HARIMVOOn RECORD 



- Mniiiirii<'liin'r> A»i>i'lnlliiii. 



'I till' foroKuiiiK iixKui'iiiliuiiH Imil wooil oxhihitti of 

 iiMi. MOM II' iiif ('oliM'Uiii, iiikI tlio Nalioiinl iiHxorintion 'm <liM|iliiy 

 coDi<i«lc<l of HlatiHtirul liililfs roplftc with Ki'iicriil-infommtion foii- 

 rernini; tho country V tiiiili«>r r.-noiirt-i-s. 



WESTERN PIKE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION 



Till-. ii-.>.>.'i,,tioii .li'iils ill ni'MiTii y.'llim' |.in<- I I'lniin /»■»</. roxii J. 

 ul'tcii I'lillol I'tiliOiriiiii \vliit<- |iiiii> cir simply WfM'iMii |iiiit>: uvstcni 

 whito |iiiii> iPiiiu* moiilirulii), known nlxo n» Mnlio nliite pine, uml in 

 the rpt;ion whore it |>ro»!i nsi white pine without ii inodifyiu); word: 

 ilso rortain firs, wesstern reil reilnr (Thuja pUciitnl, western Inreh 

 l.iirij iH-riiifHlali*), iind KuKlenmnn .spruce (Firm vngi'lmaiiitij. 

 The exhibit lit the Colii-euni wns in eliarne of luorj»e fcShielils of 

 >|Kiknne, Wnsli., who is chief inspector for the nssociiition. 



The niiiterini wns lute in nrrivini; nnd was not in place until the 

 iir.l liny of the exposition. .\ll of the wood on disphiy, except n 

 iinlK>r of sninll sainpli>s, was in its natural lolor. This was iliffcrciit 

 ■iini nil other exhiliit.s hy n.ssociations. The two pines were yivcn 

 t 'ist s|iace. 



The Maho white pine is an active competitor of the northern white 

 1 me, though up to the present time they have served territories fairly 

 -' parnte. It takes an ex|iert to tell the two pines apart, if judged 

 ly clear lumlier alone: but the knots of the western species have a 

 ■ liffernit nrranjjement and appearance from those of the eastern white 

 pine, ami .1 ])erson well acquainted with both would probably be able 

 to sejiarate the two species by that te.st. 



The western pine exhibit consisteil principally of ilressed lumber, 

 but there were certain articles of millwork, such as cornice, columns, 

 posts, pilasters, capitals and other ornaments, wainscoting, floors, 

 chairboards, and massive pieces of turned work, .some solid, others 

 consisting of built-up stock. It was an exhibit calculated to ap|ieal 

 to the builder and the architect, rather than to the visitor who is 

 looking for novelties ami curiosities. The mills which are cutting 

 these woods in Maho, Montana, and Washington are looking for 

 iiarkets toward the Kast, and they selected their material for the 

 ' x|iosition with that purpose in view. They sent a white jiine log 

 ir.^h from the forest, and had most of the products down to the oils 

 Mid resins obtained from lir stumps by distillation. 



The announcement was made that "all Inland Knipire woods are 

 -hown in the grades," and the jiromise was made good, from the first- 

 ila.ss, faultless planks of ]iine and Engelmann sjirnce, to the knotty 

 boards which have little chance of iiniling markets as far from 

 home as Chicago. 



Finished Woods 



A number of the w Is were present in coinjilete finish, including (ill 



ITS and stains, as they would appear in furniture, flooring, fixtures, and 

 interior trim. A specialty appeared to be made of the western larch; 

 at least more samples were of this species than of any other. The 

 larch is a tree of very slow growth, consequently its yearly rings 

 ;ire narrow, and the wood lacks figure, no matter in what way it is 

 sawe<l: but as a plain wood its appearance is satisfactory. It is hard 

 and strong, and these are the properties which recommend it most 

 .■IS a building material. It h.a.s been accused of possessing poor .season- 

 ing ifualities, but improved methods of drying it have largely over- 

 come that drawback. 



It has been treated, in an experimental way, with steam, which is 

 said to im|)rove its seasoning qualities. Samples of .steamed larch, 

 from the laboratory of C. H. Shattuck, of the Idaho University at 

 Moscow, were shown. It is claimed that the weight of the seasoned 

 wood is reduced by steaming. 



