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exhibit of the Old Hickory company, until now there is a finished product 

 attractive and yet not robbed of the rustic air. 



Probably foremost among the table exhibits at the Grand Rapids show 

 was that of the St. Johns Table Company of Cadillac, Mich., which is 

 rated as the largest table manufacturing plant In the world. The ex- 

 hibit created wide interest and was one of the main centers of attrac- 

 tion in the show. 



The feeling of holding off was evident at the Grand Rapids show 

 among some of the smaller buyers. The general tone of the exliibit. 

 however, as reflected in orders, was normal with one or two exceptions 

 in abnormal sales. 



R. J. Clark, manager of the Peninsula Bark & Lumber Company, of 

 Sault Ste Marie, has been appointed general manager of the Consolidated 

 Lumber Company of Manistique. He will assume immediate direction 

 of the Consolidated company's business and will also continue as head 

 of the Peninsula company. The Consolidated company's mills and ex- 

 tensive timber holdings are located in the upper peninsula. 



The Falcon Manufacturing Company of Big Rapids reports business 

 good. The company lately received an order for 1,000 kitchen cabinets 

 and is now busy on them. The company is lumbering near Howard City 

 and has about twenty-five men at work at a portable sawmill manufac- 

 turing hardwood lumber for use at Big Rapids. 



T. J. Brace, manufacturer of wood specialties at Wacousta, an- 

 nounces that he will shortly remove his plant to Eaton Rapids. 



The Leroy Piano & Organ Company, a new industry at Cheboygan, 

 has elected the following ofHcers for 1915 : President, H. E. LeRoy ; 

 vice-president, Henry Stephens ; treasurer, John C. Rittenhouse, and 

 secretary, William B. Seamark. The company reports orders enough 

 to Insure operation for six months. The factory will be moved into 

 better quarters in February. 



Napoleon Robare of Ishpeming has about fifty men at work logging 

 an SOO-acre tract of timber near Channing. Charles Doane of Witch 

 Lake, who has also been lumbering for several weeks in the vicinity of 

 Channing, has considerable timber on skids ready to haul. 



Joseph Bellair of Bar.".ga has commenced the lumbering of .^00.000 

 feet of hardwood logs for mines in the copper country. They will be 

 hauled to the Mineral Range railroad and distributed at various mines 

 along the route. 



The Grand Rapids Cooperage Company of Grand Rapids has decreased 

 its capital stock from $50,000 to $10,000. 



William J. Streng, president of the Palmer Manufacturing Company 

 and the Grand Furniture & Upholstering Company, both of Detroit, died 

 in a hospital at Flint following a short Illness. He was forty-six years 

 of age and had been a lifelong resident of Detroit. He was prominent 

 as a Shriner. Funeral services were held at Detroit. 



The Dollar Bay Lumber Company of Dollar Bay recently made its first 

 shipment by rail since navigation closed. Members of the firm arc in- 

 clined to view the lumber situation with optimism. 



The .\nketell Lumber & Coal Company of Cass City has been purchased 

 by the Cass City Lumber and Coal Compnny. Henry Schiodel, manaaei- 

 of the Anketell company, will remain as manager. 



The Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Company of Ionia, Mich., was recently 

 confronted with the problem of obtaining reed material to continue the 

 manufacture of its furniture or suspend operations. All reed had hitherto 

 been obtained in Europe and it was impossible to get a supply through 

 agents, it being necessary to obtain it in Germany. President Fred 

 Green, after the situation became evident, made a trip to Europe, visit- 

 ing England. Holland and Germany. He obtained a supply of reeds- and 

 the plant will continue to operate. President Green has just returned 

 to Ionia. Business at the company's plant is good and has been for some 

 time. 



Henry S. Jordan, one of the foremost furniture manufacturers in 

 Michigan, died at his home at Grand Rapids after a lingering illness. 

 He was seventy-two years old. When he retired in 101."! he was presi- 

 dent of the Michlfian Chair Company of Grand Rapids, which he or 

 ganized shortly after forming the Grand Ledge Chair Company, which 

 operates a plant at Grand Ledge. He was buried at Grand Rapids. 

 \ widow and one daughter survive. 



George F. Williams of the Williams Brothers Company, manufacturer 

 of last blocks at Cadillac, believes that during the next few months busi- 

 ness win be considerably better than it was last year. He says that 

 the period of dullness has now extended over a year and there is hope 

 of a change. Business was better during the last half (if 1014 than 

 during the first half of the year and for this reason he is not inclined 

 to point to the European war as the complete reason for slack business. 



A recent census of the state labor department shows that the mills 

 and manufacturing plants at Bay City are operating nil the way from 

 half time to normal. The box factories are fairly active, but veneer 

 and flooring manufactories are being operated at half time and slightly 

 better. 



The Bennett Lumber Company has Installed a complete equipment of 

 machinery for the manufacture of wood specialties at Hart. The com- 

 pnny recently received an Inquiry for a million wood splints to be used 

 on the battlefields of Europe. 



The Owosso Carriage & Sleigh Company of Owosso Is getting its 

 affairs In condition for voluntary liquidation. C. II. Sapp, general man- 

 ager, says it will take a year to wind up the company's affairs. The 

 growth of the automobile industry has lessened the demand for the com- 



Rotary Gut Veneers 



in Gum 

 in Oak 

 in Ash 



Flat Drawer Bottoms 



Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber 



All kinds 

 All grades 

 All thickness 



Made bv ourselves 

 In our own mills 



Stimson Veneer & Lumber Go. 



Memphis soxiois Tennessee 



Revived Inland Navigation 



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 



HARDWOODS 



CONCORDIA LAND & TIMBER CO. 



JptTiis, La. 



TET.LOW PtNB 



MANCHESTER SAW MILLS 



Manchetfter. Ala. 



