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HARDWOOD RECORD 



April 2J, 1917 



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I Plain & Qtd. Red & White I 



I OAK I 



AND OTHER 

 HARDWOODS 



i Even Color 



Soft Texture = 



MADE (MR) RIGHT 



OAK FLOORING 



We have 35,000,000 feet dry stock— all of 

 our own manufacture, from our own tim- 

 ber grown in Eastern Kentucky. 



= PROMPT SHIPMENTS \ 



I The MOWBRAY 1 

 I & ROBINSON CO. I 



s (incorporated) ; 



I CINCINNATI, OHIO j 



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Salt Lick Lumber Co. 



SALTLICK - - - KENTUCKY 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



^^ Oak Flooring 



Complete stock of %" and 13/16" in all 

 standard widths 



The Tegge Lumber Col 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



address, Governor BrougU pointed out that Arkansas ranks first in the 

 <.'ut of red gum and hickory ; third in the cut of Cottonwood, cypress and 

 ash, and fourth in the cut of pine, oak and sycamore. He further cited 

 the expert opinion of government agents to tlie effect that the soil of 

 the cut-over lands in Arkansas was peculiarly adapted to the raising 

 of corn, wheat, oats, rye, etc. 



At a meeting of the Hoo-Hoo committee in the Marion hotel, April 19, 

 J. B. Webster, secretary of the Arkansas Association of Lumber Dealers, 

 was selected for recommendation for appointment as vicegerent of 

 Arkansas, to succeed Frank Xeimeyer, resigned. Mr. Neimeyer, who is 

 general manager of the A. J. Neimeyer Lumber Company at Little Kock, 

 has served one full tern>, and asked to be relieved of his duties as vice- 

 gerent. Mr. Webster has been secretary of the Arkansas Association of 

 Lumber Dealers for the past seven years, and enjoys a wide acquaintance 

 among lumber dealers in Arkansas and the Southwest. 



On .4.pril 27, national Hoo-Hoo day, a dinner will be given in the Marion 

 hotel, and it will be followed by the initiation of a class of kittens. 



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with the assured and certain advent of spring, of which there are no 

 surer signs than building activities, the Langlade Lumber Company, Antigo, 

 has resumed work on its planing mill. Considerable concrete work will have 

 to be done before the machinery can be installed. 



J. C. Sorenson, former head millwright for the Johnson Lumber Com- 

 pany. Rhinelander, who was recently engaged by the Chas. I'lsh Lumber 

 Company, Elcho, Wis., has resigned from service with the Johnson com- 

 pany to accept a position as millwright at the new liobbins sawmill in Rice 

 Lake. 



The A. X. Laun Company, recently incorporated under the laws of Wis- 

 consin, succeeds A. A. Laun & Co. in tbe lumber business in New Holstein, 

 Wis. The officers are : President, A. .\. Laun : vice-presiileut, Peter Hass ; 

 secretary-treasurer. Otto Tagge. A. A. Laun has resigned from active 

 management of the lumber business of tlie company to accept the man- 

 agement of the Milwaukee plant of the Kiel Table and Furniture Company. 



Fire recently destroyed a part of the dry kiln of the heading plant 

 owned and operated liy the 1!. Connor Company, Stratford, Wis. 



The sawmill of the Ellis Lumber Company, Grand liapids. Wis., has 

 been forced to shut down on account of a shortage of logs. The sash and 

 bo.\ department continues in operation. 



The first car of maohin^ry for the new sawmill of the Chas. W. Fish 

 Lumber Company, Antigo, Wis., has arrived. Erection of the new build- 

 ing will be hurried as much as is practicable. 



Schiller Bros., Pittsvilie, Wis., recently opened their sawmill and are 

 busy on a big cutting to fill several large orders. 



The Tony Lumber Company, Tony, Wis., has filed articles of incorpora- 

 tion with a capital ^tock of $8,000. The incorporators are : Dr. D. Arpin, 

 Joseph Christman, and Philip Chrlstnian. 



The Northwestern I-'urniture Company. Milwaukee, has been awarded 

 the contract to furnish tlio showcases for the new Owl Drug Store, to be 

 opened in the Plankinton Arcade with drug fl.\tures costing $50,000. 



The John Week Lumber Company, Stevens Point, Wis., will send a drive 

 of 4,000,000 feet of logs down the Wisconsin river this spring. The bank- 

 ing grounds of the company are on the shores of Hog Creek, a tributary of 

 the Wisconsin river and situated about twenty-eight miles from Stevens 

 Point. The big flotilla will begin its course down the Wisconsin toward tbe 

 latter part of May. 



All Indian reservation timber in Wisconsin will be cut in two years, ac- 

 cording to P. S. Everest, Indian agent. WTicn the timber is gone and the 

 two million dollars which is on trusf for the Chippewa Indians of the Bad 

 river reservation has been spent, the Indian who is not a farmer must be- 

 come dependent on Uncle Sam. The development of the Indian in agri- 

 culture is ample evidence, however, that the Chippewa will not become a 

 pauper. 



\^llllam H. Waecbter, for the past twelve years sales manager for the 

 Northern Furniture Company, Sheboygan, has resigned. 



The Kaiser savmill, Wilson, Wis., recently began operations with a daily 

 cut of about 4,000 feet. 



Peter Danielson, said to be the oldest lumberman in Wisconsin, returned 

 recently to his home in Stevens Point after having been employed in Unity, 

 Wis., by the John Week Lumber Company throughout the logging season, 

 Mr. Danielson's fifty-third consecutive lumbering period. 



The Park Falls Lumber Company, Park Falls, Wis., announced recently 

 before a local option election that if Park Falls is voted dry it would erect 

 a little settlement of residences in that city for the accommodation of 

 working men who find a scarcity of homes. It is now making good Its 

 promise, following the "dry" decision. A contract for thirty houses has 

 been let and more will be built later. 



The Sawyer-Goodman Company. Marinette, has announced a raise of 

 twenty-five cents per day in wages. The increase Includes all tbe em- 

 ployes of the company. It is bellcve<l that the action of the Sawyer-Good- 

 man Company will be emulated by other concerns to avoid the labor dlffl- 

 cultics of last year. 



The Auto Body Company, manufacturing commercial bodies for auto- 

 mobiles in .\ppleton, Wis., has been Incorporated with a capital stock of 

 ?5,000. The incorporators are: IIum|ilircy I'lercc, Dudley Pierce, and 

 Gustave C. Seeger. 



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