THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER Camp and Mill “EVERY READER A CORRESPONDENT™ Meet Your Friends at MANITOBA HOTEL 44 W. Cordova St. Outside Rooms — Elevator Service Steam Heat — Reasonable Rates : Centrally Located SEy. 8580 N. J. THOMPSON, Mer. CAMP ACTIVITY | Maple Bay Log Co, reports about 30 men at work, About the middle of Janu- ary when camp reopened a raise of 10 cents per thousand was given to the bushellers. Day rate for fallers in this camp is $5.50 and chokermen are getting $4.50 per day. Food is fair; there are few accidents, but the bunkchouses are old and pretty poor. Transportation is good to and from work, the half-mile trip being 1|made by gasboat. This operation is ;| cutting chiefly hemlock for Powell ‘| River, with a little cedar also. The ' 6 6 ‘ s 4 ‘ SCANDIA CAFE 217 Carrall St. _ “The place to meet your chums at meal-time in town” Loggers’ Navy called in to camp on Feb- ruary 23, and signed up a number of new members. poanancecns, s s g ’ ’ i) g “The greater the difficulties are, are stronger we resist, The final victory Dr. P. D, Chang, in The Vedder Crossing Log Co. shut down on March 2 and the balance of the crew came into town, The reason given for the closedown was the poor grade of timber, HANEY TAILORS 62 East Hastings St. preoN Phone SBy. 9417 Vancouver, B.0. Spry's Camp reports about 190 men in WE GUARANTEE A PERFECT FIT || camp. The grub is good but transporta- AND COMPLETE SATISFACTION! | tion to and from work is very poor. 4 They have eight trucks, one open “crum- mie” and one closed “crummie.” There is a good “dryhouse,” fair bunkhouse accommodation but no bedmaker, which is “beef” with the crew. The country is pretty steep, but there are very few accidents and the commissary is very fair in prices. The local outlook for con- tinued operation is good. “Styles for Young Men and Men who Stay Young” 301 West Hastings St. Consolidated Timber Co, at. Harrison Lake reports no fallers there yet. This operation will be moving back up the hill when they have finished the present claim at the lakeside, ‘HORSESHOE BARBERS 102 East Hastings St. ‘There is more to a haircut than cutting off the hair. ... Try the Horseshoe Barbers for an up-to- Gildersleves, a small camp located at date stylish haircut, ‘Hole-in-the-Wall, Wathams, B.C., took out a crew of 20 to 25 men yesterday to commence operation, UNION SHOP DENTISTS LLEWELLYN ‘Dr. R. Douglas Phone SEy. 5577 Corner Richards and Hastings Old man weather, who has been un- usually kind to B.C, woodsmen so far this year, slackened off a number of Island operations last week, when slight snowfalls were reported from the Al- berni and Lake Cowichan areas. The Lake Log was forced to close down com- pletely, laying off a skeleton crew that has been working since the new year. SEy. 9401, SBy. 9402 Hotel West Ltd. 444 Carrall St., Vancouver, B.C. Hello Again, Everybody! . It's been quite some time since this ad of the West Hotel has appeared. Once again let me say that whatever may appear here is just for a little bit of fun, a little bit of gossip and West Hotel scandal-as it may happen between issues of this paper. You may have your name in print, or your | friends’, and if you do, remember it's all for a laugh and with it a bit of information as to where your buddies went to and maybe what they're doing or done. ANYWAY, ARE YOU WITH ME? : "Among the boys who left us last week were our old standbys, Albin Peter- Son and Eric Westman, who, you may be sure, made quite a splurge while in town, but have now gone back to the tall timbers. Ralph Saether, Tom Girard, Olaf Orseth, John Simond, Ole Brackoos, are also a few of the boys who have come, as the saying goes, and gone again to try their hand once more at making a stake. ‘ Ray Jenkins, Eddie Stromberg, Fred Skog, Nils Kravik, Pete McCul- loch, Otto Asplund and Jack Bellamy are among those who are in for a dittle amusement (not too much, we hope) before leaving for that July stake. ‘That will be all for now, and for obvious reasons, since this is the first little bit for many months. I’d better not say too much. Many thanks for the really generous number of letters written to me re- garding “Green Gold.” Putting it mildly, it’s been a pleasure to receive them. So... until our next get-together, Cheerlo, and with best regards, Yours as ever, FRED MAROHESE. I.W.A. Paper Receives Honor MENA, Ark.