Si'iitfiiil.er 10. 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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a loss of approximately $7,000. Activf work of thi- local tire tlcpartment 

 preventtHl the flames from spreading to the .yards and the office buildings 

 of the company, the report received at the Potter offices at Fond du Lac, 

 Wis., stated. 



F. G. Kilp, one of four foresters taking a census of Wisconsin timber 

 for the conservation commission of the state, visited Merrill, Wis., the 

 latter part of .\ugust. He has been engaged three months in census work 

 and will soon complete the census of Lincoln county. Percentage of hem 

 lock has been generally estimated at So percent ; in some counties .S5 per- 

 cent, Mr. Kilp stated. The percentage of birch ranges from 10 to -to |ier- 

 cent. Forest fires have been infrequent this year, he reported. 



The Thompson-Wells Lumber Company's mill at Marinette, Wis., has 

 been compelled to shut down on account of the shortage of logs, otlicials 

 announced. The saw mill had been experiencing difficulty in securing cars 

 because of the rail strike. 



The Thompson-Wells Lumber Company of Menominee, Mich., purchased 

 two mi.'lion hemlock logs at Bowles Spur near Ontonagon from R. E. 

 Anderson, Ontonagon, Mich., an official statement declared. The Sawyer- 

 Goodman Company purchased one and a half million feet of logs 

 from Corwin & Anderson Company, Marinette. Wis. The Thompson-Wells 

 company has acquired a controlling interest in the timber hoblings and 

 logging operations of the P. C. Fuller Company, Grand Rapids. Mich., 

 operating in the Ontonagon district. Camps will be started in ten days 

 and logs will be shipped regularly to Menominee, Mich. 



The Langlade Lumber Company will extend its logging railroad south 

 from Pearson, Wis., into the northern part of the town of Price in Lang- 

 lade county a distance of eight miles, otflcials stated. The extensions will 

 penetrate through a vast timber tract and the company will operate six 

 lumber camps next year, with as many more operated by jobbers. 



William C. Schultz, former vice-president of the Watertown Table Slide 

 Company, Watertown, Wis., is completing the organization of a new com- 

 pany, which will engage in the manufacture of table slides. It will be 

 incorporated at $125,000. Mr. Schultz is now purchasing machinery and 

 equipment for the factory to be erected in the fall. A definite location 

 has not been chosen. 



Six contracts for the equipment of the JanesvlUe, Wis., High School were 

 let, totaling $31,000. The Kewaunee Laboratory Company, Kewaunee, 

 Wis., was awarded the contract to furnish tables on a bid of $11,000 ; 

 Monroe Benbrook Company. Monroe, Wis., to furnish cases and cabinets. 

 $10,629 : Northwestern School Supply Company, $9,755, mostly chairs. 

 Contracts remain open to furnish library tables and chairs as well as opera 

 chairs. One hundred and ten movable desks, teachers' desks and oflSce 

 supplies have yet to be let. To insure the uniform appearance of the 

 equipment each contractor and architect was given a sample of the stain 

 to be used. 



The number of employes of the Longdin-Brugger Close Tite Company, 

 Fond du Lac, Wis., was increased materially September 1, in order to raise 

 the average production of the factory from 30 to 100 jobs daily, officials 

 announced. The prodigious increase of orders during the past month has 

 made the increase of employment forces necessary. The company fills all 

 orders within twenty-four hours ordinarily, but with the rush of new 

 business has been compelled to make a forty-eight-hour service with tele- 

 graph orders given the preference. 



William Stewart Heddles, 61 years old, prominent Madison, Wis., lumber 

 dealer and former mayor of Edgerton, Wis., died suddenly at bis home fol- 

 lowing an attack of acute gastritis. 



Railway figures show that lumber shipments from points on the Ash- 

 land division of the Northwestern railroad during the past week were 160 

 care more than in the corresponding week of 1921, lumbermen of that city 

 stated. Shipments of other forest products showed an increase of 167 

 cars. Elsewhere in Wisconsin lumber shipments show an alarming de- 

 crease. 



Ninety forest rangers are on guard against forest fires in northern 

 Wisconsin, but no reports of destructive fires have been received from any 

 districts this week, the first in September, Rudolph Scheibel, secretary of 

 the conservation commission at Madison, Wis., said. The commission is 

 not alarmed at the situation in northern Wisconsin, he said, because con- 

 ditions there are reported to he better than In southern Wisconsin, which 

 is extremely dry. 



R. G. Flanders, general manager of the Oconto Lumber Company, Oconto, 

 Wis., announced that the company's sawmill at this city would close 

 indefinitely, owing to a scarcity of logs. Providing the rail and coal indus- 

 tries permit, operations will soon be resumed, he declared. 



The Roddis Lumber & Veneer Company of Marshfield, Wis., is planning 

 the construction of a conveyor and is taking bids through their engineers, 

 Cahill and Douglas, on a 40-foot chain or belt type bucket conveyor. 



A strong demand for workers in the woods is noted at the Ashland, Wis., 

 free government employment office. Reports from other cities in the lum- 

 bering districts of the state show a similar demand. Wages show a slight 

 increase over the early part of the summer, but are low compared to the 

 war time scales. Common labor in the woods is offered $30 a month and 

 board. Workmen for all kinds of woods, skilled and unskilled labor, are 

 expected to continue in demand, and wage scales are expected to increase 

 to comparatively fair levels during the autumn months. 



Fire of unknown origin destroyed 50,000 feet of lumber in the yards of 

 the Brooks & Ross Lumber Company at Schofleld, Wis. Quick response of 

 1;he neighborhing fire department at Wausau, Wis., prevented further dam- 



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age to the lumlier and sawmill. The fire was the fourth that has occurred 

 at the mill within forty-eight hours, and it is said to be of incendiary origin, 

 though the possibility of recurring blazes is advanced. 



Fire from an overheated motor destroyed the factory and two ware- 

 houses of the Vulcan Last Company at Crandon, Wis., September 4. The 

 damage is estimated at $75,000. Lack of suflScient water and fire equip- 

 ment made it extremely difficult for the firemen. The factory is said to 

 be the largest in the country. It supplied four shoe factories in Ports- 

 mouth, Ohio, and St. Louis with raw material. The warehouses were 

 stocked to the top with shoe blocks. 



Preparations are being made by the Connor Land & Lumber Company, 

 Laona, Wis., for extensive logging operations during the coming winter. 

 A big extension is being built to the company's logging railway in Forest 

 county and several logging camps will soon be operated, oflBcials stated. 



Weber & Anderson, a Shawano, Wis., logging firm, will log on a large 

 scale near Argonne, Wis., and Iron Mountain, Mich., next winter. Camps 

 are now under construction and will be ready for operation early in the fall. 



After a short season's run, the sawmill of the L. M. Reed Lumber Com- 

 pany at Prentice, Wis., has closed. The cut was 150,000 feet. Next year 

 the mill will be in a position to handle a cut of at least 2,000,000 feet, mill 

 officials declared. 



