PULP WOOD IN SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS 



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the magnitude of it all 

 carries us away with 



a 



then 

 a sense of our insignifi- 



burst of exultation; 



canoe takes its place, bring- 

 ing our thoughts to the 

 smaller of nature's charms. 

 Who does not love the 

 quiet path, the singing of 

 the happy working birds, 

 the rippling laughter of 

 the creek that runs along 

 as if the whole world de- 

 pended upon its swiftness? 

 Who does not care to 

 stroll among the tall, 

 straight trees and over the 

 soft mosses, as did our 

 forefathers of long ago? 

 And now, as we stand here, 

 we have them all before 

 us. Far down in the deep 

 valley the creek winds be- 

 tween the steep hillsides, 

 carrying, little by little, a 

 pebble or .grain of sand on 

 towards the ocean. From 

 the creek to the blue ridges 

 among the clouds, under 

 those broad green shields, 

 we find the playground for 

 all our true American chil- 

 dren. Do we want this 

 great play-ground, or do 

 we want the barren waste 

 on the opposite side of the 

 ridge? 



But we have climbed the 

 mountain to see the lumber 

 camp, so let us find it. Five 

 minutes' walk down into 

 the standing trees of the 

 slope brings us to a clear- 

 ing, and it is here that the 



LOGGING FOR PULP WOOD IN SOUTHERN 

 APPALACHIANS 



Small splash dam just after opening the gate 



camp is located. You may ask why the It is nearly sundown, and the work- 



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camp is so far from the center of activi- 

 ties. It is principally to prevent de- 

 struction by the fires which the woods- 

 man knows are soon to sweep up the 

 logged mountain-side. The woodsman 

 also knows that unless the season is 

 extremely dry the standing spruce and 

 balsam are as fireproof as is a slated 



men are coming in from the different 

 points of the operations to the coarse 

 supper prepared for them. The log- 

 cabin in which they live is strongly con- 

 structed, and although rather dark and 

 rough inside, affords proper protection 

 from the weather. A short distance 

 from the cabin is the cattle-shed, where 



roof, and consequently we find hi? camp we find our four-footed friends quietly 

 in their midst. munching their meal, with now and then 