—The Timber Worker has been chosen as one of the ten best American trade union papers. The se- lection was made by students of Com- monwealth College, Iabor school néar here, in a study of the labor press which was conducted by the journalism class. One of the hundreds of periodicals received at the Commonwealth Lib- rary, the Timber Worker received 27 points in a tabulation based upon ap- pearance, handling of union matter, and handling of national and world affairs. The maximum score was 30. NO RETRACTION, MAYOR TELFORD TELLS CRITICS VANCOUVER, B.C.—Striking back at the vote of condemnation passed by Vancouver cty council, Mayor Telford of this city not only refused to withdraw his remarks on war made at the recent Washington Commonwealth Federation convention in Seattle, but reiterated them at a public meeting here. “I am every bit as opposed to the Totalitarianism of Germany as I am to the imperialism of Britain. I have been saying it for years and I am not goiog to back down now.” Only the loading works remains in op- eration, and the rest of the crew don't expect to return to work until the middle of March. The crew at Sproat Lake Sawmills also had to take a few days of “forced holi- day” on account of snow, but returned to work last Monday. Bloedel’s Great Central Lake operation also remains closed, O'Brien’s, one of the “gyppo” truck outfits operating out of Alberni is doing repair work and preparing their dumping ground for opening shortly, Slight snowfalls were registered in the Comox-Campbell River area but as far as can be ascertained has not interfered with production, The Tansky Log Co. at Fanny Bay, who have partially completed erection of a mill at Tidewater still re- mains shut down. Financial difficulties are reported reason for closure, but re- sumption of operation is expected shortly under a reorganized setup or even per- haps new ownership. Reports from B.& K. Log show wages are about a dollar a day less all round than the average on the coast. Food is fair but lunches very poor, Bunkhouses are fair with about sixteen to each one, with partitions in the middle. One of the main grievances of the crew is the fact that there is no “dry” and hot water only about half the fime. There are quite a few accidents and safety first meetings must just be looked on as a joke by the management, PATRONIZE our ADVERTISERS Ask for “GEORGE” WEST Cars Fully Insured . Office and: Stand cies ms Phone Accident Ai Spicers C Howard Butcher, 25, of New Y minster, met almost instant death logging accident at Spicer's camp 1:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, « Butcher, hook-on man on the was struck by a sapling which picked up and swung back and at by the mainline as the turn ahead, Death took place within a minutes after the accident. The oner’s inquest, held at Alert Bay, day, revealed that besides other jes, lungs and liver were crushed, is the first serious accident at this can The deceased leaves to mourn his lo his mother and two sisters at hom brother in New Westminster and brother, a millworker, at Englewood, At a meeting of the crew of this cam Tuesday, a collection was taken to put chase a floral tribute, and to help de- — fray expenses, as a token of condolence | to the bereaved family from Howard's fellow workers at this camp, INTERNATIONAL = ENDORSES 'STAMPS" To the B.C. District Council: On behalf of the International _ officers, I want to commend your District Council, as well as your entire membership, on your ef- forts to organize the workers there, We think the Organiza- tion Stamp you are putting out is an excellent method of raising money. I believe you will have a most successful drive and will be able to raise sufficient money to fin- ance yous orate and take care of additio organizers, which are so badly needed. 4 Again wishing you every suc- cess, I remain, Fraternally yours, (Signed) B. J. McCarty, International Secretary. Answers Query To the Editor: Re VL577's letter in your last iss asking, “What amount of felled timber shall constitute a fair day's work?” — this is a hard question to answer, as it depends on the show the set are work- ing in. It also depends, I find, on just what kind of a scaler they get, as some companies have a tendency to ask thelr sealer to give JUST SO MUCH — in other wirds, use the CHEAT STICK the company’s advantage. Yours for organization, which is sEymour 0445 9401 2 only way to higher wages, Card VL533. TAXI + + Reasonable Rates West Hotel, 444 Carrall