Christopher Columbus COBURN, the diary began Jan.
1910, in Crystal, Maine, part eight



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In January, 1910, he (Christopher Columbus COBURN)
built a camp on Ferdinand's lot in the village,
moving in Jan. 18.  He worked most of this winter
cutting wood for himself to sell and for others,
much of the time being accompanied by Fred DOBLE.
In March he records shipping a car load of wood to
Masardis, unloading seven cords Mar. 12.  At one
place he says he bought the hide of an illegally
killed cow moose from Game Warden JORGENSON, for the
makings of snowshoes. In May he worked for Miss
Clara ORCUTT at Oak Point, Portage, a couple of
weeks.  During the last week in May he worked for
James ESTEY at Masardis.  During the summer he
worked on the road for the town of Portage several
days, and made numerous trips for brief stays at his
son Ferdinand's in Ashland.

....About three weeks on from Nov. 26, he was
helping John C. WRIGHT who was surveying down the
river from Ashland, below Sheridan opposite
Frenchville.  The record for the rest of that year
and the first month of 1911 is of actions around
Portage.  Ferdinand must have sold his lot in the
summer of 1910, because he rented Arthur (DULLEY or
BULLEY)'s house Aug. 29 at six dollars per month and
Sept. 10 Oren and family moved in with him. ...

On May 8, 1911, he went to work for Mrs. L. A.
BROOKER in Ashland, and was still there until July
22.  After a couple of weeks at F. R.'s he again
went to Portage and bargained for a lot on the lake
shore with Samuel STEVENS, and began clearing it up
and here he built himself another camp and worked
for Fred PETERS who lived next door.  In addition to
his other activities he did a little hunting in
October and Monday, Nov. 6, he commenced work for a
Mr. RICHARDSON at his lumber camp on the west side
of the Aroostook River below Sheridan, where he was
till Dec. 22.  He spent the rest of that month at
Ferdinand's.

Jan. 1st, 1912, he was at his youngest son's at
Moro, Me.  Arthur's mother had died during the past
summer, and previously to that he (Arthur) had
married Lottie MAXWELL with two children.  He stayed
with Arthur, cutting wood, etc. until the 17th when
he went back to F. R.'s in Ashland, returning to
Arthur's Jan. 29, where he worked with and for him
until the 12th of March.  He then went to F.R.'s in
Ashland and worked around there, staying at
Ferdinand's until he went home to Portage May 23.
He planted a small garden on the camp lot and cut
and peeled some pulp wood, beside working out.
Sept. 21, he purchased a canoe and entertained, over
Sunday, Ferdinand's wife and Mrs. Simon DAVIS of
Patten.  Oct. 12 he moved Mrs. Fred DOBLE and goods
into the YOURK house where the rent was $6.00 per
month.  Allard, his 3rd son and his wife spent a few
days with him at this time, and he and Allard
hunted.