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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH i Pail Bunyan, js Super-Lumberjac- k By ELMO SCOTT WATSON T WONT be long now until the crews of lumberjacks will be going into the woods "for their winter work for, despite all the substitutes that modern science has designed to take the place of wood, the world must still have Its millions of feet of lumber every year and Its the lumberjacks Job to harvest that annual crop. The lumberjack of today Is a very different person from the lumberjack of yore who takes his place with the cowboy and the prospector as pioneer types whose like probably will never be 'seen again. For, say those connected with the lumber Industry of today, the picturesque, e fighting shanty-man- , immortalized by such writers as Stewart Edward White and Holman F. Day, Is rapidly passing away and soon there will be no more Df him. The lumberjack ns a type originated In the East and made history In Maine and New York before the rapid advance of our civilization crowded him west with the retreating fringe of the native forests, lie flourished In the lake states during the white pine days of the seventies and eighties and reuched the height of his career In the lumber camps of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota In that era. When the white pine of these states began to disappear, some of the old lumberjacks drifted to the southern pineries, hut the climate and environment were not to their liking. Then the opening of the greut forests of the Pacific Northwest lured hlin and there, but under changed conditions, he made bis last stand. e The lumberjack wus French-CnnadiaScotch, Irish or uny of the oilier racial strulns which we commonly think of as making up the native stock of Americans. Today he Is, fti the words of one authority, "a conglomerate, more or less alien, mass from the cities and the farms, from factories and villages, from the plains and the West Indies. Physically he Is hard-drinkin- hard-workin- rough-and-tumbl- fore-and-a- there organized." Tlien, too, another type of the lumberjack, new style. From the lumber camps of Canada comes the word that the swashbuckler of the past has been succeeded by a race of collegiate lumberjacks, earnest and ambitious youths who are hewing trees to gain funds for a college education. lie Is no longer a Is fighting type. From a visitor to some of the Maine lumber camps comes this word : Shades of the old days! He has springs on his bed and music Is served to. him. Hes so pampered he hardly fights any more, but listens to sermons, lie finds literature, motion pictures and all comforts awaiting him In (he woods, the food served him Is excellent, he washes thr.ee times a day, fukes a dlurnnl shave and bathes at least every Saturday night." Ilut for all these changes, brought about by Industrial conditions which have revolutionized the lumber industry, It's a safe bet that this winter, when the days work Is over and the lumberjack, modern though he Is In every respect, retires to his dean bunk house with Its Individual beds, he will still swup yarns with his fellow workers, and some of these yarns will tell of the mighty deeds of Paul Bunyan. Ever hear of Paul? If you havent, youve missed a real treat For If the lumberjack had contributed nothing else to history before he passed on Into oblivion, his contribution of Paul liunyan should be enough to give hint Immortal fame. Paul Bunyun Is the only native American myth hero, the lie originated In the Imagination of the lumberjack and the used to tell their "whoppers" about him to overawe the greenhorns In cainp, just as the cowboys loved to stuff the tenderfoot with all sorts of Impossible Information. Paul's exploits were never re-- ; counted In narrative form. The made their statements more impressive for the greenhorn by dropping tlielr remarks about Paul In an casual manner as though referring to matters of common knowledge; and when two of them remembered meeting each other In one of Paul Bunyans camps they usually established the exact time and place, such as "on the Itlg Onion the winter of the blue snow" or at Shot Gundersons camp on the Tadpole the year of the sourdough drive." The stories about Paul Bunyan Increased as ihe years went on until the tales of his exploits are Innumerable. Students of mythology saw In these yarns epic material, or ns some one has expressed It, the professors got interested In Paul," and scientific studies have been made of him. In fact so great has become the Interest In this superlumberjack that within the last yeiy or two two books have been written about him, one by Mrs. Esther Shepherd of Heed college, Oregon, and the other by James Stevens, whose .two-fiste- d Paul Bunyan ae Pictured by Allen Lewis in James Stevens' Paul Bunyan." , on the Bed fame. The Itlver Lumbej literary company also has published for the amusement of our friends a little