February 20. 1918 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



A~Manufacturer of rmplement Stock. 



B— Manufacturer of Car Mfltoral. 



C — Manufacturer of Factory Dimension. 



• Has Individual Display Ad on Paie Deslg Mtetf . 



Cromwell Charncter Counts 



Sreclal 5 8 No. 2 & No. 3 Com. Oak 



CROMWELL IIDWD. LUMBER a| aRAMA 



CO. Manufacturer Montifomer.v. ^^^oAni/\ 



Oak lumber In cominerctal qimnUtiea is pro- 

 duced by forty states, and more than 18,000 

 mills cut It. The number of oak mills In 

 North Carolina exf -^eds the number In any 

 other state. 



Did you ever rest your eyes on a soft-toned 

 Oak wainscoting? Try it and then tell your 

 customers about It. 



(See page 

 Fine Veneers and Maniwood Luraber 



^ Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc. 



New Albany, Ind. 



Manulacturpr 



(•See page 20] 

 Veneers and Hnrdwood Lumber 



Hoffman Brothers Company 



Manufacturer Ft. Wavne, Ind. 



Oak la just as ornamental today as It was 

 useful five centuries ago — just as useful today 

 as It was ornamental then. 



("See rage 44) 

 Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber and Flooring 



The Mowbray & Robinson Company 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



Write for List and Prices 



North Vernon Lumber Company 



INDIANA 



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, more than half of which are confined 

 to the region west of the Rocky Mountains. 

 Not one of them possesses much value as a 



sruirro of Minili'^r. 



rsve page — ) 



Charles H. Bamaby 



Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and 



Veneers 

 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 nf wlllnw. 



(*See page 4S) 

 We have to offer at present 1 car 4/4 FAS Quartered 

 White Oak. 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C. & BeL Quartered Red 



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



Manufacturer Seymonr. INDIANA 



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rage ; 



Manufacturer 

 North Vernon, 



Everyone KNOWS wh&t OAK is; that Is why 

 it is so easy to sell Oak goods 



J« V. Stimson 



Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber 

 Huntingburg, Indizuia 



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 ago. 



No wood Is more susceptible to the fuming 

 process than oak, and both red and white oak 

 are suitable for this process. 



Miller Lumber Company 



Manufacturer and Dealer In All Kinds of Uardwood 



Lumber 



Marianna, Arkansas 



W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. m 



9 Band MMIs manufacturing hardwoods ^== 



^^^^ Louisville^ Ky. ^^ 



Hand Sawed. Steam Dried, Arkansas llardwooda ^ 7§ 



Edgar Lumber Company ^ 



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. =^ 



('See DaKO K') ^= 



Salt Lick Lumber Company ^ 



Hardwood Manufacturer ^^ 



Salt Lick» Kentucky ^^^ 



(See page 10) ^^ 



J. W. Wheeler & Co. 'm 



Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwood Lumber and ^^ 



Quartered Oak. Ash and Oum == 



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. ^^ 



()ur Lumber is Well Manufactured and Well Taken ^^ 



Cttro of. Write us for prices in anything in hardwoods. == 



THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMr.\NY, ^ 



Alexandria, LOUISIANA ^ 



(•See rage 14) =^^ 



riuln and Quarter-Sawed Oak a Specialty ^^ 



Little Roclt Lumber & Mfg. Co. m 



Maker of Band Sawed Hardwoods =f 

 Little Rock, Arkansas ^^ 



The value of oak crosatles In the tracks of ^= 



railroads has long been understood by en- ^= 



gineers They give the best service becaua* ^^ 



the wood is hard and wears well and bolda ^^ 



spikes well and resists decay ^= 



for driythinc in OAK write these representative firm 



B & C 



Manufacturers Band Sawed Plain ami Quartered. Oak 

 and other Hardwood Lumber 



Sabine River Lumber & Logging Co., Inc. 

 San Aptonio, Texas 



5 cars 4 4 White Oak FAS & No. 1 C. 

 10 cars .')/4 Plain Hed Oak Steps FAS & No. 1 C. 

 WII.MAM.SON-KUNY MIM. & LUMBER CO. 

 Manufacturer, Mound City, ILLINOIS 



The laurel oak is more abundant In Florida 

 than In any other part of the United State.s, 

 but It Is not abundant anywhere. Few logs 

 reach sawmills. 



00.000 ft. 4/4 FAS rialn White & Red Oak 



MISSISSIPPI 



I.AMB-MSH lAMBEK CO, 



Manufacturer, Charleston, 



== ('See page 12) 



s^g^ Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



^= SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 



£^ f oneml Oface8, Conway Building, Chicaco 



=^ 'jcueim Manufacturer 



^s West Virginia leads all other states In the 



^^ production of oak lumber, and Tennessee 



^= stands second on the list. These two states 



^g furnish one-third of a!! the oak lumber sawed 



^B In the United Slates. 



