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A REAL "BAD MAN FROM BODIE" Maud Grange TUCKED away in the hills of Mono county is Bodie, with scarce SOO Inhabitants. It Is a peaceful, respectable little town now, but time was when it contained 12,000 string and excitable souls. Then "a bad man from Bodie" was a synonym for wickedness and daredeviltry, throughout the state, and Bodie, know- Ing this, was proud and tried to live up to its reputation. It succeeded. Nowhere this side of the Rocky mountains were there more wanton killings. Nowhere were there more reckless displays of daring.* It was a happy hearted time. If men died with great suddenness they also lived to the full every hour of their lives. Money was plentiful, for the mines were panning out and paying well. The numerous dance halls and gambling hells could be relied on to furnish ample excitement, and when" this palled there were always shooting ecrapes, lynchlngs, funerals, and then more shooting scrapes. Perhaps the most memorable affair y*s one In which George Daley, super intendent of the Noon Day mine, was the hero. For three days he held the whole town at bay single handed, but \r. th« end he had to give up. Then, Klrei aghting three days to get him, was too proud of him to do what In that day was justice. Instead she sent him forth to spread her "bad man from Bodie" reputation far and wide. The trouble began, as so many trou bles do begin, in the greed for gold. As superintendent of the Noon Day mine Daley earned a good salary, but this failed to satisfy him. What he yearned for was a mine of his own — and a good one. They probably called it by another name in those days, but he was burning with "thfe get rich quick fever." On New Year's eve, 1879, he jumped the Standard claim. Now, while claim jumping was always a serious matter in those days, it was generally considered a private affair to be settled between the disputants. Bet Bodie was drunk and in its holiday mood claim jumping struck it as bein£ particularly mean. Bodie unanimously started for the Standard mine to wipe out Georg-e Daley. Wiping out George Daley, however, wasn't quite as easy as it had at first appeared. He had barricaded the mouth of v. tunnel, and with a couple of six shooters made approach unpleasant, to say the least. Valiant but wavery Bodie came on, firing into the air just by way of showing what it meant to do later and loudly challenging Daley to fight it out in the open. Daley answered with cheerily profane defiance and then waited until the mob had reached his barricade. He was a clean ehot and the range was short. Had he borne his fellow townsmen any ill will the mortality would have been frightful. As it was, he .«hot merely to disable, not to kill. When the first bullets took effect lsi eundry arms and shoulders, the good natured, maudlin yelling ceased and vas succeeded by .howls of genuine rage. The crowd surged forward, its ehots popping harmlessly against the barricade, while each bullet from Daley's guns produced instant and painful result. Hands were outstretched to tear away the obstruction, only to drop helplessly disabled. Partially sobered now and thoroughly enraged, Bodie retreated out of range. Seated in a semicircle on the snow, casualties wore counted and bullet holes plugged. When the amateur hospital work was finished the perforated -o—they0 — they num bered at least 20 — were urged to return licme by their unharmed fellows, but TrJth profane emphasis they refused. Wounds or no wounds they would stick il out George Daley richly- deserved ljnchitig and it was their duty. "If we can't do nothing else," as one of the dauntless disabled put it, "we can help the rest of you by whooping like h— l2" THE MAKING OF TEN MILLION CIGAR BOXES H. A. Crafts "T*r~ MONG the millions of cigar / \ smokers in the* United States f tA how many smokers know any thing about where, how and of what materials cigar boxes are made? Perhaps not one in a thousand; per haps not one in ten thousand; yet it