SCARCITY of lumberjacks for work in the forests is seri- 

 ously affecting the season's cut of logs and there is 

 indication that a shortage at the mills is likely to ensue. 

 From all sections in the timbered area of Northern Minne- 

 sota, the plea for men is going forth. It is estimated that 

 fully 5,000 and possibly 7,000 woodsmen could find employ- 

 ment at the camps right now, at wages ranging from $35 to 

 $40 a month the highest ever paid. 



Absence of the lumberjacks has caused speculation as to 

 why they have quit the woods, and three plausible reasons 

 are assigned. Primarily, it is believed that the general ac- 

 tivity of the nation the demand for workmen, has caused 

 many of the old-timers to turn to civilization where they find 

 work at wages ranging from $2 to $3 a day, the year round, 

 whereas, in the lumber camps and logging camps, they find 

 work only part of the year. Secondarily, the war in the Bal- 

 kans has caused hundreds to cross the waters to their native 

 lands. Third, many have migrated to the great forests of 

 Canada where they believe their work will longer be in de- 

 mand. 



Lure of the Woods Does Not Appeal to Men of This 

 Generation. 



All of which brings the question: "Is the lumberjack 

 doomed to pass from the woods, as the cowboy has passed 

 from the plains?" Unquestionably, their number has been 

 growing smaller year by year. The lure of the woods seems 

 not to have appealed to the later generation as it appealed 

 to the hardy men who cut into the virgin forests of the great 

 Northwest. The general peacefulness of the forests does not 

 seem so enticing to men of this generation as does the glitter 

 of lights and din of the city. 



From reports being made by lumbermen, many of the mills 

 will be able to run only part time this coming summer. Writ- 



