HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Some Historic Trees of Tennessee. 



Tennessee can boast of having some historic 

 -k! trees that bear testimony of events of the 

 lung ago. Near Reelfuot Lake still stands the 

 black oak where Davy Crockett had a tight with 

 a l)ear. In Sumner county near Tyree Springs is 

 a spreading elm under which PresUlent Andrew 

 .lackson, Felix (Irundy and other notables estab 

 lished a mock court, after a notable political 

 campaign, and by the fines imposed on all in the 

 "lurisdiction" of the tribunal, kept themselves 

 and the ladies supplied with the choicest fruits 

 and melons. .N'ear Nashville stands the large oak 

 under which the famous Judge John Haywood of 

 Mie Tennessee .Supreme Court was accustomed to 

 lie on a bull hide aud examine applicants for 

 l.iw licenses. Just out of Uallatin Is a huge 

 hollow sycamore known as "Spencer's tree." This 

 I rank was for years the home aud retreat of 

 Spencer, n noted trapper and Indian lighter. He 

 was a man of gigantic size and many wonderful 

 siories are related of his feats. An old beech 

 ir.^e standing on l!oono's Creek in East Tennes- 

 see is known today as "lioone's tree." On It is 

 carved the quaint inscription : "D. Boon tUiled 

 .\. Bar On Tree in Ihe Year 1700." lu the 

 Watauga valley in Kast Tennessee also stands 

 au old locust tree that marks the site of the old 

 I'ort of the Watauga settlers, the first distinctive 

 landmark in the history of the state. 



jimerican Pianos in Brazil. 



In a recent report Consul General G. E. An- 

 derson of Rio de Janeiro calls attention to the 

 fact that the twenty per cent reduction in tariff 

 tluties on pianos entering that country from the 

 Inited States ought to prove beneficial to the 

 .\merican exporter. This is a preferential re 

 duction and does not apply to instruments com 

 lug from other countries. American pianos here- 

 tofore have not suited the Brazilians in size, 

 .shape, finish or decoration. A small and light 

 piano can he more easily sold because of the 

 ■ litHculty of transportation, the instrument fre- 

 'luently going into interior villages and towns 

 where means of carrying are primitive, while 

 Ihe natives also like a more ornate decoration 

 than is usually found in the American stock. 

 According to Mr. Anderson there is at present a 

 decidedly favorable opportunity for the intro- 

 liuetion of the Amiu-icau product into the coun- 

 try because of the high price and uniformly poor 

 instrument that is being sent there from other 

 countries, and because the American manufac- 

 turers, besides making a Ijetter instrument, have 

 Ihe benefit of a preference in tariff. A list of 

 l!io de Janeiro dealers can be secured from the 

 liureau of Manufacturers. 



Hardwoods in Santo Domingo. 



In speaking of llie various hardwoods to be 

 found on the Island of Santo Domingo, Vice- 

 Consul A. W. Lithgow, writing from Puerto 

 riata, says that those chiefly exported besides 

 mahogany are lignum vita;, lancowood. fustic, 

 greenheart and mora. The largest diameters 

 lirocurable are, in cedar, sixty inches ; in ma- 

 hogany, thirty-five inches, and in lignum vitie. 

 ten inches. On the northern side of the island 

 iiuantities of large timber can be procured about 

 ten miles from the railroad. It is expensive to 

 draw out the wood, and as there are no roads, 

 paths have to" lie cleared through the forests. 

 'I'iie people usually drag the logs wltli hulls, but 

 the more intelligent tise two large wheels on an 

 ;ixle, on which they hang the timber. Roads 

 could be made in the woods for wagons, hut as 

 this would he expensive it would all depend on 

 the extent of the enterprise. 



In some sections there are rivers on which 

 the logs may he floated, but one has to wait for 

 a freshet, which often delays for years. The 

 facilities and price of getting out the wood de- 

 pends entirely on the location. Where one owns 

 the trees, tlie medium cost of felling, squaring, 

 hauling from forest, railroad freight and de- 

 livering alongside sliip is about thirty dollars. 

