HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 25, 1917 



A — Manufacturer of Implement Stock. 



B — Manufacturer of Car Matera!. 



C — Manufacturer of Factory Dimension. 



Cromwell Character Counts 



Special 5 S No. 2 & Su. 3 Com. Oak 



CROMAVEI.L HDWD. LU3IBER ., . „ » ^/I A 



CO. Manufacturer Montgomery, ALAtSAlVIA 



^ The Crittenden Lumber Company 



II;in.l\ViMul MaJi'iLirHiiTl- 



Crittenden, Arkansas 



Did you ever rest your eyes on a soft-toned 

 Oak wainstcoting? Try it and then tell your 

 customers about it. 



(*.See page 5) 

 Fine Veneers and Hardwood Lumber 



Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc. 



New Albany, Ind. 



Msnufacturer 



Veneers and Hardwood Lumber 



Hoffman Brothers Company 



Ft. Wavne, Ind. 



Manufacturer 



Oak is just as ornamental today as it was 

 useful five centuries ago — just as useful today 

 as it was ornamental then. 



Tht-ro will always be a market fur all the 

 Oak our sawmills have any right to cut. 



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Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Co. 



Maiuifacliirer ari.l Itralt-r 



South Bend, Indiana 



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Cheu'les H. Bamaby 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and 

 Veneers 

 Greencastle, Ind. 



No one should lamy that the "peach oak' 

 bears peach ts. It was gi\en that name be 

 cause its leaves are shaped like those of a 

 peach tree. It is likewise called willow oak 

 because th e foliage resembles that of willow 



(•See Page 46) 

 We have to ofTer at present 1 car 4 '4 FAS Quartered 

 Willie Oak, 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C. & Bet. Quartered Red 

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SWAIX-ROACH LUMBER CO. ,KtrMAMA 

 Manufacturer Seymour, IINLIIAINA 



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J. V. Stimson 



Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber 

 Huntingburg, Indiana 



A & B CSee paKe 47) 



ManufiU'tuKTS of Ilarduii.Ml I.uihIkt and Flooring 



The Mowbray & Robinson Company- 

 Cincinnati, Ohio 



I The oldest oak tree still standing (if tradi 

 tion is true) is known as Abraham's oak, near 

 .Jerusalem. If the patriarch Abraham ever 

 "i-amped in its shade, as the story goes, the 

 ■ ■\ent must have occurred 4.000 years ago 



Write fur List and VtUl--. 



North Vernon Lumber Company 



INDIANA 



Manufacturer 

 North \ernon. 



Everyone KNOWS what OAK is; that is why 

 it is so easy to sell Oak goods 



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KENTICKT LUMBEK COMPANY 



51111. 0(1(1 It, 4 4 Selects IMaiil Kp(i A; White Oak 

 111(1.11(1(1 ft. 4/4 No. 1 C. I'lain Kc.l ,1: White Oak 



1". 4 4 Is & 2s QtU. _\Vliite Oak 



Manufacturer 



■ I.e\'ingtnll.KENTUCKY 



Has Iniliviilual Display Ad on Page Designated. 



W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. 



9 Band Mills manufacturing liardwoods 

 Louisville, Ky. 



I S.iui.l. Sl-^aui iiric.l, 



Edgar Lumber Company 



Wesson, Arkansas 



AVhcn artists of the MiddlP Ages chose a 

 wood tor high class carving, such as cathedral 

 doors, altars, and architraves, they almost in- 

 v.irialdy selected oak. 



Salt Lick Lumber Company 



Hardwood M-Toufaeturer 

 Salt Lick, Kentucky 



(•See pat;e l-i 

 J. W. Wheeler & Co. 



llaimfacturers Band Sawed Hardwocd Lumber and 



tluartered Oak. \~ti and. t-uiu 



Memphis, Tennessee 



Manufacturers of staves for barrels intended 

 to contain alcoholic liquors prefer white oak 

 to red lor the reason that the wood of the 

 former permits less seepage than red oak. 



Our Lumher is Well Manufactured ami Well Taken 



fare of. Write us ti.r iirioes in aiivtliiui; ui hardwoods. 



