Seventeenth Year, I 

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CHICAGO, MAY 10, 1912 



(Subscription $2. 

 (Sinele Copies, 10 Cents. 



LARGEST VENEER PLANT IN THE WORLD 



C. L. WILLEY 



MANDFACTCRER OF 



MAHOGANY, VENEER 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



OFFICE, FACTORY AND YARDS: 

 2558 South Robey Street 



Telephone Canal 930 



BAND MILUS, MEMPHIS, TENN. 



CHICAGO 



WANTED 



All Kinds of High-Grade 



HARDWOODS 



S.E. SLAYMAKER & CO. 



Representing 



WEST VIRCrNIA SPRITE LUMBER CO., 



Cass. AVest Virginia. 



Fifth Are. Bide, 

 NEW YORK 



The Burning Question of Fire insurance 



IS BEST ANSWERED BY THE ECONOMICAL AND RELIABLE TRADE MUTUALS 



INDIANA LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. of Indianapolis, Ind. 



LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. of Mansfield, Ohio 



THE LUMBER MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. of Boston, Mass. 



PENN. LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. of Philadelphia, Pa. 



CENTRAL MANFRS. MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. of Van 'Wert, Ohio 



Average rate of dividend to Policy Holders, now 36% 



^#A|l could justly claim a superior article if for TWENTY YEARS you had specialized in 



Villi one line. 



I WW When you consider that we have made a SPECIALTY of QUARTERED OAK 



for that long give us the benefit of the same conviction. 



OURAIMISTO 



Cut only such timber as will guarantee quality and figure, and '^ f_ 



To give each board the benefit of twenty years of quarter-sawing experience. 



WE BELIEVE WE DESERVE A TRIAL. 



OUR PRICES ARE ALWAYS FAIR. 



For immediate shipment: 

 5 cars 5/4" No. 1 Com. Quartered White Oak. 

 5 cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. Quartered White Oak. E. & T. H. YatdS, EVANSVILLE, INDIANA 



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Long-Knight Lumber Co. 



Indianapolis, Indiana 



HARDWOODS 



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