booklet called Paul Uunyon and His Ilig Blue Ox," und to this the writer of this article Is Indebted for some of the Illustrations and many facts. Just where Paul Bunyan originated Is not known. As to where he has been und worked everywhere! You cun hear a Paul Bunyan yarn In Maine and the same one with slight variations In Michigan, North Dakota, Oregon or California. As long ns lie stayed around the camps his previous history was treated with the customary consideration and he was asked no questions, but when he broke Into college and the professors got after him, it was all off. Then he had to have ancestors, a birthday and all sorts of vital statistics. According to Mrs. Shepherd, he vn born In Maine. When three weeks old he rolled around so much In his sleep that he destroyed four square miles of standing timber. Then they built a floating cradle for him and anchored It. off Eastport. When Paul rocked In his cradle tide In the Bay of Fundy It. caused a and several villages were washed away. He couldn't he wakened, however, until the British navy was called out and fired broadsides for seven hours. When Paul stepped out of his cradle lie sank seven warships, and the British government seized his cradle and used the timber version road ' of Pauls exploits started him to -- 75-fo- super-lumberjac- k. An Incident in the Life of Lucy as Pictured W. old-timer- s off-han- B. by Laughead. to build Reven more. That saved Nova Scotia from becoming an Island, but the Jides In the Bay of Fundy havent subsided yet. Nothing quire U heard about Puuls early hisn tory until he appeared in the Maine woods, and ready to work. By this time he had acquired his most valuable ally. Babe, the Big Blue Ox, who, according to one authority, was seven axhandles wide between the eyes (others axhandles and one plug of tobacco) say forty-twand who could pul! anything that had two ends to It. Paul used Babe to pull the kinks out of erooked logging roads and once Babe pulled a chain of three links out Into a straight bar. But Babes most valuable feat was this: Paul hitched lil in t s whole section (040 acres) of forest and he hauled It to the binding where Puul sheared off the trees at his leisure und dropped them into the river. Of course Babe had n tremendous appetite ' nnd In one day lie could eat all the feed a crew could tote to the camp In a year. Between meals he was accustomed to eat a snack of 50 bales of hay and It took a crew, of. six men with. pick-axe- s to pick the wire out of his teeth. Babes tracks were so deep that once a- sett ter,' his wife and baby fell Into one of them and the son finally got out when he was years old and reported the accident. All of the thousands of Inkes In Minnesota today are nothing more than Babes tracks that filled up with water. No less interesting an animal than Bnbe was Benny, the calf, who was very much undernourished when Paul got him from a farmer In Bangor, Maine, ami weighed only two tons. Paul drove from Bangor to his headquarters at Devil's I.ake. N. D., und led Benny behind the sleigh. In the stimulating western air Bonny began to grow., and every time Paul looked back the calf was two feet tidier. That night Benny was put in the barn and the next morning the barn was gone. Later It was discovered on the calf's back as he scampered about the camp. Benny finally died of Indigestion. He was very fond of pancakes and once made the fatal mistake of swallowing a red hot stove ns he ate the pancakes from Its top. He lies burled In South Dakota the Black Illlls form the mound. full-grow- o . fifty-seve- Paul Dunyan as Pictured by Eugene Shepard. ft l's old-tim- smaller, swarthier, weaker; temperamentally, he lucks the fearlessness and dogged determination of his henrty forerunners; mentally, he Is less alert, and Industrially more conscious and better One othy animal wns Included In Pauls barnyard galaxy, Lucy, the cow, who Paul declared was part Jersey and purt wolf. She, too, had a tremendous appetite and Paul had to turn her out and let her shift for herself. The Winter of the Deep Snow, when even the tallest pines were burled under the snowdrifts, Paul outfitted her with two pairs of snowshoes, a pulr of green goggles and turned her out to graze on the snowdrifts. At first she had some trouble with the Rnowshoes. but as soon as she learned to shift gears without wrecking .herself she began to run all over North America.. Finally Paul had to hang a church bell on tier neck so that lie would know where she was. When the Deep snow melted Lucy began to feed on the evergreen trees and her milk got so strong of white pine and balsam that Pauls lumberjacks began using It for cought medicine nnd I liniment-- . Pauls chief helpers in Ills lumbering operations were the Seven Axtnen. They sharpened tlielr axes by rolling stones downhill, running alongside of them and holding their axes on the revolving stones. They hung tlielr axes on long ropes and as each