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Cut from logs such as 

 these ranks Kigh in 

 quality and grade. All 

 our stock is from St. 

 Francis River basin lo^js 

 whick produce the high- 

 est quality of Gum lum- 

 ber on the market. 



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MILLER LUMBER CO. 



M.ARlANNA. ARK. 



ail.iiti.iti t.. wluili 111." coiniiany iiitfiiils to operato its camps throughout 

 the summer. 



The D. F. Britten Cooperage Company, Green Bay, Wis., has covered 

 Its entire force of employes, numbering about 150, with a group insurance 

 policy lssue<l by the Travelers of Hartford. The policies range from $500 

 to $1,500. depending upon the length of service of the employe and the 

 total is In excess of ?75,000. 



The Shawano Jtanutacturlng Company, Shawano, Wis., which recently 

 converted Its plant into a box and crating factory, has Installed a new 

 resaw to provide much-needed facilities to flU a steadily growing volume 

 of orders. 



The Brown-Mltcheson Company, Marinette, Wis., has engaged Olaf Lar- 

 son to recover deadhead logs from the Peshtigo river and the log holster 

 Is now at work within the city of Peshtigo. The deadheads will he trans- 

 ported by rati to Marinette as soon as sufficient stocks are accumulated. 



The Rib Lake Lumber Company, Rib Lake, Wis., has awarded a contract 

 to Ernest Prue, Tomah, Wis., for the construction of a new machine shop 

 to serve Its sawmill and the new planing mill erected by Mr. Prue a 

 year ago. 



The Woodwork Manufacturing Company, 218 Twenty-third avenue, 

 Milwaukee, has increased Us capital stock from $25,000 to $50,000 to 

 accommodate the growth of Its business since the original capitalization 

 was fixed. Walter A. Getzel is secretary-treasurer and manager. 



The Colby Lumber Company, Colby, Wis., has disposed of its saw and 

 planing mill and yards at Colby, and the entire stock of liimlock and pine 

 lumber at Colby and Cherokee to the O. & X. Lumber Company. Menomo- 

 nie. Wis. The Colby company retains the stock of hardwood now on 

 hand and will sell and ship it during the coming summer. The con- 

 cern was established In 1902 by Paul Umhoefer and since 1905 has been 

 owned and managed by Emil Umhoefer and Joseph Weix, who are retained 

 by the new owners as local managers. The average cut of the mill during 

 the last thirteen years has been 1,000,000 feet per annum. 



The Badger Basket & Veneer Company, Burlington, Wis., which some 

 time ago increased its capital stock to $40,000, has Increased the number 

 of Its directors from three to five to give the new Interest representation. 

 Ralph W. Story Is secretary and treasurer of the company. 



The Marinette-Green Bay Manufacturing Company, operating a large 

 excelsior mill in Marinette. Wis., has fulfilled its contract with the Mari- 

 nette Chamber of Commerce, and has received deeds to the property 

 which It occupies. The agreement, dated October 21, 1911, required that 

 the total disbursement In wages reach $150,000 before the transfer actu- 

 ally was made. Up to April 1 of this year the company had paid $155,085 



in wages and ni.irc than S7.000 In taxes. The Marinette Chamber of 

 Commerce invested $4,500 to give the company a start. 



The Lee Handle & Dowel Company, Glidden, Wis., already has replaced 

 fifteen male operatives with female help, and several more women will 

 be added to the force during the coming week because of further Inroads 

 on the ranks of the men by the selective draft. W. A. Thomas, manager 

 of the plant, reports that he has a waiting list of women and Is receiving 

 applications for positions by mail. 



The Milwaukee Free Employment Bureau, operated by the state; on 

 May IS received an order for 300 carpenters from the Barksdale plant 

 of the Du Pont Powder Company, Washburn, Wis., which needs the work- 

 men for the construction of large additions to Its mills. Part of the 

 order was filled at once, but the local supply as yet Is too small to provide 

 all of the labor required. 



After being in continuous operation for more than forty years, the 

 sawmill of the N. Ludlngton Company, Marinette, Wis., probably will be 

 closed at the end of the present season. Its timber supply having been 

 practically exhausted. Only sufficient timber to run the mill until the 

 latter part of August is now availalile. The company's general store on 

 Hall avenue, Marinette, will discontinue business July 1. The late Isaac 

 Stephenson was one of the founders and chief owners of the concern. 



Nearly enough hardwood has been cut in many parts of Wisconsin to 

 keep creameries and dairies In fuel during the coming winter^ relieving 

 the coal situation to a considerable extent, according to a report by 

 the state fuel administrator, who is making a strong effort to provide a 

 large stock of hardwood fuel for bakeries and other establishments that 

 are easily adaptable to the use of it. 



The Stolle Lumber & Veneer Company. Tripoli. Wis., has filled the 

 positions of more than a dozen male workers In Its mills with female help 

 because of the extreme difficulty of procuring more men. 



The Menasha-Ncenah Lumber Company, Oshkosh, Wis., which recently 

 disposed of Its Interests in Neenah, Wis., has changed Its name to Wis- 

 consin Central Lumber Company and reduced Its capital stock from $125.- 

 000 to $75,000. F. J. Tahr Is president and J. W. Koeser, secretary and 

 general manager. 



Martin Pattison. president of the United States national bank of Supe- 

 rior, Wis., has presented the state of Wisconsin with a tract of 600 acres 

 of timberland on both sides of the Black river in Douglas county, twelve 

 miles south of the city. Mr. Pattison owned a logging camp on the sire 

 forty years ago. Part of the tract consists of cutover hardwood land, In' 

 for the most part it is heavily wooded with virgin forest. 



The Chamber of Commerce of Two Rivers, Wis., Is organizing a cov 



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