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12 THE MORNING ORE(50NIAK, 3VBDUBSDAY OCTOBER 22, 1902. CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY WHERE PLENTY REIGNS AND RESOURCES OFFER NUMEROUS OPENINGS FOR GOOD INVESTMENT ITS GREAT REDWOOD MILLS CRESCENT CITY. Cal.. Oct 18. (Spe cial Corrccpondencc.) There are two classes of. people -who are Interested In reading descriptions of a country; one class seeking for information which will enable them to decide, in their own minds, whether they desire to locate and make their homes there, and gain a livelihood by engaging in business or working for Tvagce, and another class "who are ever alert for opportunities to Invest their capital in safe but profitable ventures. To the latter class belong tourists, capi talists and manufacturers: and the crying need of this section is that class. The residents of Del Norte County ehould Join with those of Curry, Coos, L,anc and Douglas Counties, in Oregon, and each small locality have an organiza tion whlsh would devote itself to giving lnfomiatlon to the Eastern people as to the i. jny and varied attractions of these coast counties. Thereby the tourist from the East v.-ould be induced to Include in his visit to the Pacific Coast a trip through the counties bordering on the ocean. The Information which he might thus obtain, if he were to meet and receive the courte sies of proper persons in the several local t:es, would be of great benefit. People living here see the many chances for prof itable investment of money; but they arc powerless to act, as they have not the capital. Men of means In the East desire to invest their money in profitable enter prises' but, not having been here to see with their own eyes, they are timid about investing in ventures which are only de scribed by others, no matter how glitter ing may be the promises of quickly earn ing Jorge dividends. If each of one hundred local communi ties along the coast were to organize an advertising union, and an advertiscnent of the whole Northern coapt, costing $1000, Wtre Inserted in a number of different Eastern publications, the cost for each lo cal union would be only its quota, and a 1 Ihe publicity each local union would need in such an advertisement would be the name of the secretary. Those, seeking lo know more ,of the details would avail themselves of these addresses, and letters would pour in by the thousand. These advertise ments should be so constructed as to appeal to the class mentioned, name ly, tourists, capitalists and manufacturers. 'God heirs those who help themselves," and. If the people here, few though they are compared to the vast area of country, would but unite in a movement of this kind, the results would be enormously to their advantage. iiuriberluj?. There arc perhaps half a dozen saw mills operating from Crescent Bay to Coos Bay, a distance of coast line of over 150 miles. There is not the least doubt in my mind that, if the right persons were to visit this section and investigate, the result would be many more mills in a very short time. There are Immense tracts of virgin forest; there are streams down which the logs could be floated, harbors which could be improved so as to permit vessels to enter, and once p'.acc this lumber in ves sels on the besom of the broad Pacific Ocean, It can be transported to any part cf the world. Dnirylnpr. The development of the dairying industry comes next in importance In these coast counties, and. although it has reached considerable magnitude already, if more men df capital were to take hold of it the benefits would result not only to them, but to those already engaged in the busi ness. It would create cheaper and better methods of production and larger and more profitable markets. Mining. Hundreds of prospectors locate mining claims out in the mountains here every year. They arc experienced enough to rec ognize that, if their prospects were de veloped, there are millions of dollars in them, but they are without the means nec essary, and the man who has the money and could make, a venture will not do so. until he is better informed through a personal investigation, and such investi gation is difficult to secure. If there were some unity of action in Inducing the tour ist, capitalist and manufacturers to visit this section, the miner, as well as other residents, would be greatly benefited. Hunting; nnl Fishijtfy. Hunting and fishing are passions with some men and they will go hundreds of miles and endure all the hardships of fron tier life In order to indulge in this sport, in localities where nature might be lavish in furnishing In abundance the desired game. The streams may be full of trout and the mountains of deer and bear, but unless the man who loves sport for sport's sake can be induced to visit these local ities, the country will never gain a repu tation away from home, and Its reputation at home sometimes does more harm than good, as It supports a class of residents "who are little more enterprising than the native Indian who lived upon the products of the stream and. forest and was content to supply his wants In that way and make no efforts in any other direction. Redwood. "Within the boundaries of Del Norte County at least one million acres are what may be classed as timber lands, and one third of this is in the redwood belt. There are