Xov*'inbor 10. 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



A— Manufacturer «f Implemant Stock. 



B— Manufacturer gf Car Material. 



C— Manufacturer of Factory Dimension. 



Long-Bell Lumber Company 



Band Saw Operators in Southern Hardwooda 

 ICansaa City, Miasouri 



A. It. C— 



15 years' supply assured by SC^OO acrts Vircio St, 



FraiK-is Basin Timber, largely (.)ak. 



Tschudy Lumber Compiuiy, «-ico/-\iidi 

 Manufacturer, KansaH City, MlbbOUKl 



The liarOest oak lacks inucli of being as 

 hard as lignum vltae; the strongest is weaker 

 than locust: the heuvJest Is lighter than man- 

 grove: but In average of good qualities It 

 would be hard to find a wood superior to oak. 



M. C— 



We hare a fine stock of 4/4 No. 1 Com. Plain White 

 Oak: 4/4 FAS Quartered White Oak. 

 GALLOWAV-PEASE COMPANY, ,. ,^^^, ,„, 

 Manufacturer. Fuplar BltilT, MISSOURI 



'J"lie .~^carct.st of all I lie 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 i>age IG) 



^^ We carr>- a complete stock of plain and quartered 



== Red and White Oak in all specifications. Our facilities 



== for prompt shipments are second to none. ciitaBf^n 



^ BAKEKOIATTHEWS LBR CO. -..eoAVinV 



^ Cliicago, 111. Manufacturer MlaaOURJ 



fF^ ViTtiy 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" Qld. Red Oak Seat Stock 



1 car 6, '4118" Qtd. White Oak Seat Stock 



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



ARSLA LBR. & MFG. CO., n-iccrMTDl 



St. Louis, MlbbUUKI 



A. B & C— 



Triple Band of 



The Meadow River Lumber Company 



Rainelle, W. Va, 



Manufacturer High -Grade Hardwoods 



There are eight evergroen oaks In the United 

 States, more than half of which are conflnod 

 tu the region, west of tho Uocky Mountulnn 



Whlto Oak Dimension TlmtHT. Specialties In Wood 

 Parkersburg Mill Company 



Manufacturer 

 Parkersburg. W. Va. 



J. H. Bonner & Sons 



Manufacturers Band Sawn H.irdwood 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 

 «lrt\en Into the bole or into the larger limbs. 

 A. B & C— 



Carr Lumber Company, Inc. 



HlUraore Hardwnfxls 



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. 



100.000 ft. 1" Is & 29 Qtd. White Oak 

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

 JOHN B. RANSOM & CO., 

 Manufacturer. NaHliville 'rf&TK.ir^oc-r^r- 

 Everything In lumber I LININtobLc. 



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.. 

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Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. Co. 



Manufacturers and Wholesale Lumber Dealers 

 St. Louis, Missouri 



* Hii Individual Dliplay Ad on Page Detlfnated. 



li ,v I- . 



Alton Lumber Company 



Manufacturers and Wholeiale Oealcrt In Hardwoodf. 

 Manufftfturer. Burkhnnnop, W. VA. 



Oak fore.sta of fully matured trees, bearing 

 perfect a<orns, occur In Northern Oklahoma 

 and Southern Kan.iafl, and the tallest of tho 



tr.-.M mtl.. *.xc*»_-d two feet In helk'ht 



Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. 



Manufacturer of H.irdwoodt 

 Memphis, Tennessee 



(•See page Hi -J_ 



Hand sawn lumber, Ibick stock and timbers. Tho — 3 



texture of our mountain oak la famous. Try IL ^ 



VESTAL LBR. A MFG. CO.. ti:%ikicccw:i, -^ 



.Manufartnrer, Knowlllc. I r.rincJOE.lL ^ 



• It would not ntuke 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" ^-^ 



wa.q made of white oak or of red oak. r -^ 



We have for fsU shipment larEo atock of 10/4 and ^"^ 



12/4 C. & BeL Oak; other thlckneases from 4 4 to 8/4 —^ 



in all grades. ^ 



FARRIS HARBWOOD LUMBER CO.. 3^ 



Manufacturer, yashTille, 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 ^f^ 



of a river In England, and believed to be ^^ 



rt fion Years old. ^^ 



For L'5 years we have made Oak and still specialize ^^ 



in this, the best uf American hardwoods. Our prices. ^^, 



eradfs and service are worth considering. ?^^ 



LOVE, BOYD & CO.. -rrMwrcccr ^ 



Manufa ct urer, N as hviUe , TE NNESSEE ^ 



No other wood of the United States Is as ^^ 



suitable for quarter sawing as white oak. ^^ 



Some of the red oaks moaj^uro fairly well up h^^ 



to white oak in that respect, but as a general ===^ 

 proposition they fall considerably below It. 



