HAJRDWOOD RECORD 



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Automatic valves, equipped with alarm devices, are being placed ' 

 feet and will provide very efflcient protection, 



A loss of over $10,000 was sustained at the government mill at Neopit 

 on May 16, when tire broke out in the lumber mill and destroyed the dry 

 sheds containing all the dry lumber and stock. The Shawano fire depart- 

 ment was called upon and assisted in fighting the flames. 



The plant and lumber yards of the Sheboygan Cigar Box and Lumber 

 Company at Sheboygan were destroyed on the evening of May 19 when fire 

 from unknown cause started while 100 men were at work. Driven by a 

 strong wind the fire gained rapid headway and seriously threatened a whole 

 section of the city. Charles F. Moses and John Will are the owners. It 

 was partly insured. 



It is rumored that a new railroad is to be constructed into the northern 

 Wisconsin hardwood section. One section from Iloleombe to Ladysmith 

 would give direct access to the immense timber holdings of the Menash.n 

 Wooden Ware Company. Another section is said to be contemplated from 

 Winter to Hayward. 



Albert Cunningham, aged seventy-one years, prominently identified with 

 lumber and machinery Interests in Milwaukee for forty years, died at his 

 home, 423 Lake Drive, on May 13. Mr. Cunningham came to Milwaukee in 

 1S7.") fi-om Michigan. He was an inventor of sawmill and other machinery 

 devices. He is survived by a widow and two daugliters. His first I 



wn from W'isconsin are 

 thieu Lumber Company. 

 |)olis : .1. Neils Lumber 

 • Company, Rainy River, 

 , is president; and the 

 which J. A. Nichols is 



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Minn. Mil. ill-, ^ .<-\" m .,h,,, \iinnr,-i 



Compail,v, .Sank Kainil^, .Mliili. , Kiiilj,v Kivii l.ululje 

 Ont., of all of which 'X. L. Shevlln, Minneapolis 

 Nichols-Chisholm Company of Frazee, Minn,, of 

 president. 



The estate of Frederick Weyerhaeuser, lumber king, is li. iiu iii\ . -i i_:ii> il 

 by the state of Wisconsin with a view to securing for thr Ml iii> 



inheritance tax due on Wisconsin holdings. Surprise wn- i : . 



filing of the will in St. Paul. It showed an estate of oiil.\ -^-7 i, , wini. 



it was supposed that Weyerhaeuser was one of the wenlthi'-st men in ttii- 

 world, .\t the time of his death he was president of the V. C. Weyerhaeuser 

 Company of St. Paul, and a director in the Chippewa Land and Boom 

 Company, Chippewa Logging and Driving Company. Mississippi River Log- 

 ging Company, Lumberman's National and First National banks of Chip- 



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The Hardwood Market 



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The local situation is still affected by the strike of the brick handlers, 

 which has been one of the most disastrous strikes on record as far as 

 tying up btusiness is concerned. As a result, interior trim people hav.' 

 been extremely inactive and consequently hardwood trade selling to this 

 class of manufacturing concerns has felt a very decided pinch In busi- 



In spite of such conditions and the generally unsatisfactory state of 

 trade, there Is a gratifying adherence to prices. Of course, there has 

 been considerable price cutting, but this is rather in individual cases 

 than as a general proposition. 



.Members of the local trade are maintaining their optimism, but for 

 the mosf part do not seem to anticipate a marked resumption of busi 

 ness until fall. It Is hoped that the brick striki' will be settled ,sli(.itl.v, 

 in which case quite a little business will follow, and. also, it is ratbri- 



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There is a better tune to the local hardwood market and to the entire 

 lumber and business world generally, and it even may be that the dela.ved 

 return to better times Is close at hand. One hears many favorable com- 

 ments with respect to business in the course of a day's travels and the 

 accumulation Is evidence of brighter times. The movement in local 

 channels is showing greater volume — not a mad rush by any means, but a 

 material increase. It Is reassuring to note that talk of price-cutting is 

 not heard so much but rather the talk is of bolter prices. The amount of 

 stocks on hand in yards and factory trade is perhaps larger than has 

 been the case tor several months but there is still room for more buyers 

 and buyers will undoubtedly be in the market for good stocks in fair 

 volume. 



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Walnut for Export 





A lot of splendid assorted American Walnut 

 logs, squared up and ready for export, are 

 shown in the above photograph, -which illus- 

 trates a section of our exporting yard at Kan- 

 sas City. 



All -work, from the selecting of the trees in 

 the woods to the final loading, is done by men 

 trained in our employ and is under our close 

 personal supervision. 



Hence we can guarantee satisfaction in both 

 export and domestic shipments. 



FRANK PURCELL 



Kansas City, Mo. U. S. A. 



"ANDREWS" 



Transfer Cars 



Cross or End Piling 



Are of better, heavier design, 

 stronger construction, more 

 e ffectively cross-braced, and 

 run easier than any other good 

 Tr ansfer Car offered. 



For details and prices — 

 Address DRIER DEPARTMENT 



The A. H. Andrews Co. 



115-117 S. Wabash Avenue 

 CHICAGO 



