When almost home they came across a peanut vendor with a little two wheeled cart. He had a mule for motive power and this mule had been browsing in a nearby pasture. At the time of the admen's arrival the owner was vainly endeavoring to reharness the mule. The beast, however, was stubborn, and owner and mule were describing ever increasing circles that led farther and farther from the cart. Again the auto stopped, and one of the party who was something of an expert in mule nature offered to "show how." The animal's owner gladly accepted the proffered help and all watched the battle with interest. First a string was tied tightly about the animal's ear. Then it was changed to his mouth. All this time the DissTON "tamer," with his arm thrown over the animal's back was gently pricking him with a wooden toothpick, much to the beast's apparent surprise, for he looked about frequently with perplexity clearly shown on his face. In a couple of minutes the man started towards the cart while the now docile mule jogged by his side. The beast cheerfully backed into the shafts and the astonished onlookers firmly believed they were about to see the mule even harness himself.

It is claimed that just as this DissTON man made the way easy for the mule owner, DISSTON saws and tools make all things easy for the millman and mechanic.

THE TURTLE LAKE LUMBER
COMPANY

The frontispiece this month shows a view of the Turtle Lake Lumber Company's plant at Winchester, Wisconsin, which is situated on a branch of the C. & N. W. railroad, some forty miles southeast of Ironwood, Michigan.

This up-to-date plant consists of sawmill, planing and shingle mill, blacksmith and machine shops. In addition they run a large store which does a business of $100,CCO yearly.

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Mr. C. A. Blackstrcm is Superintendent, while Mr. George Darling is General Manager and supervises the work in the woods and on the twenty miles of railroad which the company operates. Three hundred men employed on the railroad and in the woods cutting hemlock, pine, cedar and hard woods. The mill cuts 125,CCO to 150,000 feet per day. At this rate it is estimated that the timber limits controlled by the company will furnish a supply for about ten years.

Mr. H. C. Adkins and his son have charge of the mill saws and are without doubt largely responsible for the fine quality of lumber which the Turtle Lake Company has the reputation of turning out. Another feature which helps to secure this reputation is the use of DISSTON SAWS, which are warmly endorsed by General Manager Darling.

OW long should a saw be operated

H before repeat sharpening is a

very important subject, especially so if a bandsaw is the one in question.

The habit of operating a band saw as long as it will stand up to its work and cut straight is a bad one. It is much better to have regular changing time allowing such periods to be governed by the kind of timber being cut. Of course the condition of the logs enter largely into this. The less grit the better the condition of saw and better results as to output will be obtained in a given period. To illustrate, a large mill in N. C. had all their logs hauled to mill by carry logs, which drag the logs on the ground between two wheels. It was found necessary to change saws so frequently that the mill was forced at times to wait for sharp saws because the filers could not keep up with the demands. Finally the management installed a washing arrangement, a system of sprays under pressure struck the logs as they were hauled into the mill by the log jack and the benefit was all that could be desired. saws stayed in running condition for a reasonable time and the desired output was obtained at small cost and everybody concerned was happy, especially the filer.

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The advantage of changing saws at regular periods are many. In the first place it establishes a system, which is of great benefit in all business, and helps to keep the cut at a standard; in other words if the changes are made quarterly, the amount produced each two and a half hours will be pretty nearly alike providing the logs average about the same. The sawyer will exert himself to the utmost to keep up to the standard he has established and will increase it if he can and will hunt up the tallyman at the end of the day and ascertain if he has gone behind or gained.

Another advantage of changing saws at stated periods is to relieve the saw of too constant and undue strain. There is no doubt that many saws

which have failed on account of cracks or losing tension is due to either too long service per trick, or running it when dull, or continuing one on the wheels after a bad dodge in cut. The latter is a most prolific cause of cracks. The dodge in many instances will pull tension or dish or both and saw should be removed, and examined and corrected, which will not only increase the life of the saw, decrease expense and make life easier for all concerned especially the filer and sawyer, and the owners will benefit by increased output, better lumber and better frame of mind at the end of each day. In other words the mill will run smoothly and an average output with few miscuts will be the result.

