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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Mahogany and 

 Circassian 



Lumber & Veneers 



^ The largest assortment of finest figured 

 Mahogany Logs, Lumber and Veneers in 

 the country can be found at the Chicago 

 plant of C. L. Willey. 



'^ We are just in receipt of fifteen cars of 

 remarkably superior Circassian Walnut 

 Logs, large size, well-figured and of good 

 'Color, which are now being cut into 

 Veneers. 



^ A visit or correspondence from discrim- 

 inating buyers of all varieties of fine Im- 

 ported and Domestic Cabinet Woods in 

 Lumber and A^eneer is solicited. 



^ You will not only find the Willey ware- 

 houses well stocked with a superb collec- 

 tion of Circassian, MahogaiTy, Vermilion, 

 Black Walnut and other fancy foreign 

 and domestic lumber and veneers, l)ut 

 l)uyers are assured of prompt and pains- 

 taking service, and a quality of iiroduct 

 not usually obtainable. 



^ To visit the plant take Blue Island Ave. 

 car at the postoffice to Robey Street. 



C.L. WILLEY, Chicago 



Largest Fancy Wood Veneer 

 iiiiil Lumber producing plant in the ivorld 



Valley n.-inking & Trust Company of Henderson. 1". L. Clore, bead of 

 the fli-m, died recently, Shirley Clore, his son, being in charge of the 

 business. 



Van Xorman of Hines & Norman, Louisville, attorneys for the Taducah 

 Board of Trade, who filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a 

 complaint charging that lumber rates into and out of Paducah are out 

 of line with those into and out of Cairo, stated that the report that the 

 complaint had been withdrawn is erroneous. Some of the carriers in 

 CFA territory have agreed to change class rates into Southern Illinois 

 from Paducah. but no change has been made in the lumber rate situation, 

 and the complaint will accordingly be pressed. 



=-< ARKANSAS > 



The plant of the Marianna Heading Company of Marianna, Ark., 

 which was partially destroyed by fire some two weeks ago, has been 

 rebuilt and is now running on full time. The company is now operating 

 with two shifts, running night and day, to make up for the time lost 

 while shut down. Offlccrs of the company say the demand is daily 

 increasing, and they anticipate a heavy fall business. 



The Arkansas Land and Lumber Company of Malvern. Ark., is now 

 constructing a stave mill to take care of the oak timber on its holdings. 



The handle factory owned by Sallee Brothers of rocahontas. .\rk., which 

 was destroyed by fire a few weeks ago, has again resumed operations. 

 The output of the factory has been doubled and the number of employes 

 increased. 



A charter has recently been granted to the Lenker Hub and Manu- 

 facturing Company of Leslie, Ark. The capital stock of the new com- 

 pany is placed at $15,000. W. S. Mays is president. G. W. Maj's, viec- 

 Ijresident ; E. O. Mays, secretary, and Buck Mays, treasurer. 



The Shelby Cooperage Company, which formerly had its plant at 

 I'ortlaud. Ark., has begun operations in West Helena. 



Thi! St. Louis Cooperage Company has again resumed operations at its 

 lilant in Brinklcy, Ark. This plant has been closed down for several 

 weeks, during which lime extensive improvements and repairs, including 

 Ihc installation of additional machinery, were made. 



The Kentark^Land and Lumber Company, which has recently filed a 

 copy of its articles of incorporation with the secretary of state of 

 .Vrkansas. is preparing to open up its Arkansas offices at Tine liltilt. 

 Tlie company proposes to use $130,000 of its capital stock in this state. 

 A few w<>eks ago this company bought 24..'3.')0 acres o£ hardwood timber- 

 land in Lonoke and .lelTersnn counties. Arkansas, and announced its plans 

 for building a big plant on its holdings between Stuttgart and England. 

 Ark. The new company ulsci bought some weeks ago a controlling interest 

 in the Varner Land and Lumlxr Company, which owns Ki.OOO acres of 

 nardwood timberland in and around Geridge. Ark., and operates a big 

 null at that place. 



-■<, MILWAUKEE ^ 



Work on the factory liiiildiuj: d the I'nivi'rsiil Furnil in>' Company is 

 rxpected to be started within a short time. The ?4,000 subscribed by 

 liical business men is being called for, which indicates that preliminary 

 work is well under way. I'resident Walter R. Frame of the Business 

 .Mens Club is active in pushing the project. 



The Millard Manufacturing Company of Gladwin. Midi., will locate 

 in Appli'tou. according to plans now under way. With the assistance of 

 tlie Commcrtial Club, representatives of the Millard company are looking 

 tor a site. A new factory will undoubtedly be erected to house the 

 institution. The chief output of the plant will be racked hoops, hoop 

 timber and articles in that line. 



A model hydroplane built of the finest mahogany wood, has been 

 completed at the boat factory of Dan Kidney & Son. at IJe I'cre. The 

 niodi-i was put on exhibition at the I'erry Centennial and Home Coming 

 Kxposition at Green Bay. A working model is being completed and 

 will be tried out shortly. 



Several carloads of large timber, cut on the Thornapple river, near 

 the famous John Diet/- farm at Cameron dam, have just been shipped 

 from Winter, Wis., to Liverpool, England. The timber is of enormous 

 size, Iwing about fitly feet long and ten inches square at the top. The 

 scarcity of such timber brought a very high price. It will be used in 

 shipbuilding. 



.T. 1". Hanson of Oshkosh, a pioneer mill architect, inventor of several 

 labor-saving logging devices, including a log loader, log conveyor and 

 a belt tightener, died at his home in Oshkosh of appendicitis, after a 

 short illness. 



Charles Fireharmer, aged sevenly-two years, one of the oldest residents 

 or Iloricon, a prominent lumberman and in late years interested in 

 many building projects, died sudd'-niy of heart failure while working in 

 the vicinity of his lumber yards. He was a native of Germany, coming 

 to this country as a young man. Ho engaged in sawmllUng near Her- 

 man, later coining to Wausau and then to Iloricon. He engaged In 

 lumbering in Iloricon. later being succeeded by his son William. Besides 

 bis widow, seven cliildren survive him. 



The Barrett Manufacturing Company, a New York roofing corporation, 

 with $-1,870,000 capital stock, has filed a statement with the secretary 

 of state to do business in Wisconsin. The Interest In this state. is 



.•jt^o.ooo. 



The Wilbur Lumber Company, with yards in this state and Illinois, 



