ep211 The Battle Of The Lumberjacks: Ranger Bill

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“ep211 The Battle Of The Lumberjacks” is an episode of Ranger Bill, the old-time radio show that aired from 1950 to 1962. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Logging boss Frenchy Duquesne and his lumberjacks clash with a rival logging crew led by Ben Larson over the cutting of timber near Lumbertown. Brawls erupt along Main Street, and the businessmen of the town demand damages from the logging companies. Ranger Gray Wolf is called in to restore order, and he proposes a series of friendly contests between the two camps to channel their rivalry into something constructive. The episode is from the Ranger Bill series, and the transcript does not give its air date or cast.

Lumbertown, a logging town on government forest land, with two rival logging camps

Characters: Frenchy Duquesne, Mr. King, Ben Larson, Gray Wolf, Hopkins, Ed Stone, Lefty, Blackie

Listen for: Gray Wolf's proposal of contests between the two camps, and how the lumberjacks respond to it

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.