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PAGE NINE
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1925
THE LUMBE R L 0 G U E
Sawmill Foremen and How
They Do It; Writer Gives
Real Low-Down on Species
; Whenever you go into a modem sawmill on a visit you
will be astonished at the noise of countless machines, the
speed.' with which heavy logs and boards are shunted
around from place ' to "place, and impressed with the
careless but smooth and accurate activities of many busy
workmen. Walking nonchalantly past whizzing cam
ages, stepping carelessly over live rolls and drive chains,
dodging expertly under flapping belts, or gracefully bal
ancing, on a carriage that shoots back and forth, fast
enough to dislocate the spinal column of a rattlesnake,
ihese workmen are busy at their appointed tasks of
keeping a big sawmill running at top speed.
In all the noise and orderly confusion it does not seem
to the average stranger that a man could live in such
an atmosphere and maintain his mental equilibrium.
However, if you will glance around the deck sarefully
you will notice a figure sitting comfortably on the back
of his neck, with a peaceful and contented expression on
his map, as if he had not a care in the world. This per
son is the mill foreman, and you will have no trouble
iilentifying him'. He is the only man" in the mill sitting
down.. ' ' :
i Lynx-Ryrd ' t
''it is bis jSb'.to see'tW every- (lumber industry only, a few aro so
thing in the mill Tuns smoothly and
without hitch or hindrance. He is a
lynx-eyed individual, and.; his hear
ing has been developed beyond all
human belief! It is thought by some
people that miil foremen are pos
sessed of a sixth sense, but this pecu
liarity Is really an instinct.
He can sit on the log deck com
pletely hidden from the sight of the
No. 2 band-saw, get up suddenly for
no apparent reason and show the
sawyer where he could have raised
his last board two grades by turning
the log once more. '
He can, with equal facility, lean
negligently over the guard rail of
the log slip with the uproar of a
hundred, different motors, belts,
steam niggers, live rolls and a hog
or two ringing in his ears, and hear a
belt slipping half a block away in
the basement of the mill. ,
.: Knows His Stuff '..'
; He knows every piece of mechan
ism In the sawmill by Its first name
and is always willing and eager to
explain to any visitor that if given
a monkey wrench and a pipe die to
work with, he could build a' better
machine than any yet manufactured.
He can pick up a half-Inch stove
. bolt from a pile of sawdust, and
while there are probably a hundred
thousand bolts exactly like it do
ing business in the mill, he will, with
unerring instinct, stop a carriage',
push his way through a net work of
steam pipes, air hose and miscel
laneous debris and put the bolt back
In the place it dropped from without
batting an eye. ! .
, : Only One Boner
The only time we ever heard of a
mill foreman being mistaken on a
piece of machinery was when a jok
ing mill wright showed him a small
cogwheel from an Ingersoll watch
and asked him where it came from.
The foreman Immediately Identified
the wheel as a piece of mechanism
from an oil feed pump down on the
machinery (.floor.. He was so sure
of his judgment ' that be took the
millwright and showed him where it
belonged-p' i - : ,-
5 The millwright tried to tell him
where the wheel really came from,
but to prove he was right the fore
man fitted ft shaft to tbe.cog, attach
ed it to this pump and made It work,
after which he remarked it was ho
wonder the sawmill was always fall
ing apart with the millwrights run
ning around the place with half the
machinery In their pockets. "
Will Work Hometlmes .
The foreman will, when the occa
sion becomes acute, do a little work,
If there is no hired help available
to do It for him. When the log deck
gets jammed and tho logs pile up so
lifs resting place Is buried he will,
with a few well chosen remarks hav
ing to do with the forbears, present
life and probable future abode of the
djnekman's soul, seize a peavy and
work like a beaver rolling logs back
onto the chain until he uncovers his.
Tjonch, whereupon he takes a fresh
raiew, wipes the perspiration from
ills brow and, after getting his spine
jjroperly Inserted between a couple
ojf studs In tho wall bo he will be
maintained In a partially upright
position with no effort on his part,
retire to his usual lethargic state of
being, cogitating meanwhile on the
possibility of hiring some good six-year-old
boy with at least part of
his senses to run the dock and keep
things straightened out so a person
won't have to be hopping all over
the place llko a Mexican jumping
bean to keep from being burled
Under a load of logs.
