Show LUMBERJACK Of ROMANCE I IlO Is lO LOST T TO WOODS Special to The Tele Telegram m. m A ANTIGO WIN Wis March 9 The The woods o nan an or lumberjack as he ho Is s better k known has on has begun to come como out of oC the tho Umber timber r. r Hundred of laborers In the forests o of northern Wisconsin 1 are arc arriving arTl InK ing h here re and branching out for or other polut The lumbermen are I leaving early arb this thie year r el on account of ot the cx- cx i Itra tm ordinary or of the tho winter Inter Cut- Cut for tor tho the mo most moL t part Siaa 1 aA 8 ceased owing to the absence of at sufficient eno snow and the Jobbers fear the tho season eaon will be fe FO 10 o that they will wUl be unable to tor r move mo en e the togs logs alread already cut to the mills mUle and loading ridings sidinge Consequently the II sawyers ha c no more mora work ork to do doand doand dond and nd will not have hll there is a a. providential providential provi provi- and heavy fall faU of oC snow The evolution f of oC the lumberjack has haB been especially marked this year car car The J O r conception of ilm Im Is no ro longer JonKer correct The ol old ob time sawyer ayer ca came me to the tb woods In lT th thi th fall taU sawed down dom trees treo skidded end ant decked 10 loss logs 8 worked like a a horse norse and nd at ate heartily and let Jet his beard row grow the th end of the cutting season seon Then Thenh h he went to the tho nearest settlement and proceeded d to mak north woods history tales toles are still told of the huskies who traveled tm alon and fought for tor love Jove of hUn fir In th th the old days daysen en cn a lumberjack camo out of th the woods bl his ils first act was to a 11 shave and a a. hath bath between two drink Then he sailed out to paint the community com corn n deep crimson And he usually led d admirably Hard Har Work Woric After A a Headache The end of th the thA Interval al of Idleness between be- be tween the completion of the cutting and the h beginning of the tho lo lop log drives found the lumberjack broke and ana afflicted with Ith within Ithan in an aching head sometimes in Jail but hut rend ready caly to return to work york The Tho breaking up of winter and tin Cm clearing of ot leo ice ce from the streams found the be woodmen back on the Job n again aln for tor the he drive The winters winter's cut- cut ling wa wall waP simple compared to th the labor of DC t mo the lo logs s down don the river rl and for weeks members of ot tho the lost Jost le legion on of t f the north coolly took their lives in their heir hands to bring the drive to Its destination on time in hob nailed milled brogans and wl wield wield- ld- ld ing J pike poles ioles' and pec the tho lum lurn- piloted millions of f et of lum lum- I ber bor or down the river rh on the crest of ot the prins freshets Lo Log og Jams worn were dall dally daily occurrences and hundreds lost their lives JI n n passing rapids and going through narow narrow nar- nar w row channels wh whore where re the swollen streams worn oro swift and treacherous e The end of or th the HIt d i rl o meant another visit 1 t to the barb barber r and th the quenching of the long neglected thirst end and at the close dose of oC the spring debauch the lumberJacks lumberjacks lumberjacks lumber- lumber Jacks lo lost Ion t themselves until the tho sawing a season neason began against the next fa fall fail 11 finding find find- tn log ing employment in the sawmills on farms and railroads and even shipping as seamen on lake Jake vessels Lumberjack Now Is IB a a. Prosaic Being I Hero and find there are still to be bo found the old t type P of ot picturesque woodsman n but hut tho the modern lumberjack Is a of lot far different dif dif dif- I f ferent frent rent stamp Man Many of at them are thrifty farmers who work foreigners or their clearings during the tho summer Bummer months and spend the winter in tho the tho camps Many Tany fan bring their own teams and teams and these thell men are greatly desired h hy by the different and companIes companies and some nome come distances distances dis dis- dis from comparatively old farming fannIng settlements The Tho modern lumberjack is 15 far tar from a romantic character He Is disposed to live tl and peaceably and the chances are tho the opportunities for tor saving MovIng money are what called him Into the woods Many rany lumberjacks are arc in the woods for tor their health Hun Hundreds otmen of ot men aro are attracted by the opportunity of oC making good bood wages and the tho absence of oC temptation to spend them Log LOJ drives 9 In Wisconsin aro are practically at an end their places having ha been taken b by tramways and Ice roads Toads built In Iti tho the woods Nor is logging now no confined entirelY entirely entirely en en- en- en to winter Many lany Jobbers cut Umber timber timber tim Um- ber through tho the spring and summer Bummer and v their employees steady year tar round work ork |