The Lake County star., 1877-06-07

on the South and Middle Branches, an,,
take q look at the numbering operations,
which, however, consists largely, at
present, Of running logs out of the
streams. Mr.. Chick IA employed by
the D.lnahsr 4 Mclcndy Company, by
the year, 10 give n general oversight to
their extensive interests, and 1t Is need
less to say that his time Is fully occu-
| pied. 49,
! Taking the direct road south from
Baldwin, we passed the farms formerly
owned by J. B. Taylor and Anthony
Sitscr; then past s. &. Brockway's and
Jas. McSvanc's. On Brockway's place
we noticed rs handsome II piece Of rye
as we ever bcheld. There was also, fine
looking grain on the Sitscr place. Pass
ing south, We left tho farms Of Charlie
Brott, Linus IL Taylor, aud others to
our left; but could see glimpscs Of their
fine improvements through the open
ings. .le4i. .a yn.a sH fntr
The first camp reached was that of
Peterson, jobbing for Danaller & Me-
lcndy, OH the South Dranch. Thiscamp
broke up last week, and his logs-some
1000, QUO feet--arc banked, ready to be
taken out as soon as ,Mcssrs. Demscy &
Cartier, who have the contract Of driv-
ing the river for term Of years, COM
! plete the dam close to tho above named
can,I. This Is about finished, and costs
about 500, We are informed. The plan
IL to raise u head Of water, then su,ldcn-
1 ~ take up the gates ami p,ur the food
into the stream below, AMI carry Off the
logs with 1t. The logs above the dam
are fioated out by u similar process. 4
short distance below Peterson IL the
camp Of Butler, Gibbs & Foley. They
have stopped cutting; but have a large
amount Of logs banked, which they are
now taking out by floods from the dam.
Leaving this stream, we started for
the Middle Branch, where the lumber
ing operations Of Danahcr and Mrlc,,dy
are more Immediately under licsupcr-
vision Of Chick. On this ride, We agai,,
had an opportunity of seeing the pro-
grcss and improvements being made ly
our hardy settlers. We passed directly
by the farms Of Joshua j. Howell, Eld-
ridge, John Baker, John Howell, WIN.
Case and l. ID. Blood, I'm Yates town-
slip, and everywhere In the neiglil,or-
hood saw evidence of industry and II
rugged determination, to make farms
from the m,uclh-abuscl and 10 little fair
ly understood plains. We saw men,
women and children, all out in thc field,
clearing, removing roots and stumps,
planting, &c. 1t was sight to cause
pride to we'll up In the heart ofnny one
who cstccms noble, honest labor. On
the farms Of Joshua Howell and Vim.
Case We noticed excellent pieces Of tim.
otlly yreenswarj, dotted over with rich,
lark-yrccn clusters Of rcdclovcr. five
are capable ofjudgimg, the plains there
ahouts arc ofno better quality than any
to be found In tile county, aud wc were
satisfied that We saw n practical dem
onstration Of the fact that the tame
grasses can be cultivated to perfection
ON tho most "barrcn' of plains lands,
with proper management. One prom
inent feature In the landscape through
which we were passing, was the abuu,l-
aiice Of beautiful, sparkling streams Of
pure watcr--an advantage which no
. other country In the world more fully
possesses.
| About five o'clock we reached Ia:
camp Of Orlo Mcdonald, OH the Middle
Branch, who Is engaged on a large con-
tract for Danahcr 4 Mclcndy. J. &.
Arnold also, has u camp near, which
we had not time to visit. At this point,
Mr.. Chick has been constructing a dam
for Messrs. ID. & NJ. at q cost Of some
$500. by means Of II the logs arc float
eel out as fast as cut and immediately
run down tho river. And here we will
say 10y way Of explanation to many Of
our readers, that the chief cause ofhastc
In getting these logs out lies In the fact
that logs on the bank at this season of
the year, arc soen ruined by the de-
structivc grub, which borcs them
through and through. The camps oc-
cu2ied by Messrs, Blood a. Lausl,lin,
and King & Gibbs, during tho Winter
are now deserted, and their jobs will lc
completed by Arnold and Mcdonald.
Messrs. Switser & Thompson are also,
running q camp. fso nW
We had n glimpse Of the new bridge
over the Middle Branch, being Lullt by
Yates township, and which will prob
ably be flashed next week. sdl
Our ride along the river term mated
ut Forman Mill, where VIC were hos
pitably welcomed to hearty supper
by Mrs. WIN. Ferman, at Mr.. Chicks
boarding house. prpgl eeh
After thanking our kind hostess, we
set out on the return homo, passing the
farms Of John s. King and J. @. Pat
terson, In tho gathering twilight. Mr..
King Is making handsome improve
mcnt on his place by way Of clearing,
fencing and blowing, and intends to
make speciality Of tho, attempt to
raise sheep the coming year. MrEm-
ory, on Patterson's place, is tcarisg up
tho soil from one end 10 the other OF
thc large clearing, and evidently In
tends to raise something, or sink n small
fortune in the attempt. 'r'
It was nearly nine o'clock when we
were finally left at our door BY Mr..
Chick, who ngnin drove off, bearing
with him. cur licartiest thanks for one
VI the most pleasant rides we have cn-
joyed since coming 70 Michigan.
A Red Ribbon Club has bccn par.
tially organised in Baldwin, with A.
Dsdds, President Il. Coon, Vice Pres
ident; G. M. q. Ross, sccretary, II. II.
HolIistsr, Treasurer. ee ets