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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 25, 1919 



This is the orig- 

 inal machine. Pat. 

 Dec. 21, 1915. They 

 have been in use 

 over four years 

 and are past the 

 experimental stage. 

 The only proven 

 practical machine 

 of its kind on the 

 market. 



These machinei 

 are designed for 

 CUTTING WOOD 

 of any kind in any 

 place under any 

 conditions to be 

 found in the lum- 

 ber and wood 

 camps, in any kind 

 of weather. 

 These machines 

 have been in use 

 for over four years. 



Vaughan 



PORTABLE 

 GASOLINE 



Drag Saw 



Can Be Used with Profit in Cutting Any Kind of Round Wood 



Price $175.00 f. o. b. Memphis, Extra Blades $2.05 per foot, f. o. b. Memphis 



With more than nine thousand machines in actual use and a demand which taxes the 

 capacity of the works, we advise that you send in your orders promptly. Fuel will be 

 scarce. These saws are excellent for getting out wood. Farmers, mill men, stave and 

 spoke and handle manufacturers are finding them absolutely essential. 



CHICKASAW COOPERAGE CO. 



E. C. ATKINS & COMPANY 



General DistributUig Agents 

 Memphis, Tenn. 

 Atlanta, Ga. New Orleans, La. 



GENERAL SELLING AGENTS 



MEMPHIS. TENN. 



J. C. PENNOYER CO. 



Sellin? AeentH, 326 La SaU» Street, Cbicago 



Exchange Bldgr, Memphis, Tenn. 



Gassaway, W. Va. 



Notes from Washington 



Last week was a haven of lumbermen who have contracts with Uncle 

 Sam, as Dick Humphrey of the Cemetit World was holding conferences in 

 behalf of what is left of the material section of the war board, with 

 lumbermen who were called in conference to make such arrangements as 

 practicable with the various lumber manufacturers who desire to see 

 that the 400,000,000 feet sold to the government, and not settled for, is 

 not dumped on the market where it could not be assimilated without 

 demoralization. 



As an instance, there was about 200,000,000 feet of Florida and 

 Georgia pine of 4/4 and 8/4, which was put in the hands of Lou Phillips 

 of Georgia and New York to be marketed. Most of this stock will lit 

 in box and other manufacturing lines, and if not handled directly, it will 

 raise "Billy Kane" with the market, because the box men have a good 

 supply on hand, with light business. 



John H. Kirby, president of the National Lumber Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation, did not demur to the turnover, because of the seeming desire 

 of the material division of the bureau of aircraft and the whole na- 

 tional division at Washington. 



The walnut war board held conferences and agreed with the aircraft 

 board that the walnut men would submit a proposition to the- govern- 

 ment to turn over the stock of logs, lumber, etc., to the government to be 

 marketed, and to assist in marketing it, making such a proposition as 

 would bring about a settlement for lumber bought but not delivered to 

 the government or paid for. 



Charles Goodman, Marinette, Wis., president of the National Hardwood 

 Lumi>er Association, with over 1,000 members, has made satisfactory 

 arrangements for marketing the 0,000,000 or 7,000,000 feet of northern 

 hardwoods in the government's hands. 



The birch plywood and veener men of Wisconsin and other sections 

 were represented before the material section. Mr. Lemke of Wausau, W. 

 H. Roddis of Marshfield, and Charles Allen of Memphis, Tenn., made sat- 

 isfactory arrangements for the manufacturers to handle this product 

 instead of having it peddled around to consumers, thereby doing in- 

 jury to the market. 



The disposition of Lieutenant Colonel Shotwell and the board of the 

 aircraft division is, so far as possible, to cooperate with the hardwood men 

 to market their surplus stock to the advantage of the government with- 

 out doing harm to the market. 



Fred C. Leavy of the Williams Company of New York was in Wash- 



ington last week to join other mahogany manufacturers In cooperation 

 with the government in disposing, through regular channels If possible, 

 of the 5,000,000 feet of mahogany in the hands of the government air- 

 craft division. 



A New Republic 



The United States has received official notice of the formation and 

 organization of the republic of Georgia, including that mountainous tract 

 stretching from the Black sea to the Caspian. The region is of interest 

 to lumbermen, for one thing at least, because It produces some of the finest 

 Circassian walnut in the world. The wood takes its name from that 

 region which has been known as Cireassia. The Caucasus mountains are 

 in that country, and the Caucasian races are named from those mountains, 

 it being supposed that the mountains were crossed by those races in 

 course of their prehistoric migration from Asia to Europe. The inhab- 

 itants of the republic are reputed to possess greater physical beauty than 

 any other people. The country was long a bone of contention between 

 Turkey and Russia. It will be welcomed Into the growing family of 

 republics. The collapse of both Russia and Turkey furnished the occasion 

 for declaring its independence. The Germans seized it about a year ago, 

 but withdrew from the region last May. 



Horsechestnut Lumber 



No horsechestnut lumber is quoted under its own name in markets here, 

 yet a little of this wood is cut, but it probably passes under the name of 

 buckeye or poplar saps. It is put to a special use in southern Europe and 

 might be in this country. Horsechestnut lumber is there in demand for 

 fruit store shelves and display racks. The porous nature of the wood causes 

 it to absorb the moisture from the fruit and thereby hinder the decay 

 of the fruit at the point of contact with the wood. That advantage is 

 sufficient to craate a demand there for horsechestnut lumber for the fit- 

 tings of fruit stores. This tree is not native of the United States, but 

 It has been extensively planted here for ornament, and large trunks are 

 occasionally cut for saw logs. 



State Timber in Minnesota 



In selling state timber in Minnesota — that is, timber cut from state 

 land — disputes and controversies have come up as to measurement and 

 fees, it appearing that two officers handled the same matter. In order 

 to bring peace to the situation, a bill has been introduced in the Minne- 

 sota legislature to combine the two offices in one. The officers are the 

 forester and surveyor general. Minnesota has more state land in forest 

 than is owned by most states, and the sale of public timber is important 

 there. 