is not so Important that they should know; it is only Interesting and may possibly be as interesting to the gen eral reader as to the professional smoker. The cigar trade of the United States consumes about $6,000,000 worth of cigar boxes In a year. Pennsylvania leads the country in the annual output of cigar oox making, the latest available statistics showing 11,553,005 worth In A single year. New Xork state comes next with an ennual output of $1,527,217 worth. The Pacific coast also manufactures cigar boxes. San Francisco also . has two factories, Los Angeles one and Portland, Ore., one. One of »' the San Francisco cigar box factories is run by a Chinaman. ' The finest cigar boxes are made of cedar; some of this cedar "\u25a0 is * native, while the very highest ' priced boxes' s.re made of Spanish "cedar." obtained from the western coaet of Mexico and the Central American . republics ' on the west, and the Gulf of Mexico 'coast on the east/aHjafaTflg '-: , : :- \u25a0'\u25a0' .' ,- „ But Spanish cedar Is becoming very At that the whole hospital corps vented an ear splitting and most ter rifying yell, but it singularly failed of. its purpose. Bullet holes in the fleshy parts of the, pistol arm. when properly plug-god, are; not particularly danger ous, but/ the re be more'pleasant things, and bullet holes seemed the sole re ward of valor that night. . "Besides,"! argued : a cautious comba tant, "Daley, he can see us out here In the moonlight plain enough, but in that dark tunnel we. couldn't see] him. even if he was fool enough to get from behind his cussed" rocks, which he ain't by a darned" sight." The truth of this was undeniable and yet the vindictive clamored that to give-up now would be to shame the town." / "Bodie done up by one man. and him sober!" shouted one who was not. with thick tongued eloquence. "What'd California, think of us? Gen'ehnen, for the fair name of our town, for the fair name of our state we Just everlastingly got to hold an inquest over George Dulev'" \u25a0 -• -\u25a0' scarce unffl nigh prlce<s. In the early, history, of cigar, box making In 'San" Francisco It;-' could .be , bought here ; at J 55 per thousand feet; now it cost $95 per thousand *f eet. / Today California ' redwood I» used In the manufacture of cigar '/boxes*' on the coast. In/ the t larger cigar' box factory of San Francisco,. 2s '.per. cent of the boxes are'made of .redwood.*; " Then 'there .is * the veneer \u25a0; stuff : and the imitation wood. Tlf e/ first named consists of a poplar or bass . wood /base veneered with cedar; the "second * con-] sists of poplar and bass wood stained to look like cedar. v"«- Of course the. veneered stuff is cheap er than pure cedar, and*- the Imitation; wood is cheaper \u25a0\u25a0 than the veneered ma terial. ;. i / Solid cedar boxes: to hold 100 cigars costs about 11 cents each; ; half ; boxes cost 8 cents; -Veneericostsja cent less per box ;• and : ", the J Imitation cedar • box^ costs frqmr6%;to^7:cents. . ; Tbe staining] of the poplar and bass wood Is done by a printing press "'through ."' •which* the slabs are run.. / / SHBVHmS ' The; bottom ': and top ; of !, a cigar;. box of standard • size' are ; made lof slabs ; flv« thirty-seconds ; of : an 2 Inch \ln • thickness while the 1 pieces: which*, : compose s?'5 ?' the sides and ends are seven thirty-seconds of an* 1 inch; thick.. J^ijSSHfiS \u25a0 The- veneer is cut In the width t re-'; quired for the ; boxes^but . ln lengths =of several r f eet. / The 1 base ; is cut ,- in i like sizes and^ the . veneer,; is; put; on by r slm-i ply applying ] it ; . to i with glue and a> proper," ainbuntVof * pressure. "i -'\u25a0 The \veneered / slabs % are ? then V taken to> a] sawing table \u25a0 and ? sawed } into \ the proper/ sizes.' for tbe> making^of^th*, boxes. They . are then: run-t hrough, a shaping, machine and : mose pieces , which? are /to ibe stamped are run through a/printing press: : ,Then i they are ready 'for, hailing. The ends : ahd : sides] are 'first':' hailed and then- ; the; tops [and bottoms! are nailed \u25a0 on! by. another!machine." //~ " / • r " Th<»'- nailing; machines,; are' fed with nails ,1 by/ automatic -action. /;> just ;; the rightinuniber.' of . nailsibeingiforthcom-^ Ing at a • stroke to nail ; one > corner^ of ; a 1;:a 1 ;: box.