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HAKDWOOD RECORD^ 



191S 



Don't get the impression that we handle 

 Oak Flooring only. We are now piling on 

 our yard, a large stock of 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



all grades and thicknesses. Unexcelled 



facilities for Kiln-drying and surfacing. 



Write or Wire your inquiries 



MEMPHIS HARDWOOD 

 FLOORING COMPANY 



MEMPHIS, TENN. 



Swain-Roach Lumber Co. 



SEYMOUR 



INDIANA 



We Manufacture 



WHITE OAK ELM ASH 



RED OAK MAPLE WALNUT 



POPLAR GUM CHERRY 



HICKORY SYCAMORE CHESTNUT, Etc. 



r cars 4/4 IS & 2S Qtd. White Oak; I car 4/4 x 5 & S'A clear White 

 Oak strips; I car 3/8 's & 2S Plain Oak; 3 cars 2 in. Log Run Elm; 

 3 cars 4/4 Log Run Walnut; Vi car 2Vi No. 1 com. & better Plain Oak; 

 I car 8/4 No. i com. & better Plain Oak; j cars 4/4 li & 2s Plain 

 Red Oak; J4 car 8/4 and 12/4 Plain .Sv.amorc: i car 10/4 Soft 

 Maple; z cars 4/4, 8/4, 10/4 and 12/4 Hard Mafic. 



AT TWO BAND MILLS PROMPT SHIPMENT 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



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I Plain & Qtd. Red & White I 



I OAK I 



AND OTHER 

 HARDWOODS 



= Even Color 



Soft Texture = 



MADE (m) RIGHT 



OAK FLOORING 



We have 35,000,000 feet dry stock— all of 

 our own manufacture, from our own tim- 

 ber grown in Eastern Kentucky. 



PROMPT SHIPMENTS 



The MOWBRAY 

 & ROBINSON CO. 



(incorporated) 



CINCINNATI, OHIO 



The Viles County Lumber Company, Winegar. Wis., has eontributed 

 twenty-five employes of its sawmill to the United States military service. 

 Twenty women already have been recruited to fill vacancies. 



The Oconto Company, (i, out... Wis., has adjusted strike troubles which 

 kept the sawmill idle |..r iii.ii.> tli^m a week. The company ha.s granted 

 an increase of 50 cents a .la,v, i.tit th.' men lose pay for the time they were 

 on strike, which amounts to about $2,750. 



The Filer & Stowell Company, Milwaueke, widely known in the lumber 

 industry as a manufacturer of saw and planing mill outfits and power 

 plants, is building a new forge shop, 60.\150 feet, to provide the large 

 increase of capacity required by its government and domestic orders. 



The Northwest Engineering Works, Green Bay, Wis., builder of wooden 

 and steel craft and equipment, will spend about SISO.OOO in providing 

 additi.iiial licrths ami other facilities for handling large government cout 

 tia.t^ i.ii slii|is. 111 in. ipall.v seagoing tugs. The company several moaths 

 :i.~" i'"'i ">' I III'' .mil.' (.Lint and business of the Hartman-Greiling Com- 



Tli,- Mil. ...la .Maiinta. lining Company, Muscoda, Wis., maker of furT 

 niture. tables, etc., is receiving the first railroad shipments of hardwood 

 logs from outside points since the industry was established. Until now 

 the needs of the plant have been served by the hardwood timber growth 

 in the vicinity of Muscoda, but the supply not only is dwindling, but 

 requirements have grown considerably in recent months. 



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

 increased its capital stock to $40,000, has enlarged its board of directors 

 from three to five. The list now Is : H. Wegwart, president ; H. G. Dardis, 

 vice-president; Ralph W. Story, secretary and treasurer; F. L. Roenitz, 

 Chicago ; A. L. Story, Milwaukee. 



It is reported on good authority that the Von Platen Lumber Company, 

 Iron Mountain, ,Mi.li., is negotiating for the entire property of the 

 N. Ludingt..ii ( |i:iii\, Marinette. Wis., one of the large industries estab- 

 lished by th.' lai.' l-a..i siiphenson. It is said that an option has been 

 given. Mana^.is .it thr Stephenson estate have been contemplating dis- 

 position of the property for some time. 



The Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wis., now one of the 

 largest industries of the kind on the Great Lakes, has purchased a twelve: 

 acre tract of land not far from the plant and proposes to build 100 cot- 

 tages for the accommodation of its working force. 



L. L. Mattoon, Tony, Wis., has undertaken a large summer logging opera- 

 tion near Beaver Dam, north of Glen Flora, Wis. The cut will consist 

 entirely of hardwood, which will be peeled suflSciently to allow the logs to 

 dry for driving. 



The Peshtigo Pulp & Paper Company, Peshtigo, Wis., organized recently 

 to acquire the plant and equipment of the Peshtigo Lumber Company, is 

 dismantling portions of the sawmill and burner in the process of changing 

 over the plant to a pulp and paper mill. Extensive new construction work 

 will be done as well. George Mauer Is manager. 



Tlic Leathern & Smith Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., has practically 

 .li.s.ri r.iiitiacts with the federal shipping board for building six large 

 h.i.mI.ii iii^s at its yards in that city. The contract will mean extensive 

 . lilal;;iin.ilt of the plant. 



.\iii..iii; tbi- many fine pieces of new furniture manufactured by the 

 X.irtlnv.'stiiii Fuiiiifnr.' Company, Milwaukee, for the equipment of the 

 n.'W .niart.is ..f the Milwaukee Association of Commerce in the Milwaukee 

 .\tlileti.- Cluli building, is a massive directors' table of quarter-sawed oak, 

 twenty feet long and six feet wide. It is said to be the largest article of 

 furniture of this kind ever built. The top of the table aione weighs 1200 

 pounds and the total weight exceeds one ton. Twenty persons may be 

 seated comfortably around the table. 



L, E. Schweke, cashier of the state bank of Arnott, Wis., has resigned to 

 become associated in an executive capacity with the Brown Bros. Land & 

 Lumber C.mpany. Rhin.lander. Wis. 



Til. WI- in I". I. iiibai .it Labor has undertaken an active campaign 



t.. .1- ij I .1 .1 in the woodworTiing industry in all of its 



|ib:i-.. 11 . i-ii ins among employes of sawmills, planing mills 



ami ■iiiiiiii iiMliiiii.. 11! n.irthern Wisconsin. 



Th.' f. I.I.I ..iiis.rvati.in luovement was the principal topic of discussion 

 at the rt'cent session of the Northeast Wisconsin and Upper Jlichigan 

 Loss.rs' Association held at Green Bay. Wis,, and full co.iperation with 

 the sov.rnni.'iit was guaranteed. A speciaT committee of six was created 



to ...iif.r witb 11 iini,\' r.jod administrators in the association territory 



on tlir |ini|i,,-iii iiiaiiing a uniform bill of fare for all logging camps. 



S, li. Swii/., I, w lb. 11.1, Wis., is chairman of this committee. Talks given 

 at til.- mHitin,i; imiuati-.l that the output of northern hemlock for the 

 coming year will be not more than fifty per cent of the production during 

 the jiast year, due to causes arising out of the war, notably labor and 

 transportation diflicnlties and demand. 



The Hardwood Market 



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The Chicago lumbermen were keenly interested in the National meeting 

 *t week, because it gave them an opportunity to talk over conditions 

 sf-Iianil with shippers from all parts of the country. Market discus- 



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