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8, 1i)59 MENU Sunday 3ct. 12-16 m spaohetf i h bre10, era n-es, mill;. F,()ll p, sandwich, plum "Wiener in a but- and pineal)- sticks, choeo- Creamed turkey wh)le kf rnel Id butter sand- cake, milk. chowder, pea- cH IT(It attd crellln ,&apos;-i i t i l {i; i+.,, child's diet from gHELTON-MASON COUNT; JOURNAL--Published in ?Christmastwn, U.3.A.," Shelton, DR. DEEGAN'S HISTORY -OF MASON COUNTY [Conlimwd from Last "Veek) Typil'al Camp The typical h)gginK camp \\;v:tS tile fo]'tq'ilnoe]' of oiheF fol'rUS of civilizati(m in lhe early days of Mason County. It was enerdly a (']l|glAq' l)f |enlpot'lll'y sh;icl{ boltsc! 4 built on a r,'dlroad pur in l}w he:trt of virgin timber. A small arni.v of loggel,s and lhc el hi'l" tr:tdes |hal lll;uh, up tlw conlpletllent (if a hlgin K (:reW sl)rea(1 oltL io tile woods t ) Wr 2.k i devastatiim and hrinK down ttwi (nighty hlgs th tt represented st nnteh 'at the mill,. The kevnote (tf] the logger or the standard'of over- ]lea(t xt)ell4l} A'as  " hollsHnd t )] a man," which meant 1,000 feet Rexall ,,,nil>e,. ,or w,),'i<o,, p<,," }day. With ttle increase of opera- HA 6-4642 ] tion costs it was inevitable that I speed should be tile goal of the OX THEATRE Saturday, Sunday, October 9-10-11 D HILLS" Plus ,Don Murray and Ird Egan "DADDY 0" of )rize winner Starring Dick Contino Ameri- and Sandra Giles and fury of the year's Meet tim Beat!! Daring to live! pictures. Daring to love! logger when wm.kin K ill lhe wo(ids. i,ut with the in('vease of speed tltel+( ;llSl} canle llrl inerellse in Ihe nlllllbtq' of accidents. The most collllliOt} CallSe of tcctdtnt was the "Mde \\;viildel,," Ii Stllll Ol. treE. that h',ls bveu broken by a falling tree all(t f:tlls ;it :in litgJe it( sucil a ]nltlltl(!t. }is to (:tttch llll Ilnsilspect- ink w(rkel,, who was apparently s'tfe fl'OIll the effects (ff the first falling 1 i+ee. 'Fht ('onnnon method of hissing which was brought to the woods of Mason County with tile intro- duction of st;emn, utilized all the best features of the older methods in use from the beginning. The skid road was the most popuhsti • method of drag'ging the. logs to a (:entral point and was the first thin K to be eonstllcted by the h)gger. This was done by clearing an ordhlary wagon grade and placing logs, of about 10 feet In length and 18 inehe in diameter, at rigllt angle to the road and imlf-im- bedded in tile ground; The cenl:er port:ion of the up- ward side of each skid was chop- ped slightly and greased to ease tile progress of the long' strings of l(/g.: that were to be hauled end- wise .by tile donkey engine. Early in the industry's history, spool OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK I0 a.m.  10 p.m. THE TIN HAT On ,Hillcrest Fountain Light Groceries & Drugs L'(iGi" Starring Maurice Chevalier and Leslie Caron. Wonderful, colorful beautiful picture. It won all AWards for 1959. It is gorgeous, full of color, a Fabulous costumes. Don't miss GIGI! picture: Adults 95€, Students 75€, Children 35¢ 5 Walt Disney's "SLEEPING BEAUTY" :. 'Y:?I: :!;,iiiTziill (l'tys for the milling ships aml still i powerful steel "grabs" that dug la bled in the sis(e, oel'a.shmaily required for th# maSt l ii the ililli lncreae(I. • (!hiinges Conlpany of yaclit's" aitd flilg poIttH. Tile The line was placed ill snatch Oxen W0.l;e repiact-Td entirely and dall:er of iliiiterhig the limber Is blocks placed along the way to with time, Sildh was the rapid 8d- gileal even when tile groMfld Is i guide tie log l!rom stitlnps lind 7aneenlent of logging operations engines were used, in charge of a mnn known .as it "spool tender," with the surplus cable passing be- neath him. Later, however, an inl- proved method was devised and a large drum used to handle all tiu; ('.able. l)ilihiced hninlals By this hitler method, anmial power was displaced to SllCh an extent that the only horse used was a hirge power'fill animal to follow the log out and haul back the ('.able, The work of tile woodsman was specialized. One group would pre- pare the skid road and extend it into the forest. There was also the failer and the bucker. In falling lille (if tile giants of tim forest, the head failer, or "un- Iler culler" took the ii.adl sized up the treei and l)]anned tile manner tn wlih!h the tree. should be cut lind the directhm toward whh,ii If should lie felled in order to be. lllost lleeesslhh, to the skid road. Use Slirhighoard In large timber, the swell at the base of the tree was sometimes hard to handle and to avoid this the cut was usually made from five to 