Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-23
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TNHREES days later the jam Of the
drive reached the dam at Red
ding. After the rear had drop
ped down river from Redding
Carroll and Orde returned to their de-
serted little box Of house at Mon
rovia.
Orde breathed deep Of a new salts
faction in walking again the streets OF
this little sandy. sawdust paved, shan
tyfied town, with its yellow hills and
Its wide blue river and Its glimpse of
the lake far in the ofing.
Hanged If l know what's struck
me- he unused. ''Never experienced
any remarkable joy before in getting
back to this sort of truck
Then. with warm glow at the
heart. the realization was brought to
him. This was home. and over yonder
under the shadow of the heaven point
ing spire slip Of girl was waiting
for him.
sent up the river, experimenting in
general way the latter progress OF the
drive.
At the booms everything was in
readiness to receive the jam. The
long swim arm slanting across the
river channel was attached to it's
winch. which would operate it. When
shut it would close the main channel
and shunt into the booms the logs float
ing in the river. There. penned at last
by the piles driven in row and held
together at the top by bolted timbers.
they would lie quiet. Men armed with
pike poles would then take up the
work Of distribution according to the
brands stamped on the ends. Each
brand had it's own separate sorting
pens" the lower end leading again
into the open river. From these each
owners property was RATED and towed
60 his private booms at his mill below.
Orde spent the day before the jam
appeared in constructing what he call
ed a boomerang"
Secret invention just yet" he ex-
planned to Newmark. Pm going to
hold up the drive in the main river
until we have things punched; then
Tin going to throw big crew down
here by the swing. Heinzman antici-
patea. of course. that I'll run the en-
tire drive into the booms and do all
my sorting there. Naturally if turn
his logs loose into the river as fast as
I run across them he will be able to
pick them up one at time. for he'll
only get them occasionally. II keep
them until everything else is sorted
only Heinzman's logs will remain. and
Rs we have no right to hold logs We'll
have to turn them loose through the
lower sorting booms, where he can be
ready to raft them. In that way he
gets them all right without paying us
q cent. See?"
Yes. see." said Newmark.
well" said Orde. with laugh.
'there is where fool him. I'm going
to rush the drive into the booms all at
once. but I'm going to sort out Heinz
ANS logs at these openings near the
1trance and turn them into the main
,hannel"
What good will that doy' asked
Eewmark skeptically. HE gets them
sorted just the same. doesn't he?"
"Ehe currents fairly strong" Orde
pointed out. and the rivers almighty
wide. When you spring seven or eight
million feet on man all at once and
unexpected and he with no crew to
handle them, he's going to keep al
mighty busy. And If he don't stop
them this side his mill he'll have to
.aft and tow luem back. and II he
doesn't stop EN- this side the lake he
may as well kiss them all goodby."
The boomerang worked like charm.
Orde. in personal charge. watched that
through the different openings in his
boomerang the .'H'' logs were shunt-
I'd into the river. Shortly the channel
was full of logs floating merrily away.
1--WE got to go down and see how the
Dutchman is making it." announced
Orde.
He drove to Heinzman's mill. There
he found evidences of the widest ex-
citement. Boats piled in all directions
A tug darted back and forth. Con-
stantly the number Of floating logs
augmented. however. Many had al.
ready gone by.
IF you think you're busy now" said
Orde to himself, with chuckle. "just
wait until you begin to get logs. What's
he doing with that tug?" thought he
'Oh. no. He's stringing booms across
the river TO mold the whole outfit outfit"
He laughed aloud and drove fran
tically back to the booms.
"He's shut down his MILL" shouted
Orde. land he's got all that gang OF
highbankers out and every old rum
blossom in Monrovia. and i bet II
you say logs to him he'd chase his
tail In circles. I'm going to take Marst
and the Sprite and 60 to town. Old
Heinzman," he added as an after
thought. "is stringing booms across the
1 -obstructing navigation"
Marsh" he called. got up steam r
There appeared short, square man
Eyes blue as the sky.
up in two minutes" he answered
Harvey. fire her up!'
Captain Marsh guided his energeti,
charge among the logs floating in the
stream with the marvellous second In
stinct OF the expert tueboat man. Orde
noted with .tisfaction that many Of
the logs TAI found Judgment among
the reeds -. in the bayous and inlets
O-c IL e, and painfully, these
rould lT-yc % salvaged.