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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January IS, 1908. 
Write for Grand FREE Millwork Catalog 
Over 5,000 “Direct-to-Consumer” Bargains on Miliwork, Sash, Doors, Windows, Stair- 
work, Roofing, Moulding, Paints—Everything Offered at 50 Per Cent Below Dealers’ Prices 
Personal to Readers of The Rural New-Yorker 
Don’t buy oven a dollar’s worth of mnterin] until you see the wonderful bargains Gordon, Van Tine Co. offer 
mense percentage of profits—their strong organization to 
maintain prices—the pyramiding of profit upon profit for 
intermediate parties. Wo own the largest independent 
millwork supply business in the world. We sell only 
Direct from Mill to You at Lowest Prices 
Ever Made to Anyone 
Money-saving price to everybody —Mr. Fanner, Mr. 
Carpenter, Mr. Contractor and home-owners everywhere. If you are going to build or 
make improvements, get our big catalog of money-saving offers and compare prices. 
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Save at Least 50%—On Many Items Even More By Buying Direct 
Whv pay tribute to the lumber trust’s line of lumber yards and local offices? Millwork and building supply 
? rices are notoriously high. The Farmer, Contractor and Carpenter pay them their toll with every purchase. 
heir prices are raised to the limit of tolerance. We believe m patronizing home industry, but not in paying 
extortionate prices and three or four profits which add nothing to the quality of the goods. 
GORDON, VAN TINE CO.—The First and largest Millwork Supply House in 
America —Headquarters for Lowest Prices 
On this page are sample bargains taken from our catalog. Our business has grown to over a million dollars 
a vear. All direct with farmers, builders, contractors, carpenters—and even independent dealers buy from us 
cheaper than from the lumber trust. We hare no traveling salesmen, representatives or jobbers. Lverv sale 
is made direct from our mill to the man who buys the material—every go-between expense cut out. That is 
why our prices are so low for supplies fully up to grade and standard quality. 
Remember, Everything We Sell is Guaranteed Up to Standard Quality | 
That means every article we sell to you direct is up to the standard of high quality required by the official 
grade adopted bv the Bash, Door & Blind Manufacturers’ Association of the Northwest. That is your absolute 
protection. Everv purchase must prove satisfactory to buyer. Hundreds and thousands testify to the big 
values and absolute satisfaction given in our big money-saving offers on buiding supplies. Every article 
positively guaranteed as represented in our big, grand, free catalog. Safe delivery guaranteed. 
The Lumber Trust Wants Our Scalp! 
When wo were small they paid little attention to ns. As our business grew in popularity with formers and 
builders everywhere, and our sales increased from a few thousand to over a million dollars a year, . — 
tliev tried to put us out of business. Nearly every conceivable method regard- 
‘css of fairness was used to harass us, to cost us unnecessary expense and wnste 
catalogs and postage.. We have fought them to a standstill. Nineteen, 
prominent lumber officials have already been indicted for 
attempting to ruin our business through illegal methods. 
Are you with us? Will you help us in this fight? Of 
course you will. Eefuse to continue paying fancy prices. 
Buy your materials on a next-to-cost basis. Buy direct 
from Gordou, Van Tine Co. 
Send Us Bill of Materials Needed for Estimate 
Doors! Doors! Doors! 
525 Styles — Doors For Every Purpose! 
We show a complete line of doors—no matter for what use intended, we are 
headquarters for doors. We 6ell them in tremendous quantities 
with manufacturing expense reduced to a minimum. We sell 
thousands of them in every state in the country. It is one of our 
biggest lines. Doors are one of our principal products—they 
are one of our specialties—they are among onr best leaders. 
Wo give the biggest door value of any millwork manufac¬ 
turing company In the world. Our prices absolutely defy 
competit ion. Our big line of soft pine doors embraces 
every style in demnnd. Let us send you our special 
list of bargains among these particular doors. 
Our Four-Panel Yellow Pine 
Doorshown in top Illustration 
80c 
Our stock embraces %, l.V- 1% and llf-inch thick¬ 
nesses. Don’t send your order for doors elsewhere. 
