May 10, 1919 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



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Half century of business life. Fifty-two years ago the 

 founder of this company designed the first band mill to be 

 used in the United States and operated it on the site of the 

 present plant. The g'enerations that have succeeded to the 

 business have had before them always the same ideals in 

 progressiveness. It has been constantly a matter of family 

 pride to leave untried any manufacturing appliance or 



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method giving promise of improving the output. The 

 thorough knowledge of the business which a half century 

 ago made possible the original band mill, has literally been 

 inherent in the generations since. That grasp of the re- 

 quirements of operation has resulted in the creation of 

 many other new ideas, most of which have remained ex- 

 clusive to our own business, and each of which has 



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its particular usefulness in maintaining a truly superior 

 product, a product which can not be excelled in quality 

 from anv source or under any conditions. The same 

 high type of northern grown timber which went into our 

 de luxe veneers and lumber fifty-two years ago, is available 

 todav and will be for years to come. 



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