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HARDWOOD RECORD 



tar,,f,*/\ Triangle Brand 



^ ' ^ While Oak Flooring 



Perfectly dried and worked 



Made from our own timber from 



one boundary, insuring uniform 



color and texture; manufactured 



at our new hardwood flooring 



plant. 



Our Specialty : Quarter-sawed White Oak Flooring 



Thicknesses: y%" and 13/16" Standard Widths 



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YELLOW POPLAR LUMBER CO, Coal Qrove, Ohio 



Kentucky Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS 



POPLAR, PLAIN AND QUAR- 

 TERED OAK, RED AND SAP 

 GUM, ASH, CHESTNUT, BASS- 

 WOOD, HEMLOCK, WHITE PINE 



Mills at 



Bumside, Ky. Williamsburg, K; . 



Isola, Miss. 



Sales Office 

 Cincinnati, O. 



SAWYER GOODMAN CO. 



MARINETTE. WIS. 



Mixed Cars of Hardwood, Bass- 

 wood, White Pine and Hemlock, 

 Cedar Shing^les a. id Posts 



We make a specialty of Whife Pine Beveled Siding and 

 White Pine Finish and Shop and Pattern Lumber 



practically wound up at the auction sale conducted at Eau Claire on 

 Aiig'. 20. Ilie closing up of the affairs of the Shaw company means the 

 passing into history of one of the oldest and last of the old-time lumber 

 Arms of the Chippewa valle.v. This lumber company was established In 

 the year 1858 by Daniel Shaw, who had associated with him Charles 

 A. Duller, at present a resident of Eau Claire and in his eighty-eighth 

 .year. Eau Claire was at that time hardly a scattered village. The 

 timber holdings were extensive along the Chippewa and Flambeau rivers. 

 .\t the death of Daniel Shaw the business continued under Eugene Shaw. 

 With the death of the latter the plant has been taken over by the John 

 II. Kaiser Lumber Company, which will next season start up the mill 

 in addition to its present mill. The rumor to the effect that the Edward 

 Hines Lumber Company bad purchased the local interests of the Kaiser 

 concern were denied by the officials of the latter concern. The cause 

 of the laying off for sixty days of between 150 and 200 men engaged In 

 summer logging operations is laid to the inability to secure steel rails 

 necessary for summer logging. As soon as rails can be secured logging 

 operations will again be resumed and both mills will be run. At present 

 only sufficient logs are on hand to keep the old mill running until freeze- 

 up time. 



G. P. Kraft of Merrill has closed a contract with the Bi-ooks & Ross 

 Lumber Company of Schofield for a two years' logging job on the shore 

 of Wild Cat lake. Employment will be given to 100 men. 



Improvements costing in the neighborhood of $5,000 are being made 

 to the plant of the Gurney Refrigerator Company on Forest avenue, 

 I'ond du Lac. Excavation work for the 100-foot brick smokestack and 

 a 24 by -IS foot brick boiler house is under way, while work on the 

 shaving room is expected to begin within a short time. New boiler 

 room equipment will also be provided for the boiler house under con- 

 struction. 



N. S. Werner, for many years connected with the Wilbur Lumber 

 Company of Waukesha and elsewhere in this state, has purchased the 

 Wilbur yard at Mapleton. north of Oconomowoc and will launch into 

 the lumbiT business under the style of .the Werner Lumber Company. 

 His son Nicholas will assist in conducting the business. 



The Hardwood Market 



-< CHICAGO y 



The majority of local venders of hardwoods consider trade pretty dull. 

 This is owing to the fact that It is Just as difficult to secure desirable lines 

 of stock for sale as it is to market them. On the contrary, some local 

 dealers who are well-equipped with sources of supply say that their trade 

 is normal. However, all report that the volume of business is made up 

 of a large number of small orders rather than large blocks. 



The local foreign wood, veneer and panel men are enjoying an excellent 

 and satisfactory trade. This Is brought about from the tact that there Is 

 an excellent demand from the furniture and kindred woodworking factories 

 as well as nearly a normal demand from the interior finish plants. 



=-< NEW YORK >= 



It may be straining a point to say that the local hardwood market 

 shows improvement, hut the past two weeks have shown a quickened 

 demand and better prices in some items. .Ash, which has been In the 

 front of late, holds its place and some advances are reported. Birch is 

 scarce and firm in price. IMaIn oak shows some recovery from its recent 

 slump and quartered stock is rather slow. Other items on the lumber 

 list remain unchanged, the demand being for immediate needs. The 

 flooring market remains firm with oak flooring advanced in some grades: 

 maple flooring is firm and in good demand. 



The Tegge Lumber Co. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



=-< BUFFALO >■= 



The hardwood trade has been showing a little improvement within the 

 past two weeks, although it is not very active as yet. Inquiry has become 

 somewhat more active and there has been a fair trade for the season, 

 mostly in mixed cars. Buyers adhere to the policy of taking stock only 

 in a small way and they are likely to follow this plan for the immediate 

 future. When the tariff bill is settled there is likely to be some larger 

 buying. Cars have been plentiful enough in this market thus far, but a 

 scarcity is looked for within a short time. 



The chief wood in demand is plain oak, which holds fairly firm in 

 price, although not so stiff as some time ago. Brown ash. maple and 

 birch are among tlie other leading woods. Low grades of most woods are 

 bringing good prices and there is a scarcity of stock. Flooring in oak. 

 maple and beech Is selling well at firm quotations. Very little lumber has 

 come in by lake this season, on account of the high prices. 



•< PHILADELPHIA >■ 



There Is no change to report of any magnitude in the hardwood sltnn 

 tlon since a fortnight ago, further than that a great many Inquiries are 

 coming in, very obviously for the feeling out of the market, and which 



