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So well pleased were the officers of the Kentark Land and Lumber 

 Company with their investment that, after inspecting the land and hard- 

 wood timber on it. they immediatel.v purchased a controlling interest in 

 the Tarner Laud & Lumber Company which operates a plant at Geridge, 

 Ark., and owns 13,000 acres of hardwood timberland. The combined 

 acreage of these two concerns is the largest hardwood tract in Arkansas. 

 These tracts lie along the main line of the Cotton Belt railway and are 

 -also partially traversed by the Stuttgart and England branch of that 

 road. The Varner Land and Lumber Company is at present erecting a 

 big hardwood sawmill on Crooked Creek between England and Stuttgart, 

 which will give employment to 400 men. This plant will draw from 

 125,000.000 feet of hardwood timber. .\s fast as the timber is cut from 

 the land the large tracts will be divided into small farms and sold for 

 agricultural purposes. This land is particularly adapted to growing rice, 

 cotton and corn. A new town is also being built at the site of this big 

 mill. 



The engineers of the Missouri and North Arkausas Railway Compan.y 

 are at present in Searcy, Ark., laying off the switch and yard tracks to 

 the new veneer plant which is being installed by Conner & Roberts at 

 that place. This plant is being moved to Searcy from New Albany, Ind., 

 and will be in operation in a short time. The new plant will give 

 employment to iifty men. 



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Capt. Charles Ellis, for many years in charge of the interests and 

 operations of the John Schroeder Lumber Company in northern Wiscon- 

 sin, has resigned. Capt. Ellis resigned the first of the year but the 

 resignation has just taken effect. F. M. Clark, the Ashland manager, 

 has been placed in charge of the Schroeder company's mill, yards, etc., 

 in Ashland and vicinity. The main office in Milwaukee will, however, 

 directly handle the company's interests elsewhere in the northern part 

 of the state. 



Col. J. T. Barber, president of the Northwestern Lumber Company at 

 Stanley, and at the head of the Barljer Lumber Company of Boise. 

 Idaho, will soon begin operations on the 30,000 acres of timberland in 

 the West. After considerable legalities with the government, the title 

 of the land was sustained by the highest courts. A railroad will be built 

 to the mill, one of the largest lumber mills in the Northwest. 



A. M. Paulson of Hawkins has purchased a half interest in the Barron 

 Lumber Company at Barron, and will assume the management. The retir- 

 iug manager, Mr. .lensen, will take a much needed rest before embarking 

 in any other business. 



T. A. Tack of Marshfteld and H. A. Martin of Spencer have incorpor- 

 ated as the Spencer Lumber & Supply Company. The mill and ware- 

 house are located at Spencer. 



The Eureka Cooperage Company has started operations in its plant at 

 Menasha. This concern is a new one and will manufacture a patent beer 

 keg. 



The Northland Lumber Company, at Green Bay, has completed improve- 

 ments at its mill and is about ready to begin operations. Six new boilers 

 have been installed, and with other improvements such as on the saw 

 and planing mills .51.5,000 have been spent. One hundred and twenty-five 

 men will be employed when the full crew is at work. One crew has been 

 peeling logs in the yards since spring. Work in the camp in northern 

 Michigan. v\"here the concern owns 25.000 acres of timberland, has been 

 going on and a trainload of logs is being received daily. 



The New Idea Plaster Board Company has been incorporated at Fond 

 •du Lac, with a capital stock of $5,000. E. H. Jens, Herman Prehn and 

 John Fellrath are the incorporators. 



The Sterling Manufacturing Company of Racine has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of .?10,000. Woodenware and hardware specialties 

 will be manufactured. E. L. Osborn, L. Powell, George H. Shurr and 

 C. C. Gittings are the incorporators. 



The C. H. Driver & Kerr Company has been organized at Racine for 

 the purpose of operating a planing mill. 



Joseph Biba is to become manager of a new furniture factory about 

 to begin operations at Muscoda. The factory is under construction, and 

 will be 42 by 9S feet, one story and basement, hollow tile construction, 

 with an engine room in the rear. The company has $15,000 stock sub- 

 scribed and $10,000 in the treasury. J. C. Heffner and Frank McVay 

 are also interested. About forty men will be employed. 



The Consolidated Lumber Company, operating yards in various towns 

 of the state, is conducting an extensive advertising campaign in the local 

 newspapers of these towns. 



The death of William H. Knox, one of the early lumbermen of the 

 Wisconsin river valley, occurred recently at Houston, Tex, Mr. Knox 

 was born in New Hampshire in 1S34. For many years he was associated 

 with his brother Samuel in the lumber business on Mill Creek in the 

 town of Carsou. As Knox Brothers they built a sawmill in the early 

 seventies on the site of the old Weston mill at Stevens Point. The plant 

 was destroyed by fire in 1876 and they were succeeded by Bosworth & 

 Reilly. After leaving here they continued their operations in Price 

 county and near Duluth, Minn. In 1000 Mr. Knox associated with his 

 son Hiram at Hemphill. Tex., where they conducted a large sawmill. He 

 was seventy-nine years old and is survived by his widow besides the 

 :ubove mentioned son. 



The will of W. H. J. Kieckhefer, who died recently at Milwaukee, has 

 been filed for probate. Mr. Kieckhefer was organizer and vice-president 

 of the Kieckhefer Box Company. His will disposes of $750,000 in per- 

 sonal properly and $50,000 in real estate. All is held in trust, with its 

 income to be paid to the widow, who is also given the summer home at 

 Pewaukee lake and the residence at 2904 Highland boulevard. Upon the 

 widow's death, the estate is to be divided among the children — Robert J., 

 John W., William H. O., Herbert, Walter and Martha Kieckhefer and 

 Mrs. Dora Wurster. 



Nicholas Marctte, a wagonmaker at Appleton, has completed a wagon 

 for the laterlake Tissue Paper Company at Merriton, Ontario. The 

 Canadian company had the wagon made here on account of the high price 

 demanded in its own country. 



The L'nion Manufacturing Company, Oconto Falls, has begun operation 

 at the sawmill erected but recently. The mill is equipped to manufacture 

 lumber, ties and shingles, and has a large supply of hemlock, cedar, beech, 



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