Here, as in the Holt Lumber Co., where an impressive record of long-term employment was established over more than half a century, excellent relations exist between the management and its employees. Every effort has been made to insure employees' safety and comfort. Adjoining the workroom is a sanitary, fireproof lunch room, ventilated and well lighted, and equipped with tables and benches. Near this room, in which employees can smoke without jeopardizing the company's fire insurance contracts, is a sanitary toilet, a system of lavatories, and shower baths with hot and cold water. 
 

Two years or perhaps more will be required by the Holt Lumber Co. to close it affairs and dispose of its stock of lumber in pile, amounting to over 27 million feet. When that has been accomplished, though, the name of Holt will continue to be prominent in the manufacture of wood products in the Holt Hardwood Co. plant. Even if this were not true, the Holt lumber dynasty beginning with D. R. Holt, and including his sons, George, Charles and William Arthur, and his grandson, Donald, has established the name as one which cannot be omitted in considering important contributors to the saga of northland logging. The name of Holt will always be both a monument and a milestone in the development of the middle west and in the history of basic American industry.
 

The tranquillity of their retirement from the lumber scene can be likened to the passing of a noble figure in a great era, going to rest with the infinite satisfaction of work well done, leaving an inspiring heritage to those who remain and those who will follow.
 
 

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