Here is where you save big money. 
Hardwood Veneered Doors $3.20 
We have complete stock of hardwood doors. Finish 
your home with oak at a smnll cost. We save yon from 
$3.00 to $5.00 each on hardwood doors. Hardwood trim to 
match. Also make special doors to order. Telluswhnt 
you want and let ns quote you our lowest cash prices. 
Front Doors $1.70 
Twenty-four different styles of front doors ranging 
from SI.70 upward. The biggest bargain in the lino of 
front doors ever offered anywhere — styles of pleasing 
design and rich appearance at surprisingly low prices 
made in various woods and painted or grained as de¬ 
sired. Send for our price list on front doors of every 
description before you place your order. We have a 
complete line of inexpensive doors at $1.70 each up 
to those of the highest grades finished with beveled 
plate glass—every one a typical Gordon, Tan Tine bar¬ 
gain. Doors made to order if desired. 
Hnuf Thou Ara Matin Lumberisfirstairdried and then, 
■■Uff I llvj HI v IflQlIv as an extra precaution, is put 
through a scientific drying process. Joints are made with heavy 
hardwood dowel pins. Glued with imported glue, pressed to¬ 
gether by heavy steam power press. There 19 no “come apart’* 
to our work. The door panels have a heavy raise on both sides. 
We guarantee our goods to be strictly up to the official grade 
adopted by the Sash, Door & Blind Mfrs. Ass’n of the North¬ 
west. Every door is carefully made, finished and sand-papered. 
80c 
Worth 
$ 2.00 
Worth $6.00 
$1350 
Worth $22.00 
IlftlU Anr Prif*OC Cnmnara Wo challenge comparison of prices as well as quality. Soft pine doors that we 
llUvY vtll rillrUo wUllipdlv sell for 80c, local dealers and lumber yards charge as much as $2.00 for identical 
quality and specifications. Our line of hardwood doors is fully 50% cheaper than similar goods purchased elsewhere. 
Our line of front doors is more complete than that carried by dealers, a greater variety of selection, right next to cost. 
Our prices speak for themselves— they show true values. 
fllir Rrvftlf fil n 1-1 nr flffpre ® esurc an< * our big catalog showing our completo lino of painted and grained 
vUi DDUPV 01 IIUUi ViiUIO doors, four-paneled and five-paneled—made of soft pine, solid yellow pine, cypress, 
painted and grained, sash doors and our big line of special grained and painted front doors and art front doors. Storm 
doors and screen doors are among our specialties. 
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THREE SIZES 
Our prices are big 
bargains on lit¬ 
tle things, too. Yellow 
Pino,per 100 ft..25c,White 
Vuu Pine, per 100 ft., 40c, Cy- 
pross pi lie, per 100 ft., 4 Oc 
Barn Paint, 68c per Gal. 
Save 30c per Gal. 
G. V. Paint ideal for barns, 
I Hlxro ucnces and out-houses. 
^S!!2-^50-gal. bhl. . . per gal., 68c 
25-gal. bbl., gal.,72c 1-gal. can, 75c 
Color Card and Paint Book Free. 
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Embossed Moulding, lc p f *. r 
Various Styles and Sizes. 
Yellow Pino $1.00 per 100 ft. and up 
Oak . . . 1.10 per ICO ft. and up 
Our prices are 50 to 75% lower. 
Step Ladders,! lc p «. r 
Step! 
Six styles from 1 lc per foot 
upwards. Ladders for ev¬ 
ery purpose. Our popular 
family step ladder, 11c 
per foot—4 to 10 feet— 
6-inch top, worth twice 
the money. 
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sash 
43c 
All Styles—All Sizes 
With & Without Glass 
Windows and window frames of all kinds, barn Bash, etc., are our great specialties. We sell them in 
tremendous quantities. Wo ship these all over the United States. Wo manufacture tho most complete 
line, everything required for residences, farm homes, stores, barns, churches, out-houses of 
ail kinds, etc. Our prices need no comment.. They sell tllo goods. Quality strictly up to standard and 
guaranteed. Wo are headquarters for windows and sash. We challenge comparison of prices. Wo easily 
savo the consumer 50 to 73% on this line. Safe delivery guaranteed. Tell us your needs in the window 
lino and get our prices. They will clinch your order for Gordon, Van Tine Co. 
