Last Summer a number of ladies were members of a party seeking claims in Eastern Oregon. When they were taken into the woods, the joker of the party, instead of the locator, gave directions to the ladies. One, who was given the same directions, and made strenuous efforts to secure as much land as her longer sister, but the anatomical disadvantages were too great a handicap. This incident, as reported, may exaggerate the ignorance of the
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It is a remarkable fact that one side of this barn contains 30,000 feet of lumber. 190 1, hy Darius Kinsey. Sedro-Woolley, Wash.
unusually tall, he called first and in- structed her to step off so many paces to mark the corners of her land. She took good, long- strides, m order to ^et as much land as possible. Then aladv who was exceedingly short was
law, but lack of knowledge on the part of many people has made it easier for the servants of the lumber companies and investors to secure men and wo- men to take claims under their guid- ance.
A RAILRO.M) imiDGE IN THE PRIMEVAL FORKST- Used for the transportation of logs by the logging
trains. This method of bridge-building has proved a decided success, and is one of the peculiarities of
louffing in the Northwest. The bridge shown is the largcM in the State of Oregon.
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