| Show HOARD IN A FLOATING LOG LOGA A party of ot campers from Seattle were hauling a gigantic cedar log upon upon upon up up- on the beach of Lake Washington to tobe tobe tobe be converted Into firewood when what appeared to be a huge plug attracted their attention One ran for the axe and the log w was s split Into two pieces The plug acted as a door of ot a safety vault ault where some logger twenty years ears ago had hidden his savings There were In gold 68 In silver and In currency The name though dim on th the post office money orders appears to be Claude Pars Parsons ns or Parker Parker Par Par- ker and they are payable in the post postoffice postoffice postoffice office at Eau EaB Claire Wis The money orders are dated April 1891 Efforts will be made Jo to o find the rightful owner of the hoard Many stories stories stories sto sto- ries are told of the prodigality with which loggers handled their money In the halcyon days of logging A favorite bank was to put a boom augur hole In a big stump Into this hole was put the gold silver and paper paper pa pa- per and a big plug driven into the hole The plug was then sawed off oft plumb with the bark and the wealth left until wanted Many of ot these Improvised improvised improvised Im im- im- im banks were swept away by floods or destroyed In forest fires |
