Illume: X Xumber 12Lc\\'i~t()n. Idaho. September. 1946

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WAT[~WAY TO A~~ONTI[~. • •

NAVIGATION ON LAKE COEUR D'ALENE

The story of navigation on Coeur d'Alene Lake will recall almostforgotten memories to many men in our organization. \Vhen ] wasa boy [ rode, one time, from Coeur d'Alene to Kingston on a RedCollar Line steamer (probably the Georgie Oakes) and went onfrom Kingston to Wallace on a narrow gauge railroad. At least ]think I did.

In most of the intervening years, lake navigation has sustainedthe ,'arious sawmills at Coeur d'AJene and for our Rutledge millwill be needed for an indefinite time to come. The lake has playeda leading part in Idaho history as the accompan;ying article reolates. It is still important to us as a transportation artery.

C. L. BILLINGS,General Manager.

The growth of cmpire in nOrlh westernAmerica, within the span of a single life­titlle:. has dc\'e1oped some: amazing :lntl c:x­cl'cdingl)' colorful chapters for those whochronicle: history. Few stories of pioneern:ntnrc:s :m<! exploits deserve higher Tanklh;ll\ does Ihal of navigation on Lake COClif

d"Alene and the tribmar}' St. Joe and Coeurd'Alene Til'crs.

Those were: great dars. with the buildingof proud steamers 10 carr}' passengc:rs andsupplies into a frontier land that knew fewTo-.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 asingle ownership. Long excursion trainsarri\'ed from Spokane bringing pleasureb<-.nt crowds to Coeur d'Alene docks for allcia\" trips up the I:tke :md into the shadowr5t: 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 lakenavigalirm :'I pleas:lllily f<-Illllnerative \,('n­tllre).

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PublUhed by Potlatch~ lne~ 0DCeMonthly for Free DlstrlbuUOD to SUlployeft

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 catch1I'U imide In Ibe Undquarten s.nmmlnr hllk. AnOUI~ u­Rrllou by Hudqllarlen reskh:nu Is that ••. 'tis a finethin&' 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.

~ISWING (ONT~ST ...... "...,••,•• ~"h ., G<oe

Mabel Kelley __-====::-;;;~;;: Po"'''''Charla i;l)llng C1eal"water Plant

CUi Peale. ~

Edl"" • _

History Is Made SlowlyAn illustrious gentleman of the

American Revolution, 170 years past,a one-man propaganda department ofthe war thaI spawned these good UnitedStates. coined Ihe phrase "These aretimes that try men's souls" and rallied:l nalion behind it.

There was more 10 thaI famousquotation, wrinen by Thomas Paine,;lnd Ihc profound wisdom of anotherscntl'nce deserves allcnlion ... "Whatwe obtain 100 cheap we esteem toolightly: it is dearness only thaI giveseverything its value."

Few periods in hislory have failedto try men's souls, or provoke in greatplentit'uJe prediction of dire happen­ings: from the pens of even the mostle:l.rned, II may be true, and probablyis, IhM only when nations are willingto make sacrifices for peace in a degreecommensurale with those which arem:1dc for .....ar !t.hal1 there be positiveassurance of peace, Unh:lppily nosuch dar of tranquility, sweet in con­templation. seems yel al hand,

BUl black phophcsy and expressionsof pessimism born of impatience andabsence of underslanding are an in­dulgence scarcely in keeping \\rjth man'shope for :1 future. There are enoughreal problems and perils 10 the writingQr a workable peace Wilhoul addingthe brake of pessimism to wheels thatmust grind out understandings belween;lOd among nations.

There may be small cau:.c for optim­ism. There i:. less for despair. Thethirteen original colonies of Ihe U. $.needed thirteen years 10 reach agree­menl on a constitution, , . and all ofthcm spoke the same language.

I Ibtory is made slowly!

From Me$. Mllude II, Vaul'lIn, RefbltredNurse, lleadqu:arlcn, Id..ho.

"I ha"1: jnsl rc-1t1 Ihe i\L1~Sl issue of"TIr~ FIII/dl)' Tr.:/'"' ami 1 re<('nl very muchall article 011 Page 2. CQlumu 3. The article(qlltlle), "A nl1\.n had his leg broken:ll ontof lhe c:lmps in early Septcmutr, and wasIru'ls/,orllll.'d from Cum" to L.-::.'isloll with­OUI (In:,' I:,'(I/' of s/,lilll-IIMilil'f: proof of lheneed for fir'! aid traillillg,"

If Ihis m:llI. as 1 !iuspccI. was MarvinJohnson of C:lll1P 14, injured Sell!. 6th, I'dlike to correct the implication that he didnot get first aid fare. Let lilt sbte-

I, Ilerson.111)', sa'" Ihis man, bcfor~ he\\"a.. renlG,'ed from the ~tlC:l'ller Wh~l he,reaehw Hudqu.1.neT$, and whether bychance or 1Iy kno,,·ledge of the correctthing to do, the leg w:lS ill line. in goodpo>ition and tiM (0 (he other It:!' h)' theam}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 Iimhas a splinl." TIe I\"as :..15(1 trealed for shock-head 10"', ,,·arm hlankt'1" and Mt \.vate.rboules. 3 ~1til'e admini.stered by hypoand the l~ in good posilion, supported bypi1lo,,'s :lOd blankelS an.1 ~11 by ambulaTlCt:to the bospital. \\'nile ~plinling a limb is~T)', it lltloe<n't constitllle entire firstaid care.