Don't work a willing horse to death is an old saying that can be applied to a band saw. Treat the horse right and he will do a good day's work and after a good feed and rest will be ready for the next day. Although the saw is inanimate, it must be treated as though alive, keep up its condition, do not overwork it, and it will respond to the lever, the same as the horse responds to the reins. If forced too hard either will fail or nullify. The horse will strain himself or balk, and the saw will dodge and the sawyer will cuss. While the filer will in many instances become disgusted and hunt a smoother job. Don't expect too much. Learn the limit of each saw and don't drive beyond it. Many mills force their saws entirely too hard and suffer in quality and quantity of output, and will find if they will investigate that their neighbor whose mill is of the same capacity and who is conservative, manufactures more and better lumber, subjects neither saws or machinery while doing it. There is nothing in the slap dash method. It may look to the casual observer, and to the owners as though they are making more by such methods but my own experience and observation in numerous mills have proved that the men who keep their saws well sharpened and tensioned invariably get the best results from every point of view.

MAKING GOOD

EDITOR DISSTON CRUCIBLE, Philadelphia, Pa.

DEAR SIR:

Over two years ago I took a posiition with Woolford & Smith, Cambridge, Md., to file their 6-inch Band Re-Saw, and while I had made good as a circular saw filer up to the time I took this position, I had never before had any experience as a Band Saw Filer, but after reading instructions on Band Saw Filing in the DISSTON Hand Book, I was not only able to make the Bands go, but from what I have since learned, I have had great success, for during the time I have been filing at this mill we have had only seven 6-inch Band Saws, all of them DISSTON, and I am pleased to advise that while some of my saws from ordinary use are reduced in width to less than 4-inch, all of these saws are intact, and still doing service, standing a feed of 125 to 150 lineal feet per minute cutting N. C. Pine. There is only the original braze made at the factory, in any of these Band Saws, and I never yet had as much as one crack in any of them, which speaks in itself volumes for the superior quality of the DISSTON SAWS.

Very truly yours,

W. S. WARNER.

Mr. Warner, being a modest man, evidently does not want to talk a great deal about his accomplishments. This is a very praiseworthy trait in his character, but he really deserves a few more compliments than he gave himself.

To qualify as a band saw filer after having had experience only on circular saws is indeed quite a feat. It takes a lot of good head work and reasoning to figure out for oneself how band saws ought to be put in order without first serving an apprenticeship at the work. It was also good judgment on Mr. Warner's part to read carefully the DISSTON Handbook on Saws. Not everyone, perhaps, could as readily apply what he read as Mr. Warner, but his experience ought to serve as a good example for other filers to follow who wish to broaden out and take on other work than that they have been doing.

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FLIES IN AMBER

Certain careless flies, ants and other insects that existed on the earth before there was man, got their feet entangled in deposits of resin falling from the trees. The powerful aroma halfstupefied them, and they were powerless to escape, while the deposits increased about them. They died. Meantime the world went on with its business; subtropical vegetation disappeared from the Artic Circle, continents separated themselves from one another, life ascended in the scale, and man occurred and took to wearing clothes and seeing after things. About the time when man had learned to fly, these careless insects appear again quite unchanged and perfect, set in amber. Most people think that amber is taken from the sea, because the sea, encroaching on the islands and shores of the amber forests, broke up the amber matrix, which sank to the

bottom, but washed out the lighter

amber and brought it to distant shores. The main deposits, however, are still underground, and the chief one is at a place near Koenigsberg, near the coast line of East Prussia, where scientific mining has gone on for fifty years. With the new freedom in colors and decoration in women's dress, amber, with its variety of hue and shape, has found a new importance. But it is better without the flies.-Manchester Guardian.

This Book Will Help You to Get Better Results from Your Saws. .

It tells how saws are made, how you can hammer and tension your own saws to keep them in the best condition for work. The different shapes of teeth and their uses are given, as well as full directions for gumming and filing. The book also tells how to adjust your saws to the mill, and what speed should be maintained to get the best results.

Many other valuable points about the care and running of saws are fully described. Frequent illustrations make the directions clear and easy to follow.

It is FREE for the asking. Write today for your copy of the DISSTON HANDBOOK.

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HEN I came into the office I

found Jim sitting in his usual place, with one of my cigars in his face and a bunch of newspapers in all stages of disarray, spread around him.

