The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-10
MICHIGAN
A SMALL CEDAR CUT
Many Jobbers in the Peninsula Will
Have Nothing to Do the Com
81 ing Season.
Cold Weather Sets In and the
Ground Is Improving for Log
ging Operations.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Calumet, Mich, Nov. 10.--Cold weather
seems to have set in at last and the ground
is hardening. Reports from various points
indicate that good progress is being made
with logging operations. The work near.
Whitefish Point will be on a good scale
this season. Probably the best timber
tracts remaining in the peninsula are In
Chippewa county. Many concerns have
logging camps established there. Labor
is plentiful in the Georgian Bay district
Weather conditions in that section have
not been so favorable the last few weeks
and slow progress has been made. The
cut Will probably be less than one-half
what 1t was last year 4
{ The cedar cut in the upper peninsula,
this winter will be much smaller than last
year The difference will have its effect
on the small jobbers all over the northern
country. A year ago they were all busy
getting out cedar stock, but this season
many will have nothing to do.
Saving the Small Stuff.
rms appears to be a year of small tim
per with the lumbermen, and every thing
in the timber line, no matter how small, is
pelng utilized In some manner or other.
one concern is having some poles put in
Which are less than three inches thru.
These will be cut and used for box stocks.
All the jack pine is also being cut and
manufactured into box lumber
Eugene Houte has established camps
near Nathan, in Menominee county. The
Marinette Lumber company has crew Of
men at work in its camps near Dunbar,
on Armstrong creek. The company owns
enough timber in that vicinity to keep a
large crew Of men busy for two years.
The SilverthOrn Lumber company will
not operate in the woods near Champion
this winter, having cleaned up it's holdings
there last winter. Mcintosh Bros, the Mil
waukee railroad contractors, have about
completed work on the extension of the
Chicago & North Western railroad from
Beaver to a point ten miles west. The
line penetrates a good lumber region.
Brown Bros. will cut some timber in On
tonagon county. The logs will be RATED
next spring to a point near Michigamme,
where they will be loaded on cars and
taken to the mill at Rhinelander, Wis,
over the Milwaukee road.
Supplies for Chemical Plant. #
The, Mashek Chemical & Iron company
OF Wells has large crew Of men at work
in the woods cutting cordwood for its
chemical plant. The cordwood sawmill is
completed except for the installation OF
some machinery. This is the only cord
at Cadillac. It will have a, capacity OF
|seventy-five cords of wood daily.
James Norton, a lumberman of Even
will cut 100000 feet of pine in Ontona-
gon county for the Ontonagon Lumber &
Cedar company. The Engadine Lumber
company of Engadine has been incorporat.
ed with a capital of $4,000. The Marin
cite Lumber company has closed deal fol
the purchase of the Zech sawmill anG
lands at Crivitz from the German Elk
change hank of Chiffon. The considera,
ton is said to- be over $160, 000.. The pur.
chasers will rebuild the mill and make
many changes, which will mean much II
an Industrial way for Crivitz.
D. A. Hapeman's single mill at Sidnaw
which has been idle%for two months, will
F start this week. 1t is expected that enough
shingle blocks will be secured to keep the
mill in operation all the winter. The op.
Grafton of the mill means much for thu
little village Of Sidnaw. The hester Lum
Der company will close down it's Barags
sawmill Nov. rs. The season cut will b,
90, O00, 900 feet