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HARDWOOD RECORD 



(Leading Manufacturers) 



COLFAX HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. 



ASH 



MANUFACTURERS 



OAK CYPRESS 



GUM 



All Stock band sawn, well manufactured, carefully graded, grood aver- 

 age widths and high percentage of 14 and 16 ft. lengths. 

 No manipulation of grades. 

 Located on r^r\r tr a V t a Consamers' 



L«. R. * N. Co. \^\JL,r i\JS., JUA, inqairim de«Ired 



DUGAN LUMBER CO. 



Hardwood Lumber 



TENNESSEE 



Manufacturers 

 and Shippers 



MEMPHIS 



BUSS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARK. 



MANUFACTCREKS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, fease and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and CUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rough or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



Baker-Matthews Manufacturing Co. 



Sikeston, Mo. 



Band Sawn 

 Southern Hardwoods 



SPECIALTIES 



RED GUM, PLAIN OAK 



SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES 



OUR SPECIALTY 



St. Francis Basin Red Gum 



WE MArOJFACTURE 



Southern Hardwoods 



Gum, Oak and Ash = 



J. H. Bonner & Sons 



MllU KSd Office. 

 QUIOLBT. ABK. 



I'Mtsffloe and Telegraph Office, 

 HKTH, ABK. 



senator to the Hotel Marinette, where -Attorney H. E. Goldman delivered the 

 address o£ the day, recounting various events in Senator Stephenson's life 

 and welcoming him bacU to Marinette. This was followed by a reception. 



Leading manufacturers of Milwaukee, following action t.aken at the head- 

 quarters of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association of Milwaukee, 

 recently appeared before the Wisconsin legislature and strongly opposed the 

 proposed amendments to the workmen's compensation law. The amendment 

 receiving the bulk of the consideration was the one which provides for an 

 average increase of twenty-five per cent in compensation allowed during 

 periods of disability. Wisconsin pays sixty -five percent of the compensation, 

 which is higher than that paid in all other states, except Ohio and New 

 York. 



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The Fred Hanna Lumber Company of Detroit, capital stock $25,000, has 

 lately filed articles of incorporation. The stockholders are Fred Hanna, 

 .\lt)ert LaVequc, Charles R. Roche and John E. Roche. 



Another recent incorporation in Detroit is the Cadillac Cigar Box Com- 

 pany with a capital stock of $10,000. Interested in it are Louis and T. F. 

 Fitzmonns, Charles and William Rider and Thomas Faust. 



Two Saginaw companies have filed petitions in bankruptcy in the United 

 States district court at Bay City. They are the Feige Desk Company and 

 McCandless Brothers, dealers in lumber and railroad ties. The former 

 company gives business depression resultant to the war as the cause of its 

 failure. Assets are $97,043 as against liabilities of $101,186. McCandless 

 Brothers place their asests at $4,979 and li.ibilities at $14,963. 



The Bradford Lumber and Planing Mill Company of Alpena has been 

 awarded a contract to furnish lumlter for two barns near Alpena, which will 

 be the largest in northern Michigan. They will require 150,000 feet of 

 lumber. 



nie Manistique Handle Company of Manistique during February manufac- 

 tured on an average of 15.000 handles a day, or a total of 375,000 handles 

 lor the month. March will probably equal the record of February. 



J. S. Wcidman of Mount Pleasant is conducting lumbering operations in 

 Iron county. The timber will be taken to the Weidman mill at Trout Creek. 



The Grand Rapids Lumbermen's -Association has appointed committees to 

 investigate traffic problems, among them the use of the Grand Rapids Asso- 

 ciation of Commerce transportation department in the interests of the lum- 

 bermen. 



William Chesbrough, who with his brother is constructing a new mill at 

 Trout I>ake in the upper peninsula, reports the erection of the plant as 

 progressing rapidly. It will be ready for operation in a short time. 



The Freeman Lumber Company of Engadlne, near St. Ignace, has com- 

 pleted its hauling for this season and is ready to place its mill in operation. 



The Stack Lumber Company's new miil at Masonviile is almost com- 

 IJleted and will be in operation within a few days. It is believed that two 

 sliiits will be operated. With the near completion of the mill empty houses 

 iii the village are filling rapidly. 



The Baraga Lumber Company has completed its operations at Point 

 .Mibaye, where it cut 3,500,000 foct of logs this year. The original tract was 

 4.000 acres and from this the company in the last eight years has cut all 

 liardwood, hemlock and cedar. 



The Howell & .lohnson crate mill at Greenville is unable to continue full 

 force operations owing to a dearth of timber that is being felt in Montcalm 

 and surrounding couuties. The demand for crates is reported excellent. 



The .1. W. Wells Lumber Company of Menominee has closed a deal for 

 ttie purchase of timl)er from the Peslitigo Lumber Company of Peshtigo, 

 Wis., that involves several million feet of logs. 



Clarence T. Morris of Ludlngton at the receivers' sale at Grand Rapids 

 purchased the Ludlngton Manufacturing Company, piano manufacturer 

 recently declared bankrupt, and will place the plant In operation at once. 

 I'nfinished stock will be worked up. 



The American Showcase and Manufacturing Company of Detroit has been 

 forme<i with a capital stock of $10,001). Ira Cohen and Jacob Kaufman are 

 tlie principal stockholders. 



O. C. C\irtis, accountant for the Marshall Butters Lumber Company of 

 L'.Vnse before its failure, has become manager of the McGillis & Gibbs Cedar 

 Company of Escauaba. 



The Hardwood Market 



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Prospects for an early opening of spring weather rather Indicate greater 

 prosperity for handlers of building lumber as the tendency seems to be 

 toward better conditions in construction work. This has been promised for 

 some time past and already a good deal of building has gotten under way in 

 different classes of structures. .V few new office buildings are actually 

 started and the call for the ordinary run of rough lumber commonly used in 

 the initial construction will he followed by the purchase of more flnlshe<l 

 product and noticeably by the demand for interior finish, doors and other 

 hardwood furnishings. 



There have been enough purchases of fairly good size recently to give rea- 

 son to believe that there Is a promise of an Increase in the size of orders 



