Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-05-12
: The Pine Tree Force.


There is every indication OF an :. I'M
interrupted seasons works as there is
an ample supply Of logs. The Crow
Wing drive, if it does not come out,
will not affect the supply materially.
There have been rather more
changes than usual in the working
force this year, several Of the EN-
ployes baving: moved away, and
Others gone into ether work. The
names OF the men comprising the ex-
ecutive and the more prominent
parts Of the working force are az fol-
lows:
Peter Musser. president; NJ. G. Nor
ton, vice-president; Drew Musser, Sec
retary and treasurer; C. A. Weyer.
haeuser, general manager; E. NJ.
Hoover, chief ofsales department; B.
j. ainkle, superintendent pine land
and logging department; F. E. Lewis,
head bookkeeper; Herman Utsch, re-
tail accountant; Aug. Christensen,
stenographic department; W. J.
Caughy, order clerk; E. NJ. Mcintyre,
bill clerk; Eugene N. Laird, time
keeper.
Following is a list OF the principal
men on the mill force this season.
In the mills-Ira l.. Warren, super
intendent.
Mill-day run-Frank Southmayd,
assistant foreman and millwright; T.
Amo, engineer; Chester Rogers and
VIM. Beattie, band sawvers; I. O.
Berg. gang sawyer: W. E. Green and
VIM. Mattison, edgers; Peter Chouin-
ard. Peter johnson and Mike Smith,
trimmers:: W. L. Dumphry, gang
f1ler; Nj. c. Davis, band saw filer;
John Wickwire, head fireman.
Mill-night run Alex Rowe, as.
sistant foreman; E. NJ. Snow, engi.
neer; Rand. Gillette, band sawyer;
Eber Beattie, gang sawyer; Frank
Hop, millwright; Robt. Dunn and
Vernon Matteson, edgers; Jos. Cupa,
Paul Hapke and Vincent Cupa, trim
mers; John White, head fireman.
Repairs-Edward Hughes, black
smith; Simon Guerin, wagon-maker.
Lath and Shingles-John 4. Foss,
contractor. ,--..-
Boom-H. A. Connor, foreman.
In yards-west side r. N. Nichols,
superintendent; Nels Nelson, assist
foreman; VIM. H. Bird. Chas. Fred
erickson, John Frederickson, John
Bowman, Erick Peterson, August
Larson and Olof Olson, graders; N.
H. Elvig. piling contractor.
Sorting shed-Frank Morgan, as
sistant foreman, day; VIM. Dull
madge, assistant foreman, night.
Planing mill-day run-D. n. Par
sons, foreman; Andrew Foss, as
sistant foreman: Eug. l.. Warren,
engineer.
Planning mi!l-nig ght run Ole Johc-
son, assistant foreman; H. D. War
rem: engineer.
Electrician-Jas. Gordon.
Shipping department-dav run
Alva Ashcraft, foreman; Geo. Ran
dalman. assistant foreman.
Shipping department-nlght run
Olof Holine, assistant foreman.
Retail department-Z. N. Barnes,
salesman, and r. 81. Nichols, assist
ant.
In connection with the pine land
department. is the Immigration Land
Company. This company was or
ganized during the last year to
handle the cut over lands of the Pine
Tree Lumber Co. These lands are
sold to actual settlers at low rate
per acre and on long time to suit the
need of the settlers. Alarge quantity
of these lands have been sold during
the past year. The officers OF this
new company are: c. A. Weyerhaeu-
ser, Pres; F. S. Bell, Vice. Pres; R. D.
Musser, Sec. and Treas. The busi-
ness of this company is under the
management OF B. !. Hinkle, who is
one ofthe most experienced land men
in the state. Mr.. Hinkle is assisted
in this work by agents who are To-
Gated in the vicinity Of these lands
and who are willing to show them to
intending settlers. i:
G. A. Il. Memorial services will be
held at the Congregational church
May 28th. All members of the 6. A,
r: .:and other, veterans of the: civil
war are invited to- attend. Thr
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