The Ordway new era., 1905-11-24


wbIel, he conveyed to Ills home.
,cn,lle measures seven feet In
~ and has fifteen rditles. Master
sr.,on WHO Is pupil In the manual
,D,nr sc,loo.. proposes TO sell the rnt-
and purchase schooiboots with the
a.,cls-Kaugas city Journal.
tuEcKED THE CAMP MuTiNf.
i ,sDo,e thcrc nTe soiae pretty tough
.,e,e,s who 90 into the woods now
.,,- srll muE who had spent
/. hotter part OF forty years lumber.
an tho PcnobScos and its branches.
.msbow. though, Il don. seem 10 me
:, ,yv Of the crews they got together
~ ran caual some OF .be old ores for
Irr,isht cuesfdncss. About the worst
.rsr csne across was In n camp up
:, Coopo- EroDE good many years
THE crew went into the woods In
L,,ember and worked a'ong without
mn d.aiculty until the early part OF
II winter. They had beer cutting;
I,,h,r OH mountain, ana when 1t had
becn taken OF Oh one side. the crew
,ntsJ 10 continue work In another
|,,eiIon. The boss wouldn't listen to
N, propositlOu for minute. He said
would mean the loss OF hundreds OF
Lil.rs. The men didn't care ii !. did.
hsy weren't going TO risk their lives
y longer. they said. working with
bres OIL the side OF 4 mountain as
.p as that particular one. Every
kius might have gone well IL three
the men hadn't gone out to the iron
|osks, and from there TO Brownviiie
te day.
This TITO got bncl: to camp three
Lys laier with all the whisky they
bud possibly carry, both inside and
b. Their arrival was the signal for
n res, OF the crew 20 stop work and
BAT night the fun started. Big Buck
anderson, the bully OF the camp. and
&e acknowledged leader of. the fac
bn that was opposed TO the boss. an
punced that the crew would either
erk where they wanted TO or they
oudn't work at all. II the foreman
dn', like II, he could leave. In fact.
anderson hlnted, 1t would he better II
! left anyway.
The boss was man named Web
w. who wasn't afraid OF dozen
hups full OF drunken lumbcrmcn. He
Prmed plan for the nndoing OF the
uilneers, and that night he put II into
kecution. The snow was some six
tt deep all about the camps, and lie
cured II out that man with his
Pre- feet couldn't travel through 1t TO
fy great extent. After the last OF
e reyelers had dropped over on his
PINK and subsided. Webster cautiously
P'ered the camp and began gathering
D the moccnsins and rubber shoes OF
fesltepers. He took every bit of foot
fear In sight Including legglnss, and
ID the whole pile where he WAS GER
I'm II could not he found. Then lie
fent TO his own camp, locked the door
hd turned In.
The next morninG there was trou-
e Webster had sor. OF suspected
al there might he, and was prepared
II. From the window of his !og
Fohshold he held out terms. He
|onld agree to fight Buck Sanderson
Pd HEX him, but ir he did the men
ust agree 10 abide hy his decision in
Fsard to working. If Sanderson didn't
ha 10 light and the men still persist
IN their refusal 10 follow his direc.
0a' why, he would break camp. He
70 ,he Key to their supply camp and
'heir footsear. He would make
aeSs for the settlements OIL snow
Poes' and they could follow as best
Pey might.
Inc men didn't take long to con-
su "cbsicrs Offer, and Sanderson
leeo 10 carry out his part of the
'eement. The Gsht that followed
~ one OF the hloodicst ever seen in u
ame lumber camp. 1t lasted nearly
Io"'s, AMI when 1t was over two
~ nad 10 start for the iron works
~ aoc'or for Sanderson. Webster
broken his nose, right arm and
:. ,lns' l believe he finally pulled
Sasn' The next morning the men
~. oack to work, and there was no
atther Ltther trouble.
=, m nad mighty persuasive way,
o,a. a"..ps,er.'-Bangor (Me.), Core
''uent OF the New York Sun.
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