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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Ih'ftMllllIT 111. Itl|% 



A Gigantic Flagpole 

 Thry luivr iiiailf n Uie ilniii"'!' I" llrliMi I'.iliiiul'la fi.r Ihi- K«'w Cur 

 •li-nii In I^imliin. Kli-vm ir.<-». nil liiii):!"'- "f". »'"'f" tlirimn liffon- "IK- 

 w»« urcurrd which anawpr.Hl thv (luriiiuu' In .'Vit.v way. Tlif Irw niinllv 

 wli-clwl •... ..-■r. .1 vjo frvl IR li'DKlli, <l lu illmiK-l.T Hi lht> liirs<> i-iul. 

 ■ oil IH It IT liii.|ilr Imrk nt Iho «nmll ••nil. ThU \»e wn» IiwiImI 



on A luKw ' «n<l hnuli-U l«'n mlli-ii to the »ra. ytlx-n- H wo« liiln'-i 



In low liv a tuK unit rarrl>-<l I" VanrouviT. tlwIiiB to Ilii> wnr nuil llii' 

 r<iOM'<|U<'nt ahortniiv of v>»<io'li< fnpalilf of liiinilllni: mioIi tin iinwldilv 

 artlrlr — wrliililnx alMnii clKliti'i'n Ioiik It «'«» only In .\(iKi»-t lai<t tlim 

 tparp wan touml on ih- ■•irniiirr Mcrlonctlnihln". ThU v>-m>1 hhoiilil iir 

 rlvo at Lomloii .•nily In I •.•.•.•ihImt. I'hi- rlniipoli' will then l>.' clUrhiirK* il 

 illrpfl Into the Thiiim-i ami toK.-.l up lln' rlvi-r to Krw liiiriliiiN lo !«• 

 holala-d In iMiKltlon ThU 1» thr n.voncl l>oui:lii« fir llnKpoh- for Ki-w 

 <;ard<'Dv The llrKt wa» not mi lull, tliouich nt that tliiii' llif liilli'xt In 

 ih.' world. It ■•Io.mI Mianv vi'nrw. hut flniilly Ihmiiiui' ilnnirorouK on n' 

 ••ouni of <lc€-ay iinil wn» tiikrn ilown. The prcM'nl ono nhoulil »lnnil nt 

 l.ii-t :i qiinrt^r n,' n roniiiry. for the woo<l of l^iuiilns flr l« rnteil iliirnlih . 



Coloring Matter for Paper Making 



111. i..n ~t- iir. ..illi.l up"ii to >u|i|ily iii.i^l of ihi' ninl.-rlnl for piip.r 

 lunklnB. hut lilfnchi's uml i-olorhiK prcpnrntlons roini' from clMfwherc, nntl 

 they an- of the crentost Iniportnnee to the paper Industry. The war lins 

 IntcTferwl with the Importation of dyes and the shorlnBe which hn« lone 

 iMM-n pro«llcted ha« come. The textile Industry was the llrst to feel It. 

 hut the scarcity has made Itself felt elsewhere. Those who are posted 

 lo paiH'r affairs are contident that It Is Bolnit to In extremely dllllcult for 

 the mills to KuarantiH? unlfi>rmlty of shade on the white as well i>-* 

 coloroil papers, as a numher of t'.ie mills are experleiulnt; dlHIculty In 

 RettiuK Idenchlni: powder ind are forri^d to use sniistitutes — which have 

 not Iveen very satlslaclorv. It will he a queslinn of a very. short time 

 only when all mills will l"- .■oiifr..iited with the same proposition. 



Remarkable Railroad Building 

 Russia u,se<l more than :S..'ilKI.OO<l crosstles In Its new road from the 

 Interior of the empire to the open port on the .Vrctlc ocean nt Kknlernln 

 That was unquestlonnhly the sreatest piece of rnllrond liiilldInK ever yet 

 done. The line Is douhle tracked and tMin miles Ioub, and it was liuilt 

 In six months liy .\merli-an enRlneiTS ami an army consisting ihlelly oi 

 prisoners of war. Many thousands enBamd In llie work, which wn - 

 pushMl to the utmost in oriler to open the way for imports throuKli :iii 

 Icefrw port uurlog th." eomlnc winter. The partial isolation of Itussia 

 hy the closing of the Daiti:' ports will I.e Inruely overcome hy the hiiihl 

 Ine "f thi: new line by which the outside world may lie lencheil at all 

 seasons. 



Wood's Great Place in War 



Tut notlcn that ~te. i. djn. unite. poiMHioiis i;:l^ :iml liquid fire nie 

 the prime factors In the present war. aside from the men. Is not wholly 

 Just to wood. It is dlOicult to enumerate all the Important .■'crviic 

 which wood Is doing, hut a picture In 7'/ir Splirrc gives us some idea 

 of the way timber is being brought Into service in the war. It shows 

 four long siriams of Ilnlian soldiers hauling a piece of heavy artilliTy 

 to Its position amongst the mountain slopes, and to effect this the road 

 over which the gun lias to travel Is constructed of timliers laid crosswise 

 after the style of railway crosslies, and on thesi- planking is placed to 

 make a road for the wheels. For this one item considerable quanllties 

 of timber are used, and when the enormous requirements of wood for 

 the miles of trenches, the making of huts and other ediflces for the 

 military are remembered, it will be evident to all the great part that 

 wood is taking in this conflict. 



