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HARDWOOD RECOKJJ 



January 25, 1918 



■eastern Kentucky are very bad, and there Is a general Bhortage of log 

 cars all through the South, resulting In many mills being short on logs 

 at the present time. It Is possible that many of the mills will be enabled 

 to operate on Mondays In the future, as It Is understood that an excep- 

 tion Is to be made for concerns operating on sti'iim supplied from burning 

 wood waste only. 



=-< ARKANSAS >•= 



Heavy snow fall, ncconipanled by the longest spell of exceedingly cold 

 weather In a score of years, lias practically shut down all operations. 

 Most of the streams In .\rkansas, as well as logging ponds at the lumber 

 mills, have been frozen over for several days, making operation Impos- 

 sible. The shortage of cars has made it next to Impossible for the manu- 



KILN DRIED 



1 & 2s Plain 

 RED or WHITE OAK 



No. 1 Common Plain 4/4 



INSPECTION AND MEASUREMENT AFTER 

 STOCK HAS BEEN THROUGH THE KILN 



Prompt shipment as lumber is now stored 

 in our tight kiln dried lumber warehouse 



Tennessee Oak Flooring Company 



NASHVILLE, TENN. 



FOR SALE 



HUNTSVILLE LUMBER COMPANY 



S. S. FLETCHER. Trustee, DECATUR, ALA. 

 All machinery and equipment, belts, puUeyn, etc.; 7 ft. Clark Band 

 Mill ; 5 Builers; engines, dry kilns; abto hardwood flooring plant. 

 Will sell an a whole or separately. For fiill liHt of machinery and 

 priies, apply S. S. Fletcher, Trustee, Decatur, Ala. 



WE MANUFACTURE bandsawed, plalp and quarter aawsd 



WHITE AND RED OAK AND YELLOW POPLAR 



We raike a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- 

 ment, Wacon and Vehicle Stock in the rouck 

 Y our Inqulrl** ■ellelt* d 



ARUNGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentncky 



WE K EEP LUMBER MOVING 



STERNER's. thru ouf knowledge of where to get it 

 ( ":A:;', "t— 'now, proper grades, and every possible 

 jMBERco N. ^^^y. jQ gj^jp under present conditions. 



^^^ J HARDWOODS ESPECIALLY 





PALMER <& PARKER CO. 

 TEAK MAHOGANY ^bo^y 



ENGLISH OAK 

 CIRCASSIAN WALDT 



103 Medlord Street, Charlestown Dist, 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



.,_-,__,__ DOMESTIC 



VENEERa hardwoods 



Wistar, Underhill & Nixon 



Real Estate Trust Building 

 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 



CHOICE DELTA GUM Dry and Straicht 



facturers to move their shipments. The fuel shortage has not been a 

 serious matter to the lumhcr mills, as they for the most part burn their 

 own waste for fuel. It Is believed by most of the lumbermen of thlB 

 section that the taking over of the railroads by the govrenment will 

 ultimately hel|) to relieve the car sliortage. The movement of export to 

 southern ports, as proposed by the director general. It Is thought, will 

 give abundant supply of cars to lumber mills In this section for moving 

 their material North. 



E. A. Parker of Benton, Ark., recently sold his Interest In the Green- 

 ville stave mill to the Pekln Cooperage Company, and will now devote 

 his time exclusively to the operation of the E. A. Parker stave mill. 



The .Arkansas Association of Lumber Dealers Is planning to hold a 

 district meeting in Little Kock, at the Marlon hotel, on February 5. The 

 principal speaker for the occasion will be J. C. Dlonne of Houston, Texas, 

 who has for a number of years been connected with the Texas Lumber- 

 men's Association. 



J. II. Harris of the J. E. Harris Lumber Company, Wynne, Ark., has 

 enlisted with the 20th Engineers (Forest) and is now In training at Camp 

 .\merlcan University, Washington, D. C, preparatory to sailing for service 

 In France. 



