October 10, 1017 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



A— Manufacturer ot Implement Stock. 

 B — Manufacturer of Car Material. 

 C'—Manufacturer of Factory Dimension. 



("S'ee page 42) 



Long-Bell Lumber Company 



Band Saw Operators in Southern Hardwoods 



Kcinsas City» Missouri 



15 years' supply assured by 32.000 acres Virgin St. 

 Francis Basin Timber, largely Oak. 



Tschudy Lumber Company, »*tce/-ki ini 

 Manufacturer. Kansas City, mlooOUKl 



The liardest oak lacks niucli of being as 

 hard as lignum vitae; the strongest is weaker 

 than locust; the heaviest is lightei- than man- 

 grove ; but in average of good qualities it 



would be hard to find a wood superior to oak. 

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Vi'e have a Sue stock of 4/4 No, 1 Com. Plain White 

 Cak; 4/4 FAS Quartered White Oak, 

 GAXLOWAY-PEASE COMPANY,...^^^, ,„. 

 Manufacturer, Poplar Bluff, MISSOURI 



The scarcest of all the oaks of the United 

 States are believed to be Bartram oak and the 

 Price oak. All known specimens of these 

 two trees could stand on a single acre and 

 still leave considerable ground unoccupied. 



(*See page 16 1 



We carry a complete stuck vi plain and quartered 



Red and White Oak in all siiecifications. Our facilities 



for prompt shipments are second to none. cii.«c#rtT» 



BARER-MATTHEWS LBR CO. ---or. Jl. .\V; 



Chicago, 111. Manufacturer MISSOURI 



WTiy do your children like Oak best? For 

 the same reason that you did — they know it 

 is not easily scratched or marred. Think it 

 over. 



C — Special 



1 car 6/4x20" Qtd. Red Oak Seat Stock 

 1 car 6/4x18" Qtd. White Oak Seat Stock 

 I car 4/4x12" & wdr. Plain Oak 



ABKLA LBB. & MFG. CO., R.icc/~kf idi 



St. Louis. MISSOURI 



A, B & C— 



Triple Band of 



The Meadow River Lumber Company 



Rainelle, W. Va. 



Manufacturer High -Grade Hardwoods 



J. A. Holmes Lumber Company 



Wholesale Dealers in Hardwoods and Pine Lumber 

 St. Louis, Missouri 



White Oak Dimension Timber. Specialties in Wood 



Parkersburg Mill Company 



Manufacturer 

 Parkersburg, W. Va. 



(•See page lit 



J. H. Bonner & Sons 



Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber 

 Memphis, Tenn. Mill: Jonquil, Ark. 



The pin oak is not so named because it is 

 famous for pins or tree nails, but because its 

 limbs and branches have little swell or en- 

 largement at their bases, and look like pins 

 driven into the bole or into the larger limbs. 

 A.""!! & C— 



Carr Lumber Company, Inc. 



Biltmore HardwnfKis 

 Pisgah Forest, N. C. 



Manufacturer 



A & C— 



Oak Dimension, Special Sizes, Clear. Plain & Qtd. 



Oak, in stock and cut from dry lumber. 



RACINE LBR. & MFG. CO., ^j.,„ 



Racine, Wlo. 



UiO.OOO ft. 1" Is & :^s Qtd. White Oak 

 50.1100 ft. 1" No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak. 8" & wdr. 

 JOHN B. RANSOM & CO., 

 3Ianufacturer. Nashville *rcKTiucccirE' 

 Everything In lumber 1 c:.lNriC.j;jC.i:. 



The "Conestoga wagons," famous a century 

 ago, and sometimes called "prairie schooners." 

 were made wholly of oak and iron, and were 

 good for a quarter of a century of hard usage. 

 They were made at Conestoga. Pa.. 



A. B & C— 



Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. Co. 



Manufacturers and Wholesale Lumber Dealers 

 St. Louis, Missouri 



Has Individual Display Ad on Page Designated. 



