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It is the hardest, tou'ghest and heaviest of this farnily; Its color is a reddish biown and its long intedocking grain makes it very desirable where grdat strength and wearin-g surface'are required. Shipwork, su'ch as fenders, rails, rud-der stocks, and stern posti use large quantities of this wood.

Jenisero

"Enterolobium Cycloiarpum." A brown, coprse grained cabinet wood from ihe West Coast of Central Am.erica. It is str,ong and tough and takes a beautiful and lasting polish. Jenisero is generally figured very be,autifully and-is-.used to I great extent in the interior finish of office buildings on tha P'acific Coast. It is very little used in the Eastern States, 'but as it is a very plentiful wood there is no doubt that it witl in time become popular there. The Fairmount and Whitcomb Hotels and the Monadnock Building in San Francisco. are finished in lenisero.

Koa

"Acacia Koa." This wood is sometimes called Hawaiian M,ahogany. It is reddish brown in color and takes a beautiful satlny finish. It is frequently very highly figured and is greatly prized for the manufacture of stringed instrument_s. Tfre smatt Hawaiian guitar, the "Ukelele," is generally rnade of Koa and it'also has been used to some extent in American made, full size, guitars. In the H'awaiian Islands where it grows quite plentifully it is used largely for furniture. A number of San Francisco store windows are finishe'd in Koa as well as a few office buildings.

LAUREL

"Umbellularia Californica." This wood grows all over the Pacific Coast. Along the river bottoms of Northern California it attains large sizes and has 'been used for flfty years o,r m,ore in the shape of boards and timber. It is light gray in color, close grained aild tough. It is considered one of the best woods for drydock blocks. Furniture and wood novelties have consumed large qualities, although its susceptibility to the attacks of worms makes it somewhat riskylo use for this purpose. In Oregon this wood is called Myitle. Its growth-there is not quite so ttr,riftyt as in-California, but on the other hand the Oregon Myrtle shows more fi.gure.

O. H. MILLER VISITS BAY DISTRICT

O. T{. Miller, well known valley lumberman and manager of the Knox Lumber Company, of Sacramento, was a recent San Francisco visitor on business' While in San Francisco, he spent a few days calling on the lumber trade and looking over the market conditions in the Bay District- sas

We sell anything in softwooda that the California dealer desires.

White Pine, Douglas Fir, Redwood, Cedar and Redwood Shingles, Split Redwood Posts, Ties and Stalces.

Our connations are the best, atd ue gioe the best Possible lefllce.

Many people think Lumber is Lumber-in other words that the reputation of a mill and a wholeialer do not count for much, providing the price is "right". This is not true in an5r other line of business; it is fast becoming but of date in the Lumber business.

Many years experience have taught us that in a very trarge percentage of sales, PRICE is and should be a secondary consideration. We do not mean by this that lumber of equal quality from concerns of equal standing, should be bought from one firm at a higher price than from another-but we do think a Wholesaler's demonstrating willingness and ability to render satisfactory s€rvice should carry considerable weight in the placing of orders.

We want this confidence-and we are trying to get it on merit. If you don't think we deserve it, tell us so. If you don't know-

How Dealers Handle Oak Flooring

Morrison, Merrill & Company, lumber dealers in Salt Lake City, give the following opinions regarding the handling of oak flooring:

"We find among ourselves here that the utmost care and attention should be given in unloading, storing and delivering oak flooring. First, as to unloading fr'om cars to storage bins, flooring should be handled in the most oareful way to avoid breaking of tongues, grooves and end 'm'atchings; see that it is all propeily tied and piled away in long piles so that the proper lengths can be obtained when the loaders load out orders, that they load the percentage of shorts without having to tear the pile to pieces. Store away in bins where it is absolutely dry, free from dust and any dampness.

"Best results are obtained when flooring is kept in dark bins.

"In delivering hardwood flooring, the same attention should be given as when unloading from the cart. See that it is properly handled with care; and don't load cement, lime, plaiter or wet lum,ber on top of the flooring w'hen delivering to a job. In wet or dam,p weather be sure to co'\rer up well with-a good tarpaulin before delivering !o j9bl.

'"The handling and caie of oak flooring to obtain the best results when dClivered to the job is important," says the Bayer an'd McConihe Company ,of Troy, New York, "but the conditions under which the flooring is to be laid when ,delivered to the job are equally i'm,portant.

"Kiln dried oati flooring should be kept as dry as possi'ble when received, and if piled in a dry shed or warehouse should not be piled neal the ground. Whether it is necessary to have the flooring in a heated warehouse or not, is " mnltet of opinion. Oak-flooring laid in a new house that

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OREGON PINE is not thoroughly dried out will swell more or less,and the same condition *ill occur to a lesser extent if floors are laid in the summer time when there is much hum,idity in the air and no heat in the house. Thoroughly dried oak flooring, direct from the kil,n or heated warehouse would, when placed in a house under unfavorable conditions as above, probably fare worse than if taken from a dry shed. Oak itooring should not be piled in a shed close to the ground, but in the upper tiers where there is less ,moisture an'd better circulation of air. fn our climate, with artiflcially heated houses in winter, and more or less humidity in the sum,mer' without heat in the house, contraction and swelling is bound to take place, and just what is the best way to avoid these conditions is a matter of opinion."

The following information on this important surbject was furnished by George H. Storm and Company, of New York:

'oWe remove the flooring from the cars on clear daysnever in the rain-and take it directly to our steam heated fireproof warehouse where it is piled solid and kept under a normal temperatute, that is, the average temperature obtained in most buildings-about 65 degrees. We find that flooring kept under such conditions is in excellent shape for laying; it is neither so dry that it takes up the moisture and buckles, or so full of dampness that it shrinks.

"You may be interested to know that only,the other day we completed a test at the request of a large New York architect, of some 13-16 by 2r/a inch oak flooring which had been in our warehouse for about two'years.

"We nailed on a thoroughly kiln dried oak lu'm,ber backing, a section of this flooring 2 inches sqqare, driven up tightly, and put two nails in each strip. This secti'on was thln put in a kiln under a steady temperature of 11O degrees and left there for twe weeks. It has just 'been removed and, to .our delight, it is in exactly the same condition as before the test. There are no cracks showing."

-Long-Bell Bulletin.