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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Wisconsin Lumberman in Politics. 



Isaac Stephenson of Marinette, Wis., head of 

 several large lumber concerns, among them the 

 I. Stephenson Company of Wells, Mich., is a 

 candidate for the seat in the United States 

 senate made vacant by the recent resignation of 



Senator S] ner. Mr. Stephenson lias long had 



senatorial aspirations, but announces that he 

 will not be a candidate for reelection, ami 

 desires only to serve the unexpired portion of 

 Mr. Spooner's term in Congress. He was a 

 candidate for the honor eight years ago. but 

 was defeated by J. V. Qnarles. Two years ago 

 he attempted to succeed Mr. Qnarles but was 

 again defeated, this time by Mr. La Follette. 



Mr. Stephenson's prospects for being elected 

 are excellent, since he will undoubtedly be sup- 

 ported by Senator Spooner. Senator La Follette 

 and Governor Davidson, and his campaign is 

 already well under way. It is now believed that 

 ile election will not occur before May. but the 

 matter has been submitted to the Attorney 

 General for his opinion. Lumbermen will be 

 pleased to sec Mr. Stephenson elected, and his 

 ability is such as to insure his tilling the office 

 with honor to himself and to the state. 



Oak from Siberia. 



A n.-w phase of the hardwood business is in 

 evidence in Portland, Ore., where the new Pacific 

 Coast Hardwood Manufacturing Company is 

 handling oak logs imported from Siberia. This 

 apparently expensive undertaking is made pos- 

 sible by the almost prohibitory rate ou hard 

 woods from points in eastern and middle west 

 states io the Pacific coast. The company lias 

 established the first hardwood mill of any con- 

 siderable size in the far West. It is operated on 

 a ten-hour shift, and has a daily capacity of 

 25,000 feel. It is on the waterfront and a 

 dock lain feet long has been constructed. A dry 

 kiln for 50,000 feet has been installed, and a 

 machine for cutting hardwood flooring. Panel 

 work and veneers will also be turned out. 



The enterprise necessitated an initial outlay 



if $100. and the mill is now equipped satis 



faetorily for manufacturing hardw Is, which 



.Hoe, i be handled properly in mills adapted par- 

 ticularly to Pacific coast woods. A stock of 

 1,-500,000 feet of Siberian oak is on hand, ami 

 this wood can lie laid down in Portland al a 

 cost actually less than eastern wood, so that it 

 is believed the plant can be operated to excel- 

 lent advantage. The Oregon Chair Company has 

 located in Portland with tie- intention of utiliz- 

 ing the proiliiei-of the new hardwood company in 

 the manufacture of furniture, and this new 

 enterprise will doubtless be the means of in. he 

 ing the establishment of other industries in that 

 section. 



As the oak product of He Last is rapidly- 

 diminishing, it is doubtless a wise move to begin 

 to look toward outsi.l.. sources tor a supply, 

 eegardless of the influence of high freight rales 

 on hardwood products. The promoters of the 

 Pacific Coast Hardwood Manufacturing Company 

 allege that they can undersell eastern oak with 

 I heir Siberian product, due primarily to the fact 

 that water" transportation is always cheaper 

 I ban rail, other conditions being equal. The 

 shipment has gone to San Francisco, ami 



orders are now on hand for 5 I The 



outlook seems so bright for a flourishing busi- 

 ness thai 2,000,000 feet of oak have been 

 ordered from Siberia to arrive in the earlj 



Annual Chicago Hardwood. Lumber 

 Exchange. 



The annual meeting of the Chicago Hardwood 

 Lumber Exchange was held at the Great North 

 era hotel on March 5. The retiring presii 

 i heodore Fatbauer, delivered an address -in 

 which be referred to tire good accomplished dur- 

 ing the history of the association, and especially 

 during the past year, and urged continued 

 for the advancement of the organization. 



Secretary Carl V. Kimball presented his re- 

 port, giving a resume of the exchange's affairs 

 for the past year, and stating that only four 

 resignations had been received, three of the firms 

 going out of business, while six new members 

 had been acquired. 



The treasurer's report showed the receipts for 

 the year from all sources were $1,849.62, the 

 disbursements $1,660.23. leaving a balance on 

 hand of $180.39; $292.50 in unpaid dues is 

 forthcoming at present. 



The result of the election of officers for the 

 ensuing year was as follows : 



President. Jas. S. Trainer of the Trainer 

 Brothers Lumber Company. 



Vice President, Milton Miller of Miller 

 Brothers. 



Secretary, II. Usher of the Stoueman Zearing 

 Lumber ^Company. 



Treasurer. J. L. Lane of J. L. Lane & Co. 



Directors, Wm. C. Schreiber, O. O. Agler, .1 

 S. Hendrickson, Chas. Westcott, E. B. Lombard. 

 Wm. Hopkins, F. L. Brown. 



