HARDWOOD RECORD 



laiiiisi ill til. s.iirh. The students of tlu> IViinsylviiiiia Siliool of Forestry 

 will visit this and othei- big upci-iitions in ■■astern Kentueky in April and 

 May. and plan to camp out during their stay In the monnlains. 



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The Columbia Hardwood Liiiiiljer l.'.miiiany of I'inekuey, Crittenden 

 county. Ark., on t'ebruary :;(! Iile<l articles ef incorporation with the 



secretary of state of Ark,insa,s. Tlie capital stock is »xe<I at $7I),000 and 

 the iucorii.^rators are .Tolin Schoen. Edwaivl c. Schoen, William C. Schoen. 

 and .lonn C. Uopers. 



The .Vlleii I,umber and Kox Company is the name of the new Nashville. 

 .\rk.. concern organized recently by .1. II. Allen and W. J. bockwood, 

 formerly of line BUitT, and incor|mrateil under the laws of the state with 

 a capital stock of S120,0<!n. This company aciiuire<l the holdings of the 

 liraysonia-Xashville Lumber Company of Nashville, Ark., including 16,0(i(i 

 acres of linilierlands in Hempstead. Tjttle Ifiver and Sevier counties, on 

 which are said to stand 70.000,0(10 feet of white oak and hickory timber. 

 A new mill is being erected at Nashville to manufacture this timber, the 

 site of the new- [ilaiit being in the eastern part of the town of Nashvillrv 

 When completed the mill will have an annual pay roll of about .'j;90,000. 



The Pine Lumber and Bo.x Company was incorporated under the laws of 

 the state on February 25, with a capital stock of S2,">,000. Edgar Brewster. 

 F. A. Brewster. T. W. Brewster and .\. Brewster. .Jr., are the incorporators. 

 Kdgar Brewster, who is at the head of the new c'onccrn which has aapiired 

 control of the old Triangle Lumber Company's plant and holdings at Clio. 

 .Vrk., says that the plant which is being erected in I'ine Bluff will be com- 

 pleted and ri'ady to begin operations in a short time. AVlicn completed and 

 running at full time the plant will emiilo.v about fifty men. 



The Poinsett Lumber and Maiuifactr.ring Comiiaiiy. which is owned by 

 the Singer Sewing Machine Company, has its surveyors at work seeking 

 the best route across Crowley's Ridge for its tramroad to connect Truman, 

 Ark., with the Iron Mountain railroad at Harri.sburg. The Poinsett com- 

 pany has large mills and veneer factories at Truman, and its present 

 logging road extends to within eight miles of Harrisburg. At present the 

 compa:iy has only one outlet for 'iiilf coast shipments — over the Frisco 

 from Truman — but the new tramroad extension will enable the company to 

 ship some of its products to the Gulf coast directly over the Iron Mountain 

 from Harrisburg. When the road is completed a d-'ily passenger train will 

 be operatcfi over it between rrnman -'ud Harrisburg. which accommodation 

 will be welcomed b.v the farmers along the line as well as the residents of 

 the two towns. It is expected also that the company will erect large 

 dr.ving yards at Harrisburg for use in stacking material that is to be sun- 

 dried. There is also some talk of the company's establishing general offices 

 at Ilan-isburg. 



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The .\nderson & Lillie Lumber Company has been incorporatcxl at Wausan 

 with a capital stock of .|25,000 I)y I. L. and .T. C. Anderson. W. 1!. and liuliy 

 Lillie. and N. W. Sweet. 



The llockwell Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee is installin.g about 

 .*.^0.000 worth of new equipment, practically all motor-driven. Most of 

 the equipment purchased was maiuifaetured in .Milwaukee. 



The Fish Lumber Compan.v of Elcho has five camps of its own in opera- 

 tion, while five jobbers" camps are also logging for the concern. It is 

 expected that the season's cut will exceed 20.000.000 feet. 



The Roddis Lumber and Veneer (^ompany of Marshtield is busy filling a 

 large order wiiieh it receive<l recently for ecjuipping the new William Peun 

 hotel of Pitts'purg with 3.240 birch doors and !l."i2 transoms. It will reciuii-.' 

 ten cars to transport the stock. 



Dennis Druley and .1. L. Thorington are in Shawano preparing to open 

 a new hoop plant in that city. Black ash will be used and a stock of this 

 wood is now being secured. 



The plant of the Park Falls Liniiln-r Company of Park Falls is being 

 thoroughly overhauled and will be put in operation about April 1. A new 

 electric trolley system has been installed in the yards, a new 7.j0-horse- 

 power turbine has been placed in power department of the planing mill 

 and will generate electric power to operate the inachiiiery in the lath mill, 

 box factory and other branches of the plant. About fifty electric motors 

 will be installed in the by-products branches of the plant. 



The ,Iohn Strange Pail Company of Menaslia has iR'en Incorporated with 

 a capital stock of SoD.OOO by .lohn Slninge. Paul Strange and Ilugli 

 Strange. 



The Kinzel Lumlier Company, which took over the sawmill plant of the 

 II. W. Wright Lumber Company at .Merrill some time ago. has completed the 

 work of rem.xlelling the plant and installing new equipnn-nt and has placed 

 the mill in operation. The saw-mill iiroper lias beiMi lilted with a band mill 

 and two resaws. which will have a capacit.>- of approximately ."lo.OOO feet 

 </f lumber daily. It is understood that a new planing mill will be erected 

 this spring. C. .7. Kinzel is in active charge, assisted by .7. K. Lambert. 



Judge Geiger in the United States federal court in .Milwaukee lias dis- 

 missed a temporary injunction obtaiiied by the government to prevent the 

 Holt Lumber Company of Oconto from cutting Umber on the land of John 

 Cook, a Pottawattomic Indian. The case In question is the outgrowth of 

 an interesting action started l>y the government some time ago regarding 

 the status of timlier lands held by the Indians. The f.-ileral authorities 

 maintain that the lands were only held in trust by the Indians and that 

 they had no right to sell them or dispose, of the timber. 



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