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The living room was trimmed with elm, usually known in the 

 north as gray elm, and in other regions as white or soft elm 

 (Vlmus americana). It is distinguished from the roek or cork 

 elm which is associated with it in Wisconsin and Michigan. Early 

 English finish was the color scheme in the living room's trim. Its 

 floor was of red beech, which is the heartwood of the common 

 beech — the only beech growing in this country. It makes a hard 

 strong, durable, handsome floor. 



The trim of the dining room was finished in the color of light 

 mahogany, but the wood was northern birch, while the floor was 

 red birch, which is the heartwood of the commercial birch of the 

 Lake states. The beauty of this floor received many compliments 

 from visitors. 



The passage way was trimmed with birch also, but the color 

 scheme was silver gray, and the floor was hard maple. 



The bedroom, which was particularly artistic and cozy, was 

 of maple trim with bird's-eye maple floor, in natural color. 

 Persons expect beauty in bird's-eye maple, but what was seen in 

 the bedroom was a surprise to most who saw it, and many turned 

 for a second and third look. 



The bathroom was trimmed with birch, witli a maple floor, all 

 in natural color. 



The kitchen wiis finished in natural colors also. The trim was 

 of elm. :nid tlic (loor was maple. 



Thk Doors 



The rep\itatiou of the northern hardwoods as door material was 

 well sustained at the Coliseum. The bungalow showed them in 

 variety, as it contained nine doors. That at the entrance was 

 elm; that opening into the living room closet was also elm; be- 

 tween the dining room and kitchen, birch and elm; between the 

 dining room and passage, birch; between the passage and bath- 

 room, also birch; between the passage and bedroom, maple and 

 birch; bedroom closet door, maple; between passage and kitchen, 

 birch and elm; rear door, birch outside, elm inside. 



The furniture was all birch and maple, and ipcluded dining 

 table, chairs, dresser, bedstead, and writing desk. 



One of the specialties which called for many compliments was 

 a collection of clear curly birch boards, sixteen feet long and 

 from twenty-one to twenty-four inches wide. These showed the 

 possibilities of the northern hardwood forests. The boards had 

 a substantial thickness, were of exquisite color, the figure was un- 

 surpassed, and not a defect or blemish was anywhere to be seen. 



The material of which the bungalow was constructed was 

 donated by between thirty and forty manufacturers in Michi- 

 gan and Wisconsin, and the wide field which it represented was 

 proof that there is plenty more where that came from. 



CHICAGO SATE AND IVCEECHANDISE COMPANY 



Articles completely manufactured and ready for use were shown 

 in this exhibit, which was in charge of W. H. Warner. A con- 

 siderable part of the furniture used in the bungalows and by 

 other exhibitors in the Coliseum was furnished by this company. 

 Its own booth was outfitted with solid mahogany desks and chairs. 



ORANGE JXTDD COMPANY 



The booth occupied by this company was in chaige of M. D. 

 Kohler, and the sole exhibit was the agricultural journal, "Farm- 

 er." It was considered that the Forest Products Exposition 

 would be a profitable ceuter from which to reach people from "the 

 cutover lands," which arc being divided into fai'ms and settled 

 by people who are good prospective subscribers to agricultural 

 jiapers. The stump land farmer is as much in need of literature 

 relating to his trade as is the man who tills the acres which his 

 fathers tilled, and from which the last stump disappeared so 

 long ago that the present owner 's memory cannot recall it. 



WEST COAST LUMBER MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION 



These people sent a collection to the exposition which made 

 a present and doubtless a lasting impression. They came from 



the laud of the Douglas fir, the western hemlock, and the giant 

 red cedar. The Northwest Pacific coast is abundantly visited 

 by rains and warm winds; the soil is fertile and deep; and every 

 agency of nature is set to work growing big timber, and the tim- 

 ber never seems to know when to stop growing. 



The western lumberman is strong on advertising. He believes 

 in his country, his timber, and himself, and these are the strategic 

 points which he always puts forward when he undertakes to push 

 his trade frontiers a little farther. He has been pushing them 

 eastward for many years. The Rocky Mountains were once his 

 eastern horizon; then it was the Mississippi river; later it was 

 still further toward the rising sun; while at the present time his 

 eastern and western trade horizons have gone round the world and 

 have met, to quote Kipling, "where the sun comes up like 

 thunder out of China." ' 



Three woods constituted the bulk of the display at the Coli- 

 seum, Douglas fir, western hemlock, and red cedar. They might 

 have brought many others, but probably thought it best to save 

 them and have something fresh for next time. These three woods 

 constitute twenty-three per cent of all the standing timber in the 

 United States. Douglas fir alone exists in larger quantity than 

 the combined amount of all the 400 species of hardwoods in this 

 country. The western red cedar exceeds twofold all the other 

 cedars of the United States; while the amount of western hem- 

 lock timber still in the forests is nearly double the amount of 

 the abundant and valuable hemlock of the East. 

 A Fisw Large Things 



The West Coast exhibit was in charge of T. Babcock of Ta- 

 coma, who appeared to receive his inspiration from the big things 

 he handled. No attempt was made to install sections of the larg- 

 est trees. A five-foot cut of Douglas fir was the biggest log; but 

 it was venerable on account of age rather than size, for it was 

 of exceedingly slow growth for a tree of that species. It was 

 centuries old when Christopher Columbus was born, and yet it 

 is but an infant compared with some other trees of the Pacific 

 coast. -r- 



Another block of the same kind of wood served as a pedestal 

 for the old specimen. It was part of a dredge spud, forty inches 

 square and five feet long. The original length of the timber was 

 not stated, but it had seen fifteen years of service. 



The largest stick, however, could not be shown except in jiho- 

 tographs. Had the original been installed in the Coliseum it 

 would have interfered with a good manj' other exhibits, unless it 

 Tiere stood on end, and in that case it would go through the roof. 

 It was the Douglas fir flag pole which will be set up at the San 

 Francisco exposition next year, as a standing challenge to all 

 the poles of earth. It will be 230 feet high, straight as an arrow, 

 and with taper as perfect as a mathematical line. The photo- 

 graph showed the pole in the woods, felled, but not removed from 

 its place where it grew. 



The widest plank in this exhibit was sixty-three inches, which 

 was nine less than the widest redwood plank; but doubtless both 

 of these woods could have been shown in planks much viader had 

 the exhibitors wished to do so. 



Interior Finish 



The West Coast association is not in business for the health of 

 its members. They are looking for business, and the exhibit was 

 sent to the Forest Products Exposition in expectation that it 

 would extend the purchasing public's interest in Pacific Coast 

 lumber. The uses of the woods for certain purposes Were shown. 

 Interior finish made a strong bid for popular favor, and doubtless 

 the call was not in vain. Four rooms were finished, each as an 

 individual piece of work. 



A porch was finished with western cedar siding, with white 

 enameled cornice of Douglas fir, with fluted columns of the same 

 wood and in the same finish. The ceiling over the porch was of 

 Douglas fir in natural finish. This wood in white is of exceptional 

 beauty. 



The reception hall was finished in panels, with beamed and 

 paneled ceiling. Some handsome natural finish was shown here. 



