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HARDWOOD RECORD 



LXormbcr :U, 1015 



We are back on the job 

 with a fine new mill 



With over 80.000 acres of the best Hard- 

 wood and Hemlock timber in the North 

 and Saw Mill capacity of 40,000.000 

 feet of lumber a year, we are in a position 

 to furnish you with Lumber. Lath. Shin- 

 gles, Posts and Poles in small and large quan- 

 tifies for many years to come. Send us your 

 inquiries. 



Ideal Hardwood 

 Sawmill 



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Try some brand new lumber 

 from a brand new plant 

 run by Modern Old Timers 



Stack Lumber Company 



Masonville, Michigan 



I Miller Lumber Company 



I St. Francis Basin 



I RED GUM 



I We are putting in pile 50,000 to 60,000 



B feet of Hardwoods every day and will 



g have a well assorted stock in shipping 



g condition February I . Send ui your inquiries. 



I MARIANNA, ARKANSAS 



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<i|>iTat<-a n niitiilHT or aiavr inUla lu Arkaiimia nixl « lartfr fliiUlilnif plane 

 at Ki'iiM'tl, .\rk.. Iiaa rrcvntly liurrhatiNl llip (ilant uf lh<< IVklu Kutc 

 ('<iiu|iiin>' nt (iulou. Tbo Union mill bna dunp n larnc l>ualiir«a ilurlDC 

 the paal (•'»■ wiyka, liavlng alilppcd aonii> (lilrlynve carloada of atarca 

 (Itirlnit till.' (laal altty ilaya. 



W. II. Caily & Sona nro tearing down tlii-lr old roopcragr plant tn 

 lloKiTN, Ark., prrpnrnliirj' to fri'rtlnii n InrB<>. ni'W plant at the aamc 

 plnrc. Till" liiw hiillilllli; will Ik- IIK) f.il InDK nliil Ml fwt wide. 



Till" W, II. I'ortiT llniidU- I'niiipniiy'a factory nt Bclrnp, Ark., baa r»- 

 Kiiiiird opprntlona aftvr acrpral uii'kH of Idlcncaa. 



Work hna bn-u brgun on tbv m-w box factory nt lllgKlnaon, .\rk., wblcb 

 la hfliiK built. 



Vnrloua bllla hnvc l>ccn Introduced In Congroaa by tbi- Arkanaaa ropr»- 

 acntntlvoii BlTPctlnB tbo nnllonnl foroat ri-aor\'<'« In tbia alatc. Congrmia- 

 innn T. II. I'nrrnnny of Joncahoro, rpprcacntlng tbo flrat rongrcaalonal 

 dialrlcl. baa Inlrodiicod n bill wblcb provldi-a tliat fifty per cent of the 

 liroc<'e<la from anli-a of timber from Ibc iintloniil forcata In tbIa atiitc 

 abnll Ko to the nKrIrulturnI acboola nt .loncaburo, Montlccllo, Kuaaellrllle 

 and MiiKiiolla, and to the nKrlcnltiirnl (lipnrtiiuMiI of tlic atalc unlveralty 

 lit riiyi'ttrlllc, nil of which arc atntc Inalltullona. Rcprcacntntlvc II. M. 

 .Iiiccwny of Unrdnncllc, ropreaentInK Ibn flfth pongrcHalonal diatrlct. baa 

 Introduced n bill by the terma of which the foreat reaervc In bla diatrirt 

 will he nliollabed. I.Ike nctlon bna niao been taken by Judge J. \. Tillman, 

 ri'presenllnK the third conBrcsalonnl district. 



^-< MILWAUKEE >: 



Lumbermen arc Intercbliil in Ibe fuct Ibut the (blcnRo, Milwaukee & 

 ■St. Paul railroad has started work at Ita abopg In Milwaukee on t>(M 

 ore cnr«. It 1« expected that the cars will be anlabed In Februnry. 



The Illldebrnnd Mnnufiieturlui; & Supply Company of Sheboygan, Wla., 

 bns amended Ita articles of Incorporation, Increaalng Ita capital stock from 

 ?30.000 to *.'.0.000. 



Fire of unknown origin recently destroyed the plant of the Northwest- 

 ern lliirrel Company of Milwaukee, causing n loss of 112.000. I^rge 

 plies of lumber nearby, belonging to the Stelnman Lumlier Company and 

 the Tepge Lumber Company, were saved l)y the ofBclent work of thi> 

 fire department. The ^lercbonts' and Manufacturers' Association wUI as- 

 sist the company in securing a new site. Temporary Quarters have t>eco 

 opened at 1S5 Milwaukee street. 



Wreckers wlio are razing the historic Piankinton hotel In Milwaukee, 

 to mnke room for the .\rcade building, which will occuiiy a portion of 

 the Piankinton block, arc finding that the lumber in the hotel is as 

 ■„'iM)d as when It was put Into the structure forty or fifty years ogo. 



A contest has been started In the Milwaukee county court, as to who 

 shall be the trustee of a $50,000 trust fund left to Adrian Cameron by 

 bis grandmother. Mary Tibbits Cameron, widow of n well-known Wiscon- 

 sin lumberman, who left an estate of more than foOO,000. The will was 

 admitted to probate In 1906, but since that time the trustee bas died 

 and now the mother of .Adrian Cameron seeks the appointment of trustee. 

 This is opposed by Fred Tibbits, president of the TIbliltsCamerou Lumber 

 Company of Milwaukee, who says that the boy's grandmother did not wish 

 the mother to be trustee. 



The Wisconsin Folding Box Company has been incoriiornted at Stur- 

 geon Bay, Wis., with a capital stock of J.'iO.OOO. by Robert C. Totuke, 

 Alfred Hanson and Luther Card. The company will engage In the manu- 

 facture of patent folding boxes, berry crates, baskets and a general line 

 of woodworking. 



The will of Albert M. Murphy, former lumberman and capitalist of 

 Green Bay. Wis., who died recently at Pasadena, Cal.. filed by John U. 

 Emmert of Hetroit and Elbridge N. Murphy. Green Bay, a son, disposea 

 of property valued at nearly $2,000,000. The estate Is left In trust to 

 the petitioners. The widow, Mrs. Emma S. Murphy, will keep the resi- 

 dence and will receive $3,500 annually. Mrs. .\ddle M. Broughton of 

 Green Bay will receive a like sum annually. The remainder of the estote 

 is to be divided among the children. 



The Interests of William Schrage in the .Vmerlcan Parlor Frame Com- 

 pany of Sheboygan, Wis., have been purchased by Otto Wullweber of 

 Chicago and F. Robert Conrad and E. A. Lutze of Sheboygan. The com- 

 pany was formed nine years ago by Mr. Schrage and Mr. Wullweber. 

 Ofllcers of the reorganized concern have been elected ns follows : Presi- 

 dent, Otto Wullweber ; vice-president, F. Robert Conrad ; secretary, E. A. 

 Lutze : treasurer. Otto Wullweber. 



The plant of the MacKinnon Manufacturing Company of Grand Rapids, 

 Wis., well known wagon concern, bas resumed operations and is now 

 running full force. 



The R. L. Fromc Manufacturing Company, a box manufacturing concern 

 of Howards Grove, Shebo.vgan county, Wisconsin, is erecting a substantial 

 addition to its plant and will take up the manufacture of a new worm 

 gear motor truck. The box output will be undisturbed. 



Representative lumbermen attended the first of a series of ten lectures 

 on the uses of lumber, given under the auspices of the extension division 

 of the University of Wisconsin nt the extension building in Milwaukee 

 on December 7. Many members of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association who were attending the meeting of that organ- 



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