HARDWOOD RECORD 



Novpinbcr 25, 1917 



A — Manufacturer of Implement Stock. 



B — Manufacturer of Car Materal. 



C — Manufacturer of Factory Dimension 



C— 



Cromweir Character Counts 



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



CROMWELL HDWn. LUMBER ._ .dam a 



CO. Manufacturer MontBomery, ALABAMA 



Oak lumber In commercial quantities Is pro- 

 duced by forty stntea. and more than 18.000 

 mills cut It. The number of oak mills in 

 North Carolina exceeds tho number In any 

 other state. 



Did you ever rest your eyes on a soft-toned 

 Oak wainatcotlns? Try It and then tell your 

 customers about It. 



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 FInp Vencorg hihI TTardwooii Lumber 



^m Wood-Mosaic Company^ Inc. 



New Albany. Ind. 



Manufacturer 



Veneers and Hnrdwood Lumber 



^m Hoffman Brothers Compamy 



ManuTacturT 



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. 



A & U ("Sec page 4S) 



Manufacturers of Ilardwaotl Lumber and Flooring 



The Mowbray & Robinson Company 

 Cincinnati, Ohio 



There will always be a nuirket for all the 

 Oak our sawmills have any right to cut. 



There are eight evergroen oaks in the United 

 States, more than half of which are confined 

 to the region west of the Hocky Mountains. 

 Not one of them possesses much value as a 

 source of lumber. 



Charles H. Beurnaby 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and 

 Veneers 



Grecncastle, Ind. 



No one should tanry that 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 willow. 



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Wo have to offer at present 1 car 4 '4 FAS Quartereii 

 White Oak, 1 car 4/4 Xo. 1 C. & Bet. Quartered Red 

 Ouk 

 SWAIN-ROACH LU31BER CO. -.,^, . », . 

 Manufacturer SeTnioiir, INDIANA 



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W'rlto for List and Prices 



North Vernon Lumber Company 



Manufacturer iikTi-»f a *,t * 



North Vernon. INDIANA 



^^ Everyone KNOWS what OAK Is: that Is why 



^^ It Is so easy to sell Oak goods. 



J. V. Stimson 



Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber 

 Huntingburg, Indiana 



The olilfst oak tree still standing (if 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 

 p^ent must have occurred 4.0 00 years ago. 

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KENTUCKY LUMBER COMPANY 



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



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



iri.OflO 4/4 la & 23 Qtd. White Oak t^rMTi ir^v\r 



Manufacturer T.e\ington.N.c.N i UCK.I 



Miller Lumber Company 



Manufacturer and Dealer in All Kinds of Hardwood 



Lumber 



Maricinna* Arkansas 



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W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. 



9 Band Mills manufacturing hard<>^Dods 

 Louisville, Ky. 



Hand Sawud, Steam Dried, Arkansas Hardwoods | 



Edgar Lumber Company 



Wesson, Arkansas 



When artists of the Middle Ages chose a = 



wood for high class carving, such as cathedral i 



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 liand Sawed Haniwood Lumber and 

 Quartered Oak, ArIi and Gum 

 Memphis. Tcpnessee 



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 

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

 THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY. 

 Alexandria, LOUISIANA 



B ('See pace 131 



Plain and Quarter -Sawed Oak a Specialty 



Little Rock Lumber & Mfg. Co. 



Maker of Band Sawed Hardwoods 

 Little Rock. Arkansas 



The 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 ariyihing 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 & LCMBEB CO. 

 Mannfactnrer, Atonnd Cit.T, ILLINOIS 



The laurel oak is more abundant in Florida 

 than in any other part of the United States, 

 hut it is not abundant anywhere. Few logs 

 reach sawmills. 



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



LAMB-FISH LUMBER CO. .,.„o,„.,.„„. 



Manufacturer, Charleston, MISSISSIPPI 



Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 

 General Offices. .Conway Building, 



Manufacturer Chicaeo, 



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. 



The following ia ready for prompt shipment; 



60.000' 3/4" FAS Quartered White Oak. 



75,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. Qtd. While Oak. 10" Ic up. 



50,000' 4/4" FAS Quartered Red Oak. 

 BEDNA YOUNG LUMBER CO. 



jBcksoT,. TENNESSEE 



We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber 



C« & W. Kramer Company 



Richmond, Indiana 



The oak tree under which John Weslev 

 preached his first sermon In America still 

 stands in Georgia and Is an object of great 

 Interest to tourists. It Is the common southern 

 live oak. 



B— 



We specialize in White and Red Oak and In Quartered 

 Red Oum. We solicit vnur innuiries 



AI^EXANDER BROTHERS, .-,«o.^o.««. 



Manufacturers, Belzoni. MISSISSIPPI 



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. 



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 dat^s of scarcity in the dve market. 



All stock cut from our Virgin Timber on modern 

 hand mills. 



THISTLETHWAITE LITmbEB 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 annial growth 

 rings. 



A, B & O— 



Dermott Land & Lumber Company 



Manufacturers Smiihern Hardwoods 

 Mills. Dermott. Ark. 

 Sales Ofllce. Wajlway Exchange Bldg., Chicago. Ml. 

 A, R & C CSre pntie A<U 



ARLINGTON MTMBER COMP.\NY 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Ifardwood Lumber 



Mills: ArliDgtoD, Ky., and rark,,„„^, ,„„„ 



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 .ind occur in the 



ordPF of pbingTes on a mnf. 



A. li. C— 



M. E. Lemini; Lumber Compeuiy 



Cape Girardeau, Mo. 



Manufacturer of Soft Textured Oak. Good Grades 



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 6,00(1.000 Feet of Oak Always on Hand In 1 to 2" Stock 

 BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, 

 Manufacturer Blissville. 



•ARKANSAS 



The turkey oak In the South received that 

 name at an early period because its acorns 

 were small and were easily eaten by wild tur- 

 keys. 



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

 UTLEY-HOLLOWAY LUMBER COMPANY 



Conway Building 

 Manufacturer Chicago. 



ILLINOIS 



Specials 



150,000 ft. 5/4 FA.S Plain Red Oak 



24,000 ft. 8/4 FAS Plain Red Oak 



20fi.Oon ft. 8/4 FAS Qtd. Red Gum 



Climax Lumber Company, Ltd., -._ ,-„- » «» » 



Manufacturer St. f.andry. LUUIJlAINA 



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 



M ANSI-TELD HARDWOOD LI MBER CO. 



Manufacturer mNNFIELD, LA, 



It has been found out that the famous 

 "Charter Oak" which stood near Hartford, 

 Conn., and which figured so prominently In 

 the early history of New England, was white 

 oak. 



70'"/o 14 and IC long Band Sawn Plain Red Oak. 

 HOLLY RIDGE LUMBER CO., 



3lanufactiirer 



LouiHville. 



KENTUCKY ^ 



The cow oak is one of tlie 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 ^^ 



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



Colfax Hardwood Lumber Co. M 



Manufacturer Band Sawed Southern Hardwoods rs^ 



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 tho ^^ 



proper form when steamed, and holds that ^^ 



form ev'-r after. =: 



Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. ^ 



Sardis, Miss. ^^ 



Kiln Dried Slocks a Specialty ^^ 



Manufacturer = 



The hardness of oaks 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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