Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-09

OF unity ty many men WORKING 'oee'"e'
for some thing worth while. -
The boss. in his own little log novel; III
his rough bunk each night goes oVe'
n his mind the work that must De az
complshed the next day. he pla"s '.'
the placing of his forces to the oes' au
vantage, to bring about to the uoSne
results, and the next day he does IT, a'.
no COMMUNICATIVE chief OF any "''''
could do more. Gold braid ana oo"s
guards and maps are unnecessary ''e
knows his men are with him. IL 'ne'
were not they would not be there' ~.
very long, at any rate. 1t may ne 'n"'
they have "skinned" the whole noun
tain side. and now at the very ""'''''''
there arc half n million logs TO DE pIouhn'
down over q thousand feet of sheer piGoi-
pce. So the boss has chute maui VI
rough logs and they are droppeu uo""
TO landing prepared below, or lie .aheS
a thousand feet of snub rope ana 'He
swampers climb up foot by 'oot l"
blaze a road, the whole crew pun w
the horses and slcds, and great nNe VI
six-ton loads are snubbed down I'LL not
a log remains. Else it may be priuse
10 be built from one mountain side 10
an opposite ridge. The boss selects MS
great logs. co and 70 feet long. ana hours'
not days. produce q log bridge, that VIII
stand up under 100 tons. Dan Murphy
bridge at johnson, at Black mountain
Is only one Of dozens that | nave seen
that would do credit to a graduate or any
school of engineering. Again. he may ne
using every force he can command. the
landings are piled high. the logs dont
come down fast enough, and winter Is
spe eding away and the roads are SOFT
SO he sends in a call to the company
Office for men, and n night crew Is set
to work. All night long under the stars
with jugs OF oil for torches. suspended
f, OFT the trees. the men work with VIII,
and on the hard roads OF the night the
oonsested landings are relieved.
The cook is another man who Is never
feazed. He Is quite as influential and
diplomatic n person the boss. and Is
equal to any emergency If the men spit
tobacco on the clean floor OF his cook
room, the next day he purposely burns
tho soup. n they are to bosterous at
their meals. he orders absolute silence
for weeks, and, as always his command
Is obeyed If an extra crew going into a
camp farther up the line drops In for din
ner by a liberal use of salt and hot water
he makes a stew for 30 serve 100 Mo-
where in the world can you find anything
more appetzng than his beans baked all
night in hot ashes In the ground. or the
beef hash you get for breakfast. and the
men know 1t. A good cook Is the prime
secret OF getting out good cut Of logs
and the company knows it.
In fact, tho cook has to be a genius
for no one lse can perform the miracles
that he must. With only brook-cow
(water). -four sugar. and little nutmeg
every day he must produce at least a
barrel or more of appetizing doughnuts
With only raisns and water thickenet
with -four he must turn out rows ano
rows of mince pies and with the same
piece of beef kept among the blankets IT
his bunk. the neatest and cleanest n
camp-the bridal chamber. the men al
ways call it he must serve many meals
-,oasts. steaks, stews and soups. ans
the immortal hash.