"Tom, old boy," said he, "I came in to tell you a lot of stuff about the occult side of this 'psychological depression' that the industrial conditions are suffering from, but you weren't here so I just smoked and read the newspapers, and now I don't want to talk about it. I find the newspapers have figured it all out and given the public generous and copious quantities of 'dope' on the 'psychological condition, so I won't try to hand you any of that stuff and I'll cut out my occult knowledge, but I am bound to talk to you a little while, so I'll tell you a story that comes to my mind.

"To begin with, did you ever think how easy it is to make a fool crack when you think you are saying something that is smart and covers the situation perfectly? Now, my story will illustrate this phase of human verbal foolishness to it's last limit. The tale dates away back to the time that Governor Patterson was seated in the executive chair of the big state of Pennsylvania. It concerns a rising young politician from one of the northwestern counties of that great state, and a good old lumberman from Lock Haven, who had already arisen in his particular line. The old gentleman had been a life long friend of the rising young politician and his family, and when the R. Y. P. secured a seat in the state senate at an age that was away under the usual senatorial mark, the old lumberman, you may be sure, did not lose any of his respect or esteem for his young friend, whom we will call Harry, for short, and every time they met he would do his best to

demonstrate his affection and regard for his young friend. Harry in turn to show his appreciation of the old man's feelings, would extend a hearty invitation to him to come to see him at his hotel in Harrisburg the first time it was opportune or possible, and partake of his hospitality and entertainment. Now comes springtime, the Susquehanna in flood, on her broad bosom many rafts of lumber and logs, and amongst the many was a fleet belonging to our friend from Lock Haven, and on one raft acting as admiral, or some such office of power, was the owner. They arrived in Harrisburg in due time but after the mooring, tie-up, or anchorage, had been properly attended to, the hour was too late for social calls and the old gentleman concluded to postpone his call until morning. He was not aware that Gov. Patterson's inaugural ball had been pulled off the night before, nor was he aware of the fact that his friend Harry had been one of the Governor's staff at the terpsichorean function, and the time he chose for a call on his friend was about two hours ahead of the time when active participants in inaugural balls begin to look dimly and hazily into a mirror and realize that it is considerably past the 'cold gray dawn of the morning after,' so he strode bravely into the hotel and asked to be shown to his friend's room. His air of early morning assurance put one over on the clerk and calling a bellhop he instructed him to conduct this early caller to the room designated. On their arrival the boy was about to knock, but Mr. Lumberman says, 'nay, nay, kid, that'll be all from you-fade-I'll do the knockin',' which he immediately proceeded to do. After several repetitions of his first gentle tappings on the chamber door, he heard a muffled invitation to 'come in,' so he turned the knob and finding the door unlocked pushed it inward and gazed on a 'morning after' scene that would have gladdened the heart of a prohibition speaker could he get it on a stereoptican slide. There were four occupants in the room, all male, in a variety of careless poses, but all in full regimental uniform, including swords. Two on the bed, one on the couch and one sitting at the table. The bed and couch occupants were dead to the world; on the table were three wine bottles half full, one lying on its side with the last of its contents dripping from the saturated cloth to the floor, the floor itself strewn with empties, and the furniture looking like a cubist's dream. The only sign of life was in the man at the table, his elbows at rest and his head supported in both hands, and his eyes sleepily fixed on the intruder. Our riverman gazed on the picturesque disorderliness with an amused eye, looked the man at the table over very carefully, and said, 'well, by crackey, this reminds me of home.'

"The man at the table opened his eyes a little wider and in a gentle voice said, 'stranger, I'm glad I said, come in; you are welcome to our beautiful city, but in candor and confidence and with all due respect to your family, if the statement you just made is correct, I want to inform you sir, you must have one hell of a home."" T. H. C.

act as head filer in one of the large mills. Mr. F. M. McConnel, on the right of the picture, is, like Mr. Tomb, on his way to Russia to take a position as sawyer.

It is quite probable that Mr. McConnel and Mr. Tomb may see some stirring times as Russia, the country for which they were bound, is now engaged in a great European war in which eight nations have joined battle. Mr. Bowen in the East may also see some fighting, as Japan is assembling her men to fight on the side of her English allies.