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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
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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
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(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.' .....
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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)
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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.
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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
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(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, :" ..... ' .... ' : :' [ 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.' .....
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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)
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&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.
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