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HARDWOOD RECORD 



December 25. 1921 



that the hardwood phase of their operations will receive its due jiiiHuuit 

 uf consideration early next year. 



The National Hardwood Company, of Muskogee, Okla., recently an- 

 nounced that it has purchased a site of 100 acres for the erection of a big. 

 thoroughly modern sawmill in Delaware county, on the new Oklahoma 

 and Arkansas line. The town springing into existence as a result of the 

 enterpri.se is to be known as "Gilstrap.'" 



A new hardwood concern in the Arkansas belt is the W. H. York Lum- 

 ber Company, Tuckerman, Ark., which has purchased a 100 acre site for 

 a sawmill in Delaware county. A big. thoroughly modern hardwood mill 

 is to be erected on the site in the near future, according to announcement 

 by the management of the company. 



News received here from Atlanta. Ga.. is to the effect that the Taylor 

 Lumber Company Inc.. of that place has added a hardwood department 

 to its wholesale lumber business. The department has been placed in 

 charge of E. E. Young, a thoroughly experienced hardwood man, hailing 

 from Louisville, Ky. 



WISCONSIN 



The Hettinger Lumber Company of Appleton has hied articles of ineor- 

 p(>ratjnn. The capital stock is $100,000 and the charter grants authority 

 to engage generally in the business of manufacturing, buying and selling 

 logs, lumber, wood products, etc. The incorporators are John Hettinger. 

 Edward C. Schmidt and W. O. Commentz. 



The J. W. Wells Lumber Company of Menominee, Mich., on December 12 

 resumcMl the operation of Its sawmill, which was idle for two and a half 

 iimnths. Both saws are now working with a full crew. The Thompson- 

 Welis Company, which also closed down more than two months ago. is 

 preparing to get bark into reguhtr production by .Tanuary 15. The mill is 

 l)eing remodeled and inip'*oved, and a new Prescott liand mill is being 

 installed, which will greatly increase the capacity of the mill. 



The Wisconsin Wagon Company of Madison, Wis,, which recently suf- 

 fered damage of about $25,000 by fire, Is making repairs and at the same 

 time enlarging Its plant so that it will be 50 by 132 feet in size and tbre.- 

 stories high. The work will cost about $35,000. 



.1. Hamacheck, Sr., of Two Rivers, Wis., widely known as an invent(»r 

 and designer of labor-saving woodworking nmchinery and tools, has 

 re<ently perfeeted an clectrically-driven spoke shave used in the produc- 

 tion of chairs, furniture, wheel stock, etc. Patents have been applied for. 

 As with numerous of his ojber notable inventions, Mr. llamache<-k inten<ls 

 to lease Ills patent to manufacturers on a royalty basis. 



The Menasha Woodenware Company of Mennsha has reopened its barrel 

 factory in that city, which has been idle for nearly six months. Other 

 departments of the Menasha works are also now operating on nearly a 

 normal basis. 



The Kiny^l Lumber Company of Merrill, Wis,, has reopened its sawmill 

 and is now in full operation on a four-tour basis. For the present the mill 

 is cutting several million feet of hemlock logged during the past summer, 

 but later it is expecteil that considerable hardwood will be put into pro- 

 duction. 



K. J. Cillouly, t'or many years with the Foster-Latimer LundK-r Com- 

 pany of Mellen. Wis,, has tendered his resignation as general manager, to 

 take effect January 1. In order to engage in the wholesale and retail 

 lumber trade with headquarters at Duluth, Minn. Mr. Gillouly is partici- 

 pating in the organization of a new corp<iration which w'iU take over the 

 business of one of the largest yards in Duluth and employ it as the nuclcVs 

 of its new enterprise. 



The Oshkosh Wood Specialty Company is a new corporation formed at 

 Oshkosh, Wis., with $10,000 capital stock by J. C. Young, Sr., IL N. 

 Flutchins and J. C. Young, Jr. 



Two new box factories have been established in Marinette, Wis., and 

 went into operation early in December. One is owned by Brink Bros. 

 Company and the other by Bernard Leafe. Both wjU specialize in boxes 

 for the fish trade, which is of large proportions in thi' Twin Cities of 

 Marinette and Menonnnee. The Brink Bros.' factory, the lai'ger {»f tbe 

 two, is equipped with two saws, a matcher and some lesser tO(tls, all 

 operated with a 75 h.p. motor. 



The major interest in the Racine Boat Company at Racine, Wis., has 

 been acquired from George Roberts and Everett Mar^^hall by George L. 

 Buck, Harold Smith and Ned Harvey, for a consideration said to be in the 

 neighborhood of $20,000. The concern will be reorganize<i. the capital 

 investment increased and some enlargement of facilities made at once. 



The Wisconsin Manufacturers* Association at its annual convention 

 held in Milwaukee. December 14 and 15, re-elected officers as follows : 

 President, Carl A. .Johnson, Madison ; vice-president, Judson (i. Roselnish. 

 Appleton ; secretary. George F. KuU, Madison ; treasurer. George B. 

 TngersoU. Beloit. Directors: Gen. Otto XL Falk. Milwaukee: Walter J. 

 Kohler. Sheboygan ; W. J. ToUes, Eau Claire; F. J. Sensenbrenner, Neenah : 

 I' IL Clausen. Horicon. 



The Holt Lumber Company of Oconto, Wis., reoi)ened its mills on 

 December 19, following several months of idleness, during which imp(»rtant 

 Improvements were made. A new resaw has been installed and some other 

 Items have been replaced, while the buildings have been strengthened and 

 modernized wherever necessary. 