of the axmon marched through the forest he whirled his ax around him until the hum sounded like one of Paul's mosquitoes (he had produced them by crossing them with bumblebees), and at every step a quarter section of limber was cut. Finally the Seven Axmen-left-Pauemploy so he had Big Ole (the blacksmith, whose principal Job wus to punch holes In ' doughnuts) make him a Down Cutter. This was like a mowing machine and with It Puul could drive around eight townships and cut a swatlt 500 feet wide. At different times Paul had different numbers of mVn In his employ nnd feeding them was a big problem. The winter he logged off North Dakota lie had 300 cioks, making pancakes for On the Seven Axmen and the Little Chore-Boy- . the Big Onion he had a crew so big that he never knew within several hundred either way Just how many he It was a big hnd.. hauling the job prune pits and coffee grounds from ramp, so finally Paul decided that It would he cheaper to move his camp away from them than to move them away from the camp. Lucky they did, too ! The chipmunks that ate the prune pits got so big that they killed all the wolves and might have attacked the lumberjacks next. . At one of his camps Paul had ' griddle for ven Axmen making the cakes, of which the were so fond, that was so large that you couldn't see across it when the steam was thick. The griddle was greased ly colored Imys wlm skated around on it with hams tied to their feet. They had to have colored hoys to stand the heat. The hatter was stirred in ig drums like concrete mixers and was poured on with a crane und spout. When soup was served thp cook put a stern-whestPar.net,. which Paul had shipped up the Bed IHver for that purpose, in the kettle to stir it, Paul had some trouble keeping a rook. One rook got hvst between the flour bin., and root cellar and starved to death. Another one used so much grease that he had to wear calked shoes to keep from sliding out of the cook shanty, and rub sttnd on his hands when he picked up anything. One cook. Sourdough Sain, made everything except coffee out of sourdough. He had enly one leg and olte' arm. The others had been blown off when his sourdough barrel blew up at the Tudpole Itlver camp the year Shot Gunderson took charge for Paul. Finally Paul' sent for his cousin. Big Joe, who mine from three weeks below Quebec. Big Joe had IHg ole" titake him a dinner horn with which to call the crews to theit meals. This horn was so big that the first time Joe used It he blew down ten acres of pine. The next tine he blew straight tip in the air. hut this caused such storms at sea. So Paul had. to junk the dinner horn and ship It east where It was made into a tin roof for a big Union Depot. Taul was a great Inventor. He invented the round turn on logging roads and the grind-donto save the Seven Axmen from running down hill. This grindstone was so big that, working at full speed, every time It turned around once It was payday. All of his inventions were successful exr cept when he decided to run three shifts a day and installed the Aurora Borealis. After a number of trials lie had to abandon the plan because Hie lights were not dependable. At riding logs In the drive Paul was a master. He could spin a log so fast that the hark oanie off nnd then lie would run ashore on the hubbies. He once threw a pcavy into the river at St. Louis and, standing on It, poled til' the way up to Brainerd, Minn. No matter hov rough the water was, Paul could ride a log t. rough it. He could ride in water so rough that It would tear In two just to drink out of the an ordinary--titariver, lie was a mighty hunter and fisherman. In the morning he would row out into the Atlantic In his boat nnd return In the evening, wading ashore wffiriiTs ship, filled with fish, on his shoulder. He invented a gun that was so big that It took four dishpnns fun of powder and a keg of spikes to load each lufrrel. with this lie could shoot wild geese so high in the air that they spoiled before they reached the ground.- n ten-hou- Wins Against ONE DEAD IN TEXAS; THOUSANDS HOMELESS IN ILLINOIS; RAINS CONTINUE Only One Dozen Homes Above Water In Beardstown; Cold Adds To Misery; Many Perish Chicago Flood waters of the Illinois and other rivers in the state had spread over nearly 200,000 Bquare acres, according to reports received here. The Illoinis river was still rising at Its confluence with the Mississippi. The water was falling slowly In the upper reaches. At Beardstown, where the flood has Inundated the city for two weeks, only a dozen homes stood above the water line. Nearly 4000 people are homeless in Beardstown and the 'immediate vicinity. Cold weather has caused much suffering. Scores of families are living in army tents which have been pitched on a piece of land that is still above water. The stage of water waswithin a fraction of twenty-si- x feet Sunday, the highest ever recorded. Mississippi Is rising slowly, many acres of bottom