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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Would Dispose of Ties. 



SlKKsTdN. Mo.. Hit. .'ill. — lOdllDr ll.Miiiwoup 

 liKioiji) : Can yon fiirnlsli nic thi' iiaiiii' anil ad- 

 (licss of imrtics who mo iMiylns; liaidwuod ties for 

 Irontlntry I liavo a mill and plenty of timlier 

 and enn make piotnpl diliveiy. Some ai'e belnK 

 sawed near here, hiii I eannol tlnil out wliuiii 

 they are for.— II. C. II. 



.\n.vonc wlio ean give this inforiiiatioii, or 

 wishes to get into oominunieation witli aliove 

 eorresponcleiit, may have his t'lill aildrcss on 

 applieatioii. — KurroR. 



A Rival Poet. 

 Van IJ. Perrine ot l'"oit Wayne, Ind.. whose 

 jioetieal creations are well known to rcailcrs 

 of the Hakdwoou Kkcoiu). will have to look 

 to his laurels in future. Another luniherinan 

 poet, who has hitherto kept his light liiil 

 under a bushel, has eoine to the front! Apro- 

 pos of the verses by Mr. Perrine and his 

 ilaughter. which appeared in the last issue, the 

 eilitor is in receipt of the following coiniiuiui- 

 cation from the solou of the New flngland 

 hardwood trade: 



K.vsT Cv.MniiiixiK. M.vss.. Dec. 'Ml. — Kditor 

 II.VKDWooD Uk'iiuii: Below you will find sonic 

 alleged poetry that I have dedicated to Mr. Van 

 IVrrine and Ins poet dauRhter. Have sent a 

 ivpy to him. Would like your valuable opinion 

 on this matter, and it not favorably, consign it 

 to the waste basket. .\ Happy New Year to 

 yon. — .Toiix .M. Woods. 



.\N .\HPREC1.A.T10N. 



( Ucs])eetfully ihMlicated to Mr. Van It. I'eriine 

 and daughter, with the humblest apologies of 

 the author.) 



Hear friend. Mr. Van B. I'errine. 



Vour datighter (tf i>oets is surely the (piren. 



.^mall wonder indeed that she makes your heart 



g'.ad 

 When at tuniini; I'ul pen-try she's skun her good 



dad. 



Some say that all jmets are luu-n and not made. 

 There's surely Iml two in the old hunlier trade. 

 I'll name them right now— Miss I'erriue and 



her I'a — 

 Van is real g 1. Imt Miss is the star. 



So here's to fair maid and poetical Dad: 

 The verses of lioth surely make the heart glad. 

 Should the writer attempt an ode to a cat 

 r.ootjacks would lly. and the word wmild be 

 "s(-at." 



So I'll turn my attention to good .Mr. Van. 



Who. is surely the nicest kind of a man. 



To some it sei-ms strange how a man can saw 



wood 

 .\iicl still hi.l.l a ■.lace in the ranks of thi- goml. 



lint truth must he told, whomever it hits. 

 And the garment put on the man that it tils. 

 The Iloosier that trios now to make ones anil 



twos, 

 If he's not a strong head, it will drive him (o 



hoo/.o. 



With knots and the shakes, sap and the bark. 

 .Vnd wi>rse than all else, the keen lumber shark : 

 With sawmill broke down, and tlie roads all 



deep mud. 

 And the tmly thing working, the o.\ with his 



end. 



When it's raining like guns, and they all want 



it dry. 

 It you only could stop up that hole in the sky. 

 And make it all long — we can't use the short — 

 You feci that you have a good actiiui of tort. 



And then the slow note, and can't you renew'; 

 The bank tightens up. and then you are blue: 



You would like to get hold of tin- man from Ihe 



Kast. 

 ,7iist roast him right good, and feed him lo 



beast. 



In old Indiana I lirst learned the trade. 



>\'lien big logs were plenty, and good lumtier 



made • 

 When ctills wi-i'e burnt up. and not called 



"select" — 

 It'.s a wise gtiy now that a "one" can detect. 



r.ul still I am glad I know the old stati' 



-Viul the men that have made her both mlgliiy 



and great. 

 Ilei- lumber is good, but ln'tlcr her stais — 

 We wi'igh lliem by charai'ter. iiol by Ihi' Ions. 



So here's to the firm and the family, too. 

 A Happy New Y'car to each one of you I 

 May health be all good, and balances right. 

 Gr-.>at i)lenty to eat. no paper to kite : 



The yard full of logs, .good lumber on sti<-k. 

 e'ustomors plenty, that don't make a kick : 

 The whole gang a-working. money in bank. 

 ( )ne .good friend sure, John M.. the Yank. 



This sloi-y is told from the land of baked beans. 

 I!y an old lumberman who says what he means. 

 Heals squarely by men who have the right ring. 

 Thin'Ks not for a moment that he's the whole 

 thing. 



.Man has to make lumber .iust as it grows: 

 .-\s rain falls in summer, in winter it snows. 

 Xo tree ever grow without heart, bark or sap — 

 The man that don't know it is only a yap. 



ir there only was market for lo-ait. hark and 



dust. 

 .\nd mill could stand still and not i-over with 



rust I 

 If horses, like snakes, could live on the air. 

 .\nd men seek their paws as in winter does bear '. 



Hut the dust and the bark must all go for 



naught. 

 .\nd any old mill will quick rust and rot ; 

 And horses and oxen must have their corn. 

 .\nd men their full pay as sure as you're born. 



