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LOGGING 
in ventilation. Occasionally a framework on which logs are 
fastened upright is substituted for the crib-work. 
Log camps in the North generally comprise the following 
buildings: 
(1) An office and store, sometimes called a ''van," which is 
the headquarters and the sleeping place of the foreman, camp 
clerk and log scaler. The equipment of the room consists of 
bunks for the men, a few shelves on which goods are displayed. 
Fig. 2. — A Logging Camp in the Northeast. The buildings from left to 
right are the cook shanty, bunk house, blacksmith shop, and stable. 
Maine. 
and a rough counter over which they are sold, two or three home- 
made chairs, and a box stove. The store carries supplies required 
by the woodsmen, such as shoes, clothing, tobacco and a few 
drugs. Occasionally the office is in one of the main buildings. 
(2) A cook shanty which houses the kitchen and dining depart- 
ment. The former usually is placed in one end of the building, 
and the remaining space is devoted to dining tables running length- 
wise or crosswise of the building. Benches are provided for 
seats. A small sleeping room is partitioned off for the cook. 
