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HARDWOOD RECORD 



August 2.J. l'J:iI 



May we quote you on 

 our present stocks of 

 Southern Hardwoods 



Oak Poplar 



Chestnut Ash 



MANUFACTURERS 



BAND MILLS: 



rAYETTVIULE .TENN. 

 BASS.ALA. 



EmrETTVILLE ,TEHK. 



Tennessee Red Cedar 



{AROMATIC) 



Basswood Maple 



Elm Walnut 

 OTHER HARDWOODS 



WE WANT TO SELL 



250,000 feet No. 3 and Better 1-inch mixed Gum 



$15.00 per 1,000 

 250,000 feet No. 3 and Better 1-inch mixed Oak 



$20.00 per 1,000 



This Stock is located at our mill at Reeves, La., is 



well manujactured, hone dry and in fine condition 



ALSO 



5 cars Gum dog boards, $5.00 per 1,000 



5 cars Oak dog boards, $5.00 per 1,000 



POWELL LUMBER CO. 



LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA 



JACKSON & TINDLE 



INCORPORATED 



Sales Office 

 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



Main Office 

 BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Complete stock of 

 Dry Northern Hardwoods 



HARD SIAI'LE 

 SOFT MATI.E 

 BASSWOOD 



BIRCH 



BBBCH 



ELM 



UP-TO-DATE BAND MILLS Now OPERAT- 

 ING at PELLSTON and MUNISING, MICH. 



iiildKiimiiiin- vcpnlrs, H. J. WIIsdii, manager, has announced. Howevi-r, the 

 |)laut will not be tlospd as lonn this year as it usually is, 



WISCONSIN 



The I'ulaskl Wdodcnwaro, Light and I'owcr Company. I'lilaski, Wis., has 

 n-ccntly 11'''' amendments to Its eorporate articles providing lor a diange- 

 in title to I'ulaskl Wnodenwarc Company. At the sann- time the capital 

 stock was lixed at S.^d.ddii. 



Articles of inc<irporation were tiled lecently in behalf of the Uice Mill- 

 work and I,und)er Company of LaCrosse, Wis. The authorized capitaliza- 

 tion is ?.').'j,000 and the incoriiorators are A. J. Esberg. J. A. Thwing and 

 Otto K. Mueller, all of liaCrosse. 



The Swihart & Tuttle Company of Cornell, Wis., narrowly escapid the- 

 destruction of its sawmill when lire destroyed about IT.'i.iiiK) feet of lum- 

 ber from the spring cut of the plant stacked in the miliyard. Most of the 

 burniMl lumber was owned by William Dunn, who estimates the loss at 

 about .i;.").Onil, fairly well covered by insurance. The stocks owneil by the- 

 Swihart & Tnttle Company were only slightly damaged. The mill proper 

 escaped the blaze, although tlireii teiierl many times by sparks and burning 

 tiranils. 



M. .\1. Kitz, proprietor of the Kitz Cigar l!ox Factory at Oshkosk. Wis., 



Ii,is c pleted repairs to the building and ei|u!pmei]t which was damage<l 



by (ire on .Tuly lili. Operations were continued during the repair work and 

 I)roduction sufTerc'd only slightly. 



Till' Hi l.o Itiiliy Chair Company of Chicago is negotiating with the- 

 Chajiilier of Connni-rce of Appleton. Wis., with a view of relocating Its- 

 plant in tlie Wisconsin city. The concern requires about 1.5,000 square- 

 feet of manufactviring space to start and is willing to' lease an existing 

 l>uilding with an option to pui-chase later. 



The .Northwestern lOxcelsior Mills Company of Prentice. Wis., has com- 

 pleted a new fa<-tory and placed it in operation, the first shipments having 

 been made early in August to Detroit customers. The cutting room is 

 .'{4 by 50 feet in size and five men are engaged in cutting bolts for the 

 mill, w-hich occupies a space of 60 by 100 feet and is equipped with three 

 i-utting machines with a capacity of fifteen tons of excelsior a day. 



The Dufeck Manufacturing Company of Denmark, Wis., is a new- cor- 

 poration organized with a capital stock of .?30,000 hy A. Dufeck, Jfartin 

 Dufeck and S. Dufeck. it is chartered to do logging and manufacture 

 lumber, millwork. sash, doors, interior finish, caliinets, etc. 



The Tomahawk Toy Company of Tomahawk. Wis., which has not oper- 

 ated its factory for about six months, has accepted the offer of Miller & 

 Neumiller of .lanesviiie. Wis., to take over the the plant. The new owners 

 intonit to continue the manufacture of toys and other wooden novelties, hut 

 will also manufacture sash, doors, interior woodw'ork and other hard and 

 Hoft wood specialties. 



The Sawyer-Coodman Company of Marinette. Wis., was successful In 

 securing a reduction of the assessment made by the city of Marinette on 

 Its lumber stocks, although at the figure finally conceded, the assessment is 

 said to be the highest of that made by any lumber manufacturing center in 

 Wisconsin. The original assessment was S30 per thousand feet. C. .\. 

 Coodman. presi^leiit and general manager of the company, pointed out to 

 the board of review that this figure was much too high in view of the 

 declining market for lumber, and because other Wisconsin cities were 

 assessing as low as $20 per thousand, while at Wausau the rate is $24. 

 A compromise was reached on a figure of $'2o per thousand. 



The Sanborn Company of Eagle River, Wis., a large log, land and cutover 

 Innil handling concern, has recently increased its capitalization to consist 

 of $200,000 of common and $,S0(i.O00 of preferred stock. 



The American Lumber and Manufacturing Company, <!reen Bay. Wis., is 

 preparing to build a new wai-ehouse to include also an otllce Iniilding. It 

 will be two stories high, (id by 150 feet. 



Employes of the Curtis & Yale Company of Wausau. Wis., at the second 

 annual outing given by the company at Rothschild Park, presente<i W. E. 

 Curtis, president ami general manager, with a beautiful solid gold watch as 

 an appreciation from the workers. The outing incidentall.v commemo- 

 rated two anniversaries, nanielj-, the fortieth anniversary of the founding 

 of the company liy the late C. S. Curtis, who would have reached the age 

 of 70 yeai-s on .\ugust 1, and the twentieth anniversary of the association 

 of W. E. Curtis with the business, 



Tlic Matthews liros. Mfg. Company. (!l-75 Fourth street, Milwaukee, 

 nne of tlie oldest and largest manufacturers of fine interior woodwork, 

 furniture, fixtures. et<-.. in this country, has closed a deal for the pur- 

 chase of the lug plant of the Marsh Refrigerator Service (^ompany at I'ort 

 Wasliington Roail and the Milwaukee road tracks at the northern city 

 UniUs of Milwaukee. The .Marsh company originally was founded by inter- 

 eatn identified with the Pabst Brewing Company to build and liandle 

 reTrigeralor cars, hut about six years ago the name was changed to the 

 present title. The business is now in process of liquidation and plant 

 and e([uipnH-nt are being sold in parcels. Possession will be given tlie 

 Matthews (-ompaiiy within a short time, and it is hoped to complete the 

 transfer of Its operation to the Marsh plant about November 1. when the 

 factory on Fourth street will be turned over to the Rundle-Spence Mfg. 

 Co., a large jnanufacturer of sanitary fixtures, plumbers' goods, etc. 



The Wie.se Laboratory Furniture ComiJany, a comparatively new organi- 

 zation at Manitowac, Wis., has recently hookeil a number of important 

 contracts, the latest being for the equipment of the new high s<-hool at 



