The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-04-20
IN A LOGGING CAMP.
low the Rough woodsnaen of the North
west spend Their Time.

40" the hougn Woodsnlen OF the North
west spend Their Time.
OF the hundreds of logging cani,
'cattcred through the pine forests .
Northern Michigan, Wisconsin an
Minnesota the ordinary Eastern M
las little idea. A camp is Il little 81
age Of perhaps half dozen log cab y
situated in the woods. often from
twenty miles from the nearest toa
Dr settlement 1t has Il population. OF
more properly speaking. crew. q
from twenty to one hundred men. ar-
eording TO the size of the operations
and two or three women who do the
cooking and washing. In general
appearance the logging camp of to-day
doubtless varies little from those OF
Hfty years ago. OF the half-dozen
buildings of which the camp is COM
posed. one. the .'men's shanty." serves
is a dwelling house for the whole crew.
Dne for the clearinghouse. or cooks
shanty," iii which the cooks live. am
other for an Office and store. and the
others for barns, blacksmith shop. etc.
The mems shanty is large. square
lOg cabin with no partitions inside,
there being simply one room. with
doors and windows Mt the ends. and
hunks built along the sides. one above
the other after the fashion of berths in
a Steamboat Each bunk has straw
tick and heavy wooden blankets for
bedding. In the inter- of the TO m is
an open space. in the middle of which
stands large sheet-iron heater or
stove. with the furniture. consisting of
= few wooden benches. scattered
around near by. The crew of camp
: made mp with men of many nation
ilties. Besides Americans. there are
many Canadians and quite sprinkling
IF swedfs, Norwegians Danes and
Fiulanders The woodsmen are a
rough. hardy class of men. who live a
rough life. work hard. and endure
many priyatiOns They are
usually single men, and their
worst enemy is whisky. They encounter
this luxury at short range about semi
annually. with unvarying degrees of
success in mastering it Their dress is
rather picturesque, their winter cos
tune consisting usually of red knit
zap. red or blue Mackinaw shirt (worn
in place of n eOap. gray pants, long
rei stockings drawn over the pants to
the knee. heavy low rubbers on the
feet wooden mittens. and perhaps red
sash tied around the waist Their
wages range from eighteen to twenty-six
dollars per mouth. and board. Tire
latter is plain but wholesome. consist
ing of salt meats. bread. potatoes ard
plenty of beans and like articles that
are easy TO transport and preserve
The food is usually well co ked. and
no matter If it could be improved =
trifie. the man who swings au axe teE
or eleven hours dav in the bracina
pine air is apt to call it good grub :
The men spend their leisure tim.
evenings and Sundays in camp. anf
the Inside of the mems shanty in tn.
evening prese Is an interesting ap-
pearance. They scatter themseiv,,
around. resting after their days work
and amuse themselves in various ways.
Some are lying in their hunks reading.
some writing letters To distant friends
or perhaps the girl they left behind
them in Canada or far-away Norway or
Sweden. while cards, checkers OF
nging takes mp the attention of the
remainder. Nearly all are smoking.
and the conversation is carefully inter-
larled with profanity of the most fluen;
variety. Swearing is one of the ac-
e, mplishments of the regular woods
man, and he could teach a cowboy
new cuss words. All are in bed before
nine o'clock. for they must be up at
half-past four in the morning, break
fast at five aud be out in the woods NJ
six ready for work. The adage .'early
to bed and early to rise" is very strict
~ observed in a logging camp. HIr-
/ per's u eekty.