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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Saline River Hardwood Co. 



Main Sales Ollice 



Pine Bluff, Arkansas 



Manufacturers of 



Genuine Forked-Leaf White Oak 



Red and Sap Gum 

 Red Oak and Asti 



q We offer to the trade a remarkably SUPERIOR lumber 

 product. 



Q Our TIMBER is virgin forest growth of the highest 

 type. 



<I Our MILLS are new and produce accurately manufac- 

 tured stock. 



^ Our LUMBER is all KRAETZER-CURED — treated with 

 steam under pressure directly from the saw — insuring 

 quick drying to light weight, freedom from seasoning 

 defects and stick-marking, splits and stain. 



^ Kraetzer-cured lumber will "stay where you put it." 



^ Dry kiln and oak flooring plant in connection. 



Q We solicit the inquiries and orders of critical and dis- 

 criminating buyers. 



CI For straight cars of Yellow Pine, or mixed cars with 

 Oak Flooring, write LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY, 

 Kansas City, Mo. 



f Fitzgibbons & Krebs Patent Ele- 

 vated Traveling Derrick propels itself 

 on 28-ft. gauge track. 



^ No guy wires. 



Q Write to O. M. Krebs, Mallory 

 Branch, Memphis, Tenn., or to P. F. 

 Fitzgibbons, Chattanooga, Tenn., for 

 pamphlet fully illustrating and explain- 

 ing the derrick. 



Also ask for list of users. 



enstle. Ind.. have lx>n lilwl with tile Setivtary of Stat.-. Tli.- company 

 win npenite a biancli mill at IIopp, .\rk. 



Tlir Arkansas LumlicTmen's Clul> held its annual meeting at the llaiion 

 Hotel In Little Ito< k on December 9. 



The protriam was prepared by President .T. !•'. Mclnlyre of Pine Bluff, 

 and Secretary W. .T. Orossman of Forrest City. The Lumbermen's I'lub 

 has i;rown at a steady rate throughout the year and now has a very 

 creditable membership. This club originally was composed very largely 

 lit hardwood luml)ermen, but the yellow pine men have durinc the past 

 few nionlhs become enthusiastic over the idea and are placing their mem- 

 berships with the club. At a recent meeting of the club, which was held 

 in I'lne Hlud". many of the yellow pine manufacturers sent In their appli- 

 cations for membership. .T. F. Mclntyre of J. F. Mclntyre and Sons, 

 hardwood mill operators at Pine Bluff, was re-elected president of the 

 organization. 



A report from Washington, D. C, dated November 22, states that the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission has ordered a cancellation of the pro- 

 posed increase in rates on lumber from points on connecting lines of the 

 Santa Fo Railroad In Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas to Santa Fc des- 

 tinations in northern Missouri, extreme western Kansas and northern 

 Oklahoma upon tlie uround that they are not .iustifled. 



=■< WISCONSIN >= 



The Kneeland-llcl^urg Lumber Company of rhillips is having a nevy 

 electric lighting system installed in its big sawmill so that sawing opera- 

 tions can bo carried on throughout the night. This will double the 

 capacity and provide emplo.vment for 200 additional men. 



The John Schroeder Lumber Company of Milwaukee has finished its cut 

 for the season Mt the big sawmill at Ashland. The cut this year has 

 been up to the average, operations having: been carried on throughout 

 the summer. The mill is closed now on account of ice in the log pond 

 but will be opened early in spring. 



William Marik of Sturgeon Bay has purchased a large site. 400 l)y 100 

 feet, on the south end of the island mill propert.v and formerly occupied 

 by the Pankratz Lumber Company. The office building will be converted 

 into a factory which is being equipped to manufacture woodenware 

 articles and furniture. The site has water frontage and side track 

 facilities. An addition is contemplated shortly. 



The Ellison Lumber Company has closed its sawmill at Hawkins after 

 a ten months' cut and will resume operations about January 1, by which 

 time it is expected to have enough logs at the mill to start up. This con- 

 cern will operate two camps this winter and is planning to put in about 

 the same amount of timber as last season. 



The Bell Lumber Company of Minneapolis. Minn., has established a 

 resident agent at I'hillips. M. J. Bell of that concern hafi closed a deal 

 with the KneelandMcLurg Lumber Company of Phillips for its cedar cut. 

 He will buy cedar from other loggers also. 



The fJagen Lumber & Cedar Company of G.tgen has filed articles of 

 incorporation with the secretary of state at Madison. The capital stock 

 is placed at $125,000, and the incorporators are F. H. Piehl, S. S. Miller 

 and H. L. Reeve. 



The Holt Lumber Compan.v of Oconto is constructing a railroad near 

 Townsend. The line runs east from that city into the company's large 

 timber holdings and will provide connections with the market. 



The hub plant of .\ndrew Kaul of Merrill has resumed operations after 

 a short shut down, -\ccording to present indications the plant will have 

 a steady run from now until next fall. 



Construction work has been started on the new plant of the Eureka 

 Cooperage Compan.v. at ^lenasha. This concern has been running in the 

 glass factory but now requires a new- factory. The new plant is located 

 near the Milwaukee road's right-oi-way on Depere street. 



The Tomahawk Veneer & Box Company of Tomahawk, which was re- 

 centl.v organized l>y Max Meyer and others as noted in a recent issue, 

 will soon begin operations. The planing mill of the Tomahawk Lumber 

 Company was turned over to the new company on October .31, when It 

 ceased operations. New machinery has been purchased and is now being 

 installed, the planing mill building has been fully enclosed, dry kilns for 

 veneer have been built, new side tracks laid and hot water tanks installed. 

 W, H. McDermott. treasurer of the company, is closing additional con- 

 tracts for logs for the factory. 



The plant of the Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Eau Claire is 

 busy on a large number of machinery contracts, most of which are for 

 use in the lumbering industry. The Namekagon Lumber Company of 

 Namekagon, Wis., will soon have its new carriage and trimmer and other 

 machinery completed to start operations at least early in spring. A 

 heavy single band saw-mill is being manufactured for W. W. Peck of 

 North Troy. Vt., and another will be sent to Newburn. N. C. Two log 

 haulers and five gasoline tractors are in the course of construction. The 

 Conradson semi-automatic lathe will soon be ready to be put on the 

 market. 



To meet the rapid increase in the demand for their product Blum 

 Brothers of Marshfield. will increase their facilities to manufacture cheese 

 boxes. The improvements will consist of a second story to the present 

 building, doubling the floor space, which will be used for putting the boxes 

 together. 



.\t a recent meeting of the department heads of the United Refrigerator 

 and Ice Machine Company of Kenosha, details of plans for handling the 

 company's rapidly increasing business were discussed. The Viking Re- 



