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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Itrty City, Xlioli., which involves iitiout $30,000. The Fond du Lac, Wis., 

 'poaril of cduintioii. ivliiili Is iTnilng n new high srhool. hiiH contracti'il 

 witli the Wirse coinpanv to furnish Its laUoratory at a <'ost of aliout 

 .fil.iioo. 



'I'hc Ki'olii'lil I.iinion'anx ("onipany of Washlnirn. Wis., one of the iioin 

 liys iaiKc'st nianufaitureis of hoxes ami cratlnK .stoek, completed llo' 

 oveihaulinf; ami iee(|iilpment of Us sawmill on AtiKUSt 1 and Is now in 

 operation. The ndll was rehnllt from the plant of the former Ijike Shore 

 l.ninlicr Company at Washlnirn and Is employing aliont seventy men. Tin' 

 liox anil eratlns factory contains the resaw mill which is being fed liy tin' 

 new sawmill. 



The Tomahawk Steel & Iron Works at Tomahawk, Wis., widely known 

 in the North for its loKKins and sawmill marlunery and general repair 

 service, is at woi-k on the eonstruriion of a new fiumdry and machine shop 

 '•■ vjlaci' the idant destroyed by lire in February. It oci'upies a new 

 site i>n thi' .Milwaukee Koad nniln line and will cost about $75,000. The 

 main building is tiO by 100 feet, anil the wing 30 by CO feet. 



'Ihi; Wisi-onsin State Tax Commission has orderetl a re-assessment of 

 the properties of the Foster-Latimer launber Company of Mellen, In Ilie 

 town of Saxon, Trice county, upon petition of the company, wdiich claimed 

 the valuation id' its extensive timber hhldlngs is excessive. 



The Crandon. Wis., sawmill of the ("has. \V. Fish Lumber Company of 

 KIcho. Wis., was totally destroyed by lire late in July. It is believed 

 likely tiiat the mill will be rebuilt. The yards were saved, together with 

 n large quantity of finLshed lumber. The Fish company owns and operates 

 four ither large mills, so that the loss of the Crandon mill is not .seriously 

 felt. 



The Feder;il l!ox and Luinlier Coniiian.v, Chicago, has tiled suit against 

 L. K. Uidley of .Madison. Wis., lo recover .«9.000. alleging that on Aug. 

 30. 11*20, Mr. Kiilley ordered (ifteen carloads of boxes according to specifi- 

 cations, for delivery between .Taimary and May. but decdined to give ship 

 ping directions after numerous requests. 



Through the generosity of Thomas McNeil of the Sheboygan Chair Com- 

 |iany. the city of Sheboygan will have one of the finest bathing beaches on 

 the ureat Lakes. .Mr. McNeil and his company, in cooperation with Mayor 

 Herman Schnelke. acquired a strip of lainl along the lake shore on the 

 south end of the rity and the Kiwanis Club of Sheboygan agreed to build 

 a bathhouse, 'J'J-i feet lotig. The beach is being made available for use this 

 season. 



The .lob n Sdiroeder Lumber Coiiii)an.\-. .Milwaukee, on .August 1 siiipijed 

 1,000.000 feet of lumber from its mills at .\shland. Wis., to Tonawanda. 

 N. Y.. on two barges handled by the Steamer liradley. The cargoes were 

 valui'd at about S^SO.oilii 



The .\utomatlc Cradle Manufacturing Company of Stevens I'oint, Wis., 

 as the result of a national campaign for new lousiness, is now operating at 

 full capacity on orders for self-swinging baby cribs, bassinettes, toy auto- 

 mobiles with foot power, and siniilar specialties. Orders on the books are 

 sufficient to keep the i)lant busy iiracticall.i- until the end of this year, 

 according to K. T. l>avis. general nuinager. 



.Vccording to U. (). Reyer, head of the Milwaukee Toy Company, Mil- 

 wauk(e, the demand for American built toys this season is the heaviest 

 on record and factories generally are working up to capacity to till orders. 

 Mr. Ke.yer says martial toys have been steadily declining in favor since 

 the close of the war and toys now being sold are mainly of an educationnl 

 natu'ie, as children are asking for toys with which they can exercise their 

 ingenuity. 



TORONTO 



Tilt' Attornt'y-(;<MK'rars staiT, iiiidpr an ordrr made by the courts in 

 Toronto, will have to gi^t busy anil ilis up a lot of particulars in ooiin(Mti<pii 

 with the charKi's aj;ainst the Shevlin-C'larke, the Rainy River Lumber 

 Company ami olhcrs. The action seeks to set aside grants of timber berths 

 in the Rainy River district and to recover damages for alleged false returns 

 made to the government as to the timber cut. Amongst the charges niaib- 

 by the crown were allegations that the required returns had not been made 

 from time to time ; that false aftidavits had been made by cullers ; that 

 forgi-ries and false affidavits, sonu'tinies maile in the company's' office, were 

 put in with the object of defrauding the government <if large sums of 

 money. T!ie charges are so sw<'eping. says Justice Orde, that to meet th<'iri 

 the defendants would have to account for every stick of timlier cut on tlic 

 berths for the past eighteen years. 



I>. N. McMillan, who for sonu' time past has been' a mendjer of the sales 

 staff of the Tesserton Timber Company, has joined the Central Canada 

 Lumber Company. TorunTn. :m<l U now looking after their interests in 

 Ontario. 



A. K. Bryan. Canadian Trade roninussion in Yokohama, reports that 

 many inquiries for Canadian lumber are being received. For the first few 

 nnuiths of this year there have been heavy d*'creases noted in every raw 

 material imported into .Tapan with th<' exception of hindn'r. 



Toronto and Hamilton Uunbernicn are interested in the recent organi/.a 

 tion of the .McCraney I.undier 4 'onipany, Ltd.. of Ilamiltim. Out., which 

 has been granted charier ami which has secun-d the township of 

 McCraney, situated east of Scutia Junction on the old Canada Atlantic 

 Railway. The company is arranging to have a mill at Mileage 32S, which 

 will be known as "Round Lake." The cut will be principally hardwood. 

 and it is expected that al)out 2,(MM(.()(I<) feet per year will he taken t)ut. 



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