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HARDWOOD RECORD 



In JVorthern Wisconsin and Michigan. 



LOGGING SCENE AT STANLEY. WIS., OPERATIONS, 

 WESTERN LUMBER COMPANY. 



NORTH 



MILL AND LOG POND, NORTH WESTERN LUMBER 

 COMPANY. 



Probably there is no other place in the 

 United States where the rugged battle with 

 nature has been waged more successfully, 

 or where men of finer mold have been en- 

 gaged in the work of converting vast 

 stretches of virgin timberland into wealth 

 than in the great woods of the north. The 

 opportunities of the region and the obstacles 

 to be overcome seemed to have called out 

 the best qualities of those who have made 

 the marketing of timber their profession. 

 In the old days when the forests were first 

 invaded the men who laid ax to the trees 

 were of a sturdy pioneer type, full of cour- 

 age and perseverance. During these latter 

 days it takes men of no less resourcefulness 

 and business capacity to push on to a suc- 

 cessful conclusion the operations whose 

 foundations were laid a generation ago. 



North Western Lumber Company. 



The North Western Lumber Company of 

 Eau Claire and Stanley, Wis., is one of 

 the largest concerns in the state. It had 

 its origin some thirty years ago when D. E. 

 Moon, S. T. McKnight and Gilbert E. Por- 

 ter formed a partnership and purchased 

 what was then known as the Porter mills, 

 located some four miles from Eau Claire on 

 the Chippewa River. At that time it was 

 only a small circular mill, but under the 



wise management of these two veteran lum- 

 bermen it steadily grew until it became one 

 of the largest plants in that section of the 

 country. Of the original founders of the 

 company, Mr. Moon and Mr. Porter have 

 passed away, but Mr. McKnight still lives. 



LOG LOADER IN OPER.VnoN, NORTH 

 WESTERN LUMBER COMPANY. 



hale and vigorous, in Minneapolis, where he 

 is enjoying a well-earned retirement from 

 active business life. 



The progressive traditions of the firm are 

 still maintained under the direction of the 



now active management. The officers, G. T. 

 Barber, president; S. Y. Moon, vice-presi- 

 dent and treasurer; C. D. Moon, secretary, 

 and George H. Chapman, manager, are all 

 well known in the business life of the state. 

 From its inception until the present time 

 the company has enjoyed a rapid and de- 

 served progress. When the old Porter mills 

 were closed down, the plant had been en- 

 larged to several times its original capac- 

 ity. The single circular sawmill had grown 

 into two modern mills and a planing mill, 

 all equipped with the most modern and ef- 

 ticipnt machinery. When the timber adja- 

 cent to the first plant had been depleted, the 

 company bought a mill at Eau Claire, oper- 

 ating a two band gang mill. Later it pur- 

 chased a plant at Sterling, twenty miles from 

 Stanley, known as the Sterling Lumber Com- 

 |riny, which consists of two band mills and 

 sj.ing with a capacity of 50,000 feet every 

 t( n hours. The operation has also a plan- 

 ing mill and dry kilns. 



The North Western Lumber Company is 

 one of the largest operators in the state. 

 It owns large tracts of standing timber and 

 stumpagc in the upper part of Wisconsin, 

 and owns and operates a logging road with 

 a main line forty-five miles long, besides 

 various branches, known as the Stanley, 



MILL AND YARD, INGRAM LUMBER COMPANY, INGRAM, WIS. 



LOG TRAIN, INGRAM LUMBER COMPANY, INGRAM, 



