New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-11-02

goes good to grub me, but he never
shows for forty-eight hours-or years.
| forget which. Anyhow, stand it as
long as can, then dig my way up
to a hatch and new like a house cat
1t seems they were hep from the start,
and battened me down OF purpose,
then made book on how long I'd stay
hid Oh. it's funny joke, and they
all get stomach laugh when show.
When offer to pay my way they're
insulted. Nix! that amt their graft.
They wouldn't take money from a
stranger. Oh. no! They permit me to
work my way. The scullion has quit,
see? So they promote me to his job"
"You deserted this morning, eh?''
81 did, want bath and some
clean clothes and whole lot of Sleep"
He was granted his desires.
The Bedford Castle having discharg-
ed her cargo steamed away to return
in August.
The middle Of June brought the first
king salmon. scouts sent on ahead of
the "sockeyes;" but Boyd made no eff
fort to take advantage of this run. la
boring manfully to prepare for the adj
vance of the main army, that terrific
horde that was soon to come from the
mysterious depths either to make or
ruin him. Once the run proper started
there would be no more opportunity
for building or for setting up machin-
cry. He must be ready and waiting
by the first Of July.
For some time his tin machines had
been busy night and day turning out
great heaps of cleaning cans. While
| ne carpenters and machinists com
| tieted their tasks. The gill netters
| vere~cverhauling their gear, the beach
| was lined with fishing boats. On
their deck great piles of seines and
| lr'ft nets were being Inspected Three
crew and a piledriver was building the
| iishtrap 1t consisted Of half mile
'leHdS,' or rows of piling. capped with
! 'trinSers upon which netting was hung
| and terminated in hearts, "corrals'
| and "spillers.' the Intricate arrange
which the fish were to be taken.
] AS for Boyd the fever in bis veins
| mounted daily as he saw his dream
| assuming concrete form. Always be
] found Cherry at his shoulder, unob
/ trusive and silent for the most part
! yet intensely observant and keenly
alive to every action. She seemed tc
have the faculty of divination, know
| ing when to be silent and when to joir
her mood with his, and she gave hin
valuable help, for she possessed g
practical mind One day when thei1
| foreman came to Boyd and said ex
citedly:
/ Boss, I'd like you to look at the
iron Chinks right away"
! Whats up?"
! Il don't know, but something is
ed the machines to be cunningly Grip
pied; certain parts were entirely miss.
| ing while others were broken.
The iron Chink, or mechanical
cleaner, is perhaps the most ingenious
of the many labor saving devices used
| in the salmon fisheries. 1t is an aWk-
! ward looking, yet very effective con
| trivance of revolving knives and con-
yeyors which seizes the fish whole and
delivers it cleaned, clipped, cut and
ready to be washed. With superhu-
man dexterity it does the work OF
twenty lightning like butchers With
out the aid of these iron Chinks Boyd
knew that his fish would spoil before
] they could be handled. He fastened
straightway to George Bait. A half
hours run down the bay and he clam
bered from his launch to the pile
driver, where, amid the confusion and
noise, he made known his tidingss The
| big fellows calmness amazed him.
what are you going to do noW?''
Butcher by hand" said the fisher
man.
'But how? That takes skilled labor
~lots Of It."
George grinned I'm too old q bird