HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Suit Over Michigan Land 



The United States district Odurt at Grand Rapids has issued a decree 

 awarding .iudgment of $8,405.19 in favor of Isaac Hewitt against Charles 

 S. Naldrett and John M. Montgel in a controversy involving a tract of 

 timherland in Luce county. Naldrett and Montgel ten years ago under 

 the homestead act acquii-ed patents on two tracts of timberlands. Montgel 

 sold his holdings to Naldrett. who later gave the lands to secure a loan 

 from Hewitt. It was later charged the patents on the lands were secured 

 illegally and the government regained title. To enable Hewitt to regain 

 his money the government brought suit and cleared the title of the 

 lands. If Hewitt cannot recover on the .Iudgment rendered againsl 

 Naldrett and Montgel, the timberlands will be sold to pay the mortgage 

 and the remaining Diimey from the sale will go to tlie government. 



Elm on the Pacific Coast 



Kim veneered panels are now used extensively on the raclflc coast 

 in combination with Douglas fir. The harmony in the grain and figuri' 

 of the two woods has popularized elm there where much Douglas lir 

 Is made into doors, wainscoting, and other Interior finish. The elm 

 used is the white or gray species of Michigan and Wisconsin. It may 

 be stained in a variety of colors ; and since the same can be said of 

 Douglas fir. the two woods, one an eastern, tire other weslern, and one a 

 softwood, the other hardwood, make a very popular team. 



Surplus and Shortages of Freight Cars 

 According to a recent report of the American Railway Association, the 

 total surplus of freight cars on August 1, 1914, was 198,998 cars, as 

 compared with the surplus of ,Tuly 15, which already showed effects of 

 the crop movement as on the latter date there wore 228,384 cars in excess 

 of demand. On August 1, 1913, the surplus was 69,716. 



The shortage on August 1 this year was 2,33.'$ cars as against a short- 

 age on .Tuly 1.'. of 1,S43 cars. August 1, 191.'!. the shortage was 11.261 

 cars. 



Acute Scarcity of Wood 

 So acutely scarce Is wood in the province of recbili, Clilna, that the 

 railroads have been obliged to substitute stone-mile posts in place of 

 wood, because the natives pull up the wood posts and use them for fuel, 

 and the railroads have not been able to guard their property closely 

 enough to prevent tl^e thefts. The ordinary fuel is grass and weeds, and 

 a blaze lasting a few minutes must suffice for doing the family cooking ; 

 and in winter the people sleep in brick beds with a cavity beneath in 

 which a small fire smoulders to provide warmth for the sleepers. 



Foreign Trade of the United States 



.\ convenient reference book for the exporter or the manufacturer who 

 is interested in foreign trade is a bulletin of imports and exports of 

 merchandise into and from the United States by countries and principal 

 articles, which has recently been published by the Bureau of Foreign 

 and Domestic Commerce and is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. 

 Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C, for fifteen cents a copy. 

 A glance at this pamphlet affords the business man a bird's-eye view of 

 the character and volume of our commerce with any foreign country, as 

 it gives the quantity and value of its principal purchases from us and its 

 sales to the United States for the years 1912 and 1913. 



In view of the fact that many lumbermen and other dealers in forest 

 products are now turning their eyes toward foreign fields in search of 

 new business, this concise document has special value. 



Filipinos as Missionaries 



Americans may be working wonders in the rhilippines in some direc- 

 tions, but they seem to be losing the power to use the kind of English 

 used in the United States, if one may judge by the reports written by 

 foresters who are operating in the islands. This is probably the result 

 of missionary work of natives who are supplanting the English vocabu- 

 lary with words of their own. Some of these strange words, which 

 offer stumbling blocks to smooth reading by Americans, are due to native 

 names of places and trees which have no English equivalent ; but would 

 it not be possible to avoid the use of so many strange words that might 

 be translated into English? In a recent report, "caingin," "hectare," and 

 "caiugineros." were used in a single sentence of only twenty-one words. 

 Couldn't it be said in English? The islanders seem to be doing effective 

 language line. 



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Forest Resources of British Columbia 

 The forest survey of British Columbia has been completed by H. R. 

