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 NOTICE. 
 
 Patents upon Beaver Board are now pending 
 in the United States Patent Office. 
 
 All manufacturers and users are hereby 
 warned that any imitation or infringement of 
 our Trade Mark or Patents will be prosecuted 
 by us to the full extent of the law. 
 
 Attention is also called to the fact that this 
 booklet (including all illustrations and printed 
 matter) is copyrighted, and we _ herewith 
 caution the public against copying the same or 
 any part thereof. All rights are reserved. 
 
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FOREWORD. 
 
 The increasing demand for Beaver Board 
 throughout the United States and abroad, to- 
 gether with the many inquiries received re- 
 garding this product from interested persons, 
 has led to the preparation of this booklet. The 
 questions daily asked us are here answered. 
 A book dealing with an article in general can 
 not always answer the questions dealing with 
 specific cases. This fact is appreciated by the 
 manufacturers of Beaver Board. .and they 
 therefore invite your questions with reference 
 to the specific use to which you may want to 
 put their product. They are never too busy to 
 answer any questions. Your inquiries will 
 receive prompt attention. Remember they con- 
 sider it a favor to serve you in this wise. 
 
 The manufacturers of Beaver Board also 
 maintain a suggestion department. This de- 
 partment is at the service of every person 
 contemplating the use of Beaver Board. It 
 will answer questions regarding the sizes best 
 adapted to your rooms, the manner of decorat- 
 ing same and the panel design most effective. 
 All that is necessary to receive the service, is to 
 send specific information showing the size of 
 the rooms, the location of each window, door 
 and other opening, giving also the direction 
 
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DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY CHAS. ROHLFS, BUFFALO, N. Y¥. 
 DINING ROOM 
 In the home of Anna Katherine Green, 
 Buffalo, N.Y. 
 
 which the windows face and the obstructions 
 to the light. The most effective way of furnish- 
 ing this information is to draw a plan of the 
 room to the scale of one quarter inch to the 
 foot. 
 
 This booklet deals especially with Beaver 
 Finished Wall Board. This board takes the 
 place of both lath and plaster. It eliminates 
 unsanitary wall paper. It can be painted with 
 an oil or cold water paint. 
 
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It is susceptible to the finest artistic decora- 
 tion, whether it be frescoing, tinting or hand 
 painting. The only limit is the skill of the 
 decorator or artist. This board is used for 
 private dwellings, offices, stores, colleges, club 
 houses, summer cottages, public halls, churches 
 and theatres. No building is too humble nor 
 is there any too fine for its use. It is the 
 ideal wall and ceiling material. 
 
 A question that is frequently being asked is 
 ‘Will you fill small orders?’’ We take this 
 opportunity of saying that no order is too 
 small to meet with our prompt and careful 
 attention. 
 
 It is a rule in our shipping department to 
 have every order go forward the day following 
 its receipt, and if possible it will be shipped 
 the same day. Should any order be delayed 
 by causes beyond our control, immediate notice 
 will be given. 
 
 BEAVER FINISHED WALL BOARD 
 
 is made of pure wood fibre, specially treated 
 and subjected to great pressure. It is made 
 in panels of various sizes, but of a uniform 
 thickness of a scant 3-16 of an inch... It has.a 
 mat or pebbled surface; it is light, but tough 
 and strong. It will resist a steady pressure of 
 
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440 pounds when placed on studding centered 
 at 16 inches. This is a greater strain than is 
 ordinarily upon walls and ceilings. . In 
 the manufacture of this board care is taken 
 to cross the fibre to render it a sound deadener. 
 It is the ideal wall and ceiling material for this 
 reason. It is used for partition walls, telephone 
 booths, consultation closets and other purposes 
 requiring a sound-deadening material. 
 
 The crossing of the fibres likewise make it 
 a non-conductor of heat and cold. Buildings , 
 finished with it are warm in winter and cool in 
 summer. , 
 
 LIVING ROOM IN A SUMMER COTTAGE. 
 
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BILLIARD ROOM 
 Buffalo Launch Club, 
 
 Beaver Board is easily and readily applied. 
 It can be cut with a knife or a saw. It nails 
 directly to the studding. Anyone with a 
 hammer, knife and saw can do it. It com- 
 pletely supplants both lath and plaster, pos- 
 sessing all the advantages of the latter, without 
 a disadvantage. 
 
 Beaver Board gives a firm, hard wall, which 
 will improve with age. It will conform to any 
 ordinary shrinkage or swelling of the timbers 
 of the house. It will not crack or disintegrate. 
 
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Wall paper is eliminated wherever Beaver 
 Board is used. It takes any paint or tint. It 
 is susceptible to any color or blend of colors, 
 and therefore, responds to the finest artistic 
 decoration. Wall paper is expensive. Then, 
 too, it harbors vermin. Where is the house 
 who welcomes the paper-hanger? Who enjoys 
 the litter and dirt he makes? Beaver Board 
 can be quickly and easily repainted or tinted, 
 and with lasting results. There is no litter or 
 dirt. | 
 
 Panel decoration is in vogue. No wall and 
 ceiling material is better adapted for this 
 purpose. 
 
 With the thirty-three sizes in which Beaver 
 Finished Wall Board is made, a great variety 
 of paneling can be obtained. Every panel of 
 Beaver Finished Wall Board is made with 
 straight edges and square corners. These 
 panels are packed in bundles of convenient size 
 for handling. 
 
 Cottage, Thousand Islands. 
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TABLE OF SIZES OF BEAVER BOARD. 
 
 Size of Square ft. Panels Square ft. 
 
 panel. per panel. per bdl. per bdl. 
 24x24 4 50 200 
 24x30 5 40 200 
 24x32 5 1-3 36 192 
 24x36 6 ay 198 
 24x39 61-2 30 195 
 24x48 8 25 200 
 24x60 10 20 200 
 24x64 : 10 2-3 18 192 
 24x72 12 17 204 
 24x78 13 16 208 
 32x30 6 2-3 30 200 
 32x32 Tat-9 27 192 
 32x36 8 25 200 
 32x39 8 2-3 24 208 
 32x42 9 1-3 21 196 
 32x48 10 2-3 18 192 
 32x54 12 é 17 204 
 32x60 188103 15 200 
 32x64 1492/9 Taig 199 1-9 
 32x72 16 12 192 
 32x78 17 1-3 12 208 
 32x81 18 tt 198 
 32x84 18 2-3 10 186 2-3 
 
 36x36 9 22 198 
 
Size ot Square ft. | Panels Square ft. 
 
 panel. per panel. _ per bd. per bdl. 
 36x64 16 12 192 
 36x72 18 11 198 
 48x36 12 17 204 
 48x39 13 16 208 
 48x48 16 12 192 
 48x60 20 10 200 
 48x64 21 1-3 9 192 
 48x72 24 8 192 
 48x78 26 8 208 
 
 DORMITORY, NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, 
 In which Beaver Boards is used. 
 
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REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD USE 
 BEAVER BOARD. 
 
 You can quickly obtain a permanent wall 
 susceptible to attractive and artistic decora- 
 tion. 
 
 You can enter your house as soon as the 
 carpenter leaves. 
 
 You do not have to wait for plaster to dry— 
 the walls can be decorated at once. 
 
