2 hn O’Neill—Broken back; very B.C. LUMBER WORKE R A, held a successful social evening in the IWA Hall, jew Westminster, on the eve- of Sept. 30. enjoyable evening was with a program of cards, and refreshments. It is ipated that this is the first jn a series of social events pro- ‘moted by the W.A. SICK LIST Vancouver General Hospital On Sept. 14 and 21, Sisters ‘Mae Patton and Jean Mackenzie of the W.A., Local 1-217, IWA, distributed cigarettes, chocolate bars and the B.C. Lumber Worker to the following patients in Vancouver General Hospital: H. Larsen, Jervis Inlet — Toe smashed; coming along fine. William Solmie, Ladysmith—Leg injured three years ago; this operation should clear it up. Carl Olson—Head and eye in- jury; expected to be out in a couple of days. ‘ J. S. Carroll, Forward Bay—Arm quite stiff; also fingers. cheerful; coming along slowly. George Moore, Egmont—Leg in- * jury; left papers as he was not in when we called. D. MacClure, Cranbrook—Is now able to be on his back after many months of back injury. Sisters Jacqueline Clarkson and Margaret Slarks, also of the W.A., Local 1-217, IWA, visited the General Hospital on Thurs- day, Sept. 21 and distributed candy, cigarettes and the B.C, Lumber Worker to the following patients: E. Blake, O’Brien Logging Co.— Leg trouble; feeling fine. W. T. Hunt, Merritt—Lung trou- ble; going home soon. J, Nadedkin, Tofino Isle—Leg in- jury; not very good. A. Lambert, Bloedel — Knee in- jury; feeling fine. Hi, Ricken, Reliable Logging Co. —Leg grafting; real cheerful. W. “Duke” McNeil, Ladysmith— Leg injury; very cheerful. $. Maloff, Grand Porks—Broken back; not very good. Wolsuk—Serious chest injury. M. Furness, H & W Logging Co. —Two toes amputated. J. Steeves, EVa Creek, Bute In- let—Compound fracture. J, Olson, Golins & Mc. Logging Co.—Broken leg. E._ Backlund, Seymour Inlet — Broken knee cap. W. Shingler, Kelsey Bay — Leg injury; came from Campbell River Hospital.- N, Hadden, Honey Bay—Sciatica; just came in. Wm. Aikins, Comox—Both legs amputated; going home for a visit for two weeks, | Ed Delvenne, Bridge Logging Co. —Hand injury; just came in. A. Ghostkeeper, Smith & Osborne — Leg injury; feeling pretty Carl McDonald, Powell Riper — Back and chest; going home. RACE BARS IN ONT. WINDSOR, Ont. (CLR)—Two nurses, members of the juating class of Hotel Dieu were asked to ee ihe elass banquet, being held at a ‘To ou a the vicinity of dsor, by the management. The 0 young ladies were close n of Mayor Rheaume’s yhter who was also a mem- of the class and present at banquet. Vhen asked to leave, the two nurses did so without any . Other members of the class ot know the reason for their Terrible ‘Twins’ of Old-Time Okanagan Made Merry at Expense of Law By HARRY BROWN _ Vast changes have taken place in the lives of the men who work in the woods since the day when they carried their bedrolls on their backs and slept in a wooden bunk with hay for a mattress. Up in the interior of B.C. I met and worked with some pretty tough boys, whose idea of a good time when they hit town, was to get well and truly plastered, find someone who didn’t agree with them (the subject didn’t matter) and then proceed to settle the matter in a good old rough and tumble out in the backyard of the hotel. _ There was always a few friends in attendance who were careful noe to interfere—short of may- em. * Water and Rye! WHEN the argument was set- tled in this way and to the satisfaction of the parties con- cerned, the contestants usually shook hands. If the loser was out cold, a bucket of water would bring him round and a good shot of rye would put him in fair shape again. A black eye or a couple of missing teeth was nothing much.to be ashamed of, especially if they had been ac- quired in battle with someone with a reputation. Most of the boys travelled from town to town and camp to camp in pairs. If one quit the camp for any reason, his partner also quit. * * | GONE FROM our midst is th dance or a show, Perhaps they would work to- gether as a sleigh loading team, or they might be a pair of saw- yers. Very- seldom would they work at anything else if it could be avoided. They were tops at their own particular line of work and were proud of the reputation they had acquired for themselves. The lone wolf in the camps was.the teamster. He usually got up an hour and a half before breakfast and the Lord help him if he made enough noise to wake up the rest of the crew. Big Scotty Dunn wasn’t one to quarrel with his fellow workers, but he didn’t care much for po- licemen and I imagine the fecl- ing was mutual, because Scotty liked to figure out ways and means to make life miserable for the minions of the law. I first met Scotty when he and his partner, Jack Smith came to work at a camp on Okanagan Lake. They informed ail sundry that they were sawyers and could saw more logs than anyone in that part of the country and were willing to back it up. I have never seen two more evenly matched men in my life. They could have been mistaken |for twin brothers anywhere. | Height about 5 feet 11 inches and e old-time lumberjack. He was a rough, tough hombre and would look upon the boys whom we in this mechanical age call loggers, as a bunch of sissies. When the men from the camps come to town today, if they are single they like to spruce up in the latest thing in haberdashery, have a few beers, look up the girl-friend, then probably take in a weight around 240 