 .Vuieriean money, for I.ttOO feet of mahogany or 



cedar. Trees can be bought standing at from 

 twenty -five cents to one dollar per tree, depend- 

 ing on the size, condition and location. It is 

 preferable to purchase the right to fell over an 

 extent of land, lirst going over same to estimate 

 liie amount of timber that can be gotten out, or 

 one can buy it at the rate of ,|.j per thousand 

 feet. 



Establishment of New Mahogany Trim 

 Plant. 



The Mahogany Interior Trim Company of In- 

 dianapolis, Ind., has established a new manufac- 

 turing plant at that place for the purpose of 

 making high-grade quarter-sawed oak and ma- 

 hogany Interior trim as well as to do work in 

 otlier precious woods. 



The new mill is especially well supplied with 

 veneer machinery and intends to make a specialty 

 of furnishing interiors for high-class residences, 

 othce and public buildings. The company has a 

 braui'h oflice at 132 La Salle streel, Chicago. 



New Veneer Department. 



The Butfalo. Hardwood Lumber (^'ompany of 

 Buffalo. N. y., has lately added to its business 

 by establishing .a veneer dejiartment and is carry- 

 ing a large and complete stock of sawed and 

 sliced veneers in quartered oak and mahogany. 

 The veneers, which are of various thicknesses, 

 have been especially selected for figure and qual- 

 ity by the company's own experts, and they are 

 cut from squared flitches so that stock in each 

 flitch runs in uniform width, giving au advan- 

 tage and saving that cannot fail to bo appre- 

 ciated. 



Tlic company also has mills witli a daily 

 cajiacity of upwards of 200,000 feet, manufactur- 

 ing rotary cut oak, poplar, ash, elm, gum, bass- 

 wood, maple, beech, and in fact all domestic 

 woods, in thicknesses from 1-30" to %". 



Ne-wr Secretary American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation. 



tJwing to pressure of personal business, H. JM. 

 Suter, formerly secretary of the American For- 

 estry Association, found it impossible to devote 

 suthcient time to the work incident to that office, 

 and some time ago signified his desire to resign 

 as soon as a successor could he chosen. On 

 Sept. 1 Dr. Thomas E. Will took up the secre- 

 taryship of the association as successor to Mr. 

 Suter. 



Dr. Will has spent the greater part of his 

 liti.' in teaching, lecturing, writing and adminis- 

 trative work, having held professorships in va- 

 rious schools and colleges all over the country. 

 In July, 1S105. he entered the Civil Service at 

 Wnsliington in the lUireau of the Census. He 

 was soon transferred, however, to the editorial 

 department of the Forest Service, where he re- 

 mained until his recent appointment. The past 

 summer he lectured on forestry, under the au- 

 spices of the Forest Service, in North Carolina. 

 Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas. He 

 is au enthusiast on forestry, of -which subject 

 he has made a close sttidy, and as secretary of 

 tlio .\merican P'orestry Association should ac- 

 complish much for that organization. Dr. Will's 

 headfimirters will be the offices of the associa- 

 tion, ."iio Twelfth street X. W., Washington, 

 D. I'. 



Kecent Timher Pit: chases of D'Heiir & 

 Swain Lumber Co. 

 The D'ileur v^ Swain Lumlier Company of Sey- 

 mour. Ind., always on the lookout for Ihe best 

 ihuber that grows in the far-famed Indiana sec- 

 tion, has concluded the purchase of the Bailey 

 farm, located about seven miles northeast of 

 Bedford. This timber property runs very heavily 

 to poplar and walnut, and is reputed to be the 

 finest tract left now in Indiana. It is virgin 

 timber and has been held out of the market for 

 many years. The poplar runs as high as sixty 

 inches in diameler and the walnut thirty-four, 

 averaging from four to six logs to the tree. The 

 limber will be shipped to the D'Heur & Swain 

 Lumber Company's mill at Seymour for sawing. 



