April 111. I'JIS 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



A-~M.inufacturer of Implement Stock. 



B— Hanufscturer •( Car Msteral. 



C— Hanufaoturer of Factory DlmsniEon. 



^^ Oak lumber In commercial quanlltles Is pro- 



^^ duced by forty slates, and nior» than 18.0UO 



===^ initiH cut It. The number of oak mills In 



^= North Carolina expjeds the number In any 



r=T Other stale. 



Did you ever rest your eyes on a soft-toned 

 Oak wainscoting? Try it and then tell your 

 customers about It. 



(•Sec page — > 

 Flnp Venwrs and I larilwiKxi Lumber 



Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc. 



New Albany, Ind. 



Manufacturer 



('See l-:i^-t> l.S> 

 Veneers and H.<rdwood Lumber 



Hoffman Brothers Company 



Manufacturer 



Ft. Wavne, Ind. 



Oak \a just as ornamental today as It was 

 useful five centuries ago — juat as useful today 

 as It was ornamental then. 



(•See page 5iii 

 Manufac'.iirers of Hardwood Lumber and Flooring 



The Mowbray & Robinson Company 

 CiDcinnati, Ohio 



Write for List and Prices 

 North Vernon Lumber Company 



Manufacturer t»Trvt a «.r * 



North Vernon, INDIANA 



Everyone KNOWS what OAK la: that Is why 

 It la so easy to sell Oak goods. 



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 posseaaes much value aa a 

 *iource nf lunib^T. 



Charles H. Bamaby 



Manufacturers of Band S.iwn 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 la likewise called willow oak. 

 because ihe foliage resembles that nf wlllow- 



(•See page 47) 

 We hate to ofTer at preseui 1 car 4/4 FAS Quartered 

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

 Oak 



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

 Manufr^cturer Seymour. llNUIAINA 



(•See iiag 



CO) 



J. V. Stimson 



Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hirdwood 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 ago. 



No wood is more susceptible to the fuming 



process than oak, and both red and white oak 

 are .'^uUable for this process. 



C^^ee i-age 4" i 



Miller Lumber Company 



Manufacturer and Dealer In All Kinds of Hardwood 



Lumber 



Marianna, Arkansas 



Hal Individual Display Ad on Paia DMlfltM. 



(•Soe i)ai:o — ) =^ 



W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. ^ 



9 Band Mills manutacturlno hardii^ooda h^= 



Louisville, Ky. ^^ 



Hand Sawed. Steam Dried. Arkansas Uardwood* ^^ 



Edgar Lumber Company ^ 



Wesson. Arkansas ^^ 



Wlien urtlsca of Iht; Middle Ages chose a ^^ 



wood for high class carving, such as cathedral ^^ 



doors, altars, and architraves, they almost In- ^= 



variably selected oak. ^= 



(•See paKe S7) ^^ 



Salt Lick Lumber Company M 



Hardwood Manufacturer - -^ 



Salt Lick, Kentucky ^p 



CSeo iiago 10) ^=5 



J. W. Wheeler & Co. ^ 



Manufacturers Band Sawed llartlwood Lumber aj»d =^^ 



Quartered Oak. Ash and Gum =^ 



Memphis, Tennessee = 



Alanufacturera of aiavea for barrels initrii'-lftl == 



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 I3 Well Manufactured and Well Taken ^^ 

 Care of. Write U9 for prices in anything In hardwoods. =3 

 THE FERIJ BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY, ^ 

 Alexandria, LOUISIANA ^^ 



(•See pflEe 43) =^^ 



IMaln and Quarter-Sawed Oak a Specialty ^^ 



Little Rock Lumber & Mfg. Co. ^ 



Maker of Bnnd Sawed Hardwoods ^= 

 Little Rock, Arkansas ^^ 



The value of oak crosstles 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 ^^ 



spikes well and resists decay ^^ 



for anything in OAK write these representative firms 



MISSISSIPPI 



^m B & c 



^^:^ Manufacturers Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak 



^= and otber 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 rialn Red Oak Steps FAS & No. 1 C. 



^= WlLLIAaiSON-KUNY MILL & LUMBER CO. 



^ Manufacturer, Mound City, ILLINOIS 



E^ 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 



f= reach sawmills. 



^^ ('See page 46) 



^= Special— 500.000 ft. 4/4 FAS PlalD v^'hlte & Red Cafe 



^= LAMB-FISH LUMBER CO. 