House 'Windows—Ovor a hundred different styles, ranging from 2 lights each to 12 lights. 
Plain Kail Windows—8 lights, 7 sizes, 57c up; 12lights, 6 sizes, 72c up; 4lights. 4 sizes, 83c np. 
Check Kail Windows—8 lights, 5 sizes, 77c up; 12 lights, 8 sizes, 79c up; 4 lights, 32 sizes, 66c 
up; 2 lights, 144 sizes, 69c op. Our line of 2 and 4-light chock rail windows 
is especially completo. Wo have many splendid bargains. Send for catalog. 
Barn Sash—This is another of our great specialties. Our output of barn 
sash is simply enormous, made in 8 sizes, 43c upward. Price without glass, 19c 
upward, according to sizes. Same goods at local lumber yards and dealers 
would cost from 1 % to 3 times our prices. We cau save you big money on barn 
sash. Let us quote you estimate. 
Attic Sash, Cellar Sasli, Etc.—Wo sell everything in this linoto cover 
your need. Send for our prices. Also transoms, pantry check rail windows, 
stall sash, hot bed sash, etc. 
We Manufacture the Most Complete Line of Windows 
and Sash In America. All windows and transoms primed in pure linseed oil. Can be used for 
oil finish work. Wo use the very best quality of material and guarantee you entire satisfaction. 
Picture ,00Feet 
Moulding 65c 
Ovor a million feet in stock. 
It is a big value for the price. 
Yellow Pine, per 100 feet, 65c 
"White Pine, per 100 feet, 80c 
Cypress, per 100 foot, 80c 
Corner Blocks 2c 
Small things to save money 
on, but why pay double 
when Gordon, Van Tine 
Co. sell next to cost? 
Corner Blocks 2 c 3 Sizes 
. Base Blocks 4c 3 Sizes 
Head Blocks 4c 3 Sizes 
""in 
"Hill 
— 
Sash Cord 
Best on the market. 
Sash Pulleys 20c 
Steel. Best Grand 
Rapids pulley. Dozen 
par 100 ft. 
Base Bargains! 
Yellow Pine, per 100 ft. . $3.04 
White Pine, per 100 ft. • 3.25 
Cypress, per 100 ft. . 3.25 
BASE MOULDINGS 
Yellow Pine, per 100 ft. • $1.16 
White Pine, per 100 ft. . 1.25 
4c per ft. Porch Rail 
We have over 88 miles of 
top or bottom rail in stock, 
strictly of the one quality, size 
1^x33^ in. Price per foot, 4c. 
Same would cost6c /*/.'/' 
to 10c elsewhere. 
Hardwood Flooring 
It is economy in itself. Our 
prices per 1000 feet <£ *7 
on maple flooring . . ■' " 
Plain red oak flooring, per 1000 
sq. feet, $57* Shipped care- 
fully wrapped and ready to lay. 
Write for catalog and prices. 
$25 to $50 
Saved If You Get Stalrwork 
from Gordon, Van Tine Co. 
^Stairwork jobs are ‘‘pie’ when it comes to profits for tho aver- 
age millwork supply dealer. Here is where tho consumer 
gets it in the “neck.” Stairwork from one-half to one* 
third what it would cost you elsewhere. We furnish 
steps, risers, newels, ballustrades, stair rail, wall 
v ^stringers, etc. In short, everything for your 
^stairs except rough horses sold to you at Gor¬ 
don, Van Tine prices, which mean buying 
s with the strictest economy and common 
\£ense. Send us your bill for estimate. 
PORCH WORK 
We quote close figures on 
everything for your 
porch. Every farm 
, home ought to have 
a good porch. It will 
1 prove the best invest¬ 
ment you ever made. 
Enlarge your present 
porch. Let us figure 
with you for balus¬ 
trades, spindles, 
porch rails, porch brackets, roofing mouldings, stairwork, paint—in short, everything. 
