Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-11-11

lSan ana known as the Sag
- naw waters the great firm ol
Morrison & Daily had for many years
carried on extensive logging operations
IN the wilderness
Now at last, in the early eighties
they reached the end of their holdings
Another winter would finish the cut.
At this juncture Mr. Daily called tC
him John Radway, man whom he
Il little capital and desire for more of
both.
'Ra6way." said he when the two
found themselves alone in the mill Of.
flee, I'VE expect to cut this year some
50,O000O0. which will finish our pine
holdings in the Saginaw waters Most
of this timber lies over In the Crooked
Lake district. and that we expect to
put in ourselves. We own. however.
5000, 900 on the CaSS branch which we
would like TO log on contract. Would
you care to take the jObY'
How much thousand do you
give?" asked tadway.
-Four dollars" replied the lumber
man.
"l'll look at it," replied the jobbnr.
So Radway got the descriptions"
and n little map divided into townships,
sections and quarter sections and went
ont TO look at it, He searched until he
found II "baZe" on a tree the marking
on which indicated it as the corner Of
Il section. From this corner the bound
ary lines We're baZcd at right angles
in either direction. Radway followed
the bazcd lines. Thus he was able ac.
cirately TO locate isolated "forties"
(forty acres, eighties" quarter sec
tions and sections in n primeval wilder
ness. The feat, however, required con
siderable woodcraft. an exact sense OF
direction and a pocket compass.
These resources weic still further
drawn upon for the next task. Rad.
way trampcd the woods, hills and val
lcyS TO determine the most practical
route over which to build logging
road from the standing timber TO the
shores of Cass branch. He found it
TO he an affair Of some puZZlement.
The pines stood on n country rolling
with hills. deep with pot holes. 1t
became necessary. TO dodge in and out.
here and there. between the knobs.
around and through the swamps. still
keeping. however. in the same general
direction and preserving always the
requisite level or down grade Rad
way had no vantage point from which
TO survey the country. A city man
would promptly have lost himself in
the tanole. but the woodsman emerged
mt last on the banks of a stream, lcav-
ing behind him II meandering trail Of
clipped trees
'I'll take it," said he to DAILY.
Daily now proceeded to drive n sharp
bargain with him.
Customarily a iobbcr is paid GER
tain proportion of the agreed price as
each stage of the work is completed
DAILY objected TO this method of pro
cedure.
You see. Railway" he explained,
cts our last season in the country
up stakes. so we can't take any
chances on not getting that timber in
If you don't finish your job. it keeps
us here another season. There can be
no doubt. therefore. that you finish
your Job. In other words. we can't
take any chances. If you start the
thing. you've got to carry it way
through"
81 think can, Mr.. DAILY" the job
Der assured him.
"For that reason" went on DAILY.
eve object to paying you as the work
progresses. We've got to have guar.
antce that you don't quit on us and
that those logs will be driven down the
catch our drive. Therefore I'm going
to make you good price per thousand.
but payable only when the logs are
delivered to our river men"
Railway, with his usual mental atti.
tude of one anxious to justify the 9th.
er man, ended by seeing only his EN-
ployer's argument. He did not per.
ceive that the latter's proposition in.
troduced into the transaction gam
bling element. 1t became possible for
Morrison & Daily to get certain
amount of work short of absolute com.
pletion done for nothing.
All this was in August. Radway.
who was q good, practical woodsman.
set about the job Immediately. He gath
cred crew. established camp and
began at once to cut roads through
the country he had already blazed Sn
his former trip.
Railways task was not merely to
level out and ballast the six feet Of q