The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-02-11
Hardly had Orde the opportunity to


waving a frantic dish towel at him.
Nothing could induce the cook to at
tempt the logs.
What is it, Charlie?" asked Orde,
leaping ashore and stamping the loose
water from his boots.
cts all off," confided the cook pes
simistically. "It's no good. He's stop
ped us now"
What's off? Who's stopped what?'
Reed. He's druv the men from the
dam with a shotgun. We might as
well quit
Shotgun, hey" exclaimed Orde.
| WELL the old son of gun" He
thought a moment. his lips puckered
as though to whistle; then, as usual,
he laughed amusedly. Lets go take
look at the army" said he.
lie swung away at round pace,
followed rather breathlessly by the
cook
Orde found the center of the dam
was occupied by Reed, his plug hat
fuZzier than ever, his coattails and
loose trousers tapping at his every
movement. Over his shoulder he car
ried a long percussion lock shotgun.
Perched along the bank sat the river
men, watching him in silence.
whats the matter?" inquired Orde,
approaching.
IF the law don't protect me I'll pro-
tect myself" Reed proclaimed. 81
give We fair warning"
But surely" said Orde, 1--WE have a
right to run our logs through. It's an
open river"
"And hev We been runnin' your logs
through" cried the old man excitedly
"Hev We? First off We begin to tear
down my dam, and then when the
river begins a-rOarin' and a-ragin'
through then you tamper with my i'm
prOvements furthermore, a-lowerin' the
gate and otherwise a-modifyin' my
structure"
Orde stepped forward. Immediately
Reed wheeled, his thumb on the ham,
mer.
"All right. old spirit Of TO-" replied
Orde. Don't shoot; III come down."
He walked back to the waiting row,
surely" spoke up Newmark, what
ever the status Of the damage suits,
you have the legal right to run your
logs"
Orde rolled quizzical eye in his d.
rection.
Perfectly correct, son." he drawl,
ed, "but we're engaged in the happy
occupation of getting out logs. BY the
l., oil "A nd ,
head of steam up the water d be down
In this game you get out logs first an(
think about law afterward."
How about legal damages?" insist
ed Newmark.
Legal damages!" scoffed Orde. "Le
gal damages! Why, we count lega
damages as part of our regular ex
penses, like potatoes
Orde walked to the edge Of the dan
and stood looking down current. The
he turned to the grimly silent river
, men.
Q Boys" he commanded briefly, "ge
:, your peavies and come along"
>. He led the way past the mill to tn
h shadows below.
:. Bring down two logs fairly big an
e hold them by that old snag," he order
ed. Hold them end on-no, pointin
q upstream. Fix 'em about ten foe
a apart. That's it. George, drive co,
pie of stakes each side of them to hol
q 'em. Correct Now. run down a col
a pie dozen more and pile them acros
those two, side on to the stream, G
course. Roll 'em up. That's the ticl
ETY.
Orde next braced more logs agains
a convenient bowlder, and an old stu
near shore became the third pier in
line below the mill.
"Now, boys" commanded Ord
"shove off some shore logs and le
them come down."
The stray logs floating down wit
the current the rivermen caught an
jammed about the improvised piers.
So in ten seconds after the shoI
logs began drifting the jam formed
low and broad. The weight Of til
topmost logs sunk those beneath
the bed of the stream. This to a ce
tain extent damned back the waite
Below the improvised dam the waite
fell almost to nothing, and above /
swirling in eddies, grumbling fiercel.
bubbling gurgling. searching busil
for an opening, the river turned bac
, on itself.
\ /"Nothing can stand that pressure
breathed Newmark, fascinated.
1.-THE bigger the pressure the tightt
r. she locks" replied Orde, lighting h
49, pipe.
~ In order to take full advantage
- the water power developed by his da
), old man Reed had built his mill near
4 at level with the stream. Now IL
~ river, backing up, rapidly overfowe
IA this fat AS the jam frightened by i
~ own weight the water fairly jumpe
"a from the lowest floor of the mill
N the one above.
a. In less than five minutes the o
Iy man descended on the group.
ID whats the matter here?" he d