HARDWOOD RECORD 



The White Lake Lumber Co. 



Proplri On. BIdg.. CHICAGO, ILL. 



Northern and Southern Hardwoods 



CAR STOCK 

 WHITE PINE YELLOW PINE 



UlUh Quohti/ — rrompt DtUieri, 



WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 



10 c.ri 1" No. 1 Common B«..wood 

 5 c.ri 1" No. 2 Common B.iiwood 

 30 c«r. r Rrd or Whilf O.U, ■!! gr.de. 

 40 c.r. l" Red .nd S.p Gum, .11 gr.de, 

 0i»r iWff«(rt« The l»t two item, .re but one-hr.lf dry 



LABORERS FREE 



Free of charge to employers, wc supply all classes 

 of laborers and mechanics, of any nationality. 



Loggers. Railroad Graders, Cooks, Flunkies, Team- 

 sters, Engineers, Saw-filers, Bark-Peelers, Sawyers, 

 Swampers, Cant-hook men, and good men for general 

 labor work. , , ,,, . 



Men pay own railroad fares to the works. We have 

 good men on hand to work around sawmills and lumber 

 yards by the day or by month. 



Write all particulars in your first letter, wages, work- 

 inc conditions, etc. 



I.oag Distance Plione FrankUn 3529 



Diamond Labor Supply Co. 



32 So. Canal Street, Chicago, III. 



COLFAX HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. 



MANUFACTURERS 



ASH OAK CYPRESS GUM 



11 stock band sawn, well manufactured, carefully graded, rood aver- 

 age widths and high percentage of li and 16 ft. lengths. 



No manipulation of grades. , 



L^.ted « ^ COLFAX, LA. toq'iflHi'd^lred 



Bluestone Land & Lumber Company 



MANlfACTlBERS 



WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 

 Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock 



Bund Sawed Stock RIDGWAY 



ill]iT^i^i''rVlm^a PENNSYLVANIA 



pinning ninchln.'. U«vp do doubt hi to Ir— WMto of wood, >Dd the 

 di-sldiT.ttiui whirl! vvvty prtHlucr-r of lluorlnL-s naturally alrlvcs aftor U to 

 C.-t tlic Inrgrsl i)i>»«llile qunnllty i>f plani'd Koods out of B givfn quinlUr 

 of linttrn.. In the altalnincnt of thi. Idinl Is Ihf priMlucr answerable 

 If hi. good, .how II roHuh or saw.d Iwick ln«l.nd nf a nictly chlppid under- 

 Hurfaco, provided llu- l)u«rd holds up lo thi' r.iognli.d srnic of tlilckDr..} 

 The Face Side of Silo Stock 



llulU-lln 107 of 111.- Ilnr.lw.>..U Mainifnclun rs' A..orlall<.n of the United 

 .SIIIU-. brings out an Intcrosllng feature of •.llo stock manufarturlng. A. 

 Hllii stock Is also occMlonally manufaclurrd from other titan the alio 

 gradi'S, the nucallon involved will apply on thoae grades a. well. 



What IH bothering some of the cyproaa manufacturers Is whether the 

 lieiler face shall be on the Inside or outside of the silo. Thus far we 

 have succeeded In M'curlng «lx opinions on the question and theae are 

 iqually divided. It U argued by some that as a matter of course the beat 

 face should go on the Inside against the ensilage. I»y others II Is stated 

 that the Inside does not show and that, for the sake of appearance. Ibe 

 better face should l>e on the outside. Among these opinions are thoae of 

 actual coDsuiners and tbey also are divided. It would seem to us. therefore, 

 that It la to a certain extent n inntler of Individual taste and It might. 

 for this reason, be advisable when an order Is received for alio stock to be 

 worked to certain patterns, to secure further Information from the buyer 

 as to bis taste on this question so the working can he on whichever face 

 desired by bim. It still leaves the whole thing up In the air as lo which 1. 

 the face side of a silo stave — the outside looking In, or the Inside looking 

 out. 



