The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-12-25

CopJHsht 1911 by the Now rcsccI1
ffH were getting ready for my work again."
% said the Rev. Francis f. Higgins II would take
lessons in boxing" He smiled good humored
q smile from a pair of Irishblue eyes .Srhe
man that goes into the woods to preach 10 men
mas 10 be man first and preacher arterward"
He is Higgins, just pnIn Higgins TO the saloon
keepers nc has put out or business the councils he
has awakened 10 their duty In the numbering
towns of the Great Lakes. But to his parIshoners
the men who cut the timber he is "the Pilot" He
mas no church His sermons are preached In the low
dmly lighted bunk house of the camp, with its double
der of straw filled hunks and its red hot stove around
which hang the half dry 'macknaws" and mttens of
the men. And with blanket covered bnrrel for his
pulpit the Pilot breaches In the lingo of his hearers
Perhaps 1t Is the story OF the Prodign Son
"He got tired of living at home with the old man
boys, so he packed bis turkey out to blow his
stake. Where did be land? You know He ended in
the snake room. And there the old found him.
and took him home and sobered bin up"
Committees, officials and public sentiment are con
serving the forests. Higgins, single banded s con.
serving the lumbcrjacks He has no church. but he
has congregation OF 10000 Irish Scotch French
Canadian, American-they walt for him
The missionary travels all over the timber region
of Minnesota with his team of dogs. Although nig-
gins is who weighs more than two hundred
pounds his beautiful OF dogs carried him forty
miles, TO Little Fork, In six nnd one-haf hours When
there Is crust on the snow he travel anywhere
In the open timber. regardless Of ronds He says his
team is worth $500 TO him
sometimes nc Is caught out at night and is obliged
10 camp In the woods lie has small tent and builds
fire In IT, cuts boughs and Hxes bed on the snow
and With a dog on eoch side Of him hc sleeps COM
fortabIy and with conscious security He feeds the
He auy
rabbit or two during the day. Sometimes he cooks n
part of one for himself and gives the dogs all they
eat OF the raw meat
Higgins is the first preacher that has found his
way TO this forest where there ls no person excent
Ing the sturdy pioneer that blazing the way for civ
iSation and progress. and the first meeting was held
In the cabin of the oldest pioneer man who has not
lad sight OF civilization for more than ten ycors
There were twcnty homesteaders present at tho meet
Ing and to their credit be It said that rcyerentv tbo
sat and quietly they listened 10 the first spiritua
sage.
Ills territory extends from Duluth 200 miles west
south to Brainerd and north to the Rainy RN-er
There are $50 camps In this region
a iuuDer camp has much the same appearance as a
very small and rough looking village The foreman 20
tue aroter OF almost life and death and bcvond hs
say 30 there is no court of appeal Tho activities
OF the camp begin with frst strcak OF dawn hon
Tue cook begins to prepare the morning meal which
consists chiefly OF beans. porrldge and hot tea sweet
ened with moasses After breakfast the men arc
assigned TO their days work. the hewers often ponD
ehrce OF tour miles from the camp The teamsers got
u' ~ uaui inc hrst logs TO the railroad or the
river The teams are often composed of four to eIV
norses to drag the monster logs dashed torctbcr ,h
neavy Chains. over the rough places and nm tho
grades, "P '"e
Inc men work until sundowu Then they bastan
'uek TO camp to prepare supper the prInc,noI mol
'"e gay Ii usually consists of potatoes cream Of