at present only two saw mills in the county, and the- have been sawing stead ily for 30 years on timber close at home and even now they are bringing in the logs only five to ten miles by rail. The edge only of the redwood forest has been touched. ' Saw Mills In Del Norte. "It requires about as many men to work out in the logging carcps as In the two saw mills, the daily capacity of which is something over.100.0M feet. There are about 140 men in the four camps and about the same number in the two saw mills. I am largely indebted to George Locke, superintendent of Hobbs, "Wall & Co.'s mill, for the data relative to it; to M. "Winger for Information about the Lake Earl mill and to George Keller for knowl edge of the methods employed in felling the redwood limber. The saw mill of Hobbs. "Wall & Co. Is in a building about 100 feet, wide and 300 feet long, and is known as a band and pony band mill. The logs are brought in from the forest on cars and dumped auto matically into a pond, or slough, each trainload being about 25,000 feet. The heavy logs sink to the bottom and are called "sinkers." while the others are gathered together in rafts or booms. When a log is wanted fo use, it is poled to the. foot of the Incline, where a car drops down a track under the log and takes ltup into the mill. Some of the red--wood trees are 20 feet In diameter and an; too laie for use and have to be blasted open and split on a "muley" saw before being sent to the mill. About the largest log that it in profitable to handle Is 10 feet in diameter. A board eight and ten feet across without a crack or knot may fre quently be seen. As the log goes to the big bapd saw (no circular saws are used) it devolves upon the head sawyer, Mr. Carlyle, to so cut the log that all departments of the mill may be kept simultaneously In opera tion, and into such cuts as to be resawed .by the pony bands. Every piece of timber Is moved on live rollers and, after leaving the band and pony band saws, goes to the gang edger, which cuts it Into suitable widths, according to orders on hand. Thence it goes to the trimmer, where it i3 trimmed and graded, the clear going to the planers and the merchantable on cars anil down to the yard, where It Is either re loaded on cars for shipment to the steam er wharf or piled In the yard for future shipment. All refuse, such as rotten slabs, goes out of the mill on the large elevator, drops over the end and is burned, but all sawdust, shavings and trimmings (the lat ter after being treated by the "hog") gr to the fireroom, and are fed by means of a "Yankee fireman," to the seven large boil ers. The "hog" Is a circular set of knives revolving rapidly and with great power. The trimmings are fed Into It endwise, and come out in the form of shavings or chips. All sound slabs and cants coming from broken and shattered logs are sent, part to the box factory for making "shooks,"- part to the shingle and picket rooms, and the balance to the slabwood cars, to be used as fuel on the two loco motives and by residents o the town. Machinery for Everything;. The steam power of the mill, about 500 horse power, is generated on seven large boilers vwhich supplies eight engines. The two largest are for the saw mill and box factory and smaller ones for the machine shop, dynamo-rocm, hog machine, black smith shop, car shops and filing-room. There arc two fliins-rooms. one In the saw mill, under Mr; Feelcy, and the other In J the box factory, under Mr. Gordon, well eauinoed with nccessarv machinerv. A supply of sharp saws is kept constantly I on hand and it requires only about throe j minutes to cnange saws. The extra saws alone represent an outlay of about J4C0O. The machine shop has power lathes, drills, planers, thread cutters, hydraulic car wheel press and commodious work benches. The ,dynamo-ropm contains one arc and one Incandescent light machine. The large blacksmith shop contains two forges, with power blast, a steam ham mer, power drill, thread cutter, emery wheel, grindstone, etc. The car shop con tains a planer for heavy timbers, a boring machine, cut-off saw, band saw. turning iathe and railroad track and pits for car construction purposes. The planlng-room In the saw mill contains five planers, which are kept constantly running on sur face ceiling or rustic. Two water tanks, SO and 100 feet high, and a SO.OM-gallon-an- hour pump afford quite sufficient protec- I tion against fire. The tox ractorv con- I tains several band saws, larce double .planer, revolving cut-off saws, resaws and latent improved boxmaking machin ery. In the basement cf the saw mill Is a shingle mill with a capacity of 25,003 shingles a day. , In the yard are numerous railroad tracks and transfers, the area of land co'ered by piled lumber being about 15 acres. Redwood, principally .?awn, spruce, fir cedar, hemlock and myrtle are also among uie products. j I.alce Earl Mill. j The Lake Earl mill, situated three miles I from Crescent City, the property of the Crescent City Mill & Transportation Com- '',e,0,..