<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Uncle Sherman? <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Mar 28, 2013, at 8:30 PM, Leslie Chapman <<a href="mailto:opera_70@yahoo.com">opera_70@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I guess the question then would be if "millwright" was in the vocabulary in 1920; it would have been a much clearer term. </div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">And yes Bill I knew Donkey's weren't "stationary" hence my confusion. If you ever get a chance to check out the Douglas County museum in Roseburg notice the name on the Steam donkey out front; it was donated by my Uncle Sherman, his wife and Lee Monteith's wife were sisters. I think somewhere in their display they have a picture of Uncle moving it up Yellow Butte. One of my earliest memories is taking the old road from Phillips Ranch up to Yellow Butte when I was seven or so and Dad pointing out a slope he yarded that
thing up at the time the picture was taken. It was incredibly steep</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Les</div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Bill & Chris Strickland <<a href="mailto:lechevrier@q.com">lechevrier@q.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> or-roots mail list <<a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 28,
2013 7:36 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [or-roots] Stationery engineer<br> </font> </div> <br>
Another term for a stationary engineer is "millwright" -- and those old logging donkeys were not stationary -- they were self-powered via winching themselves on the skids (large logs, typically) on which they were mounted.<br><br>Bill Strickland<br> </div> </div> </div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_____________________________________________________</span><br><span>or-roots mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a></span><br><span><a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots</a></span><br><span>Hosted by the Oregon State Library. The Library is not responsible for content.</span><br><span>Questions related to message content should be directed to list owner(s) or the sender of the message, by phone or email.</span><br><span>Technical questions? Call 503-378-8800.</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>