February 10, 191S 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



53 



=■< WISCONSIN >.= 



11. L. McKuskk. Stilhvatci-, Miuii.. was ok'cii'il socrftary of the Amer- 

 ican Immlgnitlon Compauy and affiliated companies at the annual meeting 

 held In Chippewa Falls, Wis. lie Ulls the vacancy caused by the death 

 of K. L. AInsworth. 



The Yawkey-Blssell Lumber Company, Wausau, Wis., has Increased Us 

 capital stock from $350,000 to $500,000 to accommodate the growth of 

 Its business. 



The Automatic Cradle Manufacturing Company, Stevens Point, Wis., 

 maker of cradles and similar furniture, was requested by the war depart- 

 ment last week If It was In position to manufacture ax, shovel and pick 

 handles. The department was advised that the plant Is equipped to manu- 

 facture furniture only, but was offered the entire facilities of the plant tor 

 any purpose tor which It can be utilized. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed In behalf of the Brown Land 

 and Lumber Company, Rhlnelander, Wis. The capital stock is $1,000,000 

 and the incorporators are Luther E.. Webster A. and Edith P. Brown. 



The Kaye Carving Works, which moved to Green Bay from Stevens 

 Point when Its plant was destroyed by fire recently, already has been 

 obliged to take larger quarters and is moving to the former plant of the 

 Cluloy Multiplier Company In Green Bay. The firm does hand and spindle 

 carving and makes wood statuary, collection plates and similar hardwood 

 products. 



Gustave Crcatens, who established a potash works In Phillips, Wis., 

 about a year and a half ago, has disposed of his interests to a new corpora- 

 tion, styled the Phillips Potash Company. The oflicers are : President, 

 W. K. Parkinson ; vice-president, K. C. .Takoubek ; secretary and treasurer. 

 Robert Jakoubek. 



Wagon and sleigh factories in Wisconsin have been experiencing the 

 busiest season In years, due to the unusually heavy snowfall throughout 

 the country, which has created a better demand for sleighs than has been 

 noted in a decade. Orders have been received from sections which never 

 before demanded sleighs. The Schmidt & Stork Wagon Company, West 

 Bend, Wis., alone filled orders for more than 4,2.'50 sleighs during the 

 present winter. 



The Giecn Bay Barker Company, Green Bay, Wis., maker of machinery 

 for removing bark from logs, Is erecting a one-story shop addition, 00x100 

 feet In size. 



The affairs of the Kuith Broom Company, Milwaukee, which recently 

 was involved in bankruptcy proceedings, have been settled. A final dividend 

 of 19.3 per cent, amounting to $477.32, was declared. Two dividends of 10 

 per cent each had been declared previously. 



The Crocker Chair Company's sawmill at Antigo. Wis., has resumed 

 operations after being closed for about two months for repairs and over- 

 hauling. In that time the circle saws have been supplanted by a modern 

 band-saw and a new filing room erected. 



The J. L. Clark Carriage Company, Oshkosh. Wis., has changed its cor-, 

 porate style to J. !>. Clark Jlauufacturing Company to better designate its 

 line of products since the manufacture of vehicles has become a minor 

 part of the business. Elmer Leach is president and Warren G. Maxcy is 

 secretary. 



The Rib Lake Lumber Company, Rib Lake, Wis., has been badly ham- 

 pered in filling its orders by the shortage of cars and difficulty of moving 

 material. At the close of January the Company was approximately fifty 

 cars behind on orders. 



The Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Two Rivers, Wis., a large manu- 

 facturer of printing office furniture, fixtures and accessories, is filling a 

 large order for airplane parts for the Dayton Wright Airplane Company. 

 Dayton, O.. which holds large government contracts. The contract will 

 keep the Hamilton plant busy at full capacity for several months. 



The organization of the Universal Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon 

 Bay.. Wis., which will take over the plant and business of Rieboldt. Wolter 

 & Co.. wooden shipbuilders, on ,Tune 1, has been completed by the election 

 of the following officers : President, Philip Binzel, Oconomowoc, Wis. ; 

 vice-president. Gustav A. Huck, Sturgeon Bay; second vice-president, 

 Hubert Rlesen. Milwaukee; secretary, Louis Luel)scher, Jr., Milwaukee; 

 treasurer. Herbert L. Peterson, Sturgeon Bay. The company has a capital 

 stock of Sl.."jno.nnn and Is owned largely by Milwaukee interests. As soon 

 as the Rieboldt-Wolter company completed a government transport, known 

 as boat Xo. CI, which Is now In process of construction, the yards will be 

 turned over to the new owners. Extensive enlargement Is planned so that 

 more and larger boats may he undertaken. 



The Goodman Lumber Company, Goodman, W'ls., has tendered the unre- 

 stricted use of its clubhouse to the new company of the Wisconsin State 

 Guard recently formed by employes of the company and other residents 

 of Goodman, with Charles N. Raker as captain. The State Guard has been 

 created to take the place of the Wisconsin National Guard while It Is at 

 the front. 



The Home Biiilders* Finance Company, Milwaukee, has been organized 

 with a capital stock of $100,000 to engage in the construction and financing 

 of dwellings. Among the Incorporators l8 George F. Eller, head of the 

 John Eller Lumber Company, Milwaukee. 



F. E. Burbach of the Mohr Lumber Company, Tomahawk, Wis., who spent 

 some time at the main offices in Portage. Wis., last week, reported that the 

 sawmill Is operating at maxlniuni miiiuity on a large inl of line hardwood 



Have you seen maj better Walnut iogm than theat? 



' I 'HEY all grew right in Indiana where 

 ■*• hardwoods have always held the 

 choicest farm lands. The best growth of 

 timber as well as the best yield of wheat 

 comes from good soil. TTie soundness of 

 the log-ends shows that they fed on the 

 fat of the land. My 



Indiana Oak 



comes from the same soil 



CHAS. H. BARNABY 



Greencastle, Indiana 



The following stock is in excellent 

 condition, ready for immediate shipment 



5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. ASH 41,000' 



6/8" No. i Com. & Btr. BEECH 27,000' 



5/4" No. 2 Cora. & Btr. BEECH 300,000' 



6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. BEECH 280.000' ' 



4/4" No. 2 Cora. & Btr. SOFT ELM 76.000' 



4/4" No. S Com. SOFT ELJI 30.000' 



3/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. BIRCH 84j00' 



4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. BIRCH 108J)00' 



6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. BIRCH 51J)00' 



8/4" No. 2 Com & Btr. BIRCH 17.000' 



4/4" No. 3 Com. BIRCU 51,000' 



5/4" No. 3 Com. BIRCH 66,000' 



4/4" No. I Com. & Btr. MAPLE 48.000' 



4/4" No. 1 & No. 2 Com. MAPLE 270.000' 



ev'4" No. 2 Com. & BU. MAPLE 316,000' 



8/4" No. 2 Cora. & Btr. MAPLE 10.000' 



10/4" No. 2 Cora. «: Btr. MAPLE 34.000' 



12/4" No. 2 Cora. & Btr. MAPLE 58,000' 



5/4" No. 3 Com. MAPLE 30 J)00 ' 



4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. SOFT MAPLE 130,000' 



IDEAL 



HARDWOOD 



SAWMILL 



Are puttlne In pile Avery month two enif one-half 

 million feet of choicest Northern MIcblosD Hftfdwoodi 



Stack Lumber Company 



Masonville, Michigan 



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