HARDWOOD KKCOKD 



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The kind ot timber that enables us to 

 maintain our policy of 



Honest Inspection 

 Intelligent Selection 



r,l HIT 

 Eatabllahril 1807 Inr«rpontl«d 1904 



Hoffman Bros. Company, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



Dimension Hardwoods 



Cut to Your Order 

 Save Time Save Labor Save Waste 



We lolicit your iuquliies for 

 Chair Posts and Rockers band sawed 

 to pattern. Table Legs. Table Tops. 

 Seat Stock, or anything in special 

 cut Chair or Furniture Dimension. 



THE POWELL MYERS LUMBER CO. 

 South Bend. Indiana 



The Mowbray & Robinson Company 

 irdv 



m^ RIGHT 



MANUFACTURERS Hardwood Lumbcr 



OK 



nnti 



MADE 



Oak Flooring 



Purveyors of Floors for Fastidious People 



Miiin office, yards and warehouse 



CINCINNATI, O. 



QUICKSAND. 

 Factory 



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 |0 'T^^'^ of Contents C^ 



COVER PICTURE— The Pere Marquette River. 

 REVIEV*/ AND OUTLOOK: 



Gener.Tl M.irket Condition! 13 



The Cover Picture 13 



Northern Manufacturers Have Reason to be Encouragad 14 



Te»ted by Storm 14 



Stocks are Actually Low In Some Woods IS 



Rated Too Low 15 



En'jilsh Criticism ot Consignment Shipments 15 



SPECIAL ARTICLES; 



Indiana Wood -Using Industries 16-18 



The Lumbermen's Round Table 19 



Sawmill Shop Talk 20 



Ideal Sawmill Construction 20 



Phases of Employment Contracts 21 



To Make Use of Hardwood Ashes 21 



An Idea for Association Work 28 



To Test Northern Woods 22 



Facts and Fr.->uds of Witch Hazel 23 



Interest I no Traffic Developments 24-25 



Conditions Better In Memphis Section 26 



Refining Lumber on the Load;ng Dock 27 



THE MAIL BAG 28 



CUBS A.MD ASSOCIATIONS: 



Michigan Manufacturers Meet 26 



Miscellaneous 20 



WITH THE TRADE 20-31 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 31-34 



HARDWOOD NEWS 34-44 



HARDWOOD MARKET 44-40 



HARDWOODS FOR SALE 52-63 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 51 



8UBSCKIPTI0M T£BM8: Id th> UDlIrd t<Iite> snil Ita poueuloDa. •sd lisada. 

 f2.oo tha jrar; Id forelr' rouolrlf^. Sl.on extra poatace. 



Id coDfomiltj wltb tb« ntlps of the poatofDcc departmeot, iat>«(Tlptloas sra 

 pajabls Id adTsocc. aod lo default of wrltt^B orders to ttie cootrarj, sra coDUoaa4 

 at oar optloD. 



iDitmrtloDB for rcnawal. diic«Dtlnaanoe, or ohsBca of addraia. abofild t>a soat 

 ODa wF»k brfors tha dat« thej sra to go Into effect. Botb old aod Dew sddrsasas 

 ntiat t>« siTao. 



tlotb display aod claaslfled advertlslDC rales forolabed opos appllrattoa. AdTsr- 

 tlalof rop; renat h* rar^lTod Ova daja Id arWaoce of publtratlon dat.-a 



RotcrM aa aec*Bd-claaa mattrr Wav 26. 1002, at tbe postofflcs st Cblcaro. III., 

 nndar act of Msreb 8. 1878. 



If You Have Ever Seen a Sawmill 

 Community 



^'|>u will admit that our little town shown here has 

 cliarnctcr and jjcrsdiiality. That is tlie keynote of our whole 

 organization — the inaintenanct.- and production of a business, and a 

 commodity of distinction, wjiich throuKh greater care and closer 

 ("UfMTvli^lon !»iiow up lo I'D Jitft n little lilt bettor tlinn the IipMt lo Iw found clw?where. 



It roally Is pnwlble for Uf to phow you evon without your seeing a bnaril of our 

 Htock. Just where wo have wivod money for woodworkers In your lino ihroush 

 Incrennod values by "ivaate" fiavlnir. 



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th/ i.s inirth (I luii-ccnt sinmj). 



GEORGE C. BROWN & COMPANY, Memphis, Tenn. 



A Sawmill Community with .i PorponalUy 



All Three of Us Wil 



Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 



