to log the NE l /i N\V'/ 4? Section 28, Township 61, Range 

 18. One of the operators obviously has no designs at 

 avoiding brush disposal instructions, for he informs us 

 that he is going to "cleanse" the land, the better to 

 plant "hay seeds" next spring. Another ingenious 

 logger must have been reading up on Paul Bunyan to 

 j.!'<>od advantage, as lie is going to "chop off the SW*/4 

 SW 1 /} and dump the timber'' he doesn't say where; 

 but it will be remembered that when Paul wanted to 

 log a quarter section he simply hitched Babe, the Big 

 Blue Ox, to the tract and hauled it down to the lamp- 

 ing, where the timber was sheared off into the river and 

 the logs were driven down stream, the cleared quarter 

 section then being returned to its proper location. Per- 

 haps with a similar procedure in mind, a neighbor of 

 the aforesaid operator is "tumbling" his timber. The 

 notification sent in by Matti Jarvinen (who is evidently 

 cutting mining logging) at first made us wonder if the 

 (Jovernment was investigating a substitute for leather 

 and canvas in anticipation of the next year, for he 

 slated he was making wooden leggings. Such an inno- 

 vation ought to materially assist' the rookies in develop- 

 ing a military bearing. All in all, the vein of uncon- 

 scious humor running thru this phase of correspond- 

 < nee has the effect of removing it from the common- 

 place, so that copying it for the information of the 

 rangers concerned is anything but the monotonous 

 task of former years. 



