Paul Bunyan? This is a
White Pine job and here in the High Sierras the winter snows lie deep,
just like the country where Paul grew up. Here are trees that dwarf the
largest "cork pine" of the Lake States and many new stunts were planned
for logging, milling and manufacturing a product of supreme
quality--just the job for Paul Bunyan.

The Red River people had been cutting White Pine in Minnesota for two
generations; the crews that came west with them were old heads and every
one knew Paul Bunyan of old. Paul had followed the White Pine from the
Atlantic seaboard west to the jumping-off place in Minnesota, why not go
the rest of the way?

[Illustration: TRADE MARK REGISTERED]

Paul Bunyan's picture had never been published until he joined Red River
and this likeness, first issued in 1914, is now the Red River trademark.
It stands for the quality and service you have the right to expect from
Paul Bunyan.

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WHEN and where did this mythical hero get his start? Paul Bunyan is
known by his mighty works; his antecedents and personal history are lost
in doubt. You can prove that Paul logged off North Dakota and grubbed
the stumps, not only by the fact that there are no traces of pine
forests in that State, but by the testimony of oldtimers who saw it
done. On the other hand, Paul's parentage and birth date are unknown.
Like Topsy, he jes' growed.

Nobody cared to know his origin until the professors got after him. As
long as he stayed around the camps his previous history was treated with
the customary consideration and he was asked no questions, but when he
broke into college it was all off. Then he had to have ancestors, a
birthday and all sorts of vital statistics. For now Paul is recognized
as a regular Myth and students of folk-lore are making scientific
research of the Paul Bunyan Legend.

R. R. Fenska, Professor of Forest Engineering, New York State College of
Forestry, Syracuse University, an authority on Paul Bunyan, writes: "He
is not only an all-American myth but as far as can be determined, the
only myth or legend in this country. It is all-American because Paul's
exploits are all accomplished on this continent and there is no
counterpart in the Old World. The origin of Paul is as much a myth as
the legend itself. There are some who feel that he was known in the
Northeastern forest back in the early 19th century but the best
available evidence points to the pinerie