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manufactures hardwood fixtures and 1 1. .\ • I 

 ties. 



The Kingsberg mill, mar Chetek, which n 

 cently began operations, is under the familj 

 management of father, mother, tbxee daugh- 

 ters and rive sons. The expense of running 

 the plant, not including food and raiment, is 

 estimated at thirty-five cents per day. The 

 father, August, operates the engine and is 

 executive head of the company; Fritz, aged 

 eighteen, is the sawyer: Johann, sixteen years 

 old. is the setter: daughter ilretehen rides 

 the carriage like a professional; twelve-year- 

 old Rebecca presides over the edger, while 

 the rest of the family work in the yards. The 

 mother cooks for the- crew, besides scaling 

 lumber and marketing the finished product. In 

 four months' run the Kingsbergs turned out 

 a little over 1.000,000 feet of hardwood, a re< 

 ord hard to beat by any mill of its size. 



At the twenty-fourth annual meeting of lie 

 Wisconsin Funeral Directors' and EJmbalmers' 

 Association, recently held in Oshkosh, local 

 manufacturers had on exhibition very tine 

 lines of caskets of quarter-sawed oak. ma- 

 hogany, bird's-eye maple, curly birch and 

 other woods. The Edwards -Ihrig plant had a 

 very natural-looking wax figure of a beau- 

 tiful woman, stylishly dressed in silks, laid 

 out in one of their fancy mahogany caskets. 



The Werheim Manufacturing Company of 

 Wausau suffered a less of $8,000 on the 19th 

 by fire. A dry shed containing maple, birch, 

 elm, ash and quarter-sawed oak lumber cut up 

 into interior finishing stock was completely 

 consumed. The file i- thought to have been 

 of incendiary origin. 



The Werheim Manufacturing Company. 

 Wausau, has recently increased its capital 

 stock from $20,000 to $50,000. 



Leslie Griffith, state forester, recently vis- 

 ited Wausau for the purpose of investigating 

 the merits of Rib Mountain as a state park 

 and forest reserve. The mountain, which lies 

 seven miles west of the city, is heavily cov- 

 ered with a hardwood growth. It is the high- 

 est elevation in the state and retains all its 

 natural beauty. At the last session of the 

 legislature the forestry commission was cre- 

 ated with recommendations that several parks 

 be purchased. Mr. Griffith was much im- 

 pressed with Rib Mountain and will recom- 

 mend that it be purchased by the stati . 



Louisville. 



Ed. Shippen of the Louisville Point Lum- 

 ber Company says that the importance of 

 Louisville as a hardwood manufacturing cen- 

 ter may be judged by spending a little time 

 around the booms of the river mills on the 

 Point opposite Towhead Island in the upper 

 end of town. There are five good mills on 

 the Point, and there is a pretty good supply 

 of logs ahead for all of them, also a quantity 

 of logs now tied up in the slough, or "chute." 

 that extends along the south side of Towhead 

 Island. Mr. Shippen has just brought in some 

 new rafts, of which he is justly proud, for 

 they are fine, both as to quality and size, and 

 include poplar, oak and walnut. 



The Point millmen are not given to blowing 

 their own horns, but they are there with the 

 goods when it comes to getting logs out of the 

 river and converting them into lumber at the 

 mills here. Barry Norman of the Ohio Rivet- 

 Saw Mill Company says that this concern and 

 the McCowen Lumber Company of Salem. 

 Ind., which are controlled by practically 

 same stockholders, handle about 10,000,000 feet 

 a year between them. 



W. H. Hoskins recently added a couple of 

 million feet to his log supply here and is fei 1 

 ing easy. He is also on easy street with re- 

 spect to the Arkansas deal, which invt 

 the cutting of timber from 8,000 acres of 

 hardwood land about forty miles west of 



- x his. it, 3aj s they have a numb. 



al work al 1 ,1 have bull! a tram 



I out to thi Ir holding, 



and purchased an engine to haul lumber. 11 



is Intended to haul the lumber green from 



'he mills and do the piling at the railroad, so 



lll:l1 it will 1- 1 ■ ndy t.,r shlpi any 



1 Ime. 



T Snuth .\lih..n and R. M. Cunningham, both 

 of this city, recentl had an unpleasant ex- 

 perience with a quarantine officer at Birming- 

 ham, Ala. The quarantine offl 1 



has 1,, st his job, ha . Ing • * Identlj beer 



1 ; 3 more zeal than Judgment in 



his endeavors to prei 1 nl yellow fever from 

 Ing Birmingham. A tew more such re- 

 moi ils would pul men reason into this quar- 

 antine business ami eliminate some of the 

 unpleasant features thai ^,, t.. make quaran- 

 tini regulation 1 a rule, worse than the 



yellOW fever itself. In I tion it is 



worthy of note thai Louisville has not and 

 decs 11.1t intl ".I In have yellow fevei 

 city is open 10 all comers and what precau- 

 tions are taken to locate and look alter 

 i.i- cases from infected districts are ar- 



d with a view to as little inconv. 1I1 n 



as possible to the traveling public. 