10 feet above the ground. To reach a convenient point for the fallers to work, a notch was cut In the tree ad the end of what was known as a "spring hoard" was inserted, upon whicti prepared with limbs and otiler shoekbrealiers, and a broken tree rellresented a loss of about StO0. N;it urally, the most skill'ed woodsmen were assigned to this work. Taking their places on spring boards, they would man all eight-foot saw until the timber was nearly sawed through. Then wedges were enserted and driven in 1o tilt the tree in the exact di- t'ection desired. "Thnber" As the tree started to fall, with an ominous cracking, the failers shouted "Timber" and jumped to places of safety. Gaining nlomen- lure with a roar like an approach- ing' freight train, the giant timber would strike the ground with a crash and thump shaking the i earth and: tile nearby trees. As soon as tile tree was down, tie "buckers" jumped to theh' work, measuring it Off in lengthm i ilat conformed to the orders from tile mill. %Vlth the buckers finished, the log Was knott#<l of ItS limbs and barkedon the side selected 'as bet to ride the skid road" and tlie swampers eleared Way' the brus the yarding c could ch other obstructions. On a signal frmn the hook tender, conllnuni- ca.ted to t]le engineer by the watchman or whistle punk, the engine began its pttll. And the great log, sometimes weighing 40 tons, was taking its first step to- ward the saw mill• After the log was yarded Ottt to j tile main skid road, it was (log-] ged to a string of a half dozen of] its fellow giants and turned over] tO the tender mercies of tile road l donkey, a powerful machine with two great'spools or drums, located in the woods, horses also were re- placed with steam road engines the largest size avaihthle. In 1895, Sol Simpson ol'ganized tile Simpson Logging C(nnpany, taking over tile property and eth- el' effects of S. G. Simpson a, ld Company, and fronl that; time tin- til his death m 1906 was president and general nlanager et the com- p,ny. VVhen Sol Sinlpson died, his conlpany was the hu'gest in the state with a daily output of a nlil- lion feet. of togs" and a payroll of more than 500 men. at, tile landing. I Other offi(,ers iii tile inips(in The larger, drurlls, hehl. rotig-hly, I' I,og, ging ('onl. i)any at that thne a mile of inch wire cable whflelwere A. !1. Anderson, vil,e presi- the smaller held double the amount J dent; blark E, Reed, eretary- in a small diameter, usually about J maaager; A. B. Govey, auditor, five-eighths or three-quars, for and ,Im' imllson, hissing Sllill - use as  a haiti back for he' larger [ tendent. cable. The company operated five The crew at the road donkey conSiSted' of the etagineer, the fire- man and a'tender who followed a mm'atl sled or boat attached to the et/d Of the cab! e ito car!'y' clains, sledges, hooks and otler.ools  used in fastefiing the loS togeth- er. A wire controlled by a coiled spring as used t 0 signal the en- the workers could stand, the log. gineer when to 'staxt or stop, or in By a succession of these .steps In charge' of the yarding crew ttse. of eniergeftcy.: tile chopper stood and made the was the "heels tender'/° 'who de° ' 'Takieg'Cimrge under cut, a v.shaped notcn in the cided the manner, in 'hich the log On the laading the head loader tree about one-third through and houl'd be ,mOved' and: WaS rep0n- hmk'eharge of (lie lbgs and loaded facing !n the direction the tree aib!e for the reset. le "gging leni on the  ca in l hls job, as was to De zelled, slinger'  attached the '¢abl; .usuo hi etcher iha.s (if logging, ltuclt • To bring down a.bi.g tree. exact- ,alty about tlree.quarter,, of" an I: akIli+ ,ilre io ilaiiille' the iym t!m direct.ion o.elXtm with- :i2  ifl diameter krll' I;000 'fe+ I haY"timlter aii, ioaa <tem in ga.rd, to nearoy. . uner, s nmaps,, .:long, :" ..... ' ....  ' : :' [ ati a +er *' tb tdsdre""kate anu other unpeunena' ia ver. The end of the lle, with its lStt oVtr tle r0agiC 10' to 20 near.to being aWexa:t'aele.nee and gret steel hool w drama folaails bf Irtegar 'b' reqtures abHtT of *ti: high oraer. Uie log by thd"llne hors$d'tlte [ ':'  landin' on "he 1 ' " " Es e f he : t ............. g t ailroaa graae peeinlly, this  O' € grt line me fast by:g !t aultd [ c.nitl .€ . lVl,t ..... e h,, t mr z l in Ire' erlt tlt log, or b aItaWb a of , . , f ............ ..... .... +[ feet s.ghtly ln00,ned to fac,l- ..... ' ...... i ............. itate loading.' ..... + ; major advances in transmission, suspension, brakes, and engines,which areBuick's al0ne today substantial car- A car of superb comfort, quiet, reliability. A cai youshoutd driw soon L New interior decor and convenience An entirely new "Mirromagic" instrument panel. It lets the driver see speed, gas gauge, and other necessary readings at a glance in a mirror he tilts to suit his own eye level. And a new exclusive safety option--the Twilight Sentinel*that turns headlights on autonlatically at sunset.., of/atttomatically at sunrise. All-new colors and fabrics. Richer appointments. *At slight extra cost. Outstanding performance with economy 1, Buick's Exclusive Turbine Driv¢ Transmission? is jet-smooth, responds faster, more economically than ever. No gears ever shift while the car is inmotion. 2. Buick's Exclusive Air-Flo Aluminum Drum Brakes---found on no other Amer- ican car. Fin-cooled drums front and rear for faster cooling. Fast cooling means safer stopping, longer brake life. quietness, and quality n wider easier to get in interior. Seats that are cushioncd, and reposi- more room for fect and s the quietest running car in to Buick's high use of insula- que-tube drive. Buick's quality comes to a peak in the Buick '60. BUICK I.[SABRE THE L0WEST.PRICED BUICK BUICK INVICTA THE HIGH.PERFORMANCE BUICK BUICK DEALERS NOW... SlotwM whels pass a current of air from under the car constantly over the brakes for added cooling efficiency. 0Nh*¢ls are 15" size which gives you up to 1/:} more tire life.) 3. Buick's exclusive Wildcat Engioes give high efficiency with high economy. (An optional new LeSabre Engine is designed to give Buick performance on regular grade fuel.) Optional at extra cost on LeSabre, 'tandard on lnvlcta and Electra. 6UICK ELECTRA THE FINEST BUICK OF ALL CO.. South First - Shelton camps with fnll equipment, in- cluding twelve donkey and two- geared locomotives. Bordeaux Organizes It was in 1890 alo that the Ma- sonCounty Logging C6mpany was organized and incorporated under the dtreetton Of Thotuas Bot'deaux; a Canadian of French extraction ,who had coine to Mason Courity MOTOR Cable power was used to load the Cars, with each carrier being shunted down the side tracl¢ by gravitation to make room fo# an* other. Heavy chains were used, in he early days, to bind the' logs ogether on the cars, but as' road beds improved and became smoother, this necessity Was done away with. Nlulpment Vallmble The large doikey engtne used in the wood of Mason County a generation ago, cot approximate- iy $$,000 each and were mounted on hety dts. He, try blocks mid cble equipment added another vera thoud doIlars to the l equipment cost. With such valuable properties at stake, it was only natural that operators should recruit their en- gineers from among the smarter members of the logging crews who augmented their experience with enough schooling from the corre- sponding technical sehools to handle the work in a manner su- perior to tho engineers who had never had tinrber experieraee. Another system used in tile Ms- son County woods, was the "cli- max" type of geared locomotive that dragged the logs between' the rails and was capable of negotiat- tjng grades as steep as 10 and 12 er cent. The Simpson Logging Company used this type of opera- tion to a considerable extent. Still another nlethod was the so-called "walking Dudley," named for its inventor, and operated with a large grip wheel and engine placed on a car which walked along the stationary cable fasten- ed at each end. Logs Are Rafted Following the loading and trans- portation 'of the logs to the dump- mg grounds, they would be sorted (tlt and made into rafts according to size, quality and ownership. In sbm case;s slVerl*'logglng' ottfits operating over the same would use 'the same booming grounds and boomers, necessitat- ing the use o' brands on the logs o make it pdssible'to sort them. After sorting, logs 'were bound together in rafts to be towed to the distant mills to which they were consigned. The rafts ran from I0 to 14 sections each, bounded b¢'a ltmg boom sticks, each of lch' was 65 to 75 feet long and held together by heavy boom chafns. Each raft entained from 800 to 1,200 logs according to the ze, and would vale between 60000 • hd L000,000 board feet with value of between $10,000 and $15, 000. ' ow.erful tugs towed the heav" rafts to the mills and, in rougn weather, the work of handling an unruly raft of logs was a hard and serious business. As the rafts were completed the scaler estimated the number of board feet in each by meaSur- ing the small end of th log and making ue allowance for defects caused by rot and knots. Tllese scaling operatton' were usually made at least twice. ' Th ype of