HARDWOOD RECORD 



(Xtober 25, 1917 



A — M.inufncturrr of lmpkm«nt Stock. 



6 — Manufacturer of Car IMateral. 



C — Maau(aotur«r of Factory Olmenalon. 



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Cromwell Character Counts 



Sp(M'lal 5 8 Ni'. :; & No. 3 Com. Oak 



CROMWKKL III>\VI). Ll'MUKK ., . „ . - - * 



CO. Manufacturer MontBonu'r.v. ALABAMA 



Oak lurnbur In cominorclal quantUlos Is iiro- 

 diiced by forty states, ami inort* than 18.000 

 mills cut it. The numbtr of oak mills in 

 North *'arollnu exceeds tho nunibt-r in any 

 other stiit*-. 



Did you ever rest your oyea on a soft-toneO 

 Oak walnstcotlng? Try It and then tell your 

 customers about It. 



KInp WnptiTs nrid llnr-lw 



^ Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc. 



New Albany, Ind. 



Manufacturer 



Vonccrs and Hardwood Lumber 



^ Hoffman Brothers Company 



Manufacturer 



Ft. Wavne, Ind. 



Oak Is just as ornamental today as It was 

 useful five centuries ago — just as useful today 

 as it was ornamental then. 



MaiiufacturiTs of Hariiwni.,! Lumber aiiJ Flooring 



The Mowbray & Robinson Company 



Cincinnati. Ohio 



Write fur List ami I'rici-s 



North Vernon Lumber Company 



INDIANA 



Manufacturer 

 North \ ernon. 



There will :il\vays be a market for all the 

 Oak our sawmills have any right to cut. 



There an- eight evergnen njiks in- the United 

 States, more than half of which are conlined 

 to the region west of the liocky Mountains. 

 Not one of them possesses much value as a 

 source <if lumber. 



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Everyone KNOWS what OAK is; that is why 

 it Is so easy to sell Oak goods. 



Charles H. Bamaby 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and 



Veneers 

 Greencastle, Ind. 



No one sliould lancy that the "peach oak" 

 bears peaches. It was given that name be- 

 cause Its leaves are shaped like those of a 

 peach tree. It la I likewise called willow oak. 

 because the foliage resembles that of willow. 



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

 UhiU' Oak, 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C. & Bet. Quartered Ked 

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SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. ,.,-.,.,,» 

 Manufacturer Seymour. lINUlAlNA 



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J. V. Stimson 



Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber 



Huntingburg, Indiana 



Tile uldtst uak tree still standing tif 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 



'\pnt must have occurred 4.000 years ago. 

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KENTUCKY LUMBER C03IPANY 



500.000 ft. 4/4 Selects Plain Red & White Oak 



100,000 ft, 4/4 No. 1 C. Plain Ited & White Oak 



ir..000 4/4 Is & 23 Qtd. White Oak ^^j^^^ ,^^^ 



Manufacturer ■ Lexington. IvLlN I UCKi 



Miller Lumber Company 



Manufacturer and Dealer in All Kinds of Hardwood 



Lumber 



Marianna, Arkansas 



' Has Individual Display Ad on Page DeslBnated. 



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W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. ^ 



9 Band Mills maniifiicturlnri harUi*ooils - — = 

 Louisville, Ky. z — ~ 



Hand Sawed, Steain l.Jried. Arkaiiiias Hardwoods p^= 



Edgar Lumber Company ■ 



Wesson, Arkansas ~— ~^ 



When artists of the Middle Ages chose a ^^ 



wood for high class carving, such as cathedral ^^ 



doors, altars, and architraves, they almost In- ^^ 



variably selected oak. ^= 



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Salt Lick Lumber Company 



Hardwood Manufacturer 

 Salt Lick, Kentucky 



J. W. Wheeler & Co. 



Manufacturers Band Saweil Ilanlwood Lumber and 



Quartered Oak, Ash and Gum 



Memphis, Tepnessee 



Manufacturers of staves for barrels lntend**d 

 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 



Care of. Write us for ijrices In anything in hardwoods. 



THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY, 



Alexandria. LOUISIANA 



Ti I'St-e ].ai;L- 1'./ 



Plain and Quarter-Sawed Oak a S|ietialty 



Little Rock Lumber & Mfg. Co. 



Maker of Band Sawed Hardwoods 



Little Rock, Arkansas 



Tlie value of oak crossties 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 



For ariythino in OAK write these representative firm 



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Manufacturers Itanil Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak 

 and other Hardwood Lumber 



Sabine River Lumber &. Logging Co., Inc. 



Sein 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 niore abundant in Florida 

 than in any other part of the United States, 

 but it Is not abundant anywhere. Few logs 

 reacli sawmills. 



