Building 
.Material 
Gordon-Van Tine Home No. 618 
5 rooms and bath—living room, din¬ 
ing room, 2 bedrooms and kitchen with 
built-in pantry case. Roomy front 
porch. Unusually well arranged. Many 
conveniences. Materials $1372. 
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ravenporr. Iowa. 
You can save $200 to $1,000 or more on your home by buying 
at wholesale prices direct from mill • 
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Cut Fall Building Costs - 
Buy Direct FromMill,at Wholesale! 
Gordon-Van Tine Offers Biggest 
Lumber Values Since War Days! 
At Gordon-Van Tine’s present figures it takes less corn, wheat, livestock or dairy 
products to purchase the house or barn you want than at any time since the war! 
As crop prices have gone up, Gordon-Van Tine lumber and millwork prices have 
come down ! Today you can get just the home or farm building you want— highest 
quality guaranteed—shipped direct from mill— materials complete—and at prices 
15% to 50% under ordinary lumber markets! 
Read the letters at the right. Then write for our Free Books and lowest whole¬ 
sale prices ! No books published compare with these for farmers’ reference. 
We Will Figure Your Lumber Bills Without Charge 
You will probably find just the home or barn you want in our 
catalogs. But if you don’t, or have some special job in mind, tell us 
your needs, or send us your lumber bills. We will figure them 
FREE and send you estimate by first mail. Find out how Gordon- 
Van Tine can save you on top quality material. 
A House at a Guaranteed 
Price 
These Books 
Saved $600 
On an Average for 
These Customers 
The total savings of these Gordon- 
Van Tine home-buyers, as given 
by their letters below, amount to 
$2,400—or an average of $600 per 
customer! 
Just the cost of a 2c stamp for the 
Gordon-Van Tine Books paid them 
tremendous dividends. Read the 
letters! They are typical of thou¬ 
sands of others in our files from all 
parts of the country. 
Union City, Mich. 
Everyone that sees our house (No. 573) 
thinks it the nicest lumber they ever saw. 
We saved about $1000.00 by sending to 
your Company. Mrs. Frank Breininger 
Bellefonte, Pa. 
Wc saved about $200.00 by buying a 
Gordon-Van Tine Home, and the grade of 
lumber in the building cannot be had in 
our town at any price. A. G. Knapik 
Morgan Heights, South Amboy, N. J. 
After looking over estimates from others 
and comparing them with your figure, I de¬ 
cided to buy the ready-cut lumber and now 
I find I am ahead about $500.00 and perhaps 
more. Harold V. Phair 
Rosemount, Minn. 
I am in the market again in the line of 
buildings, and I know a good place to get 
my material from, as you saved me at least 
$700.00 on my little home No. 573. I got 
more than my money’s worth. Oscar Dally 
Send for Free 
Books! 
200 Home Plans — Shows bunga¬ 
lows, Colonial, town and farm homes; 
3 to 9 rooms; plans, photos, specifi¬ 
cations. 
Barn Book— 654 sizes and kinds 
of barns, hog and poultry houses 
and farm buildings. 
Building Material Catalog — 
Everything for building, remodeling 
or repairing at wholesale prices. 
A favorite hay, cattle or general 
purpose barn. Comes ready- 
framed—easy to build. Scien¬ 
tifically planned for strength 
and performance. 
What Is Ready-Cut? 
It means that we saw, notch 
and fit heavy timbers and fram¬ 
ing lumber by machinery at our 
factories. All parts come ready 
to nail together, accurate to 1-64 
inch. Saves up to 30% carpen¬ 
ters’ time on the job and 18% 
lumber waste. 
We furnish all lumber, lath, 
shingles, doors, windows, trim, 
stairwork, hardware, paint, tin- 
work, nails, varnish, enamel. No 
“extra charges” to run up your 
bill. You know in advance what 
your building will cost to the last 
penny. 
Get Our Prices Before You Build! 
Over 200,000 customers have proved Gordon-Van Tine savings. You can 
buy a whole house or any part of a house aud save 15% to 50%. 
Our 20-Year Guarantee 
We are the only concern in the building 
business that gives you a 20-year guarantee. 
Backed by resources of over $1,000,000.00. 
Four Big Mills 
Davenport, la.; St. Louis, Mo.; Che- 
halis, Wash.; Hattiesburg, Miss. We ship 
from one nearest you. 
Gordon-VanTine Go. 
One of our best. Well lighted and 
ventilated, warm and dry. Win¬ 
dows on south slope of gambrel 
roof. A house that will give you 
years of satisfaction. 
ESTABLISHED 1865 
Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back A 
420 Gordon Street Davenport, Iowa 
Just a Few of Our 5,000 Bargains 
The “Good Luck” Poultry House is built for 
warmth, dryness, light and ventilation. Laid out 
on latest, successful poultrymen’s ideas. Size 
shown accommodates up to 200 hens. 
Lumber Windows 
Shingles Doors 
Lath Roofing 
First Quality Clear 
5X Panel Door] 
White pine 
etiles and rails; 
fir panels. Size 
2 ft. 6 in. x Ci ft. 
6 in. —1% in. 
thick. A regular 
Gordon Van 
Tine bargain. 
Glass 
Stairs 
Flooring 
Bathroom & 
Plumbing 
Supplies 
Mouldings 
Furnaces 
Paints & Varnish 
$3.55 
Garages 
$87 and Up 
Parts come ready- 
./amed. Easy to build. 
Everything complete. 
Save money. 
Jap-a-Top Slate 
Surfaced Roofing 
Green or red; 85 lbs. to 
roll. Complete 
with nails and 
cement. Fire- 
resisting; guar¬ 
anteed 15 years. 
Other grades at 
lower prices. 
Davenport, Iowa 
Send Free Books and Latest 
expect to 
$1.95 
Per Roll 
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