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tires. There is usually dry woathcr (luring part of this period, and 

 dangerous Arcs are liable to start. It Is of particular importance that 

 premises be kept clean during this time. Combustible material should be 

 kept out of reach of sparks that may fall In, on, or about the buildings 

 and yards. It is necessary to Increase the cfDcicncy of watchmen, 

 because the more promptly a blaze or smoldering spark is discovered, 

 the less is the danger that the fire will spread and get beyond control. 

 The record shows that, as is usual during the winter season. Are losses 

 have been very light. Cold weather, abundant rain or snow in most 

 sections, and absence of high wind have rendered it comparatively easy 

 to check such blazes as developed without serious damage. That no sea- 

 son is proof against starting of fires is demonstrated by such fires as did 

 occur. Ten were reported by members of the alliance between January 

 S and Manii 14. The largest loss was that of the Crookston Lumber 

 Company at Bemidji, Minn., $9,000. All other losses combined did not 

 amount to .<1,.">00. 



Statement of Ownership and Management 



Agreeable to the act of Congress of August 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 postoffice .addresses of editors and managing editor, 

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

 if the publication is owned by a corporation, and also the names of 

 known bondholders, mortgages, or other security holders, and that such 

 sworn statement shall be published in such newspaper or other publication, 

 the following statement is herewith printed : 



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



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



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

 Chicago, 111. 



Hu Maxwell, 92T .\sbury avenue, Evanston, III., associate editor. 



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



Publisher : The Hardwood Company, 537 South Dearborn street, Chi- 

 cago, 111., the officers of which are Henry H. Gibson, president ; E. H. 

 Dcfebaugh, vice-president ; Harry F. Ake, secretary-treasurer. 



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

 Henry H. Gibson and E. H. Defebaugh. 



There are no known bondholders, mortgages and other security holders 

 faoldlDg 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 March, 1914. 



J. S. Pennington, 

 Notary Public. 



My commission expires October 24, 1916. 



Hoo-Hoo House at San Francisco 

 There will be at least one building at the Panama Exposition in the 

 construction of which uo imitation of wood will be allowed. It will be 

 the Hoo-Hoo house, which will be the headquarters of that association 

 at San Francisco in 1915. It will be the only forestry building there, or 

 the closest approach to a forestry building. The lumbermen of the 

 Pacific coast and of the Inland Empire will build it, and have already 

 taken steps to raise funds among themselves for that purpose. The 

 assessments will be prorated according to the lumber cut in 1913. The 

 manufacturers of sugar pine, redwood, and California white pine will 

 pay one cent per thousand I'cet of their annual cut ; those who cut 

 Douglas fir, spruce, western hemlock and cedar will pay three-fourths of 

 a cent, and millmen of the Inland Empire will pay half a cent. 



The cost of the building and the decoration of the grounds will not be 

 less than $50,000, and the plan is to complete the work next fall and 

 have everything ready in ample time before the exposition opens. The 

 western lumbermen are making preparations to entertain their brethren 

 from east of the Rocky mountains, as well as from all other quarters 

 of the world. 



The building will be of educational value. Pacific coast woods will 

 be used in its construction, and no pains will be spared to give an object 

 lesson that will be remembered. The various woods will be displayed in 

 the best manner to show their use. 



Tests of White Oak Barrels 



The Fcre.st Products Ijihoratory at Madison, Wis., recently completed a 

 series of tests of forty-eight white oak barrels. The work was done In 

 cooperation with the Bureau for the Safe Transportation of Dangerous 

 Exploslvf-s. The barrels were made by the St. Louis Cooperage Company. 

 The te.^ts included side compression, internal pressure, diagonal compres- 

 sion, and dropping. They were submitted to those tests while filled with 

 water. The purpose was to determine how much they would stand. The 

 results have been published, but as the barrels were not compared with 

 nny other class of containers, or with barrels of any other material, the 

 conclusions appeal only to techniral men who will fiduro results applicable 

 to specific eases. 



