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HARDWOOD RECORD 



PAXOKAJIiC VIEW PLANT WISCONSIN LAND & LUMBER COMPANY, HERJIANSVILLE, MICH. 



ings of the company in that section are still 

 sufficient to keep it busy for several years. 

 At Stratford, in Marathon county, there is 

 enough timber to keep the mill of 20,000,000 

 feet yearly capacity running fifteen years 

 longer, and the holdings of the company at 

 Laona, where the concern has lately acquired 

 extensive tracts, will supply the mill for 

 probably thirty years to come. The opera- 

 tions here, which began in 1901, consist of 

 a double band mill and a shingle and lath 

 mill, besides a planing mill. It has twelve 

 miles of logging road and an annual capac- 

 ity of 20,000,000 feet. The company also 

 controls extensive holdings in Iron, Ashland 

 and Oneida counties and many thousands of 

 acres in the novtheru peninsula of Michi- 

 gan. 



W. D. Connor has become well known not 

 only through his successful business opera- 

 tions, but also because of the services he 

 rendered the state in the recent stormy po- 

 litical times. His devotion to the cause of 

 the people has won him many friends 

 throughout the entire commonwealth, and as 

 a result of his good work he has been made 

 the candidate of the Republican party in 

 his state for lieutenant-governor. 



Eobert Connor, Jr., was born on the farm 

 at Auburndale in 1878. He attended the 

 district schools and later entered Hanover 

 College, at Madison, Ind. His experience 

 in lumbering was gained, like that of his 

 brother, by actual work at the mill and 

 yard, and then by passing through the va- 

 rious subordinate grades in the executive 

 end of the business. 



The E. Connor Company is conceded one 

 of the most powerful factors in the lumber 

 life of the state. The men at its head are 

 thorough masters of the business. They 

 have an intimate knowledge of the work 

 and control holdings of such an extent that 

 the future will see their influence aug- 

 mented rather than decreased. 



Ingram Lumber Company. 



At Wausau, "Wis., are the main offices of 

 the Ingram Lumber Company, a concern 

 which, during its comparatively short life, 

 has made a notable impression in hardwood 

 lumber circles. C. S. Curtis, president; F. 



H. Pardoe, vice-president, and A. H. Clark, 

 secretary and treasurer, are all splendidly 

 equipped for their work. They are men of 

 such experience in the business that there 

 can be no doubt of the important part their 

 company will play in the lumber markets 

 of the country. 



Their main timber holdings are located 

 just outside the town of Ingram and con- 

 sist of a tract of some 16,000 acres, bear- 

 ing basswood, birch, elm, ash, oak and hem- 

 lock. The operation includes a modern saw 

 and planing mill, having a capacity of 14,- 

 000,000 feet of mixed stock annually, with 

 eight miles of logging road and every mod- 

 ern device for handling the stock from the 

 tree to the market. The future of the busi- 

 ness is bright, not only because of the valu- 

 able holdings of the company, but also be- 

 cause the men in charge of the work are 

 conversant with market conditions and can 

 be trusted to make the most possilile out of 

 their holdings. , 



Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company. 



The offices of the Wisconsin Land .Sc Lum- 

 ber Company are located at Hermansville, 

 Mich., at the .iuuction of the Soo and Chi- 

 cago & Northwestern Railways. Here also 

 are the two large sawmills, shingle mills 

 and hardwood flooring factory of the con- 

 cern. The village is practically owned by 

 the company, nearly all the inhabitants be- 

 ing employed at the works, and all the in- 

 dustries of the town being under the super 

 intendence of the owners of the lumber op- 

 erations. The company conducts a general 

 merchandise store, meat market and machine 

 shop, besides the mills that are engaged in 

 producing lumber products. It also oper- 

 ates a logging railroad with locomotives and 

 rolling stock. 



Dr. George W. Earle, of Hermansville, is 

 president of the company, and the history 

 of the operation is largely the story of his 

 pvogressiveness and ability. Dr. Earle was 

 graduated from the Bufi'alo Medical College 

 in 1872 and took up the practice of his pro- 

 fession in Onondago county. New York, 

 where he speedily secured a large clientele. 

 Through his father-in-law he made a heavy 

 investmeut in the operation of the Wiscon- 



sin Land & Lumber Company and, believing 

 that his health could be benefited by the 

 change, he removed to Hermansville. While 

 there he also took occasion to study the 

 lumber business. The company was in finan- 

 cial difficulties, with a he.avy load of debts 

 to care for, bonds having been issued from 

 time to time in settlement of its obligations. 

 Matters became so serious that Dr. Earle 

 was invited, on the reorganization of the 

 company, to become vice-president and as- 

 sistant manager. He took up the work, but 

 the associated management, after struggling 

 for some years, gave up the task as hope- 

 less. Foreclosure being threatened on sev- 

 eral mortgages, the principal stockholder 

 determined to turn his interests over to the 

 creditors and advised Dr. Earle to do the 

 same. The latter, however, against all ad- 

 vice shouldered the responsibilities of the 

 company and began an up-hill battle against 

 the accumulated indebtedness. He was so 

 successful that he not only discharged the 

 liabilities, but the second mortgage bonds, 

 before considered worthless, were paid, dol- 

 lar for dollar. The company was then re- 

 organized under Michigan laws and since 

 that time has had a successful career. Dr. 

 Earle occupies a high place among his con- 

 temporaries and his worth as a business 

 man was recognized when his associates of 

 the Maple Flooring Association elected him 

 to the office of president of that organiza- 

 tion. 



An Opportunity in Southern Hardwoods. 



Good hardwood timber lands are now 

 scarce and every year is adding to the 

 difficulty in locating hardwood timber 

 accessible to railroad or other transporta- 

 tion facilities. The Western National 

 Bank, of Louisville, Ky., offers an excel- 

 lent opportunity for the hardwood manu- 

 facturer who wishes to procure a location 

 with these advantages for manufacturing. 

 The bank has a tract of oak timber land 

 which is located within a short distance of 

 three railroads. The tract is rich bottom 

 land and would be valuable for cotton rais- 

 ing after the timber has been removed. 



