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VIEW IN MODEL YARD OF LEAVITT LAND & LUMBER CO., 

 DERMOTT, ARK. 



DIPPING TANK AT PLANT OF LEAVITT LAND & LUMBER CO., 

 DERMOTT, ARK. 



A Rejected Mahogany Log 



Judgiug by the reports written by the 

 consuls of various countries south of us, 

 American capital and energy can produce 

 gold in an uninterrupted stream in those 

 sections. Just to illustrate some of the dif- 

 ficulties encountered in logging in Honduras, 

 the accompanying cut showing one of a lot 

 of mahogany logs taken out on the line of 

 the only railroad in Honduras, is pre- 

 sented. It cost $75 a thousand in gold to 

 land it on the beach of Puerto Cortez. 

 After that it was hewed off to get the grain 

 to show and was finally rejected because it 

 was cut six inches too short for the needs 

 of the concern which ordered it. 



The two men on the log are good types 

 of natives of Honduras, the one on the left 

 being a Belize or British negro. They are 

 the only ones making money out of timber 

 in that country, for no matter how little 

 they get, they always live on it and run up 

 a debt that cannot be collected, which seems 

 to be their conception of profit. 



Native Hut in Honduras 



Lumbermen and building material deal- 

 ers could not make a living if the.y had to 



depend on the natives of Honduras for 

 trade. The crude dwellings of the natives 

 have neither nails nor lumber in their con- 

 struction, being tied with a vine that grows 

 in profusion in that country. Shown in 

 connection with this article is a picture of 

 one of these houses, which was worked out 

 with no other tool than a "machete," and 

 it took almost as long to build it as it would 

 to construct a ten-story office building. A 

 native, his woman, a donkey, five dogs, four 

 children, eight hogs and an indefinite num- 

 ber of chickens occupy this house. 

 A Fine Lumber Yard 

 The location of the Leavitt Land & 

 Lumber Company's new operation at Der- 

 mott. Ark., afforded fine opportunity for a 

 model yard. The company recognized the 

 advantage of the situation and has laid out 

 a yard that is as convenient and compact as 

 a kitchen cabinet. The even spacing of the 

 piles as to width and length in the alleys 

 of difi'erent grades and kinds produces a 

 neat appearing yard and facilitates work. 

 Plenty of air room on both sides and back 

 has been allowed as well as in the alleys, 

 giving the finest results in drying. The 



accompanying cut shows the condition of 

 neatness that prevails in the yards at all 

 times. The company has a fine system car- 

 ried to its logical conclusion, resulting in 

 practical perfection in the mill-yard, which 

 takes exceptional opportunities as well as 

 close personal attention to attain. Secre- 

 tary E. J. Pettys is justly proud of the fine 

 appearance of the yards and mill plant. 



This is one of the mills which uses the 

 dipping system or bath of soda bi-carbonate 

 in some of its forms. The dipping tank is 

 a concrete section of the sorting chain sys- 

 tem where the lumber passes beneath the 

 surface of the water or prepared dip on its 

 way to the sorting shed. All the labor in- 

 volved is one extra man to keep the boards 

 straightened out as they pass over the chains 

 into the tank. 



The Vanderboom-Stimson Lumber Company of 

 Memphis has heen incorporated with a capital 

 .stocli of .?30,000 to engage in the timber and 

 lumber business. The incorporators include J. H. 

 Vandorboom, Jr., Harry Stimson, Joseph Thomp- 

 son. Joseph F. Cowen and E. R. Odle. The In- 

 corporation of this company follows close upon 

 the heels of the purchase of the interest of J. P. 

 .Sullivan in the Crescent Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 [):iny by Mr. A'audorboom. 



FINE HONDURAS MAHOGANY LOG REJECTED BECAUSE 

 CUT SIX INCHES TOO SHORT. 



NATIVE HONDURAS DWELLING BUILT WITH NO OTHER 

 TOOL BUT THE MACHETE. 