Engelmann spruce, another comparatively new wood from the 

 northern Rocky Mountain region, made a good impression. A j.lank 



'ui'iiivnix inchen wide, without a knot or other finw, nnd with u 

 II and plenxing color, gave many xiHiiors their llrNt view of thiN 



'V'xiil. Among other rnniples of the Miiiie nood were flooring and 



.iiicriur liniHh. 



DougluN flr held an iin|Hirtnnt place among tin- flniiihed nainpIeH. 



It wns called red lir, which in the name by which it Is usmilly lionght 



nnd Mohl in the northern l{o<-ky Mountain region: but the true red 



flr (Abifn nuujnificii) Jh u Cnlifornia H|Mfieit 



Hv-I'iioui'(TK OK Km 

 Oouglns fir and some of the other firs of the Kocky Mountains nnd 

 westward, are attracting much attention as sonrcen of naval stores, 

 like tur|H>ntine, rosin, and other distillnteh. The induNtry is i>merg- 

 ing from the ex|H'riineiital stage, and the products are iH-ginniiig 

 to reach the inarkels. Numerous articles ari> produced by distilling 

 the wood. The U'st results are obtained from the stuinpN of Douglas 

 lir, anil if claims now made shall lie reali/.ed, a naval stores industry 

 of considerable importance will develop in the .Northwest. The 

 Western I'ine Association displayetl samples of tar, oil, spirits of 

 turpentine, resin, acids, rosin, and charcoal. 



NoltTIIKIIN I'INK MaNI'F,\<TI'I(KI1S' .\KK0i1ATIO.S 

 The northern white pine exhibit occupied a place of honor oppo>-itc 

 the main entrance of the Coliseum. Only one wood was there. It 

 was the historic white pine which has been actively himltered in this 

 country during nenrly three hundred years, and the supply has held 

 out so well that in Iitl2 more than three billion feet were taken from 

 the forests and .sent to market. That was one-thirteenth of all the 

 lumber cut that year in the United States. It is remarkable that the 

 state where the first cutting of this wood occurred within a few days 

 after the landing of the I'ilgriin Fathers in lO'JO is still producing it 

 in large amounts. The sawmill output of white pine in 191'J in 

 Ma.ssachusetts exceeded 14.1,000,0(10 feet. Doubtless the average an- 

 nual cut in that .state has been that gri-at during 200 years; and still 

 the white pine sawlogs come out of the woods. 



The range of white jiine extends 1,.><00 miles east and west, from 

 Newfoundland to Minnesota, and in the liroadest ]iart of the range, 

 from Quebec to Tennessee, in width exceeds 1,000 miles. Lumbermen 

 have been at work in jiractically every part of this range during 

 periods ranging from thirty to ;tOO years; and yet billions of feet 

 of this lumber are cut yearly. 



The white pine people have been carrying on a campaign during 

 the jiast few years to convince the public that the wood is not a 

 thing of the past, but that it can be had in abundance. There is 

 no need of a campaign to teach the public the useful qualities of 

 the wood, because these are well known. The exhibit was in charge 

 of George Linds,iy- of Duluth, Minn. 



Relics kuo.m Nkw Kniji.and 



Some of the New Kngland museums contributed a great deal to the 

 success of white pine at the exposition by loaning a number of in- 

 teresting relics illustrating the early uses and superb lasting proper- 

 ties of this material. No other wood there ecjualled white pine in 

 antiquity of U8(?s. The early New Knglanders built their homes of 

 this wood, and many relics of the early period of settlement have 

 come down to the present time. A complete list of such samples and 

 relics placed on exhibit at the Coliseum cannot be given here, but a 

 few will prove of interest as illustrations of uses of this pine at a 

 time when the forests of the whole country were virgin timber ami 

 men were free to cut as much as they wanted and of the kinds they 

 preferreil. A partial list follows: 



.\ door with a wooden lock ilates back to 16;tl, and is believed to 

 be the oldest wooden door in the United States. The house stood on 

 the farm of Governor John Winthrop, near Medford, Mass. A large 

 number of relics came from Medford, where they have been collected 

 in a museum. 



A door from the .Jonathan Watson house, Medford, ilates from ]().50, 

 and :i second from 1688. 



The sign which was swinging in front of Jonathan Porter's tavern 

 at Medford at the beginning of the Revolution was an interesting 

 (Specimen of the use of white pine. The building was erected in 17fi7. 

 The sign bore the British coat of arms, which was put on with 



