Panhandle Logging Camp Reopens, 50 Jobs Return
After a temporary shutdown due to impassable roads, the Panhandle logging camp south of Newport will reopen within ten days, employing about 50 men through the summer under Robert McInnis.
The Panhandle logging camp, just south of town, will be reopened within the next ten days. This camp was closed down a short time ago on account of the bad condition of the roads at that time. A gang of men are now at work cutting roads and otherwise preparing the camp for a resumption of work. Robert McInnis will have charge of the camp as soon as it reopens. About 50 men will be given employment and the logging will be continued all summer. The logs will be taken to Spirit Lake for sawing.
“About 50 men will be given employment and the logging will be continued all summer.”
Then as now, rural communities depended on seasonal resource jobs—logging, milling, farming. A road closure could shutter a camp and throw fifty men out of work; reopening it was economic recovery. Today's debates over timber jobs and infrastructure access echo this cycle.
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