Estimates 
Free, 
Spindles 
lXc 
Newels 
34c 
91c Blinds 
Four styles. For 
two-light, four-light, eight- 
light and twelve-light win¬ 
dows. Twelve sizes. Write 
for complete price list. You 
can save money here. 
Hot Bed Sash 
Made in sizes for six and 
eight-inch glass. Sold 
with or without glass. 
Open sash, 92c and up¬ 
ward. Sash complete with 
glass, $1.60 and upward. 
Base Corners 2c 
Sizes I%xl4 inches. Iterates 
of 25, per crate . . . 45c 
Easily worth 4c each. 
Corner Beads 8c 
each. White or Yellow Pine. 
Lattice 34c 
_acaii 100 Feat 
It comes in three sizes. Also 
complete stock of casings for 
every purpose. Send for price 
list and note our money sav¬ 
ing offers. 
108 square feet Gordon. Van 
Tine flint-coated, fire resisting, rubber roof¬ 
ing—tho best permanent roof protection for house, 
barn, sheds, etc.—far cheaper than shingles, better than 
steel, more satisfactory than slate and superior to tho innumerable prepared 
roofings sold at all kinds of fancy prices. Goes over shingles or sli»*thing, is 
easily laid, requiring no tools excepting a hammer; needs never to be reflinted or regraveled. 
Will stand tho strongest acid tests; positively contains no tar. Every square of Gordon, Van 
Tine roofing is made from long fibre wool fedt and soaked in hot asphalt, then coated with 
flint by heavy machinery. Easy to lay as a carpet. _ 
Gordon, Van Tine Roofing is Worth Twice Its Price 
compared to roofings on the market sold by outsiders claiming theirs to be as good as tho genuine 
Gordon, Van Tine fliut-coated roofing. Why pay $2.50 to $4.00 per square for roofing? Get a roof 
you know will last—get a Gordon, Van Tine roof and forget about it for ten years. 
Our Shipping Facilities 
We cut roofing prices in two because we sell 
direct to you and ship it from our nearest ware¬ 
house— Philadelphia, Chicago, Kansas City, 
Memphis, Minneapolis, Davenport—we deliver 
Gordon, Van Tine roofing at far less cost than 
any manufacturer or dealer. 
Our Guarantee, Backed by $300,000 
We give a written guarantee, good for five to 
ten years, according to the ply ordered, on 
Gordon, Van Tine flint-coated roofing. 
PRICES 
Per Square, iOS Square Feet 
1 Ply, per sq. . $1.41 
2 Ply, persq. .1.96 
3 Ply, per sq. 2.29 
FREE ROOF BOOK AND SAMPLES 
Send us your name and address and wo will mail you, at once, our big new roofing book 
and free samples of Gordon, Van Tine roofing—one, two or three ply. You test these 
samples. Send for our big roofing proposition today. 
BUILDING PAPER, per roll, 37c. Let us supply your wants in this line. 
Porch 
Brackets 
Three styles. Two sizes. 
Special reduction £■ 1 
in crates of fifty or 7% o0 
more . . . Each, 
Write for price-list. 
80c 
Adjustable to 
any pitch. 
Four feet 
exten 
_sion. 
Gable 
Ornaments 
Write for price-list. 
Porch 
Brackets 
Three styles. Two ! 
Special reduction y j A 
in crates of fifty , ft 
or more . Each, 
Write for price-list. 
Frames 
v 
For Windows 
and Doors 
These are among our millwork spe- 
ciulties on which we make extremely 
low prices. Our stock of window 
frames, door frames, inside door 
jambs, etc., is very complete. Inside 
door jambs shipped ready to set up. 
CQa each and upward. Two sizes. 
5A5JV/ Furnished Y o 11 o w Pine, 
White Pine or Plain Red Oak. 
Door Frames for Wood Buildings 
Two sizes, $1.75.each and up. 
Window Frames 
Three sizes. $1.35 up. All frames 
are made from Northern White Pine. 
For our quality of jambs and frames 
dealers charge at least 30$ more and 
in many instances even higher. Our 
low prices on millwork of all kinds 
include some great bargains in the 
line of window frames 
and door jumbs. 
