The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-07-05
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- smooth precision. their muscles
s,,x,nr as they rolled tho great CYL.
,.sss~ Of wood into place. steadied
.ss., then stood aside untii the
.--,asxes should ehunt them toward
-. sawyer and the tremendous. re-
s,.,,.nx wheel which was TO convert
,s.r into board feet" OF lumber.
s,,rrxinx ''off bearers" or siah.car.
49, white with sRwdust. scampercd
...x nom tho consuming saw. drag'
- the bark and siab-sides TO a
s.,si,.r blade, there 20 be converted
SO boiler fuel and 20 be fed 20 tho
~~sk,inx fire Of tho stationary en-.
ma FAR at tho end Of the mill.
s..sh<r belts whirred and slapped,
49,. was noise everywhere. except
s-rrn the iips Of mon. For they.
.ss.c men az the forest. were silent.
Almost taciturn.
"a Barry. II all seemed q smooth
-.rtinx. perfectly aligned thing; the
~ stxteen.foot logs went forward.
.srch. uncouth things. 20 he dragged
,rsc me consuming teeth OF the saw;
.s.c thru tho sheer force OF the
s,sds. pulled on uhtii brownies be-
r.ms Wilderness. the cylindrical shape
: ,,nxsded thing with one icng. gisr.
- white mark; 20 be shunted back
-rcn the automatic carriage. notch.
"A over for second incisson. and
-ssr,ea forward again. while the
s-.~,v sawn boards Travelled on 20
me trinmers and edgers. and thence
% the drying racks.
Log after log skidded upon the car
v>rs and was brought forward. whiic
uc.sscr. fascinated. watched tho
~ mark Of the blade as u tore
svnv q slab. side. Then touch on
=. arm and he followed Ba'tistc
~,thout. The Canadian wandered
,ncu~htfuiiy about a moment. ~ last
!, srrrosrh . newly stacked pilc OF
hrber and lean against H. A sec
~ more and he drew something 10
NJ aide and stared a. r.
~oh. hor* came AZ last -Msicu
psu<san. he win. whas-you-say. fix
a. can on the sawyer"
~whyr-'
~rsrst.- said Ba'tisss quietly. he
wsrs~ a six-inch board on each slab
Wan he take off. un'standf The
49, eut--wh~n the bark. eet 10
.rc,d OF. He take too much. Eet
& 40 easy. And thcn--iook-- He
sr~w hts hand from It's place Of
~,,c>niment. displaying . big
numb measuring upon . ANAL
ru.>r. seer Eet In an ineh and .
susrs~r. Too thick
4 know that much At least Lum'
~ should be cut az the mill an
men and an eighth thick 70 allow
AZ shrtnkass to an inch-out not
an inch and q quarter
-Bcur. Ravists grtnned- -Ecs
naks 4 difference on . big log.
r,xht cuts Of the saw and . good
hard sst b gone--
-No wonder I dou't make money
-rh9s = much mora The trim
M "a The sdger. thsy lake on
too mucA xhsy make stghtinch
boards where thsss should b ton.
~ TN where there shoui6 b.
twsavN rou shah have . nsv
uW.s
ard . new manAgor.- Houston
~ II quietly. The necessity for
~ masqueracins vas fading swiftly
M.
and new man on the hiins
sss~
Yar 70 one hide . great mass Of
lumber reared itself against the sky.
twisted and warped. the offai Of the
trying kilns. Ba'tists shrugged his
fseulfers-
~so' When the heat. Get II made
10 quick. the lumber twist Eet
b 20 easy--when one wants some
enc 70 BE- tired ana quitr'
To quit II was all plain 70
Barry Houston now. Thayer had
tired 10 buy tho min when the
sder Houston was alive. He Ind
Aii<d Now. he was striving for
somsth,ng eise 20 make Houston
he newcomer. Houston. who was
striving to succeed without tho
fundamentals Of actual logging er.
p<rssnce. Disguised with the bust.
ness and his contract with the dead.
The first year and q. half OF the
nsht had passed--a losing propo-
s'tion: Barry could see why now.
n warped lumber and thfck-cut