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THE HARDWOOD REvCORD 



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LUMBER AND 

 POSTS 



Cadillac, - Mich. 



Hardwood dimension 

 stock a specialty 



THE 



Crittemefl Loier Co. 



MANUFACTURERS 



Oak, Ash, 

 Cypress 

 and Gum 



MILLS: 

 BARLE. ARK. 



OFFICE : 

 J36-337 Scimitar Bulldinc. 



MEMPHIS, TENN. 



MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 

 LUMBER CO., 



MAIN OFFICBS. 



LINCOLN TRUST BLDO., SAINT LOUIS. 



rrancueb: 



Cairo, III., Caruthersvllle, Mo. 



and Memphis, Tenn. 



Cash buyers^ol Cypress, Cottonwood, flum and 

 Oak and solicit Inquiries Irom the con- 

 suming trade for the ;IoIIowIok : 



COTTONWOOD: 



2,000,000 feet linch, log run or on grade. 



GUM: 



2,600,000 feet l-iuch No. 2 and shipping cull. 

 500,000 " 1 and li< inch furniture common. 

 390,000 •■ 1, IM and ly. Inch sapclear. 



OAK: 



660,000 feet 1, 1!4 andl2 inch Red and White 

 plain and quarter sawed Ists and 2nd3, No. 1 

 and No. 2 common. 



cellent c«ncern — the Defiance Maeiiine 

 Works, to place their goods before you. 

 They make machinery for utilizing wfiat 

 might otherwise go to waste. They have 

 got machines advertised in their page ad- 

 vertisement for malting hubs and felloes, 

 double surface planer, automatic hoop cut- 

 ter, machines for making neck yokes, hoe 

 handles, broom handles and everything 

 under the sun. And they, like all the rest 

 of them, would be glad to furnisii you a 

 catalogue on application, giving full in- 

 formation as to how to set up and run their 

 machines, and it is mighty interesting. 



All these concerns are good and reliable 

 concerns, and only ask to be permitted to 

 be of use to you. You are mighty fortunate 

 to have so many good men catering to your 

 wants and about five cents invested in 

 postal cards will secure you enough litera- 

 ture on saw mill and kindred industries to 

 furnish you a winter's reading, and you 

 will see where you can save and make 

 enough money to make you rich. All yo^i 

 want is a little timber to work up. 



And then I came home to vote. 



IN BRITISH HONDXTRAS. 



The little city of Belize, British Hond'it- 

 ras, was all excitement on the morning of 

 October 10 over the arrival from the states 

 of a wonderful little craft in the shape 

 of a gasoline launch, sent there by tbe 

 C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company of Louisville. 



heett especially (fesigned by the engineer 

 of tlie C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company in 

 order to meet the conditions of the Belize 

 River, which is so shallow in places that 

 heretofore no boat, with the exception of 

 the pitpans, has ever been constructed of 

 little enough draft to navigate its waters. 



These pitpans are rather cumbersome 

 dugouts, made from cedar logs, varying in 

 length from 40 to 60 feet and propelled by 

 the natives with poles and oara All the 

 freight and all the mail has had to be car- 

 ried on these pitpans. requiring from eight 

 to ten days to go from Belize to Bl Cayo, 

 a distance which this launch, the "Clar- 

 ence Mengel, Jr.," can cover in a day. 



On the 18th of October the launch 

 started off on its maiden trip to El Cayo. 

 On board were W. V. Shepardson. branch 

 manager of the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Com- 

 pany, the city officials, and several other 

 distinguished citizens of Belize, and last, 

 but not least, the British mail. Captain 

 Hewlett was in charge of the engine, and 

 Simon Smith, an old pitpan captain, thor- 

 oughly familiar with the waters of the 

 river, was at the helm. With flags flying. 

 the launch started off at full speed, while 

 the crowds on both sides of the river 

 waved their hands and cheered. And well 

 may they cheer, for does not the success 

 of this boat foreshadow better things for 

 British Honduras? Easy communication 

 will put the interior of the colony in touch 



COMING DOWN THE BELIZE RIVER. 



Ky., to be used in carrying dispatches and 

 supplies in their mahogany camp, situated 

 at El Cayo, 105 miles north, on the Belize 

 River. 



A boat of this description had never 

 been seen In the colony before. It was 40 

 feet over all, 8 feet beam, propelled by a 

 4-cylinder, 2-cycle vertical engine of 40 

 horsepower, and drawing only 10 inches of 

 •water, with a speed of 10 miles per hour. 

 It was of peculiar construction, having 



with the civilization of the world. Thus 

 does education and all forms of progress 

 follow in the wake of commerce. 



The C. T. Nelson Company of Colum- 

 bus, O., are erecting a band mill on a 

 tract of hardwood timber near Woodrow, 

 W. Va. They will have about 5,000,000 

 feet of lumber to manufacture at that 

 point, including poplar, oak, ash. basswood 

 and maple. 



