HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 10, 191S 



A — Manufacturer of Implement Stock. 



B — Mnnufacturer of Car Maternl. 



C — Manufacturer of Factory DImenilon. 



^^ Cromwell Charncter Counts 



= Special 5/8 No. 2 & N». 3 Com. Oak 



^ CROMWELL HI)\VI>. LUMBKK *! arama 



t^^ VO. Manufacturer MnntKumery, ■"^^^■"AlVIA 



^^ Oak lumber In commercial quantities Is pro- 



^^ duced by forty states, ami more than 18.000 



^^ mills cut It. The number of oak mills in 



^= North Carolina 6Xo;jeds the number in any 



^E= Other .state. 



Did you ever rest your eyea on a soft-toned 

 Oak wainstcotlnp? Try It and then tell your 

 customers about It. 



Fine Venecra atiti 1 lanlwood Lurobpr 



Wood-Mosaic Company^ Inc. 



New Albany, Ind. 



Manufncturer 



Veneers and H.irdwood 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. 



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Manufacturera of IlaniwdocI Lumber and Flooring 



The Mowbray & Robinson Company 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



Write for List and Prices 



North Vernon Lumber Company 



INDIANA 



Manufacturer 

 North Vernon, 



^^ Everyone KNOWS what OAK Is: that Is why 

 ^^ It Is so easy to sell Oak goods 



There will always bo a market for all the 

 Oak our sawmills have any right to cut. 



There are eight evergreen oaUa in the United 

 States, more than half of which are contlned 

 to the region west of the Rocky Mountains. 

 Not one of them possesses much value aa a 



source of lumber. 



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Charles H. Bamaby 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwoad Lumber and 



Veneers 

 Greencastle, Ind. 



No one should fancy tiiat 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 



We have to offer at pre.sent 1 car 4 '4 P.\S Quartered 

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

 Oak 

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

 Manufacturer Seymour. INDIANA 



I 'St'B imee 50) 



J. V. Stimson 



Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hnrdwood 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 

 o\ent must have occurred 4.000 years a go. 

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Kentucky Lumber Company 



Manufacturers ot Plain and Quart<fred 



Red and UHiite Oak 



LEXINGTON. KENTUCKY 



Miller Lumber Company 



Manufacturer and Dealer In All Kinda of Hardwood 



Lumber 



Marianna, Arkansas 



' Hai Individual Display Ad on Page Deslsnated. 



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W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. M 



9 Band Mills manufacturing hard**'ood« =-^^ 

 Louisville, Ky. =^s 



Uand Sawed, Steam Dricil, Arkansas IlardvrooUs =^ 



Edgar Lumber Compamy ^ 



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. - =^ 



Salt Lick Lumber Company = 



H ardwood Manufacturer ; 



Salt Lick, Kentucky ^^^ 



J. W. Wheeler & Co. H 



Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwood Lumber and ^^ 



Quartered Oak. Ash and Gum ■• ■ 



Memphis, Tenoessee ^^ 



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 Takea ^^ 

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

 THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY, = 

 Alexandria, LOUISIAN A ^ 



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Plain and Quarttr-Saw^d Oak a Specialty ^^ 



Little Rock Lumber & Mfg. Co. ■ 



Maker of Band Sawed Hardwoods ^^ 

 Littie Rock, Arkansas ^= 



The value of oak crosstiea 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 =t==5 



spikes well and resists decay ^~ 



For anything in OAK write these representative firm 



B & c 



Manufacturers Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oali 

 and other Hardwood Lumber 



Sabine River Lumber & Logging Co., Inc. 

 San Antonio, Texas 



5 cars 4/4 While Oak PAS & No. 1 C. 

 in cars f,/A Plain Red Oak Steps FAS & No. 1 C. 

 WILLIAMSON-KUNY MILL & LUMBER CO. 

 Manufacturer* Alound 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 WTilte & Red Dab 



MISSISSIPPI 



LAMB-FISH LUMBER CO. 



Manufacturer, Charleston, 



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 Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 

 General Offices. .Conwav 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 

 furnish one-third of aU the oak lumber sawed 

 In the United States. 



The following is ready for prompt shipment: 



flO.OOO' 3/4" FAS Quartered White Oak. 



75.000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora. Qtd. WhUc Oak. 10" & up. 



50.000' 4/4" FAS Qunrterrd Red Oak. 

 BEDNA YOUNG LUMBER CO. 



Jaii<s"n. TENNESSEE 



We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber 



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. 



B— 



We specialize in White and Red Oak and In Quartered 



Red (luni. We solicit your inquiries 

 ALEXANDER BROTHERS, »-,cciecfDDf 



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 days of scarcity in the dve market. 



All stock cut from our Virgin Timber on modern 



band mills. 



THISTLETHWAITE LUMBER COMPANY. 



Manufacturer 

 Washington. LOUISIANA 



Tallahatchie Lumber Company 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwoods 

 Philipp, Mississippi 



Poets have \vritten 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 

 ringq 



A, B & C— 



Dermott Land & Lumber Company 



Manufacturers Southern ITardwoods 



Mills. Dermott. Ark. 



Sales Office. Railway Excha nge Bldp.. Ctiicaae. III. 



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ARLINGTON LUMBER COSIPANY 



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 



order of shingles on a roof. 



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M, E. Leming Lumber Company 



Cape Girardeau, Mo. 



Manufacturer of Soft Textured Oak. Good G rades 



CS,-,. rase i7< 

 6.000,000 Feet of Oak Always on Hand in I to 2" Stoclt 



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. 



CSeo paee 15 1 

 AU stock graded up to uualliy— knocked down to price. 

 UTLEY-HOLLOWAY LUMBER COMPANY 



Conwar Building _. tiwi^ie 



Manufacturer Chicapn. lL.L.IIN<Jlo 



Specials 



150.000 ft 5/4 FAS Plain Red Oak 



24.000 ft. 8/4 FAS Plain Red Oak 



200.00(1 ft. 8/4 FAS Qtd. Red Gum 



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



Manufacturer St. Landry. LUUIblANA 



The United States government began Its 

 forest policy more than a hundred yeari 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 Whlt« Oak 



Thin Oak and Ash Specialties 



MANSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. 



Manufacturer WINNFIELD, LA. 



it has been found out that the famous 

 "Charier Oak" which stood near Hartford, 

 Conn., and which figured so prominentlv in 

 the early history of New England, was white 

 nnk. 



70% M and IB' long Band Sawn Plain Red Oait. 

 HOLLY RIDGE LUMBER CO.^ 



Manufacturer 



LoiiiHTille, 



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 

 phelled. and sweet, and cattle like to eat them. 



IS & O— High Grade Lumber 



Hyde Lumber Compeuiy 



South Bend, Indiana 

 Band Mills: Arkansas Cit y . Ark. Lake Providence. La. 



Colfax Hardwood Lumber Co. 



Manufacturer Rand Sawed Southern Hardwnods 

 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 p\-pr nfler. 



Csurier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. 



Sardis, Miss. 



Kiln Dried Stocks 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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