Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-01-21
WOOD WORKING MACHINES.

The snow is gone-goody.
The days are getting longer so that we can
work more.
Arthur Burgess is serving Equality by dri-
wing a team. He is as steady as man.
We are in need of two more shoemakers.
Good socialists, come arunning.
Comrade Foy is finishing up the hen house.
and he and Bro Marcus are building picket
corral around it.
Bro Carey Lewis is foreman of the ditch
gang, and that name is, in Equality, syno-
hymn for push and good management.
''Will you have coffee?' asks the waiter.
SIS it cereal?' NO. it's boughten coffee this
time "Well then l don't want any
Comrade Louis Okerlund is smoking again.
He says that is a sign tnat he is getting well.
The grip has kept him from his work for
few days.
Comrade c. E. Nichols of Milan, Wash,
sends us bundle of Scientific Americans,
about the size of sapling, for which we re-
turn our best thanks.
Bro w. Taylor Goodman of Seattle, Wash,
freights us big box of books and other use
full things, and thus get himself ensconced in
a warm place in our affections
r C. Sabin of Fostoria. Ohio, sends our
cuisine department a potato peeler. The
folks in that department know good thing
when they see it, and feel very grateful to the
donor.
VIM H. Winter of Loomis. Cal. came up
to see what we are doing. He expresses great
satisfaction with what we have done and
goes back home to dig up some dough" to
come in on.
The carpenters are putting the rafters on
the prntery Cooperate building is the only
sensible plan The house is good and strong,
because we are building it for ourselves.
There is no incentive TO cheat.
Bro c. r. Taylor of Orange, Mass. donates
a Mechanics Hand book and a nice pair of
calipers which he made himself. Don't see
how Equality could fail with so many and
such level-headed hackers as Bro. Taylor.
Every day the pioneer task is made lighter
by these gifts.
We are making wood factory out of our
saw mill. The boys haul the logs 10 the mill,
and steam power pulls them into the saw then
they are ripped up small enough so we can
cut them off with our steam cut off saw. and
then the blocks are thrown into wagon and
hawled direct to where needed. Hard la
Dor is not in il any more.
Superintendent of transportation, A. B.
Monnch, had a hairbreadth escape-drove to
New Whatcom with our new bob sled and
on the home stretch the sled and
load OF one and a half tons turned upside
down over tall precipice above the water
No lives or limbs lost and the entire load re-
covered uniniured. Had a lot Of lamp chin
neys but broke none. Guess Equaityites
guardian angel was on duty
The donkey engine Is now standing where
is will be put in operation, near the saw mill.
1t was brought from Whatcom on the steamer
May Queen and unloaded at Blanchard by If
teen of our men and put on pair OF railroad
logging trucks, borrowed from Jamison's
camp, and pushed up the railroad track bv
man power to our mill. which is built along
sue the track A scream Of welcome bel
lowed forth from our saw mill whistle as the
donkey was slid to the ground from the car.
Now it only remains 70 set him up. put a
monster sled under him, feed him with plenty
of cord wood and then put Mr.. Donkey to
work supplying the saw mill with logs. 1t is
the intention to alternate between hauling
Tors and clearing land. And if we don't make
things happen-well