Art Glass Windows 55c 
per square foot. Designs without number. 
For every purpose—doors, windows, etc. 
Send for our catalog containing complete 
list of art glass offers. We aro pretty sure 
we have just what you want and the prices 
we quote must command your order. 
Storm Sash Prices 
Complete stock. Made 
in two lights and four 
lights. Thirty-eight 
sizes. Speciallowprices 
on storm sash hardware. 
Write for prices. 
Paint Brushes 
19c 
For every pur- 4 ft and 
"nTsh^nd Up. 
whitewash brushes, etc. 
Complete line at prices that 
will astonish you. Write for prices. 
ft.Cols.60c Colonials*!.95 
Strictly first quality Washington Fir. 
Prices range from 60c to $1.40, according 
to size desired. 
Built with patent lock joint. Will not 
warp. Made in six sizes. 
Porch Newels 34c 
Strictly first-class quality. Two sizes. 
Made-to-order jobs if desired. 
Stair Newels $1.65 Up 
Seven modern designs, % price. Yellow 
Pine or Plain Red Oak. Send for catalog. 
Porch Brackets 5'/»c each 
Three styles. Two sizes. Special reduction 
in crates 
of 50 or 
more. 
Write for 
price list. 
Gable 
Ornmts. 
80c 
Adjust¬ 
able. Four 
styles. 
Four feet 
extension. 
Write for 
price list. 
Varnish Bargains 
Floor Varnish, five-gal¬ 
lon cans, $1.63 per gal¬ 
lon. Furniture varnish, 
28c per quart. Shellac 
varnishes, 65c per quart. 
— Write for completo list of 
varnish offers. Wo savo you money. 
! Window Glass 
. . 3Kc 
. . 13c 
. . 15c 
8x10 . . 
10x28 . . 
16x20 . . 
Send for price-list. All sizes. 
Carefully packed. Safe deliv¬ 
ery guaranteed. 
FREE Catalog Coupon 
Gordon. Van Tine Co., 
604 Case St., Davenport, Iowa. 
Please send me your Grand Free Millwork Cata¬ 
log of 5,000 building material bargains. 
I am especially interested in. 
Name 
B.F.D .. 
.Town. 
.State. 
Send Us Your Bill for Estimate 
w ^ ” . any improvements about your 
place requiring millwork supplies, write us fully what your needs are. We will send you an estimate of what 
the job will cost you ut our lowest cash prices. Remember, the saving by buying direct from our big mill off¬ 
sets the small freight charges many times over on every item we sell by mail. No order is too small to com¬ 
mand our promptest attention. No order is too large as to get a better price than we would quote you direct. 
A,,- ftr3rtif Milluinrlr Pololnn Proa A bargain list of complete supplies in millwork, etc., for the 
will UldliU ITIBlEnUIIV VdldlUg lice farmer, the carpenter, the contractOT, or the home-builder any¬ 
where. Complete with illustrations of everything we make and sell. Our catalog is the only salesman Gordon, 
Vuu Tine Co. employ. It makes no misrepresentations. Money returned if goods are not perfectly satisfactory. 
Cut Out, Fill Out, and Mail Us Coupon Today big catalog"free of all cost. We want your name. 
Gordon, Van Tine Co., 604 Case St., Davenport, Iowa 
SCOTT COUNTY SAVINGS BANK 
Capital 9250,000.00 Surplus $150,000.00 
Davenport, Iowa 
To Whom It May Concern: 
It gives us great pleasure to testify to tho reliability, 
business integrity and honesty of Gordon, Van Tine Co. 
Their financial responsibility is well over Threo Hundred 
Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00), and they enjoy the highest 
credit with Western Financial Institutions. 
We assure prospective customers that they aro perfectly 
secure in sending the money with their orders, as wo un¬ 
derstand that if goods aro not entirely satisfactory they 
may be returned at shippers’ expense, and the money will 
be promptly refunded. 
Tho officers of this Company are well and favorably 
known to us and they may ho relied upon to do exactly as 
they agree. Yours very truly. J. H. HASS, Cashier. 
