i: HARDWOOD RECORD. 



TIMBER LANDS 



NN e oUer the tollowInK bargain* in Southern limber lands and saw mill.-*. 



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inllroinl In now runnini; lo Wntcrvllle, Jii^i 

 icriut-s till' river: the railroad Is bullilliiK 

 up al>out four to (Ire miles on same sUlo "f 

 the river, and then nenr Cold Spring Crick 

 they are to cross the river and will run 

 over this tract four or Ove miles: Ton- 

 nesser stnte line Is another boundary line : 

 price of this tract Is JTSii ; title Is gooil : 

 this Kill make good cattle ranch when tim- 

 ber Is taken off. F;!c 1. 



.\N ARKANSAS BARGAIN. 



Twenty-two thousand acres hardwood ni 

 J9. The following arc the estimates iii 

 millions: White oak. CO: red oak, 38; <;lin, 

 40: Cottonwood. 25: gum, 12: hickory. 15: 

 white ash. 10. with considerable cypress 

 and about 00 tics to the acre: title perfect : 

 averafie haul to shipping point, two miles : 

 no dreamers, but actual purchasers or their 

 responsible representative. File 15. 



Four thousand acres, more or less. In 

 Jackson County. Miss. The Louisville & 

 Nashville Railroad runs through the land : 

 dejKit Is on the property : 30 miles from 

 Mobile. 10 miles from Scranton. County 

 seat and only one mile from the Gulf. No 

 swamp. Small river on the northwest and 

 southeast corners. Land rolling. An Ideal 

 place for a winter and summer home, with 

 good nshing, plenty of oysters, lots of 

 game and a beautiful beach. Trice, $10,- 

 000. File Fox. 



Two hundred and forty thousand acres 

 in Catahoula Parish. La. : 30.000 acres 

 mixed long and short leaf yellow pine, 

 estimated to cut 8.000 feet to the acre. 

 and 210.000 acres of white and black oak. 

 gum. ash and hickory and some exception- 

 ally fine cypress along river and streams : 

 hardwood estimated to cut 4,000 feet to 

 the acre. Numerous rivers afford excel- 

 lent facilities for rafting. The land Is 

 rich for farming and will make a fine 

 colonization proposition after timber Is cut. 

 Also an elegant rice proposition, as the 

 lake can be used 'for reservoir. Thousands 

 of acres can l)e flooded by means of sluice 

 gates, saving expense of pumping. Trice. 

 $2.75 per acre. Terfect title. Flic W. R. 

 M. 



Six hundred and forty acres of hard- 

 wood, mostly white and red oak. In Dent 

 County. .Mo.; in solid body: land reason- 

 ably level, or so that a team and wagou 

 can be driven all over It ; eight miles east 

 of Salem, which Is nearest railroad st:i 

 tlon. Trice, $14. File 205. 



Forty thousand acres of hardwood In 

 western central Mississippi; will nr 

 10.000 feet to the acre; lies along a navl 

 gable stream and railroad has been snr 

 veyed through the land; excellent farming 

 land when cleared : It will run 50 per cent 

 white o.ik. 25 pir cent gum. The cniL^c-r 



who ratliniited the tract places It nt 12,.'><mi 



• Tt It) the acre aixl adds that the (luality 



. ixt-eptioniilly good and uniform, and be- 



lii'Vi« It 10 be the best tract of limber he 



ever saw. Trice, $8..M). File II. 



Forty three thoiiHaud acres In .Arkniisas. 

 lying on both sides of the While Itlver. aud 

 U ejillinated to cut 7,500 feet lo the acre. 

 The csilniute Is "S.OOO.ooo nnl gum, Oit,- 

 iiiMi.iMKi while iisb, 02,000,0110 red oak, 58.- 

 000,11011 cypress, 10,000,000 pecan, 5,ooo,ooo 

 peniimiuon. 5,000,000 ash, 8,000,000 elm, 

 5.1100,000 hackberry, 4,000,000 maple. 

 3,000.000 hickory, besides smaller aniouni» 

 of Cottonwood, sycamore, locust, cow oak 

 and tupelo gum, or n total of 315,000,000 

 feel lu nil lands ; after being cleared would 

 bring as much annually lu rent us is now 

 asked for both Umber and land. Trice, .f<! 

 per acre. Terfect title. File V. 



List your properties with the Southern 

 Land Company. 



We handle timber, coal and coloniza- 

 tion lands and want to hear from parties 

 Intcresled. Twenty thousand acres of coal 

 and timber lands In the Tocahonias district 

 of Virginia and 70,000 acres In the Jelllco 

 district of Tennessee. A bargain lu each. 



Eight hundred acres In I'alntsett County, 

 Arkansas; will cut 4,000 feet cottonwood, 

 4,000 feel gum, 2,000 feet oak, ask and 

 hickory to the acre : $12. The cottonwood 

 alone is worth the money. File W. 



Six thousand acres In Sunflower County, 

 Miss. ; price, $8.50. Will cut C.500 feet 

 of oak, ash, gum, hickory and cypress. We 

 can sell 1,000 acres or more of this tract 

 at above price. The land is worth the 

 money for farming purposes. File W. 