Ibs., they were two fine specimens of manhood. ce ae | Vernon-Bound ALONG toward spring, Scotty announced that he was going to Vernon for a couple of days on important business and strangely his partner Smith declined to go along. Arriving in town, Scotty headed for the nearest bar and after a couple of quick ones, pro- ceeded to make the rounds, When he arrived at the Vernon Hotel he was in a mood to show his strength and take things apart. “Dad” Cox, owner of the hotel, immediately called the po- lice who arrived in a remarkably short time, considering the fact that this was still the horse age. Scotty did not resist arrest, for- tunately but he did refuse to walk and he was too heavy to carry or drag. Joe Horwood and his team and dray were sent for and the handcuffed pris oner hoisted aboard. It was several blocks to the jail house, but the police were forced to walk because Scotty re- fused to let them ride with him, letting go with a hearty kick every time one of them tried to climb aboard. SAFETY MEET IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, Oct. 4—The gun- fire of weary U.N. troops in Ko- rea will‘echo in the minds of 12,- 000 safety leaders who will gather here for the 38th National Safety Congress during the week |, of Oct. 16-20. Fresh in their memories will be World War II, when every war production contract contained strict accident prevention provi- sions, and waste of manpower and resources on the home front was termed “an attack from the back”. Although the program of the Congress, annual convention of the National Safety Council, was planned before the war clouds gathered, the urgency of safety in a war economy will underlie many of the 200 convention ses- sions and the remarks of the more than 600 speakers. TO SAVE LIVES Business, labor and government leaders will join with factory safety engineers and supervisors, community safety council repre- sentatives, transportation engin- eers, police authorities and medi- cal and health leaders to seek the antidotes to accidents that last year claimed 91,000 lives, brought 9,500,000 injuries and cost the na- tion $7,500,000.000. Headquarters of the five-day Congress, probably the world’s biggest convention in terms of actual working sessions, will be in the Stevens Hotel, where the industrial safety exposition and most of the industrial sessions will be held. Other hotels will house sessions on industrial safety, as well as traffic safety and school and college activities. A feature of the convention will be a joint session with the Ameri- can Academy. of Pediatrics to dis- cuss “Accidents — Childhood’s Greatest Health Hazard”. Acci- dents kill more than three times as many children one to 14 years lof age as the leading disease. program for a stabilized farm income as exemplified by the CCL SUPPORTS FARMERS The Canadian Congress of Labor is on record supporting a income. This step was taken at the Winnipeg convention in a resolution which supported organ- ized farmers of Canada in their efforts to achieve stability of International Wheat agreement . and operations of the Canadian Wheat Board. LOCAL 1-118 VICTORIA On arriving at the calaboose, the cuffs were removed and he was placed in a cell, where he stretched out and proceeded to sleep it off. Nothing now remained but to bring him before His Honor in the morning, but when his break- fast was brought in ,the bird had flown. * “Arrest That Man!” SOMETIME during the night, Scotty decided he didn’t like the place so he pulled the bars out of the cell window and was back in camp that afternoon. He gave the city a wide berth after that, because they had a standing warrant for his arrest. Not long after Scotty’s adven- ture, his partner Smith journeyed to town for a couple of day’s en- joyment. As I mentioned before, they were as alike as two peas and he was not long in town before someone called the police and asked them how come they were allowing Scotty Dunn to roam the town at will. The police immediately took ac- tion. Smith was shown the war- rant and although he protested vigorously that he was not Scotty Dunn, he was placed in durance vile, nevertheless. Fortunately for all concerned, some of the boys who happened to be in town convinced the police of their mis- take and Smith was released with apologies. 3 When he returned to camp, he and Scotty decided they had had enough of the Okanagan Valley and left for other fields of en- deavor. —Harry Brown, (1-118). * * IWA PICKETS BANNED Supreme Court injunction has been granted against Local 95 of the IWA in East Ontario, pre- venting them from_ picketing Oakville Wood Supplies, where 130 members struck work, Aug. 31. The ban on picketing came after a partial injunction prevent- ing the men from interfering with traffic in and out of the factory. The company is also suing two international officers, two local officers and four of the pickets. Eastern newspapers say that the men struck work while nego- tiations were in progress and be- fore certification had been granted from the Ontario Labor Relations Board. * The judge said: “I am not con- cerned with the merits or demer- its of the positions taken by the two patties in the negotiations, for a collective bargaining agree- ment. I wish it understood that I am making no expression to in- fluence the parties in future nego- tiations.” The judge said the strike was illegal. 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