The Elbert County tribune., 1914-03-20

10 iorIueu tndt makes the TRANSPORT
timber matter of comparatively minor consider
alton.
However many large logging crews are at work
In the pineries Telling timber which will later on
nnd Its way to the sorting skids, for winter
wholly without snow or freezing weather has no
place In the memory of the Oldest lumberman or
operator in the pine forests.
The days of the 'lumberjack' as the pictur-
esquey clad figure In brlantly-hued mackinaws
is familiary known. are practically numbered SO
far as oldtime numbering in the northern woodu Is
concerned. No longer will the hardy woodsman
return In the spring time from winters sojourn
I'm the fastness of the pine timber his pockets
lined with from 500 to $500 hard-earned money
and proceed to cut wide swath in the midst Of
the clusters of tail buildings which intercept his
progress southwark.
In few localities will the foremen of logging
crews assemble his men and teams and set out for
INDICATED camps in the pine woods Of the north
building wanegans and stables for the accommoda
tion OF and beast during the terms of wrest-
ing building material from the bosom of the virgin
forests in the midst of frigid winter season In
few localities will the woods resound with the
sharp "spat' of the axmans implement as 1t bites
into tree after tree from the rising to the setting
OF the sun. and in few camps will be heard the
familiar and always welcome call of the cook.
"Chucks ready.
Things have undergone change in the pi-
neres
In the old days the men were at the call of
the camp foreman long before the opening of the
logging season. and many remained in tentative
employer at least had the refusal OF position
the wear round Competition keen and spir-
tied for the acquisition of axmen who had at
tanned regulations for skill in their particular
line of work. while teamsters. canthook men,
brushimen and cooks were also sought according
TO their efficiency in their respective capacities
And wages pretty fair in those days. too.
Axmen received all the way from $6O to $fo a
month and board and not unduly anxious to
dspose of their services at those figures.
The ordinary Jacks" naid from $25 to $35
and $40 a month and board. while the cookie
was tho forerunner of the baseball holdout star
NJ the present day. A good man who had the
reputation OF being able to provide the most salts
fying lumber camp ration. at minimum OF ex-
nense to his employer able almost to name his
own hgures-$100 month, with one and some
times two assistants "slush cooks, being willingly
paid to many of these food jugglers in Minnesota.
Wisconsin and northern Michigan.
Today the scene is changed The AK is sup
planted by the saw. and by this mode OF pro
cedure the pine monarchs are felled In a fraction
Of the time required formerly. The huge trunks
are denuded of their branches, and the logs are
scaled and whisked to sorting skids where they
are loaded on freight trains and transported to the
mills in less time than was formerly necessary to
get them to the river where they we're formed into
braiis and made up into RATS to be transported In
tow OF a steamer to the saw mills.
The axman Is no longer lord OF the realm. He
is succeeded by brawny-armed wieders OF the
saw the work OF which. is far from requiring