January -T* 



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HARDWOOD RECORD 



A— Maaiifaeturcr of lavlCMeal Stock. 



B^MtBirfacturer of Car Materil. 



^— lluufacturer of FKctory Dla«aii«a. 



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^ CKOMWELL UDUH. LIMULK k] aRamA 



^^ CO. Maiiuticturer MontKOlIn•r^ . '**-^"'^'*^ 



=== Oak lumber in commercial quantiiies la pro- 



== duced bv forty states, and more tha.a IS.OOO 



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



^^ Nwrtfa Carolina ex'*-eu3 tb.e number in any 



,^^ other state. 



Did you ever rest your eyes on a soft-toned 

 Oak walnstcotlne? Try it and then tell your 

 customers about It. 



(•See page 5) 

 FtEff Tereers and Haniwood Lambe- 



^ Wood-Mosaic Company^ Inc. 



New Albany, Ind. 

 Matiufaeturer 



V>neen and Hirdwood Lumber 



Hoffmaui Brothers Company 



Manufacturer Ft. \Vavne» Ind. 



OaK 13 just as ornamental today as It was 

 useful five centuries ago — just as useful today 

 as It was ornamental then. 



(•See rage 53 ■ 

 Manufactarers of Haraw^-vxi Lumber xnd F'.corinr 



The Mowbray &. Robinson Company 

 Cincinnati, Ohio 



Write for List ar.d Pr:.:es 



North Vernon Lumber Company 



Manufacturer ixitxt a rj a 



North Vernon. INDIANA 



Everyone KNOWS what OAK is: that Is why 

 It is so easy to sell Oak goods- 



saw- nir.s have ar 



■?t for all the 

 r;sht to cut. 



There are eight evergreen oaks In the United 

 States, more than half of which are confined 

 to the region west of the Rocky Mountains. 

 Not one of them possesses much value as a 

 ypurce of lumber. 



(•See p«se — ■ 



Charles H. Bamaby 



Maanfactnren •( Baai Sawn Hardwood Lumber aad 



Veaeers 

 Greencastle. 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 

 peach tree. It Is likewise called willow oak. 

 because the foliage resembles that of wll'.ow. 



('See page 56 i 



We have to offer at present 1 car 4 4 FAS QuartereJ 



White OaX. 1 car 4 4 No. 1 C. A BeL Quairered Bed 



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SWAIN-ROACH LITMBER CO. .._. . .... 



Manufacturer Seymour. UNiJlAISA 



( "See ri=? '-"4 



J. V. Stimson 



Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hirdwood Lunber 



Huntingburg. Indiana 



The oldest oak tree stili s'.ar.dir.g < if tradi- 

 tion Is true) is known as .Abraham's oak. near 

 Jerusalem. If the patriarch Abraham ever 

 camped in its shade, a.s the story goes, the 

 event Tr.-J5t ha-.-e ■:■■' :'j-r-e': 4 ''"^0 ve ars as.?. 



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Kentucky Lumber Company 



Manufacturers of Plain ar.d Quartered 

 Bed and WTiite Oak 

 LEXINGTON. KE.NTUCKY 



Miller Lumber Company 



cds c' Hardwood 



Manufacturer a::d Deader ir. J 

 Lumber 

 Marianna. Arkansas 



Has ladlvlrfaal Otoflay A4 ta Pat* Oolfaatatf. 



Illlffiiiili _ 



i 'See pajv ' ^= 



W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co, M 



3 Band Mills manufacturiat tiartfvsodt 



Louisville. Ky. =^ 



Bar, i >AT';<1. S:*ara Dr.ed. A-iansaa Hardwoods , ^^ 



Edgar Lumber Company M 



Wesson. Arkansas ^^ 



When art--s*.s cf :;-.■? iliidie .Ages chose a . 



wood for h.zz. z'.3.ss oar-, rg. such as cathedral ^^ 



doors, altars, and a.-:h.t.-a.e3. they almost in- =^ 



variably sel-^cted oak. ^^ 



■"See liiv 15; ^^ 



Salt Lick Lumber Company ■ 



Hardwood Manjfa-tjr-r } 



Sal t Lick. Kentucky =^^ 



J. W. Wheeler "& Co. H 



}tlxr..:^ic"j.T'ir3 Eir-d Sd^*.; liirj-wccd laimber and - ? 



Memphis. Tennessee ^^ 



Manufacturers of staves for barre.s intended ^^ 



to contain alcoholic liquors prefer white o&lc ^^ 



to red for the reason that the wood of th« = 



former permits less seepage than red o&k. =^ 



our Lumber is Well Man'ofactored and Well Takao ^^ 



C^re cf. Write us t?r ^r.^res \.a anythici in hirdw%wds. * 



THE FERD BRZNNEB LUMBER COMPANY. ^ 

 Alexandria. LOUISIANA H 



(•See ra^ 14 -g 



Plain and Quaner-Sawed Oa^ a Specialty ^^ 



Little Roclt Lumber & Mfg. Co. ■ 



Maker of Said Sawed Hardwoads > 



Little Rock, Arkansas ^3 



The value of oaji crcssties in the tracts of ^^ 



railroads has long been understood by en- ^^ 



gineers They give the best service b«caua« ^= 



the wood is hard and wears well and hold4 ^^ 



spikes well and resists decay ^^ 



For anyihins in OAK write these representative firm 



B & c 



Manufacture.'-s Bir.J Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oa& 

 and otber Hardwood Lumber 



Sabine River Lumber Sc Logging Co., Inc. 



