The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
THEY WANT A MAN CUT IS GOING FAST
Market at the Head of the Lakes
Is Booming.
WINTER CROP ALREADY SOLD OUT
Big End Of Summers Cut Spoken For
Mills Working on Sold
Stuff. - -.
Special to The Journal

Special to The. Journal
Duluth, Mimi, Feb. 8.-Speaking Of the
recent situation in lumber, a. prominent
inspector and shipper here said to-day
he had never seen the market at the head
of the lakes and Ashland in the situation
of this time. He said:s
Practically all the dry lumber at the head
Of the lakes, except one Stock is sold; all Of
the winters cut is also gone and the biggest
end of the cut iof the coming summer is in
the hands of the buyers. The way buyers
acting was shown pretty well yesterday,
when we had buyer for 100000 feet of
stock to be cut at mill near here we
thought we had an option on it. The seller
would not put price on the stock until that
morning and our people expected to take
the 10000, 900 feet. By 10 o'clock of the
morning the whole cut of the mill had been
closed out to one buyer and our sale was
up in the air.
The same is true at mills at Ashland and
at other points on Lake Superior of which
we have knowledge I should say that two
thirds Of the cut Of the coming season was
out of the manufacturers hands.
Almost every mill at the head of the
lakes is engaged to cut stock that has
been sold by the owners of the mill or is
cutting on contract by people that want
the lumber for their own use. The mills
In the interior on the ranges and else
w II.
Fall Lake Lumber company is sold out
and the st. Croix mill, at the same point
is not cutting for the market
There have been several sales this week.
It is expected that the entire cut of one
of the biggest firms in the logging BUSH
ness ON the north shore, whose product
this winter will be from 5000, 900 feet to
SO, 000,0 900 feet, will be closed out in a day
or two.
The John Schroeder Lumber company,
which is logging on the north shore Of
Lake Superior below Two Harbors, has
been investing in carrier pigeons and will
use. them for communicating between the
camps and the office of the company, thus
following the example set some three
years ago by the Red Cliff company of this
city.
syndicate of Americans is looking into
the extent Of white pine tributary to
Port Arthur, Ont, on the north shore,
with the view of acquiring large tract
of pine for saving at some Canadian
point, probably Port Arthur.
Mitchell & Mcclure are cleaning up
their operations at Barker, near Superior.
where they have, been logging since the
firm came to this end Of Lake Superior
They have taken an immense amount OF
timber of these lands and will now trans
fer their operations to other holdings, and
will also restrict them materially.
POWERS q simpson, VINO nave Deen
charged with having possession of lot
of moose hides and meat, at one of their
logging camps, are ready to fight the
state in the matter, and claim to be able
to prove that q conspiracy exists against
them, aud that the discovery OF the meat
was in furtherance of this conspiracy.
Although there has been very cold
weather the past few days, Lake Superior
is still open and boats are in constant
communication with the numbering points
along the shores. The season OF naviga-
ton has now lasted since late in February.
1901 a period Of almost twelve months.