark B. 

 Webster, principal. owner and active manager, two months ago. The busi- 

 ness was founded in 18S1 by his father, Warren W. Webster. 



The Recordeon Phonograph Company of Milwaukee is the name of a new- 

 corporation with 3:100,000 capital organized by Edward A. Heaney and 

 Walter H. Schwab, who recently acquired the property of the American 

 Auto Body Company at North Milwaukee at receiver's sale, and will equip 

 it for manufacturing reproducing instruments, cabinets, etc. Messrs. 

 Heaney and Schwab also own the General Manufacturing Corporation, Mil- 

 waukee, Avhich in December last took over the Minn Billiard Company's 

 factory and is using it tor making talking machines, billiard tables, etc. 



The" Multitone Manufacturing Company, Eau Claire, whicli intended to 

 l>uild a new factory for musical instrument production, has been able to 

 purchase an existing plant by the determination of the Eau Claire Trunk 

 Company to retire from business. The main factory is three stories high, 

 50x125 feet in size, and will require only partial retooling. It has excellent 

 dry kilns and other faculties and an ample site to make extensions possible. 

 The Multitone company is now occupying part of the factory and will be- 

 come possessor of the remainder by September 1. The present cabinet and 

 assembling shops probably will be continued in operation. E. J. Sallstad is 

 president and general manager of the company. 



The Oshkosh Trunk c„nii>.niy, oshkosh, has imrchased adjoining property 

 anil will build a large factory addition costing about $100,000. The com- 

 pany already is one of the largest manufacturers of wardrobe trunks 

 exclusively in the entire United States. 



The National Manufacturing & Import Com|iany, Calgary, Canada, has 

 moved its headquarters to Beloit, Wis. J. L. S. Strong is president and 

 general manager and is a brother of J. D. Strong of Beloit. 



The I'everid'-'e & Taylor Company, Bristol, Va., manufacturing hubs and 

 spokes, founded by Wisconsin interests, is being ottered for sale by Frank 

 Taylor, formerly of Appleton. The daily capacity of the plant is 10,000 

 spokes, and it occupies a three-and-one-half-acre site located in a hardwood 

 belt. Mr. Taylor intends to retire. The late M. E. Beveridge. who estab- 

 lished the factory, was a member of the Marston & Beveridge Company. 

 Appleton, a large maker of spokes. 



Charles W. Fish, president of the Charles W. Fish LuTnber Company. 

 Antigo, recently entertained eighty-two guests, ofBcials and members of his 

 organization, at an "Efficiency Dinner" at the Muskie Inn, Elcho. The Fish 

 company owns and operates four large sawmills at Antigo, P.irnamwood and 

 Elcho, and recently took over a large mill at Hiles. which will go into oper- 

 ation next fall. Eighteen miles of logging road are being moved from cut- 

 over timber to a virgin tract which will supply the mill for years to come. 



The Northern Casket Company. Fond du I.ac. has made public plans for 

 the erection of factory additions costing between $75,00ii and .$100,000 

 during the next three months. The number of employes will be increased 

 from 100 to 200. The company operates large factories at Sioux City. Iowa, 

 and Denver, Colo., which also are to he enlarged during the coming year. 

 William Mauthe is president and general manager. 



The Langlade Lumber Company. Antigo. has put on a night shift in its 

 sawmill in order to be better able to meet the large demand for hardwoods 

 and hemlock. Up to this time the mill has been sawing hardwoods I'xclu- 

 sively. These operations will be enlarged at the same time that hemlock 

 logs are being sawed. 



The North American Casket Company, St. Paul, Minn., has started work 

 <m the erecticm of a new plant. S0x2.'!0 feet in size, at Fox Lake, Wis. The 

 building and equipment will cost about .145,000 and will be ready to start 

 operations about July 25. 



Prank Thompson, lumber dealer. Viola, Wis., has purchased a tract of 

 115 acres of fine hardwood timber in the town nf drion and will put in a 

 mill early in the fall. 



The Kellogg Lumber Company, Antigo. has placed its sawmill at Polar 

 on an increased schedule and is now cutting a large quantity of hardwoods. 

 The log supply is adequate to keep the mill running until October 1. 



Rudolph J. Mueller, sales manager of the Brown Brothers Lumber Com- 

 pany. Rhinelander, was married recently to Miss Esther V. Zutz of the same 



city. 



The Lloyd Manufacturing Company. Menominee, Mich,, has broken ground 

 tor a three-story factory addition, 100x400 feet, increasing the total floor 

 space to 2.50.000 square feet. The company manufactures reed and other 

 furniture. Marshall B. Lloyd is president and general manager. 



The Rex Typewriter Manufacturing Company, Fond du Lac, is building an 

 addition to its plant to be e,|uippe,l for ;i box :ind crate factory for its own 

 purposes. 



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 ber that ■we speciaHze in this thick- 

 ness in all kinds of woods. This is 

 all sawed from the log — not resawed 

 — and shows good widths and 

 lengths. We offer the following for 

 prompt shipment: 



80,000 5/8 Is & 2s Plain White Oak 

 40,000 5/8 Selects Plain White Oak 

 50,000 5/8 No. 1 Com. Plain Wh. Oak 

 40,000 5/8 No. 2 Com. Plain Wh. Oak 

 90,000 5 8 Com. & Btr. Sap Gum 

 15,000 5/8 Com. & Better Red Gum 

 20,000 5/8 Is & 2s Poplar 

 90,000 5 8 No. 1 Common Poplar 

 90,000 5 8 No. 2 Common Poplar 



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