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HARDWOOD RECORD 



April 2r, 



Plain and Qtd. Red and White 



Even iJ /\ IV Soft 



Color AND OTHER Texture 



Hardwoods 



Soft Yellow Poplar 



MADE (MR) RIGHT 



OAK FLOORING 



PROMPT SHIPMENTS 

 The 



Mowbray & Robinson Co. 



(INC.ORrORATKD) 



CINCINNATI, OHIO 



JACKSON & TINDLE 



INCORPORATED 



Sales Office 

 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



Main Office 

 BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Complete stock of 



Dry Northern Hardwoods 



HARD MAPLE BIRCH 



SOFT MAPLE BEECH 



BASSWOOD ELM 



MILLS AT PELLSTON AND MUNISING, MICHIGAN 



The Tegge Lumber Go. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



cern orfianizod by F. M. Funk to engage iu tbe manufacture of a "Teeter- 

 Totter" toy and numerous other Oesigns of playthings for children. The 

 Lewis building on Idaho street has been leased and is now being equipped 

 with machinery. It is hoped to be able to start operations late in April. 

 The Stanley Toy Company of Stanloy. Wis., has completed the conver- 

 sion of its business from a purely toy manufacturing line to that of boxes, 

 crates and oth*>r wooden packages. It is specializing in shipping cases 

 and a box for storage batteiies. a large order for which has been received 

 from a big battery concern located in Marshfield. Wis. L. I. Roe continues 

 to be at the head of the Stanley concern. 



The Interior Woodwork Company, Fifth avenue and Park street, Mil- 

 waukee, has awarded all contracts and ground has now been broken for 

 additional manufacturing and warehouse i>uildings estimated to cost 

 $l.jO,<MiO. Details of the project have been given in a previous issue of 

 II.AKOWOOI) Kecord. 



The F'itield Lumber Company of Janesville, Wis,, has sold its millwork 

 manufacturing division to Leo H. Atwood and John E. Koerbel, who have 

 (trganized a new company under the style of Bower City Millwork ^'om- 

 pany. Mr. Atwood for many years was secretary and treasurer of the 

 Filield Lumber Company, and Mr. Koerbel served as superintendent of 

 the mill since 1913. 



Tbe A. H. Stange Company of Merrill. Wis., on April 10 resumed the 

 operation of its large sawmill, which for several months has been idle 

 while repairs, replacement and other improvements were under way. One 

 of the latest betterments was the erection of a new fuel storage building 

 with conveyors from the saw mill to tbe power plant to furnish a fuel 

 supply of waste for night and holiday heating. The mill is being operated 

 on a day shift only for the time being, with a crew of about 100 men. 

 The present schedule is expected to be kept in effect until January 1, if 

 not longer. 



The Stoughton Wagon Company. Stoughti>n, Wis., has met with such 

 success in the marketing of its line of motor trucks in sizes from three- 

 quarters to five tons' capacity that the operation of its truck factory has 

 been extended to a point where the working force is virtually back at the 

 normal. Orders are coming from all sections of the country. 



The Industrial Commission of Wisconsin has issued a special notice to 

 employers operating ein-ular saws to provide these machines with suitable 

 and proper guards as a means of preventing accidents. It suggests that a 

 gooil saw guard should have a self-adjusting hood, a splitter, dogs or pawls 

 to prevent kickbacks and a rigging to support the guard. More accidents 

 are caused by the operation of circular saws, says the bulletin, than by 

 any other class of machines, according to statistics covering a period of 

 ten years. 



M, M. Kitz. a witUdy known woodworking numufacturer of Oshkosh, 

 Wis., and founiler of M. .M. Kitz & Co.. Imx manufacturers of the same 

 city, observed his eighty-ninth birthday anniversary on March !2S. He 

 is in good health but no longer active in the business, his sons, George and 

 Martin, now being the managers of the (igar box plant. 



The Republic Box Company, ^larinette. Wis., sustained a loss estimated 

 at more than $100,000 by lire on April S, which burned the factory to the 

 mound and ruined the lumber storage sheds and yards. Insurance is 

 partial. The ownei-s of the concern are planning to rebuild as soon as 

 adjustments of the loss have been completed. 



The John Schrneder Lumber <'ompany, Milwaukee and Ashland. Wis., 

 expects to reopen its main saw null at Ashland on Jlay 1 and looks for- 

 ward to an active season, according to Fraid< Clarke, manager at Ashland 

 The camps at Tula. Mich., will c<mtinne putting in logs for the time 

 l)eing. luit it is not likely that any wondswork will be done on Michigan 

 IsbintI of the Apostle group this year. 



The Disappearing Propeller Boat v'oitiimTiy of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., 

 a new concern, is making good progress in tlu^ equipment of its plant 

 and expects to be in regular production .May 1. Practically the first 

 year's capacity is covered by orders already booked. 



The Faust Lumber Company of Antigo. Wis., is again operating its 

 mill. I'Utering the new season's work on April HI. with a crew of sixty 

 men. Its log supply is sufficient to keep the mill supplied about four 

 months. With the exception of the Ilenshnw Worden mill, all of the 

 Antigo saw mills are now in production. 



The La Crctsse Wash Machine Company is a new .^lO.OOO corporation 

 organized at La Crosse. Wis., by Henry U. Sauer, Emil Brubach and 

 .1. Gettrge Schweizer. who will open a factory to make manual and power 

 washing machines for the home. 



The Xamakagon Lumber Compmiy of Urand Itapids, a Michigan corpora- 

 tion, with mills at Xamakagon. near Cable, Wis., has fih'd articles in Wis- 

 consin as a foreign corporation and has been granted a local charter. 

 Of its capital, $2."). 000 is given as the Wisconsin interest. The agent in 

 this state is 11. Schneider. 



The E. L. Reed Manufacturing Company of Sterling, III., a large wood- 

 working concern which recently lost its plant by fire, has practically de- 

 cided to relocate the industry in Madison, Wis., where a new factory 

 will be built or leased. 



The Lauber Handle Manufacturing Coni|iany. Milwaukee, has been in- 

 corporated with a capital stock of $r>0.00o to manufacture handles for 

 brooms, brushes, utensils, etc. The principals are William and Philip J. 

 Lauber and John H. Braun. 



The Wisconsin Textile Manufacturing Company, Two Rivers, Wis., maker 

 of bobbins, spools, forms and othi-r textile mill and factory supplies, has 