for anything in OAK write these representative firms 



CSco lias" 1") 

 aUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY 



Memphis Band Mill Company 



Manufacturer, Memphis TENNEISSEE 



Practically all the oak cut In Europe, wesi 

 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 cam 4/4 No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red Oak 

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

 BAYOU LAND & LUMBER CO. 

 Manufacturer, Cincinnati, 



OHIO 



Machine manufactured oak flooring Is > 

 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 rage 51) 



C. Crane & Co. 



Hardwood Lumbor 

 Band MUlH 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 borealls. 



Manufacturers of Plain and Quartered Oak 



also 



Oak Timbers and Brldeo Plank 



TEXAS 



SABINE TRAM COMPANY 

 BE.*VMONT 



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. 



('See page 56) 

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

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



THREE STATES I-tljrBER CO.T.p»,p.pccp£ 



MannfttCtiirer. Memnhlti 1 CPH^g-Jar.!:. 



The golden oak which grows In California, 

 Is not so named because of the color of Its 

 wood, but on account of the yellow fuzz on the 

 under side of Its leaf 



W« Manufacture Hardwood From Fine West Vlrjlnia 



Warn lumber corporation «> v a 



BaytTood, " • * ■« • 



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 the heaviest of bridge timbers 

 or the finest 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 



OHIO 



Were all the Oak timber to be destroyed 



over night the effect on business In general 



would be chaotic. 



The IlaiKl Mill, I'laiiiii« Mill and Dry Klin 

 of llio 



Williams Lumber Company 



Is Inratf'l lit 



Fayetteville» Tennessee 



Why has Oak always led in offerings at 

 the furniture shows? Ask anyone who sells 



furniture. 



All lumber jillod In same longlha and similarly loaded 

 In cars. 



CLAY I-UMBER CO.MPANV. 



Manufa<'tiirer» VV VA 



M iddle Fork. "' ' "' 



A & C— 



Manufflcturon* of Hardwood Lumber; also Mlllwork. Fln- 

 iBli, Trim and Oak Flooring. 



WEST VIRGINIA TIMBER CO., „, -,. 

 CharloNton, W. VA. 



A— 150.000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Com. Plain Oak 



Specialists in Bone Dry. Good Widths & Lengths — 



Prompt Shirmoni 

 BARR-HOL.\DAY LUMBER CO., /-kui/^ 



Manufacturer, (ireentleld, vJ"!^ 



Clothes don't make the man. nor does finish 

 make the furniture — but It helps. See tho 



l;Ltcst. 



We are cutting off 200.000 acres of the finest Oak in 

 West Virginia. For the very best, try 

 AMERICAN COLUMN & LUMBER 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? 



l*See yiifn' 8) 



Babcock Lumber Company 



Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Annual Capacity. 150,000,000 F«et 

 Manufacturer 



Do you know of any other wood that pleases 

 in so many ways and In so many g^arbs as 



does Oak? 



Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company 



Sales Otlice— ClurkNburK, W. 

 Band Mills — Curtin, <'oal Sid- 

 ing and Hominy Eulb*. 



Va. 



W. VA. 



Good eating and good Oak go well toBether. 

 Thoy make an especially logical combination 

 In these days of high prices. 



Specialties 



Quartor-sawed \\'hltc Oak. Plain Ki-d and White Oak 



C. L. RITTER LUMBER COMPANY, 



ROCKCASTLE LUMBER COMPANY, 



MunnfncturerH, Huntington. "W. Va. 



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Kfiitui-ky Soft Texture Whlto (tak, Ked Oak and 

 Poplar. nigh-claaa. sound, square edged Wldte Oak 

 TtmbtTt. 10x16 ft. 



AMERICAN LBR. & MFO. CO.. Plttuburgh. 

 Manufacturer and Wholesaler PENNSYLVANIA 



Oak wa.H Hpoken of with iiffocllon In tho 

 Scriptures and will bo held In esteem by our 

 children's children generations hence. 



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