April 25, 1922 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



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Officer of Milwaukee Casket Company Dies 



Edwin Baier, secretary and treasurer of tKe Cream City Casket 

 Company, Milwaukee, died suddenly on April I 7 of heart disease. 

 He was 39 years of age, a native of Milwaukee, and started Kis 

 business career as a clerk in the company's offices. Mr. Baier was 

 prominent in Pythian and Elks circles. 



Upham Company Sells Lumber Interests 



The Upham Mfg. Company, Marshfield, Wis., has disposed of 

 its sawmill, power plant and lumber yard to a group of local 

 people, retaining, however, its furniture factory. The considera- 

 tion is given as $100,000. The purchasers are Miss N. E. Dickin- 

 son, who has been with the Upham company several years; W. F. 

 Cummings and E. A. Upham. They are organizing the Marshfield 

 Lumber Company to conduct the business. 



Keller Heads Traffic Club 



When organization of the Evansville Transportation Club was 

 effected a few days ago at Evansville, Ind., J. C. Keller, secretary 

 and traffic manager of the Evansville Furniture Manufacturers 

 Association, also traffic manager of the Evansville Lumbermen's 

 Club, was named president. 



Albert Doerschler Dies at 64 Years 



Albert Doerschler, 64 years old, who died a few days ago at his 

 home at Evansville, Ind., was one of the best known furniture 

 manufacturers of that city. He had been vice-president of the 

 Specialty Furniture Company of Evansville for many years past. 

 He w^as born in Germany, but had spent most of his life in Evans- 

 ville. He is survived by a family. 



Ash Buys Logansport Body Plant 



Edwin Ash, president of the H^idley-Ash Furniture Manufactur- 

 ing Company of Logansport, Ind., has bought the property of the 

 Logansport Body Works for $22,100. The plant was sold to pay 

 the indebtedness of the concern. Mr. Ash is planning to remove his 

 furniture factory to his newly acquired location. The plant of 

 the Logansport Body Works was constructed two years ago at a 

 cost of $PO.OO0. 



Fire in Philadelphia Woodworking Plant 



The .Anderson Woodwork Company at 1 63 I -33-35 Ludlow 

 street, Philadelphia, Pa., suffered losses estimated at thousands of 

 dollars from a recent fire w^hich completely destroyed the third 

 floor of their plant. Many feet of valuable lumber were burned, 

 and the ^vorkshop on the second floor badly damaged. 



The blaze did not extend to the first floor, in w^hich the machin- 

 ery of the plant, which is engaged in the manufacture of office 

 partitions, store fixtures and mill and cabinet work, is stored. 



Veneer Interests Pleased with Arguments for 

 Their Lumber Classifications 



Louisville veneer interests are much pleased with the arguments 

 made by representatives of the veneer and plywood industry before 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission Examiner, in Louisville, Ky., 

 in early April, it being a resumption of a hearing started some 

 n-ionths ago, in which veneer interests are contending for a rate 

 of 15 per cent over lumber rates on figured veneers, and lumber 

 rates on plain veneers, or their lumber. 



Business has been more active with the Louisville veneer mills, 

 which reports better veneer demand as w^ell as demand for glued 

 up stocks, the situation now being more promising than it has been 

 for some months. 



The Penn Furniture Company, 32 East Chestnut Street, Lan- 

 caster, Pa., large users of hardwood, sustained a $25,000 fire 

 loss April I 7. The upper stories of the storehouse w^ere consumed 

 and the office badly damaged with water. One fireman was injured. 

 The origin of the fire is unknow^n. 



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Grown On 

 Iowa Corn Land 



If you were to attempt to grow corn on 

 the thin soiled hillsides of the average 

 forest land, you ^xould get a light crop 

 and poor quality as compared with the 

 produce of the Mississippi \'alley. 

 Iowa Walnut is grown in the finest agri- 

 cultural land in America — from the 

 same soil that produces the famous 

 "tall corn.'' 



Its greater strength, finer grain, and 

 particularly beautiful marking are the 

 logical result of the soil and climate 

 that produced it. 



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