ually spent in repairing the mill, and it always needed 

 it. Muddy logs covered with small gravel rapidly 

 (lulled the saws and made the work twice as hard as 

 it would otherwise have been. As the logs were 

 handled by putting the arms around them and moving 

 them into place one soon became covered with mud 

 i'r<mi head to foot, and soaked to the skin. We were 

 not supplied with gloves and sore hands soon became 

 the fashion. But in spite of these handicaps the boys 

 tore into the work as if they were being paid by the 

 piece, and the daily capacity steadily increased until 

 six months later it was over five times that at the 

 start. (To be Continued) 



Sights and Sounds of the Northwoods 



BY D. LANGE 



Copyright, 1920, By D. Lange. 



(Continued from December) 



DEER 



Next to the moose, the white-tailed deer are the most 

 interesting big game of the state forest. 



About twenty-five years ago, this region was in- 

 habited by moose and caribou, but since the deer 

 have been crowded out of their more southerly range, 

 and wolves are less numerous, they have become 

 plentiful in Northeastern Minnesota. 



Deer, although wary and timid, are exceedingly 

 curious. Last summer my lady and I were somewhat 

 puzzled by mysterious noises, which we he"ard now 

 and then in the thicket of the original forest. My 

 lady suggested prowling Indians, wolves and bears, 



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