;=f Manufacturer, Charleston, 



^^ CSeo paec 12) 



^^ Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



^^ SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 



=-^ General Offices, Conway Building, Chicago 



== Manufacturer 



^^ 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 Unltnd States. 



Thf fnllowinir Is ready for prompt Bhlpment : 



^= 60.000' 4/4" Clr. Qtd. Red Oak Strips. 2^-5%" 



^^ 80,000' 4/4" FA8 Qtd. Red Oak, 6- & up 



^= 100.000' 6/8" No. 1 Common Puplar 



^= BKDNA T<H;NG LUMBER CO. 



^ Greensburg. INDIANA 



^= 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 



F=F= Stands In Georgia and Is an object of great 



== Interest to tourists. It Is the common southern 



= nv> osk 



^= B— 



= Ws specialize In White and Red Oak and In Quartered 



Red Oum. We sollrlt your Inquiries. 



■ ALEXANDER BROTHERS, kjifCCicciDDi 



^m Manufacturers, Bel zonl. IVll33l33lrri 



^p Factories in the United States use approxl- 



=^ mately two billion feet of oak yearly, which 



=^ Is about 65 per cent of the total sawmill pro- 



f= ductlon 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 dye market. 



All stock cut from our Virgin Timber on modern 



hand mills. 



THI.STLETHWAITE LUMBER COMPANY. 



Manufacturer 

 Washington, LOUISIANA 



H. C— 



Tallahatchie Lumber Compamy 



Mzuiufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwoods 

 Philipp, Mississippi 



Poets have wrltter. 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. II & C— 

 Dermott Land & Lumber Company 



Manufacturers Southern Hardwmjds 



Mills. Dermott. Ark. 



Sales Offlce. Railwa y Exchanji e Bldg.. Chicago, III. 



(•See page 51) 



ARLINGTON LUMBER COMPANY 



Manufarturera of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber 



Mills: Arlington, Ky., and Park-.__,__ ,-,__„ 



Place, Ark. Write Arlington KENTUCKY 



^'^ Kentucky Lumber Company 



Manufacturers of Plain and Quulered 



Red and White Oak 



LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 



The Germans use some oak In their air- 

 planes, but it Is too heavy and brittle to give 

 much service In that place. 



(•See piu:.- M) 

 O.noo.noo Feet nf Oak Always on Hand In 1 lo 2" Stock 



BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, . _^ . -,0 a c 



M.inulacturcr Bllssvllle. ARKAN^sA^ 



The turkey oak In the South received that 

 name at an early period because Its acorns 

 were amall and were easily eaten by wild tur- 



kfVH. 



(■Sco paRO 57) 

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

 UTLEY-HOLLOWAT LUMBEK COMPANY 



Conway Building „ - .^j^-c 



Manufacturer Chicago- ILLllNUIb 



Specials 

 100.000 ft. 6/4 FAS Plain Red Oak 

 2011,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 Com. Plain Red Oak 

 300.000 ft. 8/4 FAS Qtd. Red Oum 

 C'liiimx I^umber Compan.T, '^^^-i /-^i iici a W A 

 Manufacturer .Mcxandria, HJUlJlAINA 



The United States governmrnt began Us 

 forest policy more than a hundred years mgo 

 by purchasing tracts of live oak timber In 

 tJie Southern states to guard against scarcity 

 of material for ships. 



Band Sawed. Equalized. Forked Leaf Wh\Xm Oak 



Thin Oak and Aah SpeclaitlM 



MANSFIELD HARDM OOI> 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 

 ttie early history of New England, was white 

 oak. 



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

 HOLLY RIDGE LUMBER CO 



Manufacturer 



LuuisviLle, 



KENTUCKY m 



The cow wak Is one of the most 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. 



H & C- 



High Grade Lumber 



Hyde Lumber Company ^= 



South Bend, Indiana =a 



Band Mills: Arkansas City. Ark. Lake Providence. La. == 



Colfax Hardwood Lumber Co* | 



Manufacturer Band Sawed Southern Hardwoods FrS 



Colfax, Grant Parish Louisiana ^^ 



The manufacturers of plows have long ^^ 



.•*hown preference for oak for the haadles. ^^ 



Tlie wood Is strong. Is easy te bend la the ^^ 



i>r<ipcr form when steamed, and holds that ^^ 



form ever after. ^^ 



Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co.^ Inc. 



Sardis, Miss. 



Klin Dried Stocks a Specialty 

 Manufacturer 



The hardness of oaks vary as much as 60 

 per cent when they are compared among 

 themselves, and there la no less difference 

 among different species when their strength 

 la under consideration. 



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