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HARDWOOD RECORD 



CUieago, mid Is now loverlng all the tonitory cast of liiiffalo, linlmllus 

 New York stale, tbe New Knclund states and Canada. Ills headqiiuiteis 

 will be at linffalo. 



Mr. Walsh eame to the I'aepcke I.elcht Lumber Compau.v with an ex- 

 oellent e.xperienee behind him. bavins just served for five .vears with 

 Uuhlmeler Brothers ol' I'lntlnnatl in the same capacity and in the same 

 territory. Previous to that time lie spent a considerable period as an 

 inspector at the mills of the Kmpire Lumber Company, ICraplre. Ark. 



Habdwooi> Kecokd takes pleasure in presenting herewith Mr. Walsh's 

 likeness, and in giving to liis friends in the trade these few suggestions 

 as to his antecedents. 



Addition to Glasgow Concern 



^^^isht, Urnham & Co., 7 Itoyai Bank Place. Glasgow, announce tliat 

 they have taken into partnership in the timber department of thi' 

 Glasgow business, George Howie, who has been in the service of that com- 

 pany as timber salesman for m!;ny years. They have also admitted as 

 partner in the Ijondon business, W. C. Davie, who has also been in tbe 

 lirm's employ for years, lirst in Glasgow and later in London, where 

 lie acted as manager ot the Lnudon l>rancb since its inception in 1900. 

 Timber Deal Consummated in Wisconsin 



The Ahuapee Veneer & Seating Company of Algoma and Birchwood, 

 Wis., last week closed up a deal whereby it becomes the owner ot 

 sixt.v-eight forties of hardwood timbcrland in townships ;iS and 30, Wis- 

 consin, of ranges 3 and 4. This timlwr was purchased from the John 

 II. Kaiser Lumber Company of Eau Claire, the consideration Ijeing .$54,- 

 1)00. The limber is on the Thornappie river about tliree miles from 

 Cameron Dam, made famous by ,Tohn Dietz. There is timber enough 

 on the tract to keep the Algoma and Birchwood plants running for 

 twelve years, and togetlicr with former lioldings, the company now 

 has timber tor twenty years' run. 



As the tract purchased is surrounded by small tracts of hardwoods 

 owned by individuals, the compan.v will be able to buy considerable tim- 

 ber aside from that on its own property. 



Senator M. W. Perry, general manager of the concern, has been en- 

 deavoring to secure this tract for the past ten years. 



Prominent Lumberman Makes Important Change 



Bruce Odell, oflice and sales inuna^'er of the Cummer-lUggins Compauy, 

 Cadillac, during the past tnrlve years, has resigned his position to take 

 the position ot manager of a sawmill and manufacturing business iu 

 British Columbia. 



Mr. Odell, with A. C. I'^rost .and Paul Tietgren, of Chicago, III., has 

 organized the Willow River Luml<er Company, Ltd., of Canada, and will 

 locate and operate mills at Willow River. B. C, at the Junction of the 

 \yillow River and Fraser River on the new coast to coast line ot the 

 Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, about 450 miles east ot Prince Rupert, the 

 Pacific Terminal and 450 miles north of Vancouver. The ofHcers of the 

 company are Paul Tietgren of Chicago, president ; Bruce Odell, vice- 

 president and general manager ; A. C. Frost, treasurer, and Frank B. 

 Odell, secretary. 



The company has purchased what is known in Canada as twenty-eight 

 limits or twenty-eight square miies ot choice spruce and fir timber. It 

 is said to be one of the choicest tracts of timber on the line of the G. 

 T. P. railway east of the coast and estimated to cut about three hundred 

 million feet of lumber. As soon as possible a mill of about 30.000 feet 

 daily capacity will be installed to be followed a little later by another 



mill to be moved on a 

 s tbe larger mill is in 



mill of 75.000 feet daily capacity, tbe smallei 

 tract about seventy-five miles west as soon i 

 operation. 



Mr. Odell came to Cadillac about twelve years ago and has gained a 

 reputation second to none as authority in the manufacture and marketing 

 of lumber, lie is an entliusiustlc supporter of association work and was 

 Instrumental in the organization of the Michigan Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association and was that association's first secretary. He also 

 was chairman of the market conditions committee of that association 

 since it's organization. Mr. Udell is vice-president and chairman of the 

 market conditions committee of tlie (Cadillac Lumber Exchange. His 

 many friends in Cadillac and throughout Michigan express regret at his 

 leaving his many business associates, and his wise counsel and activities 

 in the things he was interested will be missed. He, with his son, will 

 leave for Willow River about Marih 10, and Mrs. Odell expects to join 

 them in August. 



D. W. Baird Enlarges Operations 

 The yaid of the Newjjort Lumber Compauy, Chicago, located at 2919 

 Lumber street, has been purchased by the D. W. Baird Lumber Company, 

 Fislier buildiug, that concern's headquarters having been moved to the 

 yard location. Some eiiange will be made in the company's method of 

 doing business in that it will handle storage and engage in general 

 wholesale, retail and commission work. 



The recent purchase gives to the D. W. Baird Lumber Company con- 

 siderable storage facilities, dockage and trackage for fifteen cars; also a 

 shed of a million feel capacity, and a yard with room for storing 1,500,- 

 000 feet .)f lumber. 



Chicago Concern Reorganizes 



George V. Keius of the Kerns-Utley Lumber Company, Fisher build- 

 ing. Ciiicago, announces tliat he has purchased the entire stock of that 

 concern and changed the name to the George F. Kern Lumber Company, 

 being incorporated for .$.50,000, fully paid in. 



This concern has lioen operating under the former title since 1908, 

 being manufacturer and wholesaler of hardwood and yellow pine lam- 

 ber. Mr. Kern announces that the business of the company will continue 

 on the same basis as it has in the past, and that the yard at Mounds, 

 111., will also be continued at about the present size. 



The Kerns-Utley Lumber Compan.v started as a corporation and did 

 an excellent business in southern hardwoods and pine since its inception. 

 The George F. Kerns Lumber Company will handle the same lines of 

 woods, confining itself strictly to southern hardwoods and specializing 

 in oak. ash and other high-grade commodities. 



Pertinent Information 



Plan for Oak Exhibit at Forest Products Show- 

 Prominent oak manufacturers make the following announcement : 

 The committee of oak manufacturers composed of W. B. Burke, 

 Cliarleston, Miss., E, L. Davidson, Parkersburg Mill Company, Parkers- 

 burg, W, Va., and Ralph May ot May Brothers, Memphis, Tenn., came 

 to Chicago on Monday of this week to formulate plans for an exhibit of 



BRUCE ODELI,, SALtvs .M.WAi.l'.R OF CIM- DA.N W. I'.AIRD OF THE D. W. BAIRD LUM- 

 MER-DIGGINS Cd.MI'ANV. CADILLAC. ,.,,;,. .(IMPANY. CHICAGO, WHO RE- 



MICH., WHO WILL SIIDRTLY EN- 

 TER BRITISH COLUMBIA 

 OPERATIONS. 



CENTLY MADE AN IMPOR- 

 TANT EXTENSION. 



GEORGE P. KERNS OF THE GEO. I 



KERNS LUMBI5R COMPANY. CHICAGO, 



FORMERLY OF THE KERNS-UTLEY 



1 UMBER COMPANY. 