 You can reach the plumbing, heating pipes, 
 electric wiring, etc., by removing the panel at 
 the desired point. 
 
 You can erect partitions in any room at a 
 small cost by placing studding where it is 
 desired, and covering with Beaver Board. 
 
 You can obtain a new wall decoration at any 
 time at a small expense. 
 
 You can build a warm house as cheaply as 
 a cold one. A house finished with Beaver 
 Board is warm in winter and cool in summer, 
 beeause of its non-conductive qualities. 
 
 Beaver Board is practical, economical, age 
 and readily applied. 
 
 Beaver Board is free from dirt and other 
 foreign substances. It is made from selected 
 pure wood fibre. 
 
 Beaver Board has straight edges and square 
 
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DINING ROOM 
 Buffalo Launch Club. 
 
 corners. It will not chip, crack or disintegrate. 
 
 Beaver Board nails directly to the studding 
 —a great saving of time, labor and cost. 
 
 Beaver Board is the only wall and ceiling 
 material that improves with age. 
 ADVANTAGES OVER LATH, PLASTER 
 
 AND WOOD. 
 
 Beaver Board will not crack or deteriorate 
 with age. 
 
 It has strength and firmness. 
 
 It is the cheapest wall covering per year 
 
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on the market. 
 No waiting for plaster to dry. Walls can be 
 finished at once. 
 
 It retains its uniformity of surface. 
 
 It is a beautifier of hitherto unused portions 
 of the house, and can be used where ys sh is 
 impractical. 
 
 Houses can be finished ready for decorating 
 without the carpenter leaving them. 
 
 No skilled workmen required; any one with 
 a hammer and saw can apply ibs 
 
 Nails directly to: the studding, completely 
 replacing lath and plaster. 
 
 It will conform to any ordinary shrinking 
 or swelling..of the studding. 
 
 Wall. paper... is -unnecessary, because the 
 board can be painted or tinted. 
 
 The ordinary spring or give in ceiling beams 
 which cracks plaster does not effect Beaver 
 Board. 
 
 It is particularly suited for sleeping rooms, 
 sewing rooms and nurseries on account of its 
 sanitary and hygienic qualities. 
 
 Partitions may be put up in plastered rooms 
 at a reasonable cost by placing studding at a 
 point where a partition is desired and covering 
 with Beaver Board. 
 
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By its use the danger of falling plaster is 
 eliminated. 
 
 The refuse and dirt incident to plastering 
 and replastering are entirely eliminated by the 
 use of Beaver Board. 
 
 It is designed to overcome all objectionable 
 features of a plastered wall. It will take any 
 tint or paint. It contains no acid to eat the 
 coloring material. 
 
 Beaver Board is a non-conductor of heat and 
 eold. It makes houses cool in summer and 
 warm in winter. Parties living in houses lined 
 with Beaver Board during the cold winter 
 months pronounce them the warmest they have 
 ever lived in. 
 
 AN ARTISTIC CEILING 
 
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HEAT, COLD AND SOUND. 
 
 Beaver Board is efficient in retarding sound 
 and holding heat and cold, because of its 
 fibrous nature. Heat, cold and sound follow 
 the line of least resistance which in a fibre is 
 along its length. The line of conduction is 
 broken to meet this condition. The fibres are 
 erossed and recrossed so that the heat and 
 cold and sound waves are scattered and spent. 
 To insure the greatest possible resistance to 
 these waves of sound, heat and cold, Beaver 
 Board is made up in three ples. Around the 
 fibres of each section are minute air spaces or 
 eclls, which are filled with still air. Still air 
 is the best non-conductive material known. 
 
 SOUND DEADENING. 
 
 The following table by Professor Sabine of 
 Harvard University shows the relative merits 
 of various materials as sound deadeners. This 
 table is supplemented by the result obtained in 
 comparative tests with Beaver Board. The 
 unit of measure is the absorbing and deadening 
 
 power of one cubic meter (39.37 cubic inches) 
 of still air. 
 
 Beaver Board, regular thickness....... 118 
 FiareuetOr MUPALNINGY csc ee ce ce coke 061 
 PL ARECEROTIS-W QOUM SEN ea oes ecke eee 034 
 GA Lenr nie, W inertia. 8, ob aie eee .033 
 aks Ee SInele: SL NICKHICSS ... oe edt wate sche 027 
 
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RESISTANCE TO HEAT AND COLD. 
 
 The following table shows the relative heat 
 and cold conductive power of the various 
 materials listed, based on the quantity of heat, 
 in units, transmitted per square foot per hour 
 by a plate one inch thick, the two surfaces 
 differing in temperature 1 degree. Taken from 
 the experiments of M. P’eclet, supplemented 
 by comparative tests with Beaver Board: 
 
 COopDer ian 2: itasacaseas ype mee ear rarer 515 
 Tron 23. eee SB ae ene Caen 233 
 FAN Cs S26 ai a ce ogee inne eae eo ee 220. 
 Baked-Glay,cbrick work: esses 4.83 
 Ordinary. Plaster. ..2o.coi esters een 3.86 
 Oak perpendicular to the fibres....... pe] ei) 
 Walnut perpendicular to the fibres.... 83 
 Fir perpendicular to the fibres........ 748 
 Fir, parallel*to’ the fibres...) 57 e-em 1.37 
 Walnut, parallel to the fibres.......... 1.40 
 GuttacPercha 2) Sos 024 ae eet ee 1.38 
 India:-Rubber.) 3. 2k oe 1.37 
 Conk?! suka eatin Es ee 1.15 
 Chali 03.03 200 8 ip ea .869 
 Charcoal, of wool, in powder........- .636 
 Wood ashes gg). +-p ib) at > hoe ol 
 Mahogany “dust iether oe 523 
 Béayer Boards: . <i 7.01.2 ee 274 
 
Beaver Board possesses no heat radiating 
 surface. 
 
 The following proves it is cheaper to build 
 a warm house than to heat a cold one: 
 
 Mr. C. E. Hess, City. Cherry Creek, N. Y. 
 
 Dear Sir:—If you have not as yet made the 
 storm doors and windows ordered from you 
 in the fall, please do not do so, as I find 
 BEAVER FINISHED WALL BOARD with 
 which you lined my house keep the rooms nice 
 and warm, in fact it is the warmest house 
 I ever lived in, and do not think it necessary 
 to have this extra protection. | 
 
 Yours very truly, G. W. KELLE. 
 
 ROOM IN CLUB HOUSE 
 Of Buffalo Exempt Firemen’'s Ass'n. 
 
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FIRE RESISTING. 
 
 Beaver Board is not fire-proof, but is slow 
 burning and fire resisting. The surface of 
 Beaver Board, without any fire-proofing treat- 
 ment resists fire for a longer period than wood. 
 Buildings finished with Beaver Board there- 
 fore obtain the same insurance rate as those 
 finished with plaster. 
 
 “BEAVER BOARD SAVED THE 
 BUILDING..”’ 
 
 Beaver Finished Wall Board is used for 
 partitions in office buildings. In one set of 
 Buffalo offices the partitions were of matched 
 lumber and Beaver Finished Wall Board. A 
 fire in this office consumed the lumber, but 
 beyond scorching the Beaver Board did no 
 damage to it, and the fire was retarded causing 
 the opening remark. 
 
 COMPARATIVE COST. 
 
