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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The John H. Kaiser Luralun- Tompany of Eau 

 Claire. "Wis., has announced tluit it will remove 

 its large box factory from Mtiscatine. la., to 

 Eau Claire. 



The Case Company, a subsidiary company of 

 the J. T. Case Threshing Machine Company of 

 Racine, V.'is.. has recently filed articles of in- 

 corporation with the secretary of state. The 

 concern will manufacture autoniobih-s. wasons 

 and various farm implements. 



The Uacine-Satthw Company nf Racine. Wis., 

 has instituted an eleven-hour day in all of the 

 various departments of its wagon works. This 

 raovemont has been made necessary owing to the 

 large volume of busini'ss which has been received 

 bj' the concern. 



The Xorthern Casket t'ompany nf Fond du 

 r.ac. A^ is... is planning the erection of a .i;25.000 

 addition to its plant. The addition will include 

 a dry kiln, more working space and a new office. 

 When this work has been completed the firm 

 will commence the manufacture of solid mahog- 

 any, cedar and oak caskets. 



Philip B. Hammel. secretary and treasurer of 

 the Apph'ton Toy Company and a resident of 

 Appleton lor the past forty-two year.s, died re- 

 cently after a short illness. lie is survived by 

 his wife, two sons, three brothers and a sister. 



It has been reported at Manitowoc and She- 

 boygan that an effort is being made by the Wis- 

 consin Chair Company to olitain the factory of 

 the defunct Two Rivers WiHulenwure Company 

 at Two Rivers, Wis. 



The Marshfield Hardwood Company has filed 

 articles of Incorporation with the secretary of 

 state at Madison. Wis. The company has a capi- 

 tal stock of $10,000. Fred R. Pollard is presi- 

 dent and general manager. The firm intends to 

 do a general hardwood lumber business, with 

 headquartei-s at Marshfield, Wis. 



The I'ost-Gilkey Lumber Company has in- 

 stalled a large peeler in its plant at Suring. 

 Wis. The machine has a capacity of ."J. 000 posts 

 per day and will do the work of twelve men. 



George W. Jones of the Jones Lumber Com- 

 pany has donated a large silver trophy cup to 

 Lawrence T'niversity to be used as a prize for the 

 interscholastic field meets which are held each 

 spring under the auspices of the university. 



At a recent meeting of the stockholders of the 

 Stoughton Wagon Company at Stoughton. Wis.. 

 the following officers were elected : President, 

 F. J. Vea : vice-president, Henry Beattie : secre- 

 tary, W. C. Hegelmeyer. and treasurer, JL M. J, 

 Vea. 



The Automatic Fib' & Index Company of Green 

 Bay, Wis., has commenced operations in its re- 

 built factory liuilding. The new structure, which 

 takes the place of the one recently damaged by 

 fire, is much larger and move commodious 

 than the former one and will allow the concern 

 to greatly increase its output. 



The Appleton Chair Compnny of Appleton, 

 Wis., has commenced the erection of a ui'W fac- 

 tory building at Appli-ton Junction, a short dis- 

 tance from the city, Imt well located for rail- 

 road facilities. 



The sawmil! of M. J. Pell, wliieh has been 

 operated at Bell wood. Wis., for several years, 

 is to be moved to Ashland, where a new mill is 

 now being constructed. 



The R. Connor Lumber Comjmny of Marshfield. 

 Wis., has purchased the timber lauds owned by 

 the Mosinee Land & Lumlier Company in the 

 town of Emmet. The land comprises alwut 

 .'1,000 acres of virgin forest. The Connor com- 

 pany will extend its logging road to Stratford so 

 that the logs may be hauled to the mill there. 



The plant of the Racine Piano Stool Company 

 at Racine. Wis., is being run overtime as a 

 result of the great rush in business. The com- 

 pany now has enough orders on hand to keep 

 the plant running to full capacity until next fall. 

 The Wisconsin Mannfacturiu;^ <'ompany has 



completed a three-story addition to its chair 

 factory at .Tefferson, Wis. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



This city promiMp;^ to maki' a liaunL-r record 

 for bitildins; operations among large cities of 

 tlie country in 1010. Tlie buiiding permits is- 

 sued for tlie first flyo months of the year show 

 an increase of more than 50 per cent over the 

 same months of last year, which was the largesr 

 year up to that time. The total for the five 

 months was .f6.uS.">.425. compared with !i;4.36(j,- 

 825 for the same months last .year. The May 

 total was .1il.830.2!)0. a gain of 20 per cent over 

 May of last year. All this work is rushing 

 sash and door factories and material men. St. 

 raul is also making a fine record this year. 



The timlier and land policy of the state of 

 Minnesota was scored hy representatives of 

 thirty-one northern counties in a meeting at 

 Crookston .lune 1, 2 and :!. The resolutions 

 adopted call for a change in the laws, so that 

 hereafter It will not he necessary to sell the 

 timber from a piece of land and strip it of all 

 that is of value. l>efore the land itself can lie 

 put on the market for settlers. They also call 

 for more frequent sales, and for state aid to 

 roads and schools in sections where the state 

 holds land. All the legislature representatives 

 from these counties will he pledged to stand for 

 such changes. 



George H. Agnew. engaged in wholesale hard- 

 wood business here, has been tied down hy 

 service on the Hennepin county grand .iiiry. :iii 

 honor which he does not seem to appreciati-. 



E. I'ayson Smith, of the I'ayson Smith Lum- 

 ber Company, has returned from a business trip 

 to Illinois. Missouri and Iowa points. He re- 

 ports that business for May was the largest 

 the company has ever done. 



