The Log Jam

Ranger Bill, warrior of the wood land, struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, fighting the many enemies of nature. This is the job of the guardian of the forest, Ranger Bill, pouring rain, freezing cold, blistering heat, snow, floods, bears, rattlesnakes, mountain lions.

Yes, all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done. Say, would you ever think that a lumberjack fears anything? Now you take a big strapping bruiser like Frenchie Dussell. How could that giant of a man fear any living thing?

The big fellow has hands like bear paws and muscles made of steel. He stands six feet six in his stocking feet and weighs 240 pounds. Frenchie afraid of something? Well, that's almost the joke. But it's the truth.

The big congenial French-Canadian has one fear even greater than that of forest fires. You'll find out what it is by listening to the story, the log jam. This is the sound of a swollen river.

Rivers swollen with spring fall waters from the snow-covered mountains. This is a sound that lumberjacks like. It means that now they can get their sea legs in shape by riding logs down the river. Of all the jobs a lumberjack does, this is one of the most dangerous.

But yet it's the most thrilling. Pike pulled in hand, he hops and jumps from one racing log to another. He spins the huge pieces of trees with his spike boots. He shouts with joy as he outwits a log trap.

Yes, the lumberjack is happy when he can ride log back style. Let's join Frenchie and his men as they get ready to send loose logs and log wraps down on screen. Boys, let's pay attention now.