St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-14
NOT ENOUGH WATER.
Lumbermen on the Chippewa Fear
They Will Have to Shut Down.

Lumbermen on the Chippewa Fear
They Will Have to Shut Down.
Special to the Globe.
EAU CLAIRE, July 13.-Great complaint
of extremely low water is heard from all
the loggers interested on Chippewa waters.
All the streams are very dry, and although
recent rains have given some relief, the
progress of the drives has been practically
blocked, and all are hung up both on the
Chippewa and Eau Claire rivers. The
phenomenal period of drouth has somewhat
changed the aspect of affairs presented
some weeks ago. and there is talk of tenn
pOrary shortage of the log supply, espec-
tally for down river mills, which look to the
Chippewa for logs 1t is said that the Eau
Claire Lumber company is likely to shut
down its saw mills temporarily, unless rain
enough falls to give good rise inside of
two weeks at the outside. 1t is scarcely
within the probabilities, however, that there
Will not be enough wafer by that time to
relieve the strain. it is not very likely that
any mills will be actually compelled to sus-
pend operations. A logger from the head
waters to-day reported everything in the
way of driving work suspended, and esti-
mated that there are about zoe. 900, 900 of
Old and new logs still above Little Falls, of
which 30, 000.000 or go, 600, 900 are in the
south fork of the Flambean. AS soon as a
rise comes work will be resumed eagerly
and the utmost advantage taken of it. The
dells sorting works here are still running,
but with greatly reduced force. Some pine
land spectators are spearing around with
view OF risking something on the possible
forfeiture of the North Wisconsin land
grant under a pending bill; but
the Well-nfOrmed do not believe
there is any probability of such forfeiture.
a leading lumberman states that he has had
enough confidence that it won't be for
feited to take recently S65, 900 worth of
lands from the railroad company. 1t is re-
ported that Ii. G. Putnam is about to trans
fer to the Chippewa Logging company
about $40, 600 worth of pine lands most of
it located in this region. The recent de-
cision not to Iun the Sherman Lumber COM
pany mill here has created some ill-feeling
among parties interested, who say the
Shermans being the weaker parties, were
crowded to the wall by the pool" or
Chippewa Logging company, and some
high words passed between Frederick
MyerhaeuSer, ''the Bismarck of the North
west" and Capt. A. M, Sherman of this
city.
THE EAU CLAIRE MINERAL
and Chemical Paint company has established
a factory to utilize the resources i'll that line
OF this region. The machinery has been put
in and will be operated by ffty-horse-power
engine.
Several additional counties have been
added to the territory of Deputy Collector
Brace, who now covers fourteen in all.
He. Putnam has returned from Washing
ton and reports that his visit, which was to
help out the syndicate of lumbermen who
had bought immense tracts of redwood lands
in California from another syndicate whose
title seemed likely to be nullifled. was sue
cessful and that the innocent purchasers will
probably sustain no loss.
A hoax started, none explain how, has
aroused considerable excitement for several
days past throughout the city, the report be-
ing that an amphibious monster of uncer-
tain breed had been discovered in Half-moon
Lake on the West side The parties engaged
in spreading the report succeeded in drawing
crowds of people, men, women and children,
to the lake shore, and scattering fire of
shotguns and rifles has been kept up at OBJ
jects seen among the logs in the lake. 1t has
been the most successful hoax perpetrated
here for some time.