Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1893 — LOGGING CAMP AT THE FAIR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOGGING CAMP AT THE FAIR.

Life of Michigan Lumbermen Represented In a Unique Cabin. A logging camp is to be seen at the World’s Fair grounds, just west of the Live Stock Building. It forms a rude but attractive picture, buried away as it is between tall and glistening buildings. The camp belongs to the Michigan exhibit fond is considered one of the glories of the Wolverine State. Standing on a mt, 22 by 78 feet, its thick logs seem to hold the earth in their firm grasp. Wild forest scenery only is needed to make the logging camp realistic as well as

picturesque. Lying near it is a low wagon holding 36,050 feet of timber. This load is one of the biggest shipped out of Michigan on one car. The logs are arranged in the form of a pyramid thirty feet high, and in the most airy way possible. But for the thick chains hound in and out of the logs one could imagine the heaps toppling over at the slightest breath. Some of the logs measure three feet in diameter.

MICHIGAN'S LOGGING CAMP.