*; One stroke:doesi^^ the {business {for a each of the four corners and one strok«, \u25a0 each^for/.topVand'ibottom.- - . . Thetop is;held|only"atone>edge # an<l sometimes :\u25a0 by I a': single;? name; h for the • ' cloth \u25a0 hln ge is y et ; to > be ; put : oni- i This \u25a0 is /on " the ; front; 'the? hinge; goes/ on the back.' ;•../--,; -./ '''. :/ : :•\u25a0/ r J :/. ${:?*\u25a0 * The hinge is made ,of a strip of 'cheeae r ; cloth ';\u25a0 glued' on *. theY edgeg of S the?i,box^ | and ' afterward =Iti is f covered? over Cwlth / !a: strip* *of j paper^ trimming. «: ; ; 7-L './ - i i?:-When ~ the ; gluer.wlth ? the . h tngo has been^ fastened,-? Is f dry, ''j the >.box ;,is : : ready i' f or/ theY labels ; and ; other j orna- / mental* fixings// ", : .:, \:;_v ; Vv "VAi Ja"j usual i; thing,' the";: entire^ inside ; of the'clgar^box Is,liried^with'paper,and' paper |flaps,Wandr.then : /the >'t embossed labels '\u25a0 are . pasted on. / //^s. :.;f .\u25a0;;\u25a0\u25a0'; -Zpi'.^.+T-?-' {•Virginia \ and i furnish % the largest 1 supplies lot i cedar ~ and k poplar.; ; forj cigar.; box imaterial.'w'A* single Hum- \u25a0 berlng.": concern & ; owns -of i acres ; of ; timber ;Uandi lii/ those\state3.-; \u25a0The<l business ;haß|bullt | iip^ town's | and villages i and i the t concern | turns' Tou t; a'n^ ? nually. J 1 5,00 0,000 J{ square^ f eet ''\u25a0< of / ve neered * stuff: and' stained "; poplar./,, •". ;, The ? machines .: for 'slicing the j veneer cost : from JXO.OOO *to fcachT and; \u25a0TilWßlWnßlßoß**l*ri'i'T | '''* f^*T7°'^v"iiTi~TT'rT'i - ~ \u25a0- - • •. .' FtoaHrlt was decided that there was ntfthlng \u25a0; for : it \u25a0 but ; a; siege. '>* Camp ' fires were ? built, sentries i posted " arid scouts were ? sent back ito /town ; for- blankets and ilfquid- encouragement./,; The sNew' Year* celebratloni, was.'; resumed' >in : tho open ;ftnd- from*; the 'mouth* of his ': tunnel ] Daley i watched ' : and ; listened,*: lonely and athlrst.\ Perhaps \u25a0\u25a0-.. as t the /night wore .'much ( of the - btKeri inachlnery 'i used ': is ; proportionately.^ expenslye.^®^^^^^^ \u25a0i,f. But' the ; Spanish' cedar) traffic [between l , San | Francisco 'f and J Mexico) and \ Central"? 'America? is 'i just *as if interesting;' as i any/ part of the] hlstory^pf 'cigar; box making; I and * much* more 5 rowan ticV - r "-'-'\u25a0 ; £.'\u25a0' '\u25a0. "iThe|lumber|»islpickedCup{;all^alongi; the southern coasts, because J those slow , golng£ southerners 3 have > not;? yet had Bufflclehtl'enterprliii^to Ibulld \u25a0*, railroad | lines between the regular seaports | and -] the i tlm&er? regions,'; either; of - the coast ]\u25a0 beltfor^lnterior.* ;;,' > /•. . \u25a0;\u25a0'.\u25a0-.. /'/. -?:.:\u25a0\u25a0 V Bo L the- Spanish^, cedar /logs hayeito^ . be ) loaded Xon I the \ vessels foff s shore,*'; and *' the task : Is laj slow^ and ia 1 difficult I oneJf on>ne>inauigeu in arew-profltable re flections (on^ the' unprofitable; nature of claim Jumping. V-£ From ithe ;Jcold, : dark tunnelfthe; camp fires .; seemed ;to ; wink and f beckon.";. \u25a0; What's -.the -use?";' they aald iln' dumb show..- \u25a0 "What's ' the use?" thej'upturned " bottles \u25a0*\u25a0; giirglirigly.. be guiled. /Daley/, shut; 1 his. 'teeth; hard, turned upitheTcollar ;' of .» his 'coat and leaned .back against".; the wall/ grimly, waiting' for : morning. " " -\u25a0'\u25a0 "'-'\u25a0 'At i tho i first Vgleam of _ dawn such .{of the = besiegers |as were not incapacitated by.-the ;long /night :: of merry making mada'ready for another/ attack on tho one.\man; garrison. (The/ strain y> of .watching, "had /not spoiled. Daley's^ aim and-the result was that'of- the [niglit before.