Jiimiury 10, 1918 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



A — Minufacturer of Im^lvment Stock. 

 B — Manufactursr tf Car Material. 

 C — Maaufacturor et Factary Dlmontloti 



^ Long-Bell Lumber Company 



Sjm Offprattrs in Soulhsrn Hardwoodi 

 Kansas City» Missouri 



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l.'i jf;>rs' sui [Ij a^Mirpd by Sl'.nOO »tTci V Iff In Si. 



Kraiic'is liASiii Titiibi-r. Urgi-ly oak. 



TVrhud.v Lumber Comimny, ..icci"*i loi 



MaDufucCiirer, KansaB City. MlobUUKi 



The (luraesi oak lacks niuih ot being us 

 bard as llsnum vltae; the strongest Is weaker 

 than locust; the heaviest is lighter tlian man- 

 grove; but In average of good qualities It 

 would be hard to fin<i a wood superior to oak. 

 II. C— 



We hara a One stock of 4/4 No 1 Com. Plain UTille 

 Oak; 4 4 FAS Quartered White Oak. 

 GALLOWAY-PEASE COMPANY 



Manufacturer, Poplar Bluff. MISSOURI 



The scarcest of all the uak.s of the Lniu-d 

 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 itaye I»t> 



Wa carry a complete 8U.cK of plain and quartered 



Red and White Oak in all siieciUcatinns. Our facilitlea 



for prompt shlpmentB are second to nona. mu^i »,»« 



UAKEK-MATTUE\V8 LBR CO. .-.pcTAi Ai 



Cliicago. 111. Manufacturer iVIIbaUURl 



Why do y«ur children like Oak best? For 

 the same reason that you did — they know It 

 is not easily scratched or marred Think tt 

 over 



C — Special 



1 car 6/4x20" Qtd. Ked Oak Seat Stock 

 1 car 6/4x18" Qtd. Whita Oak Seat Stock 

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

 ARKLA LBR. & MFG. CO.. «>.icci^iiDi 



St. Louis, MISSOURI 



AHA: C— 



Triple Band of 



The Meadow River Lumber Company 



Rainelle. W. Va. 



Manufacturer Hlgh-Grads Hardwoods 



There are eitcht fvi.rgre«n oaUs In the United 

 .stales, more than half of which are conMiied 

 to the region, west of the Rocky Mountains. 



Several oaks in different parts of the United 

 States are known locally as "rock oak," but 

 that is not the projier name of any. 



J. H. Bonner & Sons 



Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood 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 

 driven Intn the bole or into the larger limbs. 



A. li & C— 



Carr Lumber Company, Inc. 



1 '. 1 1 r mo ri' H ard vvi '<^ds 



Pisgah Forest, N. C. 



Manufacturer 



It Is believed that the combined stand of alt 

 other species of oak In the United States would 

 not equal that of the con-mon white oak. 



llt.uiiO ft. 1" Is & 2s Qtd. White Oak 

 50.'iim ft. 1" No 1 Com. Qtd White Oak. 8" & wUr. 

 JOHN B. RANSOM & CO.. 

 Miinufactiirer, Nashville 



Everything In lumber 



TENNESSEE 



The "Conestoga wagons," famous a century 

 ago. and sometimes called "prairie schooners." 

 were made wholly of oak and iron, and were 

 sood for a quarter of a century of hard usage. 

 They were made at Conestoga. Pa.. 



A. B & C— 



Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. Co. 



Manufacturers and Wholesale Lumber Dealers 

 St. Louis, Missouri 



* Hat Individual Display Ad on Paia OMlgnatstf. 



I --rLi I AL ^ 



<.ai> LI 1 A: 2 & No. 1 Common Bed Ouk h:= 



cars -1/4 1 At 2 A .N'o. 1 Common CliesUiut ^^ 



lu car>i 4/4 te S/4 Iz-e Run Sour (Jam == 



ALTON LUMBER CO. ^ 



WhlST VIRGINIA ^ 



Buckhannon 



U.iK Iure--it3 ul fully inaiureU tri-e^, IcuMiig 

 perfect acorns, occur In Northern Oklahonta 

 and Suutliern Kuimaa. and the tallest of the 

 trees llltie exceed two feet In helRht 



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Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. 



Manufacturer of Hardwoods 

 Memphis, Tennessee 



(*:jee iinne 6i 

 Hand sawn lumber, thick stuck aud Umbers. The 

 texture uf uur mountain uak Is famous. Try IL 

 VESTAL LBR. * MFG. CO., ^j.^^j,„^r^~ 

 Manufacturer, Knoxville, i t.ININCOJC.t:. 



It Would not make much difference so far 

 as the song is concerned, but It would satisfy 

 some people's curiosity It the matter could 

 be settle^ whether the "Old Oaken Bucket" 

 w;is made of white oak or of red oak. 



\\c liuve for fall sliipnient large siuck of lu. 4 and 

 12 4 C. & BeU Oak; other thicknesses from 44 to 8/4 

 in all grades. 



FARKIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., 



.Manufacturer, Nawliville, TENNESSEE 



1 he oldest piece of oak shaped by liunian 

 h.iiids la believed to be an oak canoe discovered 

 a few years ago buried In mud at the bottom 

 of a river In England, and believed to be 

 X 00" 'ears old. 



For 20 years we liiive made Oak and Still specialize 

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

 grades and service are worlh considering. 

 LOVE. BOYD & CO.. 

 Man ufact urer, Nashville, 



.\o oilier wuuiJ of tile Llllteu Si a lea 1& aS 

 suitable for quarter sawing as white oak 

 Some of the red oaks mei.^.r I'l^ well up 



lo white oak in that respect, but as a general 

 proposition ihey fall considerably below It. 