 In plastering you pay for the material and 
 labor necessary to cover the doors and 
 windows and other openings, not exceeding 
 60 sq. ft. In covering closets it is also the cus- 
 tom to charge for an additional one-half of the 
 area covered. If the shelves, hook rails, etc., 
 
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are in place, the area is doubled. ‘Triangles 
 and other irregular spaces are measured as 
 though square, the longest leg or edge being 
 used as a base. Do not pay for labor and 
 material not received. 
 
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 STORE 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 In using Beaver Board only the quantity 
 actually necessary to cover the wall is pur- 
 chased. Allowance is made for windows, doors 
 and other openings. Anyone with a hammer 
 and saw can apply the board. No charge for 
 labor not rendered. 
 
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Plaster after being applied must be sized 
 and papered. Beaver Board can be painted 
 with an oil paint. The cost of an oil paint is 
 cheaper than paper. It is far more durable. 
 It is not true economy to save on the purchase 
 price alone—you must also save on the cost of 
 maintenance. Use Beaver Board and do both, 
 and so practice the truest kind of economy. 
 
 It is a common occurence for plastered 
 ceilings to fall. Personal injury frequently 
 accompanies it. Watch your newspaper for 
 these accidents. Their number will surprise 
 you. 
 
 To receive warning by the cracking and 
 loosening of the plaster is bad enough, but 
 how much worse to have apparently good 
 plaster drop without any warning. This is not, 
 because of the quality of the plaster, neither. 
 is it because of the workmanship. It is caused: 
 by the lack of sufficient elasticity in the plaster. 
 to conform to the shrinking and expanding of 
 timbers, and the settling of the house, and is 
 also caused by the use of poor lath. 
 
 Beaver Board possesses the required elasti- 
 city to meet the ordinary shrinkage and expan- 
 sion of the timbers, also strain ordinarily 
 experienced when the building settles. It will 
 not crack or fall. | 
 
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An important feature in comparing the cost 
 of Beaver Board with that of lath, plaster and 
 wall paper is the fact that frequent cost of 
 repapering and even replastering is saved. 
 The cost of maintenance is represented only by 
 the expense of the Beaver colors and paints 
 for tinting, and they are supplied at a nominal 
 charge. 
 
 MEETING ROOM 
 Buffalo Miik Bottle Exchange, 
 
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YOUR HOUSE 
 
 is what you make it. Is it a home? A place 
 to eat and sleep anyone can have—but a home. 
 Your ambition has long been to possess it. 
 You have sought for it in the highways and 
 the byways. It was ever elusive. Finally you 
 realized that it was not the pile of brick that 
 you longed for, but surroundings—an atmos- 
 phere of comfort. This realization is trans- 
 forming the four walls that have been your 
 shelter into your home. 
 
 YOUR RECEPTION HALL 
 
 is where your guest receives his first impres- 
 sion. How important it is that the homely 
 charm makes itself felt in this room. Let it 
 express a subtle welcome, which is stronger 
 than words. How ean it be done? There are 
 many answers. Ours is, ‘‘With Beaver 
 Board.’’ 
 
 Beaver Finished Wall Board will aid in 
 obtaining homelike surroundings. Its suscepti- 
 bility to the artistic gives opportunity for in- 
 dividuality. It is impossible to describe all 
 the designs suited to your hall, but we describe 
 one of general adaptability. Its lines are 
 straight but not conventional. Slight changes, 
 which alter the whole scheme, are possible. 
 
 ene 
 
It is a wainscot and frieze design. The wain- 
 scot may be either 6 ft. or 7 ft. in height, 
 though the latter height is recommended. 
 Panels 32 inches wide are used. These panels 
 are nailed directly to the studding and then 
 
 RECEPTION HALL 
 
 painted with an oil or cold water paint of any 
 desired tint or color. At a height of 18 inches 
 or two feet from the bottom, a 3-inch batten is 
 placed, another 12 or 18 inches from the top; 
 the panel is now divided into three parts. The 
 lower section is No. 1, the middle section is No. 
 2 and the top No. 3. Next the vertical seams 
 or joints are covered with a batten 3 inches in 
 
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width. Section 1 and 2 are then finished by 
 running 3-inch or smaller battens diagonally 
 from corner to corner. Section 2 by running 
 a batten parallel to the battens covering the 
 vertical seams and equidistant from them. 
 
 The wainseot is now complete, except for 
 the crown or top molding. Before this is put 
 in place, the frieze must be finished. This 
 frieze is made of long panels of the proportion- 
 ate width. It is decorated in light color and 
 stenciled with an appropriate design. 
 
 The crown or top molding used for top of 
 wainscot may be either a molding of simple 
 design or a narrow wall shelf. 
 
 In section No. 3 there can be placed coat 
 hooks, offering a silent but forceful invitation 
 to the guest to hang up his hat, remove his coat 
 and make himself at home. 
 
 YOUR LIVING ROOM, 
 
 the heart of your family. Here everything 
 must be cheerful and uplifting. _Many hours 
 are spent together in this room. Hours when 
 the cares and worries of the outside world are 
 forgotten. It is here that the family ties are 
 knit the closer. Here that the development of 
 the children is watched and nourished. Here 
 it is that your most intimate friends find good 
 
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Living Room, Bertie Bay, Canada. 
 
 eheer and good fellowship. Its atmosphere 
 should speak it. 
 
 Such a room can be obtained by using 
 Beaver Finished Wall Board. A simple sug- 
 gestion is a five-foot wainscot of Beaver 
 Finished Wall Board, size 48x60, painted a 
 deep shade of the desired color. Three or four 
 inch battens placed on centers at 16 in. at 
 the height of four ft., a cross batten is placed. © 
 If the ceiling is nine ft. in height, panels 48x48 
 are used for finishing the balance of the walls. 
 These panels are decorated in such a manner 
 as to blend from the colors of the wainscot 
 
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into the light color of the ceiling. The ceiling - 
 to be finished in a beamed effect by using long 
 panels and false beams. All woodwork to be 
 finished in harmony with furniture. 
 
 This suggestion ean readily be adapted to 
 individual taste and requirements. Write us 
 for other ideas. 
 
 LIVING AND DINING ROOM, 
 Isle of Pine, West Indies. 
 
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YOUR PARLOR 
 
 is not the old-fashioned parlor, a room used 
 only occasionally. It is one of the used rooms 
 of the house. It is here that you entertain 
 acquaintances with whom you are not upon 
 such terms of intimacy as will warrant an 
 invitation to join the family circle in the 
 living room. It therefore should be subtlely 
 attractive; bespeaking a homliness that im- 
 mediately places your caller at ease. The 
 decoration of the wall and ceiling aids wonder- 
 fully in obtaining this result. 
 
 Paneled walls are attractive. Judge for 
 yourself. A parlor finished with Beaver 
 Board, painted ecru, a floral stencil design cen- 
 tered at the top of each panel. Panel 32 inches 
 wide and either 72, 78 or 84 inches long. The 
 paneling produced by covering the seams or 
 joints with a dainty beading or molding of 
 appropriate design stained either mahogany 
 or a dark weathered oak. The frieze finished 
 in a white with a stencil design of floral loops. 
 