-ag" t T I r t tirirt t- n raiiaiir--------------------- - THE ABOVE SHOWS ONLY ABOUT OXE-HALF OF THE CARS IN A TRAINLOAD OF REDWOOD LOGS BROUGHT CITY. A COMPARISON OF THE MEN STANDING ON THE LOGS WILL GIVE, AN IDEA OF pany, was built in ISO by Jacob "Winger, now deceased, M. Esswein and others. It was then a small circular saw mill, but has since been changed to a band , saw mill. In the early days before a railroad was built the logs were hauled by oxen down to Lake Earl and the "sinkers" and "floaters" were dogged together and rafted up to the head of the lake, wher the mill stands, and the lumber hauled to Crescent Bay by teams arid shipped on schooners to "San Francisco. In 18S4, after being burned, the saw mill was re built and enlarged, and a railroad was built to Crescent City to transport lum ber and a branch line built to connect with Hobbs, "Wall & Co.'s railroad to bring in logs, which are now dumped into the lake from the cars. In the Lake Earl mill, or as it is more generally called, "Winger's mill, the logs are hauled directly up an incllneNby means of a steel cable and arc cut up on a sin gle band saw, thence go to the edger and then to the sorting table and trlmmor. l"S. VIKW' TAKEN OF THE BASE OF A REDWOOD TREE, SHOWS THE RIGHT- AND LEFT-HAND AXMEJf AT WORK, MAKING THE "Ijv DERCUT." IT WILL BE SEEN BY COMPARISON OF THE SIZE OF THE CUTTERS THAT THE TREE IS A LARGE ONE. A SINGLE REJWOO TREE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO SCALE 40,000 FEET. WULli REDWOOE I - - ... ; i n in ill ii ill ill TlirS REDWOOD TREE "WAS CUT SEAR CRESCENT CITY AXD WAS CONSIDERED A FINE SPECIMEN, BEING 10 FEET IN DIAME TER AND OVER 200 FEET TO THE FIRST LIMB. thence to another sorting table, whence I they are leaded on tram cars for dis tribution through the yard. The planing room also has a sorting table and the different kinds of lumber are sent to proper places in the yard. The dally ca pacity is 10,000 feet.. The power ia fur nished by four boilers to two ctcam en gines. About iZ hands arc employed, who all board at the cookhouse, and receive a3 ny finds' it impossible to keep the cook house running unless all the hands board there. There is a custom in both caw mills here to hold back one month's wages all the time. Thus a man wor!:ing In July and August would draw on the 1st of September his iiay for the month of July, but if he wants any credit at the compa ny's store he draws "coupons"! which he can generally use in trading at any store in town, although the merchants do not like to lake them and will refuse to take more than a limited ejuantlty. This rule has one advantage, lt'encourages a spirit of saving among the employee and when ever a man quits work he generally has j something coming to him. When a man cans tor nis "time" he goes to the com pany's office and receives his pay in cash. There are two logging camps, six and month and board, up to ?S5 a month and board. The logging camps have the rcpu- tatson of setting an excellent table, as tho men demand goad food and plenty of it in order to stand the hard work. FeiliHjr Redwood Trees. The large size of the, redwood trees, and the brlttleness of tlfe wood, require a method in cutting them down peculiar to the redwood forests alone. First an ex- perienced head-chopperf examines the ground In order to select a place for the tree to fall, so that it will not be broken. Then a "bed" is made, if the ground re quires It,, by filling in all low places or leveling any humps. Notches are then cut In tho tr.ee about eight feet from the ground, and. steel-pointed .stage drivers are used on which the cutters stand, two men working on a tree at once, one a right hand and the other a Ief-hand axman. Tbe "under-cut" te made on the side to wards which the tree la to fall, and is done according to the judgment of the head-chopper. After the under-cut is made, sawyers, using long, slender cross cut saws, commence on the other Bide of the tree and saw to, within about six Inches of the under-cut, steel wedges be ing used to keep open the cut and finally to throw the tree. If a tree "leans" bad ly, the sawing is done diagonally and wedges are driven in botht cuts toward the under-cut. The saws used are eight, 10 and 12 feet long. If a tree is 'larger than 12 feet in diameter, blocks are cut out on each side until the saw has room to work, so that on a 16-foot tree two feet or more would be blocked out on each side. The tree harving fallen, making a sound like a canon's dull roar, the "peel er" takes charge of It, and with a long, fiat-pointed steel bar, takes off all the bark and trims the tree. The tree is then left, sometimes for weeks, until the bark, branches and underbrush are dry enough to burn. Fires are then set and. a gang of men keeps them burning, and also sees that the tree trunks do not burn, though a sound redwood tree can scarcely be made to burn. The better the burn the cheaper is the handllngof the logs. The tree is then measured off by the sawyers, who cut it into length required, generally 16 to 20 feet long, in accordance with orders from the superintendent of the mill. A saw, operated by one, man, makes (the cuts. The logs now go Into the hands of the "log-fixer," who, from his experience, can tell just how a log will "ride" on the skids, and he proceeds to "snipe" that end and trim the proper side, oo it AvlU slide easily. In case of very large trees he blasts the log so that it can be handled by the donkey engines. The "yarding donkey" crew then prepares a roadway to the tramway, and couples the logs to gether with chains and "drags" iro strings of from 6000 to 10,000 feet. The strings are then copnectcd to the