[kIn't misundChl:md me. lhal I'm ootoil 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 articlesthai lea\'c an "upset feeling" 10 all who readlhem,

I'd also like (0 mention with flrai'le thlil""1 {lid trc.1.lmo:nt which an eJt-~r\"ice 11\;1.

Gwrge Haskin (.If <::Im]l l·t g;\H: 10:l. brokamI (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 ::WIlraining IlrQl.:ram smned." Xf.t a!:ft<"""Ieal·c out "'riuen articles."

The illftlmlatiol1 which reached TilF<lllJi/)' Trr.. was il1.:orr«I, hut ib usc lIafocustll "'ltention On fir~l aill \"0 slighl of:Urs. Vaughn's ahilit}' liS a nurst nr of her.alieni ion to fit1it aid wa.s illtended. Thtlesteem ()f Headquarters I),·ople. whidl shl;has mal1~' times t.1rned, is lhe best IlO!'sihlesl)okeslllall <;If her worth ami the iillt-:<:t kil1l1of compliment.

Big Year ForWestern Pine

.\ecordiug to) S, v, Flllt::Iw:lY, Jr., <.te'y.­mgr. oi Ihe Western Pine \SSOCi.1Iion. theS(mlO~: .l,400JXX1OCO iert of lumber ,,'hich willhe shipped ill 1946 by the wtSlern pine in­dustry will bt greater than for an~' )"('ar inits long histol")', Ihe four war Jean 19-11to 1944 uo::ptw.

"""lis," said runaway, "is lhe mllst con_dncing answer that ean he madc to federalhurcauct:lts "'ho w/tUld di<cre.Ji, tilt lumberindu_lr)' in the llublic mind b~- attnlluting10 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 ournation's (imbu rtiour~ ha\'e I>t\n 5eri<Ju~..kplttcd ;IS a result of hG\")' production forthe \\";IT". 11 sht>uld be pointed nUl I\\'e.sttm Pine timber rC:,;()\lrc,,~ "'ilI Doclerl)rh"llle managemcnt "SUl"l'),lrt III.m1IC:r pdllCli'ln al the C11rrenl 11:\'e1 IIIlltfilUtcl."-hile nuintainin~ a more than :ulcqn:t1climber resen'e." -

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Sir Thomas Beecham, EIl<!li~h orchestracondlll.:tor, e>:p1::lining !lrderellCC for all­malt' componelll: "If the woman happensto he ill-f:n'oreo1 a m:m (oe.,n't wantto pla)' nest to her, nUl if ;;Ill! is well·f:WMed, he ~n'l IIlay well."

About Chevrolets

Typopaphleal error - ~Johnny's atthai :twk'll'llrd ace where his \'Ice Isr.banrJnc,"

:\1;111)' a man wh.1 Cl.lnJpl:tin, oi IlOl ~ttingwhat he wallis ~hould lac thankful he i;;n"tgellin..; what hc desen'ti.

:'.lan.....>2lchc:r QUl,lnee lIaes, P.F.!. netne-­si,; for the \'ac;4tioning and idle lumberjackin SJlttknne, i" dri\'ing a 19H ChcHole.twhotoe :!!peetlun1elCr rc:gi5It:rs :m imJ'r~~i\"e

lotal of :>oIne: 130,lro mil..,,- Ther..":!> nary aronde or ~ueak ill the lind) an,1 lht: motor~ fIO"er 10 bum .•. will p;b." flClIo" canwith ~ (1lIf>\"iug or fl.nkcd}. "A benercar, b) iar,w a-xru, its driver. -than the.lIe\\ Che\'rokb,., e\C!1 "ith 130.1"«.1 nJilesbehinll 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:,ndcnIJoe. Parker at l3o\·iJ1, Neither .... f these l:t:nlle­m\." ha\"e shown milch Ji~I)()~ili(\n to sharetheir g,.o('I(1 fortune anti its nn !ol11all offenseto be caught 'itting 'l1('ath the: wheel of eilhera'.

;\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 Camp44, \"ia Walla..'c. ~earilll: Ille to() of the billil1(crmediate 1<1 .\\'v") froln Wallace (alortUOU;; :lIId Slt-.:p asttIIll \lr. P:ukerturned to the pa55Ctlgftr who shand tbeironl !ocat and :>."Iid " , " ""l~e UC:"" carsare SlIre the bc:rrie!o. Think flf kin>; abk10 drh'e frOlIl Sjlvl.-ane w \\'alla.:e and upIhis grade withf>\1l once: ch:lnl)"ing gears:'

"Yt'ah:' s,"Iill hi~ COmll:llliclI1, "that's preuygood, , , biH if YQU could l{<'t it into highgt'ar, we:'11 travel faslcr."

THE FAMILY TREE

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 <t1ddeninspiration, lie rnllt.'t1 his homt: :lnd Wh61,finally. the little woman answered thephone, he shouted in fre:lll';ic:d hastc, "Oon'tpay Ihe rallsom: I'm l>."Ick ,..

EditOr's ~Ott:: Will tn' this and reportback, "

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 vricelist on mcats for grOIl\>;' 1 :md 2, 1 h,wen·t<lll)"thillg to sel1, but if )'011 scud me :Iprice Jist I'll ha\"e something to rcad:'

Not a memhcr \)f a hunting t'XllCuititll1,bUI mindful of the day and time oi )e.1r waswary ScOl:>IIian Jack ~lcKillll0n, mal>tc.r ortht: Headqtlarten pam dq~rtmcnt, :'olr,?\lcKillllOll, 'tis :.ait!, dqlo1rb "Icaclquarterso"c.r the we<:kcnds of Imming so:al>')l1 in lhebdief 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 andlei fly.

