THE." CUM BEKLOGU.fi
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1025
HEARS HILLS
WHISPER
OF GOD
PAGE TWELVE
DAYTON, Tenn. "We humans haven't no call to
comprehend the incomprehensible, or scrutinize the in
scrutable." . ,
The little mountain cabin of "Old George" Morgan,
mountain preacher, hugs the green breast of Waldon's
Ridge, 2100 feet ajbove the town of Dayton, where "the
mpnkey war," as the mountaineers call the evolution .
battle, rages.
; The "Worst Reader"
Generation after generation of Morgans have lived
atop Waldon's Ridee and watched the vallev folks far j.
below. ,
5They call George Morgan, "the worst reader in) the
country," That means that he reads the most.
Mountaineers who sometimes see a newspaper and
who keep the Holy Bible and a patent medicine almanac
upon their bare tables, look at Morgan with awe.
"Old George Morgan's read this Darwin fellow," they
tell you, and would so defy his God, runs through their
voice.
' We found "Old George" Morgan hoeing his harlia
plants and gazing at the blue-misty valley more than 2000
feet below him.
The monkey war down there? George Morgan's genial'
old face sobered. . . '
"So much ."wrangling and jangling," he said, "all be
cause folks want to comprehend the incomprehensible
and scrutinize the inscrutable." : -
i :.. ', The Mountains Know
"Look at my. mountains," and his lean brown' fingers
pointed to a distant peak creamy with chestnut bloom.
"They know and they keep still. When folks know, they
keep still, too."
Morgan studied to be a minister long years ago in a
little theological seminary down in Athens, Texas.
But he came back to the mountain of his f athers with
out his degree and sheepskin.
; But degree or none, he went upon his work, tending
his bees and cattle and fruit trees week-days, mounting
his horse, Bible in saddle-bag, and preaching the word .
of God to soul-hungry mountaineers on the Sabbath.
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Above Is "Old George" Morgan. Mountain Preacher, nli finds .trulh anil CJinfurt
in the Tennessee Hills mil deiires-no answers to his questions. Below U his
little home, perched 2100 feet above the. Town of Dayton.
"Folks can't begin to doubt one word in the Bible,",
pays the mountain preacher, "without beginning to doubt
all of them. And then where'll they be?" ,
. . Favors School Law
Any evolutionary teachings that deny the ppecial
creation of man are a menace to the state's young, de
clares Morgan, and he's for any law that will keep 'the
schools safe for children.
Morgan cast a bright blue eye over skies no bluer.
"At night I sit in front of the cabin and watch the
.stars," he ,went on.
"They make me hungry to know things! Why we
came and where we're going and if out folks are wait
ing for us over there.
"But that's sin, and I make myself stop bothering God
and just sit still and watch 'em up there all crisp and
cold like fire, and I know He knows, an' that's enough.
"I'm just a homespun plain man and he is God. Who
am I to comprehend the incomprehensible?
Easy to Belive
"But God comes closer to us folks on the mountains
than to those down in the valley. It's easier for us to
believe. ' ...
' "There were 10 of us kids running over these moun
tains and our mammy and pappy didn't have much, but
they taught us that cool mountain air and spring water
and the green grass and the blue sky were enough, and
not to be asking for other things.
"I learned to keep satisfied in life. I got another suit
of clothes and enough money for buryin' and I got my
Bible and my wife and I aim I'm the happiest man nlive.
I can live on $100 a year up here."
Black smoke rose like a wraith from the lowlands, and
the toot of a factory whistle echoed faintly through the
ridge.
"They slave so down there for things they don't need,"
said the mountain preacher.
"I don't want to take nothin' away from life with me
but happiness and my belief in my Book. I want those
little children down there to have that, too.
VANCOUVER
; LOGGING IS
CURTAILED
Decrease of 167,762,
448 Feet From First
5 Months 1924
VANCOUVER. B. C. Curtailed
operations in the camps Is indicat
ed by the decreased log production
for -the first fire months of tie
present year. The cut amounted
to 662,396,468 feet, a decrease of
1(7,762,448 feet from the amount
cut in the same period of 1924. In
. May the cut was 195,733,812 feet,
which was 33,687,466 feet less than
tot the same month a year ago. Al
though timber production is 25 per
cent less than a year ago, tbere are
far' too many logs in the water
above the demand. S nie of the
big . companies are nit operatm1
'and It is very probable that they
will not resume until'after the sum
mer when tile fire harurd is past.
The warm weather of, a month ago
cave the loggers a scare, but now
that Min hag come in, quantity and
.showers are frequent, , operations
wnlcb. might nave beea reduced are
still being maintained. " The Com7
ox Logging company, which is a sub
sidiary company of the Canadian
Western .Lumber company, and
which operates on the east coast of
Vancouver Island, is active. It has
put a new camp on the further side
of Oyster river and is preparing to
' invade the groves of cedar and fir
Oft (.he highway toward Campbell
' river and Campbell lake.
