-- distinétive,” tipi-like joints.

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[A TRAVEL BRITISH COLUMBIA FEATURE [

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CARIBOO FENCES. *. :
yy: Jean MacKenzie" °°:
. “t's the best darn fence *—
ever invented!’ 8
oc. That’s ‘a cowboy’s..en-
.. Gorsement of the pie-  °.
~turesque western log fence. ==
_ Simple to build and easy to
. maintain, log: fences were
-used. ‘from the earliest
pioneer. times. Even today,
~ many ancient specimens,
split with the heat of a
hundred summers and
_ crusted with pale lichen, can
-be seen along the highways
.. andthe dusty byways of
- British Columbia’s Cariboo
country, 6
_... In.those far-off days, the
_ backwoods of — British
Columbia contained few
nails and little wire. Fences
~ were: built out of the one
' material available to the
settlers — wood. ;
Th type of fences that
developed — born of need
and ingenuity — were
subject to the amount of
wood available and the
-. requirements of the terrain.
‘Rangeland is turned over to
-@attle because it is rocky
soil ‘and generally unsuited
_ to cultivation. It is equally
unsuitable for the digging of
_ fence postholes. The log
fences, so deat, ,to the
oke’ eart,, were ss
Ghetished ‘because they _ Russell fénce in the Cariboo (B.C. Govt. Photo) :
were’ constructed above ;
ground,- requiring no
postholes. _

Cariboo, post and rail was straight-line fence for close ’ fencing appeared. Today ‘tame a sprawling wilder:
the favourite fencing. plowing. ~ . — these often supplant the eT hi R; ni at Home. 2 Be,

: Wi inor ‘variati - _ on . pi : nh is Roam ‘at _ @
cactording to the bi anor ring There, inloamy soil, digging In later years, when nails aoa silently’ of the: still article isone of a series’ =
builder, four. styles of these postholes was easier andthe and barbed wire were who came with an axe, a Providedby Tourism British
Jog fences developéd. armers preferred a. plentiful, -more mundane. saw, and a bit-of wire, to Columbia.) 60 2 Fe ae
The neatest and sturdiest —_ A nee

of them was put together AGT? 7 . Ce at! - oo a BY BOB WONTAN

_ like a loosely-built cabin. A
log section — four or five
-. logs high — rested on and
was .supported by much

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"Shorter joint section, placed [satan nomier!/erreigearoR| TOO" A NOW?) PPONSUCHA Se —
at right angles. Made with - ANDISeNT | <4 A | Feumess te
'. - large logs utilized from land - + JUGHEAD TO - JOURNEY’ fe
.. clearing projects, as many =

FETCH IT
of the early fences were, this we
.. type of fence formed a solid :
-_ barrier that would daunt the
“most “ornery critter”.
: The .snake-rail fence,
. which zig-zags across much .
_. Of the Cariboo rangeland, is |
- .a-lighter version of the log
. fence. Its sections — of. _|
- equal length — join‘together
at a wide angle, which sends .
. he fence: off on a mean-
. Gering course, like the trail
., Of a Saturday night cowboy
* \staggering hopefully in the
- general. direction. of the. |) = °
= home: ranch. Though. |. ~.:
. existing fences are repaired
aid kept up by modern
_* ranchers, a snake-rail’ is.
* seldom ‘built today. Its
~ Wandering style is. -too
~-" wasteful of valuable timber
: at present-day prices.
---: The. Russell fence, a -
“favourite: of artists. and -
* photographers, was a more. -
* economical . design. Its.

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BY URT WAL

SURE THEY -
HAVEN'T. BEEN”

_-were-formed by. three logs | - - on ; oes .
_* or’ split rails which came | Tg ete eye tag a eb - . rar Se
-, toge er ina peak to sy port : —— oe , ee
CS e to} rail. . € weigh be a Vay - Lt coe re ae - yO ' avin 9 yg daa #y ae a i - rar
“+ the. lower. rails, . generally BLONDIE: 5. BM DEAN SOUND AND JI) BATAUND
Suspended by wire, held the ce ee a eT Sa Rae , , —
~ fence steady. 2 0-0 ee _ ng
_.. "Phe fourth: style, the |. ae ane Me
"> Stake-and-Rider fence, was | - “7 ANyTdiNG L WANT
» more rarely used. Its pole |- (eit WERE WITHIN 7}
rails, set parallel at an angle: . + REASON? 4
of about 20 degrees, rested a7
_ °, with one end on the ground |.
©, and the-other at the apex of |.
- two crossed stakes.
~~ Qn thé ranches, post and
- rail.” construction was |
? generally. confined to. the’...
> bililding: “of: corrals, ‘cattle.
:s,chutes.and holding pans. But.
“in the farming areas of the |

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