Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1916-05-26
MODERN|zED
LOGGING CAMP
HAS BATH, ELECTRIC LIGHTS,
AND LIBRARY TO INCREASE
EFFICIENCY
GET THE BEST TYPES OF MEN
Cleanliness and Attractiveness the
Strong Features Of this Model
Camp in Washington

Seattle, Wash.-"Clarence Hobnail
tender, emerged rosy from his morn
ing additions in the tiled bathroom
and made his toilet with usual care.
Over the selection of cravat that
would match the dull bronze of ht
artful silk hosiery he spent a full
quarter of an hour. Then, with final
polishing caress to his manicurec
nails he strobe smiling from the bunk.
house, eager to begin his DAYS work"
Sounds foolish doesn't it? II is, but
not so foolish as many an old time
logger would consider the things that
are going on the the Cherry Valley
logging camp.
Logging de- luxe is the program At
Cherry Valley, but what the old timer
might overlook in his scornful COM
ment upon model logging canp
would be the efficiency of the plan.
The Cherry Valley Logging Company
which operates near Everett, has re-
formed the old time camp until an
old timer would not recognize it, but
not solely for the spiritual uplift of
the logger; rather because this is good
business.
The time honored logging camp,
clubhouse and cookhouse was the
original bachelors hall 1t represent.
ed the worst man can do in the way
of housekeeping.
The big men who go into the woods
to get out the timber accepted that as
< matter of course. 1t never occurred
to them to consider whether a logging
camp could be improved upon. Log
ging camps had always been as they
were and always would be, in the esti'
nation of any who ever gave the mat
ter a thought. They were not intend
ed to be permanent homes, nor pal
aces of pleasure for pampered dar-
ling, who were too proud to battle In
the creek and eat off plank table OF
uncertain cleanliness.
A bunk in logging camp was, and
is, with few exceptions, plank box
of coffin size, floored with fir boughs
at some forgotten period. The food
served on the plank tables was, and
usually is, rich and above all plentiful
but that is all one could conscientious
)y say of it.
Wash day in the old time logging
camp comes on Sunday, and the time
honored method of laundering clothes
is to hang them on snag in the river
lot h< do
Then the Cherry Valley Logging
Company came into the field and
brought about an innovation. 1t built
a model logging camp.
Each man in this camp has a bed OF
his own, an iron bed, with springs
and a mattress. The clubhouse itself
| is a substantial, modern well ventilat-
ed, pleasant structure, with rooms for
recreation. 1t has laundry of its own
and rows of sanitary laundry tubs
where employees do their washing.
There are real bathrooms in this
clubhouse, and hot and cold running
water for bathing. There are reading
rooms, library, and there are electric
lights.
Similarly surprising things have
been happening to the cookhouse. 1t is
now a place where a dyspeptic would
care to dine Cleanliness and attract.
iveness are two of the strong features
| of the whole camp.
"The result of this innovation" said
| r. A. Mcdonald, manager of the con-
pany, who is a frequent Seattle vlsi-
tor, sis increased efficiency. We get
the best types of men and We keep
them interested in the job. That
means bigger cut. We weren't in.
dulging a within for visionary philan-
thropy when we upset the traditions
of logging camps. We were looking
for dollars and cents results, and we
got them"
But, shades of the great North
woods, what will the old time logger
say to IL?
AIc FARM lie TRAMpc' HEAVEN