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Xumber 12
Idaho. September. 1946
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NAVIGATION ON LAKE COEUR D'ALENE The story of navigation on Coeur d'Alene Lake will recall almost forgotten memories to many men in our organization. \Vhen ] was a boy [ rode, one time, from Coeur d'Alene to Kingston on a Red Collar Line steamer (probably the Georgie Oakes) and went on from Kingston to Wallace on a narrow gauge railroad. At least ] think I did. In most of the intervening years, lake navigation has sustained the ,'arious sawmills at Coeur d'AJene and for our Rutledge mill will be needed for an indefinite time to come. The lake has played a leading part in Idaho history as the accompan;ying article reo lates. It is still important to us as a transportation artery. C. L. BILLINGS, General Manager.
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The growth of cmpire in nOrlh western America, within the span of a single lifetitlle:. has dc\'e1oped some: amazing :lntl c:xcl'cdingl)' colorful chapters for those who chronicle: history. Few stories of pioneer n:ntnrc:s :m<! exploits deserve higher Tank lh;ll\ does Ihal of navigation on Lake COClif d"Alene and the tribmar}' St. Joe and Coeur d'Alene Til'crs. Those were: great dars. with the building of proud steamers 10 carr}' passengc:rs and supplies into a frontier land that knew few To-.ds and was seldom crossed even by trails. There was the sfruggle for lake: shipping beIW~11 r;"al Ollcrators and the final emergence of :I fled of \'es~e1s not equalled elsewhere in Americ:l on fresh water under a single ownership. Long excursion trains arri\'ed from Spokane bringing pleasure b<-.nt crowds to Coeur d'Alene docks for all cia\" trips up the I:tke :md into the shadowr 5t: Joe :lboard Ihe Idaho. Georgie Oakes. Flyer and OlhClrs of the hugh paddle wheelers (trips so adj~ti\'ely descrihcd and pub· licizcd as to make this :<illglc llhase of lake navigalirm :'I pleas:lllily f<-Illllnerative \,('ntllre). (COntinued on page 4)
~ISWING (ONT~ST ...... "...,••,•• ~"h ., G<oe ~ lne~ 0DCe Monthly for Free DlstrlbuUOD to SUlployeft
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GlMba.cb. Ckarwalet' lumbu "heckn-. Ten Ush. dressed. "'drhed Astern pollnd~ four OIIl"ICe5, .'ltb IlI..rJ"m fish ..d&hInr over I~ pouaU. This hlrbl,. "u«asful bil at urUnr ~ puformecl In &uldu uke. Monlana durin&, Gt:nf:s ncaUon. and lbt.re W1I$ I<Orne work «lDneeted ..lIh It . . • lhe put.,. packed-;n • dislaDte of n % miles. At ri&"hl.. 1"'0 Y0\>ulf Usbumt.n from Headquarters • • • l.oany ~bJ'" and Jad Pease. R",port has II tb.llhelr fine catch
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Mabel Kelley __ -====::-;;;~;;: Charla i;l)llng C1eal"water Plant CUi Peale. ~
History Is Made Slowly An illustrious gentleman of the American Revolution, 170 years past, a one-man propaganda department of the war thaI spawned these good United States. coined Ihe phrase "These are times that try men's souls" and rallied :l nalion behind it. There was more 10 thaI famous quotation, wrinen by Thomas Paine, ;lnd Ihc profound wisdom of another scntl'nce deserves allcnlion ... "What we obtain 100 cheap we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only thaI gives everything its value." Few periods in hislory have failed to try men's souls, or provoke in great plentit'uJe prediction of dire happenings: from the pens of even the most le:l.rned, II may be true, and probably is, IhM only when nations are willing to make sacrifices for peace in a degree commensurale with those which are m:1dc for .....ar !t.hal1 there be positive assurance of peace, Unh:lppily no such dar of tranquility, sweet in contemplation. seems yel al hand, BUl black phophcsy and expressions of pessimism born of impatience and absence of underslanding are an indulgence scarcely in keeping \\rjth man's hope for :1 future. There are enough real problems and perils 10 the writing Qr a workable peace Wilhoul adding the brake of pessimism to wheels that must grind out understandings belween ;lOd among nations.
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Rrllou by Hudqllarlen reskh:nu Is that • • . 'tis a fine thin&' to run"", at lnst one fisherman per famU,.. To winner Glnlbacll-CO~GRAT1JLAT10~S.llJ1d II. ,ood fly red. To the run,. atM· ~nvy of their Ilsh1n&' prowe!15 and bette<" Iud. nest year.
There may be small cau:.c for optimism. There i:. less for despair. The thirteen original colonies of Ihe U. $. needed thirteen years 10 reach agreemenl on a constitution, , . and all of thcm spoke the same language. I Ibtory is made slowly! From Me$. Mllude II, Vaul'lIn, Refbltred Nurse, lleadqu:arlcn, Id..ho. i\L1~Sl issue of FIII/dl)' Tr.:/'"' ami 1 re<('nl very much all article 011 Page 2. CQlumu 3. The article (qlltlle), "A nl1\.n had his leg broken:ll ont of lhe c:lmps in early Septcmutr, and was Iru'ls/,orllll.'d from Cum" to L.-::.'isloll withOUI (In:,' I:,'(I/' of s/,lilll-IIMilil'f: proof of lhe need for fir'! aid traillillg,"
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If Ihis m:llI. as 1 !iuspccI. was Marvin Johnson of C:lll1P 14, injured Sell!. 6th, I'd like to correct the implication that he did not get first aid fare. Let lilt sbteI, Ilerson.111)', sa'" Ihis man, bcfor~ he \\"a.. renlG,'ed from the ~tlC:l'ller Wh~l he ,reaehw Hudqu.1.neT$, and whether by chance or 1Iy kno,,·ledge of the correct thing to do, the leg w:lS ill line. in good po>ition and tiM (0 (he other It:!' h)' the am}s of a '\(1ft \\'oot shin, Quote from Ihe \Inerican Red Cro<:~ Fir<o( ,\id Text Rook on Fractures, "H no splint can be obtained, t;e ll!'gs tOlo:tther, I1ms using Ihe s(>IlIld Iimh as a splinl." TIe I\"as :..15(1 trealed for shock -head 10"', ,,·arm hlankt'1" and Mt \.vate.r boules. 3 ~1til'e admini.stered by hypo and the l~ in good posilion, supported by pi1lo,,'s :lOd blankelS an.1 ~11 by ambulaTlCt: to the bospital. \\'nile ~plinling a limb is ~T)', it lltloe<n't constitllle entire first aid care. [kIn't misundChl:md me. lhal I'm oot oil 011/ ior more. first aid Iminin$(, I (1m. Rut I'd "'1)" gel thc first aid tr..ining proJ,::r.lIln staned, ~ leave OUI wriuco articles thai lea\'c an "upset feeling" 10 all who read lhem,
I'd also like (0 mention with flrai'le th lil""1 {lid trc.1.lmo:nt which an eJt-~r\"ice 11\;1. Gwrge Haskin (.If <::Im]l l·t g;\H: 10:l. brok amI (Genrge Church. Sept. 11, 19-11)'1-: prooi thal many ml,:n in Ihe woo<b dn kn.. and ;r(ldir(' WI()fI firsl aiel:' E.ditlJr's :-.'ote: Agreo:d "get fir'l ::WI lraining IlrQl.:ram smned." Xf.t a!:ft<" ""Ieal·c out "'riuen articles." The illftlmlatiol1 which reached Til F<lllJi/)' Trr.. was il1.:orr«I, hut ib usc lIa focustll "'ltention On fir~l aill \"0 slighl of :Urs. Vaughn's ahilit}' liS a nurst nr of her. alieniion to fit1it aid wa.s illtended. Thtl esteem ()f Headquarters I),·ople. whidl shl; has mal1~' times t.1rned, is lhe best IlO!'sihle sl)okeslllall <;If her worth ami the iillt-:<:t kil1l1 of compliment.
