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PAGE TWO A Change for the Lumberjack Man Who Works in the Woods Is Not Required to Do the Dangerous Tasks of the Old Days TT 18 lmrd indeed to think of nny- I till moro picturesque, nnd nttrno I tlvo than tlio litmliorliifr Industry In its infancy. The lumberjack with bin calked shoes lias been a vorlt nblo gold mine- for tlio novelist and dcscrltitiva writer. Always linn ho been associated with tho drive and to this nverago person unacquainted with tho real nrticlc tho nnmo of lumberjack conjures up tho vision of n jjaudily dressed Individual, equipped with loiiK nnd pointed polo, who skips nimbly around over Iors as they whirl nnd twist their way throiiuh rnplds always rciircsontcd ns maelstroms equal in their ferocity to tho immortal Cha ribdis. Time changes all things, how ever, nnd has wrought a great trans formation in tlio lumberjack nnd his vocation. No lonacr do ho nnd his logs rldo tho crest of tho spring freshet. His nquatlc feats now consist of steering logs nround tho plncld mill pond, whero they have been delivered by tho logging train, which hns been tho chief Instrument in reducing to tho prosnlc tho lumborjack's duties. Western Montana Is tho locntlon of soma of tho lnrgest lumbering concerns between 8t. Paul nnd tho coast. Thesn mills nra located at Iloniicr, Ifnmllton and Missoula. Tho lnrgest of theso companies Is tho Dig lllnckfoot Mill ing company, which gets Its lumber from tho marvelous stands of timber to bo found in tho lllnckfoot valley. Tlmo wns and not so very long ngo . when tho transportation of lumber to tho mill was not n problem. Tho densely-wooded mountain slopes scorned to offer nn lnoxhnustiblo supply of lumber, llowovcr, ninny years had not elapsed before it was seen that tint transportation question was becoming ono of moment. It wns found that tho spring high water could not bo do pended upon ns a menus of bringing n year's supply of logs to tho mills. Hero tho railroad enters on tho scene. Logging railroads havo been built and tho lumberjack now confines himself to swinging tho nxc. Tlio railroad docs tho rest. Tho largest sawmill plant is located at tho mouth of tho liig lllnckfoot river, n few miles from the prosperous nnd beautiful town of Missoula. Tho stream ninl tho valley through which It winds Its way oro extremely plclur esq lie. Tho river bonds in tho main rango of tho Itoeky Mountnlna over 100 miles from Its confluonco with tho Hell Onto river nt Homier. Tho mill wns erected In 1895 by A. 11. Hammond, now of 8nn Francisco, and has been In continuous operation slnco that tlmo during tho seasons of tho year when n supply of logs could bo floated to tho plant. Tho nnntinl production of tho mill has ranged from 25,000,000 to G0,000,000 feet per year, nnd, quite nnturally, all tho avaltablo timber thnt could bo transported to tho river on snow, by log chutes or sleighs, hns been logged off. so thnt eight years ago It was deemed ndvlsnblo to go into tho logging railroad business. The Big Blackfoot Lumber Company's Mill at Bonner Tho Dlackfoot river flows through very rocky, crooked canyon for n distance of 12 miles nbovo tho plant. As it was found thnt tho cost of con struction through this canyon would bo about 150,000 a inllo, it wns de cided to transport, tho material for tho construction of this road by teams. Tho equipment, consisting of two 32- ton Limn locomotives, 02 ltusscll log ging cars, D.' trnck miles of l.T-potind rnlls nnd boilers weighing nbont 21,000 lounds each, was hauled by teams nnd construction commenced. This railroad brought tho logs to tho river nnd they wcro floated to tho mill. Tho year 1010 witnessed tho con struction of a branch lino through tho lllnckfoot valloy by tho Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul Itallwny and tho building of this branch offcctually dis posed of tho river ns a menns of trans portation. Tho flntcnrs piled high with logs nro now run directly to tho mlllpond, whero they nro unloaded, Tho construction of tho rallwny has worked other changes. Tho Dlackfoot valley Is rnptdly becoming ono of tho greatest hny nnd stock-raising valley to bo found In tho west. In tho year 1012 tho Ulnckfoot valley produced 78,000 bushels of wheat 120,810 bushel of oats, '45,000 tons of hny, in addition to a largo nmount