\\'orsl ingrate <lnll)llg hUUl~mm W:lS thefe!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 fromspoiling, then, while the lumberjack wentto camll for a sled, ((uie(I)' took it :lwa}',

Be:.l SlOr} concerns Frallk Stedman whohad Illanneo a week off i(>r hunting, ,m­Olher for r"'Clll>erating, bUl {l.Ot c.'ught hya shortage (,f (';m,\> clerks, It seems Mr,Stedman, in anlicillatiol1 of hunting 5C3SOnrecellll~' dt:parted camp on lhe trail of abe<lr. kn()wn to han 11101 t<,.d one of thecamps. 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,"

/)/lIi.:tru is II goud all-Yfllr.ro'lllcl lubri­rallt for Ill.. tI'llrrls II; life.

R. W. (Ward) TOUliley came 10 lI'ork .t CIn-rowateT In 19!' dl.lrlllf eollSlrUcUon days :mdhelped to complete the IlDStackeT, box faetory llnd pl:l.ner. lIis kno..ledKe of a ..m1JJs be.ranaeeumuJatlnr In 1914 ....Ith eonstructlon of a Loulsbna mUl. Additlonal u~rlenee w:.sjfalned 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 TImberCompany's planl In that c:Ity. I.n l!l::! be returned to LeIl'lnoll IIlld work with the Cleal"Wlllercarpenter 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'lllLabor Coundl for three yn-rs , , , hollb an instrurtor'$ ratinr In fint "Id and tAu,bt 50meten or twelvee~ 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:lJjoV$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' anoccasion has been of ....d in pufeclinr ne.. machlnery , , , and he~ In pod. me&liarelhe skill :a.nd patknee ,..hi<:h are properly of the artls:ln, the enrlneer and Ibe JarreDn. h:lrpeyes and the lOf:.rlo1l5nes5 rener.tted b)' close aUenUon 10 the ta~k ilt h:lnd ..I"e way 'n:cauently1& 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...

September, 1946

R. W, (WARD) TOUSLEY

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\ Hunting We Will Gohe dawn of hunting da), 1946, has

and gone" " , but, thc memor)· lin&er~, , ,d we're hadl)' mistaken. Am­itioll, careiull) ho.udcd for the occasionbeen spent, some of it going to pre·

f)" target praclice 10 insure correcttmem 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 lead­

ers,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 anIlsh't: lime of )"e;lr.l"idellcc of the day',. ill1minence \\'a5 firsteabk at Headquartc"s when :>t."ItiOlit Carl Mdb)" began packing a gun Ul1 the

of early morning on his trip to chftCkcars . " . JUSt to get tht: feel of thin!>s,perhal~ in tht: tbougbt that no hunterlid risk a pOt shot at something \\'hkhed and could be a drtr, but could bt:to c;u"f)' a riOt: and 10 be C3pable of re-

:mug shot for ShOL

e \bse:nt and missed at l-lcadquartcrs was11 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 oft alld fireside on Octfl\)er 41h to bc in

1. lllincss at somc \':'Intage l)Oim Ihe nr.xlI mingo A ct:rtain amount of stealth. guiler dowllright lleddliTlg of mi,;infonllationI:: amsidered permissable, e\'cll advisable.

10Ch lime, It wa,; somelhing of a shock10 the tt:n Dalliel Boollcs who found

h'es assembled at the lookout lower~rtha Ifill in readiness ior the cn.ckQW"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)' ofling 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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Abo.._UnloadiDc Camp « lop at lb.m5dale I.I.ndln,.. The york bqjns with daYlicbteach mornh'l' to a ..old up-rlYeo winds from the l1Ile. Note tu,' with propdlers cnatl,,&, _.face cW'Tt!nt that 'rill eause lop 10 dl'"lft ._,. from unloadlos platform to.....rel far ead., ......

September. 1!l4{lTHE FAMILY TREE

Wm~WAY TO A~~ON~I[~(COntinued from paae 1)

P;lII{S press agent un be found in Ha.... ley'sHistOl)' o)f Iclaho in thi§ Ill!erance:, credited

L:uling tribUle to the nnigation CQITI­

to a touriu made aniculate by aperienceor some first class promotional litt:rature-"To tour the west t\'itboot 5t:.eing thisn\'er of ~do...·s ",ith its aquisite settingof valle)' and mountain ...ould be to miss oneof nature's masterpieces."

It was an age, descn'bed in ooslalgie te:­mini:ioCCOCe b)' thost' who "'ere: there as aperiod ....hen men ....ere different. Honestym.'y lIot always Ita,·/!. been ad,nired as avirtue, bUI the conditions of thillg5 made ila necessity. Seldom was a pioneer homelocklXi. The Ira\'eller in uee<! of the neces·sities of life was always privileged to enteralld to stay overnight ii lIecessary. To via.lale the hOS]litalil)' thlls extended by takingprOI)trty from the owner was an unheard ofcrime. Hospitality was a cardinal \'inue,honesl)' a common characteristic..

Stories. like good whiske)', gain fla"orwilh age alld t.'\les of urly d.:P.)' Lake Coeurd'Alene are certain to become legendary.It is elCtremel.y unlikely, hO\ll'e\'er, that thecOIlr.tge of the pioneer, his re.sourcd"ulne.ssand "enturesome spirit shall e,'er be dom:real justke in either oral or written form.

