January 25, 1916 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The Tegge Lumber Company, -well-known hardwood concern of Mil- 

 waukee, has tiled an amendment to its articles of incorporation, increas- 

 ing lis capital stock from $25,000 to .$100,000. 



L. K. Baker of Chicago was elected president of the Langlade Lumber 

 Company at the first annual meeting of the stockholders, held at the Hotel 

 PQster in Milwaukee last week. George Foster of Mellen, Wis., was 

 chosen vice-president. Other officers will be announced later. This com- 

 pany was incorporated in Milwaukee recently with a capital stock of 

 $1,200,000 to take over 50,000 acres of hardwood timberland in Langlade 

 county, formerly owned by the Paine Lumber Company of Oshkosh. 



The Milwaukee Brush Manufacturing Company has been incorporated 

 in Milwaukee and will soon be in the market for handles of various de- 

 scriptions. The concern will manufacture brushes and brooms of fiber, 

 bristle and wire and will operate a plant at 51-61 Erie street. Its capital 

 stock is $50,000, and the incorporators are Edward W. Hoffman, Elton F. 

 Streich and Charles B. Quarles. Mr. Streich is president and Mr. IIoSE- 

 man is secretary-treasurer. 



Interest in the Hoo-Hoo order in Milwaukee and Wisconsin will be 

 revived as the result of plans launched at a luncheon held at the Hotel 

 Pflstcr last week, attended by several Milwaukee members of the order 

 and by Julius Seldel, St. Louis, supreme-snark of the universe, and E. D. 

 Tennant, St. Louis, supreme-scrivenoter. Mr. Seidel and Mr. Tennant 

 outlined a campaign which is certain to rejuvenate the order in Wiscon- 

 sin. E. E. Fair of the August C. Beck Company, Milwaukee box manu- 

 facturing concern, was elected chairman to boost the Iloolloo organiaa- 

 tion in Milwaukee. A meeting of Hoo-Hoo will be held in Milwaukee 

 soon. 



The sawmill of the Brooks & Ross Lumber Company at Schofield, Wis., 

 has been placed in operation, running on a day and night shift with a 

 crew of eighty men. It is expected that the plant will be kept busy 

 until next December. 



The New Dells Lumber Company of Eau Claire, Wis., has again opened 

 its sawmill after a close down of six weeks, when the plant was over- 

 hauled and necessary repairs made. Most of the lumber sawed will be 

 hemlock and hardwood. 



It is reported from Antigo, Wis., that the Chicago & Northwestern 

 road has sold 5,864 acres of timberland near Crandon to the Fianner- 

 Steger Lumber Company of Blackwell. It is understood that the pur- 

 chase price was $123,000. 



The Goodman Lumber Company of Goodman, Wis., has completed the 

 erection of a substantial addition to its machine shop. The plant has 

 been fitted out with the most modern equipment. 



The state of Wisconsin is making another effort to secure about 1,000 

 acres of valuable timberlands jvlthin the Indian reservations of the state 

 and its congressional representatives liave been asked to take up the 

 fight anew. .-Mthough it is admitted by the interior department that 

 these lands are the property of the state under the swamp land grants 

 of 1850, the fact that later the lands were embraced within Indian 

 reservations induces the officials of the department to decline to patent 

 the lands to the state, pending litigation to determine the actual owner- 

 ship. 



Cornelius S. Curtis, aged sixty-four, president of the Curtis & Yale Com- 

 pany of Wausau, Wis., well known manufacturer of sash, doors and simi- 

 lar lines, died recently from a sudden attack of apoplexy. He was one of 

 the pioneers in the sash and door business. 



The Berlin Machine Works of Beloit, Wis., manufacturers of wood- 

 working machinery, are said to be contemplating the erection of a large 

 addition to their plant, which will be two stories high and 300x300 feet 

 in dimensions. The company expects to go ahead with the project, pro- 

 vided that the hearing on freight rates, now before the Wisconsin Rail- 

 road Commission, results favorably to the cities involved, one of which 

 is Beloit. 



The Hardwood Market 



< CHICAGO >• 



.\ fliulit r'ds-ion from the exceptional activity that prevailed immedi- 

 ately up to the close of 1915 seems to have worn away naturally. Stocks 

 are moving again in even better shape than they were before the new 

 year began and in many cases at substantially better prices. The meet- 

 ings which have occurred in different parts of the country during the 

 last week gave unmistakable evidence that Chicago as well as other 

 important consuming centers is going to pay more for its hardwoods, 

 and that the rise will be on a constantly accelerated plane up to a rea- 

 sonable point. 



The furniture shows at Chicago are closing up with an excellent record, 

 as buyers were in attendance from all over the country and came with 

 the intention of making ample purchases, which Intentions were well 

 fulfilled. There is every promise for exceptional activity in building 

 lines, which will mean that the interior finish, sash, door and blind fac- 

 tories will have plenty to do with the opening up of active building in 



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Buyers Notice 



Since completing vour inventories you have doubtless 

 discovered that yo'u are short of some very necessary 

 items of stock. Buy now — delays may be costly. It is 

 not only a question of price, but of getting the dry 

 stock when you need it. 



We have a fairly complete stock of dry Southern 

 Hardwoods including 



Quartered and Plain White Oak 

 Quartered and Plain Red Gum 

 Sap Gum, Plain Red Oak, Etc. 



Our dry stocks are going fast. Get in the procession 

 and BUY NOW 



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 Isola, Miss. 



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