The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-06-20
A Model Lumber Camp.

Through the kindness of Rich
ard Hawkes., who recently visited
the place, The TINES is enabled
to give it's readers something of
an idea of the new camp which
Harry Parks, the we'll known
logger, has established at the
junction of the Ashland and
Siskiwit and the Battle Axe rail
roads about fifteen miles from
Washburn. The site of the camp
is one OF the prettiest in north
ern Wisconsin, and in it's every
apportionment and detail the
camp is beauty. Our inform
ant says that from it's elevated
position on the hillside there can
be obtained an elegant view of
the blue berry patches, Of the
woods and the surrounding
country. It sets on an elevation
of sixty four feet, below which
is pretty little lake, which has
been christened ':Park's lake.
From this place the water for
the camp and the surrounding
buildings is pumped by steam
pumps into tanks, and it runs off
into pipes into the barns, cook
ing shanties and other buildings,
and one has only to turn the
| faucet, and the ale that runs out
is the best. The railroads both
get their water at this point for
! boilers.
Mr. Parks has a fifteen million
feet contract and has erected
new camps the best in the
country. He is getting out be
tween a million and a million and
a half every week, and expects
to finish by the first part of
September. Prompt cash pay
ments are observed. He has in
his employ about $50 men, and
he looks after them himself. In
this he is assisted by Mr.. White
bread, a practical lumberman,
who like Mr. Parks understands
every detail of the business.
Other members of the crew are
Mike Haley, the cook, and Frank
morris, his assistant, and the
two set up meals that make the
hungry woodsmen glad they are
in the piney woods, and par
ticularly in this particular camp.
Dan Mcintyre looks after the
pumping station and water
works, and George Ray is the
wood butcher and all around
blacksmith. The foreman is
Fred Ransom, and he is crack
erjack, and the boys all like him;
Notwithstanding that he lays
awake all night to see that they
get up in time for breakfast.
Five gangs of the best leaders in
northern Wisconsin are en-
ployed at the camp, and they
hustle things lively. The crew
consists of 100 busy, Industrious
men, and the camp and it's sur
roundings is one of the busiest in
all the great woods of Bayfield,
county. From the landing the
logs are loaded on the cars of the
Ashland & Siskiwit railway, and
are taken to Nash, where they
are unloaded in the bay, and are
/ RATED to Ashland, where they
are sawed. Visitors at the camp
are treated nicely, and they can
get no better impression of sue
cessful logging than at this par
ticular camp.
Chairman Nelson has made APP
pointments to places on the Library
Board, and the following will serve
in place of f. Ell. Hartshorn, Mrs.
@. W. Frost and E. P. Holgren.
namely: George Dibbell, ST., James
Peterson and Charles Sowder. The
appointment are for term OF three
years. 1t is probable, that as a re-
suit of the new appointments that
there will be contest for librarian.
Mrs. Greenwood is again a candi-
date, and it is said Nels Westerland
and James A. Sheridan are also after
the place.
Mrs. f. III. Hartshorn returned
Monday from Oshkosh, where she
stopped over few days to visit
while on her way home from her
European trip.