FIRST BOAT

The first boot of site 10 find usc. onLake COI:ur d'Alene was a governmentpatrol craft. the Anlelia Wheaton. The$(r... itc of this vessel began shard)' afterestablishmenl of Fort Coeur d'Alene (rec­ommended b)' General Shennall in 1877 andrenamed to hOllor his memOry ill 1891).First cOll11llander of Ihe fon ""';IS ColonelII. G. Merri;l.1I1 who arri\'ed with IrOO{1S forthe K:lrri~OI\ in 1879 and remained in com­maud for some twenty )'ears,

III 1aro the Nonhcm Pacific Railroadreached Rathdrum (then Ihe county scat ofKootenai COUnty). Until IBM when theCoeur d'Alene Rail"~r and Nal"igalionCompan)' was organized and rail line com­pleted be1....~ Coeur d'Alene and Spohne,mosl of the supplies that nl(l\'e:d up-lakefrom Coeur d'Alene docks ....ere firstfreighted in from Rathdrum. The comingof the: railroads broughl more miners, home-

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---------------------.sicadtrs, loggers and lumbcnnen. greatly ~c­

celcrating the pace of del'cIOIJ1l1t::lll through_out the area. Rich lead and silver milld'were discovered on a branch of the. Coeurd'Alene Rh'er in the Wallace-Kellogg dis­trict in 1$84. Supplies lno\'cd in b)' boatfrom Coeur d'Alene and some ort mo>"edout by n:n~Tse route ... ox learn, or packhorse with Ihree sack~ to a horse. irOO!mine to ri"tr landing, thence: by steamerto Coeur d'Alene.

XAVlQATlON co)[P~,-y ORGA.'4'ZED

For )'oears there was no .set sch~ule ofopt.r.ation for the lake steamers that u;ms.poned poople and supplie!>, Despite thisIhe: 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 (amontolher thillfts the coltitt\1cling engineer forthe r;lil hne l>et .....~n COI:ur d'Alene ilndSIXlk:!ne) organized the Coeur d'Alene andSt, )01: Transport:ttion Company. Fromthis ownership and the ,u;quisition of rivallines \\'hite's company finally emerged asoperator of the Red Collar Line ...ith aneet of \'cssels which gradually acquired ahea,·y preponderance of all freighting andpassenger business on the lake. de"e1opillfmeantime a lOUrist business from neighbor·ing Spok4nc that could well tum an)' presentday ChamIKr of Commerce green ItoitbelW)'.

White was the directing force back113"iption (In the lake and it ...~s hi$company Ihat resoh'ed a somewhat ~icstate of ;l.fiairs into time table operauonand a dependable freighting service. TJt,:conlpany prospered and until completion ofthe Milwaukee railroad from its easternlenninus down the 51. Joe, weslward, in1910 all freight and passenger servi~c to. the:St. Maries country was b)' boat WIth mghtHillS of freight during summer months toinsure arrival of perish:lbles in good COil­dilion, Much traffic continued to m~I1'c

across the lake by boat for mall}' years aller1910. The Sunda)' excursions by train itol!lSpoka~ and up-lake by ~t were "'ellpatronu.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 kepta fleet of ,'essels employed.

Ft6m tbe Palouse Republic. undu~of FORn· YEAltS AGO • , ,

MOn Monda)' the machin("Q' of thePot\.'\tch Lunlber compan)'s big mill atPot\.'\lcll was set in Olot1oa for the firsttime. It is cxpec;ted Ihe plant will beginto tnrn out lumber br the 15Ih:'That would be September IS, 1905 ...

40 fa~t years past, .. )'ears "'hich havebrought mechanit.1tion :lIltl the productionline to industr)', the automobile, the air­pbn.:, radio, light mttal~, longer averagelife. gre:ll advanCelnel1l in the field ofmedicine, and a bost of ilems conduce t<lIKner lil'ing. bllt, yean; which have also secntwo 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 quiteas iunnr as people.

(It is not intended that the oca.sion ofPOtblch's fortieth annh'crsary pass ...·ilbsuch .scant attention .• , ;I bter issue of thefree will h:lI'c more to 5:1) about it),

Abo.._l.oI" to.. _"Uoc una Lake CoelUd'Alene. to mill In the lue Ihe lo_ is bpi

far back of 11M: tee to elirl:tl....te bacnuddna from wash of pc-opdkr's. Two or three

day. aDd n1Jbu aft ~v1rftI for Lrip. IKII astroDl' 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.

Belo....-In Ihe SI, Joe the lop are placedIn lonr, IInk.,pussre lIke bran" ...hkh areheld I" .. lonr 0....1 shape by "paced crossUs bet"een boom lines. Several bnJts canbe to"ed by .. uncle 10C". but real Kill and"kno..·l<o." na"lptlnc is required to necotJ·ale ri,-er bemts.

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$..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 theeblef engineer of the Coeur d'Alene ASpokane Rallray. In 1&92 bomt:!llteaded onEmerald Crrek and ran the flnt Une forthe North &: South liilh1fll.Y. i\fany buslDeasenterprlJcs and projectll b:l.\'e c1:J.lmed andshared hls attention. fie was one fir tbedircetOf$ and flrlpnai Incorporators of tbeExcbanl'e Natlonal Bank, a director or theRathdrum Slltte Bank. largely rCllpondblefor the flrsl eoncrete highwlty between Coeurd'Alene ltnd Spokane. wu first presidenlor the Coeur d'Alene Chamber or Com·merc:e and hu been acth'e In politlnJ albin.

White standS beside a pleture or theGeorfle Oakes-the bTl$, fUlt$I, mostbcautuul boat of the neet he once mallSl"edon Lake Coeur d·Alene. No history of IheCoeur d'Alene country can t1'U be c:alledcomplete ....lthout u:tended rd"~ce to lhbpioneer.

