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bound together by means of bejucos. Espe- 

 cially large pieces are stretched across 

 streams, as cables for ferries. 



Bejucos are well known to manufac- 

 turers all over the world, and are in great 

 di'uiand. At present, they are abundant in 

 the more remote provinces of the Philip- 

 pines, but if they are wasted or the repro- 

 duction is not considered, they will be as 

 scarce as they are at present in many 

 Ihiekly populated provinces. Therefore, the 

 Bureau of Forestry is using care iu grant- 

 ing licenses to cut bejucos, and is trving to 

 bring the industry under more conservative 

 iri.-inagenieiit. 



Where an American or a European would 

 use oak, pine, chestnut, iron, steel or brass, 

 the Filipino uses bamboo. 



Bamboo is a Malay word, which lias been 

 lolopted, with slight variations in different 

 countries, by all the world. It applies to 

 hundreds of different kinds of grass, as well 

 as to trees one hundre<l and seventy-five 

 feet high. Yet all the varieties called bam- 

 boo are the same in structure and can be 

 used for similar purposes. Java produces 

 the species growing to the greatest height 

 and the stems of these gigantic growths 

 often have a diameter of eighteen inches. 

 One variety grows in the States, which is 

 known as "Japanese cane." In Japan and 

 Uie Philippines there are many different 

 varieties. 



The house of the average Filipino is 

 built of bamboo, from the corner post to 

 the roof. In many cases, split bamboo, 

 overlapped, takes the place of nipa palm 

 roofing, forming an excellent watershed. 

 AVitliin doors one finds chairs, tables, beds, 

 hammocks, stools, ladders and cupboards 

 made of the stems of this giant grass; milk 

 jugs, water pots, water pipes, tlower pots, 

 bottles of every size, boxes, cups and fruit 

 jars are fashioned from joints of bamboo. 



Bamboo is not only lived in and eaten 

 from, but is likewise eaten and worn. The 

 llower of the plant makes an edible dish. 

 The fibres of the stalk can be shredded and 

 woven into cloth, rugs and carpets. The 

 cloth made of bamboo makes cool, com- 

 fortable .'nid durable clothing. Excellent 

 paper is also made of this fibre. However, 

 at present, no paper is made in the Philip- 

 pines, as no company has as yet given the 

 matter its serious attention. In shipbuild- 

 ing, bamboo is invaluable for masts. 

 fSpcar-shafts, bridges and any number of 

 s-maller things are constructed from bamboo. 



Recent developments have created an 

 entirely now demand for bamboo. It is 

 peculiarly adaptable for airships. No other 

 common wood is so light and at the same 

 time so strong. Steel tubing, spruce, bam- 

 boo and aluminum tubing have all been 

 used to hold the engines and other mechan- 

 isms necessary for aerial navigation. Steel 

 .•nid aluminum tubings are objectionable on 

 account of their weight in comparison with 

 Tvood, and recent laboratory tests have 

 proved that bamboo is stronger than spruce. 



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Pennsylvania State College Appreciates 

 Record 



State College, Pa.. Nov. 10. — Editor Haud- 

 woou Recoud : I wish to express to the Hard- 

 wood Record the appreciation of the department 

 of forestry for their generous gift of the maga- 

 zine for the coming year. 



It Is one of the best magazines which we have 

 on our reading table and is without doubt read 

 more than any other b.y our students. — J. A. 

 Ferguson. 



Appreciates Record 



Cadillac, Mich., Nov. IG. — Editor IIaudwuuu 

 Recoud : I want to take this occasion to thank 

 you for the interest the Hardwood Re(!obd has 

 shown in our association meetings and especially 

 for the article on pages 24, 23 and 2(i of your 

 issue of November 10, covering our fall meeting 

 in Detroit on October 26. — J. C. Knox, Secretary. 



Congratulates the Record 



Cincinnati, O., Nov. IG. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : I wish to congratulate the Record on 

 the splendid issue of November 10. — Galloway- 

 Pease Company, E. D. Galloway, President. 



In Commendation 



PiiiLADELi'HiA, Nov. 15.— Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We beg to commend you on your 

 several articles under date of October 25, page 

 IG, and also the article "The End of Substitu- 

 tion," and the low-grade problem, pages 20 and 

 21. under date November 10. These are articles 

 which Interest us very much, and we believe 

 that they are well founded as far as timber 

 resources are concerned. We also believe as you 

 do. that many millions of feet of lumber could be 

 preserved yearly by utilizing the low-grade lum- 

 ber and low-grade logs which are left in the 

 forest— The Furniture & Chair Stock Com- 

 rANY. 



NeWs Miscellany 



Obituary 



.Tames E. Defebaugh. editor and proprietor of 

 the American Lumberman, died at 4 :17 o'clock 

 Sunday morning, November 21, at the Columbus 

 Hospital, this cit.y, after sutferiug for many 

 months with malignant cancer of the bladder. 

 His end was peaceful, and at the bedside at the 

 time of his death were his wife nnd only son, 

 Carl ; his brother, E. H, Defebaugh, and Boiling 

 Arthur .Tohnson, who has been associated in 

 business with him for many years. 



A tribute to Mr. Defebaugh's memory and a 

 l.iief biographical sketch will be found in another 

 section of this issue of the Record. 



as it has adhered to in the past. A directing board 

 of those who have been intimately associated 

 with the publication for years will guide the 

 destinies of the publication. At the head of this 

 directorship will be E. H. Defebaugh, brother of 

 the deceased, associated in the publication of the 

 Hardwood Record, the Barrel and Box, and 

 Rock Products. 



IXL Flooring 



The accompanying cut shows the large and 

 iiltractive building of the San Diego high school, 

 ;ill the flooring in which was supplied by the 



SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL, SAN DIEGO, CAL., FLOORED WITH IXL 



ROCK MAPLE. 



Private funeral services were held at the de- 

 ceased's late residence, 010 East Fiftieth street, 

 at 10 :30 a. m., Tuesday, November 23. which 

 were followed by a largely attended public serv- 

 ice at the Forty-first Street Presbyterian Church, 

 at 12 o'clock. The interment was made at Mt. 

 Hope cemetery. 



In many i-espects Mr. Defeliaugh was the 

 foremost figure in the American lumber industry, 

 and his loss will be most severely felt by the 

 entire lumber trade of the country. The great 

 trade publication so ably conducted by him 

 will be continued with exactly the same policy 



Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company of Her- 

 mansville, Mich. The floors are of this com- 

 lany's famous Rock Maple, well known for Its 

 durability and accuracy of manufacture. The 

 company has a large plant equipped with the 

 finest modern machinery used in the manufac- 

 ture of flooring and makes besides its well known 

 Rock Maple, birch, selected red birch, birdseye 

 niaplo and cherry flooring. The company also 

 produces large quantities of white cedar shin- 

 gles and lath, cedar posts, poles and ties, maple 

 clippings and slab wood, as well as hardwood 

 and pine lumber. 



