169 consecutive years, the poorest on the river have resounded with the sound of the woodlands at it today by exercising common sense and practical forestry, we we have the finest standards in the northeast united states. [music] for the past 75 years my father, my brother and i have had charge of timberlands. Moving picture camera to make a record of the lumber operation from the river and so by our meth of forestry, the first two years the logging in township and i got the crew out of the camp to paining the pick hour and they thought they were obliged to standstill. The men and sleep daily. The menn are coming out. We will now show you a hall boys from sawing the tree on the opposite side and the next scene is the same crew with ed and harry on the saw. These men will saw the trees into 316foot logs. Charlie oh on theel is putting the distinguishing mark at aax, single hog as it doesnt destroy much growth. On the first load, hope is teamster. On the second load William Hudson is team stare. The logs on these sleds are very good sized logs for an operation at this time. On the third load wilton teamster. You will notice a crooked log on the side. This is cedar and will be part of 16inch bolts to make shingles. On the first loud alfred teamster, they had the largest load this morning. The team are unloading at the rolling pyre. Note this team rising off the horses. Deemed advisable to put teams in ice. I took this view to show the outfit that i used to travel through the woods driving only one hog in a double track. The next scene the river camp and the building is the garage for log hall and on the right the hubel. Sam and herbert are now cutting the trees on township 31 below the bacon place. This is the third crop timbtore cut off the land under our system of cutting in the past 25 years. This is the log hauler, without it we wouldha have had to build four tams on Crooked River and expense 10 or 12,000. This is edwin blanche to load the log from peek mountain. We are now showing the cutting of logs on township 37. 27 years ago this country was cleaned according to system of operations by james mclean and when i say all of us, he thought its would be useless because he understood the timber with all cuts and you would notice the timber,a its not a bad timber growing in the past 27 years. Now, landing logs on third lake. These logs are landed in a coal. A boom is put around them on the ice. When the ice goes out in the spring they walk these logs to the boom in the outlet where they are through the dam and through the river. I took this view to make a record of logging sleds used in the river the bunks are 7 feet long. On the st. Croix they used other places and they use 10 or 12foot bunk. In the spring river driving begins on the west branch. Logs coming town the spring had collected on the boulders on the shore and form a wrap. Ed conner one of the most lumberman and lay out practical log and drive the logs. The water and thehe logs are making so much noise conversation is difficult. Mr. Connor is telling men to come. The men have pick holes and you see them running over the logs shaping t them to keep them floating town with the current. We will show you the shoes worn by the men on the drive made by bass. T they are able to to efficient work. The hookhouse has luncheon and you will notice two men. The fellow in the rear is brown, now a bellhop at portland and he said, i came pretty near falling in but he landed on shore all right. This scene is the men having lunch. They have four lunches a day. Second lunch 2 00 in the afternoon and supper when they get in at night. First lunch they have beef, boiled ham, hard boiled eggs, biscuit, doughnuts, cookies and tea. Second lunch, cookies, donut and ham. One can walk across the tam with shoes. When the water is turned on it spreads out on the leg so the logs roll over. This is a beautiful sight and most interesting to see these logs rolling, tumbling, pounding all they long. The day after i took this view a body of logs came down in the night and formed wing in the opposite shore and had to be dynamited off. Another fellow see that the logs dont clog the jam. In 1879 when i first went out the river this section was with timber and pine from 12inches up on the stump. We now come to tunnel pitch. This is a small island, about 18 years ago a jam formed and cherries were out there helping the jam. He went under the logs and the crew thinking he was lost and that happened 12 across. Someone looked up and discovered. He had one on jonah. Dame out all right. This is main river camp and the cook served lunches cafeteria style. By his side is billy hemmes. Mr. Conner is leaving the crew up on the jam. The man in the back part of the screen is chopping with key logs and if they are not able to set i by cutting the right log they might have to use dynamite. The logs are 6 to 8 feet deep. In fact, down to the bottom of the river. You will note 20 feet long going end over end. The men on these logs have to be careful because they will n liky have leg pitched off. The main body of logs is held by a boom just a mile above wait to go get this jam started and when the river is clear, they will turn the l other logs off. [music] the next scene is main river bridge. One view is up the river. Theog logs coming down to the bridge and the view of the rapid, later backkh homes will e run over the riffling. You will see the men working on this wing. A point is forming out into the scene held there by boulders and the log will have to be chained off and when its flattened off mr. Car mac will pick the men onto