 The ceiling panels radiating from a center 
 piece of appropriate size and decoration. Ceil- 
 ing white. The color scheme mentioned above 
 is but one of many suited to this room. A color 
 or decorative scheme is of necessity decided 
 by the furnishings of the room. It would, 
 
 eu, 
 
therefore, be fruitless, to here attempt a de- 
 scription that would meet every requirement. 
 
 You are invited to call upon our suggestion 
 and decorative department for any desired in- 
 formation. 
 
 YOUR LIBRARY. 
 
 The room of peace and quietness. In the 
 midst yet apart from the world. It is here one 
 withdraws to spend many quiet hours with 
 old friends. Many knotty problems that daily 
 confront us are solved midst its quiet environs. 
 But above all, our best thoughts are found and 
 
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cultivated here. It is truly the inspirational 
 room. No distracting influence is wanted. 
 
 All requirements are met again. Beaver 
 Finished Wall Board with its sound deadening 
 qualities is the material for the walls and ceil- 
 Ings. 
 
 Book-cases are built in. Above this is a 
 frieze of panels of an appropriate size to hold 
 the portraits of the favored authors. Walls 
 tinted a quiet color of a shade that absorbs 
 little light. 
 
 An arched ceiling in timbered effect will be 
 found attractive. False beams can be used to 
 obtain this result. The panels painted a light 
 color and stenciled with the general design of | 
 your bookplate. 
 
 Your wants may be other. Let us know your 
 wishes. We will gladly assist you in obtain- 
 ing wished-for results. Do not hesitate; write 
 to-day. . 
 
 Adirondack Mountain Cottage, 
 Finished with Beaver Board. 
 
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Corner in a California Library. ; 
 
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YOUR DINING ROOM. 
 
 Here the family gathers at regular hours to 
 partake of the food necessary to physical well 
 being. ‘‘Good Cheer’’ is the motto to be fol- 
 lowed in its finish and furnishings. A feeling 
 of good felowship should be here cultivated. 
 Eating for the sake of eating is bad. The 
 social side should be developed; so when the 
 family gather around the board, the thought is, 
 again we gather for our family’s social hour. 
 
 In obtaining the cheerful atmosphere, the 
 walls and ceilings aid materially. By using 
 Beaver Board, cheerful and dignified effects 
 are readily obtained. 
 
 A wainseot is desirable; the height in pro- 
 portion to the height of the room. This 1s 
 obtained by using Beaver Finished Wall Board 
 and paneling in squares of the size desired by 
 using battens. At the top of the wainscot a 
 plate rail or wall shelf is desirable, upon which 
 to place choice plates and rare pieces of china. 
 
 Above the plate rail, panels decorated with 
 an appropriate stencil design form a frieze. 
 
 The ceiling beamed, the beams forming 
 square panels. False beams can be used here 
 also. 
 
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Looking into Dining Room from 
 Living Room 
 
 BED ROOMS. 
 
 Beaver Finished Wall Board is ideal for 
 bed-rooms. It is sanitary. It lends itself read- 
 ily to the delicate tints and colors so desirable: . 
 in these rooms. The monotony of plain walls 
 is relieved by the unobstrusive paneling ob- 
 tained by painting a beading of simple design ¥ 
 the same light color as the walls are finished. The 
 frieze or border decorated with a floral stencil 
 design, harmonizing with the pattern in the 
 Chintz curtains, will be found effective. 
 
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ATTICS. 
 
 Nature teaches us many things, among which 
 is the doctrine of no waste. To utilize waste 
 of every description is the aim of economists. 
 The area of attic space wasted each year in the 
 United States, if finished in sleeping apart- 
 ments, would acommodate over one-half the 
 population. Do you get the best use of your 
 attic? Or is it only a store room? The catch- 
 all for cast-off articles. . 
 
 Of course it is not practical to use plaster 
 in finishing attics, because the exposed posi- 
 
 ATTIC BILLIARD ROOM 
 
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tion causes the timbers to contract and expand, 
 cracking the plaster. Beaver Board has suf- 
 ficient elasticity to conform to the ordinary 
 changes so occasioned and will not crack. The 
 non-conduetive quality of Beaver Board checks 
 the heat from the direct rays of the sun on the 
 roof in the summer and in the winter prevents 
 the heat from passing out through the roof. 
 
 An Attic Bed Room. 
 
 You can, therefore, save the waste space of 
 the attic by using Beaver Board, finishing it off 
 into attractive and habitable dens, recreation 
 
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rooms, billiard rooms, nurseries or comfortable 
 sleeping rooms. 
 
 The saving in the cost of heating the house, 
 after it is finished with Beaver Board, will 
 surprise you. These and other savings ac- 
 complished by Beaver Board reduce its cost 
 below that of any wall and ceiling material. 
 
 LEADING SCIENTISTS TELL US 
 
 that the transmission of heat and cold from 
 interiors to exteriors, and vice-versa, through 
 the walls of the house, attic or room, can be re- 
 duced about one-half by lining same with a 
 non-conductive material, such as Beaver Board, 
 which forms closed air spaces between the 
 studding. 
 
 To illustrate: during the winter months, as- 
 suming that the average temperature of the 
 house is 70 degrees Fahr., and that the attic 
 before lining is 20 degrees, after lining the 
 average temperature of the attic will be about 
 40 degrees, and the difference between the 
 temperature of the house and the attic will 
 be about 30 degrees instead of 50 degrees, 
 thereby making a saving of 20 degrees in the 
 loss of heat by transmission. 3 
 
 The same principle holds true during the 
 hot months of summer. Lining the roof-beams 
 
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and studding with Beaver Board forming 
 closed air spaces, reduces in the same pro- 
 portion the heat caused by the direct rays of 
 the sun on the roof. 
 
 The third floor or attic has been taken as an 
 example for it is probable that more heat is 
 lost there than in any other part of the house. 
 The gain or loss resulting from good or bad 
 insulation under the roof affects the tempera- 
 ture of the whole house so that’ by the ex- 
 penditure of a little money in the lining of the 
 third floor with the Beaver Board, not only 
 gives additional habitable and desirable room 
 space but adds to the general comfort of the 
 house and reduces the cost of heating it. 
 
 It resists cold, wind and frost. Being a non- 
 conductor of heat and cold, it eliminates the 
 dangers that are common to damp walls, and 
 which impair the health in many homes. 
 
 Third Floor. 
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OFFICES. 
 
 The interior construction of office buildings 
 has long been a serious question with the 
 
 WHITE BUILDING 
 One of Buffalo’s Finest Office Buildings, 
 in which Beaver Board is used for Office Partitions 
 
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owners. They’ are constantly being required 
 to put up or tear down walls and partitions 
 for many of their tenants. These walls must 
 be substantial and in keeping with the general 
 finish of the building. The use of hollow tile 
 and plaster is expensive and causes delay and 
 a litter of dirt. 
 
 Corner in an Office of 
 WHITE BUILDING 
 Showing Partition Built of Beaver Board. 
 
 Beaver Board has demonstrated in many 
 ways its superiority for this purpose. It is 
 quickly and inexpensively apphed, causing 
 
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no inconvenience to the tenant. The accom- 
 panying illustration shows how any office can 
 be matched with Beaver Board. The panels 
 are nailed toa 2x2 or 2x 4 studding placed on 
 16-inch centers. ‘The panel design is arranged 
 to conform with the surrounding walls. If, 
 as shown in this illustration, it is not desired 
 to show the vertical battens, the entire sur- 
 face is covered with a decorator’s cambric or 
 cheese cloth, applied with paste and then 
 painted. When dry, the same trimmings as 
 used in the office are nailed in position and 
 the work is complete. The result is most satis- 
 factory and the walls have the appearance of 
 being made of tile and plaster; give longer 
 service, and yet can be taken down or moved 
 without inconvenience to the tenant and with 
 very little expense to the owner. 
 