Wood has played an Imporlniit part from the time of the wooden 

 horse of Troy to the corduroy roads built by i.eneral (Jiaiit, over which 

 to move his artillery and wagon trnins during the Civil war. During 

 the .-.lege of Jerusalem by Titus, the IComatis cut down every tree witlilii 

 twelve miles of the city to make battering rams and platforms. Kvi^n 

 greater destruction was caused to forests in Spain during sieges of 

 Moorish cities by the Spaniards. The double line of wooden walls which 

 figured In the great flghl between .lulins Ca'sar and Verclngetorix Is well 

 known In history. 



A Peculiar Tree of Borneo 



The northern halt of the gnat ishinil of llnni^o an island larger 

 than the state of Texas — is a British possession, and a forester was 

 recently appointed to explore the timber resources. • The forester em- 

 ploye<l to undertake the Important work is D. M. Matthews, formerly of 

 the I'nlted States Forest Service and later of the Philippine service. 

 He has already entered upon bis work, and is finding some unusual 

 things. 



The rungas tree Is one of these. The heartwood Is dark red with 

 a black stain: but the peculiar thing Is that two woods, widely dllTerent 

 In hardness and texture, occur In the same trunk. The sapwood Is soft, 

 light, and spongy, and Is two or three Inches thick on trunks of average 

 size; while the heart is heavy and very hard, and has a totally dllTerent 

 color frotn the sap. 



It is not unusual with trees everywhere for the sap to be lighter in 

 color than the heart, but the texture is the same in both, and there 

 Is little difference in hardness. It Is well known that sapwood changes 

 to heart, the transformation involving little more than an accumulation 



iif dead matter und « rona>><|uent rliaiiRr lo odor In imanInK frotn aap 

 to heart, lint the runKua iin-ma to Involve much more. \ rndlcnl clianiie 

 In the character of the wimhI taken plan-. Furlher Inveatlgnllon wilt 

 he awaited with InlercHl, lu unh-r to delermlni' wlint really lnke» plarc. 

 Some have KUKKeoled but apiinri'iilly without any dellnlle Informatloo 

 on the matter thai the change fnim nap to heart oriurs aomewhat In 

 the Hame way that pelrlOrnlloti lnke» plnci' when wood chaniieH lo alone; 

 thnt la. the orlgliiril llaaue I" ri|ilMi ill, pnrtlrle by pnrlb'le, by other*. 



Planting Eucalyptus Treei 



.V lecturer who Ih working In .Vuatrnlln Is autborlly for the «latement 

 thnt In l!li:i there were :iii,lioii,ooii eucalyptus In-ta planted In the 

 t'nite.l SlnlcH. The correclneHs of thai ainteirii nt la doubtful, but If 

 It Is true, a giMMl miiiiy tni- ilaiilera ari' In for a dlaa|>p<dnlmenl In 

 years to come. .Vgaln atid again hi.N tin* eiicalyptna fraud been expoaed. 

 but It appeara that a large number of unsophlallcatiHl flnh atlll lake 

 the bait. The fraud Ilea more In the clalniH made for the tree than 

 In the tree Itself. The euculyplus grown rapidly and It quickly allalna 

 large size In regiouK where tbi dlnuite auits It : loit the wood la hard 

 to seuson. hard lo work, and hard to handb'. It ahrlnks more, warpa 

 worse, and checks m(»re persistently than any native ,\merlcan wo<»d. 

 Tests have shown that little of It Ih lit for any uae other than fuel 

 before it has allalaed an age of about llfly yara. .\fter that. It la 

 thought probable that nome use may be made of the \V(H>d. Thoae 

 who plant the trees with the expectation of uniting thnt long for 

 returns may not In' disappointed. Itetter plant walnut or nah. 



Indiana Still Has Some Big Poplar 



There Is shown on ibl.- |':igi' ii )>ti<<ii)^rnpb oI a .\ellow poplar tree grow- 

 ing In the state of Indiana, eightien fei't in circumferi'nce four feet from the 

 gronnil and sevi-ntyllve feet to the llrsi limb. The owner, I'arey Morris, 

 is standing at tlie base of the tree. Mr. .Morris says that when he was n 

 boy thirteen years old, timber buyers ofTcred his fntlier 111 for this poplar. 

 While this was considered an extravagant price lu those ilaya, thi- offer 

 was refused, und the son later in IIM'.! refused an offi-r of |.'i(H» for the 

 same tree. However, he says he doesn't have to sell it and he d<iean't 

 intend to. The prospeds are this giant will continue to occupy Its place 

 for \ejirs to cnme. • 



WIIKN THE MAN IN THE I-ICTI'UE WAS TlllUTREN YEAItS OLD. HIS 



FATHER WAS OFFERED SIX DOLLARS FOR THIS INDIANA 



POrLAR 