Mr. Kicks, manager of the Louisville plant 

 of the Hugh McLean Lumber Company, has 

 been on the sick list about a week, but is 

 reported improving, and hopes to !"■ out again 

 in a few days. 



W. c Ballard of Wehmhoff & Ballard 

 Looked an order a lew days ago from the 

 Kentucky Wagon Company, for an even mil- 

 lion feet of cottonwood box boards. The stock 

 will he furnished by the Helena Box Com- 



ity filled 



hi lo . it 1:; mllllo 



P. W. 1 

 about as many i„ m . 



berman in 

 '"''' " man- 



M. Smith Lum 

 ganized a few n 

 latti tlcally all 



th 1 



Mr. Perklt 

 spending , ,1 ,,t time at NashvlUi 



looking after the l.e 



' ntually move his famiu 



there. Perkins ,v Pi ttlboni « ill ha 



I exehisiveh t , ,|,, D USl- 



- 1 • XpoM tlae 



led f;un> ami Other hal.lw Is, and th. 



look ahead in that branch of tie I" 

 very encouraging. 



Alheil i; K.i 1 a -peeia.it 



wagon and agricultural Implement « Istock in 



s| inl dimensions, says thai Inquiries for this 



clasa of stock are mo man the] i..i\ 1 



1 in and 1 business this fall. 



Prices a> a mi. are ool satisfactory, though 

 thej 11 



iw seeking m all 



of special dimension stock, and ■ 

 1.1 ii. 1 hi men . people, so as I., gi t a di- 

 versity in sizes that will enable him t. 

 make a elos< cleanup at his mills down h 

 country. 



HardWood Market. 



(By HARDWOOD RECORD Exclusive Market Reporters.) 



Chicago. 

 There is little improvement in the buying de 

 mand for hardwoods uoted locally. The fund 

 ture people are taking hold of lumber that they 

 would not talk about Inlying a month ago. The 

 market is especially short In oak. and compara 

 tively few wholesalers have any stock to offer 

 beyond the wants of their regular trade. The 

 demand for northern « Is is fair, and the en- 

 tire trade is optimistic over the situation, and 

 believes that the fall business is going to be 

 exceptionally good. 



Boston. 

 The demand is seasonable throughout the 



Xollli 1 1 illj 1 '01 client trim in 



facturers and those of I'm- are very busy. 



Piano and casket manufacturers fairly ami 

 mid furniture manufacturers, except some of 

 those who turn ..in the highest grades, are 



I,, quiet. The S< LI II Of brown ash and 



some other hardwood items has resulted In 



an unusual call toi v. Is that can l.e substi- 

 tuted. Kim is one of the strongest fai 

 in thai respect. Chestnut as a substitut 

 brown ash has been in unusual demand. 



Rough ell iwing in favor, and is in 



good demand. inch sleek is QUOtl ■ 



Inch red birch is sought by buyers at 

 , 1 brown ash sup- 

 ply and demand appear more marly equal, 

 but prices are maintained at approximately 



-mut in.-h .urns and twos ale b 

 substituted foi I., etc., and are sell- 



,t $43 to $11: C lectlcut trim mam 



partial to chestnut 



Lin white 



quoted at prices that at variance— J60 



to $54 for inch, with quartered white oak 



boards in ones and twos at $73.50 to $7f.. 



jh maple »32.50 and 2% inch face maple 



New York. 

 ill,- past fortnight has witnessed a decided 

 Improvement in the hardwood trade of the met 

 ropolitan district, and the general belief prevails 

 1 hut tlte Improvement will he continuous and 

 Hun fall will witness a strong activity on pretty 

 much aM liii.- ol stock. Poplar in particular baa 

 shown much activity. The majority of the hard- 

 u 1 yards report it as moving In greater vol- 

 ume than an] other si.uk. with ■< possible exeep- 

 inn in plain oak. Tins revival in poplar Is 

 1.1 10 the present range of price. Manj 

 1 ii at the time of Its sharp 

 advance are again returning to Its standard 

 Plain oak ami re, i birch are in good call : In both 

 supply is short v,. far as dry 



lumber is . erned, and man] wholesale houses 



will liav nothing i" speak ..1 available for a 

 couple of months. Chestnut baa also increased 

 in demand ami is having a good run. liasswood 



and maple are slow, and while prices continue 



falrlj firm the mark.-! hem Is feal 



less. 



hardwood market, withstanding 



Calling "IT during the .lull spell, I rm aa 



regards price, and tn< mile inclination 



1,, force ii..' market by holders of st... k. who 

 am fnllj aware of the fact that stock In 

 hand is a There are no dark - 



on the local ho conditions for the bal 



an..- of the year give promli > retorna ti 



an I.-. the trade. 



Baltimore. 



Th. 