*' Another score added;to the ranks of the wounded vraa the ;sole- gain. ' \u25a0 . -.To -take hlm-by ..«storm, was impossi ble: Hhatv' was i evident.'/ The wounded were'j mustered out "and : .sent.; back to town \u25a0 for. necessary rest' and:care. . The balance of the male population of Bodio loading, of course has to be done t through? theVsurf iby^ native \ swimmers,; i" and; It ;has ;.to] be done -during" the' milder i seasons of .^theJye'arXwhe'h ",thef sealis 'calmest i and .'.there iis^the % least surf breaking.\uponvthe |beach.. ; \u0084" > v^'An d % that |I season }» do wn ;] along . the . ; southern '-with--' the '.winter] season I injCalif oriiia; \u25a0 so ; the , San Francisco Tschooners that engage In tha \u25a0 ; Spanish £cedar s trade^do ,i not \u25a0* set t, sail ; jforlthe^ southern 'seas?. until about ?De- j ; \u25a0ce'mber.t;./;-:-?C3K' ; >-ii V*-'V-/;V *-'V-/ ; : " : -V /;?:\u25a0; / > The Y captains,' } of t course, know . just about ; t where • theyj may l be, able '- to ; pick' 'up "cargoesrof \ log's, ' either haying j regu-'j lar j stations ? or^ having } been! apprised': jbeforeisailingjrof a the j whereabouts ] of logs|: ; awaitlng,f shipment..', " vUJArriving^off Jaf; point*; of % lading the .vesselil.whlchllsjofjthelschoonerxclass,^ tacks ; inshore and comes i to : anchor] just I \u25a0-.-\u25a0 .^ V '-.>-' .- : divided .: Itself . Into ~ three squads ana lots r were .drawn for the \ first, watch. While one squad remained on duty the others "; breakfasted and freshened up. "n* Thus* it 7 began, -the 'struggle of en durance, one man -without food or drink or; fire pitted. 1 against ay .comfortable, provisioned town. . Nor: could •he snatch even f a' moment's sleep. Even after It had been decided upon as Inevitable, the - starving out process «was< too slow andf uneventful for "impatient^ and ex citement loving;Bodie. Rushes. were of alirtost." hourly ; occurrence. The lone man was forced. to -remain watchful Wjhile'.his opponents took' turns at rest. As the days, dragged by the unfair ness of . it; tugged at Bodies conscience and the sameness; of '.Daley \' t warmed Bodies big and erratic heart. Yet, give up? ; Admit itself by; one man? The].pride of the town- rebelled and . the uneven;. fight went on-^— went . on until the "afternoon . of . the ; third day. \u25a0 ; a' ; bowed band t broken / thing, which- bore a trace of ; human ity," stumbled ;from:the. tunnel. "Aw, h— l, 1 kill me, boys,"_ it said, "and \u25a0• • -\u25a0 ' - \u25a0'•.•\u25a0 r •\u25a0\u25a0'..?' . \u25a0-\u25a0 " ' Sv ,'^i.-- /., as nearthe'beachias the' somuding. will permit, v Then -the- „ captain ruftl crew await. the offcoming-bf jthq-logsTL-: / , The : Spanish 'cedar down*; in' those, re gions is cut by peon labor and; the men ; arel paid* $1 ; af day -in i Mexican" money, ; which^iss'equalStoj about " 50 centsCin' 4 United \u25a0. States^money.'HSjßSpS^ : The; logs are/cut -within .haullngTdlSt tance of f the ;sea beach^or : of [the ' banks / of some "stream Heading Jdown to the sea./ The ; trees are; cutj down .and then cut up. in logs from six to twelve; feet ln^ length;, according I to; girth, and then :the * logs j are ,", hewn ; square,/ and \u25a0 they.' usually} range from nine inches ; to two .feet /on \u25a0-, the tJ square: v This ", hewing - v Is jdone for, several 'reasons-^f or the easier handling 'of , the logs.Vthe '] more compact stowage ./on ' shipboard \u25a0; and to save ' waste;';v v . : ,. v^ '/\u25a0-:-\u25a0' '\u25a0'"' ; For,haullng,-,the logs are loaded upon vblg f two£wheeled ?oxj; carts,^one * end " of a logAresting.'upon'andibound to the axle of the cart and the other dragging ' W°?j t fie ' ground. If Xh e' logs ix% hauled be done," • and feU forward on Its fac«. Everf' gunin.the crowd . ~ '^ but not a sh^t was fired. There was * moment's Indecision and .then, with »'. bowl of r mingled pity, and -. triumph. toe°mob, rushed to 'the '. uaconscioa* man. . Hands, roughly ; tender. -jelMj him and bore him- to town. Bodie th« enemy became Bodie the nurt*.. The/man's power. of recuperation was -as wonderful as his . endurance. Two days later he sat throned in state o* a table in the Nugget saloon and list ened, to an oration in behalf or too town.