HARDWOOD RECORD 



April 25, 1918 



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50.00 for 1st prize 

 40.00 for 2d prize 

 30.00 for 3d prize 

 20.00 for 4th prize 

 10.00 for 5th prize 

 5.00 each for next ten best 



Desiring to give every present user of the HILL STEAM NIGGER the 

 benefit of the accumulated experience of its many operators, we have decided 

 to pay the prizes above mentioned for the best articles submitted in writing, 

 stating: (a) how you secure the best results in its use; (b) the methods and 

 practices you employ in keeping the HILL NIGGER at its highest operating 

 efficiency; (c) how you insure its long life and hold repair expense at a minimum. 



For Your Guidance in Offering Contribution 



You certainly can 

 get one of these 



15 Prizes 



(Contest closes June I, 1918) 



In writing your letter, please keep the thought in will be judged 



mind that you are doing so for the benefit of the 'o 'he Sawyer 



entire trade, as well as yourself, as we intend to use The only rei 



the information you and others give us to compile °"^ hands by 



a book of information for HILL NIGGER users, "" ''°° "" 



sis of the value 

 srnity. 



St. 1918, and tha 



Do 



the pape 

 July 1st 

 being an 



ly. Prizes will 

 !8, the winner's 

 iced in promine 



arded and paid by 

 = s and addresses 

 iber trade papers. 



A Chance to Help Your 

 Local Branch of the Red Cross ^^v^'ii 



)m anyone (connected with the Saw Mill Industry) bearing, in a general way, 



instance; (a) cases of extremely long life of a particular HILL Nigger; (b) odd experiences 



of the early-day Nigger; (c) reasons why the HILL is the favorite Nigger; (d) suggestions 



BS to Improvements; (e) discussions aa to relative merits of the oscillating and stationary types, solid forged steel 



pay to your RED CROSS Branch $1.00 



EVERYBODY KNOWS 



EVERYBODY ADMITS 



That the 



Hill Nigger 



Is 



The Original .... We originated it. 

 The Best We have had 37 y 



The Cheapest 



make it the best, 

 n the long run because of satisfaction 

 ecured. In first cost because of our 

 quantity output. 

 The Simplest .... Our experience has shown us howr to 



simplify. 

 The Standard.. . .Because it is the original, best, cheapest 

 and simplest. 



Hill-Curtis Co. 



SUCCESSORS TO WM. E. HILL CO., AND CURTIS SAW MILL MACHINERY CO. 

 1440 N. Sitcher St. 



Kalamazoo, Michigan 



Southern Branch, Shreveport, La. 



BuUders of High Class Saw Mill Machinery of Every Type 

 Asit us for name of our nearest representative. 



R e m e m b e r— There 



are more HILL NIG- 

 GERS in use than all 

 other makes combined 

 and multiplied by ten. 



for Mills of Every Size. 



All Thr»m of U. Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 