The provlncvial government is tak
ing a decided stand in regard to
to the export of logs. With more
timber being cut tian the market
can absorb, Hon. T.' D. Pattullo has
announced that there Is no Inten
tion of relaxing the regulations gov
erning export, and should the mark
et beoome glutted, export will not
be allowed to relieve congestion. H s
states that permits for the export
of logs from licensed areas- was only
fifty per cent of that granted In the
same period of last year. .. It had
been stated that mills were being
constructed on the other tide of the
line for the purpose of cutting logs
from British Columbia, but Mr. Pat
tuflb claims that : the present situa
tion proves that this is absurd.
Standard Lumber
Company Erects
Fine Hospital
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. One of
the finest hospitals in the state has
Just been opened by the Standard
Lumber company at. Standard City
(Tuolumne county).. There are 33
rooms, with' accommodations" for 24
patients at, one time. The equip
ment includes a modern drug store,
an X-ray apparatus, and excellent
laboratories. The cost of the insti
tution was 85,000.
RETURNS FROM SOUTH
J. R. Shaw of the Shaw-Bertram
Lumber company, returned Satur
day from San Francisco, where he
spent Beveral days on business.
TO WLl'L-KHK
Jimmer Johnston and Heinle
Smaltleld motored to Wlul-Kse Sun
day from Pelican Bay camps in Ye
Brogan.
GOOD USED CARS
Buick "4" Touring, 1922
ft .1922 Ford Touring . .
1923 7-Passenger Buick ,
1924 Star Touring . . . .
1922 Overland . : . . . . . ;
. . . . 025.00
. . , .115.00
. .. . 750.00
....415.00
..'..275.00
Lots of other bargains
Compare these Prices
Buick 8C Star Garage
1 Opposite White Pelican Hotel
Love Tips for Lumberjacks, by
Miss Jellicose Juniper Joynes
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In conducting this column, I feel
a great responsibility has been plac
ed upon me in being appointed, as
it were, counsellor-at-heart for the
he-men of the open spaces, and I
shall feel it my duty to give the best
of the wisdom that is mine, which
has been garnered from many years
of experience on the tempestuous
seas of passion. . .
Wherever possible, the letters of
puzzled swains will be published, bnt
of course many of them which will
be confided to me will be of a nature
too delicate and personal to print; In
such cases, an answer will either be
mailed to the man, or It will be
given in these columns In such a
manner as to keep the nature of the
question concealed from the world
at large.
Jellicose Juniper Joynes..'
Dear Miss Joynes:
I have been going with a young
lady for about a week, during which
time I have had' three dates with
her. The last time we wore out, sne
insisted on holding my hand. ( I did
not think It was qnlte the thing to
do, but she insisted, and as I love
her very deeply, I permitted it. Did
I do wrong?
John "Red"- Johnston.
Absolutely. ' Especially if t h o
young lady has made no offer of
matrimony, which I take It she has
'not. She will have moro respect
(for you if you show moro. manly
' modesty. Xeifter permit it again, and
If she tries to get fresh again slap
her a good one and tell tier I said
o lay off. .( '
' J. J. J.
Mr. Dan McDonald.
i Pelican Bay Camp 2.
. Dear Sir: . .
) . Of course you're ruined. And It's
just as much your fault as the girls.
I'm ashamed of you. Never let it
happen again.
1 J. J. J.
Mr. Jo Tnichon,
Chiloquln, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
If a thing like that cvnr hnppcnB
again, slap the girl one. There are
always a bunch of city shebas stick
ing around trying to get fresh with
a poor innocent top-loader. If one
ever tries It again, put her in her
place right now.
J. J. J.
Dear Miss Joynes: ,
Is It ever proper to ask a young
lady for a dance If you have not
been introduced to her?
Eb Guilder.'
It all depends upon the sign of
the zodiac, t Look It up in the al
manac In every case, and If the moon
is right, go ahead. J. J. J.
College Boys Will
Battle White Pine
Rust This Summer
100 Students From Western
States to do Forestry .
Work During Their
Vacation
SPOKANE. Stephen N. Wyckoff,
associated pathologist In charge of
the white 'pine nlistor rust control
work'ki'dlrocted from the western
office In' Spokane, ' savs that 100
young men out of school will be In
the battle this summer, against the
timber foe in the upper Priest Lake
region In Northern Idaho. Forestry
schools represented will bo Montana,
Idaho, -Washington, Oregon, Califor
nia, Gonzaga (Spokane) and Iowa.
Thirteen tons of provisions and
equipment have been sent Into the
district. Nine additional tons of
food stuffs will be dispatched this
season. The storehouse is a boat on
upper Priest Lake and the base
camps will bo seven and ten miles
inland, with ten pack horses to carry
the supplies.
Eyre Shingle Co.
To Build Mill At
Arlington, Ore.
Plant to Have Capacity of 20M
of Lumber; to Have Four
Shingle Machines .
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A new concern has been organized
at Arlington known as the Eyre
Shingle company. The organizers
are II. W. Hessoms, a well known
logger, J. A, Gray, Jdck Hoaly and
Newton Field. They ore erecting a
combination lumber and shingle mill,
The sawmill will have a rapacity of
about twenty thousand feet per day
and the shingle mill will he equip
ped with four upright machines.