B & C— 



Alton Lumber Company 



Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers In Hardwoods. 

 Manufacturer, Buckhannon, W. VA. 



Oak forests of fully matured trees, bearing 

 perfect acorns, occur in Northern Oklahoma 

 and Southern Kansas, and the tallest of the 

 trees little exceed two feet in height. They 

 rival the artificial dwarfed trees of Japan. 

 ("See page 11) 



Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. 



Manufacturer of Hardwoods 

 Memphis, Tennessee 



(•See page 8) 

 Band sawn lumber, thick stock and timbers. The 

 te.vture of our mountain oak is famous. Try it. 

 VESTAL LBR. & MFG. CO., „„.,.,_,„__._ 

 Manufacturer, KnoxvUle. TENNESSEE 



It would not make much difference so far 

 as the song is concerned, but it would satisfy 

 some people's curiosity if the matter could 

 be settled whether the "Old Oaken Bucket" 

 was made of white oak or of red oak. 



We liave fur fall shipment lange stock of 10/4 and 

 12/4 C. & BeL Oak; other thicknesses from 4/4 to 8/4 

 in all grades. 



FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.. 



Manufacturer. Nashville, TENNESSEE 



The oldest piece of oak shaped by human 

 hands is believed to be an oak canoe discovered 

 a few years ago buried in mud at the bottom 

 of a river in England, and believed to be 

 3.000 years old. ^ 



For 25 years we have made Oak and still specialize 

 in this, the best of American hardwoods. Our prices, 

 grades and service are worth considering. 



LOVE. BOYD & CO.. Ti7Kni3T?ccT7i7 



Manufacturer. Nashville, TENNESSEE 



No other wood of the United States is as 

 suitable for quarter sawing as white oak. 

 Some of the red oaks measure fairly well up 

 to white oak in that respect, but as a general 

 proposition they fall considerably below it. 



For ariything in OAK write these representative firms 



(•See page lli) 

 QUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY 



Memphis Band Mill Company 

 Manufacturer, Memphis TENNESSEE 



Practically all the oak cut in Europe, wesl 

 of Russia and the Balkans, belongs to a 

 single species, though the qualities of the 

 wood from various regions differ greatly and 

 bear different names. 



Specials On 

 3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Cora. Qtd. Red Oak 

 2 care 4/4 No. 2 Com. Qtd. Red Oak 

 BAYOD I-AND & LUMBER CO., 

 Manufacturer, Cincinnati. 



OHIO 



Machine manufactured oak flooring is a 

 modern invention, but hand-dressed oak has 

 been used for floors since ancient times. Doubt 

 is cast on the wisdom of Solomon because he 

 did not use oak instead of cedar in his temple 



(*See page 43) 



C. Crane & Co. 



Hardwood Lumber 

 Band Mills at Cincinnati. O. 



Botanists who are looked upon as authority 

 in such matters, have agreed to change the 

 book name of Northern red oak from quercus 

 rubra to quercus borealis. The old must be 

 forgotten and the new learned 



Manufacturers of Plain and Quartered Oak 

 also 

 Oak Timbers and Bridge Plank 

 SABINE TRAM COMPANY, TFVAS 

 BE At MONT. IHAAS 



The largest oaks of the United States are 

 found in California, where they are known 

 as valley oak. Trunks may be from six to 

 ten feet in diameter. The wood is valuable 



chi efly for fuel. It is soft and brash. 



(•See page 56) 



Nice stock of dry 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4 Plain Red and White 



Oak on hand at Burdette. Ark., for prompt shipment. 



THREE STATES LUMBER CO.-|-rKf|yTpccEC 



MaBufacturer. Memphis * l:.l>ll^i:.JJi:.i:. 



The golden oak which grows in California, 

 is not so named because of the color or us 

 wood, but on account of the yellow tuzz on ine 

 under side of its leaf. The wood has little 

 value for anything, not even for fuel- 



We Manufacture Hardwood From Fine West Virginia 

 Timber. 



