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HARDWOOD RECORD 



W. W. Brown Will Move Back to Two Kivcrs 



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Vetter Plant About Ready for Occupancy 

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.ud for shlpplne, the old hiillilint; liclnu used for the 



t.iratlu^ tUl'.trMiirnr 



New Firms Will Make Furniture Stock 



Two WUroti^iln iiirii. n Mr. Slioi'innkiT of lliiiiihnldt mid ii .Mr. Ilootli 



r Manlifl.-ld. Iinvi' nctiulrvd the mill of imvid (loslmw nt Clilppowu I'nllK, 



^Vlii. The mill has licrctoforr mnnufiicturrd only tnlik' Iok slock nnd 



.'nxunipd :UMi,<>00 fo<-t of lumber annually. Tlie new ownprs Intend to ro 



Into the bunlness stroneer by tncreaalng capacity, mnnufncturlng all irnrt.s 



of OTcry article of furniture. 



Veneer Man Changes Business 



Kobert T. «'ole of llalllmon'. Md,, funiurly iissocliilod with n Inrgo 

 •■necr establishment of the East, is now connected with a Qrni at Col- 

 '>rd, W. Va., in the general merchandising buBlnes.s. Mr. Colo, who is 

 visiting the eastern cities, states that business In his lino is much im- 

 proved and the outlook for the future very favorable. 



Moves Main Office to Chicago 



The C. M. Kellogg LumLuT I'umiiaiiy. which fur years has been asso- 

 ciated with the southern hardwood business at Memphis, Tenn., has moved 

 its main office to Chicago. It will continue a wholesale hardwood lumber- 

 iiR business at this point. 



The storage yards will be maintained at Memphis along the same lines 

 as heretofore. C. M. Kellogg will be In charge of the Chicago office, which 

 is located In the KIsber building, ,143 South Dearborn street. Ills brother, 

 J. r. Kellogg, will continue in charge at Memphis. The change was made 

 to get thi' siile< end oloser to the large buying markets. The telephone 

 numhor will I.- Ilnrrl^on <502 



Wants American Market for Brazilian Hardwood 

 Under the designation "Dardwood No. 19417" an .American consular 

 officer states In a daily consular report under foreign trade opportuni- 

 ties thot man In Brazil desires to find a market In the United States 

 for hardwood. It is stated that manufacturers of pianos, furniture, etc., 

 might be interested. 



New Industry for Wisconsin Town 



.\ report comes from Daggett, Wis., that one concern has locatcti ther*- 

 as a result of the provision of electric power. Ciiase & Thornington of 

 Shawano, Wis., will build o factory in what is known ns "the old mill 

 yard," and will manufacture hoops for butter tubs, employing considir- 

 able number of men. 



D. M. Kneeland 



D. M. Kneeland. one of the b'_-..;t known northern lumber operators, who 

 has been a big factor in the development of lumbering in the Lake States, 

 operating in northern Wisconsin and .southern Michigan, died at Phillips, 

 Wis., at 5 :.30 A. M., Wednesday, December 8. The suddenness of his death, 

 and the short time before going to press, preclude the possibility of ascer- 

 taining details as to the cause, but undoubtedly it was due to heart trouble. 



Mr. Kneeland was at one of his operations, the Kneelnnd-McLurg Lumber 

 Conipaiiy at I*htlllps. Ills I!ay City associate. C. .\. Bigelow, who is 

 with him in the Kneeland-Blgelow Company, the Kneeland, Lunden & Bige- 

 low t'oinpany and other Bay City enterprises, was in Chicago -.vhen news 

 of Mr. Kneeland's death was received, and immediately left for Wau- 

 watosa, Wis., where Mr. Kneeland had lived for some time and wlicre the 

 remains were to be shipped. 



At th<^ time of her husband's death Mrs. Kneeland was visiting her 

 daughter nt Bostou, Mass. 



Mr. Kneeland was bom in New York state and came with hts parents 

 to Wisconsin years ago. His father located on a farm just outside of the 

 Milwaukee limits. The farm was eventually sold to the city of Milwaukee 

 for a park, and the residence was removed to Wauwatosa. 



Mr. Kneeland's connection with the Mlchelson-llanson Lumber Com- 

 pany, Grayling, Mich., dates back in the eighties. Ills first connection with 

 the business goes back to 18S2 when he became connected with the Falling- 

 Thompson Lumber Company, Berlin, Wis. His association with C. A. 

 Bigelow dates hack to 1894, when the Kneeland-Blgelow Company was 

 formed at Bay City, this being followed by the Kneeland-Lunden & Bigelow 

 Company. 



The latest acquisition was controlling Interest in the John U. Davis' 

 operations at rhilllps. Wis., the style of the buslue.-is being changed to tfre 



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 thill plant. 



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'i'uoMlay. Me nrrlvo<l at l'blilip> nt fi :1& .\. M. nnd went to 



(In Kotilng up to clone 11 window be drop|M-d dead. 