TENNESSEE 



for anythino in OAK write these representative firms 



^= Tklanufarturer, 



QUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY 



Memphis Band Mill Company 



Memphis TENNESSEE 



(-•ravlically all the oak cut in l::urope. wesi 

 of Uussia and the Balkans, belongs to a 

 single species, though the qualities of the 

 wood from various regions differ greatly and 

 he ar dlffrrent names. 



Specials On 

 3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Cora. Qtd. Red Oak 

 2 car? 4/4 No. 2 Com Qtd. Red Oak 

 BAYOC LAND ft LVSIBER 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 he 

 did not use oak Instead of cedar in his temple 

 (*.S«' pace 4H) 



C. Crane & Co. 



Hardwaod Lumber 

 Hand Millw at CInoinnntK 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 rialn and QuarlL-red Oak 



also 



Oak Timbers and Bridge I'lank 



•ABINK TRAM COMFANY. 



• BEAIMONT. 



TEXAS 



The largc.>*t •aks of th« 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 5Gi 

 Nice »t»rk of dry 4/4. 5/4 &. 6/4 Plain Red and White 

 Oak on hand at Burdette. Ark., for promm stilpnieiit. 



THREE STATES I-t'MBER CO.^cj^l^PSSPE 



The golden oak which grow.s In California. 

 Is not BO named because of the color of Its 

 wood, but on account of the yellow fuzz on the 

 under side of lis leaf. 



B 



& C— 



\\ .• Manufacture Hardwood From Fine Weet Virginia 



Tlnit>fr 



WARN LCMBER CORPORATION ly w . 



Bay wood. 



White oaks ripen their acorns In a single 

 season, while those of red oaks hang on the 

 trees and grow during two summers. Th^y 

 are usually quite email at the close of the 

 irst growing sf-ason. 



Yellow Poplar Lumber Compsmy 



Coal Grove, Ohio 



Manufacturer 



Oak makes the heaviest of bridge timbers 

 or the finest of period furniture. Is there any 

 other wood so versatHe? 



The color of the artistic English wood known 

 as brown oak is said to he due to incipient 

 decay which has spread through the texture 

 of the wo o d^ 



There are no new problems to overcome In 

 curing or caring for Oak lumber. It has been 

 too long used. 



A & B— 



tf yuu want Sound. Soft Textured While & Red Oak. 



liotti in Plain and Quartered, write 



DUIII'MEIER BROTHERS * r<)., 



Mann fact urerH. Cinrinniiti 



Were all the Oak timber to be destroyed 

 over night the effect on business In general 

 would be chaotic. 



OHIO 



A — 150.000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Com. PialD OaK 



Siiecialists in Butie Dry. tlood Widths & Lengths— 



Promjit Shiirnent 

 BARR-HOLADAV LUMBER CO.. oUin 



Manufacturer, <;rfenfleld. ^"*^ 



Clothes don't make the man. nor does finish 

 make the furniture — but it helps. See the 



latest. 



The Uiind Mill. 



rianliig Mil 



>r rhe 



and Ury Kiln 



Williains Liunber Company 



Ifl Incated nl 

 Fayetteville, Tennessee 



Why has Oak always led In ofrerlngs at 

 tlie furniture shows? Ask anyone who sella 



furniture. 



Ail lumber tilled in aarae lengths and similarly loaded 

 In cars. 



CLAY LUMBER COMTANY. 



Mannfucturer, w VA 



Middle I'orU. 



A * C— 



Manufacturers of ILirdwuofi Lumber; abto Millwork, Fin- 

 isii. Trim and Oak Fli>'trlnK 



WEST VIRGINIA TIMBER CO., „, , , . 

 Charlwlon, W. VA. 



We are cutting off 200. OUO acres of the finest Oak In == 



West Virginia. For the Tery best, try r-^ 



AMERICAN COLUMN & LUMBER CO., ^m 



Manufacturer. St. Albans, W. VA. s 



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



and figure for every taste. Are you familiar ^= 



with them all? ^^ 



Babcock Lumber Company ^ 



Pittsburgh, Pa. ^^ 



Annual Cap.icity. 150.000.000 Fest s^ 



Manufacturer ; ■ .-= 



Do you know of any other wood tliat pleasea ^^ 



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



does Oak? ^^ 



Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company ■ 



Sales OMlce — ClarkHburg, \\. Va. ^^ 



Band Mills — Curtin, Coal Sid- ... ... ^^ 



Ing and Hominy EiilK. ^' "A. ^^j 



Cood eating and good Oak go well together. ^= 



They make an especially logical combination ^^ 



In these days of high prices. ^^ 



Spocinltles i#^ 



Quarter-sawed \N'hlte Oak. Plain Red and White Oak ^^ 



C. L. RITTER LUMBER CO.^ITANV, ^m 



ROCKCASTLE LUMBER ( OMTANV, ^ 



.Mil nil ftictu rent. Iliinl iiicton, W. \'a. =^ 



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Oak. Red Oak and 

 square edged White Oak 



Ki-ntiiL-ky .s.ifl T©vtur« 



pMl'Ur. Iligh-clnss. sound. 



TlndHTs. I"xI6 ft. 



A.MEKICAN LBR. A MFG. CO., ritthbiirch. 



Manufacturer and Wholesaler PENNSYLVANIA 



Oak was spoken of witli aifev i ntn in ih^ 

 Scriptures and will be held In esteem by our 

 children's children generations hence. 



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