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The Mail Bag 



Any reader .f HARDWOOD RECORD desiring tt communlcaU 

 with any of the rnqulrers listed In this section can have the ad- 

 dresses on written request to the Mall Bag Department, HARD- 

 WOOD RECORD, 537 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, and referrlnf 

 to the number at the head of each letter and enclosing a self- 

 addressed stamped envelope. 



B 575 — Seeks Source of Supply Built-Up Ked Gum Table Tops 



Capo iMrardi'au. Mo.. Oct. :!. — EiUii>i- IHkhwood Kecoiid : One of our 

 customers is anxious to form a connection with some reliable manufac- 

 turers of built-up red gum table tops. Can you locate a reliable source 

 of supply for tbis class of material? Lumber Company. 



The writer of the above letter has been supplied with a brief list 

 of manufacturers of red gum tops. Any others interested in the 

 inquiry can have the address on application. — Editor. 



B 576 — Seeks Location for Hub Plant 



Tidioule. I'a., Sept. iO. — l-:(iitor ILiiinwi.iuti liEcoui) : Do you know 

 •of a good location whore (hero is plenly of good birch suitable for 

 making wagon hubs '/ . 



A general range of territory for the location of hub works with 

 au ample source of supply of birch has been given in answer to the 

 above letter. Any otlier.s interested can have the address on applica- 

 tion. — Editor. 



B 577 — Seeks Hickory Squares 



Xauiiatuck. Conn.. Sept. 2^t. — Kditor H.\UL>^\■l,^oD Record ; I am in the 

 market for some No. 1 liickory sqiuires 2x2x50". I could also use the 

 same len,glh and thickness, running any width, providing it was entirely 

 clear of knots. Could you put me in touch with some reliable concerns 

 which would care to consider my trade? . 



The writer of the above letter has been supplied with a brief list 

 ,of hickory dimension producers. Any others interested in the inquiry 

 can have the address on application. — Editor. 



B 578 — Seeks Three-ply Maple Drawer Bottom Stock 

 Grand Haven, Mich.. .Sept. 27. — Editoi' Hardwood Uecord : Kindly 

 furnish us with a list of manufacturers of Vi" three-ply maple veneer 



drawer bottom stock. Company. 



_ The writer of the above letter has been supplied with a brief list 

 ■of maiiufacturers of the material noted. Any others interested in the 

 inquiry cau have tlie address on application. — Editor. 



B 579 — Thinks Cypress Knees Suitable for Artificial Limb 

 Froduction 

 Kairview. Ark., Sept. 30. — Editor Hardwood Record : Can you give 

 me the address of some company manufacturing artificial limbs? I am 

 Informed that they use c.vpress knees for this purpose 



It is the opinion of the editor that some one is "stringing" the 

 writer of the above letter. He has been supplied with a list of arti- 

 ficial limb manufacturers, and has been further advised that the usual 

 material employed for this purpose is willow, and there is not the 

 remotest chance that e3-press knees would be available. — Editor. 



B 580 — Wants to Market Oak Core Stock 



Charleston. Jli.ss.. Oct. 1. — Editor Hardwood Record; We shall ap- 

 preciate it if you will send i>s names of veneer panel manufacturers, as 

 vvc wish to dispose of some oak core stock which is very desirable for 

 veneering purposes. Lcmber Company. 



The writer of this letter has been supplied with a list of panel manu- 

 facturers. Any others interested can have the address on application. 

 — Editor. 



B 581 — Seeks Lumber for Enameled Handles 



Philadelphia. Pa.. Sept. S. — Editor Hardwood Record-. I am opening 

 a factory for the manufacture of enameled wood handles and specialties. 

 and will buy my lumber in carload lots. I would appreciate it very 

 much if you will furnish me with a list of a few firms who manufacture 

 wood dowels, birch or hard mapl.'. and also names of firms who cut 

 birch, mapio and ash to dimonsiim sizes from % to 2^4 inches square. 

 AVill buy both the square and dowels in car lots. 



The above inquirer has been furnished a small list of manufac- 

 .turers of the stock he desires. Any others interested in this inquiry 

 may have the address on application. — Editor. 



B582 — Wants Sycamore 

 Lancaster. O., Oct. 7. — Editor Haki'W.iod Record: We are in the mar- 

 "ket for lOO.dOO foot 4, 4 log i-un and .jO.OOO feet 5/4 log run. cut to order 

 if necessary, quartered sycamore, loartod log run. Want prices in grades 

 •delivered on Detroit, Mich., rate. 



Statement of Ownership and Management 



Agreeable to the act of Congress of Aug. 24, 1912. requiring publishers 

 of periodicals to file with the postmaster general and the postmaster in 

 the office at which such publication is entered, a sworn statement setting 

 forth the names and postofflcj addresses of editors and managing editor, 

 publisher, business manager and owner, and in addition the stockholders, 

 if the I'Ublication be owned by a corporation, and also the names of known 

 bondholdcis. mortgagees, or other security holders, and that such sworn 

 statemeut shall Ix published in such newspaper or other publication, the 

 following sworn slalcment is herewith printed : 



Hardwood Record is published twice a month at Chicago. 111. 



The names and postolflce addresses of the editors are as follows : 



Henry H. Gibson, editor and business manager, 5229 Greenwood avenue, 

 Chicago. 111. 