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1.1 Kmi'lnnd, and two rhllilnn. Mr». (•oorgo Andri'wa, wife of 



Androwi. of the l.'niti-d .'ilal.-s Nnvy, who In Rlntionod nt 



.ManK . ami I'l'Tnon Kni'ilaiid. agi'd twenty two, who in nnno- 



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Three Grand Rapids Kilns Installed at Evansville Factory 



li.iiit.\vii.i|. I;i:i ..HI) Is In nc.lpt <.f ih.- following 1. ii.r from tli.' lirnud 

 Kapids Dry Kiln, (Jrand llapUlK, .Mich., which indlouios that the factory 

 trade is opening up In goo<] Hhape, a« It iiecmi to be looking out for new 

 •■qulpment : 



We would lie viry glad to hr.ve you make in.'ntion of the fact that 

 the Indiana I'lirnlturo Company of lvvan«vlll.., Ind., ban i-untracti'd with 

 US for throe iiiii.lern Uux kilns. Wo do not ns a genernl rule care for 

 publicity of this character, hut we would thank you In thin iipcclal in- 

 stance to so favor us. 



Machinery Firm Increasing Its Order 



Tile generally iiiii.r.ivod conditl. f ih.. lumber buhlness U rendered 



more certain almost every day by the reportj< of^buslncu ndvancen coming 

 from all sections of the country. 



The nioniond Iroi; Works of Minneapolis, Minn., manufacturer* of 

 mill and transmission machinery, have the following to say on tbl> 

 general subject : 



The w. •stern ininiicr manufacturers are looking forward to a marked 

 increase In the demand for their products during the coming season. 



The spirit of o|itliiilsm Is in evhl.'ii-.> among all who are liit'T.stod in 

 the lumber liuslnoss In the Inlaml iCnipIro ami on the rncific maKi. Dur- 

 ing the past few months the demandhas increased to such an extent that 

 mills, whlob a few months ago weri' I. Mo or ninulng shurllliiio. are now 

 running full capacity, and the prosp.'cts for future bu.'.lu.'ss arc so 

 good that the manufacturers do not expect to be able to supply the 

 riqulremi'nts with the present mill capacity, and a large number of new 

 sawmill projects are now in contemplation or in progress. 



The Itrooks-Scanlon Lumber Company of Minneapolis has recently 

 completed plans and has closed a contract for the machinery for a 

 large mill to ho orooted at Bend, Ore., and the Ilutlodge Timber <'om- 

 pany. which is oontrolloil l.y the Woyerhneuser interests Is building a 

 largo mill at I'oeiir d'.Moiio. Idnb... 



I'ho Diamond Iron Works of MlniH>apolls have the contracts for fur- 

 nisliing tbi' comploto inachln.Ty .(luipm.nt for tbos.. mills. "I'b.. denvind 

 for sawmill machinery is steadily iii.T.-asing ami w.- Iiavo at pros..nt 

 more orders on our books for sawmill and transmission machinery than 

 at any time for several years past. 



Having anticipated the demand for mill equipment, and in order to he 

 prepaiod to take care of tbi' large trade, which the revival of the 

 lumber business cn-atos, the mamigimont of tho Diamond Iron Works has 

 oonsistontly rofusini to consid.'r olTors which hav.. Iii.in mail.- to thom 

 during the past summer to take on contracts for war munitions. 



V-Hy.vaoxmiJjtx ;; jWM'»i!iiia5wyt wit!m^^ 



Pertinent Information 



Consumption of Gum Fifty Per Cent Greater than in Previous 



Year 

 In commenting on Hardwood Recokd's Cincinnati market report in 

 the issue November 2'>, B. F. Dulweher of the KraetzerCurcd LutoImt 

 Company, Cincinnati, O., and .Moorhead, Miss., says that the report didnl 

 make the situation regarding gum anywhere near strong enough. Mr. 

 Dulwcber says : 



Making a very conservative, estimate we would eay without hesi- 

 tancy that the present demand ond consumption of gum lumber is flfti 

 per cent •-■roater than it has been in any im-i Icni-^ year and «.• are sun- 

 that this istimute ivlll be confirmed by anyone at all familiar with th.- 

 gum lumber (itiiation. 



The reason for this Is not due entirely to the general business revival, 

 but more particularly perhaps to the substitution of gum lumber for 

 other woods, as our records show that seventy-flvc per cent of our busi- 

 ness this year has come from people who were not prevlouslv regular 

 users of gum lumber. 



This is truly remarkable evidence In support of the general conten- 

 tion that gum is improving wonderfully. Mr, Dulweher specializes in 

 gum and is able to give a statement that conforms to the real facts In 

 the case. 



The Lumber Outlook 



The National City Bank of N. w Vi.rk, in lis summary of the country's 

 business on December 2, had the following comment on the lumber 

 situation : 



The manufacture of lumber and of railway equipment arc two indus- 

 tries that have been particularly depressed and liopoless. Everywhere 

 but in the Pacific Northwest the former has undergone a very rapid 

 change in the last month. Notwithstanding the scarcity of shipping and 

 high rates, the export trade has been large, the Italian government 

 alone having come into the market for 40,000,000 feet of lumber for 

 winter shelter for its nrmy. The foreign sales would be much larger if 

 cargo space could he had. The demand for yellow pine for gcnerat 