Big Year For Western Pine .\ecordiug to) S, v, Flllt::Iw:lY, Jr., <.te'y.mgr. oi Ihe Western Pine \SSOCi.1Iion. the S(mlO~: .l,400JXX1OCO iert of lumber ,,'hich will he shipped ill 1946 by the wtSlern pine industry will bt greater than for an~' )"('ar in its long histol")', Ihe four war Jean 19-11 to 1944 uo::ptw. """lis," said runaway, "is lhe mllst con_ dncing answer that ean he madc to federal hurcauct:lts "'ho w/tUld di<cre.Ji, tilt lumber indu_lr)' in the llublic mind b~- attnlluting 10 it reSiJOnsihili1\r ior chao~ whidll,ur,-au(rae}' has it~elf ci-eatC<i ill Ihe hl)u$in~ iM:W "Fllrthermo~. lhere arc m.1nl whn h:noe hee:n crroneoush- led In betie\'c thaI our nation's (imbu rtiour~ ha\'e I>t\n 5eri<Ju~. .kplttcd ;IS a result of hG\")' production for the \\";IT". 11 sht>uld be pointed nUl I \\'e.sttm Pine timber rC:,;()\lrc,,~ "'ilI Docler l)rh"llle managemcnt "SUl"l'),lrt III.m1IC:r p dllCli'ln al the C11rrenl 11:\'e1 IIIlltfilUtcl. "-hile nuintainin~ a more than :ulcqn:t1c limber resen'e." -
September, 1946
R. W, (WARD) TOUSLEY
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he dawn of hunting da), 1946, has and gone" " , but, thc memor)· lin&er~ , , ,d we're hadl)' mistaken. Amitioll, careiull) ho.udcd for the occasion been spent, some of it going to pre· f)" target praclice 10 insure correct tmem of sights, e c:lk hunteu, buglers to a man. had '«(I for week,. with bugler Royce Cox, dquarters, claiming an allswering 6\·r. between Ikd\'er Creek and I leaders, crallle and hunters were I>oth Illaltiful. .h Illllch 10 shoot ai, including each r, its was still a A"ood bet the whiteltd Ilerefords would catch most of tlte LS and Ihe caule owners find it an Ilsh't: lime of )"e;lr. l"idellcc of the day',. ill1minence \\'a5 first eabk at Headquartc"s when :>t."ItiOli t Carl Mdb)" began packing a gun Ul1 the of early morning on his trip to chftCk cars . " . JUSt to get tht: feel of thin!>s, perhal~ in tht: tbougbt that no hunter lid risk a pOt shot at something \\'hkh ed and could be a drtr, but could bt: to c;u"f)' a riOt: and 10 be C3pable of re:mug shot for ShOL \bse:nt and missed at l-lcadquartcrs was led huntsman Charlie 110m, who doesn't Ihere an)"ml)re ' , , attt:ndant question 'how will Harry Rooney get a deer?" !leparling hlllllCrs look their leave of t alld fireside on Octfl\)er 41h to bc in lllincss at somc \':'Intage l)Oim Ihe nr.xl mingo A ct:rtain amount of stealth. guile dowllright lleddliTlg of mi,;infonllation amsidered permissable, e\'cll advisable. 10Ch lime, It wa,; somelhing of a shock 10 the tt:n Dalliel Boollcs who found h'es assembled at the lookout lower ~rtha Ifill in readiness ior the cn.ck QW"Tl, Telephonc musages at half hour ,.ls wem III Ilcatlqll."Irters to :l\lvi$(: Itw arri\'al" , , , one of whom was hal embarras'ied by the nccessil)' of ling his presence at the scene of action a1S hmning tags and please "would SI)I1lt:pick them 111) at Ill)' hOllS<: ;l1ld bring Out here?"
