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His unique perspective was gained by growing up in a period of 152 years. logging family, and after starting Loggers World, talking to der the acts of safety. taken on loggers all over the country. Finley went on to his Heavenly a day by day basis neither driv - You know and i know of sev - Reward in 2008 but we have almost 40 years of his writing ing or any physical occupation eral cases, maybe more, that and storytelling to enjoy. Finley’s Rigging Shack remains seems to be that dangerous. in people got hurt doing something one of the most popular features of Loggers World and we fact it didn’t seem to bother else and got on state industrial prouty that he was continually insurance. As a for instance think that is appropriate for the man that put so much of his driving over road that hurt and when i was working out of life into his vision of a “Loggers Magazine”. killed thousands of people as Bellingham a man came to me time after time. it is a one sided they built it. and explained that another fel - Originally Printed in look at the dangers of logging. low got his leg broke on sunday October 1982 You see an uncle of his was these one sided looks are hurt and later died while work - while clearing land. What he AnotHer Book on simple to do, handy to get at ing as a log scaler. if he was wanted was to give me $50.00 dAnger in tHe Woods and very effective to startle and hurt and died as the result of and i’d enter that man as an employee so he would be cov - sometime ago Andrew M. to worry people with. working in the wheat fields, building bridges, constructing ered with industrial insurance. prouty came to my office and we You can take almost any ob - We did no business. Another talked about logging in general ject or subject or activity; in fact buildings, driving school bus or any one of dozens of any other time a fellow i knew got a great and some things specifically; you can take any activity; and and good settlement when he such as safety, and taking pic - look at it from the angle of harm occupation. then this book, or document, may have been about hurt his wrist getting out a tures of loggers. it seems that and the danger and record all deer. for 9 years he has been working the facts. All the facts that is bridge building, wheat farming, on a document that is 503 pages that fit in with the point you power line construction or any the figures that are projected long and i believe the title is started out to prove. of the above. to us are not accurate today. i ‘More deadly than War, pacific am not blaming anyone for this if, for instance, prouty had of Ah Well, it is probably a great Coast logging 1827-1981’. work, it kept prouty busy for 9 but reports involving so many decided he was going to prove people in the reporting are not, i haven’t read it, probably just how deadly it was to drive years and it may have the effect of making us all aware of safety or should not be, allowed as evi - won’t, probably won’t get the north and south on that stretch dence in court. now if that is chance to, but it is hardly objec - of road between seattle and san and of how to do logging safer and safer. true today let us just move back tive reporting. the emphasis is Francisco he could come out to in the 18 hundreds. What can upon getting hurt, upon acci - with such startling statements Mr. prouty says that from dents and death and many terse that we would tend to hang up 1827 to 1981, 17,627 people reports of such is brought out the keys and never drive or ride were killed in the logging trade. (continued on Page 7) See “Rigging Shack” IN THIS ISSUE 2. RIGGING SHACK “Classic” From October 1982 by Finley Hays loggers World Published by loggers World llc Founded in 1964 by Finley Hays 8. BORN TO CUT phone (360) 262-3376 BROWNING TIMBER FALLING - KNAPPA, ORE.. by Brandon Hansen Member and Supporter of the American Loggers Council Since 1994 14. FAMILY TIES TO CUTTING puBlisHers...................................... kevin & nancy core SCHROEDER CUTTING - MOLALLA, ORE.. by Brandon Hansen editors eMeriti.................. Finley Hays, mike crouse editor/Writer...................................... Brandon Hansen 20. AS WE SEE IT AdVertising.................................................... kevin core FORMER FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN TO REPRESENT AMERICAN LOGGERS oFFiCe MAnAger........................................... nancy core PostmAster: send address changes to: 21. SUMMARY JUDGEMENT loggers World llc , ENVIROMENTAL GROUPS DEMONSTRATE DISREGARD FOR HUMANS P. o. Box 1631, chehalis, WA 98532-8425 e-mail: [email protected] by William Perry Pendley suBscriPtion rAte (in u.s.A.): $25.00 per year; two years for $50.00 24. IRONMART loggers World llC cannot and does not assume responsibility for ON THE cOvER : Jesse Browning takes the contents of any adver tising in loggers World.