Here's where you find what you want. 

 On 30,000 acres in Eastern Teuuessce, for 

 $100,000, halt cash, balance on time, we 

 will furnish 12,000,000 feet while pine, 

 15,000,000 poplar, 13,000,000 hemlock, 

 5,000,000 yellow pine, 2,000,000 chestnut, 

 1,500,000 oak, 1,000,000 basswood, aud a 

 few other varieties. There is enough chest- 

 nut and oak to cut two cords of bark to 

 the acre, which brings $S per cord on a 

 214-cent rate to tannery, or $2 per cord In 

 the tree. Never on market before. Rail- 

 road runs right to It. Absolute and per- 

 fect title. Estimate made by a Wisconsin 

 man, who knows a tree when he sees it, 

 and buyers, not brokers, will be referred 

 direct to man on the grounds for verifica- 

 tion. First come first served. File 215. 



But why enumerate? Wc handle large 

 and small timber tracts in all parts of the 

 country. We also handle Southern farm 

 lands, old colonial estates. Improved farms 

 suitable for general farming and stock, as 

 well as unimproved lands, especially suited 

 for goats and sheep. We make a specialty 

 nf locating woodworking factories, saw 

 mills and kindred Industries. 



Being familiar with the South and its 

 many hdvantages and opportunities for in- 

 vestment, wc ask you to consult us. 



134 MONROE STREET, 



CHICAGO. 



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Ijiiim i>. . is nil ri-iiKiiii wtiy a Iiiii°iI\v<mk1 

 iiilll l.i . 1 nil iiiiiiiiil'iicliiriii^' oak liiiiilicf 

 alum-, slioiilil nut, wiili 'J.mNi hcivk lu sturt 

 « illi. niij fur Icii years. 



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I iiiihl ,.i..r:.t lie roiinil. Till' nIiU'h of the 

 loKH, iM'liig I III* lliKT i|iiiililicK, (.-oiilil Up 

 i'\|i<irl<'(| ill :i |irli-i> i>i|iitil to $'-'11 III ,V_"J lit 

 ilif mill, or siild lo till- intt'i'iiii- niarUi'lK nt 

 tills llijiiri-. Tlic i-t'iili-rs iif till" lii^s. wlili-h 

 arc imt so valiiablc, (-oiilil lii> sawn Into 

 liarilwiioil liiiilxT, KiK-li as is usimI In I ho 

 ri-pair nf iiirs, LoInK small Kiinaros from 

 il.xi! to r_'.vr_'. Those, in tlie ordinary grade 

 • if rougli sijiiare edge and siiniid, would 

 fi-teli :j:ii; I,, .SIT per thuiisaiul at the iiiill. 

 There are lar^e linns In this city of Henil- 

 inoiit that have dillleiilly in plaeiii^ their 

 orders fur oak lumber, and tlie writer has 

 no liesitaiH-y in saying that, if re<iulred. 

 Iiiinlier tirins in Beaumont could be found 

 wlio would gladly contract for the entire 

 output of the mill. It is estiinatetl that 

 the cost of manufacturing oak lumber 

 from stnniii to far is about .<Ul.."i<t lo $12 

 licr tliinisaiid feet, according to expense of 

 logging. 



The facts .a;iven in this article as to 

 prices of timber land and prices of oak 

 lumber are secured from men who know, 

 and who are buying and selling both oak 

 lands :iiid oak, lumber, and can be de- 

 pended upon. 



SOUTHERN LAND CO., 



J. F. Olsen, Formerly Agent for the Land and Industrial Department 

 for the Southern and the Mobile and Ohio Railways, Manager. 



Dealers in Southern Timber, Mineral and Farming Lands. 



Till- Iiitcinational Mahogany & Trading 

 t'onipany of IMttsburg. l*a., cut 7lK) tons 

 of mahogany on the Schindler tract in 

 New -Nlexico since .Tune 1. Krom the pres- 

 ent outlook the total output of the com- 

 pany for this year will be close to 5.000 

 tons. The wood is all cut by the native 

 Indiiins. who are paid .$7 a ton, or 4.S0 

 board feet, for cutting and hewing it. 

 The logs are then floated down to Mar- 

 guerite, and from there rafted down to 

 the company's station at Frontero. R. D. 

 McGonugle, secretary of the company, has 

 just returned from an extended trip 

 tlirough the company's possessions. liKi,- 

 (IW acres, and lias closed the deals for 

 most of this property. In a few months 

 the company will begin to bleed the rub- 

 ber trees extensively. On the land there 

 are also hundreds of chlckle trees which 

 will be bled to furnish the basis of gnm 

 which can be sold in New York readily. 

 The rebuilding of the railroad across the 

 isthnnis of Teluiantepec, 200 miles, is re- 

 (jniring a large amount of bridge timber 

 and tics. 



.T. W. Stitler has begun the work of re- 

 building his large lumber shetl, which was 

 recently destroyed by flames. The new 

 shed will have a capacity of 4fK).(K)0 feet 

 and will be equipped with a firejiroof roof. 



WANTEO-SAWINC CONTRACT 



By lumberman of long experience, from stump 

 or on share. Large tract. Address 



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