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HARDWOOD RECORD 



JaDuaiy 10. 1917 



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Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber Company 



The Home of the "Peerless " Standard Brand Products 



Wmtem Office: 

 516 Lnmbffr Exchange, Minneapolis. Minn. 



GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN 



MUls at Gladstone and Escanaba. MIctilgan 



Manufacturers of the following "Peerless" Standard Brand Products: Hardwood Flooring, Staves, 

 Hoops, Heading and Veneers, Hemlock Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Posts, Poles and Ties, 

 and Hemlock Tan Bark 



"Peerless" Rock Maple, Beech & Birch Flooring £ £SH?.ES^»H:S ^"^ 



Member) o/ Maple Flooring itanu/acturerr' Aaaociation. iWben writing mention the Hardwood Recerd.) 



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The Mail Bag 



B 1088— Wants Hard Maple 

 Petoskey, Mich., January 2. — Editor IIardwood Eecokd : We are in the 

 market tor several cars of 9/4 and 10/4 hard maple No. 2 common and 



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> B 1082 — Michigan Dimension Stock 

 Norwood. Ont., January 2. — Editor Hahdwood Uecokd : Will you kindl.v 

 send us a list of Michigan manufacturers of maple, beech or birch dimen- 

 sion stock? . 



B 1083 — Seeks Cottonwood 



Dayton, O., December 29. — Editor Hardwood Record : We should bp 

 pleased to have you state that we are in the market for 1" No. 1 and No. 2 



common Cottonwood. . — ■ . 



B 1084— Wants Birch 



San Francisco, Cal.. December 30. — Editor Hardwood Record : We are 

 in the market for some special stock in birch as follows : 

 2,500 feet 1x10" and 11" ; 5,000 feet 1x1" and 13" ; 2,500 feet 1x14" 

 to 18"; 2,500 feet IVixlO" and up; 2,500 feet l%xlO" and up; 2,500 

 feet 2x10" and up — all 12 to IG feet. 



We would like prices and ail information regarding time of shipment, 

 condition for dryness, quality of the lumber. . 



B 1085— Wants to Buy Kiln Dried White Oak 



Forreston, III., January ~>. — Editor Hardwood Record: Will you 

 kindly furnish us with a list of those mills that can furnish plain and 

 quartered kiln dried white oak and oblige? ■, 



The writer of this letter is a woodworking firm and those desiring 

 the name may have it on application. — Editor. 



B 1086 — Wants to Buy Foundry Riddle Rims in Rock Elm 



A concern at Racine sends the following inquiry, stating that it 

 has bought these rims from Now Hampshire firms," but that freight 

 conditions now make it impossible to ship from that point: 



Racine, Wis., January 8. — Editor Hardwood Record : It possible, 

 kindly give us a list of firms in Wisconsin and Michigan and nearby states 

 that manufacture foundry riddle rims in rock elm. . 



B 1087— In Need of Efficient Foreman 

 Crocketts Bluff, Ark., January 2. — Editor Hardwood Record : I have to 

 rebuild my saw and planing mill sheds and w'ould like to have a sober 

 man to superintend the work and if he is the right kind of man, give 

 him the job of foreman. Would prefer an elderly man and give him a good 

 Job if he understands his trade. My mill is small and I cannot afford to 

 pay fancy wages. , 



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Clubs and Associations 



Oak Association Making Progress 



J. T. Kendall has already entered upon his duties as secretary of the 

 .American Oak Manufacturers' Association and has opened temporary offices 

 for this organization in suite 132a Bank of Commerce & Trust Company 

 building. Memphis. It is proposed to open permanent offices at an early 

 date on the tourteentb floor of this same structure, adjacent to those oc- 

 cupied by the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. 



At a meeting of the executive committee of the association held in 

 Memphis, Saturday, January 6, Ed Stanton was chosen as assistant to 

 J. T. Kendall, according to announcement made by the latter. Mr. 

 Stanton is an old Memphis boy who has quite a wide experience In news- 

 paper work and who has likewise held important positions and is well 

 known to the lumbermen not only of this section but of the entire southern 

 hardwood producing territory. He has already entered upon his new 

 duties. 



The membership committee has been quite active since the associa- 

 tion was organized, as evidenced by the fact that following the meeting 

 of the executive committee it was announced that there were nineteen 

 additions to report, thus bringing the entire membership to date to about 

 sixty representative firms. The membership committee will get together 

 at the Hotel Chisca January 19 when further additions are expected. 



It was decided at the meeting of the executive committee to Install an 

 exhibit of oak flooring and furniture in the permanent oflices of the 

 association which are now being fitted up. 



Rotary Gum Makers to Hold Annual 



The annual of the Commercial Rotary Gum Association will be held in 

 the offices of the Gum Lumber Manufacturers Association at Memphis 

 January 19. The former organization is affiliated with the latter. 



The day will be given over largely to the hearing of reports of the 

 president, secretary and treasurer as well as of the various special and 

 standing committees. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected and 

 there will be general discussion of matters of special interest to the mem- 

 bers together with such action thereon as may seem proper in the light 

 of these discussions. 



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