Deck Cargoes to Spain 



According; to a report from Barcelona, the Spanish government has now 

 been constrained to rescind the law that was to have come into force at 

 the beginning of this year, and according to which deck cargoes on wood- 

 Inden vessels destined for Spain should not be allowed during the winter 



months. Spanish Importers, as well as foreign exporters and shipowners, 

 took enerKillc measures to get this law cancelled, on the ground that It 

 was disadvantageous for wood shippers. The Spanish government post- 

 poned the carrying through of the law till the beginning of this year, but, 

 as stated, has now been compelled to recall It entirely. 



Scientific Management 

 A text book ou the scientific management of business has been published 

 by the System Company, of Chicago and New York. It is of a size that 

 may be carried in the pocket, though It is not a reference book. It shows 

 results in eight factories, each illustrating a method of performing a 

 certain class of work. The purpose is to show the advantages of applying 

 most approved systems in carrying on certain kinds of work. The topics 

 considered arc : Standard Tools ; A Planning Room ; Inside and Outside 

 Planning Boards ; Details of Planning Boards ; Stockroom Arrangements ; 

 Tool Storage Detail ; The Ten-Hour Clock : Speed Boss at Work ; Selecting 

 Correct Tools ; Machine Order Racks : Tools and Materials Saved from 

 Scraps ; Assembly Room Arrangement : Right and Wrong Tool Grinding. 



The Timbers of Panama 



A report on some of the valuable hardwood timbers of Panama was 

 recently published by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, the 

 material for the report having been compiled by James C. Kellogg, sta- 

 tioned at Colon. 



The word cacba refers, in common Central American usage, to three 

 kinds of trees : Guarea caoia, Carapa <7Mianeii.si«, and Sioietenia mahagoni. 

 .411 three occur in the higher parts of Panama. The first two attain a 

 heisht of 100 feet or more. Their timber is so similar to Honduras 

 mahogany (Sioietenia mahagoni) that it is equally valuable — about $90 

 per 1,000 feet. The Giuirea caoba will run from 3,000 to 5,000 feet per 

 acre, and the amount now standing in the country is valued at $180,- 

 000,000. 



Tha espave (.Anacardium rhinocarpus, family Anacardiaces), often 5 

 feet thick at the base, grows to a height of 80 to 120 feet, of which 40 

 feet from the base is clear. Some of the large branches are available for 

 lumber. Some forests average fifteen big trees to the acre. The leaves 

 are large, somewhat heart-shaped, light green, and very abundant. The 

 espave is prized so much by the natives as a shade tree that they usually 

 spare it in clearing for planting. They use the timber, however, for their 



(Leading Manufacturers) 



St. Francis Basin Red Gum 



BAND SAWN 

 KRAETZER CURED OR AIR DRIED 



We have on hand for quick shipment some choice A/4" 

 No. 1 common and better plain and quartered red gum, also 

 some 6/4" No. i common plain and quartered red gum. 



All the above on sticks over one year 

 LET US QUOTE DELIVERED PRICES 



Geo. C. Brown & Company 



(Main Office) Proctor, Arkansas 



(TWENTV MII-ES WEST OF MEMPHIS ON C. K. I. & P.) 



MILLER LUMBER CO. 



Marianna, Arkansas 



We offer for immediate shipment the following stock 

 12 months and over dry: 



10 cars 4/4 1st and Jiui R.d C.uin 



7 cars 5/4 1st and L'nd Red Cum 



4 cars 6/4 1st and llnd Ufd Gum 



2 cars 8/4 1st and 2nd Red Gum 

 10 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Red Gum 



2 cars 5/4 No. 1 Com. Red Gum 



1 car 8/4 No. 1 Com. Red Gum 

 10 car.s 4/4 13 to 17" Gum Box Boards 



THE FOLLOWING NINETY DAYS TO SIX MONTHS DRY: 



1 car 4/4 Select and Better Cypress 



2 cars 5/4 Select and Better Cyprnss 

 1 car 4/4 1st and 2nd Ash. 10 and 12' lengths 



4/4 No. 2 Co 

 4/4 No. 1 Comi 

 4/4 No. 2 Comr 



Plain White Oak 

 1 and Better Qtd. White Oak Strips 

 Plain Red Oak 