' No Bcliools
, There aro no schools In which one
ran learn by' tht corroBprindonco
method to bo a mill foreman. The
business has to be learned by actual'
experience and out of the thousands
of good mill hands working In the
FRENCH PEOPLE
WILLAID
DEB
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qualified as to make good foremen.
He puts in long hours and we know
of no one who can be in more places
at the same time than a good ex
perienced mill foreman. You can
come into a mill at 6:30 in the
morning and find the foreman ex
amining a machine to see if it will
need rebabbiting. You can come
down at midnight and one of the
first men you meet will be the fore
man.
At any time of the day or night
you can, however, call at his house
and find, him either eating a meal
or Just getting into r out of bed.
At 11 a. m. you can see htm snatch
ing a hasty shave in the millwright's
room, where he has a first mort
gage on the shaving material owned
by all the millwrights, and at 11:01
you can drive past the machine shop
and see him coming out the door
with a '200-pound casting on one
'shoulder and a ten-foot section of
steel shafting under bis arm.
Forced To Move .
Almost all the good mill foremen
in ' the west today have, migrated
from the east. Several oilers and
setters have told us confidentally
that they were run out, but we do
not believe that all of them were
forced to . leave. One or two of
them must have left of their own
accord. ...
' After coming west, getting mar
ried and somewhat reformed, it is
the ; foreman's custom to . regale
visitors with stirring tales of the
old days in Minnesota or Michigan
when he was a young devil and full
of pep, knowing ful well that he Is
safe as they probably . have a new
sheriff back there by this time.
Plenty Underwear
The mill foreman wears red flan
nel underwear winter and summer,
and on a hot day In July with the
sweat running down his face, will
tell you that he is really a lot cool
er than the rest of the crew. He
will also como to work the morning
after New Tear's with the pond
frozen a foot deep, wearing two
mackinaws, a sweater, three shirts,
two pairs of Indian blanket pants,
three pairs of sox and two pairs of
shoes, and explain to you that he is
as warm as can be, and gives all the
credit to the red underwear. -
He drives a Twin Six on Sundays,
belongs to seven lodges and three
clubs, owns a dress suit, his own
home, Is raising a family, has money
in the bank and gets drunk every
Fourth of July and Christmas, these
being the only two holidays' he is
allowed in any one year. He doesn't
get drunk because he wants to, but'
knows the rest of the crew is getting
itself into the same condition and
he has to keep up the old traditions.
Heavy Htuff
He knows everybody In 14 states
who ever worked in a sawmill, he
can grade a board exactly at a dis
tance of 150 feet without his glasses,
he can tell you the mill put and over
run for October, 192i, without look
ing It up, he can rebuild any mach
ine on tho plant Into a better piece
of mechanism than It was when they"
got It from the factory, and by lab
orious and nerve racking concentra
tion he can write his own name on a'
time check. ' ' " '
' He le a student of psychology,
although he doesn't know what the
word means, and his life Is replete
with Incidents. He never grows old
and a sawmill is his religion, He
holds a lifelong grudge against the
woods crew, and will dig down be
hind his bench and disclose, a mis
cellaneous collection of horseshoes,
boom spikes, rocks, bullets, sections
of chain and other articles has has
been saving for years, in the hopes
thnt some day he will make some
body bollevo. that the ImriHeHwrka
put them In the logs on purpose to
dull his saws and wreck' the mill. If
necessary, to keep him from making
a decent cut,
PARIS. Tho huUer ot .Frtucft
government and city bonds ttnd
other French oblisations payable lu'
paper will ontrlhuie. In addition to
tie taxes thev pay. something be
tweet 50.000.000,0011 an 100,000,-
000 franca to the financial settle
ment of the war .f the frauc ia
stabilized and reveai.iriied as now
eonteuTpTated by the minister of fin
ances ut a, rate s.'mewjiere betweeu
25 and SO per cent of the gold
value. Tats will be the permanent
shrinkage in the purciimslng value
of the paper franc from whl.-b. there
will be no appeal.
