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An 1 8 horsepower kerosene saw outfit was installed on this tract and 

 enough six-cord racks, divided into two-cord compartments, to take 

 care of all the delivery teams. In this .way there was no delay in meas- 

 uring the wood while the teams waited. The wood was measured up 

 and waiting for the teams at all times. The city teams were used for 

 delivery. Iced roads and a downhill grade to town made it possible to 

 haul two full cords — the minimum delivered to any one address — at a 

 load. 



"The office work was handled by a manager in the court house. The 

 city papers advertised the fact that the city had wood for sale at $3 per 

 route for 16-inch wood, $4 for 24-inch, $5 for 32-inch, $6 for 36-inch, 

 and $8 for 48-inch. Full payment to be made in advance. The appli- 

 cant filled in the order blank at the court house and paid the full price 

 in advance. From these order blanks the daily saw bill and delivery 

 bill were made out and sent to the foreman in the woods. 



"The men were taken to the woods in the city truck every morning, 

 paid $3.30 for an eight-hour day, and hauled back to town at night. 

 With the saw bill in hand the foreman knew exactly what was wanted. 

 He sawed to order and threw the wood from the saw directly into the 

 racks, where it was ready for the sleighs till the day's orders were 

 filled. Each night he submitted a report of the wood cut and the ex- 

 penditure in labor, supplies, and repairs. Thus an exact cost record 

 was always available and a check on the surplus of sawed wood on hand. 



"When the wood was delivered the driver took a receipt, which was 

 pasted onto the order blank and placed on file. Thus there was a com- 

 plete record of the whole transaction and no chance for a misunder- 

 standing. They made it a point to give very full measure and avoid 

 all kicks. 



"When the roads broke up in the spring all the surplus wood was 

 hauled down to the city yard, whence it will be delivered through the 

 summer. Three thousand cords were hauled in the course of the sea- 

 son, the equivalent of 60 carloads of coal. At first the cost ran some- 

 what over the price asked, but as the organization was shaken into 

 better working order the costs were reduced and most of the equip- 

 ment was paid for out of the first season's earnings." 



A new process of recovering sulphur from the fumes of copper 

 smelters promises to be of interest to foresters on two counts — namely, 

 in reducing the damage from the fumes and in furnishing the needed 

 material for the sulphite process in paper-making. At present the lack 

 of ship tonnage to bring pyrites from Spain has curtailed supplies to 