=-< WISCONSIN >.= 



The United States Aero Propeller Company. Milwaukee, has been Incor- 

 porated with a capital stock of .$30,000 to engage in the manufacture of 

 propellers and other wooden parts for aeroplanes. The Identity of the 

 promoters is not revealed. The articles were signed by members of the 

 law firm of Bottum, Bottum, Hudnall & Lecher, Pabst Building. 



The D. E. Britton Cooperage Company, Green Bay, Wis., Is erecting 

 a one-story frame sawmill, 30x90 feet In size, to provide much-needed 

 capacity. 



The Hardwood Products Company, Neenah, Wis., has Increased Its 

 capital stock from $40,000 to $750,000 to accommodate the extensive growth 

 of its business and interests since the former capitalization was originally 

 fixed. The capital now consists of $350,000 of 7 per cent preferred and 

 .$400,000 of common. E. D. Beats is president and C. B. Clark Is secretary 

 of the company. 



The Great Northern Pail Company, Gillett, Wis., has appointed F. F. 

 Koske as general manager, and reduced the burden of duties upon Walter 

 W. Smith, who has occupied the positions of general manager and works 

 manager for some time. Mr. Smith henceforth will devote his entire time 

 to supervising all manufacturing operations. 



C. C. Robinson, St. Paul, Minn., is organizing the Wood Products Manu- 

 facturing Company with a capital stock of $50,000 to establish a wood- 

 working plant at Luck, Polk county. Wis. The company will specialize 

 in berry boxes, honey crates, veneers, etc.. and plans to build a plant In 

 Luck, where a two-acre site has been purchased. 



The Joseph Siesel Lumber Company, town of Wilson, Sheboygan county. 

 Wis., has changed its name to Wachsmuth Compan.v, following the pur- 

 chase of the entire interest by Herman Wachsmuth, Sheboygan. The 

 sawmill will be enlarged. 



The Universal Shipbuilding Company. Sturgeon Bay, Wis., has been 

 Incorporated with a capital stock of $1,500,000 by Gustave A. Huck, who 

 recently acquired an option, returnable February 1, on the yards and 

 plant of Rieboldt, Wolter & Co., wooden shipbuilders. Sturgeon Bay. The 

 new owners intend to greatly enlarge the capacity and accommodations of 

 the yards. Rieboldt & Wolter will complete boat No. 61, now on the docks 

 and to be out May 1. 



The Shawano Lumber Company, Shawano, Wis., is contemplating the 

 erection of a new planing mill as a matter of economy in handling and 

 shipping manufactured lumber. Two sidetracks have been in stalled, one 

 for logs and the other for lumber. 



The Kiel Woodenware Company, Kiel, Wis., is cutting 1,000.000 feet of 

 'Im, basswood and soft maple timber on Its lands at the Ox Bow, on the 

 Michigan side of the Menominee river near Wausaukee, Wis. The input 

 will be shipped to the main plant at Kiel for veneer manufacture, the 

 rougher stock being used for cheese boxes and similar goods. 



John Kadletz, Shawano, Wis., has completed a new custom sawmill on 

 the Chicago & North-Western line In that city and started operations on 

 January 15. The mill will purchase logs and bolts In addition to doing 

 custom work. 



Emil Semilog and Paul Leopold, Merrill, Wis., who recently formed a 

 partnership under the style of the Merrill Hoop Company, have com- 

 pleted their new plant on Logan Avenue and undertaken a regular pro- 

 duction of black ash hoops for butter tubs. The entire output has been 

 contracted for by a large maker of butter tubs. 



The Wisconsin Box & Lumber Company, Wausau, Wis., has resumed 

 operations in its sawmill, which was shut down in November. To con- 

 serve fuel, the present working schedule is from 6 a. m. to 4 :30 p. m., with 

 a half hour out at noon, which relieves pressure upon the electric power 

 company furnishing the current. 



The A. Strelch & Bros. Company, Oshkosh, Wis., manufacturer of heavy 

 wagons, paid Its employes a bonus of 10 per cent on 1917 earnings. At 

 the beginning of last year the company Intimated that It would pay 6 



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