New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-30

ormous that slight breeze Will otten senu IL over AZ Al
unexpected direction and endanger the axemsns NE
The thing desired is bring the tree down where II Will
fall at SO as not to break It. Huge trees snap In two
like pipe stems II they strike log or rock Having
made all preparations, the woodohopper cuts In labor
ousy little past the heart Of the tree. ond then snt
his shelf the other side Of the tree and makes deep
cut from the other side to meet the hrs'
one The cuts approach to within an ineh OF
each other before the tree begins to SILVER When
does the chopper leaps from his perch and takes 70
the brush and the giant comes swiftly down with atef
rife crash requires from half hour TO an hour 70
fell good sized tree. large number OF the Ut tree
trunks unsound The principal defect Is wnat Is
called shake" It is a small crack inside the tree,
formed by the swaying of the tall tree in the wind
When such crack forms it soon becomes filed with the
rpentine like basam which is characteristic OF the fir
The wOodchoppcr at work big tree Is frequently
astonished by driving his through one OF these
assures and seeing several gallons Of turpentine sud
denly out II the tree. when feed is found to be
defective, it Is left where it lies II sound II is cut up
into logs 30 to 100 feet in length and hauled out OF
the woods. Sticks $50 feet long sent OUT whenever
they are demanded, they sometimes are. The haul
ing out is done sort of corduroy roadway, WHICH
goes by the name Of skids"
The United States is exceedingly Jealous OF this vast
tract Of valuable timber land II permits the timber 70
fall only into the hands of those who wish to do
legitimate business in logging The regulations are quite
both to keeping the land out OF the hahds Oh
specula tors, and as the waste of timber. To buy
square section OF timber land costs 81 600 The logger
employs about six men and team Of eight oxen. He
builds a rough camp and boards the His running ex
penses are about S3 day he able TO get out ofthe
woods about 900 feet day The RATS t0Wed
off to the neghborng saw-mll at cost OF 81 Do per
thousand feet and he sells them there at the rate OF 50
per thousand feet
The yellow fir is known in the East oregon pine OF
Pur ct Sound pine 1t is wood OF great value owing to
its tOug and strength The first cargoes OF 1t were
sent to San Francisco about twenty-five years ago. The
length and beauty of the timber attracted the attention
of Admiral Faragu who caused tests OF 1t to be made
at the Mare Island Navy Yard. Still other tests were
made at the Navy Yard in 1873 by Constructor Much
for the purpose of discovering the sizes Of scantDg re-
qured for building the United States screw steamer
Manzauita with Pacific coast woods instead OF with
oak Tests have also been made recently In the
oak 1t is proved that yellow fir Is
fully the equal OF Eastern white oak In tenacity
strength and toughness There is no doubt left upon
the point and yellow fir is now the universal bulngd
wood the Pacific coast
UNEMPLOYED HEIGHTS.
The mountains Puget Sound region of great
beauty They are all snow-clad the year around. The
principal ones are the colossal Mount Baker away up
north just the frontier the dazzling olympic range
betw the Sound and the ocean; and Mount Rainier
grand and snowy pointed peak, which towers SO mGh
above the Cascade range, to which belongs that the
others seem no more low range Of foothills 1t
is welknOwn that the Rocky Mountains rise from plains
and tabeands already 5000 and 700 feet high at the
base Of the mountains and that the tops OF the highest
peaks are only little over 1000 feet above their
bases The Puget Sound Mountains spring up
from the low lands revealing their whole snow-clad
height of from 1880 feet at once against the
dark green fir forests below and the blue sky above
Such peaks anywhere In the world. Iher
height has already attracted few daring adveDturers
but il is almost u superhuman task TO begin with, to
reach their bases The fir indeed almost i'm
pene.rabe. There is, almost literally, much timber
living PROSTATE the ground In Tho fores is as
there il left standing. Every storm causes
the gigantic trunks to fall and they lie upon the ground
crossing one another in every direction in nexricabe
confusion forming an almost impossible barrier to the
progress Of the traveller The jungle created by this
fallen timber its attractions for the hunter for
is the home Of the grizzly bear and of countless
bers deer and elk. But there is getting through
this Wilderness audit probable that account that
the great peaks of this region and the forests that sur
round them will both remain une1pored, possibly for
generations.
NATIVE AND FOREIGN INHABITANTS.
There are great many Indians left in tue vicinity Of
the Sound aud their singular canoes darting
here and there along the whole length of this body OF
water Their followed from trunks Of cedar
trees They sixteen thirty feet long the
water four or FIVE wide and two deep. The Prov pro
ecs about five feet forward into the air, with quaint
head the end suggestive of the long neck
and head of a deer The stern oftentmes projects the
same way, but Is usually straight up and down. They
are painted black outside and green within. with red
stripes Oh the gunwae aud elsewhere for ornament
The occupants sit up close by the gunwae, or
on the while padding and they make the light
boat fly over the water ike swallow. There are be
leyed to be about TO- 900 Indians in the Territory, al
Tod On1V 4
The white population Numbers about $4,000 and
cbcdv consists of emigrants from California and the
States Canadians and swedes here In strong force.
however In OF the sAw-in towns II Is almost i'm
nossibIe to find natyeborn American. The population
Is orderly although owing TO the absence of women In
the rougher towns there is little restraint upon the men,
and drinking and gambling pracuced TO excess.
Sights strange Eastern eyes Of nightly
in the saw-mil towns. The hotels there are scarcely
more than rough bar and billiard rooms, with few
rooms upstairs for occasional guests The sawmill
hands gather in these hotels every night and day
night there is always gambling for money to be in
them. In some places where the crowd ia thickest,
a man comes in and pours out large bag
full of silver and gold coin the table
and invites the "boys TO go It," They do go for It"
at once Cards produced and the players engage in
poker and other games while curious crowd Of lockers
on gathers around to see the sport The winners con
tmuay send for the drinks and the crowd is only
often quaTrclsOme before II breaks up for the night
Gambling is a regular feature of the saw-m towns and
It probably will never be broken up until immigration
brings about 10000 women to the Territory,
supply deficiency of the gentler aud impose by
their presence proper restraint on the community
Seattle is now the leading business town OF the Ter
rtory. It is great sprawling town. planted hill
side which has been cleared Of frs Sumps all over the
place All first families have stumps in their front
yards and gardens although few Of them indeed have
,Iof Iilsag b.va
the best anchorage ground in the Sound. Seattle hopes
TO be the final terminus OF the Northern Pacific road II
dreams already of great export trade wheat coal
and iron.
JOHN KELLTS DEMOCRATIC ENEMIES.