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HARDWOOD RECORD 



(i.eading Manufacturers) 



Our Corps of Inspectors 



Intelligent! Highly Trained! 



Conscientious! 



is assurance that you will get 

 what your order calls for 

 when you buy Gum from us 



Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company 



Cape Girardeau, Missouri 



BLISS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARK. 



MANUFACTURERS 



3" No. 1 Common 

 and Better 



Soft Elm 



Bone 

 Dry 



Band Sawed Stock 



6 cars 4 4 Ists & 2nds Red Gum 

 10 cars 4 4 No. 1 Com. Red Gum 

 10 cars 4 4 Ists & 2nds Sap Gum 

 20 cars 4 4 No. 1 Com. Sap Gum 

 4/4 Gum Panel and Gum Box Boards 

 and all grades of 4 4 Oak and Ash 



JONES & DUNN, Jennie, Ark. 



Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwoods 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and CUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rough or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



Quartered Red Gum 



Plain and Quartered Gum, Two Years on Sticks 

 4/4", 5/4", 6/4" and 8/4" Thicknesses 



Mark H. Brown Lumber Company 



Hardwood Manufacturers Mounds, Ark. 



Eleven Miles Went of Memphis, Tenn. 

 Address Sales Dept., P. O. Box 337, Mempbis, Tenn. 



eanoos, many of wliich lust for ;i i;eneration or more. Tlie wood is of a 

 ro<ldlsli liiiy color, rc>scmbllii^ mahogany, for which it is ofteu mistaken. 

 It Is closp-grnlned, durabk', and uniform in texture, takes a polish, and 

 works readily. There are jirobably 1,500,000 of these trees In Panama. 

 The timber is worth $S0 per 1,000 feet and the total value is about 

 .fi:!o,ooo,oon. 



The guayatau ['Iccoma chryaantha, family Bignoniacea>) is somewhat 

 smaller than most hardwoods, averaging 70 feet high and 2 feet thick and 

 branching 30 feet from the ground. The leaves are small and compound, 

 and the grayish black bark Is rough and shaggy, with longitudinal fur- 

 rows. The inflorescence Is a mass of magniticent golden blossoms. The 

 wood, hardest and most durable of the timbers of I'anania, is akin to the 

 Ugnum-vitiE (Gualacum) of the West Indies. It is much heavier than 

 water, and to be ratted must be carried with lighter wood. Hallway ties 

 of guayacan have been in use on the Panama railroad for more than flfty 

 years. Since it Is so hard that holes had to be bored for the spikes. It 

 might be advisable to work it green for some purposes. The small waste 

 of the industry might be used for shuttle blocks, of which the supply in 

 the fnlted Stales is fast becoming exhausted. There are prob.-iblv 1,000,- 

 000 of these trees in Panama, worth about $40,000,000. 



The laurel (Cordia gcrascanthus, family Borraginacea;), 3 feet in diam- 

 eter, grows on hillsides to a height of 100 feet. The bark is white. The 

 wood is yellow, hard, line-grained, durable, and easily worked. It is said 

 lo be good for piling. There are probably more than 1,000,000 laurel trees 

 in Panama, with an average yield of 1,000 feel per tree and a total value 

 of SliO.OOO.OOO. 



The Sania Maria or calaba tcalophyllum calaba, family Gutiferae) is a 

 large evngreen, attaining a height of 100 feet or over with more than 50 

 feet clear and with a diameter at the base of about 3 feet. The bark is 

 lomparatlvely thin, mottled gray and black, and slightly rough. It peels 

 from the wood readily. The wood is grayish white, as hard and elastic 

 as hickory and also similar to teak. It is durablr itraigbt, and close- 

 i;raiiie<i, takes a good polish, and splits longitudinally better than most 

 trniiiiai hardwoods. It was used by the Indians for bows and is em- 

 liliiyid almost exclusively for palanquin poles. There is probably .$70,- 

 0(10. (10(1 worth of this timber in Panama. 



Inquiry for Wood Carvings 

 The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce says that an American 

 consular officer in Canada transmits the name of a firm in his district 

 which desires to receive from American manufacturers c.i.f. quotations on 

 veneer woods pressed, imitation wood carvings, and machine-made wood 

 carvings. Quotations should be accompanied by printed or other descrip- 

 tive matter. Correspondence may be in English, and prices may be quoted 

 in American currency. The name and address of the firm making the 

 inquiry may be obtained from the bureau at Washington, D. C. The 

 number of the inquiry is 12,.'j44. which should be given by those who 

 address the bureau for further information. 



Hardwood News 'Notes 



■< MISCELLANEOUS >• 



The Ames Dean Carriage Company, Jackson, Mich., is reported to be out 

 of business. 



The Oxnard Eucalyptus Mills, Inc., Oxnaru, Cal., has become an in- 

 voluntary bankrupt. 



The Globe Casket Company, of Kalamazoo, Mich., has increased its 

 capital stock to $100,000. 



The Seymour Chair Company, of Seymour, Ind., is reported to have in- 

 creased its capital stock materially. 



The New Cabinet Company is reported to be organizing at Evansville. 

 Ind., for the manufacture of cabinets. 



D. E. Lauderburn, forest engineer, announces the removal of his office 

 to No. 1 Madison avenue. New York, N. Y. 



The Southern Wood Products Company has been incorporated at 

 Portsmouth, Va., with $00,000 capital stock. 



The Trinity Hardwoods Company of Palestine, Texas, has been in- 

 corporated with a capital stock of $30,000. 



The National Tie & Timber Company was incorporated at Petersburg, 

 Va., recently with a capital stock of $50,000. 



The Ashland Veneer Company has been incorporated at Ashland, Wis. 

 This concern will operate with .1100,000 capital. 



The Laporte Jloulding & Cabinet Company, Laporte, Ind., is reported to 

 be involved in an involuntary petition in bankruptcy. 



The Loughman Cabinet Company of St. Louis has purchased addi- 

 tional ground and will erect an addition to its factory. 



The Columbia Veneer Company is the style of a recently incorporated 

 concern which has started at Columbia, S. C. with $00,000 capital stock. 



It is announced that the Shepard Construction Company will succeed 

 the old established construction firm known as Shepard & Sons, of Wilkes- 

 Barre, Pa. 



