HARDWOOD RECORD 



One of the recent contracts of cliiircli furniture filled by tbe Algoma 

 eneer Company was that for tbe iiews for the Catholic church at Egg 



Harbor. 



Tbe sawmill of tbe Koger 

 Catlln avenue, Superior, was 

 $5,000. 



Forest fires in the northern Wisconsin a: 

 to make their annual harvest. Althougl: 

 taken by lumbermen against fires, nu 

 various sections. Small settlements, n 



Ruger Lumber Company. Eighth street and 

 totally destroyed by fire, causing a loss of 



Michigan woods are beginning 



precautions are being 



small fires are reported in 



and lumber have already been 



destroyed, but recent rains have subdued fires to a largo extent. 



Wi E. Priestly, presid" 

 sale lumber, of Mihvinil 

 died at his home in tin 

 years old and a nati\r . 

 president of the North « 

 men's 



iif the W. E. Priestly Lumber Company, whole- 

 iii'I I 1',' II known lumberman of Wisconsin, 

 M - ' alter a long illness. He was sixty 

 II nutario. Mr. Priestly was former 



Ml I 11, r. Sash and Door Traveling Sales- 

 < a iliiriv .^..iri.l il.f;ree Mason and an Odd 



\ , secretary of the W. E. 

 I.' I'emberton, Chicago, and 

 ig and Herman Priestly of 



Fellow. His widow, a son, Gl' mh \' 

 Priestly Lumber Company, a sist r, \ 

 two brothers, James C. Priestlj ut . 

 Chicago, survive. 



The will of the late I. Stephenson, Jr., Menomonie lumberman who died 

 suddenly at Milwaukee last fall, disposes of an estate valued at $1,000,000, 

 left to the widow. The will was not found until just before tlie final report 

 was filed and prevented a .son, Joseph C. Stephenson, and a daughter, 

 Mrs. Frederick Haggerson, from sharing the property. 



W. C. Brandon of Wausau was elected president of the Employers' 

 Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin at a recent meeting of 

 the directors, to succeed G. F. Steele. The other officers are : H. Hirsch- 

 Iteitner of La Crosse, W. W. Vincent of Kenosha and W. E. Brown of 

 Ehinpliniili T-. vi. r pn !;idontK succeeding themselves; Karl Mathie of Wau- 

 sau. vi.-ii mI III iirc.oding Dr. W. A. Fricke of Wtausau, and M. A. 



Wertlin Ml kiiikinna, succeeding the newly-elected president W. C. 



Landoii i^ vi r in, -i.i.nt. H. J. Hagge, B. F. Wilson and N'eal Brown 

 ■were reelected secretary, treasurer and general counsel, respectively. The 

 company is a mutual organization insuring Wisconsin employers from 

 liability losses and includes many prominent lumbering concerns. 



The Merrill Iron Works Company, manufacturer of woodworking machin- 

 ery and jobbers in mill supplies, logging machinery and tools, is well along 

 in the work of repair and reconstruction of its plant which recently suffered 

 considerable damasp by fire. Additional machinery will be installed. 



w isconsin manufacturers, particularly lumber- 



- iiisin will be able to construct the Wisconsin 



I' Exposition at San Francisco at a much 



-ililc. Among the donations received were the 



pany of Oshkosh, hardwood flooring from the 



nishing veneering from 



the Hough Shade Corn- 



Through til'' -< II' I 

 ing concerns, tli, 

 buUding at ili- i 

 less figure than Mniii 

 doors from the ilor; 



I. Stephenson Company Trustees of Marinette, 

 the Underwood Veneer Company and shades frc 

 pany of Janesville. 



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The Hardwood Market 



< CHICAGO y 



The situation locally has been most affected during the last three 

 months by the strike of brick handlers, which has completely tied up the 

 entire building trade. Negotiations between employers and employes in 

 this particular class worked back and forth with various promises of 

 early settlement, which, however, were delayed until finally the matter 

 was properly closed up a week or so ago. The result is that the building 

 situation is far more favorable now than it has been for some time, 

 altfiough the strike has resulted in the deferring of a very considerable 

 quantity of building construction which will seriously affect the lumber 

 markets for two or three months ahead. 



The seriousness of the strike and the Imminence of further complica- 

 tions had the effect in many cases of holding off building projects for an 

 indefinite period. In other cases, speculative builders building on bor- 

 rowed capital have been put in an unfavorable position, due to. their hav- 

 ing considerable quantities of money tied up at high rates of interest 

 when they had expected their structures to have been completed for ten- 

 ants for some months. Instead they have had to pay the interest charges 

 without any revenue from their structures whatever. This is going to 

 result in considerably shortening the total amount of building construc- 

 tion in the city of Chicago. 



The situation locally is one of hope with a thorough realization, how- 

 ever, of a reality of present conditions. No one doubts the actuality of 

 dullness of business, although there is unquestionably a considerable 

 amount of purchasing being done, which, however, is in small lots. 



The yard situation is in about tbe same position as it has been for 

 several months back, with but a normal stock of lumber on hand and a 

 fair demand in wagon lots. Yards, however, are not purchasing any 



VENEER 



We will make attractive sales 



on the following if we hear 



from you Immediately: 



1 car 3 8 FAS Quartered 



White Oak 



2 cars 3 8 FAS Plain Red 



Oak 



2 cars Yz" FAS Quartered 



White Oak 

 1 car Yz' No. 1 Common 

 Quartered White Oak 



3 cars Y2" FAS Plain Red 



Oak Rotary Veneers — 

 our own manufacture 



Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. 



Memphis Tennessee 



npHESE fine logs waiting 

 A to be cut for you. Send 

 us your specifications — our 

 price no higher, while our 

 quality is better than most 

 cutters'. 



ADDRESS INQUIRIES TO 



Merrill Veneer Company 



Merrill, Wisconsin 