 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
 
 Beaver Board is the practical material for 
 covering the large wall and ceiling areas of 
 public and semi public buildings as it resists 
 the strain of vibration met in our large build- 
 ings, still possessing sufficient elasticity to con- 
 form to this strain. It will not crack. 
 
 Beaver Board is practical for office partitions. 
 Its lightness and strength combined with the 
 
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cleanliness and ease of application gives it first 
 place among materials for this purpose. 
 
 Beaver Board is a sound deadener. A sound 
 deadener of necessity possesses good acoustic 
 properties. The ease with which one can be 
 heard in halls, auditoriums, churches and other 
 publie places, finished with Beaver Board, has 
 been remarked by speakers and singers. 
 
 For this reason it is used in finishing aud- 
 itoriums, halls, churches, opera houses, thea- 
 tres and other public buildings. These same | 
 qualities make it the desirable wall and ceiling 
 material for apartment houses, lodge rooms, 
 offices, consultation closets and _ telephone 
 booths; in fact, any place requiring a sound 
 deadening material. 
 
 Lastly, but by no means least, it possesses 
 susceptibility to artistic decoration. The only 
 limit is the skill of the decorator. 
 
 HOW TO USE BEAVER BOARD. 
 
 The successful use of any article depends up- 
 on the knowledge of the article possessed by 
 the user. It, therefore, behooves everyone con- 
 templating the purchase and use of anything 
 to first acquaint himself with its nature; then 
 the methods to secure the best results. It is 
 the purpose of this booklet to acquaint you 
 generally with the nature and use of Beaver 
 
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Finished Wall Board. There are, of course, 
 specific cases in which the general rules will 
 not apply. Should your need be one of these, 
 write us fully about it. We will be pleased to 
 give your questions prompt reply. We are 
 never too busy. 
 
 NATURE. 
 
 Beaver Finished Wall Board is made of 
 shredded pure wood fibre, carefully selected. 
 These fibres are pressed into panels of various 
 sizes but of a uniform thickness. Wood is the 
 basis of this board; it is, therefore, a lumber 
 product. It responds to the same treatment. 
 
 In the manufacture of Beaver Board, there 
 is a certain percentage of moisture left in the 
 board so that after being nailed to the stud- 
 ding, it will draw out tightly like a drum head 
 forming a firm bard wall. | 
 
 Climatie conditions differ greatly in various 
 parts of the country. Where the board is used 
 in a dry climate or exposed to heat, the bundles 
 should be opened and each panel exposed to 
 the air for at least forty-eight hours before 
 using so as to become acclimated. This will 
 eliminate part of the moisture still leaving suf- 
 ficient to produce a firm smooth wall. 
 
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METHOD, 
 
 First—Decide upon the panel design. Then 
 determine the size panels best suited to this 
 design and room. With due care, little, if 
 any, cutting will be necessary. See table of 
 sizes, pages 9 and 10. 
 
 STUOY HALL 
 Santa Clara College, Santa Clara, Cal. 
 
 Second—Place headers at least 2 x 2 inches 
 between the studding, at the required intervals, 
 to which to nail the ends of the board. Nail 
 the edges and ends of the panel with Beaver 
 No. 14 11-8 inch flat head nails. Keeping the 
 
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panel flat and even while nailing so as to pro- 
 duce a perfect effect. Place these nails three 
 inches apart, close enough to the edge to be 
 concealed by the beading. Nail the board to 
 the intermediate studding with Beaver No. 15 
 1 1-4 inch Brad Head Nails, placed three inches 
 apart. Countersink the heads of these nails 
 and cover them with Beaver Crack Filler, so 
 they will be concealed when the wall is painted. 
 
 Third—After the board is nailed in place, 
 it is painted or otherwise decorated. Then the 
 seams or joints are concealed by beading or 
 battens. Attractive and artistic paneling is 
 thus procured. A variety is possible because 
 of the many sizes in which this board is of- 
 fered. Paneling has been, is now, and always 
 will be an effective wall and ceiling decora- 
 tion. 
 
 Any slight contraction or expansion due to 
 climatic changes is accommodated by the draw 
 or pressure on the nails and concealed by the 
 beading or battens. 
 
 To Cvt Beaver Board—To fit panels around 
 windows, doors and, other openings, use fine 
 tooth saw or a heavy knife—knife to be drawn 
 across the surface of the board, guided by 
 any straight edge after which the board may 
 be bent back so as to break along the line cut. 
 
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While board can be fitted to come just un- 
 der the edge of the base board, window and 
 door trim, it is better to carry it down to the 
 floor and clear to the frame of the openings 
 so as to provide better insulation. 
 
 DECORATIVE HINTS. 
 
 Beaver Finished Wall Board can be painted 
 any color or tint with oil or cold water paint. 
 Oil paint is preferred because it is more dur- 
 
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able, and as it permits the cleansing of the 
 walls with a damp cloth, and it can also be re- 
 painted. If oil paint is used the board is first 
 painted with Beaver First Coat Filler and then 
 painted one or two coats of the selected color 
 as desired. One coat for a flat finish; two 
 coats for a gloss. The ceilings should be fin- 
 ished first, the border next, and the side walls 
 last. 
 
 Water color is applied without the first coat 
 filler. The best results are obtained by the 
 use of two coats. Delicate shades and tints 
 are easily obtained by means of necessary 
 colors. When dry the stained or painted bead- 
 ing, base board window and door trim, etcet- 
 era, is nailed to position. 
 
 The room is then complete ready for im- 
 mediate occupancy. 
 
 The permanent and artistic effects so easily 
 produced with Beaver Finished Wall Board 
 appeal to all. Especially so, since these re- 
 sults are obtained at a minimum effort and 
 expense. 
 
 After the board is nailed to the studding 
 (for the simplicity of this see directions, page 
 42, the board is painted the color desired. 
 Hither an oil or a cold water paint can be used 
 in any tint or color, blend of tints or colors. 
 
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In the selection of colors it is always well to 
 consider the location of the room and the direc- 
 tion of its exposure. Then the obstructions, 
 either natural or artificial to the ght. In 
 a room receiving little light a color possessing 
 reflecting rather than absorbing qualities is 
 desired. Such a room looks better in white 
 than red. 
 
 The colors must also be selected with regard 
 to the colors in portiers, rugs and other fur- 
 nishings. These having been selected also with 
 regard to light. 
 
 Crescent Beach Ontario Cottage. 
 
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BEAVER VENEERS. 
 
 New and Inexpensive artistic decorations with 
 hard and fancy wood veneers. 
 
 Photograph of panel built of Setectea Quartered Oak 
 BEAVER VENEERING 
 
 BEAVER FLEXIBLE VENEERS. 
 