lands and islands being flooded. Dallas, Texas One death, scores made homeless, heavy damages as yet unestimated and many narrow es- capes was the toll exacted by heavy rains, which, in at least two cities, was the heaviest in more than forty years history of the local weather bu- reaus. The fatality occurred near Sherman, where E. W. Haynie, Jr., 16, was swept to his death when he and Ray Bible, 20, attempted to ford a swollen stream in an automobile. Wible swam to safety. $50,000 Mystery Blaze in Pocatello j 111 Health At times I was hardly able to do tot housework, writes Mrs. Margaret Wallace of 1547 Safforl Are., Columbus, Ohio. How many women have found themselves In this same condition! How many women have fought bravely on day after day, cooking, washing. Ironing, doing tbe dishes, and keeping the house clean, when they were In a weakened condition and had not sufficient strength to perform these duties easily and properly! When Mrs. Wallace was experiencing great difficulty In carrying on the daily tasks, a friend advised her to take Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable ComI pound and she gave It a fair trial. just cant give enough thanks to it," she writes. Now I can eat anything at all and I am feeling better than I have for years. I shall never be without your medicine again. A woman who la fighting for her health and her familys happiness is a valiant soldier. She wages her battls In her own kitchen. She has no thrilling bugles to cheer her on, no waving banners. Many other women tell us, as Mrs. Wallace did, that Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound was their faithful ally In the struggle for better health. We forgive ourselves our sins, but never our bad breaks. SPEAKS TO MOTHERS! Eugene, Oregon. "During my first expectancy I suffered from morning sickness and my back hurt me ail the time. I got so weak and miserable that I was not able to do much, of anything. Finally I be--g a n taking Dr. Pierces F a vorite Prescription and it strengthened m e, relieved me of the backache and made me feel much better. I had practically no suffering, did not lose my strength, and my baby was very strong and healthy. Favorite Prescription is a reliable medicine for women and especially helpful to the Pocatello Pocatello suffered its worst fire in many years early Sunday afternoon when a blaze starting from an unknown cause damaged the north building on South Arthiy to the approximate extent of $50,000. Smoke made it difficult for firemen to locate Mrs. C. L. Wilprospective mother. the source of the blaze. The building son, 344 E. 3d St All dealers' has store rooms on the. first floor, lets or liquid. Write Dr. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y., for free medical advice. while the 'second is occupied by the Gordon apartments. The building is "V essa located in the heart of the west side business district and it waV only Jack I stepped out with a redthrough, the efficient work of the fire headed chicken last night. Clifford Oh, I see. A henna. departments that the fire did not spread to adjoining buildings. Cards Annex New York figure of ander came First World Series Title The gaunt, weather-beateGrover Cleveland Alexback in all its ancient pitching mastery Sunday to check the Yankees for. the third time and clinch the first world's baseball championship that St. Louis has known in forty years.- - Through the haze of this crucial test, the seventh and deciding fame of the 1926 diamond classic, the Yankee defense cracked to yield the Cardinals their winning margin of 3 to 2, but it was Alexander the Great who saved the day with as dramatic and exciting a finish as any championship conflict has ever witnessed. Mexicans Open Yaqui Campaign Mexico City General Joaquin Am-.iro- , minister of war, formally will open a campaign against the Yaqui Indians, the end of the present week, according to a statement. General Amaro for Guaymas to inspect the war preparations and consult with General Francesco Manzo, -.ommander of the campaign against the Yaquis. From official sources it is known definitely that General Obre-k'- o n will not cause the army to be sent against the Yaquis. semi-offici- leave-Monda- y Enemey Forces United In Army Hankow A typical Chinese agreement of capitulation, whereby the advancing Cantonese army bargained to lake over into its own army, northern enemy forces, who boasted rifles, was held up here because of lack of agreement over the disposition of artillery. The northern forces evacuating Wuchang attempted to move their artillery with them. A battle, in. which no ieaths. were reported, resulted between the advancing southern armv and the northern forces Former Enemies Chat Business London British and German industrial and financial leaders have met In conference over the week-enat the residence of Colonel Ashley, minister :f transport, near Romsey. 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