loging just de- scribed wad lowlt m ground log- gt2n. PreSbnt operattorm ar class- ed b.s high lead 10gglng be'ause it utilizes the high spar trees. Salaries in 1902 were as follows: hook tender, $4; head skidders and undercutters, $3.25; locomotive engineers, $3.75; blacksmith, $3; second fellers; $2.T5; cooks $75 month; flunkies, $40 monthly; foremn $125. All hired help work- ed 10 hours a day. rhe era of expansion among logging interests in Mason Coun- ty may be said to have started in 90. It was during that year that bl (3. Simpson bought out the camps along the Blakeley Road that extended from Kamilche Point to Elma and Montesano, and formed the organization of S. G. Simpson and Compaly... From that time on ho inJ,tea all the energy of a trong and vig- orous eharteter into the work ol building the eompmy up to the point where it ' the leader hi the field of hidependent loggers. He peraonally sulritn(hl..the operation in the woods and was among the first to wplaee the ox- en Wlth'liea,.=V  hor,, Not belr albi" tO secure the number of lavy' Work animal= he desired loeslly( ht eRt lye.east and a year latar had aembled 150 head of the finest work horsea it wqs possible to secure ]lr/t .i/at :iad  efli, bee ' in the early days and operated .With rhuch success as an indepen- dent logger for a number of years. In time, this company, too, be- came one of the largest logging enterprises in the state under the leadership of Thomas Bordeaux With his brother', Joseph, as treas- urer; A. H. Axlderson as secretary. Anderson was a man of wide interests in the logging business and atnassed a great fortune from them. He was known s The Tall Pin6 of Mason Cbunty and was instrumental in securing the (arid for* the Uiersiy of Wa.hington when he served in the state legis- lature as Mason County represen- tative. • ' ' Logged Blavk Hills This company operated exten- sively In the Bhlck llllL of TltU lh' C6Unly a well! a.4 in Mason Cotmty. The Western Washington Log- ging Company was organized by: Mark Draham and associates 'in! 1897 and controlled all the timber larids ahmg the route of the Shel- ton Southwestcrn Railroad .... , a 4istance of 20 miles and consist- ihffof about 25,000 acres of land. ' The road operated several re'lies of logging track in connection +with the Peninsular Railroad and the Co'mpany owned three locomo- ttv that were used in logging operations. With about 75 men on the .payroll, the daily output at one time was about 85,000 feet with an annual output of approx- imately 20,000,000 feet of timber. Draham was president ,if the company with W. H. Kmhmd, vh proshlent and treasurer, and George Draham, .eertary. The logging operations of John F, McReavy were among the ear- lies( in Mason County along Hood anal. In the early '80s he organ- ized the Union River Logging Company and controlled a lU'g.e acreage of fine timber in the ter- ritory north of Lynch's Cove. He was associated in this venture with his brother, Edwin, and John Latham, an early resident of Un- ion City who was part owner in the general store in that settle- ment. MeReavy logged independently near Union City a.s early as 1876. Phmmlx Organize On October 22, 1900, the follow- ing news item appeared in the Se- attle Post-InteIllgencer under the headline: New Logging Company. "The Phoenix Logging Com- pany Is the latest aldltlon to tim big concern of the state who will .engage In the logging business. The company vva organized a few Pa 11) +. , ......... ..... , &h.n Valley Now Radio Ann-uncer ,h)hn Vtllley, s<)n (il" Mrs. Marion o,3 N. 12th, Sieltoo. has Valley. =')( eal'iied Ii plac, e on the KV/SC l+II - did ttllnlltlncing slaff lit \\;Vashing- ton State thliversity as a re,lilt. of lulditions here recenl.ly. Valley is it senior lnajl)rin o" in speech and eal'ned a "Chlss B" berth that means he will t!i(rll token paylnelit for his h()ltl'S on the air. I(WSC is a i+lOll-C(Inltllet'cil;LJ sta- tion Ileal'd it( wide "tr'eas of East+ el'II ,Va, sliing{orl and ts olle Of the ()idesl educational stations irt ltle collnl Fy. days ago with a ('apltal .toek el $50,01iil alld will ('oninlen(,e opera- lions in the liood Canal eoilnlry. olOnlll G. impson is ilreshl(qlt [if the new i'onllllly With A, il. Aldersun, vice-president; %. :1. Miel)onahl, secretary - lreilurel', arid Ail)eint Johnson, general man- age r. The new company, it is said, has nothing to do with the affairs of MoSher and McDonald. The timber on whiCla the company will work has been purchased from the Stimson Mill Company and in con- sidered ohe of the best tracts of tfmber In the country. It