October 25. I!I17 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



A— Minufaeturer of Implemint Stock. 



B— Msnufacturer of Cur Material. 



C — Manufacturer of Factory Olmenslon, 



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Long-Bell Lumber Company 



Band Saw Operators in Southern Hardwoods 

 Kansas City^ Missouri 



A, B, C— 



15 years' supply assured by 32,00O acrea Vlrcln St. 



Kraiicis Basin Timber, larci-ly Onk. 



TNchudy Lumber Compuny, --,r.^y-vi .m 

 Manufacturer. Kannas «l.v. MISSOURI 



The hardost oak lacks much of being ay 

 hard as lignum vitae; the strongest is weaker 

 than locust; the heaviest is lighter than nian- 

 jfrove; but In average of good qualities it 

 would be hard to find a wood superior to oak. 



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Wo have a fine suvk of 4/4 No. 1 Com. Plain WTilte 

 Oak; 4,4 FAS Quartered White Oak. 

 GALLOWAY-PEASE COMPANY.. „^^^. ,^, 

 Manufacturer. Poplar Bluff, MISSOURI 



The scarcest of all the oaks of the United 

 States are believed to be Barlram oak and the 

 Price oak All known specimens of these 

 two trees could stand on a single acre and 

 still leave considerable ground unoccupied. 



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We ckm' a complete stock of plain and quartered 



Red and \\'1hic Oak in all specilicatlons. Our facilities 



for prompt shipments are second to none. tit.„.,*rtn 



BAKEK-MATTHEWS LBK CO. ,.,^^1,1,1^1; 



Cliicago, III. Manufacturer MISSOURI 



■\Vhy 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" Otd. Red Oak Sent Stock 



1 car G'4xl8" Qld. White Oak Seat Stock 



1 car 4 '4x12" & wdr. Plain Oak 



ARELA LBR. & MFG. CO.. «.icc/^i tot 



St. l.ouix. MISSOURI 



A, B A: C— 



Triple Band of 



The Meadow River Lumber Company 



Rainelle. W. Va. 



Manufacturer High- Grade Hardwoods 



J. A. Holmes Lumber Company 



Wholesale DeaK-rs in Uardwcdds and Pino Lumljcr 

 St. Louis, Missouri 



White Oak Dlniinsiun Timber. Specialties in Wood 



Parkersburg Mill Company 



Manufacturer 

 Parkersburg, W. Va. 



J. H. Bonner & Sons 



Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood tumber 

 Memphis, Tenn. Mill: Jonquil, Ark. 



The pin oak is not so named becau.se 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 

 <lri\pn into the bole or Into the larger limbs. 

 a; B Ac C— 



Carr Lumber Company, Inc. 



Biliniiif liarawM.KU 



Pisgah Forest, N. C. 



Manufacturer 



It is believed that the combined stand of all 

 other species of oak in the United States would 

 not equal that of the common white oak. 



lon.oiin ft. I" Is & 2s Qtd. UTiite Cab 

 50.nOO ft. 1" No. 1 Com. Qtd. WTiite Oak, 8" & wdr. 

 JOHN B. RANSOM & CO., 

 Manufacturer. Nashville tcniktccccx? 

 Everything in lumber I C.IN INt:ojE.t. 



The "Conesioga 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— 



Cbas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. Co. 



Manufacturers and Wholesale Lumber Dealers 

 St. Louis* Missouri 



Hat Individual Dliplay Ad on Pag* Daslgaated. 



Alton Lumber Company 



Manufacturers and Wholt&ale Dealers In Hardwoods. 

 >laniifurlurer, Burkliannon. W. VA. 



i.»ak fore.sts of fully maiur<-d trees, bearing 

 perfect acorns, occur in .Northern Oklahoma 

 and Southern Kansas, and the tallest of the 

 trees llttli- exceed two feet In height 



Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. 



Manufacturer of Hardwoods 

 Memphis, Tennessee 



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 Rand sawn lumber, thick stock and timbers. The 

 texture of our mountain oak Is famous. Try IL 



VESTAL LBR. & MFG. CO.. >rt?iuKiT7ccTrv 



Manufacturer, Knoxville. TENNESSEE 



It would not make much dlfferen..- .so tar 

 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 have fur fall shipment large stock of 10/4 and 

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

 in all grades. 



FARKIS H.VRDWOOD LIMBER TO., 



Manufacturer, XaNhville, TENNESSEE 



The oldest piece of oak shaped by human 

 hands Is believed to be an oak canoe discovered 

 a few years ago burled in mud at the bottom 

 of a river in England, and believed to be 

 H nno vear.s old. 



For 25 years we have made Uak and still specialize 

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

 grades and service are worth considering. 



LOVE, BOYD & CO., ^^^,.„,«^„„ 



Ma puf aotur er, Nashville. TE NNESSEE 



No other wood of the United States is as 

 suitable for quarter sawing as white oak. 

