HARDWOOD SECOKD 



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3CDE 



LUMBER 



Cut from logs sucn as 

 these ranks nif^h in 

 quality and grade. All 

 our stock is from St. 

 Francis River basin logs 

 which produce the high- 

 est quality of Gum lum- 

 ber on the market. 



2 Band Mills 

 100.000 jl. daily capacity 



MILLER LUMBER CO. 



MARlANNA. ARK. 



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Mangrove Bark Imported 



The exports df mangrove bark from I'orniKuese East Africa to the 

 Tiiltcil State.s decreased from 15,560 tons, valueil at $931,483, for 1910 

 to 1.G35 tons, valued at $95,480, for 1917, according to invoices certified 

 at the American consulate at Lourenco Marques. This bark Is used for 

 tanning leather, and competes with the mangrove bark peeled in Florida. 

 More Wooden Ships 



The announcement comes fmrn \V:isl)iugton that arrangements have 

 been made to Increase the output of wcmdin ships by 200 the present year, 

 or about 1,000.000 tons. A statement to that effect was made by Chair- 

 man Hurley of the shipping board. This will round out a program of 580 

 wooden ships. It is not announced where the new vessels will be built, 

 but presumably they will be distributed among the various yards east, 

 west, north and south. The wooden ship program seems to have had its 

 share of ups and downs. Sometimes that style of vessels Is in favor, 

 then somebody else gets the floor and advocates something else; but all the 

 time the wooden vessels are sliding down the ways into the water. The 

 yards are busy with wooden ships, and the timber for the construction 

 of others continues to come out of the woods, and plenty more timber 

 remains to come out. 



The Forests of Maryland 



A nicely illustrated book of 152 pages, "The Forests of Maryland," has 

 been compiled and published by the Maryland state board of forestry, under 

 supervision of F. W. Besley, state fon'stcr. 



Maryland is proceeding in .i vvi. r; 

 oping Its woodlands. It lonu ^ 

 states, because its agricuItiiiMl i ■ 

 lumber; hut it still has som.j • a. n- 



w Hots in connection with farms. 



Ti il. The sentiment of the people is friendly to pl-otection and develop- 

 in. nt of woodlands. The enforcement of laws looking to that end are 

 easy, and the observance of necessary regulation Is general. Some of the 

 old and badly burned forests are coming on again, and It Is a matter of 

 surprise how soon the appearance of a wooded landscape changes for the 

 better when fires are kept under control. 



Maryland produces large quantities of forest products, ranging from 

 logs, posts, poles, piles, pulpwood, railroad ties, cordwood and lumber, 

 down to such small articles and commotlitles as pins, staves, lath, shingles, 

 tanbark, charcoal, dyestuff, willow rods, maple sugar, nuts, and wild ber- 

 ries and fruits. Some of these resources are of minor Importance when 

 considered alone, but In the aggregate they constitute an element of 

 wealth. There Is an Intimate relationship between the woodlots and the 



iner in protecting and devel- 

 nt of the class of forested 

 "utweigh the value of its 

 ts of forest land and many 

 problem is well under con- 



farms, and it can be seen to h.-tliT a(lvnnt;ii;i' in f.'w iibi.cs than ui 

 -Maryland. 



Large Order for Locomotives 



Director General .McA.I".. .if tlu- Inilc.l Stat.•^ r.iilroad administration 

 announced May 3 that li.. Iia.i .iwar.lc.i . 01111:1. ■t^ f..r the immediate c.iu- 

 structiori of 1.020 niodirn k.eumotives. Deliveries are to begin In July 

 and continue monthly during the remainder of the year. 



The locomotives are of six standard types — one heavy and one light of 

 each typo — rovorinp: both frnisiht and passenger service, and vary in weight 



from •jiiiMinn |,, ,1111,1- (,, "111 linn 1 11,1s. The order involves an expendi- 



tui. . I, ": ilie engines will be allotted, upon com- 



pl'ii' I ins where they are most needed. 



'Ill' ,n^,l^,!l| _ ,1 li , , ,: i 1 iii.iiks the establishment by the govern- 

 ment nf till' 1,111,1:11,1 11 I I iMioiiiotives, specifications for which have 



been deveinii..! in.i inii.,!.-.! by committees of experts, who for many 

 weeks* havi' .i, ,,i, i mu, li linie and study to the subject. 



The six Stan. la nl i.ii..< of locomotives, two sizes of each class, are 

 expected eveutualiy to supersede the many miscellaneous types and varieties 

 of locomotives now in service, embracing engines built according to 500 or 

 more varying specifications. This is the first time that any real forward 

 step has been taken looking to the wide standardization of locomotive 

 engines. 



The contracts were awarded on terms much more favorable to the rail- 

 roads than the bids originally submitted liy the builders. 



The order was distributed approximately one-half to the A rican Loco- 



tlie 



Works. 



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Hardwood 'News Notes 



< MISCELLANEOUS > 



.\mong recent incorporations are : 

 Company, Waycross, Ga., Tlie Dia 

 Company. St. Louis, Mo., caj i 

 facturing Company, St. I. 

 Mill Company, Ardmore, Ok I 

 ration, Spring Valley, N. ^ 

 Whatley, Ala., $60,000 capital ; tU.j 



Ian I'li'Tiiing Manufacturing 

 "111 II'tI & Manufacturing 

 Sal 1 lit Car Seat &. Manu- 



The Hunts Planing 



..V w,md Products Corpo- 

 inwiilre Lumber Company, 

 Cooperage & Lumber Coin 



and the Bedell Manufacturing Company, Mari 



AU Three of U. WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 



