HARDWOOD RECORD 



December 25, 1917 



A— Manufacturer of Implement Stock. 



B— Manufacturer of Car Materal. 



O— Manufacturer of Factory DImenilon. 



Cromwell Character Counts 



Special B 8 No. 2 &. N«. 3 Corn. Oak 



CROMWELL HDWI>. LUMBEU a I ad AM A 



CO. Manufacturer MnntKomery, "^^D>*i">* 



Oak lumber In commercial quaniitles l.s pro- 

 duced by forty states, and more than 18.000 

 mills cut It. The number of oak mills In 

 North Carolina exceeds the number In any 

 other state. 



Did you ever rest your eyes on a soft-toned 

 Oak walnstcoling? Try It and then tell your 

 customers about It. 



(•See iiage f^) 

 Flnp ViTieora and Hardwood Lumber 



Wood-Mosaic Company, , Inc. 



New Albany, Ind. 



Manufacturer 



Voncers and Hardwood Lumber 



^ Hoffman Brothers Company 



Manufncturer 



Ft. Wavne, Ind. 



Oak !s Just as ornamental today as It was 

 useful five centuries ago— Just as useful today 

 as It was ornamental then. 



(•Soo pace 4J) 

 Manufacturers of Haniwood Lumber and Flooring 



The Mowbray & Robinson Company 

 Cincinnati, Ohio 



\\rite for List and Prices 



North Vernon Lumber Company 



INDIANA 



Manufacturer 

 North Vernon, 



Everyone KNOWS what OAK Is; that la why 

 It Is so easy to sell Oak goods. 



Has Individual Display Ad on Page Deslflaatsd. 



There will always be a market for all the 

 Oak our sawmills have any right to cut. 



There are eight evergreen oaks In the United 

 States, njore than half of which are confined 

 to the region west of the Rocky Mountains. 

 Not one of them possesses much value as a 

 source of lumber. 



Charles H. Bamaby 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and 

 Veneers 



Creencastle, Ind. 



No one should fancy that the "peach oak" 

 bears peaches. It was given that name be- 

 cause Its leaves are shaped like those of a 

 poach tree. It Is likewise called willow oak. 

 becnuse the foliage resembles that of willow. 



('Sw liagi' 49) 

 We have to offer at pre.sent 1 car 4/4 FAS Quartereil 

 Whito Oak. 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C. & Bet. Quartered Red 

 Oak 

 SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. ,_,_ , .... 

 Manufacturer Seymour, INUIANA 



("See page 56) 



J. V. Stimson 



Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber 

 Huntingburg, Indiana 



The oldest 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 



event must have occurred 4.000 years ag o. 

 ■j^— . — 



KENTUCKY LUMBER COMPANY 



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



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



15.000 4/4 19 & 2s Qtd. WTilte Oak ^__,„- ,-,---- 



Manufacturer Lexington. Ivc-IN i UCKl 



Miller Lumber Company 



Manufacturer and Dealer In All Kinds of Hardwood 



Lumber 



Marianna, Arkansas 



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CSrc pace r>) ^= 



W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. ^ 



9 Band MHU manufacturing hardv>'oods ^^ 



Louisville, Ky. =^5 



Hand Sawod. Steam Dried. Arkansas Uardwooda f=== 



Edgar Lumber Company ^m 



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. ^^ 



C.'^ee rr,T; IT I ^^ 



Salt Lick Lumber Company H 



Hardwood Manufacturer =^ 



Salt Lick, Kentucky r^=3 



J. W. Wiieeier"& Co. ■ 



Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwood Lumber and f=f^ 



Quartered Oak, Ash and Gum ' 



Memphis, Tennessee ^^ 



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. =5 



Our Lumber 13 Well Manufactured and Well Taken ; 



Care of. Write us for prices In anything in hardwooda. :^== 



THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY. ^ 



Alexandria, LOUISIANA ^ 



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,'.■ It; 



Plain and Quarter-Sawed Oak a Specialty 



Little Rock Lumber & Mfg. Co. 