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R. W. (Ward) TOUliley came 10 lI'ork .t CIn-rowateT In 19!' dl.lrlllf eollSlrUcUon days :md helped to complete the IlDStackeT, box faetory llnd pl:l.ner. lIis kno..ledKe of a ..m1JJs be.ran aeeumuJatlnr In 1914 .... Ith eonstructlon of a Loulsbna mUl. Additlonal u~rlenee w:.s jfalned In Arkansas, New i\texic:o. Texas, Mississippi, Colo""do /lnd Orecon. In 1930 Ward left ~wlston for KblMlh ."all$ and hel()Cd build the We}'erbaeu!lt'r TImber Company's planl In that c:Ity. I.n l!l::! be returned to LeIl'lnoll IIlld work with the Cleal"Wlller carpenter crew. 1938 found blm in the Pr"-to·lop; plant as mJlllI'riCht and In ISH he was (lne of the men plc,ked by Enc:hlter Bob SoIl'Ii"&, 10 staff Ihe enrlnterlnr- ",·orlu;hop, Wa.rd hu bee.n aeU\'e In c:ommunlty and union affairs, , , 1\'35 Set:n:tary to the Cenll'lll Labor Coundl for three yn-rs , , , hollb an instrurtor'$ ratinr In fint "Id and tAu,bt 50me ten or twelve e~ for the Asotin chapter of the Ame.rfran Ked Cross In 19H allli 19-4! . " , was Chapter ChaJrman In 19103 and unUI June of 19-46. f',,\·orile recreation 15 fishln&" and bunU"&". And, pnlMs be., anlln «rtaln other e.~neers at Cleanl'2LU, he coneentn.l~ on C3lehlnc fbb and shootln, prne as cenlnstt'd 10 \·erb:lJ joV$ti01" aoent the nbjeet, Distiorlllshtnl" r.hanlderistlc is an almost Ilnc"oo,. ability 10 nOf$le lifr, :...·.1100 ll..nd per_ formanee from a collection of cears, pdcel$ :a.nd motors. His re!lClllreefulne!lf upon mallJ' an occasion has been of ....d in pufeclinr ne.. machlnery , , , and he ~ In pod. me&liare lhe skill :a.nd patknee ,..hi<:h are properly of the artls:ln, the enrlneer and Ibe JarreDn. h:lrp eyes and the lOf:.rlo1l5nes5 rener.tted b)' close aUenUon 10 the ta~k ilt h:lnd ..I"e way 'n:cauently 1& an easy smile that Ibe t:unt-ra ml5lled by ItSlII than a second, We'rr happy to call him "i\Jan of lhe. Month... Not a memhcr \)f a hunting t'XllCuititll1, bUI mindful of the day and time oi )e.1r was wary ScOl:>IIian Jack ~lcKillll0n, mal>tc.r or tht: Headqtlarten pam dq~rtmcnt, :'olr, ?\lcKillllOll, 'tis :.ait!, dqlo1rb "Icaclquarters o"c.r the we<:kcnds of Imming so:al>')l1 in lhe bdief that '\Ofl'Ift :uJmirer, intrigued b)' Ihe: p05.Sibilit), of ple.1ding the utt:nualing cirCUll1S12~ 10 hQmicidal injuI}' I)f h.winf.: misi.lk\.'1l the Scot for a deer, miE:ht lip and lei fly. \\'orsl ingrate <lnll)llg hUUl~mm W:lS the fe!low who sh<ll a deer near 9ne of tht: C:1I11115. resl«l in the brush and did Iwt al)\M:ar to claim his proj)f:rt) until a l~ger had dressed it om tf) kCC'fl the meal from spoiling, then, while the lumberjack went to camll for a sled, ((uie(I)' took it :lwa}', Be:.l SlOr} concerns Frallk Stedman who had Illanneo a week off i(>r hunting, ,mOlher for r"'Clll>erating, bUl {l.Ot c.'ught hy a shortage (,f (';m,\> clerks, It seems Mr, Stedman, in anlicillatiol1 of hunting 5C3SOn recellll~' dt:parted camp on lhe trail of a be<lr. kn()wn to han 11101 t<,.d one of the camps. lie wa,. gone se\'eral hours and retIIOled with no word of o\·t:naking tht: animal. Saill an inquirer "Lost tilt: trail, I suppose::?~ -~ope, I kq>t on the trail :dl righi, The: iOOlprints got to frtsh," Small (OWn lJlltchcr, SO\lIht'a~teOl, la, writing 01',\ admini~tr.ltor Slrl W, Clark: "You ha\'c failed tn stnd me r/:tail vrice list on mcats for grOIl\>;' 1 :md 2, 1 h,wen·t <lll)"thillg to sel1, but if )'011 scud me :I price Jist I'll ha\"e something to rcad:'
/)/lIi.:tru is II goud all-Yfllr.ro'lllcl lubrirallt for Ill.. tI'llrrls II; life. Joncs, a good family man, had been in\·eigled into a poker g;lm(; anl! experit:ncel! gro\\'ing apprehrnsion as the hand,. of tht: clock mO\'ed reklltl~l)' on to'l.·ard JIIOOling. Finally, at 3 ..\,~1. he had a <t1dden inspiration, lie rnllt.'t1 his homt: :lnd Wh61, finally. the little woman answered the phone, he shouted in fre:lll';ic:d hastc, "Oon't pay Ihe rallsom: I'm l>."Ick ,.. EditOr's ~Ott:: Will tn' this and report back, "
About Chevrolets :'.lan.....>2lchc:r QUl,lnee lIaes, P.F.!. netne-si,; for the \'ac;4tioning and idle lumberjack in SJlttknne, i" dri\'ing a 19H ChcHole.t whotoe :!!peetlun1elCr rc:gi5It:rs :m imJ'r~~i\"e lotal of :>oIne: 130,lro mil..,,- Ther..":!> nary a ronde or ~ueak ill the lind) an,1 lht: motor ~ fIO"er 10 bum .•. will p;b." flClIo" can with ~ (1lIf>\"iug or fl.nkcd}. "A bener car, b) iar,w a-xru, its driver. -than the. lIe\\ Che\'rokb,., e\C!1 "ith 130.1"«.1 nJiles behinll it:' ,\IlI! ~(lrakilll,; of nt""\\ Chr"ftllt:ts ' " , a hand,om;: l":lr wc:ni to l~illg superinlendent Iluward Br;ldbun' at Head(IUarteh .. , and ~o loggill~ snpcrillu:,ndcnI Joe. Parker at l3o\·iJ1, Neither .... f these l:t:nllem\." ha\"e shown milch Ji~I)()~ili(\n to share their g,.o('I(1 fortune anti its nn !ol11all offense to be caught 'itting 'l1('ath the: wheel of eilher
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;\ccc>rdiuS to :t e:trc:iull)' chtcl:cd SlOry, :'olr, Parker r«<'mly ga\e tra~port:ltiol1 to :t loot! "f lus~r~ irom Spnlcl.I1r to Camp 44, \"ia Walla..' c. ~earilll: Ille to() of the bill il1(crmediate 1<1 .\\'v") froln Wallace (a lortUOU;; :lIId Slt-.:p asttIIll \lr. P:uker turned to the pa55Ctlgftr who shand tbe ironl !ocat and :>."Iid " , " ""l~e UC:"" cars are SlIre the bc:rrie!o. Think flf kin>; abk 10 drh'e frOlIl Sjlvl.-ane w \\'alla.:e and up Ihis grade withf>\1l once: ch:lnl)"ing gears:' "Yt'ah:' s,"Iill hi~ COmll:llliclI1, "that's preuy good, , , biH if YQU could l{<'t it into high gt'ar, we:'11 travel faslcr." Sir Thomas Beecham, EIl<!li~h orchestra condlll.:tor, e>:p1::lining !lrderellCC for allmalt' componelll: "If the woman happens to he ill-f:n'oreo1 a m:m (oe.,n't want to pla)' nest to her, nUl if ;;Ill! is well· f:WMed, he ~n'l IIlay well."
:\1;111)' a man wh.1 Cl.lnJpl:tin, oi IlOl ~tting what he wallis ~hould lac thankful he i;;n"t gellin..; what hc desen'ti. Typopaphleal error - ~ Johnny's at thai :twk'll'llrd ace where his \'Ice Is r.banrJnc,"
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Abo.._l.oI" to.. _"Uoc una Lake CoelU d'Alene. to mill In the lue Ihe lo_ is bpi far back of 11M: tee to elirl:tl.... te bacnud dna from wash of pc-opdkr's. Two or three day. aDd n1Jbu aft ~v1rftI for Lrip. IKII a stroDl' hnclwind ean delay vrinJ . . . ril slow IU"'. pl'oJ'"Sll. somellma forc:tt It bu.k. _rd ••• or. If wind is Irom qllarkrly cllreellon the raft may be lIWtPl lUbore.
