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HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 10. 1917 



trade; mark. 



Oak Maple 



Chestnut 



ivianufacturers and Dealers 



— in — 



West Virginia and Southern 



HARDWOODS 



The Atlas Lumber & Mfg. Co. 



Union Trust Building, CINCINNATI, OHIO 



BUSS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS 



MANUFACTURERS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rough or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



BIRCH 



We have a complete assortment of practically 



ALL GRADES & 

 THICKNESSES 



GOOD PLANING MILL FACILITIES 



Send us your inquiries 



Brown Land & Lumber Co. 



Rhinelander, Wis. 



Mills: RHINELANDER 

 PARISH 



HELENA, ARK. 



GUARANTEED 



To Be Absolutely 

 What It is Sold for 



FORKED LEAF Brand 



OAK FLOORING 



The opportunity is here offered the 



dealer of ordering mixed cars of 



"Forked Leaf" Brand Qak Floor- 



f'^W." 'J / VI 'V- ' ^:^A i"E and Arkansas Short leaf Pine 



wA^A The Long-Bell Lumber Co. 



^'■^j R. A. Long BIdg., Kansas City, Mo. 



Ross Lumber Company, Wausau, Wis., was arrested recently on the charge 

 of arson after an exhaustive investigation had been made by the Wausau 

 police department of two fires in the mill some time ago. Durkee waived 

 examination and was held to the circuit court under bonds of $4,000. The 

 loss from each of the blazes was small and did not interrupt operations to 

 any considerable extent. 



P. F. Dolan, a well-known logging jobber of Rhinelander, Wis., has 

 started preliminary work on logging operations in behalf of the A. H. 

 Stange Company, Merrill, Wis. Mr. Dolan reports that in spite of higher 

 wages and greatly improved working conditions scarcity of woodsmen' has 

 never been so great as at present. 



Harry Anderson, Chippewa Falls, Wis., is establishing two camps at 

 Draper, Wis., and expects to cut about 3,000,000 feet of logs for the Kice 

 Lake Lumber Company during the coming season. 



The Menasha Woodenware Company, Menasha, Wis., expects to log about 

 9,000,000 feet of mixed hardwood and hemlock timber at Greenland, Mich., 

 in tlie upper peninsula, next winter. The company recently purchased a 

 720-acre tract from the St. Mary's Canal Company. The logs will be 

 shipped to Jlenasha by rail. 



C. F. Mohr, head of the Mohr Lumber Company, Tomahawk, Wis., reports 

 conditions in the northern lumbering industry prosperous, excepting that 

 the shortage of labor for mills and woods work is a deterrent influence. 

 The output of mills is limited only by the ability to obtain help. 



Norton Bros., Marquette, Mich., have purchased 760 acres of mixed tim- 

 ber from the St. Mary's Canal Company near the head of Lake Gogebic, 

 in Gogettic and Ontanagon counties, Mich., and will log the tract next 

 winter as jobl»ers. 



The sawmill of the Naraekngon Lumber Company, at Namekagon, near 

 Superior, Wis., was destroyed by Are recently. It probably will not be 

 rebuilt. 



Ernest and Herman Hirt, who have been operating a sawmill and flour 

 and feed plant at Deerbrook, Langlade county. Wis., have organized each 

 department as a distinct corporation, the names being Hirt liros. Lumber 

 Company and Hirt Hros. Milling Company. Each is capitalized at $25,000. 

 The firm is completing a new flour and feed mill in Antigo, and then will 

 convert its grain plant at Deerbrook into a box and crating factory. 



The Maxson Lumber Company. '.)!'> Majestic building, Milwaukee, whole- 

 sale lumber, has Hied a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, scheduling its 

 assets at $11S,S11 and ils liabilities at $S7,41S. The only secured claims 

 are those for wages amounting to $1,757. Julius J. Goetz has been ap- 

 pointed receiver under bond of $25,000. The first meeting of creditors 

 will be held October 12. 



In the matter of the bankruptcy of the Kurth Broom Company, Mil- 

 waukee, Julius J. Goetz has been elected trustee under bond of $700. 



Ray A. Hendricks, manager of the Campbellsport (Wis.) branch plant 

 of the Kiel Woodenware Company, Kiel, Wis., was married recently to Miss 

 Rose M. Schleif of Campliellsport. 



The Hardwood Market 



-< CHICAGO >• 



Chicago i.-i Uuing up witli the other principle markets so far as quota- 

 tions are concerned, the strength felt by the millmen being exhibited In 

 quotations locally to thi' consuming trade. Chicago lumhermen continue 

 to bo disappointed over slack volvnne. but aside fnun more or less Isolated 

 cases this state of mind is not noticeable at all in price cutting. The 

 factory trade is continuing slack In spite of the fact that this time of 

 the year usually shows considerable briskness. The difliculty of getting 

 shipments into the local market continues to be felt on account of the 

 growing government needs for rolling stock. With the promise of con- 

 tinued shortage In hardwood stocks at tlie mills, millmen's quotations 

 are still showing very strong. 



--< BUFFALO >• 



The hardwood trade is not so active as some weeks ago and I)uying la 

 tor immediate wants. .Some factories are taking a fair amount of stock, 

 l>ut this is largely plants having war orders. The general run of concerns 

 are not manufacturing much material ahead. The problem of labor is 

 causing much concern to manufacturing establishments and with working 

 forces cut down they are not able to use as much material as they would 

 liker The building business continues in a backward state as compared 

 with last year. 



The chief woods in demand are plain oak, maple, ash and birch. Oak 

 is holding up well in price, being stronger than maple, which whole- 

 salers say has had some setback from its extreme high prices, though still 

 comparatively strong. Thick stock is most in demand. Some panel poplar 

 is wanted, though denuuul has not been so good as some months ago. Low 

 grades of all sorts are being sold in liberal amount where stocks have been 

 procurable. 



The receipts of lumber here by lake for September were 5,854,0CK) feet, 

 as compared with 7,780,000 feet In that month last year. For the lake 

 season to October 1 the receipts were 38,005,000 feet, as against 4t),948,000 

 feet In the same period of I'.ilC, a decline nf about 1!) per cent. The re- 



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