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HARDWOOD RECORD 



"RjDund About the JVorth Country. 



Still under commission to "s very man 



connected with the hardwood industry in ili<' 

 North Country," I again visited in Milwaukee 

 the offices of the Smith Arm Lumber Company 

 and renewed acquaintance with G. W. Johnson, 

 the general manager. A half hour's chat on 

 lumber onditions and general trade followed 



HANDSOM1 BIRCH LOG MENOMINEE BA1 

 SHOKE l.l M I '. I K COMP w\ 



the friendly welcome which made an anticipated 



visit in the mill of the South Arm I. ber 



< "mi anj in Marquette, \i i . h . which is in 



e of \\ A \\ hitman, something to look 



forward to. All the officers of the South Ann 



Lumber Comps orough business 



o id natured cordiality whii 



■ us as ii is inrviting to the chance 



The Page & Landeck Company is known all 

 Stati i ' t pri ducer 



c.r basswoi d In the '-■ i intry. Mr I 



deck's genial personality is probably quite us 



in asset in the business as is i hi 

 aciiDii'n and i nergj ol the membei - of the 

 arm 



People are told i o live up to their Ideals, but 



it would hi si seem a I hough the i - 



Schr let Lumber Company had to live up 



to iis local ion, which in ever} wa \ an Ideal 



: i ' lun i" i plant II ilia's and mills 



<>r this in in are quite In keeping » ii h the loi a 



tion. Here Mr. Jaycox, the advertising n 



iivi'i'. was called upon i" make Hi prei ints 



tlve of thi Hardwood Record welc 



he did in a most beartj manner, 



The Steinman Lun ber i ompany and the Hard 



w i I. iimi" i ' 'ompan.i a re among the leading 



lumber firms 01 Milwaul r 1 1 ■ ■ \ are both 



under the efficient management of ll. .1. Stein- 

 man and Alfred II. Steinman. Both the e 

 gentlemen handle a grade of kindlim and 

 ^ i nature as high as their maple and ma- 

 hogany, and I i. -H in the offices and yard 

 under chaperonage of either of them will im- 

 press i he lie i upon i he most - asua I. 



Chas Tegge of the Tegge Lumber Company, 

 ■ i Milwaukt e's n el] know □ ha rdwood 

 men. makes klndh cordiality a part of his busl 

 principles. 



Other members of the hardwood industry in 



Milwaukee are thi E Wtight Lumber Company, 

 the George Noble Company ami the Fa? Cusick 

 Company I ■ furniture manufacturers are the 

 [took well Manufacturing Company, the Cream 

 Citj Sash .v Door Company, Hie interior Wood- 

 work Company, the Mayhew Manufacturing 

 i ompany, the Northwestern Furniture Company 

 and Petersen a i I ril n, conl rai tors ami inte- 

 rim- finishers. The hardwood men and the mem 



I. -is of Hie allied trades form a large pi ' 



Milwaukee"- pri ad i i ribute nun ii in 



the stability of her industrial undertakings. 



It was a pleasure I,, see Hie smiling Tare of 

 Bulgrln . i i lie Britl Ingham & i 

 tny, !"m- .Mr. Bu'grln is one of the kindly 

 remembei ed i a foi mer I rip. Ed. *» oung 



of tliis linn is ais. » the soul of g l-natured 



cordiality, whose welcome is apt u< Induce the 

 visitor in take too much of his host's time. 



Geo r Miller ef tie- Geo. P. .Miller Lun 

 Company w: mi a business trip al 



lime ni in facl t" i'.' regretted, as 



I had hoped to renew my acquaintance with 

 ■ ell know o lumhe i of the North. 



inie .it He- finest manufacturing plains of the 

 ' ountry is tin- Menasha \\ I ■■■■ 



manufactures everything in He- line ol wooden- 



i nle I.. w hie casks, and every ; 

 ni by this Arm is known i" i"- a No. L. 