 Beaver Flexible Veneers are made from spe- 
 cial wood fibres of the consistency of paper 
 eut into strips 24 inches wide and 25 feet long, 
 in rolls of 50 square feet. These veneers repro- 
 
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duce accurately the various woods with 
 natural variation of the grain and when fin- 
 ished and varnished cannot be detected, except 
 by an expert, from the rich and rare woods 
 they represent. c 
 Beaver Flexible Veneers are proving inter- 
 esting to users of fancy hardwoods, especially 
 architects and interior decorators. These ve- 
 neers are a new manufactured product, and are 
 destined in a large measure to replace fancy 
 hardwoods as a medium of interior decorations. 
 They equal in beauty and practicability the 
 best wood finishes. Figure, grain, shade and 
 color are reproduced with absolute accur- 
 acy. Cost varying from 14 to 1-10 of other 
 veneers. Their application is simple; their 
 beauty durable and their use economical. 
 
 The high quality and low cost of Beaver 
 Flexible Veneers render them indispensable 
 to trades engaged in the work of decoration. 
 
 It is not possible to get a fair idea of the 
 artistic appearance and true reproduction of 
 Beaver Flexible Veneers from small samples. 
 Results are so flattering that they are being 
 used by furniture and piano manufacturers— . 
 they will please the most exacting connoiseurs. 
 We herewith print an extract from an expert 
 commenting upon this veneering. | 
 
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“The sample I am now returning proved of 
 much interest to the people here, who pro- 
 nounce it a very remarkable imitation; in fact, 
 no one of those whose business it is and has 
 been for years to handle wood is able to so far 
 deceive himself as to think he could tell it from 
 the real article.’’ 
 
 Adapted for private residences, offices, 
 hotels, cafes, clubs, society rooms, public halls, 
 churches and theatres. 
 
 Beaver Flexible Veneers can be used success- 
 fully with artistic effect as border flooring 
 when properly applied by experienced paper- 
 hangers and protected with heavy floor var- 
 nishes. - 
 
 Suggestion for Den 
 
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BEAVER VENEERED PANELS. 
 
 A most exquisite board—a perfect substitute 
 for natural woods, giving all the richness of 
 grain and color so as to defy even experts—can 
 be used wherever the natural fine woods are 
 desired in producing the popular artistic panel- 
 ing decoration which is all thé rage today, 
 especially for halls, dining rooms, libraries, 
 dens, ete. See current literature on decoration. 
 This veneered board is ‘‘BEAVER FINISHED 
 WALL BOARD” laminated with Beaver Flexi- 
 ble Veneer, an exact reproduction in every 
 respect of any of the fine woods, and that, too, 
 at a cost which is insignificant in comparison 
 with the actual wood—fulfills every demand 
 that can be made upon it. 
 
 Suggestion for Cottage 
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SIZES. 
 
 94x94 24x48 24x60 24x64 24x72 24x78 
 
 Also furnished in panels 32 and 48 inches 
 wide in regular lengths, the veneering being 
 made up of two pieces of veneering carefully 
 matched. | 
 
 Comprehensive booklets containing nineteen 
 4-inch by 8-inch samples of Beaver Flexible ~ 
 Veneers, including three bark veneers with an 
 extra varnished sample and directions for their 
 application, together with a sample of Beaver — 
 Veneered Panel and Beaver Veneered Beading, 
 will be mailed free of cost to all listed Wall 
 Paper Dealers and Decorators on request. 
 
 Anyone, however, may obtain these samples 
 by forwarding ten cents in stamps to cover 
 postage and part of expense of preparation as 
 the cost does not permit of gratuitous distri- 
 
 bution. 
 
 A LIST OF BEAVER FLEXIBLE VENEERS. 
 Massy Crip. , Selected Quartered Oak. 
 Ampotlanie = Baltic Supula. 
 
 Chicut. . Mexican Applewood. 
 Green Sumach. Mission. 
 
 Malachite. ~ 3 Superior Walnut. 
 Persian Fresco. Rosewood. 
 
 Rustic. | Mahogany. 
 
 Shinto Cocobola. Golden Oak. 
 
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PAPER-HANGING IN PANELS 
 
 Excerpt from A. Bryant Parker’s Article in 
 Indoors and Out. 
 
 ‘It has come about that the better sort of 
 wall papers, imported to help make the Ameri- 
 can house beautiful, are again hung in panels, 
 and this return to the correct principles of 
 mural decoration is mainly due to the influence 
 of recent architectural achievement, followed 
 by an intelligent decorative treatment of in- 
 teriors in the styles of the periods indicated by 
 the work of the architects.’’ 
 
 ‘‘The room paneled in wall papers is good 
 from an artistic point of view, presenting a 
 series of framed decorative pictures, while not 
 the least advantage of this style of wall decora- 
 tion is the sanitary feature in the treatment 
 of bed chambers, for instance, after the panel 
 moldings of wood have been fixed and the 
 ceiling has been tinted in distemper, the wall 
 spaces around the panels and the moldings 
 themselves are painted in oil color, toned to 
 suit the woodwork or the background of the 
 paper tself. This obviates the use of paper 
 in the corners and above the baseboard, and 
 
 renders the walls practically washable, except- 
 “ing the panel surfaces, which are easily 
 cleansed by a dry process.”’ 
 
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The above illustration gives one design for panel 
 decoration and shows the possibility of an in- 
 finite variety of artistic designs for Beaver 
 Board Paneling to suit the taste 
 
 : of the builder. 
 
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‘The infinite variety of decorative effects to 
 - be had in connection with the use of wall paper 
 » in panels is, of course, apparent to the skilled 
 designer, but the simplicity of execution must 
 3 commend itself even to the amateur who is dis- 
 posed to dispense with the services of the pro- 
  fSsetorial decorator.’ 
 _ “Perhaps a strong inducement to use the 
 panel in wall paper decoration, is the manifest 
 facility with which an interior so decorated 
 may be changed without undue expense. Given 
 the ceilings, the stilings and the fixed moldings 
 already done in color harmony with the con- 
 structed details of any room, the renovation 
 becomes merely a matter of removing the 
 covering from the panel surfaces and substi- 
 tuting the new conceit, while omitting the 
 always expensive and disagreeable conse- 
 quences eseniant upon ce process of redec- 
 orating entire.’ ‘ 
 ' Wall. decoration in panels is used by the best 
 designers and decorators in the country. It is 
 a style that has won.favor not only because 
 of its beauty and artistic effect, but because of 
 its practicability, its economy and ease of 
 change in. decoration... Beaver. ..Board is 
 the most desirable material with which to 
 make panels, and the style, finish and orna- 
 mentation that may be given. them is infinite. 
 
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 A. Bryant Parker’s interesting article. We are 
 pleased to refer the reader to the instructive 
 and practical article of ‘‘The Simple Sanitary 
 Wall,’’ by Clauda Q. Murphy, which appeared 
 in House and Gardens. There will be many 
 similar articles appearing in the leading mag- 
 azines that will be found most valuable to 
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ACCESSORIES. 
 
 NAILS. 
 
 Beaver Flat Head Wire Nails, No. 14, 3-16 
 inch head, 11% inches long, put up in one- 
 pound packages, used for nailing edges of 
 Beaver Finished Wall Board to studding, one 
 pound sufficient for nailing 100 sq. ft. of board. 
 