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lop at lb.m5dale I.I.ndln,.. The york bqjns with daYlicbt tu,' with propdlers cnatl,,&, _ . face cW'Tt!nt that 'rill eause lop 10 dl'"lft ._,. from unloadlos platform to.....rel far ead
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---------------------. sicadtrs, loggers and lumbcnnen. greatly celcrating the pace of del'cIOIJ1l1t::lll through_ Wm~WAY TO A~~ON~I[~ out the area. Rich lead and silver milld' ~c
Belo....-In Ihe SI, Joe the lop are placed In lonr, IInk.,pussre lIke bran" ...hkh are held I" .. lonr 0....1 shape by "paced cross Us bet"een boom lines. Several bnJts can be to"ed by .. uncle 10C". but real Kill and "kno..·l<o." na"lptlnc is required to necotJ· ale ri,-er bemts.
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(COntinued from paae 1) P;lII{S press agent un be found in Ha.... ley's HistOl)' o)f Iclaho in thi§ Ill!erance:, credited L:uling tribUle to the nnigation CQITIto a touriu made aniculate by aperience or some first class promotional litt:rature -"To tour the west t\'itboot 5t:.eing this n\'er of ~do...·s ",ith its aquisite setting of valle)' and mountain ...ould be to miss one of nature's masterpieces." It was an age, descn'bed in ooslalgie te:mini:ioCCOCe b)' thost' who "'ere: there as a period ....hen men ....ere different. Honesty m.'y lIot always Ita,·/!. been ad,nired as a virtue, bUI the conditions of thillg5 made il a necessity. Seldom was a pioneer home locklXi. The Ira\'eller in uee<! of the neces· sities of life was always privileged to enter alld to stay overnight ii lIecessary. To via. lale the hOS]litalil)' thlls extended by taking prOI)trty from the owner was an unheard of crime. Hospitality was a cardinal \'inue, honesl)' a common characteristic.. Stories. like good whiske)', gain fla"or wilh age alld t.'\les of urly d.:P.)' Lake Coeur d'Alene are certain to become legendary. It is elCtremel.y unlikely, hO\ll'e\'er, that the cOIlr.tge of the pioneer, his re.sourcd"ulne.ss and "enturesome spirit shall e,'er be dom: real justke in either oral or written form.
MOn Monda)' the machin("Q' of the Pot\.'\tch Lunlber compan)'s big mill at Pot\.'\lcll was set in Olot1oa for the first time. It is cxpec;ted Ihe plant will begin to tnrn out lumber br the 15Ih:' That would be September IS, 1905 . . . 40 fa~t years past, .. )'ears "'hich have brought mechanit.1tion :lIltl the production line to industr)', the automobile, the airpbn.:, radio, light mttal~, longer average life. gre:ll advanCelnel1l in the field of medicine, and a bost of ilems conduce t<l IKner lil'ing. bllt, yean; which have also secn two n\ajor conflicts, man)' minor clashes, minature golf, the }'oo"Too, Lena the H)'ena, and Sally Rand, There's nothing in the ...·ide world quite as iunnr as people. (It is not intended that the oca.sion of POtblch's fortieth annh'crsary pass ...·ilb such .scant attention .• , ;I bter issue of the free will h:lI'c more to 5:1) about it),
The first boot of site 10 find usc. on Lake COI:ur d'Alene was a government patrol craft. the Anlelia Wheaton. The $(r...itc of this vessel began shard)' after establishmenl of Fort Coeur d'Alene (recommended b)' General Shennall in 1877 and renamed to hOllor his memOry ill 1891). First cOll11llander of Ihe fon ""';IS Colonel II. G. Merri;l.1I1 who arri\'ed with IrOO{1S for the K:lrri~OI\ in 1879 and remained in commaud for some twenty )'ears, III 1aro the Nonhcm Pacific Railroad reached Rathdrum (then Ihe county scat of Kootenai COUnty). Until IBM when the Coeur d'Alene Rail"~r and Nal"igalion Compan)' was organized and rail line completed be1.... ~ Coeur d'Alene and Spohne, mosl of the supplies that nl(l\'e:d up-lake from Coeur d'Alene docks ....ere first freighted in from Rathdrum. The coming of the: railroads broughl more miners, home-
Ft6m tbe Palouse Republic. undu of FORn· YEAltS AGO • , ,
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were discovered on a branch of the. Coeur d'Alene Rh'er in the Wallace-Kellogg district in 1$84. Supplies lno\'cd in b)' boat from Coeur d'Alene and some ort mo>"ed out by n:n~Tse route ... ox learn, or pack horse with Ihree sack~ to a horse. irOO! mine to ri"tr landing, thence: by steamer to Coeur d'Alene. XAVlQATlON
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For )'oears there was no .set sch~ule of opt.r.ation for the lake steamers that u;ms. poned poople and supplie!>, Despite this Ihe: volume oi trade and travel i~rea.sed rapidly, reaching full ilower around &).$...5.06 and 7, Befort that lime, in 1902, J. G. White, a man of great ,"ers,,\tility (amont olher thillfts the coltitt\1cling engineer for the r;lil hne l>et..... ~n COI:ur d'Alene ilnd SIXlk:!ne) organized the Coeur d'Alene and St, )01: Transport:ttion Company. From this ownership and the ,u;quisition of rival lines \\'hite's company finally emerged as operator of the Red Collar Line ...ith a neet of \'cssels which gradually acquired a hea,·y preponderance of all freighting and passenger business on the lake. de"e1opillf meantime a lOUrist business from neighbor· ing Spok4nc that could well tum an)' present day ChamIKr of Commerce green Itoitb elW)'. White was the directing force back 113"iption (In the lake and it ...~s hi$ company Ihat resoh'ed a somewhat ~ic state of ;l.fiairs into time table operauon and a dependable freighting service. TJt,: conlpany prospered and until completion of the Milwaukee railroad from its eastern lenninus down the 51. Joe, weslward, in 1910 all freight and passenger servi~c to. the: St. Maries country was b)' boat WIth mght HillS of freight during summer months to insure arrival of perish:lbles in good COildilion, Much traffic continued to m~I1'c across the lake by boat for mall}' years aller 1910. The Sunda)' excursions by train itol!l Spoka~ and up-lake by ~t were "'ell patronu.e:d for another decade. The autOmobile and the railroad, howc\'er, gndulily $pdled an end to the hea\'Y "olume of commerce that flowed across the lake. T<Mb)' little remains of the traffic th:l.t once kept a fleet of ,'essels employed.
oeptember. 1946
THE FAMILY TREE
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Abo"f!-The "ldaho" taklll&' pUk!ll"US al lhe Coeur d'Alene doell. for an all day erulst. .... the flnt boat Olnled by the Coeur d'Alene :ind St. Joe 1'n.lUporlaUon Company ••• :u:lmum l0a4. 1000 passen,.6$.. ESG.lSEER GROVES
'neer aboard the iamed G..'Orgie Oakes
1892 on ~ eh:l.nu rUII was George \'es who also was engineer on the tan of the cnkes and now lin's quietly in 'rcment at Coeur d'.\lenc. The Oakes the pride of the Red Collar lillie, a large n wheeler, described in picture and
Iy 0)' owner \Vbite( who long ago e<lnlthe title, Commodore) as the most bcauti:ll1d fastest of his ships. although the 0, a side whL'C.ler, could accollunod:lte fi:3tre.