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R.lght--The Bronc, stout tug owned bythe Lafferty Transportation Company wbouow mo\'e most of the log tOWI aerOS$ LakeCoeur d,,,,lene, Point to be made b1 thispicture Is t.hal the LaUerty people know.good fuel wben tbey see one and use--of

cour-se-Pres·to·lop.

Collar heJd a big m:1jorit)- of lake business.There were few accidents and no RedCollar boat e\'er capsized, a complirmnt tosafety measures and rules of which COIll­Inodore White rduscd the slighest breaeh.Other ships were llot so fortunate andGrovcs rtealls a freighter, top hea\')' wilhb.1GGed flour that did a quick ·'bottoms up:'

LOG TOWS RE-'\lAIN

The St. J~. highest Ilavigable stream inthe U. S. and prob.1bl)' in the entire world,has provided more than jll~t pleasure forthe tourist with a Imltern of SUll and shad­ow along its forested banks. It has furnish·1.'11 all economical mode of lr:msportationfor 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 theriver Ihe logs are nmde up into long o\"als~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 sausagecff~l. in the wake- of a single tug.

Once; tbe brails re,.1ch the lake ('roper.cross ties are rel~ and to.....s arc tonnedinto large round rafts. The tug, close!)'coupled up ri\'er to Ptrmit easier negotiationof bends in the "\'er reels out sufficient lineto plae:t: it at such distance ahead of theraft as to a\"oid a i»d:ward thrust againstthe logs frolll the wash of the propellers.

Tn the days of hc:l,\"y freight and travelacross the lake the tug ..... ith its log- 10..... rep­resented somewhat unweleome companion

(COntinued on Pllge 6)

THE FAMILY TREEoeptember. 1946

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ESG.lSEER GROVES

'neer aboard the iamed G..'Orgie Oakes1892 on ~ eh:l.nu rUII was George\'es who also was engineer on the tanof the cnkes and now lin's quietly in

'rcment at Coeur d'.\lenc. The Oakesthe pride of the Red Collar lillie, a large

n wheeler, described in picture andIy 0)' owner \Vbite( who long ago e<lnl­

the title, Commodore) as the most bcauti-:ll1d fastest of his ships. although the0, a side whL'C.ler, could accollunod:lte

fi:3tre. Ila~' load, taking :I m:n:inl\llll ofpassenger, whereas the Oakes never

nied mOTc lIma 250.

he Indians about the lake received freeage aboord Red Collar boats and Grovescngin(:er was illstrucled to deal withI for fire \\'ood to hlcl the ship boilers.rdingl}', he It:anled their I:mguage: and

blishl.«1 a reputation for fair dealingng them Ihat c;lrned thc Red Collar last­friendship and a dependable source: of

which GrovC$ purchased onl)' fromIndians. Indian and C:1)"Use. often e:tmerd togcther and nOl infrequently :1

~ ·brokcn mount would u.ke his ridcrolfboard befOre: even the prdimill:1T)'

antries of "how" and ~ugh" could be.i anged.;,Ie .«wes wen recalls the <b}'s of excursionsII lake :lfld into the SI. Joe. RemembersIe a ~ff« pot .was alw:I)'s ~iling some·)f tte III the engme: room. \\Ith bottled in-n ~ not far remo\·ed ... remcmbers pokerin that ended when the whiSlle soundedIe the ship rounded the point olltside Coeurht Ile... n~al1s, too. that bre:tkdowJlsto n: not unusual off the point, ohen ne<:;es­n. ing an hour or two of leisurel)' repairI-e -:111 actual stay of execmion for theer r game.

,m lhere was some drinking, but little abuseell the pri\'ilege, recollccls Ihe Oakes' en­a- r. Telllptrs occasioll;tll~' flared bel weenIIr ~ trallsportation companies and althoughn- were 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

THE FAMILY TREE

Camp-Lower Alder CreekCat ro,lcl cOll~truetion i~ (llIr lIIain imerest

011 Ihis time and is g<ling right along smooth­ly. in spite of a \'acatiOIl riddltd crew.

Foreman I'HiJr' Ridl'OUl has his handsfuJI these da)'s, finding someolle to iill illlor those who ;m; ab:>cnt,

"tlel'en of 11;,p PettrSOll's "cedar savages"are still ill camp, but Ule)':lre gelling-thingsllretly well cleaned lip.

G"'en Boll has enr<ll1OO at the SacredHeart school of nursing, will SOOn be gone,alld mis5«1 plenty. 'We wish her a lot of luckon the new I'enture.

Camp 59-Meadow CreekThis camp hilS thirt)' men on construction

work .md fourteen mcn piling brush.

Camp GO-Washington CreekThe: twemy,six timber ;Iddicts now in~

habiling Calnll60 will surrender their lenureregrelfully within the Ill:.'>t few weeks­Phil Peterson has about worked them outof a home, at wbat the)' maintain is themost desirable re...idcntiaJ loc."'Ition in theClearwater diSlric!. Unlike a rather largesegment of the world's POllUlauon, "thehousclcss Ollt;s," that is, Uley arc looking tOo­ward Camp 52 with hope, llOSSibly tinged1\'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 hingeon purchas~ of prh'ate transportal ion means,and it has oeen suggested that Ihe bl:lekmarket tall furnish s.1me. Bnt thost whoknow Dais)' are cenain her ethical tendencieswill be the \"ictor, 'Tain't no sill to Ix: tem{lt~

~d though.

Camp 14-Beaver CreekGood "'eather and a hard working erell'

(If 100 men lUI\'~ helped us to keep the logsromng to the Lewistou mill, Some of ourmen hal'e CilUght "whOllping big" trout ontheir da)'s off.