the shore where they will clean out onto the coal. The green men which we sometimes called handlers will look on the shore while experts like the men with vest on, the work on the outside next to the screen. Mr. Connor is watching. Now we will show you the men clearing the center jam at the head of the fall. These logs all have to be picked off and its about a theys worth for 20 men. We had two boats on the rear to follow along and the men that may be marooned like this and 20 years i saw joe stand on the ledge nearly half an hour while they droppedy the backhoe. Having one line on each shore, first one line and then another untilan the boat swung around ad he could get aboard. A man is on the log 30 feet from shore. You will see that the backhoe drop down to pick him up and unfortunately my camera ran town at the critical time and i at no time catch him as he jumped the board. The backhoe in the cold is put some men ashore and the view of the falls and the backhoe coming over the rapid and some joyride n. 1920i came over this falls and here comes another backhoe. Three or four backhoes until after the last log is taken off the pole and then we will close the boom behind the logs and dead water from here until neuville. He came out with me and i had another man take this shot. This shows philip, apprentice, alfred, patrick sullivan, the to go comingut out the greet me and chase me many miles through the woods. We will now show you fire and river driving outfit. The main hole is 3 feet across and filled up with maple wood thrown on the fire. The beams are put into drown. Al smith is given a plait of beans. Bill vane is with frying to the doughnuts. Ive seen half a barrel of doughnuts by the crew. This is a dam and the sullivan mill. Frank hammont and charry with the lower mill. From the top of the mill you see different pockets of the bond, food, pine have started. Im standing on the log but i pick out a good big one. These children in their bathing suits. These are not the kind that you would have worn in palm beach. There used to be two mills in 1858 the coche brothers and my father was sent over here to manage them. They had been under his hand and my chad since that date. The old fellow was the pit pole with logs up onto the slip. They were taking by dr. King in washington, d. C. And had modern up to date camera. The logs are going up the slip on the train. We will now two into the mill. Notice the log picker throwing the log and are loading into the saw carriage. When the log comes town it is pinned down on the skid. This is the backside of the band saw. The lumber coming off the live roll. Pine board 16inches wide and the square edge board going through the edger. Thats the way we get them in the loading platform. Liveld edge boards have to be edged. The saw is sat on a shaft and pulled back back and forth six or eight or ten inch boards. Now you will see the trimmer. We are now cutting edges. Mark mcbride has some job to keep the rolls clear of the lumber. 10 by 12 timber. Mill edging machine. We are now sawing large edges which come off from side the plank. We are now gnaw sawing clambered 50inches long. The bolt is made. A couplet of hooks and then swg around the machine. Notice the saw is underneath. The bolt is brought down onto saw and saw towards the center about 6 and a half inches and makes one edge thick and the other thin same as a pie cut out at a church supper. This is the extent part of the bill where thed. Band saw is filed. It is 48 feet long, 9inches long, one and a quarter inch tool. The men are putting on the floor and taking the machine. Notice the slide from the smiling machine. Jimmy lee is the filer. He points up the tool with the file. They have to be rolled, hammered and tension and some job to make one run perfect. Next is loading timber from the loading a platform in order one andrt a quarter by ten to the ny yard. Next shows loaded last. Here i am with dr. Howard king. Now practicing physician in washington, d. C. All the houses are own by mill men who work for my brother, my father and me forrs the past 50 years. They all own their own home and they are very comfortable. The last shows the shipping of lumber, 1917 the school of evelyn was build in maine. Before the school was completed they could have sold at profit of 10,000. Now we cannot give the schooner away. The rail of is schooner is 8 to 10 feet above the wall and tide of 12 feet each they. Now have to fend on boats to tow. Its loaded can 2,250,000 lives in new york. Thats the last lumber that i will ever ship. You will notice the tow boat and the reflection of the smoke in the water. Thise is the time before a stom and we had a good one that night. Just as the tow boat is going through the drawbridge, you will notice leaving the port station at 9 00 oclock in the morning. Quite unique feature where there are few place where is the sail meets the rail. Now the move emblem getting ready to sea. This vessel is modern equipped with gasoline engine and walk the vessel into dock. The first mast is the foreman the third the master man. You will notice the bay where the naval battle of the revolution was fought. We will now show you the good schooner built in maine 50 years ago taking the lumber and going under her own sail. Shes called a hand liner. This is the birth of the sailing out into the night and this is what i call the highlight of my career as a lumberman. The night was filled with music and thet tears that infest today show and silent i will go away. [music] healthy democracy doesnt just look like this, it looks like this where americans can