LONGLEAF PINE 33 
United States Department of Agriculture 
forest service! 
NAVAL STORES AGREEMENT 
We, James F. Elder and Wm. H. Johnson, partners, doing business under the firm name 
and style of Elder and Johnson, of Gracewood, State of Florida, hereby agree to work for 
naval stores certain timber in the Florida National Forest in accordance with oiir bid submitted in 
pursuance of a notice inviting bids therefor, duly given by publication. Said timber is all the longleaf 
pine timber not excepted under the terms of this agreement located on an area of about 640 acres to be 
definitely designated by a Forest officer before cupping begins in Sec. 14, T. 1 S., R. 26 W. Principal 
meridan, within the Florida National Forest, upon which area it is estimated that 10,000 cups, more 
or less, may be placed. In consideration of the granting of this privilege to us we do hereby promise 
to pay to the District Fiscal Agent (Washington, D. C.) or such other depository or officer as shall 
hereafter be designated, to be placed to the credit of the United States, the sum of Twenty-five h undred 
dollars ($2,500), more or less, as may be determined by actual count at the rate of Two hundred and 
fifty dollars ($250) per thousand cups in installments, the first of which shall be in the sum of 
not less than $1,000, payable on or before the date of execution of this agreement, the second 
in the sum of not less than $800 payable on or before February 1, 1923, and the third in the 
sum of the balance then remaining due on or before February 1, 1924, credit being given for 
the sums, if any, hitherto deposited with the said United States depository or officer in connection with 
this privilege. 
And we further promise and agree to work said timber in strict accordance with the following condi- 
tions and all regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture: 
1. Timber on valid claims and all timber under other contract with the Forest Service is exempt from 
cupping under this agreement. 
2. No tree will be cupped, chipped, raked, or worked in any manner until payment has been made in 
accordance with the terms of this agreement. 
3. Title to the product of the timber included in this agreement will remain in the United States until 
it has been paid for as herein prescribed and removed from the tree. 
4. No timber will be cupped except that on the area designated by a Forest officer; and all timber on 
that area will be cupped except as herein specified. 
5. No marked tree and no tree 9 inches or less in diameter at a point 4^ feet above the ground will be 
cupped; not more than one cup will be placed on trees from 10 inches to 15 inches, inclusive, in diameter; 
not more than two cups will be placed on trees from 16 inches to 24 inches, inclusive, in diameter, and 
not more than three cups will be placed on any tree. 
6. The depth of streaks will not exceed 2/2 inch, excluding the bark. The width of the streaks will be so 
regulated that not more than 1/2 inch of new wood will be taken from the upper side of each streak. The 
faces chipped or pulled the first season will not exceed 16 inches in height from the shoulder of the first streak 
of the season to the shoulder of the last streak of the season, including both. The faces chipped or pulled 
in subsequent seasons will not exceed 16 inches in height, measured in the same way. A No. or smaller 
hack or puller will be used for chipping or pulling. Bars or strips of bark not less than 4 inches wide in 
the narrowest place will be left between faces, and this width shall not be lessened as the faces progress 
up the tree. Where more than one face is placed on a tree, one bar between them will not exceed 8 inches 
in width. The first streak at the base of the face will be made at the time the apron or gutter is placed. 
Not more than one streak will be placed on any face during any week except during June and July, when 
faces may be double streaked, provided that not more than one-half inch is added to the height of the face 
during the week. Faces not chipped in accordance with these specifications may be marked out and the 
cups removed by the Forest officer. 
7. A cupping system satisfactory to the Forest Supervisor will be used, and the cups and aprons or gutters 
will be so placed that the shoulders of the first streak will be not more than 10 inches distant from the 
bottom of the cup, and the cups first placed will be as near the ground as possible. No wood will be exposed 
on any tree by removing the bark below the gutter or aprons. 
8. No unnecessary damage will be done to cupped trees, marked trees, or to trees below the diameter 
limit. Trees that are badly damaged during the life of this agreement, when such damage is due to care- 
lessness or negligence, shall be paid for at the rate of $5 per thousand feet board measure, full scale. Trees 
split or windthrown because of deep incisions for raised tins will be considered as being damaged unneces- 
sarily. The Forest Supervisor shall decide as to the presence and extent of damage. 
9. No cups will be placed later than April 1, 1922, without written permission from the Forest Super- 
visor, and all timber embraced in this agreement will be cupped before said date. The cupping will pro- 
ceed with all reasonable speed. 
10. Unless extension of time is granted, all timber will be chipped, dipped, and scraped, the product 
and all cups, aprons, gutters, and nails removed, and each cupped tree thoroughly raked to the satisfaction 
of the Forest officer not later than December 31, 1924. Tins will be pulled out, not chopped out. 
11. No fires will be set to the timber, underbrush, or grass on the area covered by this agreement without 
the written permission of the authorized Forest officer, and during the time that this agreement remains 
in force we will, independently, do all in our power to prevent and suppress unauthorized forest fires on 
the said area and in its vicinity, and will require our employees and contractors to do likewise. We 
hereby agree, unless prevented by circumstances over which we have no control, to place our employees, 
contractors, and employees of contractors at the disposal of any authorized Forest officer for the purpose 
of fighting forest fires, with the understanding that unless the fire-fighting services are rendered on the area 
embraced in this agreement or on adjacent areas * * * we will be paid for such services at rates to be 
determined by the Forest officer in charge, which rates shall not be less than the current rates of pay pre- 
vailing in the said National Forest for services of a similar character: Provided, That the maximum expendi- 
ture for fire-fighting without remuneration in any one calendar year, at rates of pay determined as above, 
will not exceed $50; and further provided, That if we, our employees, contractors, or employees of con- 
tractors are directly or indirectly responsible for the origin of the fire, we will not be paid for services so 
rendered, nor will the cost of such services be included in determining said maximum expenditure for any 
calendar year. 
It is further agreed that except in serious emergencies as determined by the Forest Supervisor we will 
not be required to furnish more than 4 men for fighting fires outside of the area above specified, and that 
any employees furnished will be relieved from fire fighting on such outside areas as soon as it is practicable 
for the Forest Supervisor to obtain other labor adequate for the protection of the National Forest. 
12. All cupped trees will be raked in a workmanlike manner for the space of 2}4 feet around each tree 
during December of each year of the life of this agreement; and, if required by the Forest officer in charge, 
a fire line not less than 3 feet wide in the narrowest place shall be hoed or plowed around the area covered 
by this agreement in such a manner as to completely isolate it from adjoining lands. Natural firebreaks 
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