THE FERU BRENNER Ll.MUKK COMrANy, 



Alexandria. LOUISIANA 



11 - ('See page 131 



I'l.ili. :(ri^l tjLlarter-SaweJ Oak a Sin-i-iaity 



Little Rock Lumber & Mfg. Co. 



Maker of B^nd Sawed Hardwoods 



Little Rock, Arkansas 



Miller Lumber Company 



Manufll.tlinl add liealir in .\i] Kimis e! llardwoodj 



Marianna. Arkansas | 



The value of oak crosstics in the tracks of 

 railroads has long been understood by en- 

 gineers They give the best service because 

 the wood is hard and wears well and holds 

 spikes well and resists decay 



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for anythirig in OAK write these representative firms 



B & c 



Maiuifactururs Band S.iwril T'laiii and Quartered. Oak 

 and other llai.lu<»H| Lumber 



Sabine River Lumber & Logging Co., Inc. 



San Antonio, Texas 



lu cars 0/4 I'lain Ketl Oak Hl.-ps FAS A: No, 1 C. 

 car3 4 '4 White Oak FAS A: No. 1 C 

 T^ILLIAMSON-KUNY MILL & LIMIJEK CO. 

 Manufacturer, Mound City, ILLINOIS 



Yellow oak is the best mimed of all the 

 oaks. The inner bark is yellow and was a 

 reliable dye material in pioneer times, and it 

 might be worth while to investigate it now. 

 in these days of scarcity in the dye market 



Specials 



l.'in.llOO ft. .T,'4 FAS Plain Red Oak 



24.111111 ft. R 4 FAS Plain Ked Onk 



LMHi.iinii ft. 8 4 FAS Qt.l. Ri'd Gum 



riimnx Lumber Company. ■'*<*., _.,,-„- j. ., . 



Manufacturer St. Landry. LOUlblANA 



All stock cut from our Virnin Tfniher on modern 

 hand mills. 



THISTLEWAITE H'MltF.U Ci>Mr.\NV. 

 Manufacturer 

 Wnshintrton. LOUISIANA 



rii. I'nitrd State.s gov < nun-iit I. -gun its 

 fnrest policv more than a hundred years ago 

 by purchasing tracts of live oak timber m 

 the Southern states to guard against scarcity 

 of material for ^hips. ^ 



The laurel oak is more abundant in Florida 

 tjian in any other part of the United Stat>-s. 

 but it is not abundant anywhere. Few logs 

 reach sawmills, and many Southern lumber- 

 men ha\'e never seen it. 



Tallahatchie Lumber Company 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwoods 

 Philipp, Mississippi 



(•See page oU) 



Special— oOfi. 000 ft. 4 '4 FAS Plain White & Eed Oak 



LAMB-FISH UMBER CO. ...„„. ,, 



Manufacturer, Chariewton, MISSISSIPPI 



Poets have written of oak.s a thousand years 

 old. but there does not seem to be an authentic 

 record of an age of more than 700 years for 

 nn oak. based on a count of the annial growth 

 rings. 



Hand Saueil. Kqualizeil. F"ikcd I-caf While Oak 



Thin Oak ami .\sh Sptviidtles 



>r\NNSI lELI) H.\KI>\VO<>l» H MBER CO. 



Miiniifactnrer WINM'IELI), LA. 



It has bei n found out I hat the famous 

 ■"Charter Oak" which stood near Hartford, 

 Conn, and which figured so prominently in 

 the early historv of New England, was white 



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Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 

 (ieneral Ottices: .(On way Building, 

 Manufacturer Chleago, 



\. II & C — 

 Dermott Land & Lumber Company 



Maimlar-turvrs Snnthrru lIunlunrMls 



Mills. Dermott, Ark. 



S^Ips Office. Railway Exchange BIdg.. Chicago. III. 



7n'; 14 iiiul Hi' loiiK r.and Sawn Plain Ki d Oak. 



IIOLLV RinOE LIMBER CO., 

 -Manufacturer 



i;«uisviiie; KENTUCKY 



West Virginia leads all other -states in the 

 production of oak lumber, and Tennessei- 

 -Htands second on tlie list. These two state.s 

 furnish one-third of all the oak lumber sawed 

 ill the I'nited States. 