of ryo nnd barley, Although this valley was thought orig inally to bo of vnlno only for its tint bcr, tlmo has changed tho sccno of tho lumberjack's activities to ono of ngri cultural prosperity. Looking It Over (Continued from page otic) ing, dipped Into Its pockets nnd recov ered two wutches, his own nnd an other. The man nt tho tabid snld not n word nnd Dr. I 'eel snt down ngnln nnd finished his meal. Then ho ndver Used for tho owner of tho other tlmo pleco. Dr. 1'rcderlck 1 Friedman, who claims to hnvo discovered n euro for tuberculosis, has made repeated state ments to tho effect thnt ho docs not Intend to keep his method n secret. It hnd been current thnt Dr. Frledmnn planned to grow rich through his dis covery, which Is now undergoing a thorough testing. Ho Is now In tho United States. Still men explore thn Arctic. Villi Jnlmnr Stefnnssou, who discovered the blonde Ksklmos, is planning to start for tho north next May, Ho is not try ing to find tho North I'olo and will at tempt to secure results purely geo graphical nod scientific, Tho expedi tion expects to return to civilization In 1010. . . , A news story hns II thnt .10,000,000 lady-bugs hnvo been captured fur ship ment by tho California Htnto luscctnry to various pnrts of the eominonwenlth, Tho laily-Iuigs prey on the melon nphls, a pest thnt destroys new vines. Tho bugs art) valuable to hup growers, also, A California woman hnd her savings, 1,100, In n bng nnd her child dropped tho money Into a bucket of chloride, of lime, whero It lny two days before be ing discovered. Nothing was left on tho bills to indicate their denomination mid tho unfortunate woinnii Is not thought likely to bo reimbursed by tho government. A penrl necklace worth $15,000 hns beou returned to Mrs, A. A. Hpruguo, H, of Chicago to whom It had been given by Marshall Field. Tho iiecklnco disappeared mysteriously on n Pullman ear lust September between Dostou and t'hleago. Tho pollen of u doxen cities searched for tho gems, while tho five-year-old daughter of n night watchman was wearing thorn. The' girl's father, coming homo from work ono morning, noticed tho ropo of pearls In n pilo of sweepings from Pullman enrs. Ho thought It was n castoff trinket of no particular value and took it home, Tlio child woro tho pearls until a jeweler i-haiied to sou thorn utul Informed her father of their value. Then ho adver tised his find. Ho wns given a hand somu Toward. Frank James, brother of Jco James and with htm ouco an outlaw, is re ported to bo dying soiuewhero In tho mountains of Idaho, lie is in hiding, but not from tho officers of tho law. Ho is In 'tho final sUgtw of consump tion and shrinks from his fellow-men ou account of his condition, O. T), Hale, pitcher for tho baseball nine of tho Northwestern university, lost two fingers from his pitching hand while working at u lathe thn other-day uud had them Wk in place within n few minutes. Tho fingers wero wiuhed and sewed back on Immediately after tho accident. There Is hope that ho may bo able to piny bull this spring. Ho is nil engineering student nnd lust season mudo a good record with tho Northwestern nine. Professor Frederick Starr of tho de partment of anthropology of tho Uni versity of Chicago says that some tlmo in tho future hair, tooth aud little toes will be missing from members of tho human race. "Prcdigcstcd food, hats ami shoes have rendered hair, teeth aud little toes useless," he 1 quoted as having declared, Mnud tho time will CQino when the mau, woman or child potmesslug these will Ik' a curiosity." Editor Said to Be Passing Eastern Publication Holds That Old-time Journalist Is Giving Way to Advertising Manager THIS Is from Life, published in New York, evidently undor n Ootlinm sonso of what Is what: "In thoso dnys the world Is moving so fast that many things nro sticking to tho wheels of Progress which would long slnco have dropped off of their own weight If thoso wheels hnd been moving slower. Among these nro editors. "For many years tho editor hns served n useful purpose. In fnct, wo could hardly havo done without, him. Ho has persistently mid with rare courage stood between the public and the Ultlmnto truth. This nlono would bo enough to entitle him to Immor tality. "Ho has kept us fully informed about all the murders taking place among our neighbors, uud has