 At A| pleton, G. W. Jones ol t he ' - W. 3 

 Compi I ry as 



. must 



courtei The perfei I Ij appointed 



' .'led ill \\ ;i 



Wis. 



ii is perhaps the largest furniture 



manufacturing rity in the state, and num 



i : its fail mies I he following I J 



iany, American Manufacturing Company, 

 Dillingham Mai I mpany, S 



■I Furnil in.' i pan} Art Fun 



a i lean i niuni- Bed < 'ompany, 



Nni i hi i panj . rii'i-inx i ;ha Ir 



any, ' Iroeker » 'ha Ir Ci iinpanj Sheboj gan 

 < hair Company, It. Pruessler & Son, Shebi 



\n\ ell \ ' 'miitiali\ . I i ' l \ ' :' ■ i Seal [Dg I 



pany, M. winter Lumber Companj ami Sbeboj 

 gan Cigar Mold Comj 



William .1. Wagstaff, "The Poel of iishknsh.'- 



ami mi He- North Country's toremosl lum 



bermen, makes mj visit i- i tshki -i a pleasant 



i e mbram e. 



I "in Whii ol km- Wall Spalding C 



made a i iiiim talking business pass all tee 



swift l\ . and hi .I'. i I iin. 11 :i : em 1 i. 



■ ited With a !n ni \ and pleas 

 tire, as will thai of \\ .1 Campbell of the 

 Fountain ' 'ampbell < lompany. 



Both Mr. i '.- mil ami \l : Foster of the 



Cameron-Foster Company were absent during 

 my stay in Osbkosh. Eiiner Leach <•( the t >sh 

 knsh Logging Tool C panj wat In, however, 



and his "smile that won't cdme Off" attested 

 tn the splendid business this firm is doing. 



•I am going in show you the smallest saw- 

 mill you ever saw said George Buckstaff of 

 the Buekstaff-Edwards Company — and he did. 



h consists "i a tiny band saw and small car- 

 riage used iii sawing dimension stock. There 



were more things, however, than the --little 

 sawmill" to interest one about this plant. 



i iii. 'I ■ ami interior finish 



plants in He- North Country is that of the Mor- 



i;K.\, II M LOGS, MENOMINEE BAY SHORE 

 I I MBEIi I i iMPANY. 



gan Company, located at nshk.isii, Oshkosh 



■ i." proud of the Gabriel Streich 



n Company, whose wagons, trucks and 



CartS nil purls of Ihe enlllltry. 



ers ol tiardw I lumber in i ; 



IVillin ilisnu I.ihl'i-x t '.imp.ill\ . Hie 



Lumber Company, the Schram Chair Com 



p. in: and He "lark Carriage Company, of which 



.1. i i 1 1 i the manager. 



The E. .1 I'niiii.r Coinpanj of Stevens Point 



paratlvelj new concern, which is <<n 



tin- hi in great prosperity. -Mr. l'fitv- 



vi'lv busy man. still finds 



in treat tie- stranger courtt sly, and bis 



helps his father materially in making both visi- 

 tors ami business associates welcome. 



Ai Mm siim-hi. Theodore Tack, managet of 



the hardw i depart menl of the ll. Connor ' lorn 



led me as an old friend, ami 

 dlallj Invited me in come again, saying the 

 Hardwood Record and Its repn entatlves were 

 n iw ,-n s welcome. 



Mi l a '. "t i h" Mar-iiiiehi Lumber ' !om 



pany wa absent. .Mr. Below of Wollmar & 



Below made He- Ma i - hheid visit a pleasing ln- 



ii'i'iii Mi Below makes He- raising of bl led 



his recreation ami real ft bu 



in 



while ai Maishinid I mad.- the acquaintance 

 ..I . E. llilliki'i 1 1 .' Ing 1 1 eight agent of the 



i ' . M & St I' "in "I Milwaul Mr. llilliker, 



all the official "i ■ I"' C, M. .^ St. 1'.. is a 

 most genial gent leman. 



Down at Grand Rapids I met B. P. Arpiu of 



the John Ai-pic [Iardw I Lumber Company, The 



Arpiu Hard ood I bet pant Is among the 



finest in w 'I ■ -" 'i " tn connected 



with tills- companj an- on a par with the plant. 

 Other well known firms of Grand Rapids are the 



Grand Rapid Lumbet ipany, the Overbeds 



M.iinii g ■' nni j and iin- MeKinnnii Mini- 

 mal i tiring i ompany. 



HINEE P.AY SHORE i.L'M- 



' S S si IP1 l.-l . i\. WIS. 



RED BIRCH ROLLWAY, E. .7. PFIFFNEB COMPANY, STEVENS POINT, WIS. 