is esti- mated that it will take 20 years to log it off." FolloWing the announcement of the organization of the Phoeni Logging Company, nine miles of logging railroad were built from Potlatch on Hood Canal to Lake Cushman. Two logging camp Were established tinder the direc- tion of George Simpson, superin- tendenL, and reaehed a daily ont- pht of 100,000 feet. The company's rollinff stock was comprise.d of a large Shay and a Climax-geared locomotive with 30 flat cars. (Continued Next Week) Try a Journal Want Ad Neechi Sewing Machine Repossessed, take over payment $5.00 per month or pay off balance ($42) This N,chi M-I machine t) equipped to ztg-zag, overcast, deco{ative stitches, etc. For further information call Olympia :PL 7-7761. TEMPERANOE INSURANGE EXGHANGE FIRE • AUTO II CASUALTY Robed Sloane ,. + 200 East Pine HA 6-4147 i . ¢ i i iii i J ................. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Shelton Lodge No. 1684 Charles Savage, Governor Phone HA 6-4815 Walter Tyynisrnaa, Scy. Phone HA 6-3292 MEETINGS HELD EACH 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the Month o p.m. Azrport NEVEB TOO LATE... NEVER TOO EARLY... Now b. The Time To... i tit YOu00 MOHEY WORK FOIl YOU 4% cur00nt Dividend I I j HQM E LOAN All accounts Insured up to $10,000 by F. S. & L. and I. C. THUR$00T00 E]QUilTY 00DERAL SAVINQS & LOAN ASSOGIATION 5th and Capitol Way, Olympia, Wash. OFFICERS-- J. C. Minshull, Vice President Carlton I, Sears. President V. R. Lawrence, Exec. Vies Pres. Hazel Walmer, Secretary-Trea. 00,an, Apt s00cy..00e;s. DIRECTOR ARNOLD KOUTONEN HAZEL WALER JOHN S. LYNCH, JR. V. R. LAWRE'CE J. C, MINHULL CARLTON" I. EAR& --NEW (URRENT DIVIDEND RATES 4% PER ANNUM,.,, 8, 1i)59 MENU Sunday 3ct. 12-16 m spaohetf i h bre10, era n-es, mill;. F,()ll p, sandwich, plum "Wiener in a but- and pineal)- sticks, choeo- Creamed turkey wh)le kf rnel Id butter sand- cake, milk. chowder, pea- cH IT(It attd crellln ,'-i i t i l {i; i+.,, child's diet from gHELTON-MASON COUNT; JOURNAL--Published in ?Christmastwn, U.3.A.," Shelton, DR. DEEGAN'S HISTORY -OF MASON COUNTY [Conlimwd from Last "Veek) Typil'al Camp The typical h)gginK camp \\;v:tS tile fo]'tq'ilnoe]' of oiheF fol'rUS of civilizati(m in lhe early days of Mason County. It was enerdly a (']l|glAq' l)f |enlpot'lll'y sh;icl{ boltsc! 4 built on a r,'dlroad pur in l}w he:trt of virgin timber. A small arni.v of loggel,s and lhc el hi'l" tr:tdes |hal lll;uh, up tlw conlpletllent (if a hlgin K (:reW sl)rea(1 oltL io tile woods t ) Wr 2.k i devastatiim and hrinK down ttwi (nighty hlgs th tt represented st nnteh 'at the mill,. The kevnote (tf] the logger or the standard'of over- ]lea(t xt)ell4l} A'as  " hollsHnd t )] a man," which meant 1,000 feet Rexall ,,,nil>e,. ,or w,),'i<o,, p<,," }day. With ttle increase of opera- HA 6-4642 ]tion costs it was inevitable that I speed should be tile goal of the OX THEATRE Saturday, Sunday, October 9-10-11 D HILLS" Plus ,Don Murray and Ird Egan "DADDY 0" of )rize winner Starring Dick Contino Ameri- and Sandra Giles and fury of the year's Meet tim Beat!! Daring to live! pictures. Daring to love! logger when wm.kin K ill lhe wo(ids. i,ut with the in('vease of speed tltel+( ;llSl} canle llrl inerellse in Ihe nlllllbtq' of accidents. The most collllliOt} CallSe of tcctdtnt was the "Mde \\;viildel,," Ii Stllll Ol. treE. that h',ls bveu broken by a falling tree all(t f:tlls ;it :in litgJe it( sucil a ]nltlltl(!t. }is to (:tttch llll Ilnsilspect- ink w(rkel,, who was apparently s'tfe fl'OIll the effects (ff the first falling 1 i+ee. 'Fht ('onnnon method of hissing which was brought to the woods of Mason County with tile intro- duction of st;emn, utilized all the best features of the older methods in use from the beginning. The skid road was the most popuhsti • method of drag'ging the. logs to a (:entral point and was the first thin K to be eonstllcted by the h)gger. This was done by clearing an ordhlary wagon grade and placing logs, of about 10 feet In length and 18 inehe in diameter, at rigllt angle to the road and imlf-im- bedded in tile ground; The cenl:er port:ion of the up- ward side of each skid was chop- ped slightly and greased to ease tile progress of the long' strings of l(/g.: that were to be hauled end- wise .by tile donkey engine. Early in the industry's history, spool OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK I0 a.m.  10 p.m. THE TIN HAT On ,Hillcrest Fountain Light Groceries & Drugs L'(iGi" Starring Maurice Chevalier and Leslie Caron. Wonderful, colorful beautiful picture. It won all AWards for 1959. It is gorgeous, full of color, a Fabulous costumes. Don't miss GIGI! picture: Adults 95€, Students 75€, Children 35¢ 5 Walt Disney's "SLEEPING BEAUTY" :. 