Show Logging Great Industry in Canadian Woods Woods- Thousands of Workmen Employed Logging In the woods In Canada provides employment for about workers on a time part basis or for an average of about men yearly Logging operations are generally conducted In unsettled or sparsely settled country at considerable dis distances from the th ordinary routes of travel In the typical logging camp campIn In eastern Canada there are arc usually from 30 to 75 men The buildings are arc of a temporary nature built of ot logs or rough boards and usually include a cookhouse sleep camp stable storehouse and blacksmiths blacksmith's shop The built in bunks filled with boughs or hay are arc being replaced by Iron double-deck double bunks with springs mattresses and blankets The houses are heated with large wood burning stoves and though the regulations call caU for tor provision for ventilation the lumberjacks arc are not very fussy about this item But they do want heat and since fuel is cheap and abundant they f c get it ft Life In the open keeps them healthy at all ll times The food is generally excellent and varied including fresh meat salt and smoked pork potatoes and fresh vegetables canned and dried fruit eggs beans and a varl vari variety ety of pies and cakes In British Columbia many of the camps camps consist of cabins which can be bc moved on railway cars They hold only four to six men each and andare andare andare are furnished with single beds blan blan- blankets blankets sheets and pillows and tables and chairs Hot lIot and cold water showers are often provided and the th meals arc are a revelation to the visitor The men pay for tor their board and lodging and so can cm have what they are prepared collectively to pay for In the East the men are arc paid for the most part by the month with board provided As long transportation in British Columbia docs does not depend on the presence of 01 snow the camps operate throughout the year usual usual- usually ly about days 1 r- r |