Micheal was a newcomer, an immigrant from Germany. Here he is, going to his new job as a lumberjack. He is not very happy to be a lumberjack, but is ready to start his new life.
Micheal wonders, what am I doing here? Then, a young lad named John comes up.
John explains what Micheal has to do, but Micheal does not like it along the Mississippi River.
Today, we will travel to Washington, as the Minnesota Lumber has decreased.
Micheal starts with cutting down trees. he wonders, will they run out of trees at this rate?
Micheal starts to like his job after a couple of months. But, slowly, the number of trees in Minnesota starts decreasing by a ton.
Micheal, John, and a bunch of other men are here today to travel to Washington with Frederick Weyerhaeuser with their job.