1'. .M. I'arker of Rice Lake. Wis., with th<' 

 rarker-KeUogg Lumber C'omirany. wholesale deal- 

 ers in hardwoods, was a business visitor in Min- 

 neapolis a few days ago. 



W. li. .loyce. of the Foster Ijumber Com- 

 pany, this city, has been in Wisconsin looking 

 over some stocks the company has bivn acipiii- 

 iug for tills season's trade. 



Charles Stevens, the well-known hardwood 

 operator of Maiden Rock. Wis., has l>een here 

 conferring with his business correspondents 

 aliout hardwood and coopera.ge. 



CADILLAC 



The motor car business in Michigan is receiv- 

 ing much attention .just now from the fact that 

 the Continental Motor Manufacturing Company 

 of Muskegon contemplates adding to its present 

 force of 700 men a crew of 300 machinists, some 

 to work nights and others days. This increase 

 was demanded hy the fact that the business has 

 increased to such an extent that the present crew 

 is not able to fill the orders received. The com- 

 pany has just completed an extensive addition 

 to its plant. 



The (Jeneral Motor Company of t)wosso has 

 announced that within four months it will have 

 completed four new buildings and will employ 

 1.700 men, the pay roll amounting to ,f 100, 000. 

 The company has purchased a brick yard and 

 will manufacture its own brick for the construc- 

 tion of its new buildings. This is said to he the 

 largest plant for the manufacture of motor 

 trucks in the world. 



The Cadillac Manufacturing Company one day 

 last week with two machines turned out a record 

 cut of maple heading, cutting s,()7ti sets, whicb 

 is the largest day's work of this kind known. 

 It is just possible that a larger amount of head- 

 ings have been turned out where soft woods are 

 used, but this is thought to Ik> a record in hard- 

 wood : 17, ,353 heads for barrels from hardwood in 

 one day from two machines is the record. 



Owing to the increased cost of living expenses 

 tile hardwood luinher manufacturers in Cadillac 

 and vicinity have increased the wages of their 

 employes in their sawmills, flooring plants, etc.. 

 from six to ten per cent. 



A fire during the noon hour at the Cadillac 

 Chemical Company's plant liurned forty feet of 

 the roof on the retort house. Fortunately the 

 workingmen were able to put the fire out with- 

 out the aid of outside help and with slight dam- 

 age to the property. 



The Jllchigan Agricultural College will give 

 the forestry students a chance to learn practical 

 lumbering this summer. I'rofessor .1. Fred Baker, 

 the head of this department, has long desired 

 lo have a summer school, but it was not until 

 this year that the state board favored it. The 

 camp will be located on the shores of Iliggins 

 lake, near Cold Springs, where the Michigan 

 I'liblio Domain Commission has placed 38.000 

 acres of the variously timbered state forest re- 

 serve at the disposal of the college. Two courses 

 are offered each of the three weeks. Forest 

 mensuration or the calculating of the volume of 

 felled and standing timber and the determination 

 ■)f the increments of diameter, height and vol- 

 ume. I-:special attention will be given to the 

 methods of estimating standing timber on large 

 forest areas. Work in surveying will also l)e 

 given, which will be of a very practical nature. 

 The students will live in tents anil Professor 

 Haker lias outlined a strenuous schedule for the 

 students. He expects about thirty students will 

 rake this course. Instructor F. A. Oaylord. who 

 will soon iie added to the forestry staff at M. A. 

 C.. will aid in the instructional wtu-k in the 

 North. 



The luisiness men of (laylord have formed a 

 permanent organization for the purjiose of build- 

 ing an automobile factory at that point. The 

 new compan.i is incorporated as the Oaylord 

 Motor Car Company, with a capitalization of 

 .*100.oOO. one-half of which has l»en paid in. 

 The automobile that will be umde is a general 

 utility car designed by Guy L. Hamilton, Detroit, 

 who will act as general manager of the company. 

 It is stated Ihe factory will be ready to com- 

 mence activities within ninety days. The officers 

 are: President, A. 15. C. Ccimstock : vice-presi- 

 dent. Frank A. Kramer : secretary, .lulin L. Pel- 

 ton : treasurer. -T. Lee Morford. 



Quite a number of lumber manufacturers from 

 Cadillac will attend the thirteenth annual con- 

 vention of the Xational Hardwood Lumber As- 

 sociation at Louisville, Ky.. .Tune and 10. 



.Tames Cameron, a pioneer lumberman of Cen- 

 tral Lake. Mich., died at his home May 31. Mr. 

 Cameron came to Central I^ake when a young 

 man and later started tlie Cameron I..uniber Com- 

 pany, ;ind also ran a general .store. He was 

 aided in these enterprises by two brothers. Of 

 late years Mr. Cameron had retired from active 

 business. He has man.v relatives living through 

 the state. 



.T. C. Kn«ix Cadillac, attended the conference 

 at lousing relative to switching charges in 

 -Michigan before the Michigan Railroad Commis- 

 sion, .lune 8. in the interest of the Michigaa 

 llaidwood Manufacturei-s' Association. 



DETROIT 



E. W. Leech and .T. M. Clifford have gone to 

 Louisville. Ky,. to attend the annual meeting of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber .Association, 



J, H, I'. Smith of Cincinnati and Mr. Peters 

 of Columbus. ().. were in Di-troit on luisiness* 

 last week. 



The steamer Fmiua Thonii>son is at the docks 

 of the Tlioiuas Foruian Company with a cargo of 

 2511.(1(1(1 feet of fine maple lumber from Alpena. 



The baseball season is on in full swing and 

 local lumbermen, who are enthusiastic fans, are 

 happy. An illustration : Record man to W. W. 

 Hrnwnlee, "Anything doing?" Mr, Brownlee : 

 "Yes." there should be a hot game between tha 