The pendant, servant, clerk, re
tired merchant, retired officer nuose
savings are, as a rule, invostel in
government secir.Ltles will he no
worse off than they Ure today, but
their loaa will be definitely- c-mse
crated. . . .
M. Calllaitx refuses to fix any spe
cific rate ot which ho hopes to sta
bilize tlhe franc, but tie "average
FTonchmaj" has finally becomo c:u-
viued that the Minister's warning
to the French people that "t'le
hour of financial penance i ut hand'
is fraught th dire consequences to
their pockets and to their Invest
ments. Rumors persist that M. Lell-
laux Is ready to acoept tho present
value of lie trace in rejulion to
gold of about 25 coutlines. Tills
would mean that the 277,000.000,
000 francs of government bonds out
standing would be really worth only
about 66,000,000,000 , francs: that
is to say. t'Je purchuJiug power of
the franc being reduced to a fourth
of Its, face value, the income from
the bonds would suffer a perman
ent depreciation of 75 per cent. All
the information obtainable in offi
cial circles, however, initiates that
the revalorization of the franc will
be undertaken only Ufter a serious
effort has been made l Improve Its
exxliange value to approximately 70
to one pound and 14 to the dollar.
These ratoa are 'recognized liyFrMch
Iinanciat ana economic circles u
representing the real value ot the
paper franc. In fiat case the 277,
00,000,000 fttincs of government ob
ligations would be worth 92.000,
000,000 francs gold.
DEATH SOLVES
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BBItl.lN'.' W) -Tubi mystory' about
KuReno Asew, famous spy of tho lnte
Czar of Russia, has been solved by
Arthur KneupTfer. according to his
revelations In the Iterllnor Toaelilait.
To the world at large Kuncuo Asew
was known as one of the principal
leaders, of the Russian revolution,
until he was finally unmarked b)r
the Russian historian, "Wladlmlr
liu new. as a secret Russian agent
and as such a revolutionary Insti
gator. At a secret revolutionary trihunnl
held by the leaders ot tho brunch
association ot emigrants In London
In 1409, Asew was sentenced to
denth, The condemned spy, how
over, was not to be found anywhero,
despite tho most diligent search by
the secret Russian societies In all
countries. Ho seemed to have van
ished into space.
Salts Of-Dead Sea
Arouse Hopes For
Gainful Industry
JERUSALEM. (P) Efforts soon
will be made to exploit the vast
mineral wealth of the Dead Sea, and
Palestine, the richest country in the
world for potash resources, may be
gin to yield up some of its riches.
A government announcement says
that In view of the existence in the
waters of the Dead Sea of certain
minerals, the winning and market
ing of which for commercial pur
poses is, believed, to be practicable,
the. crown agents for the colonies,
acting on behalf of the government
of Palestine, are prepared to receive
applications for the grant ot rights
to undertake operations.
The volume of the Dead Eca Is
somewhere in the neighborhood of
120,000,000,000 cubic . metres.
Hence the area contains roughly 30,
000,000.000 tons of mixed salts, of
which . possibly 1,500,000,000 tons
are potassium chloride. . The salts
occur as a strong brine, Immediate
ly ready for evaporation and crystal
lization for the production ot pure
salts by the natural heat of the sun.
The average percentage of salts in
tho brine Is at least 25 percent, of
which 34 percent Is sodium chloride,
four to "seven percent potassium
chloride, and up to one percent or
more ot magnesium bromide.
The .surface of tho Dead Sea lies
1292 feet below the sea level. It Is
48 miles long and 19 miles wide, as
big as the lake of Geneva. It Is
estimated that 0,500,000 tons of
wafer fall Into It daily.. Because of
tho extraordinary evaporation caus
ed, by the intense heat, the water Is
Impregnated w 1 1 h mineral sub
stances, of which common1 salt con
stitutes seven percent. Fish cannot
live In the Dead Sea, which destroys
nearly all organic life.