 Beaver Brad Head Wire Nails, No. 15, 1% 
 inches long, put up 1 one-pound packages, 
 used in nailing centers of panels to studding. 
 One pound sufficient for nailing centres of 600 
 sq. ft. of wall board. One pound sufficient for 
 nailing 800 ft. of beading in position, placing 
 nails 6 inches apart. 
 
 BEAVER BEADING, PICTURE MOLDING, 
 CHAIR RAIL AND WALL SHELF. 
 
 Superior grained oak for staining. 
 
 Excellent grained Hard Pine for staining and 
 painting. 
 
 Beaver Beading is a molding made from se- 
 lected timbers of Oak and Hard Pine, well 
 seasoned to insure satisfactory work. It is 
 trimmed to 3 inch thick by 134, 1% and 2% 
 inches wide for the straight angle. Same 
 dimensions for the internal angle, with the 
 two edges beveled so as to fit snugly in the 
 corners, completely covering the nails and 
 giving a most artistic appearance to the room. 
 
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Furnished in two designs, The Venetian and 
 The Florentine, as per illustrations. 
 
 When the Florentine design is desired ‘for 
 corners, it can be used over beveled Venetian 
 beading, as shown in illustration No. 14, or it 
 can be used alone. 
 
 Two pieces of either Venetian or Florentine 
 beading can be nailed together at right angles 
 to cover exterior or projecting angles, as 
 shown in illustrations Nos. 12 and 16. 
 
 Hither straight angle Venetian or Florentine 
 beading can be used for corners by fitting in 
 the angles as illustrated in No. 15. 
 
 If special designs and drawings of beading, 
 molding and wall shelves are furnished us, we 
 will be pleased to quote prices covering same. 
 
 These moldings furnished only in the nat- 
 ural, dressed ready for staining or painting ; 
 also furnished covered with Beaver Flexible 
 Veneer. 
 
 Beaver beading when stained in Flemish Oak 
 gives a most exquisite artistic appearance in 
 contrast with the rich Beaver Decorations. 
 
 The beading is designed not only to com- 
 pletely cover and seal] the seams, but to furnish 
 an attractive wall decoration. 
 
 This plan has been used much of late in fine 
 construction with plastered walls and ceilings 
 for no other purpose than that of a desirable 
 
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 1—Venetian Beading Hard Pine Painted, 1% inches wide. 
 2—Venetian Beading Hard Pine Stained, 134 inches wide. 
 3—Venetian Beading Oak, 13 inches wide. 
 
 4—Picture Molding—Quartered Oak Beaver Veneer, 2% 
 inches wide. 
 
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2a ae Shelf—Quartered Oak Beaver Veneer, 3% inches 
 
 wide. 
 
 icra panies Beading—Chicut Beaver Veneer, 134 inches 
 wide. 
 
 7—Florentine Beading Hard Pine Painted, 1% inches wide. 
 
 8—Florentine Beading Hard Pine Stained, 1% inches wide. 
 
 9—Florentine Beading Oak, 1% inches wide. 
 
 10—Picture Molding Hard Pine Stained, 2% inches wide. 
 
 11—Wall Shelf Hard Pine Stained, 3% inches wide. 
 
 12—Florentine Beading (Hard Pine) Stained, used on ex- 
 terior angles, 13g inches wide. 
 
 18—Venetian Beading (Hard Pine Stained) beveled for in- 
 terior angles,, 13g inches wide. 
 
 14—-(A) Beveled Venetian Beading. (B) Florentine Beading 
 used over (A) for interior angles. 
 
 15—Regular Venetian Beading (Oak) used for interior angles, 
 134 inches wide. 
 
 16—Venetian Beading (Oak) used on exterior angles, 1% 
 inches wide. 
 
 17 —Venetian Beading Hard Pine, Stained, ie inches wide. 
 
 18 — ae ae “ec ‘ oe 2 R ins . 
 
 19 — Chair Rail, 4 inches wide, Hard Pine, Painted. 
 
 29 — Florentine Beading, Hard Pine, Stained, 1% inches wide. 
 
 I— rs Ps Ue 3: Green Sumach Veneer. 
 2% inches wide. , j 
 
 22 — Venetian Chair Rail, 4 inches wide. 
 
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Library, Greenville, Ohio. 
 Finished with Beaver Finished Wall Board. 
 
 decoration. It is in vogue, as will be seen by 
 referring to recent articles in leading maga- 
 zines on interior decoration. All seams are 
 made over studding with the panels tightly 
 nailed together and the beading nailed over 
 all, making a solid wall. 
 
 The amount of beading required depends on 
 the size of panels used. The larger the panel, 
 the smaller the amount of beading. The style 
 of the room also has to be considered, but this 
 can easily be computed in measuring. 
 
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Beaver Plate Rail or Wall Shelf is a 
 eonvenient and artistic decoration for dining 
 rooms, dens, libraries, living rooms, etc. This 
 plate rail herewith illustrated, is 314 inches 
 wide, with grooves for holding pictures, plates, 
 ete. It is matched and grooved, furnished in 
 the knock down, so it can be nailed easily to 
 the wall when assembling. Furnished in Oak 
 and Hard Pine. 
 
 This makes a very artistic decoration for any 
 room and ean be used to excellent advantage 
 in connection with the 60-inch and 72-inch 
 panels, as this brings the plate rail to a height 
 of 5 and 6 feet from the floor, and the distance 
 from the plate rail to the ceiling can be coy- 
 ered with the shorter panels. This wall shelf 
 can also be used conveniently in nurseries 
 placing it at a distance of 2 feet from the floor. 
 It is also appropriate for bath rooms, finished 
 in white enamel. 
 
 BEAVER VENEERED MOLDINGS. 
 
 These are regular seasoned accessories cov- 
 eared with Beaver Flexible Veneer as per de- 
 scription on page 46 to be used in connee- 
 tion with Beaver Veneered Panels. 
 
 We furnish the exact quantity of molding 
 ordered as near as regular lengths permit. 
 
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BEAVER CHAIR RAIL. 
 
 A heavy dignified protection to the wall, 
 1 inch thick by 4 inches wide, furnished in 
 oak and hard pine.- It is of simple grooved 
 design and replaces the molding at the top 
 of the lower panels when a low wainscot effect 
 is desired. 
 
 BEAVER PICTURE MOLDING. 
 
 A substantial and attractive trimming 214 
 inches wide by 1% inch thick., furnished in oak 
 and hard pine.. It is used in place of the 
 beading at the top of such panels where it is 
 desired to hang pictures. 
 
 Engine Room, Utica, N. Y. 
 
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DECORATIVE MATERIALS. 
 
 To obtain the most satisfactory results use 
 the Beaver decorative materials, as they are 
 specially adapted to the Beaver Products. 
 
 Beaver Oil Paints.—Made of the very best 
 ingredients for use on the Beaver Board. 
 They thoroughly incorporate with the fibres 
 and thus insure permanency—cannot crack or 
 peel. Carefully prepared, ready to use at a 
 moment’s notice. Furnished in all colors. One 
 gallon will cover about 500 sq. ft. one coat. 
 
 Beaver Enamels.—Made of selected ingredi- 
 ents to produce a hard, permanent enamel sur- 
 face that will withstand cleaning with hot 
 or cold water without injury. One gallon will 
 eover about 400 sq. ft. one coat. 
 
