The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-01-05

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.
The rest of the week Orde was alb
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 its
winch. which would operate 1t. When
shut it would close the main channel
and shunt into the booms the logs float
ing in the river. There. penned ut 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
to his private booms at his mill below.
Orde spent the day before the jam
appeared in constructing what he call
ed 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
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here by the swing. Heinzman antici-
pates. 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
run across them he will be able to
pick them up one at time. for hell
only get them occasionally. If keep
them until everything else is sorted
only HeinZman's logs will remain and
as 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
cent See?"
Yes, see." said Newmark.
WELL" said Orde, with q laugh.
"here is where fool him. I'm going
to rush the drive into the booms all at
once, but Pm going to sort out Heinz
mans logs at these openings near the
entrance and turn them into the main
channel"
What good will that doY' asked
Newmark skeptically. "He gets them
sorted just the same. doesn't hep"
"The currents fairly strong" Orde
pointed out. land 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
raft and tow them back. and If he
doesn't stop EN- this side the lake he
may as we'll kiss them all goodby."
The boomerang worked like charm.
Orde. in personal charge. watched that
through the different openings in his
boomerang the N" logs were shunt-
ed 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-
element. 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. lust
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 hold the whole outfit"
He laughed aloud and drove fran
tically back to the booms.
"He's shut down his MILL" shouted
Orde. "and he's got all that gang of
highbankers out and every old rum
blossom in Monrovia. and l bet II
you say logs to him he'd chase his
tai! in circles. I'm going to take Marsh
and the Sprite and go to town. Old
Heinzman." he added as an after
thought. lis stringing booms across the
Notwithstanding navigation"
Marsh" he called. ''got up steam?'
There appeared n short. square man
eyes blue as the sky.
Cup in two minutes" he answered
Harvey. fire her up"
: Captain Marsh guided his energetic
charge among the logs floating in the
t stream with the marvellous second in
! stinct of the expert tugboat man. Ord'
: noted with satisfaction that many O
r the logs had found Judgment anon:
: the reeds and in the bayous and inlets
f One at time. and painfully, thes,
t would have to be salvaged.
e Shortly Ordc. standing by the vince
u in the pilothouse, could see down tn
stretches of the river crowd Of mel
working. antlille.
n They've got EN- stopped" comment
I'd Orde. Look at that gang working
from boats!'
What do you want me to do?