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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The White Lake Lumber Co. 



Peoples Gas BIdg., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Northern and Southern Hardwoods 



CAR STOCK 



WHITE PINE 



YELLOW PINE 



High Qualitv — Prompt Delivery 



WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 



Bend iM 

 y«ur inquiries 



5 cars 1" 1st and 2ncl Basswood 



3 cars 1'' No. 1 Common Basswood 



3 cars 1" No. 3 Common Basswood 



15 cars 1" Oak — all grades 



Rockcastle Lumber Co. 

 C. L Ritter Lumber Co. 



OAK-PIain and Quartered, RED AND WHITE 

 POPLAR CHESTNUT BASSWOOD 



Anything in Hardwoods 



Huntington 



West Virginia 



Revived Inland Navigalion 



Our cargo of 350,000 feet of Oak and 

 Gum from our Jeffris, La., mill on its 

 way up the Mississippi River on the 

 new Gas Producing, Self Propelled 

 Steel Barge. 



This cargo was unloaded at St. Louis, Mo., 

 and Alton, 111., on August 1st and 2nd 



WE HAVE MORE IN STOCK 



D. K. Jeffris & Co. 



CHICAGO 



HATinWOODS TFT.T.OW PTNE 



CONCOBDIA lANII ft TIMBER CO. MANCHESTER SAW MIM.8 

 JetrrU, La. Maovbrater, AJa. 



lining in the war cloud, and are mucb more optimistic tlian they have 

 been heretofore. 



The Ohio Valley Tie Company of Louisville, one of the leading manu- 

 facturers of ties in this section, has sold its plant and yards at Athol, 

 ICy., to E. Johnson & Sons of Richmond, Ind. C. P. Bush, president of 

 the company, e.tplaiucd the significance of the sale by stating that the 

 company is withdrawing from the Middle Fork of the Kentucljy river, 

 but will continue to operate actively along the North and South Forlia 

 of that stream. 



J. L. Cobbs of the Federal Bureau of Forestry has been in Kentuclty 

 recently investigating the co-operative work carried on by the state 

 forestry department and forestry owners. County associations have been 

 termed and the expense of maintaining protection organizations has 

 been divided up, enabling the work to be done on a much more com- 

 prehensive scale than would have been possible otherwise. 



=■< WISCONSIN >.= 



A strong plea in favor of continuing and perfecting tlie Wisconsin 

 ^tate forestry policy was made by various well-known Milwaukeeans 

 at a hearing held at the Hotel Wisconsin in Milwaukee recently by the 

 uicrabers of the joint legislative committee on forestry. T!ie Wiscoiisin 

 plan was strongly commended and the members of the committee were 

 urged to support the present system. 



The Eureka Cooperage Company of Menasha, Wis., has amended its 

 articles of Incorporation, changing its name to the Menasha Cooperage 

 Company and increasing its capital stock from $^5,000 to J.'iO.OOO. 



The L. S. Barber & Sons Manufacturing Company of Butternut, Wis., 

 has installed considerable new equipment in its handle factory and Is 

 preparing to place tlic plant In operation. 



The McDonough Manufacturing Company of L^au Claire, Wis., manu- 

 facturing sawmill equipment, has been getting some large orders for 

 ■quipment from southern lumber manufacturers. 



It is reported that the majority of the holdings of the Willow Itiver 

 Lumber Company of New Uichmond, Wis., have Ijeen purchased by L. F. 

 ICarle, for the past ten years secretary of the company. 



The Northland Lumber Company of Green Bay, Wis., has closed its 

 mill while the plant is being overhauled and some new equipment is 

 being installed. 



Tlic sawmill of the Rice I/ake Lumber Company of Rice Ijikc, Wis., 

 has completed Its run on hemlock and will remain closed until it starts 

 sawing on its winter run of hardwood. 



The Crocker Chair Company has closed its plant at Antigo, Wis., 

 while the factory is being overhauled and considerable new equipment 

 installed. Manager L. L Gibbs says that the close-down Is only tempo- 

 rary. 



Herman L. Bump, for many years engaged In the lumber business at 

 Merrill, Wis., and a prominent member of the Masonic order, recently 

 died at Dwight, 111., at the home of one of his sons. Mr. Bump Is sur- 

 vived by a widow and several children. 



It is understood that the Glidden Manufacturing Company of Glidden, 

 Wis., whose plant was destro.ved by (ire some time ago, will probably 

 not rebuild the stave and heading portion of its plant, but that it will 

 replace the lightins and power portion of Its establishment. 



The Gold Medal Camp Furniture Company of Racine, Wis., Is razing 

 its old factory and will erect a modern new structure. 



The Cornell Wood Products Company of Cornell, Wis., has completed 

 plans for the erection of an addition to Its plant, costing about $l.'i.OOO. 

 The structure will be of concrete and frame construction, G8x2G6 feet In 

 dimensions. 



The Sheboygan Cigar Box Lumber and Manufacturing Company of 

 Sheboygan, Wis., has purchased an additional strip of l.nnd, 070x1. 'i.'i feet 

 in dimensions, to be used as a site for the new plant to be erected. 

 The plant will Include a main building, 00x140 feet In dimensions, and 

 two stories high, a powerhouse, 35x50 feet, a wnrobouse and a dry kiln. 

 The Keith & lilies Lumber Company of Cinuiion expects to carry on 

 considerable logging this winter and has awarded two contracts, each 

 of which calls for the cutting and hauling of 1,000,000 feet of lumber. 



=-< DETROIT >. 



That a Detroit furniture factory is well equipped to handle big busi- 

 ness is shown by the fact that J. C. WIdman & Co. were awarded 

 the contract to supply all furniture In the mammoth addition to the 

 TuUer hotel. The order will mean greater activity at the WIdman 

 plant. 



The American Wood Rim Company's plant at Onaway, Mich., Is now 

 operating only four days a week. The company manufactures rims and 

 hubs and has had considerable demand from the automol)lle companies. 

 Business does not warrant the operation of the plant more than four 

 days a week, officials of the company say. 



llcbard & Sons have completed an addition of 5.'!2x82 feet to their 

 docks at Pcquamlng, Mich., and now have a greatly increased piling 

 space. 



The Northwestern Cooperage and Lumber Company Is equipping Us 

 cooperage, veneer and flooring mills at Gladstone with an automatic 

 sprinkler system. 



The business of W. D. Young & Co., flooring manufacturers at Bay 

 City, Is declared to be normal by W. D. Young, head of the Arm. The 