We have had a distinguishcd visitor,C:,rlos Rel::inc' from Chile in~pectil1g ourlogging 011er:l1iolls.

Camp 54-Washington CreekConstfll(:tion boss )'like Ross was injurttl

by a falling limher ;lhouL the middle ofSeptember but is reported to be gettingalong Oke)' and will he back at work beforelong,

\Ve<tther has be"l\ iiue aud uur productionis booming along at peak efficiency. Wehal"e a new cook. Charlcs Faxon, and thegrub he turns out certainly isn'l hard totake.

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Hay To HeadquartersAnnually' the har crOll at Clearwater is

shipped frol\1 Lewisto1\ to Headquarters forusc b)' the H\'adqnaflers dairy. The: llriceaccording to Qearwate:r Vllit tl1:lI1:'j{er D:weTroy i~ a dO"'lright shame and has bc<:nfor 10 these man)' rears ... a sacrilke. thatis. The Ilrice, according tl\ Headquarterslogging superintenlle11l Iloward Brallh\lI)'is an outrage ... highwa)' robbery, that is,

COllies now from up lIeadtj,uarters wa)' aer)' oi mortal :utguish, The debil memor­andum ior the last crop of ha)' has beenr('Ceil'eO :111(1 noted. Complains Mr, Brad­hury the total e,"I>ense is 100, too muchC}<Jllaining that the har toodcr employedh)' farmcr TrQ)' to cure his crop reduced itto a bunch of sticks aud stems withoul1e.1I'es aud, ,without value! i\l r. Brad~

hUT)' 1I0W has twO eourses of action. , , heColli l)urehasc a grinder that wiJI reduce IheaHalia stems to meal. or h~ l11\1st equip theCOIl'S with greell glasses to gi\'c somescmll[:mce of foodStuff to lhe Clearwaterthistles (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 candel)end on Troy for bedding."

Bing Crosh)', musing over recent Can­adian dsit where his car was mobbed, lipsticked, chalk marked, heart carved intofrOllt scat 111Ihotstef)', :md hubeaps stolen:"This is olle case where a movie star 1.'01­lected his fau~' autographs instead of deeversa I"

New im'entlons are said 10 include anautomatle ear washer, Introdueed InDetroit, wWeb eon\-eys car thru barrateof revolvtn¥ sponfi"S, water sprays, de.In two mlnutt:!l car comes out, washeda:nd dried,

A man drollped his wig ill the strett anda small bor picked it up and handed it tohim.

''Thanks, III)' 11(1)'," said the owner of thewig, "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 old10 be considered ellgihle?"

The other replied: "My dear, he's tooeligible to be eonsidered old,"

September, 1946

Left-Haulln&" Ilnd !lklddlnf :at Camp40, St.ony Creek, mld-Sl;ptem~,Therl;WllS about two ",'uk!; trucklne ahtad,bul fall rains had eost many ibn 1000ttime, A lraelor. bO<lked ahead or eacllloaded truek, helped eel lop OUl oflht canyon and up lo the main road.

Felltd during tile la~l days tlt aaw_

Iq at 4.0 (for thlll year) was Ion IdohoWhitl; Pine lhat measured Sf:\'eD andone_haif feet in d1amettr. but, ascommon with over-ripe timber, therewas beM'Y heart rot,

PO!iI,"/I"$$ is (I (I,ilt Itt,;"f"u/l!( t/'r :1'Or!rlItt'(r.

The parh was much a SllC«~S alld :t5 it1lI0\'cd :IIOllg 111 high gcar on" of itsmembers kept insiSling, to the llOillt of1>oaMfulne:;s, that he could (listingllish b(..tween rliHerent be\'eragcs hy their tasle.blindio1ded. ,\ test was arranged andnask was handed the connoisseur fo~sampling. The man tasted a nlouthful andspat 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 tlprocess 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 thWlijourney mi1lward I"ia truck down a ean)~1

walled r(}.ld "'hose high sides screen OUllbfo;.sun for most of each da)', nre loaded ;,boardilrail n;1t cars, dumped into lhc 51. JOt'at Ramsdalc- Llnding (aiter a rail trip ir it:hery to he1ol\' 51. ~rariC!;) and then arftowed into :lnd <lcross Lake Coeur d':\lelH'l~o mill.

The SttanlcrS that carried freight an t[passen/{er service have disappeared, %1Iheir 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 Oldtheir time. ),I;my of Ihe pioneers wh~lt

energies ami forthright flualitics of leadtrship were. rcsl}Qnsible for early glories an,the fouudations of bter greatness are sti illalin. Their memoirs ~hOl1ld fllmish in fsp;ration a.nd a rich source t)f material til'the pen oi the hi;torian, i~

I

Coeur d'Alene, a French wor(1. meat1rheHrt (Jf an awl. Th" white man's versionits :'lIplication 10 Indians al)(lUt Lake Cotilb;.d'Alelle is that a very slingy chief prt>I'O~"1its \lse in descrillti(\11 of his person , , relhe Indians' \'ersiOIl is that the wort! iili Ifound use in describing the size of 'ntrader's hean. ;e!

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;eptember, 1946 THE FAMILY TREE Page Seven

Rutledge Unit:ustom Milling

l11catlr 1It1loa<lcrs :Lre instructed how to son'sion ~ock ill \Inloadinq. ft is nearl~' allulixed, C~Il~S and often Illixed thicknesses. Uponrovokt'tding stock i~ loaded in carrier units)n .• rl'ponincr number llrOlllillcnth- in tlla.ce.rll iir recllh'inp; l!coarlment i~ nOliiie(! ase of 'lle.rship of tllll stock and the service

lrcd and of any spetial instructions'ning \0 handling.

