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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Modern Hardwood Operations 



MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO., MEMPHIS 



FclgiT lit' iJrand Rapids are the principals iu the company, as they have 

 been since the activities of the old Memphis Sawmill Company. Durinfe 

 all of these years the \vatehword of the institution has been "quality. " and 

 this word has been used not only as a slogan but as truly representiiij; the 

 business policy of the company's officers. The personnel of the institution 

 is now made up of .T. V. :vrcSweyn. president; Geo. McSweyn, vice-president, 

 O. A. Felger, secretai3 .iinl ti in-^nicr and R. T. Cooper, sales manager. 

 The company maDul;n i mv- ;i[| kinds of southern hardwoods, cutting iti. 

 own timber and cuincninL; ii with skill and care into materials best 

 adapted to the furniture aiul iiii.ii.a- trim trade. The cut runs about 

 si.xty per cent oak and ash, tlic I'alaiic.. luius gum and other hardwoods. 

 The Memphis Band Mill I'luiipaiiy ha- an ideal operation, not only 

 because of its equipment, but linausi' of the close working interest which 

 ilir iiiiiiiipals take in the business. All are experienced lumbermen with 

 in,iii\ \iars active service behind them. J. F. McSweyn is an old-timer, 

 li.iiliii:.: ir..m the lumber woods of Canada, where he was brought up 

 aiiiblsi ilic surroundings made familiar to all of us by "The Man From 

 lilcnsary." In fact, he hails from that very region and some of his 

 relatives are the basis upon which some of the characters in that famous 



PANORAMA 



MILL AND LOG YARD AT MEMPHIS 