 Macmillan. chief forester, and the following figures give results : 

 Total stand of timber in the province, 350,000,000,000 feet. 

 Accessible 'merchantable timber, 30,000,000 acres. 

 Young growth on sites of old burns, 90,000,000 acres. 

 Annual growth for the whole province, 7,000.000.000 feet. 

 Number of sawmills in operation, 400. 

 Number of logging camps, 800. 



Number of men employed when running full capacity. 140.000. 

 Yearly capacity of the mills, 3,000,000,000 feet. 

 Sales of lumber for 1913 amounted to 1,500.000.000 feet. 



Rockcastle Lumber Co. 

 C. L. Ritter Lumber Co. 



OAK-Plain and Quartered, RED AND WHITE 

 POPLAR CHESTNUT BASSWOOD 



Anything in Hardwoods 



Huntington 



West Virginia 



Moro Lumber at San Francisco Fair 



ill take the lead over 

 1 are much larger by 



The Moro province of the Philippine Island! 

 many countries, provinces and principalities w 



having a forestry exhibit next year at the San Francisco fair. The lum- 

 ber Interests in the Philippine Islands are showing a progressive spirit 

 and arc taking measures to acquaint the world with the forest resources 

 of that quarter of the globe. They have agents in the United States, 

 Europe. India and elsewhere introducing the island woods to builders 

 and manufacturers. 



Solomon Islands Hardwoods 



The Solomon Islands are a long way from everywlunc. 'I'lie group con- 

 sists of seventy-eight islands, with an aggregate area of 8,300 square 

 miles. The Islands lie oast of New Guinea, nearly under the equator. A 

 recent report by a British officer contains the following information : 



The protectorate contains some very valuable timber, but so far very 

 little has been done to establish an export trade, although spasmodic 

 attempts have been from time to time made to introduce Solomon Island 

 timbers on the Sydney market. In this there has always been considerable 

 difficulty, as, in spite of the increasing scarcity of timber in Australia, 

 there seems to be a prejudice among those connected with the business 

 against island timber. 



A market has at last been found for "dilo" timber, scientifically known 

 as Callophyllum inophyllnm. It is believed to be used in furniture making. 

 Of this timber there is a practically inexhaustible supply. 



The timber of the tree Afselia Mjuga appears to be absolutely impervious 

 to the attacks of white ants, and almost so against marine borers. This 

 tree grows everywhere in the Solomons and reaches a diameter of two feet. 

 One well-authenticated case is known of a house post of this timber having 

 been in use so long ago as 1863, and the post is still sound. Such a timber 

 would be apparently invaluable for railway sleepers or for wharf piles. 



Another valuable timber, closely allied to the "kauri" of New Zealand, is 

 known to exist in certain places, and proposals to turn it to account arc 

 under consideration. There is a good demand for this class of timber 

 locally, and it could certainly be put on sale at a lower price than at the 

 exorbitant rates demanded for New Zealand kauri by the Sydney merchants. 



A small sawmill was at one time working on Guadalcanal, and the Gov- 

 ernment gave an order for rough timber which turned out to be of a most 

 satisfactory quality for I be purpose for which it was intended, but when 

 a further supply was ordered the order could not be executed. Another 

 sawmill has recently been started, and the owners should be able to dispose 

 locally of all they can cut. 



Money in Old Furniture 



Dealers in second-hand furniture are not supposed to make a great deal 

 on each piece sold, but the business is sufficiently profitable to keep a 

 numt)er of dealers in it. Few of them, however, realize as high per cent on 

 a deal as was the case recently witlt a dealer who bought an old chair for 

 twenty-five cents and in repairing it found .$57.50 in gold and silver hid in 

 the upholstery. The chair had lain many years in a cellar. 



Hardwood News Notes 



-< MISCELLANEOUS >• 



A receiver has been applied for to take over the Portland Body Com- 

 Ijauy of Portland, Ind. 



The Maron Lumber Company has been incorporated at Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 with a capital stock of .?5,000. 



The Edward L. Davis Lumber Company has been incorporated at New 

 Orleans with $100,000 capital stock. 



The Thomas Hall Lumber Company, wholesaler of hardwood lumber, 

 has started business at St. Albans, W. Va. 