^^ The followinir la ready for promtit shipment- 

 's 80.000' 4/4" Clr. Qtd. Red Oak Strtpi, 2%-514" 

 ^s 60.000' 4/4" FAS Qtd. Red Oak. 6" & up 

 = 100,000' 5/8" No. 1 Common Poplar 



^ UEDNA VOINCi Ll.MBBR CO. 



^m Greeniiburg. INDIANA 



== W© Manufacture Hardwood Lumber 



M C. & W. Kramer Company 



^^s Richmond, Indiana 



^s 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. ^ 



^s ^t, ipeclallre In White and Red Oak and in QuarlerKl 



^^ f^4't^ Cum Wp aollrlt ynur innulrtea, 



ALEXANDER BROTHERS, MISSISSIPPI 



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 Ihe.^e days of scarcity In the dye market. 



All stock cut from our Virgin Timber on modero 



hand nulls, 



THLSTLETHWAITE LUMBER COMTANY, 



Manufacturer 



Washington. LOUISIANA 



jj, r— 



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 

 nn oak, based on a count of the annial growth 

 rings. 



A. II & C— 



Dermott Land & Lumber Company 



Manufaclurers Southern ilardwooils 



Mills. Dermott. Ark. 



Sales Office. Railway Exchange Brdg.. Chlcapo. III. 



(•See page 41) 



ARLINGTON LDMBEK COMPANY 



Maiiufacturers uf naiul Sawn Hardwood Lumber 



MIIIh: Arllnertou, K.v., and l*rtrk_-_.,__ ,____, 



riaoe, Ark. Write Arlington KENTUCKY 



'' Kentucky Lumber Company 



Manufaclu 



urers of Plain aiul Quartered 

 Tleil and Whllo Oak 



LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 



ManufarturtTH, 



Itel/nnl. 



^s Factories in the United Slates use approxl- 



^^ matelv two billion feet of oak yearly, which 



^= in about OS per cent of the total sawmill pro- 



^~ duction of this wood. 



The Germans use some oak In their air- 

 planes, but It is too heavy and brittle to give 

 much service in that place. 



('See pago 48) 

 B.oon.noo Ppet of Oak Always on Hand in 1 to 2" Stock 



RLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, .„^^ .MCA C 



Manufacturer BlisHvllie. ARKANSAS 



The turkey oak In the South received that 

 name at an early period because its acorns 

 were small and were easily eaten bv wild tur- 



k'-VH, 



CS^r. ii«i:e ir.) 

 All itork irradod up to uualHy — knocked down to price. 

 UTI.EY-HOM.OWAY LUMBEB COMPANTi' 



Conway Bulldlni; ,« . iMnic: 



ManufBCturer Chl<*air». ILUIIN^Jio 



Specials 

 lOO.noo ft. 5/4 FAS Plain Red Oak 

 200.000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 Com. Plain Red Oak 

 300,000 ft. 8/4 FAS Qtd. Red Gum 



Climax Lumber Company, Ltd., ^^, ,,^, . |^ . i 

 Manufacturer St. Landry. LUUIJlAINA \ 



The United States government began Ita \ 

 fnr'-st policy more than a hundred yeara m,go \ 

 l>y purchasing tracts of live oak timber in ] 

 the Southern states to guard against scarcity ! 

 nf material for ships. ; 



Band Sawed, Equalized, Forked Leaf \\'hlU Oak 



Thin Oak and Ash Specialties 



MANSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. 



Manufacturer WINNFIELD, 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 

 nak. 



70% 14 and 16' long Band Sawn Plain Red Oak. 



HOLLY RIDGE LUMBER C0.^^„-,—. ,«---• 

 Manufacturer Louisville, KJbW 1 UL-M 



The cow uak is one of the most valuable 

 hnrdwoods of the South, and belongs to the 

 white oak group. Its acorns are large, thin 

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



IJ & C— 



High Grade Lumber 



Hyde Lumber Company 



South Bend, Indiana 

 Band Mlll!i: Arkansas City, Ark. Lake Providence. La. 



Colfax Hardwood Lumber Co. 



Manufacturer Band Sawed Southern Hardwoods 

 Colfax, Grant Parish LouUlana 



The manufacturers of plows hav« long 

 shown preference for oak for the handles. 

 The wood is strong, is easy to bend in tha 

 iiropor form when steamed, and holds that 

 form over after. 



Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co^ Inc. ^ 



Sardis, Misa. 



Kiln Dried Hi.-cks a Specialty 

 Manufacturer 



The hardness of oaks vary as much as 50 _ 



per cent when they are compared amonff ^ 

 themselves, and there Is no leas dlfforanc© ^= 

 among different species when their strength ^ 

 Is under consideration. 



