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I'i .J acrlnea no chann. ol I JJvys.'rvriiAy V i'J' S T f'"1 " ,,le rct' method or equlpm.nl x-v I V ' i W S. ' left alandlnit If tV ;2k, V-iiWy Ji'K:'. VrsW !.V.rl l .n.nn...r while th. Iti" Wbs'ri.- 'fe ;xi r':Ul1y Ivi l. v...nd twlK. ..re ten- 7 K;,y;i.'V'.;c; der. M..re..r. If ther 7 -'h -.4iVKP'V-n'''i4'r' heavy blanket of iy -qVPhWrW now on the (tround. a ''vlltjE.' .;'''iV.?24- tree, after It baa been ;r3:V7- ...! a ehanr. of iL3MW7 9iy: T -I- erniililiiK to rnrtl. with Wy.vfk-i H -Mrt'r?3t le dainiiK.. than It t'"-V-iXvJK-vV4 b,?M-S'a--!'1' would ....tain at another Ui' A-'V , ZyjfX? f-JSj'J i -ea-on of the year. Th. V ' -X-1 J. r-'J in trunk that full, on a l.'j"f y nf tnim. , llk,,y &?Crix&A5 jW H'iMiC .J. . to .pllt or lo break a. .or th twentieth century Iukkiiik crew. Inwhutw. uilKht torm ih trndltlonul aeuta of the lumber Induitry. however, winter puta a very different differ-ent face on the whole matter of getting, nut the Ioki and tranapurtlng them to the lawmlll. that tran.form them Into the markntuhle form known to th average rnn.umer. la Maine, In northern New York and Canada. In MIchlKiin. lu Mlnne.otu, Wl.con.ln and the Hnkotn. the .ummer I. Ir on .enio a vacullon neunon for the lumber Jncki. At least It la an Interlude of restricted activity and the lumbermen, unlike anm other membera of th community, welcome the puaalng nf the long, bright dnya and th advent of the Ir. King. The explanation of thla atute of affair I. found, of courae, In the fnct that anow and Ice afford the material for the Ideal arterlca of com. munlratlon In the lumber reglona. Th felled tree may be conveyed to market more quickly and more economically over anow roada and Ice trnlla than by any other method known to the lnduatry. Indeed, there are lumber region where without the. factor and their aequel. th. "big thaw" In th aprlng It would be virtually Impracticable Im-practicable to gt the timber to market at an e-ponae e-ponae that would Juatlfy nperatlnna. The anow and Ice, Imimrtant na la their aid. are not th only Influence that are now tending to make the lumbermen roncentrnte their activities activ-ities In th fall and winter. Of late year a constantly con-stantly lnciaalng number nf our lumbermen hav been brought to see the wladnm of adopting what la known aa conaervatlve lumbering that la, lumbering- which treat a foreat aa a working capital whoae purpose I to produce surreaslve crop and I which calls for work In the woods that will leave ( the standing trees and young growth a. nearly ' unharmed na possible. Well, the minute a man becomes a convert to conservative lumbering h. Is certuln to become an advocate of the cold season sea-son as the proper time for carrying on all th. operations of lumbering. To make this point clear It mny be pointed out that the difference between practical work under ordinary method, of lumbering and und.r conservative con-servative lumbering Is principally In the selection of the tree, to cut, In th felling of these trees, and In the flrat part of their Journey from th tump 1o th mil. It la an established fact that ! th amount of harm don to a forest by th cutting cut-ting depends considerably upon th. season of th year when th work In th wood I carried on. , Much l.sa damage will result to th young growth j would otherwise be the case when the forest monarch mon-arch comes down on rocky, uneven ground. After all, however. It la In the various atnara of the tranaporlallon of the logs that the anow and Ice yield the greatest aid. I'lrat of nil II aim-plllles aim-plllles the operation of skidding or drugging th log lengths from the deptha nf the forest. Thla work was formerly done by horse., mules or men, and Is yet In some extent, but for the moat part the modern donkey engine hit supplanted nil other forms of energy for skidding. Supposedly the skidding operation Is designed only lo get the logs out of the forest depths where no loa-rarrylng loa-rarrylng vehicle could be operated without Infinite trouble and dnmnge to the standing limber. However, How-ever, when the Huow King Is In command It