Add to ORKGhalfIf a man needs some lumber for his own use, he may cut some logs and bring them to a saw-mill. Some companies will saw the logs at their own expense. The man gets no payment for the logs-- but he gets half the lumber, the company gets the other half. The man was 'cutting on the halves.' 'share alike'W. J. KIRWINUsed I and SupUsed INot usedCard is marked as being used in the DNE but slip contents do not appear under any listing for 'half'
half[Front] The evidence, as I understand its effect, also established, that the men regularly enga...
halfWell, when you'd go in collar in the spring your pay would be a "half [o'] your hand" they used ...
share nMen are said to work on the _shares_ when they have a proportion of what they kill or make,...
halfWages were not paid to the men, but they fished on shares called "half their hand".G. M. Story F...
halfThese gentlemen didn't take the 'hard cash' from the fishermen for sawing their logs. ... The ow...
halfThis land was once a magnificent stand of witch hazel birch... and was logged out "on the halves...
halfAs we were not paying cash at the mill for the sawing of our logs into the required sizes of tim...
halfThe term "half-ya-hand"... before the decline of the Labrador fishery (1949) the system of shari...
halfThe crews of their largest craft consist of from thirteen to eighteen men; of these some are gun...
halfA number of Bonavista inhabitants were attracted [to sawmilling], having their timber squared, g...
halfBut now he was a man full-fledged, and it was the custom of the coast that he should have "half ...
shareman n. . .the merchants used to supply, you know, supply the owner, an' then the sharemen, now...
cutThe lumberjack who is hired to cut logs and is only responsible for the logs as long as he is c...
halfPeople have heard of rare instances where a man, upon retiring, claims "one half of his hand," t...
split n"Whispers": fathers sawing junks/ or cracking them/ for splits/ in whistling winds.PRINTED I...
half[Front] The evidence, as I understand its effect, also established, that the men regularly enga...
halfWell, when you'd go in collar in the spring your pay would be a "half [o'] your hand" they used ...
share nMen are said to work on the _shares_ when they have a proportion of what they kill or make,...
halfWages were not paid to the men, but they fished on shares called "half their hand".G. M. Story F...
halfThese gentlemen didn't take the 'hard cash' from the fishermen for sawing their logs. ... The ow...
halfThis land was once a magnificent stand of witch hazel birch... and was logged out "on the halves...
halfAs we were not paying cash at the mill for the sawing of our logs into the required sizes of tim...
halfThe term "half-ya-hand"... before the decline of the Labrador fishery (1949) the system of shari...
halfThe crews of their largest craft consist of from thirteen to eighteen men; of these some are gun...
halfA number of Bonavista inhabitants were attracted [to sawmilling], having their timber squared, g...
halfBut now he was a man full-fledged, and it was the custom of the coast that he should have "half ...
shareman n. . .the merchants used to supply, you know, supply the owner, an' then the sharemen, now...
cutThe lumberjack who is hired to cut logs and is only responsible for the logs as long as he is c...
halfPeople have heard of rare instances where a man, upon retiring, claims "one half of his hand," t...
split n"Whispers": fathers sawing junks/ or cracking them/ for splits/ in whistling winds.PRINTED I...
half[Front] The evidence, as I understand its effect, also established, that the men regularly enga...
halfWell, when you'd go in collar in the spring your pay would be a "half [o'] your hand" they used ...
share nMen are said to work on the _shares_ when they have a proportion of what they kill or make,...