Carolyn, Do you have the OTNF? If so will you look on page 76 at tha tpicture and look at the man that is un-ID. and tell me if you have someone in the picture that you are talking about that looks like that man.My grandfather was put in the Monticello Children home about 1910 because his father was killed in a accident with lumber and his mother was indian so the boys were taken from her.Maybe his brother or he one will be in the picture,maybe they traveled from camp to camp like you'll have talked about some people doing and that is why I can't find anything on them.Their name was Burrow.Thank you for your time. Linda > Monticello, Ark., Tuesday, December 17, 1907 > Page 8, columns 2 & 3 > > The Gates Lumber Company > > The Gates Lumber Company was organized in 1890, 17 years > ago, and was among the first of the large mills to locate in the great > short leaf yellow pine belt of South Arkansas. At the time they came > here the industry in this sort of lumber was in its infancy and the > value > of the timber at least in this section was not realized. The entire > western and southern portions of Drew County as well as a large part > of many adjoining counties was practically one unbroken forest of the > finest yellow pine in the world. A few small mills manufactured the > lumber in very limited quantities for local consumption and the mag- > nificent timber which now can rarely be bought then was almost value- > less. > The founder and present head of this company, Col. A. H. Gates, > a native of Vermont, who with his brothers has been prominent in > developing the lumber industry of the South. In addition to their > mill > at Wilmar, they are largely interested in the Crossett, Fordyce, Eagle > and Grant Mills and the Jackson Lumber Company at Lockhart, Ala. > It is safe to say that the Gates Lumber Company owns one of the > most complete plants to be found anywhere. The capacity of the mill > is about 90,000 feet or six cars of lumber per day. They employ > some 400 hands and their payroll is from $12,000 to $14,000 per > month. The mill includes dry kilns, planer and all the departments > that go to make up the most improved and up-to-date sawmill. They > have shed room for almost 5,000,000 feet of lumber. The company > has 25 miles of railroad, 4 locomotives, 60 log cars, 1 pile driver > and > 2 log loaders. They also have their own machine shops, doing all > their own repair work brass castings, etc., and have their own fire > protection and electric light plant. The company's water works > system is supplied by a 4-inch well, 400 feet deep, which furnishes > an unlimited quantity of the purest and best water. This water in > addition to being used about the mill is furnished to the high school > and to many of the residents of the town, and is shown by chemical > analysis to be pure and wholesome and well adapted to either > household or manufacturing purposes. The company has a Stand- > ard Underwriter's pump of 500 gallons capacity and 6-inch cast iron > water mains, further augmented by a 20,000 gallon steel-framed tank > 80 feet high. Their electric light plant comprises 18 arc lights and > 250 incandescents. > The Gates Company originally owned about 53,000 acres of > timber land in this county. More than half of this has been cut now, > however, and at present they have some 25,000 acres or about > 200,000,000 feet of pine timber. It is estimated that this is about > eight years' supply for the mill. In addition to the above, however, > they have a large amount of hardwood and it is probable that when > the pine is exhausted the plant will be converted into a hardwood > mill. Their lands lie mostly in the western and southern parts of the > county. Five years ago they bought the holdings of the Drew > Lumber Company by which deal they acquired about 20,000 acres > of timber and extended their territory to the extreme southeastern > part of the county. > The officers of the Gates Lumber Company are A. H. Gates, > President; C. C. Gates, Vice-President, and A. W. Judd, Secretary. > It is the largeest industrial concern in Drew County, having a capital > and surplus of $822,000 and is a source of considerable pride to > our citizens. The company has never been troubled by any serious > labor disturbances and has had a uniformly prosperous career. > > > Note: John Byron Haisty mentioned in an earlier post was born in > 1909. In the picture of a Gates Camp School, (his first > school) > he appears to be about 6 years old. That would make this > school pre-date 1920.......around 1915-1916. If anyone > had > family attend a camp school around that time, I would > like to > hear from you. Rebecca's book "Beyone Bartholomew" says > that the Drew Co. camps were from 1925-30. Perhaps the > camp in the picture was in Ashley Co. I don't know, but > it had > to be before 1920. > > Carolyn > jhaisty@tcac.com > > >