The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-30
WOOD Map OF U. S,
Unique Decorative Feature Plan
ned For a New Steamer.
TIMBER FROM EACH STATE.

of the MaP-Pennsyivania Sen Pieces
of Great Historic lntsrsst-Neish-
boring Countries Also Represented.
Formed Of twenty-eight different
kinds OF wood contributed by the gov
ernors and officers of every state and
territory Of the American Union, each
state and territory being represented
by a particular kind of native timber,
one of the most unique maps of the ma
ton ever made in the United States
stands practically completed in a pat
tern shop on Ontario street, in Chi
cago. The map when finished will be
placed in the cabin Of the new steel
steamer United States now being com
pleted at Manitowoc.
1t was because of the name of the
new BOAT hat the owners were led to
plan some feature that would bear a
bit of wood of each of the states. The
plan was bSoached to every governor
and territorial officer in the nation.
with the result that each state sent it's
block of wood. Each governor was
asked to send the kind of timber that
he thought best represented the wealth
of his states forests. Pine Is more
extensively represented than any other
kind of wood, no less than thirteen diff
ferent states selecting this kind. They
were Nevada, Arizona, Colorado. New
Mexico, South Dakota. Minnesota, Low
isiana. South Carolina, Georgia. Flor
ida. New York. New Hampshire and
Alabama.
Missouri. Arkansas, Ohio. Maryland
and the District Of Columbia sent oak.
Fir was sent by Washington and Or
egon. and California sent a beautiful
piece of redwood. Utah sent honey To-
Gust: Idaho. cypress; Montana, larch-
wood: Wyoming. box elder; North Da-
kota, Eastwood Nebraska and Indi-
ana. cherry; Kansas. Oklahoma, Iowa.
Kentucky. North Carolina and Penn
sylvania, walnut.
Texa sent a piece of mesquite. Wis
consin contributed birdseye maple,
Tennessee chose red cedar and Missis-
sippl, gum. while both Michigan and
Vermont are represented by fine pieces
OF maple. Connecticut sent chestnut;
West Virginia, poplar; Virginia. juni-
per: New Jersey, white cedar; Maine,
beech; Massachusetts. elm; Rhode
Island, mulberry, and Della ware, sassa-
fras.
The state of Illinois furnished a
great deal of material for the map. In
the constellation it is represented by a
fine piece Of hickory selected by the
forestry department OF the state. But.
in addition. for all of the wood by
which the water surface is to be repre-
sented Illinois sycamore has been Sc
lected. This material has been treated
by a creosote plant at Palmyra, where
tho fimhar I'm tho In1p ia snhiaotQ6 70 q
pressure by which the sap is driven
out and a coloring material injected.
When the log is afterward 81 wed into
thin boards the grain bears a greenish
hue. almost exactly like the color often
seen on LAX Michigan's surface. The
grain of the wood has a wavy appear
ance. and from this material the two
oceans hat border the nation and all
of our great lakes have been shown on
the map.
The governor of Pennsylvania sent a
piece of wood of great historic interest.
1t was cut from a walnut tree that
stood on Culps hill at the battle of
Gettysburg. The block hat vas Sent
contained a bullet that had been shot
into the tree during the great conflict.
Practically all of the leaden missile re-
mains In the BLOCK that now fits into
the map. and IT indicates the exact
geographical location of the famous
battlefield. ~Sixty-three bullets were
taken from the tree from which the
Pennsylvania block was sawed.
Iowa SEM a piece Of a door panel
taken from the door Of the home of
one of the pioneer judges Of the Hawk
eye State. and Utah sent a sample OF
wood from its great Mormon temple.
The blocks of wood were reduced to
a thickness of about a quarter of an
inch. then marked OF from a stencil
made from a standard map of the Unit
ed States. Each state block was then
subjected to the jigsaw and sawed TO
its exact geographical shape. Then
they were dovetailed into each other.
the blocks fitting as evenly as IL they
had grown in the shape In which they
were formed. The base to which the
blocks were glued Is made of five ply
whitewood. the piles c-risscrossing each
other. the whole making a thickness OF
about an inch and a half.
Our neighbor countries have been
brought into the map. Mexico being
| represented by mahogany and Canada
| by white holly. The Missouri and the
Mississippi rivers will be shown clear
~ by a streak of light wood, and the
Rocky mountains also will be shown
by a different wood effect. The CAPT
tails of the states are marked by sink
ing pearl stars in the proper ~geograph
tcal location
The map will be as large as any OF
the larger wall maps issued by thu
government. 1t will be framed In solo
mahogany to correspond with the fin
ish Of the cabin In which II VIII b