HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 10. 1917 



A — Manufacturer of Implement Stock. 

 B — Manufacturer of Car Materal. 



C — Manufacturer of Factory Dimension 



^^ Cromwell Character Counts 



^^ Special 5 8 No. 2 & No. 3 Com. Oak 



^= CROMWELL HDWD. LUMBER . - ad am A 



^^ CO. Manufacturer Montgomery, ALACAIVIA 



Oak lumbtT in commercial quantities is pro- 

 duced by forty states, and more than 18.000 

 mills cut it. The number of oak mills in 

 North Carolina exceeds the number in any 

 other state. 



Did you ever rest your eyes on a soft-toned 

 Oak wainstcoting? Try it and then tell your 

 customers about it. 



I 'See pace — ) 

 Fine Veneers and Hardwood Lumber 



Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc. 



New Albany, Ind. 



Manufacturer 



Hoffman Brothers Company 



Manufacturer Ft. Wayne, Ind. 



Oak is just as ornamental today as it was 

 useful five centuries ago — just as useful today 

 as it was ornamental then. 



A & B <*.See page 40) 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber and Flooring 



The Mowbray & Robinson Company 

 Cincinnati, Ohio 



Write for List and Prices 



North Vernon Lumber Company 



Manufacturer ■^.trvt a m.t a 



North Vernon, INDIANA 



Everyone KNOWS what OAK is; that is why 

 it is so easy to sell Oak goods. 



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* Has Individual Display Ad on Page Designated. 



There will always be a market for all the 

 Oak our sawmills have any right to cut. 



There are eight evergreen oaks in the United 

 States, more than half of which are confined 

 to the region west of the Rocky Mountains. 

 Not one of them possesses much value as a 

 source uf lumber. 



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Charles H. Bamaby 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and 

 Veneers 



Greencastle, Ind. 



No one should fancy tl\at the "peach oak" 

 bears peaches. It was given that name be- 

 cause its leaves are shaped like those of a 

 peach tree. It is likewise called willow oak. 

 because the foliage resembles that of wtllow- 



(*See page 43) 

 We have to offer at present 1 car 4/4 FAS Quartered 

 Wliite Oak, 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C. & Bet. Quartered Bed 

 Oak 

 SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. ,Mr*IAWA 

 Manufacturer Seymour, INUlAriA 



(•Sir p<w r.L') 



J. V. Stimson 



Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber 



Huntingburg, Indiana 

 The oldest oak tree still standing Uf tradi- 

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

 Jerusalem. If the patriarch Abraham ever 

 camped in its shade, as the story goes, the 

 ■^vent must have occurred 4.<n)0 years ago. 

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KENTUCKY LUMBER COMPANY 



5011.000 ft. 4-'4 Selects Plain Red & While Oak 



100, oim ft 4/4 No. I C, Plain nc<\ & White Oak 



I.'.onil 14 Is & 2s Qtd. White <^ak ^„^~,, .^^^ 



Manufacturer T>e\ington.t^fc-lN I UL.Ky 



Miller Lumber Company 



Manufacturer and Dealer in All Kinds of Hardwood 



Lumber 



Marianna, Arkansas 



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W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. 



9 Band Mills manufacturing hardv oods 

 Louisville, Ky. 



Band Sawed, Steam Dried, Arkansas Hardwoods 



Edgar Lumber Company 



Wesson, Arkcinsas 



TATaen artists of the Middle Ages chose a 

 w-ood for high class carving, such as cathedral 

 doors, altars, and architraves, they almost in- 

 variably selected oak. 



(•See iiage ir>) 



Salt Lick Lumber Company 



Hardwood Manufacturer 

 Salt Lick, Kentucky 



(•See pai;e 10) 



J. W. Wheeler & Co. 



Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwood Lumber and 

 Quartered Oak. Ash and Gum 

 Memphis, Tennessee 



Manufacturers of staves for barrels intended 

 to contain alcoholic liquors prefer white oak 

 to red for the reason that the wood of the 

 former permits less seepage than red oak. 



Our Lumber is Well Manufactured and Well Taken 



Caro of. Write us for prices in anything in hardwoods. 



THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY, 



Alexandria, LOUISIANA 



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page 14) 



Phi in and Qiirtrtei •S;nvod Oiik a Siit'cialty --= 



Little Rock Lumber & Mfg. Co. _ 



Maker of Band Sawed Hardwoods 



Little Rock, Arkansas ^^ 



The value of oak trossties in the tracks of he^^ 



railroads has lung bf.t?n understood by en- ^= 



gineers. They gi\e the best service because == 



the wood is hard and wears well and holds ^^ 



spikes well and resists decay ^^ 



for anything in OAK write these representative firm 



B & C 



Manufacturers Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak 

 and other Hardwood Lumber 



Sabine River Lumber & Logging Co., Inc. 

 San Antonio, Texas 



5 cars 4,4 White Oak FAS & No. 1 C. 

 10 cars 5/4 Plain Red Oak Steps FAS & No. 1 C. 

 WILLIAMSON-KUNY MILL & LUMBER CO. 

 Manufacturer, Mound City, ILLINOIS 



The laurel oak is more abundant in Florida 

 than in any other part of the United States, 

 but it is not abundant anywhere. Few logs 

 reach sawmills, and many Southern lumber- 

 men have never seen it. 



