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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The woods work of the Haekley-Phelps- 

 Bonnell Company at Haekley is conducted 

 on superior lines, marked by efficiency in 

 every particular. Its camp is a model, the 

 company recognizing 

 that it pays to house 

 and feed its woodsmen 

 ill the best possible 

 manner. The company's 

 equipment of engines, 

 log loaders, etc., is the 

 best that money will 

 buy. 



The sawmill is of the 

 double band type, of 

 the most approved con- 

 struction and equip- 

 ment. The logs coming 

 from the woods are 

 dumped in a boom at 

 the mill. The yard is 

 one of the best "drying 

 yards" in the countr}-, 

 receiving air from all 

 sides and especially 

 from the wide expanse 

 of lake. It is laid out 

 with geometric accu- 

 racy, the lumber is piled 



with skill, the trams are well and sulistan- 

 tially built. In fact, every detail of this 

 great operation impresses the visitor with 

 the quality of good housekeeping. To 

 Delbert Hankin, superintendent of the 

 Haekley operations, is due in no small de- 

 gree credit for the excellent character of 

 tlie great Haekley branch. 



Between the big lumber yard and the 

 town of Haekley and facing the lake front 

 the company has set aside a few acres of 



park, which has been thoroughly shaped 

 up as a pleasure ground. This park 

 abounds in a tine sapling growth of white 

 jiine, Norway, spruce, balsam and birch 



■lUAIN OF LOi;S IN Y.ARD .VT ilACKLEY. 



and is one of the beauty spots of this model 

 lumber town. Beyond the park is the com- 

 pany 's big mercantile structure, in the wing 

 of which aie located the general otiices. 

 The second tloor of this building is devoted 

 to a commodious sitting room and a dozen 

 well appointed bedrooms for the use of the 

 managers and principal employees and 

 guests. The sitting room boasts of a great 

 open grate, and is attractively ornamented 

 with tropliies of the chase, handsome pic- 



tures and other articles of virtu. The en- 

 tire front of this room is lighted with 

 leaded glass windows, beneath which runs 

 a long and comfortable window-seat. Well 

 appointed bath and 

 toilet rooms complete 

 1he equipment of this 

 second floor of the mer- 

 cantile building. The 

 entire structure reflects 

 great credit on Man- 

 ager Phelps and on his 

 lielicf that it pays a 

 laisiness man to live 

 comfortably, even if his 

 undertaking is located 

 far from commercial 

 centers. In this general 

 mercantile establish- 

 ment is kept a stock of 

 goods that in variety 

 .iliiiost equals the metro- 

 politan de p a r t m e n t 

 store, and the trade it 

 enjoys is second to no 

 like establishment in 

 the country. The store 

 is the pet hobby of the 

 company 's president, 

 W. A. Phelps, and distinctly shows his 

 early training in mercantile pursuits. The 

 entire establishment is heated by steam 

 and in evei'y respect is of model character. 

 Across the street from the general mer- 

 cliandising establishment is a cafe, in the 

 second floor of which is a handsomely ap- 

 jiointed amusement hall where very fre- 

 quently the residents of Haekley are enter- 

 tained by dramatic performances, lectures, 

 sterooptii-on shows and kindred amusements. 



BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF LUMBER YARD AT HACKLEY, WIS.— DC 