 Some of the red oaks measure lalrly well up 

 to white oak in that respect, but as a general 

 proposition they fall considerably below it. 



for anylhing in OAK write these representaiive firms 



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^^ QUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY 



^^ Memphis Band Mill Company 



^M Manufacturer, Memphis TENNESSEE 



^^ Practically all the oak cut in Europe, west 



^^ 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 cars 4/4 No. 2 Oim. Qtd. Red Oak 



^= BAY'OC LAND & LIMBER 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 ha 

 did not use oak instead f>f cedar in his temple 



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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 (juercu.s borealis. 



Manufacturers of Plain and Quartered Oak 

 also 

 Oak Timbers and Brldgo Plank 

 SABINE TRAM COMPANY. 

 BEVi MONT. 



TEXAS 



The largest oaks of the United Slates are 

 found in California, where they are known 

 as valley oak. Trunks may be from six to 

 ten feet in diameter. 



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 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 LIMBER CO.-|-p^.jy.pccF;E 

 Manufacturer. MemphiM * tLI^ncJacc 



The golden oak which grows in California 

 Is not so named because of the color of its 

 wood but on account of th" yellow fuzz on the 

 under Sid.- of Its 1. af 



We Manufacture Hardwood From Fine West Virginia 



Timber. _. ., 



WARN LUMBER CORPOR.\TION «» -t, . 



Raywoofl. " ■ * '^ • 



White oaks ripen their acoriis 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 

 ir^Jt growing season. 



Yellow Poplar Lumber Company 



Coal Grove, Ohio 

 Manufacturer 



Oak makes the heaviest of bridge timbers 

 or the finest of period furniture. Is there any 

 other wood so versatile? 

 A. It & 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 Ac B— 



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

 bnth In Plain and Quartered, write 

 Dt HI>MEIER BROTHERS & CO., OHIO 



Manufacturerw, Cincinnati tJniV./ 



Were all the Oak limber to be destroyed 



over night the effect on business in general 



would be chaotic. 



'il.o Band Mill. PlaiiiiiK Mill and Uiy Kiln 

 of the 



Williams Lumber Company 



13 Ini'aied at 

 Fayetteville, Tennessee 



Why has Oak always led in olTerlnga at 

 the furniture shows? Ask anyone who sells 



furniture. 



All lumber itllud In ^ame length:* and similarly loaded 

 ill car>. 



CLAY LI'MBEK tOMTANY. 



.Manufacturer, w VA 



Middle Fork. "* * ^' 



.\ A: C 



.^Inniifacturers of Hardwood Lumber 

 uli. Trim and OnU Klonring. 

 WEST VIR<;iNl.V TIMBER CO., 

 ChurleNton, 



lliililiii 1 



so Mlilworlt. Fin- 



W. VA. 



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



Specialists in Bone Dry, Good Widths & Lengihs— 



Prompt Shipment 

 BARR-HOLADAY LIMBER CO., /^ijto 

 .Manufacturer, (.reenlieUI. vJrtlw 



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 \'irgiiiia. Fur the very best, try 

 AMERICAN COLUMN & LIMBER CO., 



Manufacturer, St. Albans, W^. VA. 



There is a species for every need — a grain ^^ 



and figure for every taste. Are you familiar ^^ 



with them all? ^^ 



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Babcock Lumber Company ■ 



Pittsburgh, Pa. ^^ 



Annual Capacity, 150.000,000 Feet =^^ 



Manufacturer =^-* = ; 



Do you know of any other wood that pleases := 



in so many ways and In so many garbs as ^^ 



does Oak? ^^ 



Pardee & Curtih Lumber Company ^ 



S;ilrs Cilice — ClurkshurK, \S ■ \a. _ ^ 



Band Mills — Curtin, Coal Sid- \A/ V A ""- 



ing and Hominy FalN. W. VA. _^ 



Good eating and good Oak go well together. ^^ 



They make an especially logical combination ^^^ 

 in these days of high prices. 



Specialties 



Quarttr-sawed \\^li^e Oak. Plain Red and White Oak ^^ 



C. L. RITTER LUMBER COMP.\NY, ^ 



KOCKCASTKE LIMBER COMPANY, ^ 



MnnufacturerH. Huntington, W. Va. = 



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Kfiilticky Soft Texture Whlii- oak. Red Oak and 

 piplBr. Iltgh-cla^. sound, square edged While Oak 

 Tiniheri. loxlC ft. 



A.MERICAN LBR. & MFG. CO., PIttHhurgh, 

 Manufacturer and Wholesaler PENNSYLVANIA 



Oak was spoken of with alL-'inn In Ihf 

 Scriptures and will be held In esteem by our 

 children's children generations hence. 



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