Cudahy Bros. Company, Cudahy, Milwaukee county, is starting work on 



MOW building for the box factory department, which was almost totally 



destroyed by fire on November 25. The new building will be SO I)y 175 

 feet, two stories high. 



The Central Wisconsin Loggers' Association at the postponed annual 

 meeting held in Wausau electetl the following officers : President, J. R. 

 McQuillan; vice-president, W. W. Gamble; secretary, Herbert C. Smith; 

 treasurer, L. K. Kinzel. Due to the serious illness of Secretary Smith, 

 G. K. Gooding was appointed secretary pro tem. 



The new "Ford sawmill" at Iron Mountain. Mich., owned and operated 

 by the Michigan Iron, Land & Lumber Company, a Ford subsidiary, 

 recently reached a daily output of 52,000 feet. Since the tnlll was com- 

 pleted In July it has averaged 42.000 to 44,000 feet a day. Further 

 increases are now being accomplished by the completion of the power 

 plant. The mill is under the superintendency of ^latt Cunningham. 



William J. Starr, president of the Wisconsin Refrigerator Company 

 and heavily interested in numerous other larger enterprises in the Chip- 

 pewa Valley, died at Eau Claire on December 15 at the age of 59 years. 

 Mr. Starr divided his time between his large country estate at Easton, 

 Md., and his offices in Eau Claire. 



The Foster-Latimer Lumber Company of Mellen, Wis., has resumed the 

 operation of its sawmill on a single shift liasis wnth about fifty workmen, 

 after a recess since the early part of July. 



The Industrial Conmiission of Wisconsin has denied the request of a 

 group of logging and lumber concerns of the state, seeking a reduction In 

 the minimum wage scale for miners, which is 22 cents an hour, on the 

 plea that such labor In the woods is not worth so much, and virtually no 

 woodsman over 21 years of age Is paid so large a wage. The commission 

 says it cannot make any exceptions and is not warranted in reducing the 

 wage rate so long as the living cost Is at the present level. The rule Is 

 working hardships on logging concerns in their effort to reduce pro- 

 ductirui costs. 



The Stoughton Wagon Company. Stoughton. Wis., is remodeled the 

 manure spreader shop into a motor truck assembling plant as a tem- 

 porary measure, i)endlng the construction of a fireproof shop to replace 

 the motor truck department, totally destroyed by fire In November with a 

 loss of nearly $800,000. The wagon and sleigh shops are working at 

 nearly normal capacity to fill a number of good-sized orders for imme- 

 diate delivery. 



The New Dells Lnndier Company of Eau Claire, Wis., has completed 

 extensive overhauling and ijuprovement of its sawmill and resumed 

 operations on December G afti'r an idh'uess of five months. The company 

 expe<'ts to make a normal input of logs tliis winter :ind bii^; I'ttur <-;nii|»s at 

 work, with a fifth in early prospect. 



TORONTO 



W. IL Farrell laimber & Fuel Co., Ltd., has been organized and been 

 granted an Ontario charter authorizing the company to carry on business 

 as timlier merchants In all branches, and with the head office In Toronto. 

 Tbe provisional directors arc William II. Farndl, William S. Farrell, 

 Frank M. Squires, Thomas B. Farrell and L. E. Westman. Tbe company 

 Is capitalized at $40,000. 



Another company which has just received its Ontario charter is Fort 

 Krie-Brldgeburg Lumber & Planing Mills, Ltd., with head office at the town 

 of Bridgeburg, Ont., the capital stock Ijeing $50,000. The company is 

 authorized to carry on business as lumbermen in all branches. Among 

 the incorporators are R. M. Van Wagnen, J. J. O'Haire, J. G. Martin, Carl 

 Steinbrenner. William Smalc and John T, I-ittle, all of Niagara Falls. N. Y*. 



^lurray Cra\\'ford, a jjrondnent lumlierman of Ilalton County, died in 

 Campbellville, Ont., a few days ago. Deceased had been in the Unuber busi- 

 ness for the past forty years. Recently when his business was incor- 

 porated under the name of Murray Crawford. Ltd., he became president. 

 A widow, three sons and two daughters survive. 



Fire, which is supposed to have broken out through defective electric 

 wiring, did more than $50,000 damage to the planing mill, lumber piles and 

 manufactured lumber buildings of Reid & Co.*s plant at the foot of 

 Ilerkely street, Toronto, a few days ago. The loss includes a considerable 

 (|uaiitity of lumber, chiefly dressed, and some machinery. Several buildings 

 were totally destroyed. 



The estate of the late Senator W. C. Edwards, pioneer Ottawa lumber- 

 man and mill owner, is valued at nearly $2,000,00(1, according to probate 

 proceedings just completed. The entire estate Is divided among members 

 of his family. More than half the estate consists of I>ominion Victory 

 bonds. The province of Ontario will obtain about 20 per cent of the 

 estale. 



The action brought by the attorney-general of Ontario against the Shev- 

 lln-Clarke Lumber Company, was resumed a few days ago at Osgoode 

 Hall, Toronto, but little headway was mafle and thi' case was adjournetl 

 until Dec-ember 27. In granting the adjournment the judge made It plain 

 that he would not tolerate any delay, stating that he did not wish the case 

 carried over Into another year. 



The annual convention of the Canadian Lumbermen's .Vsaoclatiim is to 

 lie held in Toronto during the second week In January. The gathering 

 promises to be a more representative national gathering than it has ever 

 Iieen l>ofore. It is likely that the chb-f guest will be Wu- new premb-r of 

 tbi* Dominion. Hon. W. L. MacKenzie King. 



The F. <;. Phippen Lumber Company. Limited, has just Imm'U organized 

 anil granted an Ontjirio charter with power to engage in a general lumber 