The official announcement that
the government Is prepared to grant
a concession for the exploration of
the mineral resources of tho Dead
Sea follows suvoral years prospect
ing by a group of Jowlsh flnancers
of Palestine and England. Recently
an American "oil company which has
been prospecting for petroleum In
tho southern part of the Dead Sea
region, has displayed keen Interest
In - the bromide deposits. Other
American companies have' sent out
engineers, to examine the brine.
It Is understood that because of
the competition, the government de
cided to Invite tenders from all In
terested parties beforo granting a
concession, -
- ft a r - . ..a '
Log Shortage Is
Felt In Seattle
Lumber . District
It now has been learned thnt Asew
died In Berlin In 1918. He lived for
a time In the west end of Berlin
under the assumed name ot Kerl
Neumayer. . Equipped with a pass
port he traveled aimlessly through
tho near East of Europe, continual
ly fearing discovery by the powerful
secret organizations of Russia. Ho
then disappeared In tho German
provinces, travelling from one small
town to another.
In 1915 Asew was arrested In
Berlin as. a suspicious Russian. In
response to his request, ho was not
put Into nn internment camp but
was kept In various prisons. After
the peace of Brest-Litowsk he was B
set free and died soon, after from
general collapse. In his position as R
secret agent for tho Czar. Asew was
obliged to remain a member of the
secret revolutionary organization un
til ho was discovered to be a bona
tide agent by the police.' It was his
duty even to assume a loading rolo
In establishing a revolutionary reign
of terror and then to denounco somo
revolutionary toiip to. the polico
shortly beforo Its consummation..
Kneuppcr characterizes Asew as
'one of the most dramatic characters
of the last 25 years of Russian his
tory," , -, '
SEATTI.R. Wash.. July 16.
There hus bejn a marked tlKhtenlng
up in buying htr6 duriug tho past
week. The .voluin ot new busi
ness has remained' about the sumo
and tho only . ay to account for
the. change in, nlliludo ou the part
of the mills H the psychological ef
fect of the npprusi'hinit 4th of July
shutdown. In many cases concerns
thnt are not In .a position to tnke
on business for -oim . liiue. have
raised their prices and It Is nothing
uncommon to hear ot an advance
being secured.
A number of things aro contribute
lug to tho better fueling, one ot the
most Important of which la tho fart
that nearly all of tho logging camps
are now closed. Many of jhese
concerns wont down on ad ovur
night decision as a protest against
the Increase. In freight rates. This
left somo mills In thu . position
where they found It necessary to
ko out unii buy logs in order to
protect orders they had on their
books., Whllo there is heavy sur
plus of logs In tho water. It is said
that the better grades aro already
becoming scarce and this Is liuvltig
a marked influence on thn prlco of
heavy clears. When thu IokkImr
tumps will be opened up III a lre
Wity is iiiiestlnnitlile, but It Is not
thought that eiimiKh of thi'm will
be going before thu first of August
at thu earliest to have much Influ
ence op the log market. ' ., , .
Four Loggers Ask
Lien For Labors
M ARtillFIEI.l). July IB. A com
print filed by four lunger asking
a lien on logs owned by Waller
Devon to secure, payment tor er
views was received nl tlm . clerk's
office Tuesday. The logs mentioned
In tho complaint aro located In the
west fork of the ('oqullln river.
Stuwurt Cumeron asks IStl.ilS for
services, III costs and I :I0 attor
ney's fee, llnrvoy Itout asks I7S.50
for services and $11 rusts; Murtln
i'k'kenn, S1 for services and 111
costs; Floyd Huckleberry, 134 for
service unci 5 rusts,
FIIIES fONTUOM.KH
IlOSEIll'ltO, Ore., July 14. Prac
tically all ut tho Mrt fires report
ed Li various porta or Douglas
county were under control today.
