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feet of hardwoods and 2,000,000 feet of soft 

 woods. 



The Peshtigo Lumbei- Company has closed its 

 sawmill on account of the cold weather. The 

 logs are frozen together iu the river and the 

 ice makes it impossible to handle them in the 

 mill. 



A clamping machine, a Jointer and a glue 

 spreader have been installed in the .\hnapee 

 Veneer & Seating Company's jilant at Algoma. 

 Another large planer will soon be in.stalled. 



Two new piano factories are operating in 

 Ihis state. The ICreiter Company at Marinette 

 has completed its first carload of pianos and 

 shipped them to its Milwaukee store. The 

 Segerstroui Piano Manufacturing Company oi 

 Minneapolis, l^as started its plant at .Menom- 

 <mie, erected recentl>' at n cost of .$50,000. 



Parish L. Morse, aged eighty-six. builder of 

 the first wagon shops in Fond du Lac, died at 

 his son's home in that city Nov. 3, after a 

 few weeks' illness. He was b<»rn in I.ouisville. 

 .\". T., in 1S25. and settled in Wisconsin in 

 l.Soo. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Lucy 

 Warn, Chicago, and one son, C. H. Morse, of 

 r-'ond du Lac. 



WAUSAU 



The Fred Wuuch sawmill south of Wausau 

 on the Big Eau Plaine river has been com- 

 lileted. It will saw out a stock of maple, birch, 

 butternut, elm and basswood the coming winter. 



The yawkey-Bissell Lumber Company of 

 Wausau. which has ceased operations at Hazel- 

 hurst, is tearing down its buildings there. Most 

 of the old hands have gone south, where the 

 company has large interests. 



John Oelhafen of Tomahawk recently bought 

 the timber on state lands sold by the State 

 Hoard of Forestry, he being the highest bidder. 

 He has begun cutting it. 



Hafer & Kalsched have completed sawing out 

 the stock of the Roddis Veneer Company. It 

 consisted of 2,000,000 feet of hardwood. The 

 company has since been engaged in the manu- 

 facture of bee-keepers' supplies. 



The Fish-Johnson Lumber Company of Elcho 

 has closed its mill after cutting out 2,000,000 

 feet of lumber. Mr. Fish is at present taking 

 (he baths at Mount Clemens, Mich. 



The Bayfield Box & Lumber Company, Bay- 

 lield, has closed its sawmill after a cut of 

 6,000,000 feet of hardwoo<l and 2,000.000 feet 

 of soft wood. 



The Segerstrom Piano Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Minneapolis has started the manu- 

 facture of pianos in its new plant in Menom- 

 onie. The plant has 50,000 square feet of floor 

 space, with an output of twenty-five pianos 

 dally, employing 200 men. 



The Northwestern Lumber Company of Stan- 

 , ley has bought a fine tract of virgin timber 

 which, with the company's previous holdings, 

 insures a run of the company's mill for fifteen 

 years. The company recently shipped several 

 ijarloads of birch (Wisconsin mahogany) to 

 finish the interior of a hotel in Portland, Ore. 



A new use has been found in northern Wis- 

 consin for hardwood sawdust. The numerous 

 ginseng growers formerly covered their plants 

 In the fall with leaves, and the gathering and 

 hauling of them was a laborious undertaking. 

 It has been found that hardwood sawdust 

 4:annot be used for it generates too much heat. 

 The older the hardwood sawdust, the better. 



CADILLAC 



rhe Williams Brothers Company, which has 

 iust moved its entire headquarters to Cadillac, 

 oas established a lumber camp six miles south 

 of this city, where it will cut for two years. 

 The company has another camp in Colfax town- 

 »hiD and a third north of Jennings In Mis- 



saukee county. This company has the largest 

 last-block manufacturing plant in the United 

 States and has a largo foreign trade. 



The Cadillac Chair Company's new factory is 

 completed and it is expected work will begin 

 within a few weeks. The building is 270 x 72 

 feet, two stories and basement, built of Manis- 

 tee white brick and presents a very flue appear- 

 ance. It is expected samples will be manu- 

 factured in time to show at the furniture ex- 

 hibits at Grand Rapids and Chicago in January. 

 The building represents an outlay of over .$60,- 

 000. D. B. Kelley of Cadillac, is president, and 

 J. N. Perkins, secretary and general manager. 

 Mr. Perkins was formerly located at Otsego, 

 with the Otsego Chair (_'ompany. 



Murphy & Diggins have moved their camp 7 

 iu Selma township to section 13 in Colfax town- 

 ship, two miles from Gilbert and five miles from 

 .Vlanton, where they will employ 100 men dur- 

 ing the winter. Operations in Selma will be 

 resumed at a later date. 



The Cummer-Uiggins Company has located a 

 camp on section 13 of Colfax township. This 

 camp was formerly known as cami) 3, but it has 

 been moved into newer timber. Joe Gardner 

 has secured a contract from this company for 

 logging 1,500,000 feet of timber on section 26. 