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load, taking
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passenger, whereas the Oakes never nied mOTc lIma 250.
he Indians about the lake received free age aboord Red Collar boats and Groves cngin(:er was illstrucled to deal with for fire \\'ood to hlcl the ship boilers. rdingl}', he It:anled their I:mguage: and blishl.«1 a reputation for fair dealing ng them Ihat c;lrned thc Red Collar lastfriendship and a dependable source: of I which GrovC$ purchased onl)' from Indians. Indian and C:1)"Use. often e:tme rd togcther and nOl infrequently :1 ~ ·brokcn mount would u.ke his ridcr olfboard befOre: even the prdimill:1T)' antries of "how" and ~ugh" could be .i anged. I
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.«wes wen recalls the <b}'s of excursions lake :lfld into the SI. Joe. Remembers
Ie a ~ff« pot .was alw:I)'s ~iling some· )f tte III the engme: room. \\Ith bottled in -n ~ not far remo\·ed ... remcmbers poker in that ended when the whiSlle sounded Ie the ship rounded the point olltside Coeur ht Ile... n~al1s, too. that bre:tkdowJls to n: not unusual off the point, ohen ne<:;esn. ing an hour or two of leisurel)' repair I-e -:111 actual stay of execmion for the er r game. ,m lhere was some drinking, but little abuse ell the pri\'ilege, recollccls Ihe Oakes' ena- r. Telllptrs occasioll;tll~' flared bel ween IIr ~ trallsportation companies and although nwere drawn upon occasion there is .a)' remembered incident of \'1olen'ce. E\'en' ~t ting line, however, was at war witIl Red Collar to a degree-in that Red
Collar heJd a big m:1jorit)- of lake business. There were few accidents and no Red Collar boat e\'er capsized, a complirmnt to safety measures and rules of which COIllInodore White rduscd the slighest breaeh. Other ships were llot so fortunate and Grovcs rtealls a freighter, top hea\')' wilh b.1GGed flour that did a quick ·'bottoms up:' LOG TOWS RE-'\lAIN
The St. J~. highest Ilavigable stream in the U. S. and prob.1bl)' in the entire world, has provided more than jll~t pleasure for the tourist with a Imltern of SUll and shadow along its forested banks. It has furnish· 1.'11 all economical mode of lr:msportation for logs to sawmills about the lake. Logs ~!e dumped into the ri,·t:r at various points. I 0 enable p.usage around the bends in the river Ihe logs are nmde up into long o\"al s~aped "brails" wilh cross ties .at s{)a~ (hstances to hold shape and position. Se".er.ll br.ails c.1n thus be mO\'ed down river, one behind another in a sort of link sausage cff~l. in the wake- of a single tug. Once; tbe brails re,.1ch the lake ('roper. cross ties are rel~ and to.....s arc tonned into large round rafts. The tug, close!)' coupled up ri\'er to Ptrmit easier negotiation of bends in the "\'er reels out sufficient line to plae:t: it at such distance ahead of the raft as to a\"oid a i»d:ward thrust against the logs frolll the wash of the propellers. Tn the days of hc:l,\"y freight and travel across the lake the tug .....ith its log- 10..... represented somewhat unweleome companion (COntinued on Pllge 6) R.lght--The Bronc, stout tug owned by the Lafferty Transportation Company wbo uow mo\'e most of the log tOWI aerOS$ Lake Coeur d,,,,lene, Point to be made b1 this picture Is t.hal the LaUerty people know. good fuel wben tbey see one and use--of cour-se-Pres·to·lop.
Abo"e-J. C. l\'bite, orp.nlur of the Coeur d'Alene aDd 51. Joe Transpot1ation COIllpanJ'. A man of gmt TerRilllty. fOl'ed"tiI, and at 81 ..• cnet, quId: of mind.....Ith the -.De pi_nt. dym.mfc pcnonaUty Ibal bu ~n a lifetime asset. WbJte 'IIrU rncIuated from ~nr Unl-..a-sJt::r tn ISSS, bcp.n bls bll5ines:s c:ar~ ..ttb tbe D. C. Corbin lntercsts as an engine«, was one of the orpnhers and the eblef engineer of the Coeur d'Alene A Spokane Rallray. In 1&92 bomt:!llteaded on Emerald Crrek and ran the flnt Une for the North &: South liilh1fll.Y. i\fany buslDeas enterprlJcs and projectll b:l.\'e c1:J.lmed and shared hls attention. fie was one fir tbe dircetOf$ and flrlpnai Incorporators of tbe Excbanl'e Natlonal Bank, a director or the Rathdrum Slltte Bank. largely rCllpondble for the flrsl eoncrete highwlty between Coeur d'Alene ltnd Spokane. wu first presidenl or the Coeur d'Alene Chamber or Com· merc:e and hu been acth'e In politlnJ albin. White standS beside a pleture or the Georfle Oakes-the bTl$, fUlt$I, most bcautuul boat of the neet he once mallSl"ed on Lake Coeur d·Alene. No history of Ihe Coeur d'Alene country can t1'U be c:alled complete ....lthout u:tended rd"~ce to lhb pioneer.
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September, 1946
Left-Haulln&" Ilnd !lklddlnf :at Camp 40, St.ony Creek, mld-Sl;ptem~,Therl; WllS about two ",'uk!; trucklne ahtad, bul fall rains had eost many ibn 1000t time, A lraelor. bO<lked ahead or eacll loaded truek, helped eel lop OUl of lht canyon and up lo the main road. Felltd during tile
la~l
days tlt aaw_
Iq at 4.0 (for thlll year) was Ion Idoho
Whitl; Pine lhat measured Sf:\'eD and one_haif feet in d1amettr. but, as common with over-ripe timber, there was beM'Y heart rot,
Camp-Lower Alder Creek Cat ro,lcl cOll~truetion i~ (llIr lIIain imerest Ihis time and is g<ling right along smoothly. in spite of a \'acatiOIl riddltd crew. Foreman I'HiJr' Ridl'OUl has his hands fuJI these da)'s, finding someolle to iill ill lor those who ;m; ab:>cnt, "tlel'en of 11;,p PettrSOll's "cedar savages" are still ill camp, but Ule)':lre gelling-things llretly well cleaned lip. G"'en Boll has enr<ll1OO at the Sacred Heart school of nursing, will SOOn be gone, alld mis5«1 plenty. 'We wish her a lot of luck on the new I'enture. 011
Camp 59-Meadow Creek This camp hilS thirt)' men on construction work .md fourteen mcn piling brush.
