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HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 10, 1917 



=-< ARKANSAS >■= 



W. L. Briscoe and W. H. Lephiew last week organized the Dermott- 

 Tupelo Lumber Company at Dei-mott, Ark. They have purchased a tract 

 of timber about one mile north of Dermott containing sufficient supply to 

 run for a period of two years, and expect to erect n mill on it at once. 



The American Plug Company was last week organized in Pine Bluff. 

 It has for its purpose the manufacture of articles from wood, and will 

 operate a plant at Dexter, Ark. The capital stock of the new concern is 

 placed at $4,800, all of which has been subscribed. J. B. Ezell is president 



WE MANUFACTURE bandsawed, plain and quarter sawed 



WHITE AND RED OAK AND YELLOW POPLAR 



We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- 

 ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough. 

 Y our Inquiries soMclte d 



ARUNGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentucky 



L-B QUALITY 



— Kraetzer Cured — 



GUM LUMBER 

 OAK LUMBER 

 OAK FLOORING 



{The Famous Forked-Leaf Brand) 



Southern Yellow Pine Unexcelled for Crating. 



We have 115,000,000 feet in pile. 

 Accurately Manufactured, Carefully Graded, Priced Right 



Long-Bell Lumber Company 



R. A. Long Building 



Kansas City, Mo. 



The following stock is in excellent 

 condition, ready for immediate shipment 



4/4 No. 3 Elm & Ash 24,000 



5/4 No. 3 Elm & Ash 35,000 



6/4 No. 3 Elm & Ash 74,000 



8/4 No. 3 Elm & Ash 3,000 



4/4 No. 1 & Btr. Birch 51,000 



4/4 No. 2 Birch 250,000 



4/4 No. 3 Birch 202,000 



5/4 No. 3 Birch 28,000 



4/4 No. 3 Basswood 25,000 



6/4 No. 3 Birch 8,000 



4/4 No. 3 Maple 1,000,000 



5/4 No. 3 Maple 387,000 



Ideal 



Hardwood 



Sawmill 



Are putting In pils avery mttnth 

 two and one-half million feet of 

 oholoest Northern MIohlBan Hardwoods 



Stack Lumber Company 



Masonville, Michigan 



of the company, while W. K. Wilson is vice-president and C. S. McNew 

 is secretary and treasurer. 



The Tyronza Lumber Company, which had its origin under the laws of 

 Ehode Island, on February 23 filed a certificate with the secretary of 

 state of Arkansas, announcing that it had surrendered its charter. 



About $30,000 worth of lumber was destroyed on the yard of the T. J. 

 Ellis Lumber Company at Ellisville on March 3, by fire. Considerably 

 more destruction would have been wrought but for the heroic efforts of the 

 town residents, who turned out in a body and volunteered their services 

 in fighting the fire. In this fight, they were materially aided by a favorable 

 wind. The origin of the fire is unknown. 



The thirteenth annual convention of the Arkansas Association of Lumber 

 Dealers will be held in the Marion Hotel on Friday, March 23. The pro- 

 gram and final arrangements have about been completed,^nd it is expected 

 that a good atteUviance will be had. 



Gov. Chas. H. Brough last week signed an act Just passed by the General 

 Assembly empowering the United States Government to acquire non- 

 agricultural lands in Arkansas for the purpose of enlarging the scope of 

 the work being done by the national forest in this state. It is the aim of 

 this law to protect the present stand of timber from fire and other harmful 

 and wasteful elements, and to grow an additional crop of timber by the 

 process of re-forestation, under a co-operative plan between the state and 

 nation. The plan has the endorsement of the United States Go\-ernment 

 Forest Service and its oflicials in this state. 



=-< WISCONSIN >■= 



Because of inability to get freight cars, the plant of the Automatic 

 Cradle Manufacturing Company, Stevens Point, Wis., has shut down. 



The first bonus of the Northwestern Cooperage Company, Gladstone, 

 Mich., was recently paid to its employes. Under the system every workman 

 in the employ .of the company is to receive a subsidiary check of $7 every 

 two weeks. 



Ex-senator Isaac Stephenson, famous lumberman, Marinette, Wis., re- 

 cently received a censored letter from his son. Grant, now on the battleship 

 Utah as a lieutenant in the U. S. Naval Reserve, informing him that the 

 Utah is cruising equatorial seas on its training trip with a crew of young 

 seamen. 



The Joerns Brothers Manufacturing Company, manufacturing tables, 

 desks, sectional book cases, etc., Stevens Point, Wis., has augmented its 

 factory force at Ste%'ens Point since the Are in the Sheboygan plant of the 

 company. A large part of the forrcer Sheboygan crew has been shifted to 

 Stevens Point and the company will endeavor to make up time lost through 

 its recent incapacity. Paul Joerns, president, recently announced that the 

 Stevens Point plant may be organized as a separate concern with a capital 

 stock of $100,000. 



The Max Schuelke Organ Company, Milwaukee, Wis., has adjusted itself 

 to an increase in business by filing articles of incorporation with a capital 

 stock of $23,000. The incorporators are Max Schuelke, Delia Schuelke 

 and Edward Yockey. 



The Paine Lumber Company, sash and doors, Oshkosh, Wis., has made 

 an extensive wage advance whereby the annual pay roll will be Increased 

 by $70,000. The company employs between 1,600 and 1,700 people, 75 

 per cent of whom will benefit by the new plan. The advance has been 

 made on the basis of individual merit and varies from 5 to 12 '^ per cent. 

 All employes who will have been with the company a whole year on Jan. 1, 

 1918, will receive a share in the profits at that time. It Is said that the 

 company is now In a position to pay off all existing indebtedness. 



August W. Ziehen, Wausau, Wis., one of the oldest land cruisers and 

 timber estimators in northern Wisconsin, died recently at his home. 



A. J. Weber & Co., sash and doors, Racine, Wis,, has purchased the 

 property of the Racine Puttylcss Window Company, including the factory 

 buildings, real estate, machinery, and all stock, for a price understood 

 to be in excess of $20,000. The Puttylcss Window Company went into 

 receivership a short time ago. The Weber company will operate the window 

 plant, either separately or in combination with its present plant. 



The Phelps-Hackley-Bonnell Company, Phelps, Wis., has purchased the 

 sawmill machinery of the Peshtlgo Lumber Company, Peshtlgo, Wis., and 

 will ship it to Phelps as soon as the new mill accommodations at that place 

 are completed. The old mill was destroyed by fire last October. 



Oshkosh, Wis., Is to have a motor boat factory and garage, according to 

 plans of Dr. W. C. F. Wltte, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Harry W. Lewis, 

 Oshkosh. Dr. Witte recently purchased a suitable location for Such an 

 establishment and the purpose of the two men is to provide such oppor- 

 tunities for recreation as will lure the summer-resorting element from 

 Chicago anil Minneapolis to enjoy the sailing and motoring facilities offered 

 by Lake Winnebago. The place will be fitted to accommodate the storage 

 of 300 motor boats. 



With the lumber country of northern Wisconsin under about five feet of 

 snow, which has greatly hindered logging, there Is great danger of a flood 

 as soon as continuous days of warm weather come. Because of Its many 

 tributaries and the large area they traverse, the Wisconsin river territory 

 is especially susceptible to abnormal drainage conditions. 



B. Schaeter & Sons Company, Schleisingervllle, Wis., are contemplating 

 an addition to Its organ factory, work to commence as soon as building 

 conditions become favorable. 



The Manitowoc Seating Works Company, formerly manufacturing all 

 kifids of chair seats In Manitowoc, Wis., has filed notice of dissolution. 



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