■Walnut Timber Purchase in Ohio. 



The Miami Lumber & Veneer Company of 

 Dayton, O., has just concluded the purchase of 

 a tract of timber land near that city in which 

 walnut largely predominates. It is regarded as 

 Ihe largest and best walnut timber tract standing 

 in tile L'ullcd States. The trei's run from twenty- 

 eight to forly-four inches in diameter with a 

 few larger specimens, and, of course, it is the 

 old fashioned, rich-toned, mature, black walnut 

 that has become so scarce in this country during 

 the last twenty years. The Miami Lumber & 

 Veneer Company has for many y(^ars made spe- 

 cialties of both oak and walnut, and ships quite 

 a portion of its output to Great Britain, the 

 t'ontinent and to t'anada, besides enjoying a 

 large domestic trade, it has a finely equipped 

 band sawmill and veneer plant at Dayton. 



Meeting of Michigan Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association. 



The ii.vanwouD Record is advised by Bruce 

 Odell of Cadillac, secretary of the Michigan 

 Hardwood ilanufacturers* .\ssocIation, that its 

 next meeting will be held at the Park I'lace 

 Hotel, Traverse City, on Wednesday, Oct. 31. 

 The first session will be called at 10 a. m. At 

 this meeting the grading committee will submit a 

 set of grading rules for discussion and probable 

 adoption, which will cover every variety of 

 -Michigan hardwood growth. 



There will also be submitted by the secretary 

 a report of stocks on hand Oct. 1, 190G, and a 

 comparison made with the stocks of July I. 



There will also be a discussion on the subject 

 of values and an effort will be made to establish 

 a basis commensurate with existing conditions. 



A general invitation is extended to every 

 manufacturer and stumpage owner of hardwoods 

 in Michigan to be present at this meeting. Un- 

 doubtedly it will be the most important meeting 

 of this association that has yet been held, as 

 the legislation forwarded will be of vital im- 

 portance to every hardwood producer of the 

 state. From the manifest interest shown by 

 the larger proportion of the hardwood people of 

 ^Ilchigan a very large attendance is already as- 

 sured. 



Traverse City at this time of year is a most 

 delightful place for a gathering of this sort and 

 the Park Place Hotel is a particularly excellent 

 hostelry at which to hold the meeting. 



The North Shore Lumber Company. 



Due of the strongest liardwood concerns of 

 northern Michigan, witli important and extensive 

 operations, is the Nortli Shore Lumber Company, 

 formed some eighteen months ago to cut out a 

 timber tract at Thompson, Mich. The tract, 

 which is a large one. consisting of hardwoods 

 and liemlock. was purchased in 1000 by Paul 

 Johnson and included a sawmill and logging 

 railroad, .\fter the property had been secured 

 by Mr. Johnson, the mill was entirely rebuilt, 

 the rallixtad was impro\ed and the holdings were 

 turned over to the new company, which began 

 Ihe work with a capitalization of .fl.'iO.OOO, of 

 which .'i;iOO,000 was paid in. 



The officers of the company arc Paul Johnson 

 of Tliompson, Midi., iiresident ; A. M. Ches- 

 brough of Toledo, O.. secretary and treasurer, 

 and D. D. Flanner of Toledo, vice president. 



.Mr. Johnson is widely knowu in Michigan, 

 where he has had a long aud successful career 

 In the management of hardwood and hemlock 

 operations. A. M. Cheshrough is vice president 

 of the National Bank of Commerce of Toledo, 

 O., and is splendidly equipped to handle suc- 

 cessfully the finances of the company. He was 

 also familiar with lumber operations before the 

 present venture, having largo sawmill interests 

 at Emerson, Mich., where he oiierates in connec- 

 tion with bis brothc^r under the firm name of 

 Chesbrough Brothers. D. D. Flanner of Toledo, 

 <»., has a wide reputation in the hardwood trade 

 is president of the Rib River Lumber Company 