Maker of Band Sawed Hardwoods 



Little Rock, Arkansas 



The value of oak croasties In the tracks of 

 railroads has long been understood by en- 

 gineers They give the best iservlce because 

 the wood is hard and wears well and holds 

 spikes well and resists decay 



for anything in OAK write these representative firms 



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 Stepa FAS & No. 1 C. 

 WILLIAMSON-KUNY MILL & LUMBER CO. 

 Manufacturer. Mound City, ILLINOIS 



The laurel oak is more abundant in Florida 

 than in any other part of the United States, 

 but It is not abundant anywhere. Few logs 

 reach sawmills. 



Special— 500.000 ft. 4/4 FAS Plain White & Red Oak 



LAMB-FISH LUMBER CO. 



Manufacturer, Charleston, 



MISSISSIPPI 



^^ (•See page ID 



^^ Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



^^ SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 



^^ General Offices. .Conway Bailding, 



^^ .^_^ Manufacturer Chicago* 



^^ West Virginia leads all other states In the 



^^ production of oak lumber, and Tennessee 



^= stands second on the li.st. These two states 



^^ furnish one-third of atl the oak lumber sawed 



^^ In the United States. 



=F= The following is ready for prorapt Bhipment; 



^^ 80.000' 3/4" FAS Quartered White Oak. 



^^ 75,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak, 10" & up. 



^^ 50.000' 4/4" FAS Quartered Bed Oak. 



^= BEDNA YOUNG LUMBER CO. 



^ Jackson. TENNESSEE 



F=?=s We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber 



M C. & W. Kramer Company 



^^ Richmond, Indiana 



^^ The oak tree under which John Wesley 



^= 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. 



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. 



AH Btock cut from our Virgin Timber on modern 

 hand mills. 



THISTLETHWAITE LUMBER COMPANY. 

 Manufacturer 



Washington. LOUISIANA 



It, c— ■ 



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 

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

 rings. 



A, B & C— 



Dermott Land & Lumber Company 



Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods 



Milts, Dermott. Ark. 



Sales OfBce. Railway Exchanne BldB-. Chlcage, III. 



'-See fiaKe 44) " 



ARLINGTON LUMBER COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood 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 

 nrdpr of shingles on a rnnf. 



A. y, c— 



M. E. Leming Lumber Company 



Cape Girardeau, Mo. 



Manufacturer of Soft Textured Oak. G ood Grades 



('See page 49) 

 6.000,000 Feet of Oak Always on Hand In 1 to 2" Stock 

 BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, ._„.___. _ 

 Manufacturer Blissville. ARKANSAS 



We specialize in \S*hit6 and Red Oak and in Quartered 

 Red Gum. We solicit your inquiries. 

 ALEXANDER BROTHERS, wiccicctddi 



Manufacturers, Belzonl. 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. 



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. 



(•See page 17) 

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

 UTLEY-HOLLOWAY LUMBER COMPANY 



Conway BuUdlng iKt-^to 



Manufacturer Chicago. ILLINOIS 



Specials 



150.000 ft. 5/4 FAS Plain Red Oak 



24.000 fL 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 

 of material for ships. 



Band Sawed, Equalized, Forked Leaf White Oak 



Thin Oak and Ash Specialties 



MANSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER 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% 14 and 16' long Band Sawn Plain Red Oak. 



HOLLY RIDGE LUMBER C0.„_.,_- .----. 

 Manufacturer Louisville, N±.lN 1 UL-Ki 



The cow oak Is one of the mo3t 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. ^ 



Manufacturer Band Sawed Southern Ilardwooda =^ 



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 ever after. == 



Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co.^ Inc. ^ 



Sardis, Miss. ^^ 



Kiln Dried Stocks a Specialty ^^ 



Manufacturer ==^ 



The hardness of oaks vary as much as 60 ^^ 



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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