Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-07-16
rpsslNG IN THE PAST

rorpYNG IN The FASI.
.rbermen Of Michigan are fast
!, he lumbermen of Washington,
hose who are here will be inter-
.hst the Detroit Free Press has
dhem:
molt the big fortunes OF Detroit
d, made from pine logs. The
~ David Ward, Francis Palms
.,s came to them through the rise
lOur. ,.1s Of pine lands, which were
.dcbsap, at the government price
:: \: \: 4 sere and held until the value
,vssed perhaps a hundred fold.
nues Of Gen. Alger, David Whit
fION Thomas w. Palmer and many
i. Inc result of both the advance
,.lus d pine timber and in lum-
merations, which have extended
Nv the entire state, and in some
!. overthe entire timber districts
mptry. The gathering of pine
T9I0 z hryesting of that crop which is
SNtV Int Of the land from centuries of
has 80 greatly changed during
for al. q oustter Of century, in the
Vosb md methods employed. that old
mtu, looking back at the crude
sus Of those early days, are never
bnuress smile. What the sew
mime has done in supplanting the
needle and thread, modern in
hs accomplished in the same
uoportion in taking the pine
hn the forest and placing it, in the
d logs, ahoat in the streams,
miles distant, which is to convey
Mnvmill.
kIbsrthe war had any direct infu-
hnhancing the value of timber or
bwrtan that the greatest advance
Aa, lands and logs occurred from
~ bl@5 but in after years, when
NEEDED from $3.50 to less than 81
LEI, logs and lumber did not fol-
have constantly kept advancing
smtil they have reached a point
sled to a general utilization of
mod 4 measure Of economy.
'IaJ description of the early methods
@ulu numbering, no extended refer
Reded as to that timber which
txto the river bank, or within
nk d the stream-that was alto
1N easy being slashed down
- i4g conveyed to the bank on
I0V ! Jingle log or two at load.
vi Of putting in such timber,
fgight on the bank, was merely
N asinge OK team often hauling
hS0O0 feet to the river in a
nv F But it is many long years
n N quantity Of timber 30 readily
N 80 &eziated anywhere in Michigan,
time lumbermen, recalling such
m 10 their operations, cannot re-
hn The retrospective exclamation,
Ny bad that body of timber now =
asold days the workmen in get
Rbm were arranged in gangs OF
No choppers, two sawyers and a
H' The choppers chopped the
DOWN at a point about three feet
he ground, varying according to
Phol the snow. (Trees are now
ay sawed down, as near to the
Gpossble) When the tree had
the butt were sound, one Of
9SOT- Ousted it," that is, chopped it
~ while the other took the
ng pole, measured the tree into
wing regard as to crooks, made a
~ guide the cross-cut sawyers
4 ivieV e&w, and then "topped it," cut
~ ne top end Of the tree SO that
end Of the last log would have
~
W end. 1t was the duty Of the
@clear road, SO that the team
Vcould come alongside and load
lie also peeled the bark from
q the log which should rest
gound, SO that it's rough bark
''handicap the load.
=. 40
u athis strange vehicle, now obso-
'A'ns Of feet Of the best pine OF
we're conveyed to the river in
'ang Syne. Its inventor was
a man from Maine, and
'"fi1y over the fork of tree,
s'ea like snow pillow as it passed
~sgng road, won him great
Ia "me time. These drays, how
one great drawback in being
'Anout a holdback or brake OF
.1AcH IN a slippery down grade the
"iun for dear life to keep out
w The load. Failing in this,
"ould become slack, and if the
'Mall uneven the log would
zoe bunk, or go underneath,
10y on top. In such an emer-
laws. a''ie usually turned their yoke
'nVer INDUCED in profanity
s00ve, the darkening pine tops,
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