The Republican journal., 1910-02-03

comforts, there is good, hearty fellow
ship here, and beside the warm fire the
men will play their cards, sing their old
lumber-camp ballads and spin their end
less yarns OF experiences in other camps
in past years.
There is fascination as well as a sort
of despair in this life in the woods and
year after year these same men who vow
when the warm spring days come that
they are tired of it all, and have had
their last winter in the woods, feel the
call stirring in their blood, and before
the snow flies they are back again, at
least those men who are really worth
while, and who have been imbued with
the purpose they have in their life out
here in the forests. Their calling is
Clogs and you can see that from morn
ing till night in the ''boss,'' who is one
in ten thousand ordinary men, and who
must be general to command his crew,
and see to it that each one-the swamp
ers, the choppers, the trimmers, the
teamsters, the landing men, and the
road monkeys-a all Go their part to fulfil
the purpose Of each day, bringing down
logs from the mountain-sides to the river
bank or the steam-mill. Their purpose
is accomplished with little Dragging, but
in spirit Of unity by many men working
togethef 1of sohlelhihg W H:1Ii WINE.
Inc poss' III MS own nue. los novelr
IN ms rough punk each hlghl goes owe
IN ms ml1la the WORK 'haC nlusI pe &C.
compllsneo tne next DAY ne pans lor
the placing OF MS FORCES 70 tne pest aa-
vantage TO prlng apouI me oeslreu re-
sults' anu tne next uay ne uoes IL, al1u no
commandef,m-cniel Oh any army couiu 40
more. uolo oralo anu ooay guaros anu
maps are unnecessary. ne Knows MS
men are wltn mn: IL .ney were liot
tney Woulu not pe thGre' ioI very long,
at any ra,e' II may De tnat tney nave
skinned the whoie niotnlanisloe' anu
now al Ihe very submit ,iieie are nan d
i ~ iogs 10 ce Drought oowh oyer
Thousand leel VI sheer pieciplSe; 90 me
poss mas cfute iiaul VI rough ogs' anu
tney are cropped 'oMh " ianullg gre.
pared peloW' or ne taxes Ihousaid ieet
OF snuo rope anu lne swa,,lpers .s eliinp up
1901 ny 1901 10 pla1e loaa' Tue who're
great IiVe OF slA-lon ioaus are Snupoeu
down till not log remains. Else it may
De Dfldge 10 De puilC !roth one noun
talnside TO an opposite flage. Inc BOSS
selects ms great iogs, oo ah9 ~ Ieet
long, ana nourS' not Gays, produce Jog
orldge that WI stano up unoer hundred
tons: Ian Murphy prloge at Johnson,
at Black mountain, IS only one OF dozens
that nave seen that would 90 credlt to
a graouate OF any schooi Oh engineering.
Again, ne may De using every force ne
can command, tne landings are plled
high, the logs don't come down last
enough, and winter IS speeding away and
the roads are SOFT: 50 ne SENDS IN call
to the company ONCE Tor men, and
night crew IS set to work All night
long under the stars, with jugs OF oil Tor
torches, suspended from the trees, the
men WORK with a Will, and on the hard
roads oil the night congested landings
are relieved:
The cook is another man who is never
feazed. He is quite as influential and
diplomatic person as the boss, and is
equal to any emergency. II the men
spit tobacco on the clean floor OF his
burns the SCUM. If thew are loo bolster
Gus at their meals, he orders absolute
silence for weeks and as always his
commend 10 ohayad II on ovtr3 c,au1 |
80. -. ~ w IL -;
guns ny d c@nlp la 'nei up 'ile mug
drops II LOT dlllher, py d lloefal use OF
salt ana not water he makes stew Tor