It was announced this morning,. Of
thn twenty-two fires reported, yei
torduy on i!ia UmpqUtt National
fornLit nil Wo extinguished or un
der wiilH'l wltU Hi etcnpllou of
tw, omo being located ikv; Mark
Creek, a tributary of Utile' river,
and tho otner on Uraiur rancli. 8
miles northeast of CupsllnhtMt,
Prices Hold Low
In Spokane Area
M'OK ANE, July 15. Thorn has
not been a great, ileal of change In
the vol it Hid ot business ciinilitR Into
the Inland Empire during (he past
two weeks mid if prices woro up lo
n Hiitlsfactory standpoint I hern
would bo no riittiplulul to make,
The greatest difficulty eem to tin
In illsposliiR ut the lower grades.
No, S C'oiuumil Idaho Is In poor de
inand ami consequently hard to sell
and No. I Common Is nona too
brisk. Tha letter grades aro holding
up In fair halm.
Prices are now down to point
where oil an average they do nln
sho. a inuigin or profit over tlm
cos( of production and for that
reason the mills have unusually small
order files.,, Report from the mid
dle west and eastern terrltorln glvn
foundation to the belief that, rati
biKluuos will ha bettor, i .
Mil, Mill DEATH CACHES
. OMISSION" OF DINNER
TO ItHODEH SCHOLARS
OXFORD, Eng. OP) Tho an
nual dinner given by tho Rhodes
trustees to the Rhodes scholars
will bo omitted this year because of
the death recently of Lord Mllnor.
It is thought the custom of tho an
nual dinner will not , be revived
until the new building which Is to
bo tho Oxford headquarters of the
Rhodes trust,, is completod.
v Past dinners Jiave been notable
for the eminence of tho speakers,
English statesmen, Including tho
prlmO minister, ' making them oc
casions for pronouncements of their
views on Anglo-American and em
pire questions.
'OLSON HKTTKH
Frank Oltfon,. bunchor ' for the
Ewauna, confined to tllie- Klamath
General hospital as the result of on
auto accident in' the highway, is
declared do1 be Improving. Olson suf
fered u. broken log wfhen struck bp
a car last wook,'
Woman Enter
Loggers Ofe;
: He Is Jailed K
MARSHFIELD. July 15. The
dark woman that gypsy fortune
lulls Invariably predict will enter
the life of blond men arrived on
schedule last night in the carer ot
Elbert C. Reeves, Marshfield log
ger, and when she departed Reeves
was minus 110.
Reeves started to drown his sor
rows and called up Chief of Polico
Carter at. 1:45 a. m. to report the
dark woman's pcrfldlty. - Chief
Carter came and decided tho city
bastilo was. an appropriate habita
tion for Reeves. When he arrived
there Reeves protested by smash
ing a window with , bis fist and
orating on the eternal faithless
ness of the fern Irvine.
This morning" Reeves told his
story ' more coherently and Chief
Carter Is now seeking a blond wotn-
and and a dark woman on charges
of highway robbery. i
According to Uoevos he was In
vited In an aulomobilo with three
strangers, one man, ono blond wom-
and and ono dark woman. They
rrfde for a tlma and then Hooves
wns Invited to disembark on a
Marshfield street. A short time
later he found bis money was gone,
lie was fined ,$15 on a drunk
charge in recorder's court today
and charged . $2, for tho window ho
broke.
With Sawdust Blowing
in Your Eyes-Vy'ith the
Back of Your Neck Wet
With Per spir at ion
You Earn Every Dime
You Get These Days !
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Therefore see that you get value received for
every dime you spend.
Don't spend your money for overhead or fancy
fixtures, or, an army of clerks. .
Insist that you get real merchandise at a reasonable,
price. , , .
In other words, look our prices over you'll, finc it
worth your while. , -
FOR INSTANCE
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Khaki Pants . . . . . 1.50
.... , , . . .
Cotton Ribbed Union Suits . 1.00
' Light Blue Work Shirts, 3 for 1.75
AGENCY FOR NORTH COAST
LOGGER BOOTS
LLOYD RYAN
"Home of the Working Man"
Ninth and Main Klamath Falls, Oregon