Sure the men in the West and the men in the 



lOast 

 Soini-times have tbeii- famine as well as thi-ir 



feast. 

 If you think that a mill brings yon nothing but 



pelf, 

 .lust Iju)' out a sawmill and run il yourself. 



iv.- been at Ijoth ends, and I am no gump. 



The man has his troubles thai lakes it from 

 stump. 



Some say there are millions — tell that to ma- 

 rine — 



Ini glad and eontented to buy from IVrrine-. 



We .-an't all be poets like Miss. Van and I. 

 r.ul can do some stunt — at least we can try: 

 It's a good time to live, keep on sawing wood: 

 You may not be wealthy, but all can be good. 



Ch.-ei- up. Mr. Lumberman, good times are ceun- 



ing. 

 r.umpor crops, plenty mon, sawmills a-humming : 

 (let on a broad grin, push through your pate. 

 Good lumber'll be wanted in one nine ti eight. 



The moral is this : I-et each take his stand. 

 For righteousness only exalteth our land : 

 The product we handle tomes from the sod. 

 W.-re i-bildren all of a just, loving (iod. 



exist. e.xcept In favored localities. Nor w<«ild 

 any of a myriad of .)ther labor-saving machines 

 be available. It Is the steam engine. lly lis 

 use a few men accomplish what would otherwise 

 rii|ulre a small army. 



Take the modern sawmill, for inslatice. with 

 its haul-up. Its bands and circulars. Its carriages, 

 Ms odger, Its trimmer. Its slab-slasher, Its resaw, 

 its conveyors, etc.. and barring the exce|>tloual 

 instances where water power Is available, what 

 would it accomplish without Its steam engine '; 

 How long would It take the same crew of men 

 to out the same amount of lumber so perfectly 

 wilh nothing but hand tools from beginning to 

 end'.' Thoughts like these Inspire one wiili 

 resiiect for the steam i-ngine. and lead to a 

 proper ap|U'eelatlon of the Immensely Important 

 part it i)lays in the industrial world of today. 



Since the steam engine Is so essential a part 

 of the equipment of a sawmill, as of other fac- 

 tories. hi>w neeessji.ry it is that the boiler shall 

 fiirnisli a liberal supply of the fluid that en- 

 nl-los the rest of the eipilpment to perform Its 

 appointed work — steam. Vet it is a chronlc 

 slate with some mills to lack steam and tr) have 

 everything lag in conseipieiu-e. Singularly 

 enough, those resptmsible f'lr their nmnagement 

 seemingly fail to realize that tliey could just 

 as well cut say 10 per cent more lumber with- 

 out adding another name to their pay roll. 



All that Is reepiired is to promote combustion, 

 which can be done by installing the (lordon Hol- 

 low Blast (irate. This grate burns wet or 

 gieon slabs readily, but Is particularly valuable 

 where wet or green sawdust constitutes the fuel. 

 .\s is well known, the tendency of such saw- 

 dust, especially if it be Ihe product ot a band- 

 saw, is to settle so compactly on the grate as 

 to prevent the air from fort-ing its way through, 

 where natural draft is depended upon. With the 

 (Jordon Hollow Blast Grate the air is introduced 

 viiuh'r sufficient pressure to prevent this and 

 ktep the sawdust loose, and the air and the fuel 

 are intermingled everywhere, the result being 

 th.at the sawdust burns freely and perfectly. 



I'sers report an Increase of fi-om 2,"t to ."((t 

 per cent in tlie effective steaming capacity of a 

 iK.iler following the installation of this system. 

 .\n additional advantage is the fact that it 

 nuikes the user entirely independent of weather 

 conditions, giving him the same control over his 

 fire that he would have if he were burning gas. 

 .■\ still further inducement is its wonderful dur.-i- 

 liility. which is so great as to make it far min'o 

 eeoneunieal in the long run than any draft grate 

 ever devised. 



Tlie Gordon Hollow Blast Grale is equaily 

 adapted for furnaces or ovens, and for any num- 

 ber from one up. No change in const nu-I ion is 

 necessary. 



As the appliance is sold on approval, subject 

 lo thirty days' trial, the nianufactuiers paying 

 the freight both ways if the output is rejected, 

 operators who are short of steam, or who are 

 tillable to burn their sawdust or other mill 

 refuse satisfactorily, would doubtless find it 

 to their advantage to write for full particulars 

 to the (Jordon Hollow Blast Grate Company, 

 Greenville, Mich., who. by Ihe way. also manu- 

 facture the well known Tiewei line of edgers and 

 trimmers. 



The Age of Steam. 



The printing press, the locomotive. Ilu' steam- 

 ship, the electric car — all arc wonderful Inven 

 tions. They have contributed much to the intel- 

 lectual growth and material prosperity of the 

 world. But there is one invention greater than 

 them all. because without it none of these could 



Ne'w Kentucky Corporation. 



.Vrticles of incorporation were taken out at 

 I'rankfort. Ky.. on Iiecember 1,S for the Uich- 

 land I'arish Lumber Company, with a capital 

 stock ot .f4I.Mi. 0(1(1. the incorporators being C. C. 

 .Mengel. C. K. Mengel and Arthur L. Musselman. 



The company will take over approximately 

 ]:?,(i(J(i acres of land in Kichland Parish, near 

 Itayville, La., now owned by C. C. Mengel & 

 Brother Company, and is authorized to carry on 

 and conduct timber and lumber camps, saw- 

 mills, etc. 



