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and Mrs. Martin Olson in the
living quarters of their logging camp.
logging camps generally
consisted of 12 men with a strawboss giving the orders of the day. Both
men arid women were employed as cooks, and came to be known as
preparing 3 meals a day plus a mid-morning snack of 'brown cookies'.
of the women cooks had fathers or brothers working in the camp. The
worked 6 days a week, taking Sunday off. Some of these camps grew into
more than just the traditional bunk-houses (half kitchen area) and
small settlements of their own. Since many of the lumberjacks did not
the logging camps for weeks at a time, some of their hard earned
were spent on a shave for 10¢ and a haircut for 25¢
at T. Rasmussen's
Barber Shop. Along with owning the shop, Mr. Rasmussen also sold the
life insurance. The lumberjacks also spent quite a sum at the local
Rasmussen giving a customer
a haircut. This building still remains in Mountain and has been used as