sometimes some-times happens that a similar method may be employed em-ployed for moving the logs to the rollwny or storage stor-age ynrd, perhaps a mile or two distant, where the logs are held to awnlt the aprlng freaheta or are londed aboard railroad enra that convey them to the mills For thla longdistance log trailing there la employed a more powerful type of engine than the donkey above referred to and a stronger wire cable Is supplied. The pathway for the logs Is an Icy boulevard kept In condition by "flooding" "flood-ing" s. circumstances require and this becomes uo smooth from the polishing process afforded by the passage of the logs thnt It Is practicable to transport at each operation not merely a single log hut whole "strings" of logs uttached end lo end by means of stout chains. At some lumber campa It la the practice to em ploy giant sleds to carry the logs on the flr.t Inge of their Journey from the forest to the saw mill, of course enow la requisite to the satisfactory satis-factory operation of these sleds, hut when a "path" baa been worn for the sled runners along the Icy ronda the vehicles traverse the Hue thua furrowed with a facility auggeatlvo of that with which a locomotive glide, along th. .teel rails. There la, of course, a minimum of resistance to the progress of s sled along such a glared surface and In many Instances log loads of almost Incredible Incred-ible weight are thus transported over the glistening glisten-ing aut face. A "new wrinkle" that rharacterltes winter practice In some nf the up-to-dute logging districts consists of whnt might be denominated an Ice automobile for log carrying. Powerful traction engines have been used for some tlm past on th Pacific Coast to draw trains of log-laden log-laden trucks out of the forest, but this new form of commercial motor vehicle goes even these marvels one better. In principle, th lie automobile auto-mobile Is not irry different fiom the ordinary I roiniueriinl motors which are now employed for delivery work It every city. However, the self-propelled self-propelled adjunrt of winter logg:nu I. provided wild sharp torts which It sinks Into the snow or Ice as It progresses, thus Insuring .toady prog ross wilh no slipping or sliding on the smooth surfaces. Hut because tie winter finds the lumber Jac ks very busy In a temperature that ranges as low aa 20 to to degrrea below cro It must not be aup-IKised aup-IKised I luil they do not find time and opporiunlly for plenty of fun In the Isolated cnn.t s where they pend the season A logging ctiuip may be any-whero any-whero fnun five to twenty five miles from the nearest store ana postofllce. but the "Jn. k." nr kept lllxrnlly supplied with fresh butter, fresh meat, smoking and chewing tobacco, etc. A graphonhone or Phonograph la an almost Inevitable Inevit-able adjunct nf the Isolated logging camp and th lumbermen nianag In one way and another to gel records of th Ulr.t song "bit." from tlm. to time. Th. average legging camp has two main .true-turea .true-turea the bunk house where the luggers sleep In bunks arranged In tiers, and the cook shanty whero the food l rooked and served. To cnl! thla entlng bnll s shanty I., however, something of n misnomer, sine, the word I. likely to suggest a modest but. wliersaa the cook shanty of nn np-to-diile logging ramp must be large enough In nc commodate a mule dining table perhaps 40 feet In length. The cooking In a logging camp Is usually done by a nan and wife (nlmnst Invariably Invar-iably Herman), who sir out as professional rooks and who have Ih hrlp f twn nia.rullne assist, ants. They work over a range that Is 10 feet long and on lop of hioh iinnds a coffee urn that holds as much aa a barrel; a meat boiler that holds inn pounds of K.rk or Iwf, ,. , wh(( h (ll,r(, can be boiled at one tlm mora than a bushel of potatoes llelow are th ovens w here are baked some 10 to IS snuar. feet of biscuits every dav In some camps lieav. stoneware Is provided for use cm the table, but at , mnlorlty of logging es-labllshment. es-labllshment. each o ,h. B0 to ir.O men I. ,plv allowed a spoon, plw, ,nd . knife and fork of at fil. P 01 |