San Antonio, Texas 



5 cars 4 4 White Oa^ FAS i No. 1 C 

 10 cars 5 4 P!i;n Bed Oak Stera FAS 4 No. 1 C 

 WILHAMSON-KCNY MILL * LCMBEB 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 & Bed Oak 



LAMB- FISH LIMBER CO. ,„<^t..^r.»««. 



31anufacturer, Charleston, MISSISSIPPI 



vSor.' 1 a»e \v 



Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 

 General OflQces. .Conway BuildLng. „ ,__« 

 Maautacturar 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 a'l the oak lumber sawed 

 In the United States. 



The followms la ready for prompt shipment : 



aO.OOO' 3/4" TAS Quarteml \\'hite OaJt. 



T5.000' 4/4' No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak. 10" 4k op. 



50 (V^rt- t'4" FAS Quirter^l R<^ Oak. 

 BEDN.\ YOt'NG LUMBER CO. 

 jTkson. TENNESSEE 



W« Manufactur* Hardwood Lumber 



C. & W. Kramer Company 



Richmond. Indiana 



The oak tree under wnii.-h John Wesley 

 preached his first sermon in America a til I 

 stands in Georgia and is an object of great 

 Interest to tourists. It Is the common southern 

 live oak. 



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>N> sredallM In Whlt« and Red Oak and tn Quartered 



Rp-1 r.ijm. Wp » ';,-ir V. -ir -Liuirirt 

 ALEX.4NDER BROTHERS, m^iccicciooi 



Mannfacturrrs. Belionl. Ml^M^itirrl 



Factories In the United States use approxi- 

 mately two bllilon feat of oak yearly, which 

 Is about 05 per cent of thm total sawmill pro- 

 duction of thU wood. 



Vtiiiow oaii ;s the best named of ai: the 

 oaks. The inner bark is yellow and was a 

 reliable dye material in pioneer times, and It 

 mi^ht be worth while to investigate it now. 

 in these days of scarcity in the dye irarket. 



AU stock cut from our Virgin Timber on modern 



TH1STLETHW.\ITE LITMBER COMr.ANY. 



Manuracturer 

 Washington. LOUISIANA 



T2dlahatchie Lumber Company 



Manufacturers oi Band Sawn Hardwoods 

 Phiiipp, 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 annial growth 

 rings. 



A. B i C— 



Dermott Land & Lumber Company 



ManufaiT'.urers Sourhern t?a--d»LjOiis 



Mrlls. Oermott. Ark. 



Sites Ofllce. Railway Exchame Bldfl.. Chica^Q. 111. 



("See ra^ '2 



ARLINGTON LUMBER COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hariiwi.H.'d Lumber 



Mills: Arlington. Ky., and fark^^^^ 



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. 



M. E. Leming Lumber Company 



Cape Girardeau. Mo. 



Manufacturer of Soft Textured Oak. Good Grades 



«. 000. 000 Feet ct Oak Alwajs ca Hand in 1 to 2" Stock 



BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY. ._„. ,^- . « 



Maaufacturer BXisavmc. ARKAN^A^ 



The turkey oak In the South received that 

 name at an early period because its acerns 

 were small and were easily eaien by wild tur- 

 keys. 



1 "See I'a^e 1 *• ' 

 All «od[ craded up to quality — knocked down to price. 

 UTLEY-HOLLOWAY LCMBEK CO.MPANT 



Specials ^^ 



IJO.'^OO ft. 5,'4 FAS P'.ain Bed Oak ^^ 



24.0t>0 fl. S 4 FAS Plain Bed Oak ^g 



*00.000 ft. S 4 FAS Qtd. Red Gum ^^ 



Climax Lamber Company. Ltd.. -.,,,-,.» . ^M 



Manufacturer St. Landry. LLIUlJiAIlA ^m 



The United States governme-t began its ^= 



forest policy more than a hundred years aso ^= 



by purchasing tracts of live oak timber m ^^ 



the Southern states to guard against scarcity ^^ 



■-'f material for ships. =^^ 



Band Sawed. Equalized. Forked Leaf White Osfe ^^ 



Thm Oak and Ash Specialtioa ^^ 



M.\NSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. ^ 



.Manufacturer WINNFLELD, LA. ^m 



It has been found out that the famous ^^^ 



^Charter Oak" which stood near Hartferd. ^^ 



Conn., and which figured so prominently in — s 



the early history of New England, was white =^ 



oak. ^^ 



'O'-'v 14 xnd IS' \ocg Band Sawn Plain Red Oak. ^^ 



HOLLY Rn>GE LUMBER CO--_-_— ,-,«, ■ 



Manufacturer Louisville. K±JM1UUKI ^s 



The cow oak is one of the moat 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., ^s 



B i C— H'B*i Gride LufiSer ^^ 



Hyde Lumber Company = 



South Bend, Indiana ^=s 



B.tnd Mills: Arkansas City. Ark. Lak» Pn^Jdenct. La. ^^^ 



Colfax Hardwood Lumber Co. | 



M.irif i.-'.;rer Ba.'^d Sawed Sfuthert: Hir^wx^ds ^^ 



Colfax. Grant Parish Louisiana ^^ 



The manufacturers of plows hava long ^^ 



shown preference for oak for the handles. ^^ 



The wood Is strong. Is easy to bend la tha ^^ 



proper form when steamed, and holds that ^^ 



Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. ■ 



Sardis, Mtss. ^^ 



Klin Dne*J ST'^cks a Sr<^c 17 ^S| 



Manuf-ieniryr 3^ 



The hardness of oaks vajy as ia.u.ch as 50 =^ 

 per cent when they are compared among ^^ 

 themselves, and there Is no less dlfferoaco 

 amoac -dtttccant apaciaa when thoir stroostfc 

 is aadar conalderattoii. 



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