when alvarez and his buddies got to fordsville and started asking around about jobs for mexicans in the area , frank tinsley happened to be in town and since he needed help in the log woods , he was glad to put all three of them to work.-alvarez asked if there were other mexicans working in the area and frank said he didnt know of any.-frank did deliver lumber for the work on the oreilly house but each time anyone came around ramon managed to be elsewhereworking hardbut elsewhere.-he didnt seem to want to be in sight when strangers came around.-it still surprised ed and johnny that he never went to town.-if he needed something from there he would send by one of the other men to get it and when he needed to cash his check , he asked johnny to do it and get the money order to send almost all of it home to his folks.-so , actually , very few people did know that ramon was in the area .