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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



W. A. RUST, Pruldnt. 



P. R. GILCHRIST, Vlce-Pre»t 



W. E. SMITH, Sec'y and TrMS. 



Three States Lumber Co. 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



COnONWOOD AND CUM 



MISSOURI ARKANSAS TENNESSEE. 



OFFICE AND YARDS: CAIRO, ILLINOIS. 



GET OUR PRICES. TRY OUR LUMBER. WE SHIP ROUGH, DRESSED, RESAWED. 



COTTON WOOD-CUM 



I THE R.ECOGN1ZED AUTHORITY 



ON LUMBER. 

 CREDITS IS THE 



RED BOOK 



ALL WHO VSE IT 

 TESTIFY TO THIS. 



* It furnishes you the names and financial standing of concerns engaged in 

 I the lumber industry and the allied trades. Write for terms. Thoroughly 



* organized collection department in connection. Claims collected anywhere. 



I Lumbermen's Credit Association 



I 911 TACOMA BUILDING. CHICAGO. 



^ Mention this paper. 



NEW HOTEL, FRENCH LICK SPRINGS— Up to date in every particular. All outside 

 rooms. Go and drink from Pluto's spring. Two trains daily, via Monon Route 



City Ticket Office, 232 Clarlc Street, Chicago. 



YpU ARE 

 AVSLEEP 



TT«tl£iee yC" recognize ihe fact that in this era of 

 UniCbb clSse competition LOCATION and freight 

 raies arc ihc principal factori. in the KlUng Uld diilrib* 

 uting of your products^ 



TAelndiank, Illinois 

 <^IowaR.R. 



hu iu own raiU from the Mississippi River to Ltk« 

 Michigan, and intersects every railroad entering Chicago. 



IF you were located on its line ircould save you mopcy. 



Vo iwitchlog chju^t. 



No teeming expense. 



From one to five dayi' time 

 ured in the receiving and 

 shipping of your products. 



This Is worth looking into. 

 Your increased business 

 meam more earnings for 

 the Railroad Company. 



Tour Interests sud our* 

 become mutiuL 



Some desirable tnanu- 

 facturiag sites can be had 

 free of cost lo you. 



Write or call for 

 further particulars. 



The Indiana 

 Illinois & 

 Iowa R. R. 



S73 The Rookery 



CUcago, Illisoit 



U.S.A. 



Hardwood 



^ Timber 



of a better quality 

 and in greater 

 quanity is found 

 along ttie line 

 of the 



Southern 

 Railway 



than in anv other section of the South. We so- 

 licit the a'ttentlon of anyone who is interested 

 or desirous of finding locations for saw mills or 

 wood working factories of any description. V\ e 

 will furnish reliable information regarding 

 available locations, together with other inter- 

 esting data, free upon application. In many 

 cases we can arrange for additional capital to 

 carry forward important enterprises to a suc- 

 ce9^ful Issue. Write us for information. All 

 correspondence confidential. 



Have you seen 



"The Southern Field," 



a journal containing much information regard- 

 ing business openings and opportunities along 

 our line ? Write tor a copy. 



Address 



M. V. RICHARDS, 



Land and Industrial Agent, 



Waohington, O. C. 



or 



J. P. OLSEN, Agent. 

 Land and Industrial Dept., 

 22S Dearborn St., Chicago. 



