Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-02-03
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Ho oso1 THE TREES Or -.
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g Greek a Vocation That q !, Ill.,
at Iimes-ooohs and ~, b.,
Wages. 'nelf Asd.
r.. During the last week !,
tne snow disappeared u = April ha,.
pa part - OF Little Black cr IRON Tie M
- the drive began o 0reek aud y ~
the 18th the creelS va, VI the nor,a
S Wai na. meant depth Of running nana MI
hfteen inches over tb i. perhaps ssI AZ
men and log drivers "s riits a.
forty. reached the er., 70 the num-
the greater part of s ~ early n
tributed ! along the stream = ven
jams left when the wa tar % 2. break ~
one gang went to the dpm, lell sygs
eryoir, and began "a s ssl ps near Il.
logs hoated along, a ljvaIgs water
.ney reached the first TX. speetasA
bumped and rolled ovo, rus nus Hen h
long spruce, driven h hv me ss rOch Gi.
water and logs behind, sud 1l T., weigh
ia ,g blow on big bonlduaai eetei i,
its black head a few inches eSa aS tlzas'
was hurled end on betwaa aa.ooSetheps
mat u stood close together w Two ! Gsss
II shot ahead till half i. o. The u
ashore and then the end 10 ss length :
the roots of big birch taught "a
go 60 ,. further nor swing aro,, rGa a. Nd
current, and in less time tSan Will i
write 1t the logs behind wa.. laist
ana around 1t and lam wa u,s plaM
a few minutes 500 loSs ya Vas formed
A big, humpbacked man G a., sOaged IL
oid SLOUGH hat that was IN n' ~ b
us head, red shirt open ore sae l hal
brown trousers tucked inv W.. nsas
long legged, red wooden socks u ' u, 'spt
OF shoes with spikes half mo- an s M
came along He gave one ~ aI. inca 3,
JAM and then, dropping the s eaa. It {
mao naa carrie. carried over his shoulder s neat
me me- stream and came back wiz s' %
Ihen he gave nine blows on tb Wy" ~ au
side of the long spruce loo ' iu.. apsSs
rested against the tree on : ~ l h sAss:
log broke, and the jam Of lop sa I'D
rolrlng and humping along oS Ss 'v ny ].
The logs that lodged along n. .1sta
the stream were allowed to rers i. 'lssa
usually lay with the down s,al ~
further out in the water thar 'a Y.
stream end. BY Sunday NIGHT ,ha
scarce a rod of bank for twsu %'N
where there was no log. Wbers ~ ~
been broken as many as Luni,r sa i
were plled along each bank Of Il. 4
within a space of thirty feet So,.s4a
the logs would form piles Of tIi.
forty on each bank, where thsv w.-,I
almost as if de3ignedly dumped tbss.
the men one ON top of the other tl.s'
not being over two logs lons n
piles narrowed the stream until !, y. u.
man could easily jump over Il A. ss n \
water would rise up between Ina n.
crowning in the middle, and Of donhse
depth of what it was above or hsov d
partial dam. Thus what might h ~
a natural sluiceway, since it was rot = =
by man, was formed, and the loqs MI
by the opening sides of the sInisra
would go shooting through likea-s
The weather gradually grew COdei j
on the fourth day the reseryoi, ;.
opened. The water came down in a.
1t had got down to jam of perbsn 4
logs below what is known as the al h,
ter mill, an abandoned structure ndls
lifted up the mass, but had not ,lsv
the one key log which in this case n
the jam. The key log was lodged gjT
against a rock square in the middlsdts
stream, and the other end was soueViis
under the logs, above and against 4
bank. One of the Wall boys ran out
the jam when he saw that it would u
move, and, finding the key log, put i
cant hook on it and gave it twist. b
failed to move. Then he threw bis Ehs
weight on it, and the log rolled ora \
easily that he tumbled into the VITA
right under the logs as they came nnn,
and plunging down. Two cOmszla
had started out to help him, but as tt
logs moved they started back to theshn
When they looked around again Walm
nowhere in sight. He had disappear
under the logs, and they thought hem
being ground to pieces upon the stOnsd
the rift. Blu he was not. He had czg
to the forward end of the first log that's
could get his hand on, and in seoll
more he bobbed up between two henlOta
and a little latter he was standing Gis
bank and saying; THE old man will gn
me thunder for losing that cant hai
won't he?"
The + sources of civilization, as ODE
van Rosa would say, are lessenins "
dangers of log driving. Dynamite SUD
not only to blast the rocks from The Ia
Of the creeks, as it will be used this "a
in Little Black creek but when a lan !
formed in a large stream, and it spAll
seen that one log holds the jam, flnsa
of dynamite blows the smithereens QUIZ
that log, while the loggers look on NOM
safe distance, instead of going down y.
a gorge by a rope and taking the chais
of getting ground up after the jam slg \,
The log drivers get from 81 to ny
and board. They work from daylsm :. Y
dark. To feed and lodge them 50 a
get the greatest amount Of wofA ~ y,
them requires foresight and care "
comfortable shanties were ollt IVY
Little Black creek, before the drive W.
from three to five miles apart. Inc sA ~,
ties were manned with cook ana WY ".
three assistants each, and stocked ",
stacks of corned beef, pork, nan. W., n
potatoes, tea and coffee. The Cow :,
his men rot 50 day each. BreaAlAs' " =
served by lantern light to the men ". W.
lodged in hemlock hunks III tlie sl 'L II
Then the men were off, and the COOK :: :.
his help turned to and cooked ln Dl I M
luncheon. 1t consisted of bread sli ~ ~ -
ter, meat, and tea and coffee ., bN ! n h
sistant strapped pack basket pli't AN a
bread and meat to his back anu I'D a.
huge can of coffee in one hand an In.
other of tea in the other, Tin culs lin
gled in bright profusion all o' ~itb h,
One assistant went up the creeA .b ba' srop
load and the other down. As ' .n,,rilr
averaged two feet deep in tne g. s" " i.
bottoms along the creek, the 'DSA :"
assistant was not enviable'. l., ssr75
Wherever he found a driver TT TBis tsi
to him all the food he wanted ,aorlrs