Tho company has a largo xluml' of
timber which will bo cut and manu
factured in the new plant.
FISHIYH TUir
1
Mr. nml Mrs. C, R. CU.ndennlng,
Mr. and Mrs, A. G, Pnarsop, Miss
Boat rice Penrson, E, W. Dnltce and
Earl Pearson of' the Sixth Ktrnet
Lumber company will enjoy a, fish
ing trip to Diamond Lake over tho
Fourth of July. 1 '
FOURTH TO BE .
BRIEF IN THE
FIR DISTRICT
Inland Emipre Mill to be
Closed for About
Three Days
ronTLAND, Ore The Loyal
Legion of Loggors and Lumbermen
announced .here today that the
fourth of July shutdown of fir saw
mills on the west const would be
brief this year Tho announcement
said the average duration of tho
shutdown would bo not more than
five days. Some compunlus have an
nounced they will rem.iln closod for
two or three weeks while necessary
repair! are being made.
The holiday closing ot .the pine
mills of the Inlunl Empire will
average not more t'lan three rta'fl,
It was said. ' ; :
British Columbia
Ranger Is Burned
"; To Death In Fire
NEW INCOIIPOIMTIONH
Four Hundred Men Fighting
Fire Near Deep Bay, on
Vancouver Island
VANCOUVEIt, I). C Forost flros
are nmlug in several districts on
tho lower mainland of British Col
umbia and on Vancouver Island, and
the provincial forestry department
lad requested that logging opera
tions' bo cut down to half time dur
ing tho extremely dry weather.
At Port Neville, In Prln.ce Ru
pert district, O. ,0. Clark, assistant
forest ranger, was burned; to death
after warning people ,o( ''; change
In tho fire's i!rootloti;',.'y
Four hundred men aVji fighting a
blaze atDeop bay, "Vancouver .Island
where flames iro sweeping 3,000
acres of Canadian Ilohort Dollar
company's holdings, A brush flro
near Capllano rlvor, whence Van
couver derives lis walor Supply hi
being fought. Other flros are' re
ported at Prospect' Lake, Vancouvor
Island, Union Day, Vancouvos island
and between Mission and Stake lake
In the Frazlor rlvor vale.
OIIH J.MPItOVHH '
M. T, Ors, who has boon In tho
Klamath Vulloy hospital with nn In
fected leg for several days, Is get
ting ulong very nicely, according .to
hospital authorities,.! .., .
Sunset Tiinbor Co.. Albany: de
crease of capltul stock from II DO,
000 to 1100,000.
McCulloiigh Crook Lumber Co.,
Inc., (ilnndule; capital slock, $50.
000; Incorporators: Guy Smith, N.
1 Jensen, M. W. Smith. Verl A.
Smith.
The Christian Mueller Land t
Timber Co., Davenport, Iowa: filed
nollco of withdrawal from business
In Oregon. 1
National - Forest Products Co..
Portland: capital stork, 15000; In
corporators, M. A. Phillips, V. J.
Phillips, F. McKay.
Lako EwaunA Iloom company.,
Klamath Falls; capital stork, 120,
000; Incorporators, D. V. Kuyken
dnll,' M. 8. Whvrland, Itobert II.
Kuykendnll.
II. L. nurroughs, Inc.. Pendleton:
chango of namo to Pendleton Lum
ber and Conl Co.
Deschutes Lumber Co., Minneap
olis, Minn.; (lied notlco of with
drawal from business in Oregon.
Flscher-Soula Lumber Co., Eu
gene; has been dlssolvud.
W. L. Comyn & Co., Inc., San
Francisco: gran led license to trans
act business In Oregon. The com
pnny Is capitalized at (1,250,000.
Big Creek Logging Co., Portland,
dissolved.
Union Avonuo Lumber & Supply
Co., Portland; capital stock, JlidOO,
Incorporators, ' F. J. Moser, II, P.'
Owen, Jesso G. Warrington.
j Hog-lie Itlvnr Valley Lumlwr Co.,
! Porilaud, capital slork, I6UO.000;
Inrorpurninra, (Sua. L. Jennings, W.
II. Dopi. L. A. Felko.
Ilatilo Creek Lumber Co., Crow,
cnplial stock, tUOO; Incorporators,
I'urry A. Main, Mno Main, t'ln Car
punter. Geo. W. Carpenter.
Chautauqua Lumber Co., of War
ran, Pa., filed nollco of withdrawal
from business In Oregon.
Milton Crunk Logging Co., Port
land, dlnsolvod.
TO LAKE OF THE WOOItH
Mr. and Mrs. II, w. nrldgnford
will spend (ho week-end at their
nummor camp at Lake of tho Woods.
Cranking a car Is "no
business for a lady"
nor man elihnr. Let a
Drynamlo PhllM do It
for yjii.
Battery Service
Station
Dill Kliutiath Ave.
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Sawmill and box factory men are
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