'Y:?I: :!;,iiiTziill (l'tys for the milling ships aml still i powerful steel "grabs" that dug la bled in the sis(e, oel'a.shmaily required for th# maSt l ii the ililli lncreae(I. • (!hiinges Conlpany of yaclit's" aitd flilg poIttH. Tile The line was placed ill snatch Oxen W0.l;e repiact-Td entirely and dall:er of iliiiterhig the limber Is blocks placed along the way to with time, Sildh was the rapid 8d- gileal even when tile groMfld Is i guide tie log l!rom stitlnps lind 7aneenlent of logging operations engines were used, in charge of a mnn known .as it "spool tender," with the surplus cable passing be- neath him. Later, however, an inl- proved method was devised and a large drum used to handle all tiu; ('.able. l)ilihiced hninlals By this hitler method, anmial power was displaced to SllCh an extent that the only horse used was a hirge power'fill animal to follow the log out and haul back the ('.able, The work of tile woodsman was specialized. One group would pre- pare the skid road and extend it into the forest. There was also the failer and the bucker. In falling lille (if tile giants of tim forest, the head failer, or "un- Iler culler" took the ii.adl sized up the treei and l)]anned tile manner tn wlih!h the tree. should be cut lind the directhm toward whh,ii If should lie felled in order to be. lllost lleeesslhh, to the skid road. Use Slirhighoard In large timber, the swell at the base of the tree was sometimes hard to handle and to avoid this the cut was usually made from five to 10 feet above the ground. To reach a convenient point for the fallers to work, a notch was cut In the tree ad the end of what was known as a "spring hoard" was inserted, upon whicti prepared with limbs and otiler shoekbrealiers, and a broken tree rellresented a loss of about StO0. N;it urally, the most skill'ed woodsmen were assigned to this work. Taking their places on spring boards, they would man all eight-foot saw until the timber was nearly sawed through. Then wedges were enserted and driven in 1o tilt the tree in the exact di- t'ection desired. "Thnber" As the tree started to fall, with an ominous cracking, the failers shouted "Timber" and jumped to places of safety. Gaining nlomen- lure with a roar like an approach- ing' freight train, the giant timber would strike the ground with a crash and thump shaking the i earth and: tile nearby trees. As soon as tile tree was down, tie "buckers" jumped to theh' work, measuring it Off in lengthm i ilat conformed to the orders from tile mill. %Vlth the buckers finished, the log Was knott#<l of ItS limbs and barkedon the side selected 'as bet to ride the skid road" and tlie swampers eleared Way' the brus the yarding c could ch other obstructions. On a signal frmn the hook tender, conllnuni- ca.ted to t]le engineer by the watchman or whistle punk, the engine began its pttll. And the great log, sometimes weighing 40 tons, was taking its first step to- ward the saw mill• After the log was yarded Ottt to j tile main skid road, it was (log-] ged to a string of a half dozen of] its fellow giants and turned over] tO the tender mercies of tile road l donkey, a powerful machine with two great'spools or drums, located in the woods, horses also were re- placed with steam road engines the largest size avaihthle. In 1895, Sol Simpson ol'ganized tile Simpson Logging C(nnpany, taking over tile property and eth- el' effects of S. G. Simpson a, ld Company, and fronl that; time tin- til his death m 1906 was president and general nlanager et the com- p,ny. VVhen Sol Sinlpson died, his conlpany was the hu'gest in the state with a daily output of a nlil- lion feet. of togs" and a payroll of more than 500 men. at, tile landing. I Other offi(,ers iii tile inips(in The larger, drurlls, hehl. rotig-hly, I' I,og, ging ('onl. i)any at that thne a mile of inch wire cable whflelwere A. !1. Anderson, vil,e presi- the smaller held double the amount J dent; blark E, Reed, eretary- in a small diameter, usually about J maaager; A. B. Govey, auditor, five-eighths or three-quars, for and ,Im' imllson, hissing Sllill - use as  a haiti back for he' larger [ tendent. cable. The company operated five The crew at the road donkey conSiSted' of the etagineer, the fire- man and a'tender who followed a mm'atl sled or boat attached to the et/d Of the cab! e ito car!'y' clains, sledges, hooks and otler.ools  used in fastefiing the loS togeth- er. A wire controlled by a coiled spring as used