Courtesy Appze<clale America, Inc.

Dogs are s.,i<l to see everything as palegra)': there are no brown, red, blue or white<letails in their \\'orld. :\11 Irish setter is not~ red-haired beauty to another dog; butJUSt another gray member of the r:lce.

SPEAKING Of HOUSING

Will the nul l::encraUOII be clean but.illiterate? Janitors generally make moremoney tban school teachers. SG .....rltesa teacher In a national magadne. ex­plain!nf why she's iea"ln#, !be school­room after 19 years' .....ork there broughther sabry to a queent}' 35c all hour!

Xc\\" pmninR' shears. driven h\ waterpower from the garden hose, ha-I·c been[lCriccled-will S()(ln be 011 the 111;lrket

A•• _ "", __.... "'" -.. M'w.,

<=-_, ",..",ol .......

J'M. etlll't gi~'(' c/Ull"lu/i!1' /0 0110flu:r per­sou. bill )'011 cou (,Ilcoumgt /lim to d~'r1op

Ilis Of(.'11 by /'ossn,siug aue )'orlr,sc/f_

Don't depend on the other gIlY'S brakes!

.. F:ltigue C:lUSes nl-,Il)' urit'ers to i:lll asleepal the wheel: othcrs lose their alertneu tot!: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.

A pastor, tailing on a village scold,~uggested that she be a little more s)'mpa­thctic toward her rather Iaty husbantl andnot grumble :It. him e\'ery hour of the day,To which the lad)· blazingl)' replied:''Listen, dominee, there's lois worse thingsthan grmnblin'. It's the politest iorm offightin' in the world!"

Snorlnf can be eured by oUerlnf theoffender food advice, COOp4':rallon andIdndness--anil by dufflnf an old raeIn his mouth.

KILN DRYING

Kiln dr!ing has been mlldl in <le:I1l:lIId b\"('ustomers and we ha\'e h,ld to limit theamou!1t and species. \Ve. arc now insistingon Pille only to protect the nee:cls of thePres-to-logs plant, Stock segregation hasb~n a problem for the kilns. Tt t2kes ap­proximately three cars to make a kiln chargebut by careful and conSI;mt checking w~ha,·c de\·cloped a. s)·stem tlmt s~ms to workwell.

If stoc.k requires milling, the unitS iromkiln or irom cars carr)' a deJail of sen'icerequired. :\ file is Ill:lilllained :\1 ,he j'llaner,giving the iniomlatiOll desired 011 all workto be performed. Custom ~Iillillg at theplaner 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 theSo,me lime, an identifying symbol is requir­ed 10 keep them separate.

'Ve tr)· to arrange to IlU! the entire planeron Custom Milling to prevent mixing withour own stock if the stock is of the samet)ope.

.\s Custom Milling goes to the cars forrcloa<ling. t11e checkers tall)' the Hockwhether the order calls for this service ornot. so as to insure getting all the orderinto the C:lr.

The procedure incident to handling out­hound shillmelllS is the same :IS with Ollrown stock.

Custom )filling has been a great boost tothe crew at Rutledge, as well as an effectiveaid to the present housing shortage. Thereare mall)' headaches connected with it andit requires constant thecking when thereare up to 20 different orders in prOCl:ss atonce.

So far we ha\·e offered Cllstom )lilling to44 inbound J'.hippers.

~l ishandling of material5 is one of thegreatest causes of accident.; resulting in~rious injur~·. \Vatch out for :lll suchslf!lple hazards as slivers and projectingnaIls.

A fIlall is lib: a tack. he eall out), go asfor a.f /lis /lead willIet hilll.

The totton in your clothes is cdlulose­. fiber. Cotton comes from the cotton plant.

Almost two-thirds of wood is :llso cellulose­liber. TakCTI from trees, it can be madc intodoth which is called rayon. An acre oftrees can j'lroouce mtlch more cellulose eachyear than an acre of cotton.

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 additionalber. At first. when word got around that

'tlcdge: was a "Transit Station." the Salesrtment 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 advancethe rlllatlon and others JUSt sending in their

ead.tk. As a tonse/luenee Rutledge was hardI;rd ed to idellliiy and h;ll1dle the diiierent\he!"S. \\lith rdusal oi ;1 iel.., incOlllin~

'\'ill~ how~\·er. ~hi.llpcrs gained education ofnecessity :lml Importance of stock Idt:uti­nd conformed with instruclions of the:

ve Departlllelli.~hcir·an~r Ilres;;nt system in handling Customtho ·n8'. in briei. is as follows. On le;lrningIY n incoming c.1I" in ad\·ance. or froml. til e hy the railroads. a iile is set up for~'rdlhipper, containing all information ne.ces-

J to handling of tlte stock and J'.eryicefr ired. Each car is given a reporting

II a~ number. ~enerally an initial of the.\lentll1nd shipPer and a num\)cr. Numbers

con.sect1lh'el~' in the order of car re­I. The reponing llUlIlber is tarried on

a~,:- and all records throutth the tlltire, ~."':'ation fro·ll "car inhound" to "car out·s, ~." The 1:odt number is first writtenrs 1 It inbollnd tar together with a nota­mane to which department the stock is tocil 0 li\'ered for the first sen'ice-that is,I\' :,O$;ln, 10 rip '<a\\". tn resaw. 10 p11l11cr­caveres an<re SP.\iDlllents arri\'e ill :1.11 tyoes of cars-­s~ 11\ flat. g/)I\(lola. slock and wood racks.nal tllrefer flat C:lr unloadinj::: and lo.,<ling

its, hut 1110SI accept whate\"er car w:1.~

hlr to !:hipJl~r,

B~' H,ulUUl F. ~I ... \'. Slti/'l'i"g CluJ.·A year :lg'O last June. when the go,·cm­

t was in dirf: need of lumber for warand RUllc(lgc had e-Xlrn capacity in

lIer and shipping facilities as compared, production capacin· al the sawmill onI eight hour, ol1e-.sliiil basis. it was ar­