 Beaver Light Tints—Cold water tints of 
 delicate shade, second to none. Inexpensive 
 and easily applied. One pound will cover about 
 50 sq. ft. one coat. - 
 
 Beaver Deep Colors.—Cold water prepara- 
 tion of permanent strong colors. Serviceable, 
 ornamental and highly decorative. Can be 
 mixed with white to lighten shade. One pound 
 will cover about 50 sq. ft. one coat. 
 
 Beaver Varnish Stains.—Combinations of 
 stains and varnishes to be applied in one oper- 
 ation. Dries with a gloss. Furnished in all 
 colors. One gallon will cover about 400 sq. ft. 
 
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Beaver Mission Finish.—A new and artistic 
 dull finish to use on all woods to bring out 
 the natural beauty and grain, and produce the 
 velvety mission finish so much in vogue. Made 
 especially for beadings, plate rails and mold- 
 ing. One gallon will cover about 400 sq. ft. 
 
 Beaver First Coat Filler—Special sealing 
 varnish to be used as first coat for Beaver 
 Boards. Forms an excellent surface on the 
 wall board over which may be applied any of 
 the paints, enamels, stains, etc. One gallon 
 will cover about 325 sq. ft. : 
 
 Beaver Crack Filler—A tough, elastic, non- 
 shrinking, non-poisonous specially prepared 
 substance to fill the seams of Beaver ag 
 Boards covered with Beaver Paints. 
 
 DIRECTIONS PRINTED ON ALL CANS. 
 
 We have estimated the covering capacity of 
 each of above materials based on careful appli- 
 cation, but the amount required depends very 
 much on the one who applies it, as one man will 
 put it on heavily and another will brush it out 
 thoroughly. 
 
 We are in a position to supply practically 
 every known color, but on account of the in- 
 finite variety of shades that can be produced 
 by the Beaver Coloring Materials, it would be 
 impractical to attempt to give a comprehensive 
 idea of them by sending out sample cards. 
 
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We therefore suggest that after the color 
 scheme has been decided upon, any medium 
 that will convey an idea of colors desired be 
 mailed to us and we will match them as near 
 as can reasonably be expected. 
 
 Catalogue of Beaver Decorative Stencils, con- 
 taining illustration of 219 Stencils with instruc- 
 tion for their use, prices, etc., will be mailed 
 to any address for the asking. 
 
 FREIGHT INFORMATION. 
 
 Beaver Finished Wall Board takes third- 
 class rate of freight in less than carload lots 
 and fifth-class in carloads, in all parts of the 
 United States and Canada, except through the 
 
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Southern States, where Beaver Board takes 
 fifth-class rate in less than car lots and class 
 ‘A? in car lots. Beaver Finished Wall Board 
 has been given a special commodity rate to all 
 Pacific Coast terminals of $1.25 per cwt. in less 
 than car lots and $.75 in car lots. Seventy-five 
 thousand square feet being the minimum ear. 
 
 We have been quoted commodity rates 
 (a rate less than regular tariff) to many 
 principal distant points and will see that our 
 customers get the benefit of such existing 
 rates. 
 
 If your railroad agent is unable to give you 
 correct information concerning cost of freight, 
 etc., write us, fully stating amount of material 
 you will need and we will gladly advise you 
 promptly. 
 
 We make it a rule to assist our customers 
 in adjusting any difference they may have with 
 the railroad companies in regard to delivery of 
 orders. If shipments arrive in damaged condi- 
 tion, have the agent write across the face of 
 the freight bill specifying the extent of dam- 
 age. Do this before you receive the shipment, 
 then if you have any difficulty in collecting the 
 damage send the bill to us with the railroad 
 agent’s written statement and we will collect 
 for you. 
 
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Our traffic department is maintained for the 
 purpose of looking after all such matters and 
 adjusting any reasonable claims that cannot be 
 settled by our customers. 
 
 TERMS AND SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 All contracts are entered into subject to 
 strikes, fire, accidents and delays beyond our 
 control. All quotations subject to withdrawal 
 or cancellation without notice. 
 
 All orders are carefully packed and are sold 
 f. o. b. Buffalo or Beaver Falls and without 
 
 OFFICE 
 Shreeveport, Louisiana. 
 
special instructions are shipped via the most 
 practical route. 
 
 We will gladly open an account with all re- 
 sponsible persons. Those not having an estab- 
 lished credit with R. G. Dun & Co. or Brad- 
 street are requested to furnish, as references 
 of their responsibility, the bank and the names 
 of business men with whom they do business. 
 All that is desired is that you convince us that 
 you are worthy of our. confidence. | 
 
 Terms—Prices are subject to 2% discount 
 for cash in ten days, or net thirty days from 
 shipment date. 
 
 We keep a careful record of all orders and 
 money received and in instances where too 
 much is sent we promptly return amount over- ° 
 paid. 
 
 If there is no railroad agent at the station 
 named in the order, the shipment will be made ~ 
 to the nearest station where there is an agent, 
 unless the remittance accompanying the order, 
 includes the amount necessary to prepay the 
 freight. We will upon’ request advise you 
 the cost of freight upon your order. C. O. D. 
 shipments cannot be made to stations with no 
 agent. 
 
 AS TO OUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
 
 Those who are subscribers to the mercantile 
 agencies can refer to R. G. Dun & Co., or Brad- 
 street, and those who are not we refer to the 
 Columbia National Bank, Chamber of Com- 
 merce, Manufacturers’ Club, or any husiness 
 firm in Buffalo. 
 
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SIX KINDS OF BEAVER BOARD. 
 
 Beaver Finished Wall Board.—For general 
 interior paneled and beading decoration. 
 
 Beaver Fire-Proof Board—Beaver Board 
 chemically re-treated to give it a fire-proof 
 surface. This board is provided for special 
 purposes where walls or ceilings are subjected 
 to intense heat and asbestos quality is 
 required. 
 
 Beaver Indurated Board.—Beaver Board 
 hardened and water-proofed for use in damp 
 houses, cellars, veranda ceiling, boat houses, 
 and for buildings in climates where the 
 humidity is excessive, and on all walls and 
 ceilings that are to be papered, in kitchens 
 and laundries where there is much steam. For 
 use without beading or Wall Paper. 
 
 Beaver Veneered Panels.—Beaver Board 
 laminated with Beaver Flexible Veneer pro- 
 ducing same effect as the rich, rare and ex- 
 pensive woods. 
 
 Beaver Coated Siding.—Beaver Board water- 
 proofed with coal tar products for poultry 
 houses, cow sheds, shacks, and temporary con: 
 struction buildings. Vermin-proof and sanitary. 
 ' Beaver Felspar Siding.—Beaver Board sur- 
 
 faced with asphalt felt, and felspar. It is 
 water and sunproof with a fire resisting: sur- 
 face and produces beautiful effects when used 
 
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for upper stories in the English half timbered 
 style. 
 
 Beaver Flexible Veneers.—Special combina- 
 tion of fibres in the consistency of paper form- 
 ing most accurate reproductions of the rich 
 
 and rare woods. 
 The limits of this booklet do not permit of 
 
 full description of each kind of Beaver Board. 
 We will be pleased to furnish full information 
 regarding any of the six kinds. Do not 
 hesitate to ask us. We are never too busy to 
 give immediate attention to your questions. 
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 Filing Case made of Beaver Indurated Board. 
 72 
 
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