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entire book will be illustrated with photograpbs and maps calculated to 

 graphically displaj- the opportunities abounding in Arkansas by the 

 investor. 



WISCONSIN 



The Kissel Motor Car Company, Hartford, will add 200 men to its work- 

 ing force to man a large body shop for passenger and truck bodies, cabs, 

 ^tc. which is being established In a large storehouse near the main works. 

 In this manner the expense of erecting a new building at this time is 

 obviated. 



The Racine Manufacturing Company. Racine, has broken ground for a 

 two-story brick and mill factory addition, 45x125 feet, to provide much- 

 needed capacity for woodworking processes in its automobile body plant. 



The Appleton Wood Products Company, Appleton, which recently booked 

 an order for 100,000 hardwood dashboards for the Ford Motor Company, 

 has been granted a duplicate repeat order and assured of further business 

 because of its ability to bring production up to the required point. Re- 

 tooling of the plant has been completed and production began July 30 at 

 the rate of 1,000 pieces a day, to be shipped every ten days in a carload 

 of 10,000 boards. The units are made of {^ hard maple stock, in four 

 parts, 20 inches high and 24 inches wide when dovetailed, glued and 

 assembled. During the war the Appleton company manufactured saddle 

 trees for the government and has converted six large machines for dash- 

 board production. The company's lumber supply is regarded as adequate 

 for fourteen months at normal production, but additional orders for 1,500,- 

 000 feet have been placed among Northern mills. Seymour Gmeiner is 

 secretary and manager of the plant. 



The Northern Furniture Company, Sheboygan, is contemplating the 

 erection of a two and three-story factory and warehouse addition costing 

 $50,000. The company recently sold its warehouse C to the newly or- 

 ganized Calhoun Plywood Company, Sheboygan, and the new building will 

 be placed adjacent to its factory, instead of at a detached location. 



The Chair City Broom Company, Sheboygan, will build a new factory, 

 75x100 feet, two stories, costing $30,000. Some new equipment for mak- 

 ing handles and other products will be installed. 



The Oshkosh Mill Work Company, Oshkosh, has been organized by Earl 

 H. Marquart and Joseph Johanson, and on August 1 began business in the 

 former factory of the A. H. Adams Cabinet Works, 52-54 Ceape street. 

 The new company will specialize in cabinet manufacture but also will 

 make hardwood finish and general millwork, fixtures, etc. 



The Surf Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, has been organized with 

 a capital stock of $100,000 to manufacture domestic washing machines 

 with electric power. A factory is being equipped at 109-113 Clinton street. 

 Oscar F. Fischedick, 518 Grand avenue, is president. 



According to well-defined reports, the Edward Hines Lumber Company 

 on August 1 largely increased its timber and lumber manufacturing hold- 

 ings in northern Wisconsin. The purchases include the property of the 

 Rice Lake Lumber Company, consisting of a large sawmill at Rice Lake, 

 which will be conducted in connection with the Park Falls Lumber Com- 

 pany of Park Falls. The deal also includes 40,000 acres of land, largely 

 hardwood and hemlock. To furnish an extra source of supply for the 

 Rice Lake mill, the Hines interests purchased 9,000 acres of hardwood 

 timber in Ojibua and Hunter townships, Sawyer county, from the John 

 Arpin Lumber Company, Arpin. 



The Miller Sash & Door Company, Marinette, sustained an estimated 

 loss of $45,000 to $50,000 by the destruction of its big woodworking fac- 

 tory by fire on July 24. The insurance on the burned portions amounts to 

 $15,000. Until the factory can bo rebuilt the company will execute its 

 large volume of store fixture, interior finish and cabinet orders in a part 

 of the plant of the Weidemann-Lindcm Company at Marinette, which for- 

 merly conducted a millwork plant but is now devoting its attention to 

 caskets and coffins. Sofus Miller is proprietor of the Miller company. 



The Union Upholstering Company, Jefferson, manufacturing couches, 

 divans, rockers and other upholstered furniture, is increasing it-s capacity 

 about 25 per cent by the erection of a twcj-story factory addition, 40x90 

 feet, which will be used largely for making parlor frames. Benjamin 

 Schweiger is president and general manager. 



The Oshkosh Washing Machine Company, Oshkosh, on August 1 filed 

 a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the federal couxt at Milwaukee. 

 Liabilities of $25,765 are admitted, and assets of $51,923 are claimed. 



The Kenfield-Lamoreaux Company, Washburn, one of the largest manu- 

 facturers of lioxes and crating stock in the world, has effected a material 

 increase in output by acquiring the sawmill of the Lake Shore Lumber 

 Company at Washburn. The plant has been idle for several months but 

 operations have been resumed to meet the growing needs of the box and 

 crating factory. 



William D. Connor of Marshfield, a leading lumberman of northern Wis- 

 consin, with mills at Laona, Forest county, has become president of a new 

 $3,500,000 lumber company which has been organized on the Pacific coast 

 to operate mills in the Puget Sound district. Mr. Connor will continue to 

 reside at Marshfield. 