Camp GO-Washington Creek The: twemy,six timber ;Iddicts now in~ habiling Calnll60 will surrender their lenure regrelfully within the Ill:.'>t few weeksPhil Peterson has about worked them out of a home, at wbat the)' maintain is the most desirable re...idcntiaJ loc."'Ition in the Clearwater diSlric!. Unlike a rather large segment of the world's POllUlauon, "the housclcss Ollt;s," that is, Uley arc looking tOoward Camp 52 with hope, llOSSibly tinged 1\'lth resignation, [t is rumored thal Daisy Knisht C011lel1lplates ;;. lrip to the:. "old home twon" in th~ 1I0t tOO di~talll future. This Setll'lS to hinge on purchas~ of prh'ate transportal ion means, and it has oeen suggested that Ihe bl:lek market tall furnish s.1me. Bnt thost who know Dais)' are cenain her ethical tendencies will be the \"ictor, 'Tain't no sill to Ix: tem{lt~ ~d though.
Camp 14-Beaver Creek Good "'eather and a hard working erell' (If 100 men lUI\'~ helped us to keep the logs romng to the Lewistou mill, Some of our
men hal'e CilUght "whOllping big" trout on their da)'s off. We have had a distinguishcd visitor, C:,rlos Rel::inc' from Chile in~pectil1g our logging 011er:l1iolls.
Camp 54-Washington Creek Constfll(:tion boss )'like Ross was injurttl by a falling limher ;lhouL the middle of September but is reported to be getting along Oke)' and will he back at work before long, \Ve<tther has be"l\ iiue aud uur production is booming along at peak efficiency. We hal"e a new cook. Charlcs Faxon, and the grub he turns out certainly isn'l hard to take.
Hay To Headquarters Annually' the har crOll at Clearwater is shipped frol\1 Lewisto1\ to Headquarters for usc b)' the H\'adqnaflers dairy. The: llrice according to Qearwate:r Vllit tl1:lI1:'j{er D:we Troy i~ a dO"'lright shame and has bc<:n for 10 these man)' rears ... a sacrilke. that is. The Ilrice, according tl\ Headquarters logging superintenlle11l Iloward Brallh\lI)' is an outrage ... highwa)' robbery, that is, COllies now from up lIeadtj,uarters wa)' a er)' oi mortal :utguish, The debil memorandum ior the last crop of ha)' has been r('Ceil'eO :111(1 noted. Complains Mr, Bradhury the total e,"I>ense is 100, too much C}<Jllaining that the har toodcr employed h)' farmcr TrQ)' to cure his crop reduced it to a bunch of sticks aud stems withoul 1e.1I'es aud, ,without value! i\l r. Brad~ hUT)' 1I0W has twO eourses of action. , , he Colli l)urehasc a grinder that wiJI reduce Ihe aHalia stems to meal. or h~ l11\1st equip the COIl'S with greell glasses to gi\'c some scmll[:mce of foodStuff to lhe Clearwater thistles (oi which, as pr"viol1~lr mentioned, there is onl)' sticks and stems left), "We will have t(,1 purchase our ha.)' cisc, where;' Iluoth :'Ilr, Bradbury, "but we can del)end on Troy for bedding." Bing Crosh)', musing over recent Canadian dsit where his car was mobbed, lip sticked, chalk marked, heart carved into frOllt scat 111Ihotstef)', :md hubeaps stolen: "This is olle case where a movie star 1.'01lected his fau~' autographs instead of dee versa I" New im'entlons are said 10 include an automatle ear washer, Introdueed In Detroit, wWeb eon\-eys car thru barrate of revolvtn¥ sponfi"S, water sprays, de. In two mlnutt:!l car comes out, washed a:nd dried, A man drollped his wig ill the strett and a small bor picked it up and handed it to him. ''Thanks, III)' 11(1)'," said the owner of the wig, "YOII arc the first gcnuine h:lir restor!'r I have e"er seen."
Two girls were talklnlf and ODe said; "I 1I:no.... he's rleh but Isn't he too old 10 be considered ellgihle?" The other replied: "My dear, he's too eligible to be eonsidered old,"
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The parh was much a SllC«~S alld :t5 it 1lI0\'cd :IIOllg 111 high gcar on" of its members kept insiSling, to the llOillt of 1>oaMfulne:;s, that he could (listingllish b(.. tween rliHerent be\'eragcs hy their tasle. blindio1ded. ,\ test was arranged and nask was handed the connoisseur fo~ sampling. The man tasted a nlouthful and spat It Ollt . "That's ga~1ine!" he criC1L "We know," was the bland rt-pl)'. "B~ \ what brand." J
liJAmliJAY TO A~~ONTI[~ (Continued from page 5)
eomll1trc~',
In the rin:r, logs were" me.llao;:e;'
10 th\' SU:::l1ners and not illfrequc11l1y the [ captain of a ship, orderiug full slleed aheall ~ Clll through the t('lW$, or pushell them hard; alUlinst the shore line, generating in tl process noi one iota of j:l:ood feeling t\\'ixrl' the lllaSter of the lug and himself. I The log tows, hOI\'el'er, hn\'e sllf\'il'e!L<Amon$" the mills that lhus rec(;l>'e the,ir. logs is the Hlltledge Unit of P.F,1. c.'l1~ 44 logs irom the Fishhook basin begin thWli journey mi1lward I"ia truck down a ean)~1 walled r(}.ld "'hose high sides screen OUllbfo;. sun for most of each da)', nre loaded ;,boardil rail n;1t cars, dumped into lhc 51. JOt' at Ramsdalc- Llnding (aiter a rail trip ir it :hery to he1ol\' 51. ~rariC!;) and then arf towed into :lnd <lcross Lake Coeur d':\lelH'l ~o mill. The SttanlcrS that carried freight an t[ passen/{er service have disappeared, %1 Iheir passing. , , the Georgi<; Oake!'. tN;,[ Idaho, Flyer, l\lis~ 5pok:me and others ~1t not dimmed reeol1eetiCIl1 of the romallc; and adventure that was vart ;ll1d p:m:el Old their time. ),I;my of Ihe pioneers wh~lt energies ami forthright flualitics of leadtr ship were. rcsl}Qnsible for early glories an, the fouudations of bter greatness are sti ill alin. Their memoirs ~hOl1ld fllmish in f sp;ration a.nd a rich source t)f material til' the pen oi the hi;torian, i~
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Coeur d'Alene, a French wor(1. meat1r heHrt (Jf an awl. Th" white man's version its :'lIplication 10 Indians al)(lUt Lake Cotilb;. d'Alelle is that a very slingy chief prt>I'O~"1 its \lse in descrillti(\11 of his person , , re lhe Indians' \'ersiOIl is that the wort! iili I found use in describing the size of 'n trader's hean. ;e! lin
THE FAMILY TREE
;eptember, 1946