kept us ns things go fairly well satisfied about their marital difficulties, their quarrojs and scandals) mid there have oven been times (strnngu ns this may seem) when ho has let us know about changes In foreign governments and countries. Not enough, perhaps for us to toll how far wrong tho Inst geog rnphy is, but enough to plquo our curl osity about It. "All theso things, and more, can bo laid to tho credit of tho editor. Hut. oven tlio most useful ones havo their day. "One of the most curious phenomena about tho editor of tho present day is the fact that ho does not realUo that he Is passing. The transition from editor to advertising manager has been so gradual that ho has scarcely no ticed it. "This Is Intended by no means to detract anything from the value of periodical or daily literature. It has long been recoguUed that tho adver tisements nro far more interesting than tho text, in most of our periodi cals. "With tho gradual elimination of tho editor will come to tho supremo advertising head n finer sonso of re sponsibility. Ho will see moro and more that tho best advertising Is in reality tho best literature. He will no longer exploit his advertised articles in tho way It is done at present by cheaply asking people to buy them. Dut theso articles will be celebrated in verse uud story; their faults will bo satirized, their virtues brought out in contrast. "Tho opia of tho future is in the advertising pages. Tho editor's obitu ary Is already written." Life is pleased to attempt to bo cynical in tho words that have been quoted. Judging from tho general pol icy aud make-up of the metropolitan paper of today, however, Life is more than half right. Time was when tho papers of the great cities had their traditions, their Ideals, their sense of right and wrong, when editors thun dered their wrath or smiled their praiso, nil Irrespective of subsidy of any sort That day is gone. Life's strictures "l'l'ly, in a largo way, to the great newspapers of tho country, Still, Life is wrong about tho passiug of tho edi tor. Ho will never pass. There are u this country today hundreds of thousands of honest, capable, fearless editors, meu who uphold the finest traditions of their craft, men who say what they meau and are siuccro in their efforts to make their people think as is, right. These mon are at their desk iify the smaller cities, in tho towuAsWnd villages of tho United States, Day by day they work, with thV, anonymous brilliance that is a Ynueginewspaper attribute, dolug vhattEey can in the best way thoy know. It is in this class that tho American editor is to live. The hope of n greater journalism rests on theso men, nnd, In n great mensiiro, tho lit erary future of tho country, nlso. Tho editor must not pass. "Captain," said a wealthy passen ger, who was about to tako his first trip across tho ocean, "I understand this ship has got novcrnl watertight compartments." "Yes, sir," wns tho reply. "Captain," tho passenger wont on, decidedly, "I wnnt ono o' thoso com partments I don't rare whnt It costs." London Tologrnph. IIB DID NOT DOUBT. Itcv. Herbert L. Trcnchmnu, in a Ice turo on "Woman" nt n Methodist church in Duloth, wns condemning this wlntor's typo of hobblo skirt. "It's worso than last winter's," ho declared. "It's altogether Immodest. I wish all husbands hnd tho courngo of n Dnltith mnn I heard about recently. "This honest fellow's wlfo turned complacently from tho mirror, and, smoothing her now hobblo skirt n skirt of thnt ultra sort which must bo put on with a shoo horn snldt " 'I wonder If tho hobblo skirt will over go outf " 'Not with mo,' tho mnn answered ffrmly." St. Paul Dlspntch. If every young mnn could sco tho girl ho Is In love with eating her din ner when nobody Is watching her, tho crop of old bachelors would increase HIS OIIOIOE. "You'vo been sleeping in tho tele phono booth, I believe," snld tho man nger of tho summer hotel. "Yes." "I enn glvo you a billiard tnblo now if you like" "No; I'll stick to tho booth. 1 rnthor llko the room. Isn't largo, but It's cozy." Ksnsns City 8tnr. roREicw humor. "You nro the proprietor nnd a plinr. mncist of tho first clnssf" "Yes, mndnm." "And you know your business well!' "From tho foundntlon." "That Is well. Oivo mo two conts worth of gum drops. " Lo Hire. 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