t 0 signal the en- the workers could stand, the log. gineer when to 'staxt or stop, or in By a succession of these .steps In charge' of the yarding crew ttse. of eniergeftcy.: tile chopper stood and made the was the "heels tender'/° 'who de° ' 'Takieg'Cimrge under cut, a v.shaped notcn in the cided the manner, in 'hich the log On the laading the head loader tree about one-third through and houl'd be ,mOved' and: WaS rep0n- hmk'eharge of (lie lbgs and loaded facing !n the direction the tree aib!e for the reset. le "gging leni on the  ca in l hls job, as was to De zelled, slinger'  attached the '¢abl; .usuo hi etcher iha.s (if logging, ltuclt • To bring down a.bi.g tree. exact- ,alty about tlree.quarter,, of" an I: akIli+ ,ilre io ilaiiille' the iy m t!m direct.ion o.elXtm with- :i2  ifl diameter krll' I;000 'fe+ I haY"timlter aii, ioaa <tem in ga.rd, to nearoy. . uner, s nmaps,, .:long, :" ..... ' ....  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Bordeaux Organizes It was in 1890 alo that the Ma- sonCounty Logging C6mpany was organized and incorporated under the dtreetton Of Thotuas Bot'deaux; a Canadian of French extraction ,who had coine to Mason Courity MOTOR Cable power was used to load the Cars, with each carrier being shunted down the side tracl¢ by gravitation to make room fo# an* other. Heavy chains were used, in he early days, to bind the' logs ogether on the cars, but as' road beds improved and became smoother, this necessity Was done away with. Nlulpment Vallmble The large doikey engtne used in the wood of Mason County a generation ago, cot approximate- iy $$,000 each and were mounted on hety dts. He, try blocks mid cble equipment added another vera thoud doIlars to the l equipment cost. With such valuable properties at stake, it was only natural that operators should recruit their en- gineers from among the smarter members of the logging crews who augmented their experience with enough schooling from the corre- sponding technical sehools to handle the work in a manner su- perior to tho engineers who had never had tinrber experieraee. Another system used in tile Ms- son County woods, was the "cli- max" type of geared locomotive that dragged the logs between' the rails and was capable of negotiat- tjng grades as steep as 10 and 12 er cent. The Simpson Logging Company used this type of opera- tion to a considerable extent. Still another nlethod was the so-called "walking Dudley," named for its inventor, and operated with a large grip wheel and engine placed on a car which walked along the stationary cable fasten- ed at each end. Logs Are Rafted Following the loading and trans- portation 'of the logs to the dump- mg grounds, they would be sorted (tlt and made into rafts according to size, quality and ownership. In sbm case;s slVerl*'logglng' ottfits operating over the same would use 'the same booming grounds and boomers, necessitat- ing the use o' brands on the logs o make it pdssible'to sort them. After sorting, logs 'were bound together in rafts to be towed to the distant mills to which they were consigned. The rafts ran from I0 to 14 sections each, bounded b¢'a ltmg boom sticks, each of lch' was 65 to 75 feet long and held together by heavy boom chafns. Each raft entained from 800 to 1,200 logs according to the ze, and would vale between 60000 • hd L000,000 board feet with value of between $10,000 and $15, 000. ' ow.erful tugs towed the heav" rafts to the mills and, in rougn weather, the work of handling an unruly raft of logs was a hard and serious business. As the rafts were completed the scaler estimated the number of board feet in each by meaSur- ing the small end of th log and making ue allowance for defects caused by rot and knots. Tllese scaling operatton' were usually made at least twice. ' Th ype of loging just de- scribed wad lowlt m ground log- gt2n. PreSbnt operattorm ar class- ed b.s high lead 10gglng be'ause it utilizes the high spar trees. Salaries in 1902 were as follows: hook tender, $4; head skidders and undercutters, $3.25; locomotive engineers, $3.75; blacksmith, $3; second fellers; $2.T5; cooks $75 month; flunkies, $40 monthly; foremn $125. All hired help work- ed 10 hours a day. rhe era of expansion among logging interests in Mason Coun- ty may be said to have started in 90. It was during that year that bl (3. Simpson bought out the camps along the Blakeley Road that extended from Kamilche Point to Elma and Montesano, and formed the organization of S. G. Simpson and Compaly... From that time on ho inJ,tea all the energy of a trong and vig- orous eharteter into the work ol building the eompmy up to the point where it ' the leader hi the field of hidependent loggers. He peraonally sulritn(hl..the operation in the woods and was among the first to wplaee the ox- en Wlth'liea,.