Hu Maxwell, 927 .\sbury avenue. Evanston. 111., associate editor. 



E. W. Meeker, 926 Airdrie place, Chicago, 111., associate editor. 



Publisher : The Hardwood Company. 537 South Dearborn street, Chicago. 

 111., the ofiicors of which are Henry H. Gibson, president : E. H. Defe- 

 baugh. vice-president. 



Stockholders holding one per cent or more of total amount of stock 

 are Henry H. Gibson and E. H. Defeuaugh. 



There are no known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders 

 holding any bonds, mortgages or other securities of this company. 



(Signed) Henry H. Gibson. 



Editor and Business Manager. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this sixteenth day of .September, 

 1913. J. S. Pennington, 



Notary I'ublic. 



M.v commission expires October 24, 1916. 



Comments on "American Forest Trees" 

 The following letter has been received from H. S. Graves, of the U. S. 

 Forest Service. Washington. D. C. : 



September 8, 1913. 

 Mr. H. H. Gibson. 



Editor Hardwood Record, 

 Chicago. 111. 

 Dear Sir : 



I have to acknowledge with my cordial thanks the receipt of your note 

 of September 3 and also a cop.v of your recently issued book. "American 

 Forest Trees." which is a handsomely made volume. For want of time 

 now I have been able to look only hastily through its pages, but later I 

 shall hope to L^ivo myself the oloasuro and profit of a more careful read- 

 ing. I am much impressed with the fact that you have produced a dis- 

 tinctly new kind of book, which combines enough of botanical classification 

 to keep the reader straight as to species, etc.. together with a very large 

 amount of just the sort of information about iinportant trees that the 

 great mass of practical readers are likely to want. Your book is especially 

 attractive in its simple and direct discussion alike of every-da.v and scieii- 

 iific facts. The selection of representative species, to each of which due 

 prominence is given by most excellent photographic illustrations, are the 

 ones the public knows something about, and, for this reason, will, I am 

 sure, welcome your fuller accounts. 



Very truly yours. 



H. S. Graves. Forester. 



"Timber News." London. England, in its issue of September 24, pub- 

 lished the following comment on American Forest Trees: 



We have had sent to us for review a splendid 700-page illustrated work 

 with the above title, which has been compiled by Mr. H. H. Gibson, edi- 

 tor of the Hardwood Record, Chicago, the leading American trade 

 journal in its line. Mr. Gibson, it would appear, has also received con- 

 siderable assistance in his labors from Mr. Hu ilaxwell, a well-known 

 expert in the utilization of American timbers. Of course, to give anything 

 like a detailed account of a book running to 700 pages is. in these col- 

 umns, an impossibility, but from a careful study of certain timbers which 

 come well within our own knowledge we have no hesitation in saying that 

 the work is the loading authority "of its kind, and it is of so practical a 

 nature that it ought no"^t to bo neglected by anyone interested in .\merican 

 forest tree growth or the resultant lumber production. It treats intimately 

 the forest growth of the States, and lays special emphasis upon those 

 trees and upon the form of lumber which have attained commercial value 

 both in the home and foreign market. Each specialty is treated in a 

 special illustrated article, and under its familiar common titli\ as well 

 as under its botanic name. The illustrations are beautifully done, and in 

 every case show the tree itself and in all its majesty as it stands in its 

 native woods. We are told that the book is the result of twenty-five 

 years" labor on the author's part, and we can well believe that this is so. 

 seeing that it deals comprehensivel.v with no less than 1,172 distinct 

 types of trees. The whole is a most valuable reference work for timber- 

 rnen not onlv in the States but on this side, and will make a substantial 

 addition to any well-ordered lihrar.v. The price of the work is six dollars 

 (£1 OS.), and in our view it is more than worth the money. It is the 

 most coniprehensivc publication on .Vmerican woods which has ever been 

 brought to our notice, and, apart from its commercial use. it is interest- 

 ing, insomuch as it deals with timbers concerning which little or no public 

 knowledge has ever before been afforded, and. in tact, of whose peculiari- 

 ties and uses but few of us have ever heard. We cordially commend the 

 work to our readers. 



The "New- Orleans Lumber Trade Journal" says : 



One of the most notable contributions to forest literature is "American 

 Forest Trees," bv H. H. Gibson, editor The Hardwood Record. The 

 l)ook contains a fiind of valuable information concerning over 500 species 

 of commercial woods of .North America, the data having been collected 

 by Mr. Gibson for a period covering over one-quarter of a century. The 

 w'ork has been most ably edited by Hu Maxwell, formerly editor and wood 

 utilization expert of the United States Forest Service, and deserves a 

 prominent place in the library of every one interested in lumbering, wood 

 utilization, or in fact, any phase of the broad subject of forestry. The 

 book gives a most readable and non-technical description of the various 

 species as well as excellent photographs and drawings of the individual 

 trees, their flowers, fruit and foliage. Every region of the country is 

 included and no valuable tree is omitted. The book is well printed on 

 good paper and strongly bound in leather and cloth. 



Being compiled and I'dltod bv Hu Maxwell the information presented is 

 not only assured of being authentic and reliable, but of being written in 

 a way that makes its reading a pleasure instead of a "grind," 



