, 1923-01-03

and works under infinitely better con
ditions than the old-tiMers. Thirty
years ago the logging camps were built
OF logs; the buildings were not much
better than barns. Today there are
some log camps built, but most of
them are frame buildings sealed with
tar paper. They are comfortable in
summer and winter.
In the model camps of Michigan, for
Instance. the buildings are lighted with
electric ligLs, there are bath rooms.
and every man has a comfortable bed
instead Of hunks filed with pine
boughs or hay. Years ago the lumber
men applied efficiency methods 10 the
science of numbering. and they saw
their best men would not slow up II
they got the heS possible rest at night.
The men are also furnished with
books and current magazines; their
meals are prepared by cooks who know
their business. of "a sufficient variety
TO tempt eve the discriminating Ape
tlte Of the city dweller.
The jacks OF Michigan are picked
men. They form a most efficient body
OF workers, for no man gets a chance
unless he has proven In the hardest
possible school his ability to get GO
minutes OF unremlttlng toll into an
hour, TO stand great extremes OF tenn
perature. and to muster the SCIENCE of
failing" trees SC they will not tdain-
age other trees, block roads. crush
bark, or shoot down mountain sides.
He must have good health. be able to
I'VE ut peace with forty or more other
huskies. and be able and willing to
NM his place In the woods on dark
winter mornings when the thermome-
ter Is down to 30 degrees below zero.
The man who bears the proud name
Of "hick' looks with scorn upon the
clumsy foreign laborers who follow
nm In the woods and cut out the small
paper wood left utter he has dis
posed OF the heinlock. birch, maple,
peech M poplar trees. The woods
.hunky' has been Surveyed" The
NICK Toes no need a survey, because
he gets the pay he demands. does the
work expected Of him. gets the best of
FOOD. wears high-priced woolens the
year round. wears shoes which never
cost less than SO a pair, and Fan get n
jon IN any lumber camp In the United
suites for the asking.
II lumber camp Is a busy and in
'eresting place three times n day. Sum-
mer md winter the men are called M
hNe In the morning, At $3.50 they
nave breakfast, a dumping meal, pre-
pared by chief cook and assistants.
az siN the men start for their places
N the woods, working like mad until
ue u'hner gong sounds at IL 80. For
.p"ner u get nm elaborate meal. the
uihper-Jacks then eating great ouan-
lilies OF meat. They are Mt work arnin
VI i2;3o. quitting at $3.50.
AT dinner time. In heavy calked
ooots. tnttered sIacks, mackinnws or
sweaters OF Slwnsh, the loggers nile
!" IRON the woods, red-faced. eaeer.
nungry us wolves from their work
~ the crisp mountain air. They sling
'neir legs under the tables.
now. watch 'em GOMEZ F1upkies
vnnu "pnnkies" they call 'cm.)
~rlunKies' white-suited. swift-footed.
liver NJ resti Flunkies, rustlIng food
lor the gods. Grent bowls OF fragrant
"'lse-coiored soup. made from the
"N"noR"n tomnto. salmon, fresh from
ue sea l-"hefty" big roasts OF beef
UNI pork. s~ucculent and shining with
n"esiihg potntoes, fresh beams, corr
WI we cob, carrots In butteri
1n.a'S crisp. cold and green, steamIng
"s'.'s or coffee and ten. buildings
VI every description. pies, doughnuts,