J. S. TRAINER, PRESIDENT, 



During the meeting a dinner was served in 

 the English room of the hotel, and a general 

 discussion of matters of importance to the local 

 fraternity was participated in. The meeting was 

 marked by harmony and a spirit of good fellow- 

 ship — the usual characteristics of a gathering 

 of Chicago hardwood lumbermen. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



Tie: Globe-Wernicke Company of Chicago 

 has" consummate,! a deal for the purchase of 

 large tracts of timber land in the South, 

 which involved an expenditure or investment 

 of $2,000,000 and includes timber rights to 

 60,000 acres of land in northern Tennessee 

 and the purchase in fee simple of 3,000 acres 

 of coal ami timber lands in the same region. 

 It is estimated that the tract contains 600.- 



, feet of fine timber. It is located 



about twenty miles from the main line of the 

 Cincinnati Southern Railroad. 



C. W. Hogg of Duluth has purchased a 

 tract of coal, iron, and timber land in Ten- 

 nessee containing 460,260 acres, valued at 

 half a million. 



Schliman & Mitchell Company has been 

 incorporated .it Chicago with $50,000 stock to 

 manufacture picture frames and moldings. The 

 incorporators are Benjamin L. Schliman, 

 Charles Mitchell, and F. William Kraft. 



The Cooperative Mill & Lumber Company 

 has been incorporated at Kockford. 111., with 

 a capital of $10,000 to manufacture lumber 

 products. 



The American Box Veneer Company of 

 Thorsby, Ala., has been incorporated with a 

 capital of $20,000, of which $16,500 has been 

 paid in cash. The incorporators are W. A. 

 Porter. L. C. Bradley, T. S. Mason. M. E. 

 McNarrow, and J. Stiles. The object of the 

 company is to manufacture all kinds of im- 

 plements and materials in which wood forms 

 a part. The defunct Denison Lumber Com- 

 pany plant will be utilized by the new con- 

 cern. 



The Kentucky Veneer Works has been in- 

 corporated at Louisville, with $100,000 capital, 

 by H. M. McCracken, F. I. Brown. M. E. 

 Freeman, W. Geiger, and F. C. McCracken. 



The Mt. Vernon Pump & Lumber Company 

 has filed articles of incorporation at Mobile. 

 Ala.; capitalization, $25,000. The incorpora- 

 tors are J. C. Leppelman. A. P. Smith, and 

 R. B. Martin. A sawmill will be established 

 at Mt. Vernon. 



The Rock City Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated at Nashville. Term.; capital. 

 $50,000. It will succeed to the business of the 

 McDonald Lumber Company. House furnish- 

 ing materials will be manufactured. The in- 

 i 'orators are J. B. McDonald, I. L. Pendle- 

 ton, J. T. Cbrisman. J. G. Dean, and C. W. 

 Dodson. 



An express car loaded with hardwood lum- 

 ber was recently shipped from Lafayette, Ind.. 

 to Pittsburg, Pa., consigned ' by the Henry 

 Taylor Lumber Company, which has the con- 

 tract for the interior finishing of the women's 

 art building in Pittsburg. The lumber was 

 for a rush order, and the American Express 

 Company arranged for a special car, which 

 was loaded by an extra force of men and at- 

 tached to a Big Four passenger train at noon 

 of March S, arriving at destination the fol- 

 lowing morning. The cost for this service 

 was approximately $500. 



Galbraith <& Son of Sunman, Ind., on March 

 16 bought at auction one of the largest tracts 

 ol hardwood timber remaining in Indiana. 

 The property belonged to Mike O'Weiler and 

 is located mar Lawrenceville. The consider- 

 ation was $22,500. The timber will be man- 

 ufactured at Galbraith &: Son's band mill 'at 

 Sunman. 



Matthew G. Norton, millionaire lumberman of 

 Winona, Minn., has settled ou the Winona Gen- 

 eral Hospital an endowment of $50,000. 



Eight hundred woodworkers were granted an 

 increase of ten per cent in wages recently by 

 the Chicago Lumbermen's Association. The 

 employees thus benefitted are in flooring mills 

 and have been receiving from $2 to $3 per day. 

 The agreement also calls for the employment of 

 only union men. 



The Cleveland Washboard Company has been 

 incorporated at Cleveland, Ohio, with a capital 

 ■ a $25,000, by C. A. Niman, E. G. Hogg, Paul 

 Ilowland, II. O. Yoder and Davis Hawley. 



The Walnut Lake Cypress Company has been 

 formed at Pine Bluff, Ark., with a capital of 

 $70,000. It will have an office there and operate 

 a lumber plant at Walnut Lake. The company 

 intends to begin work on the plant immediately. 

 Those interested are E. P. Ladd, Little Rock ; 

 C. S. Bacon, R. E. Schultz and W. B. Craft. 



The Minnesota Forestry Association is anxious 

 to have Itasca park turned over to their control 

 as a forestry experimental station. In addition 

 to general forestry it is proposed to experiment 

 there with the wood of our quick growing trees, 

 Cottonwood, willow and soft maple, with a view- 

 to making them more durable and valuable. 



The Black Springs Lumber Company has been 

 formed at Little Rock; it is capitalized at 

 $50,000, and the incorporators are W. B. Barton, 

 L. J. Witherspoon and I. D. Jones. 



The St. Paul Hardwood Floor Company has 

 been incorporated in that city, the board of 

 directors being Joseph Happe, Hulda Happe and 

 James Manahan, and the capitalization $5,000. 



Announcement is made from Philadelphia that 



