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HARDWOOD RECORD 



obligoi- or the portion replanted may be made a 

 semistate forest. 



"The government may constitute protection 

 forests wlien it appears necessary for Ihe follow- 

 ing purposes : 



"I'reservation of soil on slopes and against 

 erosion : protection against sand drift, stones 

 and avalanches ; for the maintenance of a water 

 supply in springs and rivers ; for the views of 

 temples and old ruins. Laud taken for these 

 purposes is equitably paid for. 



"Is it not strange that in our own country 

 nothing is being done to reforest or to save the 

 young trees which are left after the lumljerman 

 has cut off the merchantable timber? Michigan 

 is doing something, but it is in a very tentative 

 and ineffectual way. The strong hand of the 

 government is needed to stay the terrible slaugh- 

 ter by tire and ax that is going on." 



Car Stake Equipment Case. 



Financial sui)port has been aslced of lumber- 

 men all over the country to aid in the prose- 

 cution of the car stake equipment case before 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission. The 

 committee on ways and means has sent out an 

 appeal which states that so much labor, time 

 and money has been expended in this matter, and 

 as a great deal yet remains to be done in the 

 way of preparing evidence to submit to the 

 commission and to pay the mechanical experts 

 employed by the committee to discover the best 

 form of stake to be used, that the help of lum- 

 bermen must he sought. 



It is estimated that an average sum of .$20 

 from each lumberman would be sufficient to 

 carry out these plans, but no limit is set ; the 

 sum may be .$20, more or less. I^hould the amount 

 contributed be more than needed, the surplus 

 will be refunded to the donators pro rata. Con- 

 tributions should be made payable to the order 

 of C. I. Millard, treasurer, or E. V. Perry, secre- 

 tary, and sent to 150 liroadway, New York City. 



Hoo-Hoo at Oklahoma City. 



.1. II. Baird, Scrivenoter of the Concatenated 

 Order of lioo-Moo, sends the H.vrdwood Record 

 the olHcial program of the September annual 

 meeting at Oklahoma City, which is as follows : 



Sept. 8 : Morning, annual business assembly 

 of Osirian Cloister ; afternoon, annual Osiriau 

 initiatory session : evening, annual Osirian liau- 

 quet. 



Sept. : ^lorning, church service at overhol- 

 ser Opera House, conducted by Kev. II. A. I'orter 

 of First Baptist Church. 



Sept. 10 : Morning, first business session of 

 Hoo-Hoo (open to the ppblic) at Overholser 

 Opera House, addresses by Mayor Messcnbaugh 

 of Oklahoma City, R. D. Inman, I. N. Holcomb, 

 A. D. McLeod, Scrivenoter's report, appointment 

 of committees : afternoon, annual concatenation, 

 reception for visiting ladies ; evening, concatena- 

 tion for selected candidates on stage at Over- 

 holser Opera House, session on roof and otlier 

 entertainment at Delmar Garden. 



Sept. 11 : Morning, business session ; after- 

 noon, entertainment at Colcord Park, consisting 

 of match game of polo on Indian ponies and 

 steer-roping contest between Ellison Carroll, fa- 

 mous champion of the Southwest, and Clay Mc- 

 Conigill, twenty-year ehampi(m, defeated by Car- 

 roll in recent contest at El Paso : evening, vaude- 

 ville at Delmar Garden. 



Sept. 12 ; Morning, business session concluding 

 with election ; afternoon, automobile ride for 

 ladies, trolley ride for men : evening, public in- 

 stallation of new officers and embalment of 

 Snark at Overholser Opera House. 



.Mr. Nash makes an improved automatic round 

 stock sander with whicli he claims that a boy 

 can do the work of live men. jiroducing a tinish 

 tliat saves from tweniy-tive in fifty per cent in 

 paint and varnish. 



Xo. 'i Sander is a lieavy IS-inch cylinder ma- 

 chine for veneered columns, cant-hook handles, 

 ten pins and other large work. It carries sand 

 belts from 2 to 5 inches wide, according to 

 length of work to be done, and will sand stock 

 from % to 4% inches in diameter, and can be 

 specially made to take in .j inches. No. 4 sander 

 is intended for furniture factories, chair fac- 

 tories and other places w'here they want to sand 

 short stock, and carries two sand belts from 3 

 to 4 inches wide, and will sand stock from % 

 to 2% inches in diameter. No. -j sander is a 

 regular handle sander and carries two ,">-inch 

 belts. It will sand stock <50 lineal feet per min- 

 ute, running from seven to eight thousand broom 

 handles per day. and any other work of the 

 same class in the same ]jroportion. and w'ill 

 sand stock from % to 21/. inches in diameter. 

 No. 4 sander can be made to take in work as 

 small as % inch in diameter and will sand and 

 polish fishing rods, walking canes, billiard cues, 

 hickory whip stocks and other very small 

 swelled or tapered work. 



New Filing Boom Machinery House. 



The Matteson Manufaituring Company, with 

 headquarters at 12.H-iau South Clinton street, 

 Chicago, was recently incorporated for the 

 purpose of manufacturing a line of modern ma- 

 diinery and tools for the care of saws and ma- 

 <'hine knives. As President Matteson aptly puts 

 it : "We are a new concern with a new ma- 

 chine. Although the company is scarcely nut 



A Popular Machine. 



