November 10, 19ir>. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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of the boards. Much lumber h;is been purchascil in Amerira for trench 

 building and winter quarters. He said the sawmill would In- n-built at 

 once. Mr. Liebke estimated the loss at about $73,000. 



=•< ARKANSAS y 



Material improvomcnt hns lifcii noted in tin* movement of lumber in 

 Arkansas during the past thirty days, aecordinj; to the represpntativos of 

 railroads an<l traffic associations. The number of cars shipped is nmeh 

 larger at pr'-si-iit than it has Ijcen for tlie past several nioiilhs. T'rices 

 are continiiin.ir to advance, too, and this chancre for the better is particu- 

 larly noticeable in the hardwood business. From various parts of the 

 state come reports of increasing activity in mill operations. At Heber 

 Springs, for instance, all the mills are now running at full time, includinjc 

 the cooperate plants. Considfrable difliculty is beinj: experienced at many 

 points in securing cars in sufficient numbers to supply the needs. The 

 local iiardwood hu.siness has assumed healthy proportions, and Little Uock 

 is fast bocominp a hardwood center of importance. Up to three years ago 

 there was little or no hardwood lumber sliipped from Little Rock, but 

 last year, in spite of tlie exceedingly dull market and general depression 

 in this line, more than TiO. 000,000 feet of hardwood timber were forwarded 

 from this city to points in the East. There are now three hardwood 

 plants in Little Kock which ship out on an average of 30.000 to 40,000 

 feet daily. They are the Kansas City Hardwood Flooring Company, the 

 Little Rock Ijimber and Manufacturing: Company and Rrown & Hackney, 

 Inc. These three hardwood plants have been located in Little Uock during 

 the past thre" years as the result of the efforts wiiich have been put forth 

 by the local Chamber of Commerce. 



The \V. U. Shanklin Planing Mills Company of Lincoln. Neb., is 

 considering the matter of locating a plant in northwest Arkansas along 

 the Frisco & Missouri and North Arkansas railroads. According to 

 information recently *riven out by fjcorge R, Johnson of FayetteviHe, that 

 city is being considered as an advisable point for locating the plant. lie 

 states that the company wili probably invest $7."). 000 in Arkansas. It is 

 engaged chiefly in the m-mufacture of hardwood flooring and hardwood 

 panels. Mr. Johnson, formerly of Pine Bluff, has been engaged in the 

 lumber business in Arkansas for several years. 



=-< MILWAUKEE >= 



The Kieckhefer Kox I'onipany ni" Milwaukee has increased Its capital 

 stock from $100,000 to .fOOO.OOO. 



The Menasha-Neenah Lumber Company of Neenah, Wi.s., has amended 

 its articles of incorporation, increasing its capital stock from $75,000 to 

 $125,000. 



The Willson ManufaeturInK Company, Appleton, Wis., manufacturer of 

 meat blocks and bowling pins, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in 

 the Milwaukee federal court on October 30, schedulinK liabilities of 

 $7,25.". 77 and assets of $17,750.15. Assets included stock valued at 

 $2,700 ; site and building, $5,.'S14 and machinery, $0,559. 



The Thomas S. Watson Company, engineering concern of Milwaukee, 

 has prepared plans for the wiring and installing of twenty-two motors 

 and other power equipment in the new plant of the A. W. Schram 

 Manufacturing Company, which is erecting a furniture factor.v at Lady- 

 smith, Wis. The main building will be four stories high. 00x1.32 feet in 

 dimensions. W. E. Polley of Oshkosh. Wis., is the architect and builder. 



The Northwestern Lumber Company has finished its season's run and 

 has closed its sawmill at Stanley, Wis., after cutting 25,000,000 feet of 

 hardwood, hemlock and pine. The company experienced the most success- 

 ful summer sawing -.season in five years. 



The sawmill of E. L. Ifawn at Ruby, near Chippewa Falls. Wis., was 

 destroyed by fire of unknown origin recently, entailing a loss of about 

 $10,000. The planing mill and lumber yards were saved. It is understood 

 that the sawmill will not be rebuilt. 



The Holt Lumber Company of Oconto, Wis., has closed its sawmill for 

 the remainder of the year. The company has cut about 20.000.000 feet 

 of lumber, including pine, spruce, hemlock and hardwoods of different 

 kinds and grades. 



The Rice Lake Lumber Company of Rice Lake, Wis., has, it is estimated, 

 100.000,000 feet of standing timber, enough to enable the company to 

 operate its Rice Lake sawmill for six or seven years more without buying 

 more timber. 



The Jacob Mortenson Lumber Company of Wausau, Wis., will soon 

 suspend operations at its sawmill, after a continuous run since January 

 16, during which period the mill has sawed about 12.000.000 feet of 

 lumber. The mill will be overhauled and will be placed in operation 

 again about January 1. 



The Wisconsin Folding Box Company has been organized at Sturgeon 

 Bay. Wis., and will be incorporated with a capital stock of $.30,000. A 

 plant will be leased or a new one will be erected and the manufacture 

 of patent folding berry boxes, berry crates, cheese boxes and similar 

 articles will be taken up. A small veneer mill will also be installed 

 in connection with the plant. Officers of the new company Include : E. B. 

 Olson, president ; F. W. Bebo ; R. C. Totzke, secretary and general 

 manager. Mr. Totzke is still president of the Sturgeon Bay Fruit Package 

 Company but will sever his connection with this concern. An experienced 

 box manufacturing man from Michigan will be superintendent of the new 

 plant. Mr. Totzke has patents on several types of folding boxes. The 



C I N C I 



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Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 



Our loeatiiiD makes possible quick deli\ery of anylliing in tiniherM 

 and hur<l\\ood IuiiiImt 



DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. 

 Manufacturers YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK 



GENERAL OFFICE — JACKSON. KY. 



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 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



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 manufacture built-up stock of every descrip- 

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 Yellow Pine, Red Gum, Birch, Ash, Elm, Syca- 

 more, Soft Maple, Plain Gum and Cottonwood. 



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