bull donkey engine by a steel wire cable one inch in diameter, and the logs are drawn to the landing by the ralload track, some times three-quarters of a mile 'distant. A signal is given by an electric bell, which is answered with a whistle by the donkey engine, and the log3 start to move at a rate of about 60 feet per minute. They are. dragged along a mud road, and from water barrels stationed about 'every 100 feet, the "water slinger" throws water directly in front of the moving string of logs, just enough to moisten the earth. On arriving at the landing they are Im mediately uncoupled and the chains and grabs that were used to bring the logs in are placed on a sled, the engine drum is reversed and a smaller steel cable draws the sled and large cable back. The logs on tho landing are scaled as they are de livered to the train. The logging cars INTO THE SAWMILL AT CRESCENT THEIR SIZE. i are drawn alongside the landing and the logs are slid or rolled sideways onto the cars- with power from the locomotive or donkey, and In "half an hour a dozen cars will receive their load, which Is then taken to the mills. ' The real area of the redwood belt of timber in Del Norte County has often been discussed. Mr. W. L. Higgins, who has cruised over all the timber durintr the j Past 40 years, states that the belt' is about st part and four 111 average miles long, square miles. or about 320,000 acres. An average acre ' of redwood will go 150,000 feet, so that the 1 total amount of redwood timber in Del Norte County is about 50,000,000,000 feet. If 50 mills were each to saw 10,000,000 feet a year, it would take 100 years to saw it all. If the stumpage of this redwood timber is worth $1 per 1000, It makes the total -value cf the redwood forests alone $50,000,000. Another gentleman here who has had i "a great deal of experience with the red wood timber, says the figures just given are too large; that the area of the red wood belt "will not aggregate more than 150,000 acres, and that a total of 20,000.000, 000 leet is enough to claim for Del. Norte County. However, the figures in either case are of sufficient magnitude to com mand attention. J2. C P. GOOD MARKET FOR FLAX Hints From American Consul Useful to Oregon Growers. The report of Hugo Muench, American Consul at Zittau, on the flax market in Germany and Bohemia should prove of interest to the farmers of Oregon. If the farmer here would save the fiber of his flax and prepare it for market by "retting"' he could command a good price for the product. The following Is the report of Consul Muench: The reported abundance of the Ameri can flax crop upon the one hand and the condition. -of the Continental European flax market upon the other seem to justify an earnest appeal to the American farmer to save the fiber of his flax, and thus reap an additional profit from his crop. "From reliable sources it is gathered that there are in the textile districts of Saxony and Silesia, in all, 134.23S spindles for the manufacture of linen thread. In near-by Bohemia (Austria) there are about 200,000 spindles, and in "Western Germany 98.1S9. It is calculated that each spindle reduces about 200 pounds of commercial flax per annum, constituting a total yearly consumption of 64,500 metric tons for the entire territory named. Of this quantity about one-third is at present home grown, .while the remaining two-third are almost entirely Imported from the provinces of Russia. In numerous instances leading spinners here have complained of the quality and manner of packing Russian flax, and I can -And no reason for suppos ing that American flax, well and conscien tiously prepared and packed, will not find a welcome reception in the markets of these, districts.' s ' "Farmers and exporters will readily un derstand that flax, to be marketable here, must meet the requirements of the local consumer. To begin with, the plant should be harvested, not with a sole view to saving the seed and lis oil, but with an equal regard for the utility of the fiber. "While the stem may, in cases where the plant is of unusual height and the cut very low, be harvested by machinery, yet even then portions of valuable material become lost, and the only absolutely safe way Is to pull up the plant by the roots. Care must also be taken that In combing or rippling the plant for its seed, the fiber be not lacerated or stems prematurely cracked. "Some of the flax is sold here immediate ly after this process of rippling that is to say, .before scutching or removing any ot the 'boon' or woody substance; but there are only a few purchasers who are qulpped"for these further processes, and it Is also believed that the disproportion ate cost of transporting this article 'in the rough' practically precludes Its im portation in this crude state. When it is added that flax in the stem sells in these markets for from SO to. 100 marks ($19 to $23 75) per metric ton (2201.6 pounds), the difficulty of Importing in this condition can be readily judged. "The process of 'retting' (rotting or macerating), which follows next, is cus tomarily accomplished here in one of three ways either by 'dew retting,' to wit, spreading upon grass or meadow and allowing the slow process of decompo sition to accomplish the dcslfed result, or 'steeping' In natural water or in tanks of water with a slight addition of heat. These