Although ,1. M. Nash moved into liis new Mil- 

 waukee factory only a few months ago, he has 

 been compelled to build an additional wing of 

 almost sufficient capacity to double the output 

 of his present quarters in order to keep pace with 

 his increasing trade. 



I.MPROVED AUTO.MATIC BAND SAW SHARP- 

 ENER, MANUFACTURED BY THE MAT- 

 Ti:SON MANUFACTURING COM- 

 PANY, CHICAGO. 



of its infancy it has enjoyed an almost phe- 

 nomenal growth ever since the trade awakened 

 to the fact that the concern had a line of 

 equipment for the filing room which was worthy 

 of investigation. From the appearance of the 

 order book already it is evident that the claims 

 of the company have not been found wanting 

 by the investigators." 



Tlie officers of the c(uupany are A. D. Matte- 

 son, president : A. E. Tliompson. treasurer, and 

 James K. Chalmers, secretary. The business of 

 the company will be under the personal man- 

 agement and direction of Mr. Matteson, who for 

 sixteen years was superintendent of E. B. Rich 

 & Son's plant. Although a mechanic himself, 

 he has surrounded himself with a competent 

 force of skilled workmen in every department. 

 The sales department is in charge of Mr. Chal- 

 mers, who is a recognized expert operator of 

 automatic machinery, also an inventor of sev- 

 eral new devices and attacliments, which he 



will introduce to the public in the near future, 

 lie is also a practical saw maker, having served 

 ten .years in the factories of one of the largest 

 saw manufacturing plants in the world. For 

 the last two years he has been superintendent 

 of the filing room of one of the largest and 

 most modern equipped sawmills in operation, 

 and his knowledge undoubtedly will be of great 

 service in demonstrating the new line of ma- 

 chines. The accounting department is under 

 the personal supervision of Mr. Thompson. He 

 is a w'oll known business man of wide experi- 

 ence. 



t>ne of the machines to which the new con- 

 cern is calling especial attention is an improved 

 band saw sharpener, of which is claimed : "For 

 neatness, durability, finish and simplicity this 

 machine far excels. It is e(]uipped with all 

 modern appliances and adjustable cams. The 

 unanimous approval of all purchasers of this 

 machine justifies our giving unqualified guar- 

 antee." 



July Red Book. 



The Lumbermen's t.'redir Association has is- 

 sued the July edition of their Red Book, which 

 <'ontains several improvements and additions. 

 it has been carefully revised and about 3,000 

 names have been added, .so that at present it 

 contains over 00,000. Persons who are known 

 as habitual fault-finders and as slow pay have 

 been properly reported niton, and many changes 

 made in financial ratings. 



The association publishes a correction sheet 

 twice a week ; also a monthly supplement which 

 gives all changes to the first of each month. In 

 .■iddition to the foregoing excellent service a 

 collection department is maintained, equipped 

 with every facility for handling collections in 

 any part of the country. 



Best 'Woods for Bending. 



The following is an interesting article appear- 

 ing in a recent issue of tlie Barrel and Box : 



The bending woods in this country in extensive 

 use are ash, hickory, white oak and elm. Ash is 

 used extensively in handles of various kinds, and 

 it is an excellent wood for bending. Ordinarily 

 it is a stitt wood, imtil it receives a steam bath, 

 when it becomes very pliable and can be bent to 

 almost any desired shape. This is partially due 

 to the soft growth between the grain, which 

 "gives" when under the pressure of bending. 



Hickory is a standard for bending in some 

 branches of the industry. Owing to the close 

 grain it is somewhat stiflfer than asli, and will 

 resist the bending process much more. The best 

 results are obtained from the select part of the 

 tree. There are four distinct species of hickory 

 which furnish the best wood. They are the pe- 

 cannut, mockatnut, shell bark and the tight-bark 

 or nigment. The last named is extensively used 

 on account of its extreme tenacity, it being pre- 

 ferred for bending purposes. The shcllbark hick- 

 ory is very elastic and some parts of it are very 

 good for bending : it has a fine grain, but does 

 not carry its toughness very far tip the tree. The 

 best part of it. for bending for all purposes, is 

 found between the heart and sap. as indicated 

 above in the one-half inch from the sap. Hick- 

 ory to be of good, tough quality, must grow in 

 rich soil and on low ground. 



While there are almost innumerable species of 

 oak grown in this and other countries, the kind 

 most generally used for bending and many other 

 purposes is white oak. It produces the best qual- 

 ity for bending when grown on rich soil in low 

 ground. Under steam treatment it becomes very 

 pliable and is a good bender. The best part of it 

 in trees of ordinary size is found between the 

 heart and sap. as indicated above in the hickory. 

 There is what is known as second-growth white 

 oak that is superior to hickory or the older oak. 



Elm is of tlie hardwood family, and while not 

 as hard and heavy as the above-mentioned woods, 

 it has a fine, silken fiber, is easily worked and 

 finishes well in oils and varnishes. Its bending 