\l1f:"ed 10 periorm some custom millings ,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 ef­

it of the Sales DClmrlment, a pcm1it wasIS incd from the \Var Production BOo.rdof the Ofiice of Pricc Administr;l1ion toc r Cu.stom Drrin&" and l\lilling to custo­e,.rrs who desired this sen'ice, with the:

Dep.,rtment assullling respOnsibilitvor arrangements wilh tustome:rs. -

"~

September, 1946

.-\bo,'e--Blow:lnr down In Clearw:Uer sawmlll. C1~n-up men at Cle:u\l'ater use morth.1n a mile of air ho~ 10 blow off m:&chmaMIners. eatwalks. floors and other spots whidcannot be rncbed by W'orkrnen with broorm

Despite careful attention lo housekeepinfa«ordlnr to f1pres turnlshed by Eplilllthere ha"e been Kl'en lost time tnJuries IItbe last three years and rnany first aJeases as a result of poor housekeeplnz. I1944 a bundred and nine da) ,'ere lost Ithis eause, UU 5ufferC'd forty days lost limo1946 has so far uperlenced ~O ••• tilresult of a.:elden! and Injury to Gene'.. GObox plter, when a seeUOII of rollens for l~

shook plutt, IlroppC'd carC'leuJy aplnst t.1Iwall or thC' sawmill. fell across her toot. T!lInjury could easily have been a"oldC'd tpiling not-ln-1l5C'. seetlon of rollers flat up(lthe floor. The Gill accident. Epling cltell Iillustration ot the ru:sertlon that hokeeplnl' is evcQ'bod)"s job, that It Ispart or accident Ilre"enllon, Is a. dar·to-llichore which mllst be handled as sueh aJ

ne"er delayed from one day to the nextuntil "we ean rind lime:'

Belo....--Gerhard Rambul' on tbe buslntend of a vacuum deaner used In the sal

mill. Housekeepinr at Clnnrrater annulrequires lOme 190 fiber brooms, 10 "'''llrehtMlbrooms. 30 ordinllry house brooms.

lIow many times e.an you fold a pleeeof paper In haJl! Nine folds Is the mostIUlJ' piece ot paper 11'111 take. reprdlC'llor Itt .nc.

8)' K£~' R()Ss. Clrrm:"'<Jt.:r Fiu Chi.:(

Au)'Of}t who h." C\'er hol{1 occasion tobuild a C:"lIp fire will remember \\"hat anexasperating experience it can be if fore­si~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' lakefire. :\lam' an alllateur camper has c'xpcri­t'new difficult), when carefully lm~pare\lkindling hurned 01011 withom igniting the~I'",posedlr elT)' w(.>(X1 which has been gather­,d.

All thi~ rambling is supposed 10 "how thatthe: ;l\"era~e person \\'0\11d ('lIeounter con­siderable difficult~· ill trring to burn downa large lIlodern sawmill. if the miI1 be keptclean ;and is ~uip~ with :l.ulQlltatic sprink­I~r s}·slems. In desperation the poor gu)'would probabh' be forced to rtiOrt to somes\lch underh:ulded man~tl\"~r as 5:l.botaJ[ingthe fire- pump. shutting oU the sprinkl~r

s~'SU'm or scatl~ring gasoline- through th~

joint 50 that it would ignite- with one "astexplosion. Actuall)' our e.'Cpcricnce- al Ocar­water ha~ pro,-en some extraordiMI)' con­dition must uist bdore a fire an reach(l.1ngcrous proportions.

SPECTACULAR FIRE

Aside from dust e.'Cplosions in our fuelbins and the Pres-to-Iogs plant. the mosts~tac\llar fir~ in Clean\'ater history wasin the unstacker, This fire occurred whilethe plant was shllt down, starting llOder theullstac:ker trip table when an dtctric: coilhUl;llW out and sct fire 10 oil soaked refusewhich has been allowed to accunttLlate th~re.

A bad jam had occurred shortly before<luittin", time and the lrin tahle was coveredwith lumller several boards deep. Thiscaught fire. The flames from lumbtr andtable almost reached the unstacker roofbefore the sprinkler system brought thefire under control. But ... the fire couldnot h:we started if the oil and refuse hadOOt accum\llat~ around the electric coil.

DUST EXPLOSION

Recently a medium siud coast mill wasbumtd down when a torch. in use b)' amaintenance man r~iring the log slip.started a fire which caused a dust explosionthat spread in the dust atop onr-he:HIlimbus.

This explosion spread throughout thesawmill building and melted off 50 m:tn}'sprinkler heads that the pumps c<>uld notsuppl)' enough water to control t~ fire.

Good housekeeping isn't just kupillg thefloor and walkways clean along tht routefollowed b~' "isitors. Tt includes cleaningtill the oil :Hld sawdust under the trill table:md blowing dOll'lI the dust that settles onthe timbers overhe:td. 1n fact. good house­ktepillg should make it just as difficult tbuild a fire ill a sawmill as it is whtn VOII

go camlling. .

Page Eight THE FAMILY TREE

Plant HousekeepingAnd Its RelationshipTo Fire Prevention

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