* .-. ~* J-. ' "To'strlng you up is something Bodio ain't got- the heart to do." proclaimed the speaker, "you're too pime. Bat to .'fight -you for three \u25a0 days an<! then do •nothing when it gets you is'somcchlns Bodie aint got- th« heart, to do. neither.^ It ain't cot the courage of its own d — d loolishiies3. So Bodie haa decided unanimous to shoo you out of town and, to post t* notice on, a tele graph pole that you are to ornament the same if you ever come back." The orator wiped the perspiration of eloquence from .bi3 brow, and added in his natural' conversational tone. "Fill 'em up. Billy. Just to show there's no hard feelings, here's how. George Da ley!" Daley left California soon after and Bodie lost track of film for a few years. Then one of Daley's two friends who had disappeared about the same time he was "shooed" out wandered back to the old camp with a tale which plunged the town ', Into prideful mourning. George Daley was dead, but he had died with a gameness which Bodie felt reflected a distinct credit upon Itself for having once harbored him. "We was" perambulatln' peaceful across the desert, down in Arizona, mo and Daley and Jim, when we saw a band of Apach"es sort of saunterin* along. Now, for three men to argu» with a band of Apaches is plumb fool ishness, 'specially when they've got ablet bodied cayuses under 'em. Jim and me didn't wait for no oratln*. We Just turned . around ; sudden and tucked our spurs into them cayuses real lovln. Course we thought Daley was comln' with us, but — but — he didn't** The speaker paused and drank deep to con- I«i ii TifriiniM in 'mini iin n i in i * nuiiii if?— rmnriTti eeai nis emc-cron. "There was sura something .wrong with Daley. His courage filled th* whole place when bis common sens* ought to have been. When I looked back to see how near. the Apaches were there he was still riding toward 'em! There was silence among his audi tors, - for they knew what it meant to be taken alive by the Apach«^ "But not without a fight, boya. He was game to the last. With his gun In his left hand he made a couple o" good Indiana, and when they put that out o* business, too, so he couldn't aim straight, he went ' for 'em with his knife, wounded as he was; and tried to cut his way through the gang. Then they shot his horse from under him — " Daley's friend paused. "I guess that's about all." . "When them • painted devils finally made off. Jim and me rode back and we ; buried — what was left. Poor George! lie was the foollshest and beat and bravest bad man that ever canio from Bodie."- Which was fitting epitaph for Georgs Daley.JgJHßj to a stream they are banked and atter ward;rolled into the .water and driven down;to the'seaMn the current. In loading Spanish cedar logs oft! shore a log Is, lifted by a gang of men end^« carried down to the very water's edge. Then the men pause for the in coming; comber, and Just when it is about to break they take the log and rush. right through the oncoming roller to:calm water. Then the log is taken " in:charge by two] strong and skillful swimmers, who. swimming by the side of the log, paddle It'outto the wattin" schooner. \u0084- ** '.- At the vessel's side the log is seized by the crew and lifted on board and stowed away below.- while the two swimmers turn about and swim back to the shore for, another log. This process is kept up until the schooner receives a full cargo • and weighs anchor for tho \u25a0 homeward : voyage. . It is sometimes the case that a schooner, in consequence of shallow water is compelled to" lay oft shore for a-dlstance of two miles, and the. labor involved: in loading logs under . such conditions may well be imagined V ft T« c f c achooner3 \u25a0 carry from . SOO to 2.000 logs, according; both to the size of the logs and ta« capacity of th« yea-