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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 25, 1917 



SERVICE DEPARTMENTS 



enable lumber dealers to give SERVICE that will ensure satisfac- 

 tion to everybody concerned — to the home owner, the architect, the 

 contractor and builder, the painter and decorator. 



These service departments are helping 

 to put the retail lumber business on 

 the same sviccessful basis as that of 

 many of the furc-must imlustries of 



the Vnited States, which largely owe 

 their phenomenal growth to the 

 successful application of the Service 

 Itlea. 



Lvt us tell tfoit ahoitt the Bridgeport Standard Sermce Idea 



BRIDGEPORT WOOD FINISHING CO., New Milford, Conn. 



Authnritii --^ on tin Ciinict l'ai>itiinj and Finishing oj all Wootls 

 M'ritv itf< uhunt itunr 



NEW YORK 



I'liint anil Wood Finishing problems 



CHICAGO BOSTON 



ATTENTION 



"CHIEF BRAND" Maple and Birch Flooring 



in all standard widths, grades and 

 thicknesses, is just what you are 

 looking for on that particular order. 

 Write us, and we will convince you. 



Kerry & Hanson Flooring Co. 



Grayling, Michigan 



We are members of the Unple Flooring Manufaoturert Ast'n. 



War Hurts Minor Wood industries 



The wooil curving Imlustry In .Switzcrlund lias lnvn all but kllleil by 

 llie war, accordliin to ii rcpnrt by Consul I'hIIlp lloUaml, publlshca la a 

 ri'cent commerce report. This holds trui' more parliciilarly of wood carv- 

 ing, but applies to other Industries which use wood as raw material. The 

 factories have attempted to llnd other business — some have taken up the 

 manufacture of artificial limbs, while others make toys. 



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Hardwood ^ews ISlotes 



--< MISCELLANEOUS >•- 



' Michigan Lumber I'onrjiany has been incorpo- 

 ir Comjiany Is a recently incorporated concern 

 t'olumbia, N. C, has been jncor- 



Tlic Millon Box Company has been Incorporated at Milton, Ore. 



The .I<dinson Tank C<impany of .\ui;usta and lOldorado, Kansas, has sold 

 out to the American Tank Company of Cushlng, Okla. 



.■\t I''ort Worth, Te.\., the Te.xas Hardwood Company has been Incorpo- 

 rated. 



Uastlngs Brothers, Kethel, Me,, have tiled a voluntary petition in bank- 

 luptcy. 



.\t Wellsville, N. Y., the Coats Manufacturing Company is a voluntary 

 bankrupt. 



.\t Manistee, Mich., Un 

 rated at ?28,0Oip. 



The E. Z. Comfort Cli: 

 at Louisville. Ky. 



The Tyrrell ManufucturlnB Company, 

 poratcd at $2.j.0(10. 



A new organization at Dothau, Ma., is the Dothan Coffin & Casket Manu- 

 facturing Company. 



.\lexander Brothers, Belzoni, Miss., are reported to have sustained a 

 loss by tire recently. 



The Michigan Trust Company has been appointed receiver for the 

 C. S. Paine Company. 



The capital stock of the Shawano Lumber Company, Shawano, Wis., has 

 licen increased to $1.30.000, 



The Texas Wheel & Body Comiiany is a new Incorporation at Dallas, 

 Tex,, capitalized at ,$25,000. 



The Empire Chair Company, .Tohnson City, Tenn., has increased its 

 capital from $150,000 to $200,000. 



The Doyle, Kelly, Bannister Coffin Company has l)een incorporated at 

 Enrporia, Va,, with $5,000 capital. 



The Delta Hardwood Lumber Company has been incorporated at Bel- 

 zoni, Miss., with a capital of $6,000. 



The Tower & Kelly Luml>er Company, Detroit, Mich., has made a 

 settlement with the creditors and is liquidating. 



With a capital stock of .$10,000, the Marshville Planing Mill & Lumber 

 Company has been incorporated at Wadesboro, N, C. 



An increase in capital stock has been made by the Chattanooga Hana- 

 facturing Company, Chattanooga, Tenn,, from $50,000 to $100,000. 



R. G. Richardson, Mary .\. Richardson, T. D. Lepps and W. G. Frick are 

 the incorporators of the Keyser Wood Working Company at Keyser, W. Va. 

 The capital is $10,000. 



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The Ilendrix Mill & Lumber Company has been incorporated at Mound 

 City. 111., its capital being $20,000. 



At Chicago the National Toy Grafters (Inc.) has engaged in business 

 with a capital of $10,000. 



A. R. L. Muescler & Sons Company, city, has filed an involuntary peti- 

 tion in bankruptcy. 



The Piano Back & Case Manufacturing Company has been incorporated 

 locally with a capital of $100,000. 



The capital of the l="lottorp Manufacturing Company, Chicago, has been 

 nicreased from $25,000 to $50,000, 



T, J. McDonald, well-known in southern timber circles, with headquar- 

 ters at Knoxville, Tenn., is in Chicago for a substantial stay. Mr. 

 McDonald states that there has been a noticeable increase in timber 

 activity of late, and he seems quite encouraged over the prospects. 



R. L. Jurden and J. N. Penrod, respectively of Memphis, Tenn., and 

 Kansas City, Mo,, spent Sunday and Monday in the city, M'r. Penrod 

 was unfortunate in being taken sick the day he arrived, but seemed to 

 have recovered from his indisposition before he left. 



Sam A. Thompson of the .^nderson-Tully Company, Memphis, Tenn., 

 passed through Chicago the beginning of the week on his way back to 

 Memphis from a protracted eastern trip. 



--<, BUFFALO >- 



Some of the local lumbermen are taking alarm on account of certain 

 published views on the trade, which would give one an idea that the 

 government was trying to suppress the movement of lumber entirely, 

 on the ground that Europe has stopped building and that this country 



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