processes certainly consume time, but the product obtained commands the highest prices, and manufacturers here seem to have a fixed objection to flax ret ted to any extent by swift or violent methods. "Flax to be salable here must, after retting, be freed of the rotted boon In the most ".pproved manner by 'braking' and beating or 'swingling.' There Is a slight difference In the market price of tho product, according to the method em ployed, that produced by the brake selling at from $142 to $170 per metric ton, while that resulting from the swingling process commands from $200 to $250. "It Is, naturally, too early to ascertain the probable output of this year's flax crop upon the Continent. Owing to tho greater demand and the rising tendency in prices, It is reported that a slightly increased area has been sown; but this Increase cannot be- very Important, and there Is no reason to doubt that with a proper article our exporters can fairly compete here with the flax-producers of any other country. "When it Js further remembered that flax, in the countries in question, is ad mitted free of duty, the American pro ducer has before him the leading factors from which he can determine whether it will pay him to prepare his flax fiber for the use to which I: lias been devoted from .time Immemorial." Temple Beth Israel. The earvlces of "Sheminl Azereth," or concluding festival, will be held this even ing at 8 o'clock, and tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock Dr. Stephen S. "Wise will de liver a sermon In the course of the morn Ins services. When the hair is thin and sray Parker'a Hair Balram renetv3 the growth and color. HlmWCorns. the best euro for corns. llicts. MOTHER AND BABE Sick mother sick child I That's the way it works when a mother is nursing her infant. Scott's' Emulsion is an ideal medicine for nursing mothers. It has a direct effect on the milk. Sometimes the mother is weak; her thin milk does not make the baby grow. Scott's Emulsion changes all that. The rich, cod-liver oil in Scott's Emulsion feeds the mother and gives a flow of rich, nourishing milk for the baby. The medicine in Scott's Emulsion not only strengthens the mother but goes naturally through the milk and strength ens the child. Nothing to harm all for good Scott's Emulsion. We'll send you a little to try, U you filce. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl street, New York. "ALL WRI0HT-F0R MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY Possesses ail tha sedative and anortyne qnnnues ot Opium, but produces no sickness of the stomach. In acute nervons disorders It Is an Invalaablo Hcmcdy. Becommended by lxsrt Physicians everywhere, WRIGHT'S INDIAN VEGETABLE PILL CO., New York. Had way 'a Ready Kellef Is a cure forevery pain, toothache, neadacsc. neuralgia, rheumatism. A GOOD DEAL OF NONSENSE. About "Blood PnrlSers" and "Tonics." Every drop of blood, every bone, nerve and tissue in the body can bo renewed in but one way, and that is, from wholesomo food properly digested. There is no other way, and tho Idea that a medicine in it self can purify the blood or supply new tissues and strong nerves is ridiculous and on a par with the fol-de-rol that dys pepsia or Indigestion is a germ disease, or that other fallacy, that a weak stom ach which refuses to digest food can be made to do so by irritating- and inflaming the bowels by pills and cathartics. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets cure indiges tion, sour stomach, gas and bloating after meals, because they furnish the digestive Srinciples which weak stomachs lack, and nless the deficiency of pepsin and dias tase is supplied it is useless to attempt to cure stomach troublo -by the use of "tonics," "pills" and "cathartics." which have absolutely no digestive power, and their only effect is to give a temporary stimulation. One grain of the active principle in Stu art's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest 3000 grains of meat, eggs and similar foods, and experiments have shown that they will do this in a glass bottle at proper temperature, but, of course, are much more effective in the stomach. There 13 probably no remedy so univers ally used as Stuart's Tablets, because it is not only the sick and ailing, but well people who use them at every meal to In sure perfect digestion and assimilation o the food. People who enjoy fair health take Stu art's Tablets as regularly as thy tako their meals, because they want to keept well, prevention is better than cure, and,' Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do both; they prevent indigestion and they remove itf where it exists. The regular use of one or two of them after meals will demon- strato their merit and efficiency better than any other argument. k .T r 1 JMY5 SrfEATWtNTvl Tho following symptoms are cured by Dr. , BurKhart's Vegetable Compound: Rheuma tism. Palpitation of tho Heart, Catarrh. Pains In Side and Back, Dizziness. Pimples on tha' Face, Sick Stomach, Coated Tongue. Night Sweats. Stiffness In Llmb3 and Joints. Poor Appetite, etc. 10 days" treatment free. AH DrugKlsts'. DR. W. S. BURKHART, Cincinnati, O. There is no waste with Silver Polish Cleans as well as polishes Most economical in use All responsible jewelers keep it S5 ccnt3 a paclrage j H ervine. 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