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THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER

LETTERS

Camp Comments

[CAMP ACTIVITY |

No Q.C.I. camps are expected to be
shut down completely this winter. Pacific
Mills Camp B40 recently opened in
Juskatla Inlet between Massett and Port
Clements, with a booming camp at nearby
Shannon Bay, will keep running right
through, according to reports, except for
a short Christmas shutdown or a freeze-
up. With the camp still not completed
there are about 60 men employed.

Pacific Mills Camp A-35, formerly
Imown as Carstairs and located at Wad-
hams, Rivers Inlet, commenced operation
late in September across Skidegate Inlet
from Queen Charlotte City. There are
eight sets of fallers at work and a couple
of cold-deckers, About 125 men will be
employed atter the brief shutdown for
Christmas when operations will get go-
ing in full swing, Three-quarter beds and
spring-filled mattresses have been re-
cently installed, with a power plant and
frigidaire on order.

Kelly’s (Church Greek) partially closed
October 18 when a number of the crew
“had her made.” The rafting crew and
loaders are going down on this boat, and
while work has been promised for all
who want to stay, most of the boys have
the “bright lights” in their eyes. At
Kelly’s (Lagoon Bay) where six sets of
fallers are working, the boys will prob-
ably not be heading townward before the
middle of December. This camp experi-
ences heavy rains but is not troubled
much with wind, only having lost two
days in the straw in the six weeks of
operation. *

Allison's (Lake Camp) has one cold-
deck shutdown and another going down
on this boat. With about 40 men still
working there (all the kids having quit)
the camp will be forced to go down about
December Ist on account of no timber
being down. Shortage of men has re-
sulted in several men being sent out for
a few weeks work with fares paid both

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Why Allison‘s

Editor, B.C. Lumber Worker:

Lacks Men

I hope you have space for me to write a little explanation on the
article which appeared in your last issue, concerning Allison trying to
gyp the chokermen out of $1.00 a day.

Zt is the general opinion that Allison‘
must have advertised in some of the
prairie newspapers for loggers, when he
has been having such a hard time to
get a full crew from among the loggers
who know this outfit well enough to stay
away from it, for quite a number of fal-
lers arrived in camp here, having hired
out as chokermen at $5.00 per day. As
soon as the union men here discovered
this, the question was taken up with the
push, with the result that the regular
rate of $6.00 was paid. However, the new
fellows didn’t stick here long, and most
of them have left already.

Allison has been having a tough time
with fallers, too, thanks to Murphy, the
notorious bullbucker, who is more inter-
ested in making a name for himself with
the company, than in looking after the
interest of the men. One set hired out
for here a while ago, guaranteed $12.50 a
day, and one-way fare to be paid by the
company. They only stayed a short time,
for as soon as they got started, the
scale started to drop down ’way below
standard, and when it got down to $6.00
a day, the men called it quits and headed
for town, They had to pay their own
fare, too, in spite of the fact that the
company didn’t live up to its guaran-
tee of $12.50 a day, so should have at
least paid their fare one way.

It is no mystery to any B.C. loggers
why Allison can’t get a crew, and why
Murphy comes back short-handed when
he sets out to hire fallers.

Fraternally yours,
CARD VL 92.

ways. Fallers are so scarce Bullbucker-.
Murphy has had to take the stormy end
of a falling saw in order to keep her
running even this long .Allison’s Main
Camp is still operating one cold-decker
and one trackside. The rafting camp,
where Morgan’s rafters have also been
working this last month, will be on the
next down boat.

Morgan’s new Huxley Island show will
be partially closing about the middle of
December. Fallers are being urged to
stay through the Christmas holidays.

The Loggers’ Navy, M.V. “‘Annart,” is
now on the final rounds of the Q.C.I.
camps this year and will be leaving in
about a week, weather permitting, to
visit a number of mainland camps en
route to Vancouver. The Annart is sched-
uled to return to the Q.CI. at the re-
opening of the camps in the New Year.

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Pay Off Annart
Boat Debt Now!

To the Editor:

If we are going to pay off the “Annart”
boat debt it must be done now.

Looking over the statement of the boat
fund which appeared in the “Lumber
Worker” shows Kelly's camps have paid
the greater part; the boys there have set
a mark to shoot at, I am sorry to note
that Morgan’s camp lacks the same en-
thusiasm; perhaps they intend to do bet-
ter and will raise the ante. This also can
go for a lot more other camps. We only
get what we pay for; debts costs us
money and worry.

We had to have the “Annart” and the
only way to get it is by the instalment
plan. These instalments are lagging.

It appears, according to the statement,
that a large number of loggers are not
keeping up their end on the pay-off; they
sort of figure that George will do it.

Here is a good suggestion: Every Tom,
Dick and Harry, all the Oles, Gus'’s and
Knutes, the Hakkies and Matties, dig
down and help George pay this debt off
before Christmas. DO IT TODAY!
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Having just arrived in town
gyppo outfit called Big Creek
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duty to give a report on same. <
‘We shipped out in the middle of Oc-
tober, figuring on a Christmas stake,
However, we worked exactly three 4
after which we finished logging and were _
laid off. Having had to pay about $26.00
on fare, we didn’t make much of a stake. _
There is, or was, no bulleook, hence
no hot water, and no fire unless you
make it yourself. There are no lights
anywhere outside on the float, and ifa _
fellow hasn’t got a flashlight it’s just
too bad for him. ,
Wages are fair, and grub also, Choker-
men get $5.75 as stated on the contract
from the employment office, but the
whistle punk, being hired locally from
Alert Bay with no contract to protect —
him, was paid off at $4.50 per day—quite
a difference.
The camp is short-handed, and all the
rigging is definitely haywire.
Hoping our fellow workers may profit
from our experiences, we remain,
Fraternally yours,
CARDS A216 AND VIL 4391.

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