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tricts and the orders are most encouraging because of the absence of 

 bookings from that district for a long time. The latest order is for a 

 double band mill and was forwarded by J. D. McDonough, southern repre- 

 sentative, who has now sent three large orders for new mills within two 

 months' time. 



The Albrecht Manufacturing Company, Kewaunee. Wis., is building a 

 new dry kiln and adding more lumber storage sheds. The present kiln 

 win be rebuilt into a warehouse. 



The C. F. Kade Fixture & Showcase Company, Plymouth, Wis., will 

 practically double the size of its plant during the winter and spring. Two 

 new woodworking buildings will be erected, in addition to two dry kilns 

 and a warehouse. 



The C. H. & E. Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wis., portable saw- 

 rigs and other power equipment, has broken ground for a new plant to 

 cost $25,000 and be located at Clinton and Mineral streets. 



That the state's power to regulate railroad rates cannot be delegated 

 Irrevocably to a railroad corporation Is the decision of the supreme court 

 of Wisconsin in the case of the Menasha Woodenware Company vs. Minne- 

 apolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company (Soo Line). The 

 Soo Line attempted to hold the Menasha company to a rate contract 

 which was made prior to the passage of the law providing for and giving 

 powers to the Wisconsin Railway Commission. The court declares the 

 contract is automatically abrogated by the enactment. 



The Hatton Lumber Company, New London, Wis., placed its big mill 

 in full operation during the first half of December and expects to run 

 with day and night crews for several months at least. The mill was 

 closed down for two weeks late in November for overhauling and repairs. 

 In the meantime a large cut accumulated in the yards, which is being 

 cut as rapidly as the extensive mill facilities will permit. 



The J. S. Stearns Lumber Company's planing mill at Odanah, Wis., was 

 damaged about $25,000 by fire on December 10. High winds and zero 

 weather caused nearly the entire destruction of the plant. It is expected 

 that the mill will be rebuilt without delay. The company operates a large 

 mill at Washburn, Wis., and recently made a heavy purchase of timber 

 in northern Michigan to supply this plant. 



The late M. H. Wheeler, pioneer lumberman of Neenah, Wis., left an 

 estate valued at $350,000, according to the will which has just been filed. 

 The principal beneficiaries are two daughters, Mrs. Nelson Holbrook, 

 Neenah, and Mrs. H. W. Stewart, Amherst Creek, Wis., and a son, H. E. 

 Wheeler, Chicago. 



The Rice Lake Lumber Company, in which O. H. Ingram of Eau Claire 

 Is a principal owner, has recently made several large sales of rough and 

 dressed lumber for shipment east and south. The sales aggregate more 

 than 1,000,000 ft. of fir and hemlock. Mr. Ingram said regarding the 

 sales : "There can be no doubt that activities everywhere will take a big 

 spurt after January 1. For Instance, eastern buyers of fir are oflCerlng 

 $1.50 premium for delivery after January 1 and $3.00 tor delivery after 

 February 1." 



=-< DETROIT >-- 



S. F. Derry of the Derry Lumber Company, Detroit, in discussing 

 the year's business, says that when the total is figured up the year's 

 trade probably will prove to be better than is expected at first thought. 

 "The sudden depression immediately following the war, owing in part 

 to the suspension of exportation and also in part to the program of 

 curtailment some American manufacturers adopted, has had a tendency 

 to make trade seem worse than it really is," said Mr. Derry. "I believe 

 that now, however, there is a better feeling, which is backed to some 

 extent by an increased business. Immediate prospects are better than 

 at any time since the depression resultant to the war." 



A sixteen-acre tract of oak, one of the finest in the vicinity of 

 Dowagiac, has been purchased by William M. "Vroman, Dowagiac timber 

 buyer. 



S. W. Clements, general superintendent of the Dollar Bay Lumber 

 Company of Dollar Bay, will soon place contracts for logs for next 

 season's operations. The company probably will contract for from two 

 to three million feet and if conditions warrant an increase will be made. 

 The company has timber available for summer logging if it is needed. 



Ewlng & Son of Chelsea are shipping heavy trucks and sleighs to 

 Elm, Mich., where they will cut considerable timber this winter. 



William Chandler, vice-president of the Munising Veneer Company, 

 died recently at his home at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. He was a pioneer 

 at the Soo and in addition to his lumber interests was a bank director 

 and vice-president and general manager of the Edison-Sault Electric 

 Company and also vice-president of the Chippewa-Edison Company. 



The new mill which the Stack Lumber Company is erecting at Mason- 

 ville, in the upper peninsula, is now well under roof. Rapid progress 

 has been made on the construction. During the winter months all 

 machinery will be installed and the mill will be in readiness for opera- 

 tion early in the spring. 



Fred L. Green, president of the Ypsilantl Reed Furniture Company of 

 Ionia, is now in Europe trying to obtain a supply of reeds to operate 

 the company's furniture plant at Ionia. Unless he obtains the reeds 

 the plant will soon have to suspend operations notwithstanding the fact 

 that it finds a good market for its products. The fiber which Mr. Green 

 must obtain is grown in China but is treated by a secret process In 

 Germany. 



The Cummer Manufacturing Company's plant at Cadillac has resumed, 

 operations after an idleness of several weeks. The company is now 

 manufacturing crates and boxes for the spring trade. 



The Iron Range Cedar & Lumber Company has about forty men 

 and a number of teams logging at its camps near Pentoga. Repairs 

 have recently been made to the saw mill at Pentoga and it is expected 

 that not long after the first of the year the mill will be operated. 



The Copper Country Commercial Club, an upper organization which 

 induced the Kelly Chair Company of Grand Rapids to locate a plant 

 at Hancock, Mich., is now negotiating with German toy manufacturers. 



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