The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-03-03
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BY STEWART
EDWARD WHITE
Copyright. 1908. by the Mcclure Com
4 pany Copyright. 1907. 1908. by
Stewart Edward White
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ed boomerang"
"Secret invention just yet" he ex-
plained to Newmark. I'm going to
hold up the drive in the main river
until we have things punched: then
! I'm going to throw big crew down
! 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 I turn
his logs loose into the river as fast as
| I run across them he will be able to
pick them up one at time. for he'll
only get them occasionally. II ! 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
| q cent. See?"
Eyes. see." said Newmark.
"Well." said Orde. with a laugh.
'here is where l fool him. I'm going
to rush the drive into the booms all at
once, but I'm 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
1.-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 well kiss them all goodby."
| The boomerang worked like charm.
Orde. in personal charge, watched that
through the different openings in his
boomerang the III" logs were shunt-
ed into the river. Shortly the channel
was full Of logs floating merrily away.
"I've 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 all
ready gone by.
IF you think you're busy now" said
Orde to himself. with a chuckIe. "just
| 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.
Hes shut down his MILL" shouted
Orde, land he's got all that gang of
highbankers out and every old rum
blossom in Monrovia. and l bet if
you say logs to him he'd chase his
tail in circles. Pm going to take Marsh
| and the Sprite and go to town. Old
Heinzman," he added as an after
thought. sis stringing booms across the
Notwithstanding navigation"
marsh" he called, "got up steam:''
There appeared short, square man,
eyes blue as the sky.
| Up III tWO lnlluteS. q lie dIiS " cTtt.
Harvey. fire her upr'
| Captain Marsh guided his energetic
charge among the logs floating in the
stream with the marvellous second in
stinct OF the expert tugboat man. Orde
noted with satisfaction that many Of
the logs had found Judgment among
the reeds and in the bayous and inlets
| One at time. and painfully. these
would have to be salvaged.
Shortly Orde. standing by the wheel
| in the pilothouse, could see down the
stretches of the river a crowd Of men
working, antlike
They've got EN- stopped" comment
ed Orde. look at that gang working
| from boatsr'
"What do you want me to do?'
| asked Captain Marsh
| This is navigable river, isn't it?''
replied Orde. Run through
! The tug headed straight for the
slender line Of booms stretching quite
across the river
Orde looked at his watch.
swell be late for the mail unless
we hurry" said he
| Marsh rang the engine room bell.
| The water churned white behind
"Vat you do? Stopr' cried Heinzman
from boat
you're obstructing navigation"
| yelled Orde. I've got to go to town
| 70 buy postage stamp"
The PROV of the tug, accurately
aimed by Marsh, hit square in the
| junction Of two Of the booms. There
ensued a moment of strain; then the
links snapped. and the Sprite plunged
! joyously through the opening. The
booms, swept aside by the current,
dioated to either shore. The river was
open. 4
| "Slow down, Marsh" said Orde.
'sLot;s see the show"
Up river all the small boats gathered
in a line, connected one to the other
by rope. The tug passed over TO
them the cable attached to the boom.
Evidently the combined efforts OF the
| rpwhoats were counted on to hold the