Rutledge Unit :ustom Milling B~'
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Slti/'l'i"g CluJ.·
A year :lg'O last June. when the go,·cmt was in dirf: need of lumber for war and RUllc(lgc had e-Xlrn capacity in lIer and shipping facilities as compared , production capacin· al the sawmill on I eight hour, ol1e-.sliiil basis. it was ar\l1f:"ed 10 periorm some custom milling s ,bt \\rar Procnrenltmt Af!l\liuistration. e i;: pnwed goud hllSincs." and pro\·ided re work for planer and shipping' crews. ... The ur)" kiln:> at RUlledgc, when cprod <'ted, were abo able 10 handle more than own sawmill Ilroduetkm so Cu:>tom :ing \VaJ'. underr<lk~l. Through 11,e efit of the Sales DClmrlment, a pcm1it was IS incd from the \Var Production BOo.rd of the Ofiice of Pricc Administr;l1ion to c r Cu.stom Drrin&" and l\lilling to custoe,.rrs who desired this sen'ice, with the: Dep.,rtment assullling respOnsibilitv or arrangements wilh tustome:rs. -
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SYSTE1\f FOR UANDLING
hIt \s to the rcsponsibilities al Rutledge. ·ch PrQ\'ed 10 he cU1llplicated. a s)·stem to be set up to care for this additional ber. At first. when word got around that 'tlcdge: was a "Transit Station." the Sales rtment was showered with n:quests for in in tr;msit. As the lumber was aced. c~rs began rolling int1') the Rutledge ,.ace d wI.th some shipl);;!rS gi\'ing advance the rlllatlon and others JUSt sending in their ead.tk. As a tonse/luenee Rutledge was hard I;rd ed to idellliiy and h;ll1dle the diiierent \he!"S. \\lith rdusal oi ;1 iel.., incOlllin~ '\'ill~ how~\·er. ~hi.llpcrs gained education of necessity :lml Importance of stock Idt:utind conformed with instruclions of the: ve Departlllelli.
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Page Seven
KILN DRYING
Kiln dr!ing has been mlldl in <le:I1l:lIId b\" ('ustomers and we ha\'e h,ld to limit the amou!1t and species. \Ve. arc now insisting on Pille only to protect the nee:cls of the Pres-to-logs plant, Stock segregation has b~n a problem for the kilns. Tt t2kes approximately three cars to make a kiln charge but by careful and conSI;mt checking w~ ha,·c de\·cloped a. s)·stem tlmt s~ms to work well. If stoc.k requires milling, the unitS irom kiln or irom cars carr)' a deJail of sen'ice required. :\ file is Ill:lilllained :\1 ,he j'llaner, giving the iniomlatiOll desired 011 all work to be performed. Custom ~Iillillg at the planer consi~t5 oi res-, wing. ripping. stand· :lrd surfacing and nmning pattern. res:twing ~m bc\'clled siding, but no mnnil1g of moulrlmg. Some stock requires grading. grade marking and taUring. This stock has to carr}' the rCI)()ning number. and ii we have P.F.T. slock of similar descril)tion running at the So,me lime, an identifying symbol is required 10 keep them separate. 'Ve tr)· to arrange to IlU! the entire planer on Custom Milling to prevent mixing with our own stock if the stock is of the same t)ope. .\s Custom Milling goes to the cars for rcloa<ling. t11e checkers tall)' the Hock whether the order calls for this service or not. so as to insure getting all the order into the C:lr. The procedure incident to handling outhound shillmelllS is the same :IS with Ollr own stock. Custom )filling has been a great boost to the crew at Rutledge, as well as an effective aid to the present housing shortage. There are mall)' headaches connected with it and it requires constant thecking when there are up to 20 different orders in prOCl:ss at once. So far we ha\·e offered Cllstom )lilling to 44 inbound J'.hippers.
Ilres;;nt system in handling Custom tho ·n8'. in briei. is as follows. On le;lrning IY n incoming c.1I" in ad\·ance. or from l. til e hy the railroads. a iile is set up for A pastor, tailing on a village scold, ~'rdlhipper, containing all information ne.ces~uggested that she be a little more s)'mpaJ to handling of tlte stock and J'.eryice thctic toward her rather Iaty husbantl and fr ired. Each car is given a reporting not grumble :It. him e\'ery hour of the day, II a~ number. ~enerally an initial of the To which the lad)· blazingl)' replied: .\lentll1nd shipPer and a num\)cr. Numbers ''Listen, dominee, there's lois worse things con.sect1lh'el~' in the order of car reI. The reponing llUlIlber is tarried on than grmnblin'. It's the politest iorm of fightin' in the world!" a~,:- and all records throutth the tlltire , ~."':'ation fro·ll "car inhound" to "car out· A fIlall is lib: a tack. he eall out), go as s, ~." The 1:odt number is first written for a.f /lis /lead willIet hilll. rs 1 It inbollnd tar together with a notamane to which department the stock is to cil 0 li\'ered for the first sen'ice-that is, The totton in your clothes is cdluloseI\' :,O$;ln, 10 rip '<a\\". tn resaw. 10 p11l11cr- . fiber. Cotton comes from the cotton plant. caver Almost two-thirds of wood is :llso cellulosees an< liber. TakCTI from trees, it can be madc into re SP.\iDlllents arri\'e ill :1.11 tyoes of cars-- doth which is called rayon. An acre of s~ 11\ flat. g/)I\(lola. slock and wood racks. trees can j'lroouce mtlch more cellulose each nal tllrefer flat C:lr unloadinj::: and lo.,<ling year than an acre of cotton. its, hut 1110SI accept whate\"er car w:1.~ hlr to !:hipJl~r, Snorlnf can be eured by oUerlnf the offender food advice, COOp4':rallon and l11catlr 1It1loa<lcrs :Lre instructed how to son Idndness--anil by dufflnf an old rae 'sion ~ock ill \Inloadinq. ft is nearl~' allulixed In his mouth. , C~Il~S and often Illixed thicknesses. Upon rovokt'tding stock i~ loaded in carrier units ~l ishandling of material5 is one of the )n .• rl'ponincr number llrOlllillcnth- in tlla.ce. rll iir recllh'inp; l!coarlment i~ nOliiie(! as greatest causes of accident.; resulting in ~rious injur~·. \Vatch out for :lll such e of 'lle.rship of tllll stock and the service lrcd and of any spetial instructions slf!lple hazards as slivers and projecting naIls. 'ning \0 handling.
