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Show 'SHINGUlS LASY a century. Roof 4 r Mleliljjmi W'Mto rndwr Rilt I'lllll.ltlC ItkWIIKCM. There arcWid to lv Michigan white cedar shinglfV novi'ag good rerviee n roofs In thitsta't fiit liave been in , If nil exposure and wi .ir tor over 7.". years. It is 111 us seerAthat olir-i a fleets tin. , (lurnbiiity of Blingh, nuT the fnettha whifo cedar is W naturJ product of Michigan and ml i'tdnrif the Pacific coa-st is held to e prcoP that the red) cedar ia naturally V r.ipttxl I r use on tho 3'aclflc coast, and Vie wlifrV for use in aucIi Hoetions as tlit iniddlwud northwestern north-western states, etc.YApecimlhir objection objec-tion is brought agaiiiit the mi cedar by . , some TKimely: that rereexliitH in that 1 wood an acid 'which i, in tU" climafo 1 of certain seetionn, wKactetljiupon by water as to corrode riWdly lhe nn'ls I with which the whlnglex nreyatened onto roofrt, the rust extWlhig to tho wood around the rail", andV r.i causing a leaky roof th's action vol".lningthe holes so often to be seen iSinil th"' I iiolh in red cedar roofs. Artier point I oITcred for consideration in tliv "n.-iinec- tion is the fact, as ntated. thatVKingle B Ik ruined by Kiln drying. iuidtbtt no H kiln-dried lumber can Ik reganif'yl i of H equal value for outside workto jluit H vrliich is air-dried. ' H i |