=V  hor,, Not belr albi" tO secure the number of lavy' Work animal= he desired loeslly( ht eRt lye.east and a year latar had aembled 150 head of the finest work horsea it wqs possible to secure ]lr/t .i/at :iad  efli, bee ' in the early days and operated .With rhuch success as an indepen- dent logger for a number of years. In time, this company, too, be- came one of the largest logging enterprises in the state under the leadership of Thomas Bordeaux With his brother', Joseph, as treas- urer; A. H. Axlderson as secretary. Anderson was a man of wide interests in the logging business and atnassed a great fortune from them. He was known s The Tall Pin6 of Mason Cbunty and was instrumental in securing the (arid for* the Uiersiy of Wa.hington when he served in the state legis- lature as Mason County represen- tative. • ' ' Logged Blavk Hills This company operated exten- sively In the Bhlck llllL of TltU lh' C6Unly a well! a.4 in Mason Cotmty. The Western Washington Log- ging Company was organized by: Mark Draham and associates 'in! 1897 and controlled all the timber larids ahmg the route of the Shel- ton Southwestcrn Railroad .... , a 4istance of 20 miles and consist- ihffof about 25,000 acres of land. ' The road operated several re'lies of logging track in connection +with the Peninsular Railroad and the Co'mpany owned three locomo- ttv that were used in logging operations. With about 75 men on the .payroll, the daily output at one time was about 85,000 feet with an annual output of approx- imately 20,000,000 feet of timber. Draham was president ,if the company with W. H. Kmhmd, vh proshlent and treasurer, and George Draham, .eertary. The logging operations of John F, McReavy were among the ear- lies( in Mason County along Hood anal. In the early '80s he organ- ized the Union River Logging Company and controlled a lU'g.e acreage of fine timber in the ter- ritory north of Lynch's Cove. He was associated in this venture with his brother, Edwin, and John Latham, an early resident of Un- ion City who was part owner in the general store in that settle- ment. MeReavy logged independently near Union City a.s early as 1876. Phmmlx Organize On October 22, 1900, the follow- ing news item appeared in the Se- attle Post-InteIllgencer under the headline: New Logging Company. "The Phoenix Logging Com- pany Is the latest aldltlon to tim big concern of the state who will .engage In the logging business. The company vva organized a few Pa 11) +. , ......... ..... , &h.n Valley Now Radio Ann-uncer ,h)hn Vtllley, s<)n (il" Mrs. Marion o,3 N. 12th, Sieltoo. has Valley. =')( eal'iied Ii plac, e on the KV/SC l+II - did ttllnlltlncing slaff lit \\;Vashing- ton State thliversity as a re,lilt. of lulditions here recenl.ly. Valley is it senior lnajl)rin o" in speech and eal'ned a "Chlss B" berth that means he will t!i(rll token paylnelit for his h()ltl'S on the air. I(WSC is a i+lOll-C(Inltllet'cil;LJ sta- tion Ileal'd it( wide "tr'eas of East+ el'II ,Va, sliing{orl and ts olle Of the ()idesl educational stations irt ltle collnl Fy. days ago with a ('apltal .toek el $50,01iil alld will ('oninlen(,e opera- lions in the liood Canal eoilnlry. olOnlll G. impson is ilreshl(qlt [if the new i'onllllly With A, il. Aldersun, vice-president; %. :1. Miel)onahl, secretary - lreilurel', arid Ail)eint Johnson, general man- age r. The new company, it is said, has nothing to do with the affairs of MoSher and McDonald. The timber on whiCla the company will work has been purchased from the Stimson Mill Company and in con- sidered ohe of the best tracts of tfmber In the country. It is esti- mated that it will take 20 years to log it off." FolloWing the announcement of the organization of the Phoeni Logging Company, nine miles of logging railroad were built from Potlatch on Hood Canal to Lake Cushman. Two logging camp Were established tinder the direc- tion of George Simpson, superin- tendenL, and reaehed a daily ont- pht of 100,000 feet. The company's rollinff stock was comprise.d of a large Shay and a Climax-geared locomotive with 30 flat cars. (Continued Next Week) Try a Journal Want Ad Neechi Sewing Machine Repossessed, take over payment $5.00 per month or pay off balance ($42) This N,chi M-I machine t) equipped to ztg-zag, overcast, deco{ative stitches, etc. For further information call Olympia :PL 7-7761. 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