The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-29
Paul
Bunyan
The Real Paul
Fooliag Babe.
Camp Cobblers.
So Long, Old-Timer.

/ Az &<tHHs 0se-t tHs%fs
When the cry of Timber has
echoed for the last time In America;
when our national reeklcsSness has
stripped the last 20: when steam
logging has crowded into oblivion The
Whitewater river hogs Of yesterday
and the old timer mas drawn his
time and. with a meager road stake
b hts pocket. hit the trail for no
where. then. and not until then. viii
ehe name Of Paul Bunyan cease 10
- In the mouths Of men.
Paul viii reign In n Nalhalia OF his
ewn. a special sort Of heaven We
reckon. thickfy timbered with the
ghosts Of cork pine. Babe. the blue
on. win BE- there. and Big ole and
Hrimxtore Bin and Chris crosShaul
ana Sour Dough sam and Al Mafran
and his two brothers Joe. and host
q other he-men with hair on their
eh<~t~. Swede, Yankee. FINN and
Dane: HACK Irish and red Scot; Ca-
muck. Fr~nehie and hsslf-breed--ah In
pnnI's crew.
TEAVEyS AND SAWS
VIII HI THEIR HARPS
no hnsps In their hands. but ciank.
amr p<aveya and singing saws. no
no5den slippers on their feet. but
ocrked river boots. shce-p.cs. high
oxbn<rs and German socks
they win raise their voices IN
Ghnnta forgotten by this generation
+ Nu1Annty Boys In Pine" This Fore
IN. Young Monroe and the an
G1ont dltties OF the irssh. the swedc
81 The pca-soup hahitant
Every morning will be Sunday
uornIng and every day VIII 10 pay
Evurv ian, turnout eternity, theyn
N y ~ - tpss tnn<n inA
- Exeoy spring they'll ccrne roaring
1ppru with the drive into town
WITHOUT policemen or prohibition
fsnuf Bunyan win be boss. boys.
- sveryore viii get a square deal
ana the hest grub: no one win ever
nrow old and stiff and cranky In
nat wonderland where the Big
onion flows
The star has tapped . rich rninc OF
1nrs IL bringing Paurs deeds TO light
Qhe lefters are piled high on the
nnuysn EDITORS desk and there Is
noehirkw 10 do bs1s 20 quit cold and
turn thc material over TO the pro
lrmnru n the U. SO this Is our Last
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10 nAD WE CAN'T
Uwe<T All. THE LETTERS
RS 4 n1sarns that everybody can't
I've hin my. Among the many are
nnnsc1nIfv interesting contributions
(rum efarKed OveraIls. Montana KID
No. Mahaffey. johnson. Poorman.
f4ckreil. Babe. J. l.. H.. Pete Goso-
ncre. n. G. g.. o. U. Fish. sauaw-
Mich Post. BelIyrobbef. Spencer.
3 II d.. Coleman. Gin hickey. q.
y III. Onion River AL Huffman.
Hnrk. pembsrton. r.. 4. NJ. Maiioy.
F1nru. 4. ]. o., r. q. W.. A. A. H..
rx1uh,e. II. w. H.. Laramie. ErsEg.
90 dox<ns Of others whose contribu-
eions arr unsigned
Anyway. they have an helped 70
u4ve Paul the place he deserves. 49,
Americas one and only legendary
hero.
Tho only clue 20 the origin and
xrnl identity Of Paul Bunyan Is sup
o,Ied by Max Smith. editor Of the
Aloha Bulletin.
aIf has been my rare good for
eun~.~ he writes. ito know per
ennaliv a man who knew the orig.
mai paul Bunyan. who was an nc.
f,tai personage. tho not man OF
e. stature or exploits that haye
since grown up around his name.
NEAL PAUL BuNgAN
a LITTLE CAMP COOK
s.-rhe real Paul Bunyan was
Wrench. Canadian camp cook. small
- stature and exceedingly lodua-
e1ou1. and was much given TO talk
ing Of 4 large camp he had worked
Il in northern Michigan. oft.
repeated illusions TO this camp led
Ms hearers 10 exaggerations AMI
tnventions OF their own which were
.scribed 10 Paul Bunyan. From
= thsx small beginning, the fund Of
enocdofe grew Of It's own weight
untll. al the present time. all Of
Kfh<m put together would fiji "a large
Jxo4ume. Many OF them. really
clever have never enjoyed more
than restricted circulation since no
nctable effort has hitherto been
made to collect them. The writer
recalls half dozen. off hand. that
enjoyed no more than transitory
I. local fame.
.sxfy infornant's acquaintance
wjth the original Paul Bunyan oc-
rurred in the sos. and we're he
living would furnish his affidavit
to the correctness OF the inforna-
ton herewith offered"
gHARPESED THEIR AXES
on ROLLING STONES
Editor The Star. ] was personally