 Elgie Jerries holds a contract to log 1,000,000 

 feet on section 9. Short & Millen will log 300.- 

 000 feet on section 35 and John Sees will log 

 700,000 feet on section 33, ah of Antloch town- 

 ship. Most of this timber is windfalls lowered 

 during a terrific wind storm of August, 1910. 

 This company will make an effort to get this 

 timber logged out before the winter sets in. 

 About 7,000,000 feet remains to be cleaned up. 

 The Cummer-Diggins Company is extending its 

 railroad to section 13, Colfax township. It has 

 laid ten miles of road this year as against 

 twelve and one-half miles last year. The early 

 snow is likely to curtail further extension of 

 the line this winter. 



The Mitchell Br(>s. (."ompany's camps near 

 Spencer, Kalkaska county, have been closed for 

 the winter. The men employed in these camps, 

 about one hundred forty, will go to other camps 

 of the company. 



The Van Keulen & Winchester Company will 

 cut about four million feet of hardwood at 

 Buckley, Wexford county and 1,500,000 feet in 

 the upper peninsula. Most of the cutting will 

 b^^ under timber deeds on private lands covering 

 all timber twelve Inches and larger through the 

 butts. 



The A. L. Dennis Salt & Lumber Compaiiy's 

 sawmill No. 3, near Dighton, has finished the 

 largest cut in its history. The mill started 



Dec. 6. 1910. and run until Nov. 6 without a 

 serious break-down. The mill cut 9,500,000 

 feet of lumber. This company has 7,500,000 feet 

 of lumber on its yards and orders are coming 

 in freely and shipments are being made. 



A. F. Anderson of Seattle. Wash., formerly of 

 Cadillac, is visiting his son Fred for a few 

 weeks, after which he expects to return to 

 Seattle, where he will remain with his family 

 until next May. 



The Stearns Salt & Lumber Company of 

 Ludington, has taken over the property of the 

 Handy Things Company of that city, which Is 

 to be reorganized as a separate corporation 

 under the title of the Handy Things Mfg. Com- 

 pany ; $17,000 was paid for the plant and ma- 

 chinery. It will be managed from the head- 

 quarters of the Carrom-Archarena Company, 

 which is also controlled by the Stearns company. 



The steamer City of Kalamazoo was burned 

 to the water Nov. 11 while at her dock at 

 Manistee. The origin of the fire is unknown. 

 The steamer was valued at $50,000. The boat 

 was in the passenger and freight service be- 

 tween Chicago and South Haven this season and 

 had just been put up for the winter the day 

 l)efore she burned. 



DETROIT 



The E. W. Leech Company reports a very 

 good demand for walnut lumber In first and 

 second grades. The demand is from the automo- 

 bile factories and the lumber is used in the manu- 

 facture of automobile bodies. 



The Leech Company's bowling team won two 

 consecutive games during a bowling match last 

 week. Unnecessary to state the Leech boys are 

 highly elated. Yes, the Leech team is still in 

 last place but the boys now have high hopes. 



Thomas Forman of the Thomas Forman Com- 

 pany has gone south to visit tlie company's Ken- 

 tucky sawmill. Two cargoes of maple were re- 

 ceived at the docks of this company last week 

 on the Carter and Green. Two other boats are 

 expected before the navigation season closes. 



The hardwood market has been quiet the last 

 two weeks, and none of the dealers have been 

 very busy. Fair prices prevail, however. The 

 increased demand for walnut for automobile 

 liodies seems to be the only feature of an other- 

 wise dull market. 



Secretary John Lodge of the Dwight Lumber 

 Company reports a fair volume of trade. The 

 hardwood flooring factory is grinding away on a 

 very good volume of orders. 



TOiMiWiroaOTiOtiMii^^ 



The Hardwood Market 



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affairs, and it is possible that 1911 is going to 

 be one of these years. 



The Chicago market shows manifest signs of 

 a considerable awakening during the last two 

 weeks. Nearly all items of hardwood are moving 

 with more freedom than for some months. Even 

 the railroad companies are turning loose consid- 

 erable requisitions right now, and this trade 

 stimulates lumber movements to a considerable 

 extent, especially in yellow pine and oak. 



A good many local factories working ou fancy 

 furniture and wood specialties are loaded up with 

 orders for Christmas stocks, and this demand 

 evidently occasions a large local call for several 

 varieties of hardwoods. All local conditions point 

 to an unusually heavy volume of business in all 

 divisions of the local hardwood trade. The situa- 

 tion is really more promising than it has been at 

 any time during the year, and while a heavy 

 volume of business in December is a rare occur- 

 rence, an occasional year develops this state of 



NEW YORK 



This market shows a fair run of business. 

 (Jood grade lumber is bringing firm prices and Is 

 in reasonably active call. Stocks in the hands 

 of buyers and local mills are much below nor- 

 mal, which necessitates immediate buying for 

 much of the business offering. The low grade 

 market is having a fair run of business, but 

 at less favorable prices. The general move- 

 ment of hardwoods seems to be fair and prices 

 are holding. 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood trade has been steady the 

 last two or three weeks, improvement being 



