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H5743 The High Lead or Spar Tree.  A cable is attached and by the donkey engine great trees are brought in and loaded on waiting cars.  Washington

H5745 Up in the mountains from Darrington are several stations occupied by Government forest rangers.  Mount Pugh in distance.  Washington

H5744 New method for handling logs.  A tree climber after cutting the branches from a selected tree, has cut the top off.  He has his climbers and hand rope which enable him to climb the tree.  He must be careful not to cut his belt when handling his axe, lest he fall to his death.  Washington

H5746 A winter scene when the work of the foresters is less perilous and the mountains appear in their best holiday dress.  Washington

H5747 The North Sauk Falls, 17 miles upstream from Darrington, American Nitrate Company is building a great plant with dams to manufacture nitrates from the air and to produce power for manufactures down in the towns and cities.

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