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THIS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 20, 101 : 
More [ j 
Than 100,000 Homes 
Built From Our Millwork and Lumber 
T :e for a copy of the great Home-Builders’ Catalog, whose 
ictions on high grade Millwork and Lumber have saved millions of dollars 
i. Get in touch with the Gordon-Van Tine Company, the big concern that, 
.nd alone, has carrie^ on the people’s fight against the greed of the Lumber ^ 
;tail Lumber Dealers* We sell enough building material every year to build a city 
_;he past five years we have sold Millwork and Lumber for more than 100,000 new homes 
r We will ship froth 1,200 tp J-,'500 full carloads out of our warehouses this _ _ - _ ~g. 
year, and our less-thanifcarload shipments fot the same period will run Tg-SSSSaf \4mitlAC At l» 1111 
between 28,000 and 30,000. Over 40.000 Doors arid 120,000 Windows, and other f 1L&AU nB* Vdllllllvw Ul VlVtl 
r Items of building: material in like proportion, are annually shipped to all parts 
of the country from our mammoth plant in Davenport. All our Millwork is 
guaranteed up to the official standard of the Sash and Door Association. 
r See How We Cut the Cost of 
High Grade Building Material! 
Pilaster Casing, 
oer 100 ft., $1.80 
W The pictures and prices presented here give you some idea of the way we cut prices on 
J Millwork, Lumber and everything used to construct.new houses or remodel or repair old 
houses. You will note that our prices average 50 per cent below local dealers’ prices. The 
saving on a complete house bill runs into hundreds of dollars. Here are a few examples of 
cur .5.000 bargains: Doors, 77c and up; 4-light windows, 70c; corner blocks, 2c; quarter-round, 
per 100 feet, 25c; stair balusters, 3c; stair newels, 82.57; porch brackets, 5c; porch columns. 81.63; 
oak flooring, per 100 feet, 52c; window frames, 81.15; plate rail, per foot, 4c; corner 
EgjSjS beads, 8c; gable ornaments, 75c; oak thresholds, 4c; grilles, per foot, 80c; flint-coated 
Hsr roofing, per roll, 93c; mantels, 812.00. Over 5,000 equally wonderful bargains listed 
. 'j and pictured in our free books. Don’t fail to write for them today. 
Hardwood Thresh- 100 ft. Quar- U 
olds, 3 ft. long, 4c ter Round 25c " 
Head Block* 4c 
Corner Blocks 2c 
The Largest Millwork Plant in America 
Selling DIRECT TO CONSUMER! 
Lattice, 
100 ft., 26c 
Porch 4* L *6ht Barn Sash 39e 
Spin¬ 
dles lc I—| nwT-i 
We own and operate the largest independent building material plant in America. 
Hence we are absolutely independent of the Lumber Trust and able to bid defiance to the 
Retail Dealers’ Associations. We carry the biggest, finest stock of new Doors, Windows, 
Millwork and Lumber in the country and load direct from platform to cars, insuring 
quick shipment to any point and saving all drayage charges. 
Four-Light Check Rail 
Well-Made Windows,70c 
Building Plans Furnished FREE 
_ to Our Customers 
Porch 
Bracket 
Sc 
Plans Drawn by Our Architects 
Our Architectural Department enables you 
to build with utmost economy. We furnish 
Architects’ Blue Prints and Complete Specifica¬ 
tions to our customers without cost, saving the 
usual architect’s fee of 825 to $200. 
Our Book of Plans is the Standard Authority 
on Home Architecture. All plans prepared by 
Licensed Architects who have specialized on 
high-class, moderate-cost farm and city homes. 
Every house shown has been built time after 
Cost never exceeds our estimate. 
jComplete 
Plans and 
'Specification 
Colonial 
Newel, $1.40 
Cypress 
Column 
$2.43 
Base, per 100 
lineal feet. 
Yellow Pine, 
$2.79 
Three Big Banks 
Vouch for Bur Responsibility 
Scott County Savings Bank A 
Duvenport, Iowa Ax 
To Whom It May Concern: 
It gives us great pleasure to testify T / 
to the reliability, business integ-^^j | I 
rity and honesty of Gordon-Van J j j i , 
Tine Co. They enjoy the high-yggfi ! [ j & ? 
est credit with Western Fi -J \ IJU - 
nancial Institutions. We j 
assure prospective cus "^wfl 1 [ j . . 
tomers that they are Jv/Tl i j I ?j 'ISjSjjfflpr 
perfectly safe in ^ || 1f 1 ^ 
sending money \ I ft WjMST % 
with their aKTI j i ll timmSnr jy 
orders, as wo under- IT J I jj JiSlr 
Stand that if goods I J n 1 »i 
are not satisfactory tiff* j 1 1 'Sjfcap 
money will bo re- J5|{ I j J/l 
funded. 
j. h haas, citfn 
Cashier. Mr 
4-Foot Porch 
Porch Balusters, 
Newels37c each, 4c 
Stair 
Newels, 
$2.57 
time, 
It cost us $5,000 to produce this great Book >———I 
of Plans. It’s yours without charge if you send a dime to 
pay cost of postage and mailing. 
THISENU 
UP 
ISqr.lPh'; 
Write for 
Free Book 
of 50 Plans 
Enclose 10c 
for Postage 
and Mailing 
Strong Doors, 
White Pine, Carefully 
Finished, 77c 
108 Square Feet, 
Guaranteed 5 Years 
for 
Stairs 
Com¬ 
plete 
Save your hard-earned dollars! Send for our great Building Material Books and see the 
astounding low prices. Read our sweeping guarantee of quality, safe delivery and satisfaction or 
money back and freight paid both ways. Three big banks back up every word of it. Our cus¬ 
tomers, for whom we have saved millions, confirm it. The editor of this paper will vouch for 
every statement we make. Remember, this business has been established here since 1865, and 
the very life of our business depends on our “making good.” 
Take advantage of our record-breaking reductions from retail prices. Send for our Free Cat¬ 
alogs, make up a trial order and let us prove that lowest prices, high grade goods, prompt ship¬ 
ment, safe delivery and guaranteed satisfac- _ _ — _ 
-— tion mean exactly what we say. We have f-ClKSflflKI If A Hi TIMET H*fl 
some great news for you. Write at once. ElUHUwll" Wnll I I Elk Vvi 
— 2751 Case St., Davenport, Iowa 
buys all the Lumber and Millwork 
for this 8-room house. Plan No. 100. 
4 FREE BOOKS! 
GORDON-YAN TINE CO., 2751 Case St., Davenport, Iowa 
Please send the tree books checked below. 
Name 
Address 
| Occupation 
■ Millwork □ LUMBER □ 
1 Roofing □ Plan BookD 
If you wish Plan 
Book, enclose 10 
cents for postage 
and mailing. 
buys all the Lumber and Millwork for this 
beautiful bungalow. Plan No. 106. 
buys all the Lumber and Millwork for 
this barn. Plan No. 202. 
£1 At 4 buys all the Lumber and Millwork for 
$1,01 v this 7-room house. Plan No. 119. 
Our GRAND FREE MILLWORK CATALOG 
Has Saved the Public 
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! 
••Ml .,,,1 " U , I 11 ,'. • " a*; 1 . 
-flu 
• Mill, 
Over 5,000 Bargains in Building Material 
Quality, Safe Delivery and 
Satisfaction 
Guaranteed 
or Your 
Mone y 
Back 
Buys All the 
Lumber and 
l Millwork 
^ for this 
k Fine 8- 
Room 
Ef House 
