The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-19

is formed that makes the transportation of the
timber matter of comparatively minor consider
alton
However many large logging at work
in the pineres telling timber which will later on
find its way to the sorting skids, for a winter
wholly without 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
esquely clad figure in brlantly-hued mackinaws
is familiary known, practically numbered, SO
far as old-time numbering in the northern woods is
concerned No longer will the hardy wcodsman
return in the spring time from winters so1ourn
in the fastness of the pine timber, his pockets
lined with from $100 to $500 hard-earned money,
and proceed to cut wide swath in the midst OF
the clusters of tall 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 nortn'
building wanegans and stables for the accommoda-
tion of man 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 WIN tne
sbarn "spat" of the axman's implement as 1t bites
into tree after tree, from the rising to the setg
NJ the sum and in few camps will be heard the
familiar and always welcome call OF the COOK
"Chucks ready" .
Tbinqs have undergone a change In the pl-
neries o,, -.
In the old days the men were at the call OF
the camp foreman long before the opening OF the
loppipg season. and many remained IN tentative
omnlov-or at least had the refusal or posltlon-
+ha vaar round Competition was keen ana splr-
itad FOR the ACQUISITION of axmen VINO hao et-
+oined reputations for skill IN their particular
I;re of work while teamsters. cantnooK men,
hrushmen and cooks we're also sougnti accofuAns
- their efficiency in their respective capacities.
And wages were pretty fair in those days TOO
Axmen received alr the way from sou 10 80
rorth and board and we're not unduly anxious 10
disnose of their services even at those nguIes.
The ordinary lacks" we're paid from $zo 70 300
ord $40 a month and board, While the cooA-ne
was the forerunner Of the baseball noloout sta'
~ the present day. good man VINO nao tue
rorutation of being able to provide the most satls
fvinp lumber camp ration, at minimum Oh OK
nense to his employer was able almost to name MS
nwn igures-$100 month, with one and some
tinnaa two assistants "slush cooks, being Willingly
Maid to many Of these food jugglers In Minnesota
WISCONSIN and northern Michigan.
TODAY the scene is changed. The az Is sup
r,an+ed nv the saw, and by this MODE OF pro
cadura the nine monarchs are felled In traction
of the time required formerly. The huge trunks
ora denuded of their branches, and the logs are
scaled and whisked to sorting skids where they
are loaded on freight trains and transported 10 tne
ro,IIs in less time than formerly necessary 70
GET them to the river where they were formed into
hrails and made up into RATS to be transporter IN
tow of a steamer to the saw mills.
The axman is no longer lord Of the realm he
ia succeeded by brawny-armed wielders OF the
saw. the work Of which Is far from recurring q