Show R r 4 s though americas logging industry has been on the downgrade several years because of heavy imports this spring one of the largest timber r log drives ever run in V new england took place near machias maine over feet of lumber pine hemlock and spruce was floated down the river to the whitfield mill 45 miles south lumberjacks Lumber jacks work hard all winter but the drivers have t more adventure during the drive when they must bal ance themselves on sw irl in logs pry open jams and sleep in a different home every night they wear caulk shoes Q with ua t rl 11 V AW theres little waste time or waste space in the camps kitchen where cook leonard elwell prepares meals a Z day moves 35 miles down the river and sets up his equipment again to supply 60 men par all in the last drive he cooked doughnuts sugar cookies biscuits 16 loaves of bread boiled four hams and cooked 50 pounds of beef all on the above stove and it was A I 1 plenty good if the young driver at the right knows what hes smiling about tk ile fri A ef 11 M T V or J vve gt a A Z rg they eat four meals a day these drivers and when the day is over ovi they sit around the campfire and chat about one of americas most colorful industries logging a business that demands hardy men who like outdoor life and isolation gone forever is the heyday of americas logging industry with its paul bunyan and blue oxen but the colorful picture of i north woods life will live forever in son song g and story az t k lal sik 41 ll 11 P V az 4 tv A |