Alpena's Old Lumber Days 



At one time, says the Detroit, Mlcb., /nir«(or, there were perhaps Ofty 

 vessels, steam barses, 8choon<'r8, tow barccs and tugs which bore the name 

 iif Alpenn as their balling port, but that number has diminished to less 

 th.nn a dozen — flvo flsh tugs, a harbor tug. pleasure yacht and perhaps 

 one or two steam barges, says the Alpena News. 



The lime was when flfty vessels would go Into winter quarters at Alpena 

 and a person could almost go from one dock to the other on the decks 

 of vessels. The lumber and cedar business Is but a trifle of what It was 

 onctwothree decades ago. Onco there were twelve lumber 101118 In 

 operation In Alpena. Now there are three. 



The Gllcbrlst fleet was some fleet In those days. The steamer Garden 

 City used to tow four or five barges, all lumber or cedar laden. There 

 was the Russian, the Light Guard, the San Flint and others. The 

 rictchers owned several boats. The river was alive with tugs. The 

 .\rthur D., the .lohn Owen, the Wayne. Isabell and others were busy as 

 bees. And now only the Ralph remains. 



An Old Fiece of Foplai 



At OuntsvUle, Ala., In tearing 'down the McDonald building, a piece 

 of poplar timber 65 feet long by 12 by 15 was taken out perfectly sound 

 after sixty years service. The size of tills piece of timber Is more 

 remarkable than Its state of preservation. If wood Is kept dry It will 

 remain sound indeflnltcly. 



Sawdust In Surgery 

 A new use for sawdust was recently developed by a German physician 

 and It has been successfully used In a number of the leading European 

 Hospitals. The material used Is hardwood sawdust and the process con- 

 sists simply of baking It In an oven, which thoroughly drys It and at the 

 same time purifies It absolutely. After this It Is passed through a fine 

 sieve and the fine dust Is applied directly to the wound. It has a distinctly 

 curative property. The Japanese have mode use of powdered charcoal. 

 ric.' rshes and powdered sugar for the same purpose. 



American Ants In Europe 



A shipment of ash wagon poles crossed the Atlantic some time ago and 

 reached the factory of a purchaser on the other side. In cutting one of 

 the poles, a large number of insects ran out of a cavity, to the surprise 

 iind alarm of the owner, who supposed some new pest had been let loose 

 on the country. He corralled a quantity of the bugs and sent them to 

 the BrltlBb .Museum to be passed on by scientists, and lo due time be 

 received the following reply : 



The specimens were c.irpenter ants, called Camponotus IcHroatiu, Smltb, 

 and have been so Identified by G. Meade Waldo, the specialist In hymenop- 

 lera. It Is a well-known American species, and the dead wood of standing 

 or prostrate trunks Is often extensively riddled by the galleries of this 

 and aillt-d species. It Is thought that these ants, however, do not begin 

 operations on timber which Is not already decayed or In part destroyed by 

 other Insects. . ^ 



We mnv here note that the Insects sent to us arc In their third or 

 perfect state — that of the winged i'naijo, having previously gone through 

 the larva and pupa states, or before (he wings are devclopwl. In tbls 

 state thev emcrtie into the nlr during the night, or on a damp or cloudy 

 dav, when In a few hours the solar heat causes their wines to wither and 

 become drv, the insects then fall to the grnimd and nrt- eairerly sought 

 after bv hosts of birds, lizards, and even ni[rrr..s tluirisplvps. who roast 

 and eat them: Indeed, they open up the broml <]ii. stion of thr- -termite," 

 a noun derived from a Greek word Implying "llin end." Ixcansp this Insect 

 !n the first or larva state destroys everythlne It attacks. It was In this 

 stage that the cavities in his osh pole were made, and in which the perfect 

 winged Insects were housed when bis circular saw Intruded upon them. 

 The Incident of the dama;;e wrought upon the pole shows that the tree 

 had been dead some considerable time before the cutting was made. In 

 sawing and re-sawlng it would possibly not be noted by the operator that 

 the wood or pole was lighter and dryer than usual. 