Special— 500.000 ft. 4/4 FAS Platn White & Red Oali 



MISSISSIPPI 



LAMB-FISH LUMBER CO. 



Manufacturer, Charleston, 



I'S.e iiiiRf ID) 



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 

 furnisli one-third of n'! the oak lumber sawe<i 

 In the I'nited States. 



The following is ready for prompt shipment: 

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

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

 ,10.000' 4/4" FAS Quartered Tied Oak 

 BEDN.V YOl'NG LUMBER CO. 



.laekson. TENNESSEE 



We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber 



C, & W. Kramer Company 



Richmond, Indiana 



The oak tri-e under wiiich Jolin Wesley 

 preached his first sermon in America still 

 stands in Georgia and is an object of great 

 Interest to tourists. It is tlie common soutliern 

 H\v> onk. 



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We specialize In White and Red Oak and in Quartered 

 Bed r.um We sfU'-it voiir tnnuiries. 

 ALEXANDER BROTHERS, miccicciddi 



Manufacturers, Belzoni, MlbblbblPrl 



Factories in the United States use approxi- 

 mately t« o billion feet of oak yearly, which 

 is about 6o per cent of the total sawmill pro- 

 duction of this wood. 



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 



band mills. 



THISTLETHAVAITE LUMBER COMPANY. 



Manufacturer 

 AVashington. LOUISIANA 



Tallahatchie Lumber Compemy 



Meoiufacturers 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 TOO years for 

 an oak, based on a count of the anni al growth 



rings. 



A. It & C— 

 Dermott Land & Lumber Company 



Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods 



Mills. Dermott. Ark. 



Sales Office. Railway Exchan ge Bldg.. Chicago. III. 



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.ARLINGTON LUMBER COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Har(hvood Lumber 

 Mills: Arlington, Ky., and Park____ ,__ ,^__,, 

 Place, Ark. Write Arlington KENTUCKY 



The shingle oak was not 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 



ordi^r of shingle's on a roof, 



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M. E. Leming Lumber Company 



Cape Girardeau, Mo. 



Manufacturer of Soft Textured Oak. Good Grades 



i*SL-e pa;:f ISi 

 (i. 000. 000 Feet of Oak Always on Hand in 1 to 2" Stock 



BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, .-,„.-,<, A c 



Manufacturer Blissville. ARKANSAS? 



The turkey oak in the South received that 

 name at an earlv period because its acorns 

 were small and were easily eaten by wild tur- 

 k.-y.s. 



(•See page 17) 

 All stock graded up to uuaUty— knocked down to price. 

 UTLEY-HOLLOWAY LUMBER COMPANY 



Conway BuUdiiig ILLINOIS 



Manufacturer Cnicapro. 



Specials 



150.000 ft. 5/4 FAS Plain Red Oak 



24.000 ft. 8 4 FAS Plain Red Oak 



200,000 ft. 8 4 FAS Qtd. Red Gum 



Climax Lumber Company, Ltd., -.-.---.-, - 



Manufacturer St. Landry. LOUISIANA 



The United States government began its 

 forest policy more than a hundred years ago 

 by purchasing tracts of live oak timber in 

 the Southern states to guard against scarcity 

 nf material for ships. 



Band Sawed, Equalized, Forked Leaf White Oak 



Thin Oak and Ash Specialties 



3L4XN.SFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. 



Manufacturer WINNFIELD, LA. 



It has been found out that the famous 

 "Charter Oak" which stood near Hartford, 

 ( "nnn,. and whirh figur»Ml f<o prominently in 

 the early history of New England, was white 

 oak. 



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

 HOLLY RIDGE LUMBER CO., 



."Manufacturer 



Louisville, 



KENTUCKY ^ 



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. 



B & C- 



High Grade Lumber 



Hyde Lumber Company ^= 



South Bend, Indiana ^= 



Ban d M ills: Arkansas City. Ark. Lake Providence, La. ^^ 



Colfax Hardwood Lumber Co. B 



MiUiufaclurer Band Sawed Snuthern Hardwoods .- . 



Colfax, Grant Parish Louisiana ^^ 



The manufacturers of plows have long ^^ 



shown preference for oak for the handles. ^^ 



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



proper form when steamed, and holds that — - 



form fvfr after. ^__^^^^ = — ^ 



Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. 3 



Sardis, Miss. . 



Kiln Dried J^tock^ a Specialty =^ 



Manufacturer :::-^ 



The hardness of oaiis vary as much as 50 ^^ 



per cent when they are compared among ^^ 



themselves, and there is no less difference == 



among different species when their strength ^= 

 is under consideration. 



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