Special— 500,000 ft. 4/4 FAS Plain White & Red Oak 



MISSISSIPPI 



LAMB-FISH LI MBER CO 

 Manufacturer, Charleston, 



Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 

 General Offices. .Conway Building, 

 Manufacturer Chicago, 



West Virginia leads all other states in the 

 production of oak lumber, and Tennessee 

 stands second on the list. These two states 

 furnish one-third of a ! the oak lumber sawed 

 In the United States. 



xKe^ fortowing is ready for prompt shipment; 



60.000' 3/4" FAS Quartered White Oak. 



75,000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora. Qtd. White Oak. 10" & up. 



50.000' 4/4" FAS Quartered Rod Oak. 

 BEDNA YOUNG LUMBER CO. 



Jackson. TENNESSEE 



We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber 



C. & W. Kramer Company 



Richmond, Indiana 



The oak tree under which John Wesley 

 preached his first sermon in America still 

 stands in Georgia and is an object of great 

 inerest to tourists. It is the common southern 

 live oak. 



B— 



We specialize in White and Red Oak and in Quartered 



Rtd tJiini. We snHrit ynur inquiries. 

 ALEXANDER BROTHERS, miccicciddi 



Manufacturers. Belxuni. Ml^MbblPPI 



Factories In the United States use approxi- 

 mately two billion feet of oak yearly, which 

 is about 65 per cent of the total sawmill pro- 

 duction of this wood. The remaining 40 per 

 cent is used in its rough form 



Yellow oak is the best named 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. 



All stock cut from our Virgin Timber on modern 

 i)and nulls. 



THISTLEWAITE LUMBER COMPANY, 

 Manufacturer 



Washington. LOUISIANA 



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Tallahatchie Lumber Company 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwoods 

 Philipp, Mississippi 



Poets have written of oaks a thousand years 

 old. but there does not seem to be an authentic 

 record of an age of more than 700 years for 

 :in oak, based on a count of the anni al growth 

 rings. 



A, B & c— 

 Dermott Land & Lumber Company 



Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods 

 Mills, Dermott, Ark. 

 Sales Office, Railway Exchange BIdg.. Chicaio. HI, 

 Ar~ir"Or- CSoe i.a^o :iSi 



ARLINGTON LUMBER COMPANY 



Manufaclurers of Band Savni Hardwood Lumber 



Milis: ArUngtou, Ky., and Park-.-..—, -^___, 



Place, Ark. Write Arlington KENTUCKY 



The shingle oak was not so nam- d because 

 it was particularly good for shingles, but bo- 

 cause Its leaves are so arranged on the twig 

 that their eiiges overlap and occur in the 

 <ii'ler of shinglf-s on a rnnf. 



M. E. Leming Lumber Company 



Cape Girardeau, Mo. 



Manufacturer of Soft Textured Oak. Good Gra des 



I'See page 42) 



li. 000. 000 Feet of Oak Always on Hand In 1 to 2" Stock 



BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, . _^ ..,„. « 



Manufacturer BlissviUe. ARKANi>Ab 



The turkey oak in the South recei\ . d that 

 name at an early period because Us acorns 

 were small and were easily eaten by wild tur- 

 keys. They likewise furnished an important 

 -su[)ply of food for wild pigeons. 



(•See page 15) 

 All stock graded up tn tiuality — knocked down to price. 

 I TLEY-HOI-LOWAV LUMBER COMPANY 



Conway Building ,, , -•,^,c 



Manufacturer Chicago, ILLIINtJIO 



Specials 



150.000 ft. 5/4 FAS Plain Red Oak 



24.000 ft. S 4 FAS Plain Red Oak 



200.1)00 fi. s 4 FAS Qtil. Red ("Jum 



Climax- Lumber Company, Ltd.- ^-., ,■„,.., * 



Manufacturer St. Landry. LUUIjIAINA 



The United States government began Its 

 forest policy more than a hundred years ago 

 Ity purchasing tracts of live oak timber in 

 tlie Southern states to guard against scarcity 

 "f material for ships. 



Ran<l Sawed, Efiuallzed. Forked Leaf White Oak 



Thin Oak and Ash Specialties 



MANNSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. 



Manufacturer WINNFIELD, LA. 



It has been found out that the famous 

 "Charter Oak" which stood near Hartford, 

 c;onn.. and which figured so prominently in 

 the early history of New England, was white 

 us\h- 



70Ci 14 and 16' long Band Sawn Plain Red Oak. 



HOLLY' RIDGE LUIMBER CO., 



.Mtmufiu'turer I..ouis* ille. 



KENTUCKY M 



The cow oak Is one of the most valuable 

 hardwoods of the South, and belongs to the 

 white oak group. Its acorns are large, thin 

 shelled, and sweet, and cattle like to eat them. 

 Knr tbnt rfttson it bears its name. 



II & C— 



High Grade Lumber 



Hyde Lumber Company ^ 



South Bend, Indiana ; -■- 



Band Mills: Arkansas City. Ark. Lake Providence. La. ?=^ 



Colfax Hardwood Lumber Co. ■ 



Manufacturer Panil Sawed Suuthern llar^lwoods —riir 



Colfax, Grant Parish Louisiana ^^ 



The manufacturers of plows have long ^^ 



shown preference for oak for the handles, zi^ 



The wood is strong, is easy to bend in the ^^ 



proper fnrm when steamed, and holds that ^^ 



f.Tm fwr after. == 



Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. ■ 



Sardis, Miss. ^^^ 



Kiln Drli-ii St.u'ks a Specialty ^= 



Manufacturer ~= 



The hardness of uaks vary as much as CO ^^ 



per cent when they are compared among f=^ 



themselves, and there is no less difference ^= 



among different species when their strength == 

 •h under consideration 



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