HAKUWOOD KECOKD 



The White Lake Lumber Co. 



IV..,.lr. G». Bldg.. CHICAGO, ILL. 



Northern and Southern Hardwoods 



CAR STOCK 



YELLOW PINE 



High Qualtlv — I'l 



WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 



10 cur. r No. 1 Common B»..wood 

 5 cnrt r No. 2 Common Bniiwood 



30 cur. 1" Red or While Onk, all griidem 

 g„j „ 40 cur. I Red i>nd Sup Cum, nil grade* 



your infuiriM The last two ilemi are but onc-h.->lf dry 



STEVEN & JARVIS LUMBER GO. 



OF EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN 



OFFER YOU STANDARD GRADES 

 WELL MANUFACTURED 



ASH BASSWOOD BIRCH 



ROCK AND SOFT ELM 



HARD AND SOFT MAPLE 



Stocks cut 4,4, 5/4, 6,4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4 

 WRITE US FOR PRICES DELIVERED YOUR STATION 



JAMES & ABBOT COMPANY 

 Lumber and Timber 



No. 165 Milk St., BOSTON, MASS. 



COLFAX HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. 



OAK 



;-TUitEllS 



CYPRESS 



GUM 



good 



_ ,._.allon of grades. 



COLFAX, LA. 



A rot 



inquiries desired 



Firaprooflng Wood In EngUnd 



roport liy John I., (irinitlio. l'. K. roniiul Krnirni ui I^mhIuu. 

 kIvcm nil nrcoiint of nrfprooHni wooil In Kiiuiaiid. Thin uiallrr riTrlven 

 ninro niid more nllenllon In the L'Dlli-d SlBtm frnui jrenr to year. iN-caiise 

 iif till- KruwInK iKminnd for nmlerlnU wlilrli will leaiu-D flri' dancer In 

 <-<>nittruct|iin Horli. The ImlldiTu of rnllwoy pimwniirr rnra nre turulog 

 their nllenllon In Ihni dirrcllon In hope n( nndlDK n remedy for one of 

 the dnnKem Inrldeul to train n-reckii. 



ConHlderalile intention hn« heen elven In the United Klnndoin In the 

 l>e«| method for llreprooOng wood, eapeclnlly In cunnecllon with railroad 

 '-onHlructlon. Tlie following Ik a dericrlptlon of a prucean whieli. it In 

 claimed, hoa rec.-lvcd tlie farnrahlc cunalderatlon of the Ilrlllah Admiralty. 



The wood la placed In large Iron cyilndera, the doora of which are 

 hermetically aenled. The wood la then Kiilijecled to a courae of ateaming, 

 :ind undoi v.icuiim the nir niid mnimiire In the jKirea of the wood are 

 removed and the nap vaporl«e<l. The llreproonng aolulion Ih thereafter 

 run into the cyllndern, and under pri'»iiur<' forced throughout the porea 

 iinri tillers. Buhsequently the water In the Kolution la evaporated In 

 drylnc kilns, and the chi'mlmlH. In iiilniile cryalal form, are li'ft em- 

 liediied in the wood. When heat 1h iipplled. theKe rryatalN expand to 

 many tImoK their original alze, forming n glaaay coating to the flhera 

 of the wood which excludeR the oxygen In the air. In time the heat 

 rnusoH the cryatalK to collapKe, hut further cryHlalK In the wood Im- 

 mediately expand, and the same procesa of rcalstanc<' agalnat lire con- 

 liiiues. Tlie chemicals uaed nre antlKepllc and preaervatlve, conalstlng 

 • hiclly of the phosphate of ammonia. .\s ii result of the treatment, the 

 life of the wood Is also lengthened, for the cousc of decay is eliminated. 

 ThiN process is claimed to lie especially sntlsfactory, Inasmuch as the 

 inaterinl treated is not saturated with n solution of salt, nor nre such 

 < hemloals used as tungstale of soda, sulphate of ammonia, sulphate of 

 lUimina. alum, etc., which invariably cause discoloration of the wood. 

 I cirrosion ot metals, destruction of flhers. and prevent sallsfaclory painting 

 or poli^hin^^. After this treatment the wood can he worked, nailed, glued, 

 painted, polished, etc., as though It hud not been subjected to any special 

 process. All kinds of tlmbi'r can be lreate<d, including oak, teak, deal, 

 plnc, mahogany, walnut, beech, birch, ash. maple, whltewood, pitch pine, 

 larch, etc. 



The first railway company to take vdvantage of this procesa waa the 

 Underground Eloctrlc Railways of London, and «c the present time It la 

 stated that the woodwork of all the cars of the company hos been miti- 

 Jecled to the treatment. II is also staled that after exhoustlve testa tbc 

 British Admiralty has adopted the process. 



The cost of rendering wood flrcproot by this process is a uniform one 

 of seventy-three cents per cubic foot, for all woods excepting oak and 

 teak, for which the charge Is eighty-live cents per cubic foot. 



There is another fireproofing process known as the "Snowdou process," 

 the chief feature of which is n chemical mixture, but the formula la not 

 itisclosod. By the use of this mixture it Is claimed that woodwork and all 

 manner of fabrics may be rendered noninllammahle and in.sect proof. In 

 the ca.sc of wood already In position. It may be painted or washed with 

 ihrcc or more coats accordim; to density, when the solution penetrates 

 in a depth of about one-eighth of an inch. When treated prior to con- 

 struction, the wood is usually soaked in the solution In tanks, but If 

 it Is Jesii-cd to render the wood fireproof througbnul. pressure cylinders 

 .nre used to force the liquid into every llliir. 



Toothpicks in England 



.'ooden toothpick, which Is 

 Lry, should carry a supply 

 travel n long time without 

 s and hotels toothplcka 

 and In others none are to be 

 fer quills and other expensive 



The .\merican who is accustomed t 

 cheap and abundant everywhere in 111 

 with him when he goes to England. I 

 seeing any in that country. In some 

 lire furnished customers only 

 had even on request. The English 

 toothpicks. 



United States is Losing Tin Orders 



.\ London trade paper reports, with considerable satisfaction, that since 

 I he new tariff went into elTeet in the United Stales, orders for from 30,000 

 to 40.000 tons of tlnpiate have gone from this country to Wales. The 

 paper adds: "The orders arc the result of an alteration In the United 

 States tariff which will permit of the Welsh makers competing success- 

 iiilly. Four hundred thousand boxes are required." The orders were 

 ulvcn by canners and oil dealers. Formerly, when the tin mills of this 

 lountry made the plate which this country needed, the people of the 

 United Slates had both the plate and the money; but now we have the 

 plate and the Welsh have the money. 



Manufacture of Wooden Buttons 



Under the class of wooden buttons one ran find, liy looking around, 

 qiiitc a wide range ot products, from the s-mall wooden collar buttons, 

 used by shirt manufacturers and laundries, to some comparatively large 

 liuttons. which arc covered with cloth and used by dressmakers and 

 tailors. These are known In the trade as "button molds." A remarkable 

 ibing about all these Is not the variety, nor the fact that they can be 

 successfully made of wood, or the number of them that are used, but the 

 fact that they can he made and marketed for such a small sum. You can 

 L'o Into a department store, for example, and buy wooden buttons approxi- 

 mately 1 <4 inches in diameter at retail for two cents a dozen. Flguiing 

 ihe jolil)er"s profit and the retailers profit, it is pretty easy to deduce from 



