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most vigorous fashion against the bumble-bees, who also have a 

 liking for the honey-laden flowers. It is sport to see one of these 

 tiny birds chase a bumble-bee off his preserve. He will dislodge 

 a bee from a flower, and chase him for a hundred feet or more, 

 uttering a tiny, piercing cry indicative of his anger. Every bum- 

 ble-bee in this neck-of-the-woods thoroughly understands who is 



boss of the posey bed. 



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My old friend, Curley-wood Freeman, who gets figured wood for 

 the Williamson Veneer Company of Baltimore and others, was 

 among my earliest callers. A short distance above my camp he 

 is getting out a lot of curley ash flitches, white walnut burls, 

 figured silver-bell, red birch and maple logs, which he is having 

 snaked out to the logging road with three yoke of oxen. He is 

 finding some remarkably fine figured wood; in fact he loads oui 

 more than a car load of fancy wood from this one operation 

 monthly. He has just brought into camp a great block of cherr\ - 

 birch that shows a full roll and cross figure. It is out of a four- 

 foot tree, which is figured from end to end the same way. Mr. 

 Freeman came hiking into camp the other day with a monster 

 fungus twenty-three inches in diameter, which showed brownisli 

 red above and yellowish white below. It is one of the largest 

 specimens I ever saw in any region. 



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Ave Cogdill, gaunt, and six feet three inches in height, typical 

 mountaineer of the stalwart type, accompanied by his plot hound, 

 "John," and his gun, is back and forth past camp nearly every 

 day. Abe is the owner of nine dogs of various types. He also 

 has a mate to John, and the two are famous bear hunters. A few 

 days ago John's partner got chasing a deer, and the race landed 



him in North Carolina. Possibly the deer is still in the lead, as 

 he hasn't shown up for several days. Ave has a scouting party 

 out after the dog, because he doesn 't want to loose him, as he has 

 located a big bunch of "bear signs" up on a "slick", near the 

 top of the mountain, where he has set his traps. He knows he will 

 need the assistance of both dogs in capturing the bears. Ave 

 promised to show up in camp within the next few days with Mr. 

 Bruin on his shoulders. 



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Bud Lowe, my guide of last season, is broken-hearted. He i-j 

 tangled up in a woods job for the Little Eiver Lumber Company, 

 which is not completed, and, while he would rather go on a hike 

 in the woods with me for a great deal less money than he is 

 making, he feels in duty bound to complete his job before ho 

 does so. However, Bud and I are going to take a hike up on to 

 Siler's Bald and back down through the valley of Eagle Creek, 

 to call upon Quill Eose, and eventually land down in the logging 

 and lumbering operations of E. E. Wood and his brothers at 

 Fontana, on the Little Tennessee river, within a few days. For 

 this trip we have chartered Uncle Ben Parton 's famous mountain 

 climbing "yaller" mule, Peter. Peter is now luxuriating in the 

 grassy fields the other side of Sugar Land mountain, and has no 

 appreciation of the scenic glories that await his vision. 



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Among the visitors at Camp Gibson have been P. B. Eaymond 

 of the Knoxville Veneer Company, who spent Sunday before last 

 with me, and Ralph Young, figured wood buyer of the Williamson 

 Veneer Company. I am expecting a big bunch of visitors this 

 week, including friends from Chicago, Memphis, Cincinnati and 

 New York. h. H. Gibson. 



B 282 — Concerning Live Oak 



Boston, Muss., June 27. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Some inquiry and discussion has 

 arisen in our olBee regarding live oaU, and in 

 order that we may inform our salesmen just 

 what it Is, will you kindly give us the result 

 of your vast experience and untiring interest? 



COMP.INY. 



The above correspondent has been advised 

 as follows : Live oak is the only species which 

 is found on both sides of the Rockies, and the 

 only eastern species in the group is the south- 

 ern live oak, botanically known as Quercus 

 Virginiana. This wood grows along the coast 

 of Virginia southward through southern Flor- 

 ida, and extends further along the Gulf of 

 Mexico into northeastern Mexico. 



It spreads more or less inland through 

 Texas to the valley of the Red river and to a 

 lesser extent to the mountains in the extreme 

 western part of the state. Its most abundant 

 growth and largest size is found on the 

 Atlantic and eastern gulf coasts on ridges 

 not far above tlie level of the sea. It is 

 also abundant in Texas, in the coast regions 

 near the banks of streams, but going into 

 Texas its growth is scrubby. This is a tree 

 with an immense spreading head and a short 

 trunk, which make it famous in the Gulf 

 states for decorative purposes. It is grouped 

 under the white oaks, but on account of its 

 short trunk, can not produce any great 

 quantity of lumber. It has always found 

 considerable employment in ship-building, 

 and furnishes excellent wood for this pur- 



pose. It is very heavy, hard and tough and 

 possesses great strength and is close-grained. 

 It is light-brown and has a nearly white 

 sap-wood, and further is susceptible to a 

 high polish.- — Editor. 



B 283 — Seeks Soft Wood Strips 

 Now York, N. Y., Juno 27. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : I am in the market for car loads of 

 strips %x% dressed two sides either soft yel- 

 low poplar, spruce. North Carolina pine, cypress 

 or any kind of soft stock to be used in making 

 the frame of boxes. Can you put me in touch 

 with several mills which could make this sort 

 of stock? Can use it from fifty-six inches up 

 to sixteen feet long (bundles). 



The above inquirer has been supplied with 

 the names and addresses of various sources of 

 supply for the stock he desires, and any read- 

 ers of Hardwood Record who have this mate- 

 rial to offer, can have the name of the corre- 

 spondent by writing this office and referring 

 to B 2S3.— Editor. 



B 284 — Wants Oak Dimension 



Bellevue, O., June 26. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Will you kindly advise where we will 

 be able to secure oak dimension stock ? We 

 have written a number of concerns inquiring for 

 three or four cars of 3"x3"x5' dimension oak for 

 drag harrows. If you can put us in touch with 

 anyone who is in position to furnish this mate- 

 rial, we will appreciate it. 



Company. 



The above correspondent is a large manu- 

 facturer of farm implements and has been 

 given the addresses of various concerns get- 



ting out the stock which he seeks. Anyone 

 having this stock to offer, can have the ad- 

 dress by writing this office and referring to 

 B 284. — Editor. 



B 285 — Regarding Terms of Sale 



Menominee, Mich., July 1. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Will you kindly give us your inter- 

 pretation of the following terms of sale : 60 

 days net or 2% 10 days after arrival? 



The above has been given the following 

 information: 



"Two per cent discount" would mean that 

 if you settle the account after deducting 

 freight within ten days of the arrival of 

 the lumber, you are entitled to a two per 

 cent discount on that amount. 



"Sixty days net" means that the party 

 would have sixty days from date of invoice 

 in which to settle the account, after which 

 he would be liable to interest or legal pro- 

 ceedings. — Editor. 



B 286 — Wants Information Regarding 

 Various Woods 



Blakeney, Tex., June 14. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Where could we got information 

 about what ash, persimmon and hickory timber 

 could be worked into, and what the profits are 

 in such material and any other information per- 

 taining to such products? 



Company. 



The above correspondent has been advised 

 that the chief ultimate use to which persim- 

 mon could be put is in the manufacture of 

 shoe lasts. One outlet would be to ship the 

 logs in regular form to New Orleans exporters, 

 and the other would be to sell the stock either 

 in log or block form to last manufacturers in 

 this country. Shoe lasts made of persimmon 

 :ire for high-grade concerns only, and the mar- 

 ket is necessarily rather limited. Persimmon 