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Don't depend on the other gIlY'S brakes! .. F:ltigue C:lUSes nl-,Il)' urit'ers to i:lll asleep al the wheel: othcrs lose their alertneu to t!:lnger withol1l realiJdng it. To uril'e safeh', hod)' and brain must be reaJy to resfIOnd i\1· standy to eveD' ha7.ard of the highway. J'M. etlll't gi~'(' c/Ull"lu/i!1' /0 0110flu:r per-
sou. bill )'011 cou (,Ilcoumgt /lim to Ilis Of(.'11 by /'ossn,siug aue )'orlr,sc/f_
d~'r1op
Dogs are s.,i<l to see everything as pale gra)': there are no brown, red, blue or white <letails in their \\'orld. :\11 Irish setter is not ~ red-haired beauty to another dog; but JUSt another gray member of the r:lce. Will the nul l::encraUOII be clean but. illiterate? Janitors generally make more money tban school teachers. SG ..... rltes a teacher In a national magadne. explain!nf why she's iea"ln#, !be schoolroom after 19 years' .....ork there brought her sabry to a queent}' 35c all hour!
Xc\\" pmninR' shears. driven h\ water power from the garden hose, ha-I·c been [lCriccled-will S()(ln be 011 the 111;lrket SPEAKING Of HOUSING
Courtesy Appze<clale America, Inc.
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THE FAMILY TREE
September, 1946
Plant Housekeeping And Its Relationship To Fire Prevention "110\'"&-By Day. &kl"'-8,· nifM. 'NuU said In b.l'"or of !rood housekffplnr!
8)' K£~' R()Ss. Clrrm:"'<Jt.:r Fiu Chi.:( Au)'Of}t who h." C\'er hol{1 occasion to build a C:"lIp fire will remember \\"hat an exasperating experience it can be if fore-
si~ht has nOI pro\·idt>t.l an adcqu:lIc SUPI)]Y (If nCWSp3\)t.T. planer ends. viteh. kerosene. (IT some other m;l\erial Ihal will easih' lake
fire. :\lam' an alllateur camper has c'xpcrit'new difficult), when carefully lm~pare\l kindling hurned 01011 withom igniting the ~I'",posedlr elT)'
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w(.>(X1 which has been gather-
All thi~ rambling is supposed 10 "how that
the: ;l\"era~e person \\'0\11d ('lIeounter con-
YOU tlON'T HAVE"", TELL A GUY WITH OHE EYE THAT WEARING GOGGLES IS Gootl PRACTICE!
siderable difficult~· ill trring to burn down a large lIlodern sawmill. if the miI1 be kept clean ;and is ~uip~ with :l.ulQlltatic sprinkI~r s}·slems. In desperation the poor gu)' would probabh' be forced to rtiOrt to some s\lch underh:ulded man~tl\"~r as 5:l.botaJ[ing the fire- pump. shutting oU the sprinkl~r s~'SU'm or scatl~ring gasoline- through th~ joint 50 that it would ignite- with one "ast explosion. Actuall)' our e.'Cpcricnce- al Ocarwater ha~ pro,-en some extraordiMI)' condition must uist bdore a fire an reach (l.1ngcrous proportions.
SPECTACULAR FIRE
.~JI!... 8dow-owen i\b.llory In the drh'er's seat of tbe "tlyln,. dust pan" with Clear~er utety dlreetor Charles EplinI'. alonplde. The. dust. pan Is used to n-eep OpeD floor spate In planer. box factor,.. replant, loadInr doek and drcssC'd shed. T\lfenty-thrcc men ,'ork on dean-up hl shlpplnr: twentyfour In sa1l'mllt. power house ll-nd ceneral pill-llt.
Aside from dust e.'Cplosions in our fuel bins and the Pres-to-Iogs plant. the most s~tac\llar fir~ in Clean\'ater history was in the unstacker, This fire occurred while the plant was shllt down, starting llOder the ullstac:ker trip table when an dtctric: coil hUl;llW out and sct fire 10 oil soaked refuse which has been allowed to accunttLlate th~re. A bad jam had occurred shortly before <luittin", time and the lrin tahle was covered with lumller several boards deep. This caught fire. The flames from lumbtr and table almost reached the unstacker roof before the sprinkler system brought the fire under control. But . . . the fire could not h:we started if the oil and refuse had OOt accum\llat~ around the electric coil. DUST EXPLOSION
Recently a medium siud coast mill was bumtd down when a torch. in use b)' a maintenance man r~iring the log slip. started a fire which caused a dust explosion that spread in the dust atop onr-he:HI limbus. This explosion spread throughout the sawmill building and melted off 50 m:tn}' sprinkler heads that the pumps c<>uld not suppl)' enough water to control t~ fire. Good housekeeping isn't just kupillg the floor and walkways clean along tht route followed b~' "isitors. Tt includes cleaning till the oil :Hld sawdust under the trill table :md blowing dOll'lI the dust that settles on the timbers overhe:td. 1n fact. good housektepillg should make it just as difficult t build a fire ill a sawmill as it is whtn VOII go camlling. . lIow many times e.an you fold a pleee of paper In haJl! Nine folds Is the most IUlJ' piece ot paper 11'111 take. reprdlC'll or Itt .nc.
.-\bo,'e--Blow:lnr down In Clearw:Uer saw mlll. C1~n-up men at Cle:u\l'ater use mor th.1n a mile of air ho~ 10 blow off m:&chma MIners. eatwalks. floors and other spots whid cannot be rncbed by W'orkrnen with broorm Despite careful attention lo housekeepinf a«ordlnr to f1pres turnlshed by Eplilll there ha"e been Kl'en lost time tnJuries II tbe last three years and rnany first aJ eases as a result of poor housekeeplnz. I 1944 a bundred and nine da) ,'ere lost I this eause, UU 5ufferC'd forty days lost limo 1946 has so far uperlenced ~O • • • til result of a.:elden! and Injury to Gene'. . GO box plter, when a seeUOII of rollens for l~ shook plutt, IlroppC'd carC'leuJy aplnst t.1I wall or thC' sawmill. fell across her toot. T!l Injury could easily have been a"oldC'd t piling not-ln-1l5C'. seetlon of rollers flat up(l the floor. The Gill accident. Epling cltell I illustration ot the ru:sertlon that ho keeplnl' is evcQ'bod)"s job, that It Is part or accident Ilre"enllon, Is a. dar·to-lli chore which mllst be handled as sueh aJ ne"er delayed from one day to the next until "we ean rind lime:' Belo....--Gerhard Rambul' on tbe buslnt end of a vacuum deaner used In the sal mill. Housekeepinr at Clnnrrater annul requires lOme 190 fiber brooms, 10 "'''llrehtMl brooms. 30 ordinllry house brooms.