WARN LUMBER CORPORATION w V A . 

 Raywood, ' 



White oaks ripen their acorns in a single 

 season, while those of red oaks hang on the 

 trees and grow * during two summers. They 

 are usually quite small at the close of the 

 irst growing season. 



Yellow Poplar Lumber Company 



Coal Grove, Ohio 

 Manufacturer 



Oak makes *he heaviest of bridge timbers 

 or the fines* of period furniture. Is there any 

 other wood so versatile? 

 A. B & C— " 



W. M. Ritter Lumber Company 



Manufacturer Hardwoods 

 Columbus, Ohio 



There are no new problems to overcome in 

 curing or caring for Oak lumber. It has been 

 too long used. 



A & B— 



If you want Sound, Soft Textured White & Bed Oak, 



both in Plain and Quartered, write 



DUHLMEIER BROTHERS & CO. 



Manufacturers. Cincinnati 



Were all the Oak timber to be destroyed 



over night the effect on business in general 



would be chaotic. 



The Band Mill, Planing Mill and Dry Kiln 

 of the 



Williams Lumber Company 



is located at 

 Fayetteville, Tennessee 



Why has Oak always led in offerings at 

 the furniture shows? Ask anyone who sells 

 furniture. 



All lumber piled in same lengths and similarly loaded 

 in cars- 



CLAY LUMBER COMPANY. 



Manufacturer, «/ VA 

 Middle Fork. ^' ^ ^' 



A & C— 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber; also Millwork, Fin- 

 ish. Trim and Oak Flooring. 



WEST VIRGINIA TIMBER CO., „, ... 

 Charleston, W. VA. 



OHIO 



A— 150,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Com. Plain Oak ^^ 



Specialists in Bone Dry, Good Widths & Lengths— == 



Prompt Shipment ^^= 



BARR-HOLADAY LUMBER CO., r^uirfc ^ 



Manufacturer, Greenfleid, UMICI hi^ 



Clothes don't make the man. nor does finish === 

 make the furniture — but it helps. See the ^^ 

 latest. - ^^ 



We are cutting off 200.000 acres uf the finest Oak in =^ 



West Virginia. For the very best, try — -— 



AMERICAN COLUMN & LUMBER CO., ^= 



Manufacturer, St. Albans, \^__ VA. ^^ 



There is a species for every need — a grain ■ 



and figure for every taste. Are you familiar ^^ 



with them all? ^^ 



('See pii^'e 8) ^^ 



Babcock Lumber Company ■ 



Pittsburgh, Pa. ^^ 



Annual Capacity. (50.000.000 Feet ^^ 



Manufacturer ^^= 



Do you know of any other wood that pleases ^^ 

 in so many ways and in so many garbs as 5^~ 

 does Oak? ^= 



Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company ■ 



Sales Office — Clarksburg. W. Va. ^^ 



Band Mills — Curtin, Coal Sid- ... «* ^^ 



ing and Hominy Falls. "» "A. e^ 



Good eating and good Oak go well together. ^= 

 They make an especially logical combination ^= 

 in these days of high prices. 7^ 



Specialties ^= 



Quarter-sawed VNTiite Oak, Plain Red and White Oak ===■ 



C. L. RITTER LU3IBER COMPANY. ^= 



ROCKCASTLE LUMBER COMPANY, ^= 



Manufacturers. Huntington, W. Va. ^^ 



('See Jiage 391 ; 



Kentucky Soft Texture White Oak. Red Oak and ^^ 



Poplar. High-class, sound, square edged White Oak - 



Timbers. 10x16 ft. ^ = 



AMERICAN LBR. & MFG. CO.. PittebnrKh, ^g 



Manufacturer and Wholesaler PENNSYLVANIA ^= 



Oak was spoken of with affection in the ^= 

 Scriptures and will be held in esteem by our ^= 

 children's children generations hence. 



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