A, 11 .V C-— CS,-..- p:i;^r Hi' ^ I 



.XRLINOTON LV.MBKK COMI-AW 



Mamir;i.'liii,M-s <•( Han.i S;iuii li.Tr^lwMu,! l.uniher I 



Mills: Arlington, Ky., and l'ark„„.,„, ,^ ' 



Vhue. .\rk. Write Arlington KENTUCKY 



Tile ttilloWMig is leady for prompt shipment: 

 60,000' 3/4" FAS Quartered White Oak. 

 75.000' 4 4" No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak. 10" & up. 

 .lO.OOn' 4/4" FAS Quarfere<I Ite.l Oak, 

 BEDNA VOING LCMBER CO. 



J"<'^^""- TENNESSEE 



The shingle oak was ntd so named because 

 it was particularly good for shingles, but be- 

 cause its leaves are so arranged on the twig 

 that their edges overlap and occur in the 

 (uder nf shingles on a roof. 



We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber 



C. & W. Kramer Company 



Richmond, Indiana 



A. I!, r- 



M. E. Leming Lumber Company 



Cape Girardeau^ Mo. 



Mr<nirfTCturer of Soft Textured Oak. Good Grades 



The oak tree under \\ ni* h John \\'esley 

 preached his first sermon in America still 

 stands in Georgia and is an object of great 

 ineresl to tourists. It is the common southern 

 live oak. 



('See page 4tj i 

 •■,,()(iii. 1111(1 Feet nf Oak Always mi Hand iti 1 in j" Str.rk 

 BLISS-COOK OAK COMIWNV, . _^ . ^,^ ^ ^ 

 Manufacturer Blissville. ARKANSAS 



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We specialize in White ami Reil Oak and in Quartered 



Ketl Cnni, We .sulicit yimr innniries 



ALE\AM>ER BROTHERS, 



.MunufatturerN. Belzoni. MISSISSIPPI 



Faetorie.s in the L'niled States use a])proxi- 

 mately two billion feel of oak yearly, which 

 is about Go per cent of the total sawinill pro- 

 duction of this wood. The remaining 40 per 

 rent is us.-ri in its mupli f..rm 



The turkey oak in the South r'( ^ived that 

 name at an early period becausi:- its acorns 

 Were small and were easily eaten li\- wild tur- 

 keys. They likewise furnished an important 

 s'lnnlv nf food for wild pigeons. 



(•See pace ir») 

 All stuck Kraileil ur to quality — knockeii down to price 

 LTI^EV-HOLLOWAY LCMBER COMPANY 



Conway Building fKir\re- 



Chi.ML'o. ILLINOIS 



Manufacturer 



Li!ii)if()ifMiyii(Miwm!jjiiiMii)^ij]iiiEiiii«,i«iiiiiiiii«iRiiii«miiiijii 



Th«' cow oak is "^me of th*- most \'aluable 

 hardwootls of the South, and belongs to the 

 \vliit<' oak group. Its acorns are large, thin 

 sh.-lled. and sweet, and cattle like to eat them, 

 l-""' r that reMson it bears Its name. ^^ 



K i.\i *■ High Grade Lumber 



Hyde Lumber Company 



South Bend, Indiana 



Band Mills: Arkansas City. Ark- Lake Providence. La. 



Colfax Hardwood Lumber Co. 



Miiriiifai-lurcr Ham I S;i\v.-il Sn 

 Colfax, Grant Parish 



llar.lwon.is 

 Louisiana 



The iiiaiuifacturers of i.i..u s have long 

 shown pref"--rence for oak tuv the handles. 

 The wood is strong, is easy to bend In the 

 proper form when steamed, and holds that 

 fmni ever a fter. 



Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. 3 



Sardis, Miss. 



Kiln Drieil Stocks n Sim-ialiy 

 Manufacturer 



The hardness of oaks ^■ary as much as 50 

 per cent when they are compared among 

 themselves, and there Is no less difference 

 among different species wlun their strength 

 is under eonsldera t i«in 



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