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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 10, 1919 



Vestal Lumber 

 & Mfg. Company 



INCORPORATED 



POPLAR 



100,000 4/4" Com. 

 150,000 6/4" Com. 

 25,000 3" Com. 



20,000 3" 2 Com. 

 200,000 4/4" 2 Com. 

 100,000 6/4" 2 Com. 



OAK 



10,000 3" 1&2 Plain Red 



50,000 2" Com. Plain Red 



50,000 6/4" 1&2 Plain White & Red 



50,000 4/4" 1&2 Plain White 



35,000 4/4" 1x2 Quartered White Oak 



75,000 4/4" 2C Plain Red & White 



ALL BAND— GOOD WIDTHS— DRY 



KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE 



VESTAL * SUBURB OP 



BAND MILLS AT 



K.VOXVILLE 



FONDE, KY. 



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AND OTHER 

 HARDWOODS 



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MADE (MR) RIGHT 



OAK FLOORING 



We havt 35,000,000 feet dry itock— «11 of 

 •ur own manufacture, from our own tim- 

 ker grown in Eastern Kentucky. 



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Thf Wisconsin .Uito Body & Sales Company, Milwaukee, bas been incor- 

 porateil with a capital stock of $15,000 to manufacture commercial and 

 passenger car bodies, frames, cabs, etc. The incorporators are W. A. 

 Roscnwald, G. Steger and B. M. Rosenwald. 



E. J. Young, wholesale lumber dealer, Madison, is reorganizing his busi- 

 ness as a corporation, styled the E. J. Young Lumber Company. Leo L. 

 Luenenschloss, for six years manager of the Madison branch of The Avery 

 Company. Peoria. 111., has resigned that position to biv-ome associated with 

 Mr. Young. He formerly was engaged in the himbcr business in Richland 

 Center, Wis., and Des Moines, la. The Young company bas extensive hard- 

 wood and general lumber interests in Marinette and Wausau, W'is., and in 

 Montana. .Alabama and Louisiana. \ 



The Laun Lumber & Furniture Company, Elkhart Lake, has been incor- 

 porated with a capital stock of .$10,000 Ijy J. B. Laun, Alfred R. Raeder, 

 Henry Ross and Louis Laun. 



G. JI. Collins, Amberg. has completed the erection and equipment of a 

 new sawmill in place of the plant which was destroyed by Are about two 

 years a^o. 



The .Multitoue Manufacturing Company, Eau Claire, which has been 

 manufacturing talking machines, cabinets, etc., in leased quarters for six 

 months, is planning to build a plant of its own at an estimated cost of 

 $35,000 to relieve the congestion of its present factory. E. J. Sailstad 

 is president and manager. 



The Bissell Lumber Company, Marshfield, with saw and planing mills 

 and veneer works at Tripoli, has moved its general offices into the new 

 building of the Marshfield State Bank. 



The J. S. Stearns Lumber Company. Odanah, recently resumed operations 

 in its big saw and planing mill at that point after a shut-down of about 

 six weeks during which the entire plant was overhauled and placed in shape 

 for a continuous run until late next fall. 



The Appleton Wood Products Company, . Appleton, which was awarded 

 a government contract for 50,000 saddle trees, received cancellation of the 

 order just as the initial shipment was to have been nuide late in December. 



The .Tanesville Housing Corporation has been organized at Janesville 

 l>y leading manufacturers and business men to undertake an important 

 home building program during the coming spring and summer. The cap- 

 ital stock is $300,000. The incorporators include J. P. Culleu, Roger .M. 

 Cunningham. J. M. Connors and William McVicar. 



The Curtis & Y"ale Company, Wausau, surprised its 350 employes at 

 Christmastide by presenting each with a free life insurance policy. Issued 

 under the group insurance plan by the Aetna Life. The policies were de- 

 livered January 2. 



A. L. W'ashburn, for many years general superintendent of the Browu- 

 Mitcheson Company, Marinette, resigned January 1 to engage in business 

 on his own account. His successor has not lieen chosen. Employes pre- 

 sented Mr. Washburn with a solid gold watch, chain and Masonic charm. 



The International Toy Company, Eau Claire, a new manufacturing in- 

 terest now operating in lea.sed quarters, is making plans to erect its own 

 plant, to be 60x300 feet in size, of frame and stucco construction, designed 

 to carry out the idea of a huge toyhouse. Work will liegin March 15. 

 L. D. I'angborn is president and general manager. 



The General Manufacturing Company. Milwaukee, has been incorpo- 

 rated with a capital stock of $100,000 to manufacture talking machines 

 and other musical instruments. The organizers include J. P. Shea, Michael 

 = Levin and Joseph G, Konop, attorney. 



Soft TeXttlT6 5 '^^'^ Kenfleld-Lamoreaux Company. Washburn, manufacturer of boxes, 



Z crating stock, veneers, etc., has completed important improvements which 

 £ increase the general efficiency of the plant and promote economy in opera- 

 tion. \ bonus system has been instituted for the benefit of its employes. 

 V. I'. Baivier, Kiel, Manitowoc county. Wis., who has been manufactur- 

 ing wooden shoes tor domestic and export consumption on a small scale 

 for many years, is greatly increasing the capacity to meet a broad demand 

 from European countries. 



Employes of the Badger Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Oshkosh, 

 presented the three principal officers, H. O. Diestler, E. E. Meelus and Paui 

 Steinhilber, with three fine office chairs at Christmas. The presentation 

 was made when the officers entered the factory to make the annual distri- 

 bution of gifts. 



The Brown-Mitebeson Company, Marinette, distributed about $2,500 

 among its 175 employes as a bonus on the .vear's wages. 



The Lake Side Craft Shop, Sheboygan, manufacturer of hardwood art 

 goods, furniture, novelties, etc.. will build a two-story frame factory addi- 

 tion, 70x100 feet, as soon as weather conditions permit. 



Six of seven large sawmills at Antigo, Wis., have resumed operations 

 and anticipate a busy run throughout the new year. The seventh mill, 

 that of the Kellogg Lumber Company, has no hot pond and therefore will 

 not be able to start work until spring. The other mills now running are: 

 Charles W. Fish Lumber Company : Crocker Chair Company ; Henshaw- 

 Worden Company ; Faust Lumber Company, and Langlade Lumber Com- 

 pany. The logging camps of these concerns have not been fully manned 

 because of a shortage of labor, but relief is expected to come before the 

 middle of this month. 



The Phonograph Improvement Company, Port Washington, Wis., has 

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