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THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
MONDAY, DKCKMDKR 27,
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Lumber Magazine Predicts
Great Future for Klamath
A rocont Ifinuo of tho Amorlcnii
i.umiiermun, unvoiud two pokoa to n
description of Ktimmth Falls and tlio
lumliur Industry In tlio Kliiiimth bu-Bin-
miyliiK:
TliU city In dnntlriml to lie, In tlio
not far distant future, tlio center of
ono of ttiu Kri'iitiml lumliur mnntifnc
t it r I ii k rontons In tlin country, for
thoro nru already marked Indications
of tlin development of lumber man
rifnctiirlliK operations In (hi section
that will tnnan much to tlio Imnlior
Imtuiitry of tlin west.
Trllmtiiry to Klamath Falls In
what In termed tlin "Klamutli roK'
Ion," IncliiillriK privately owned,
Wont mirvlrn and liullan department
tlmbor, thoro In estimated to ho In
tlio neighborhood of 30,000,000,000
foot of ititmlliiK plmt, nnil If tliuro
In nmmrnnro of n market for It n
number of laritn mill operations wilt
bo developed, Tim plnnt nt tho'oll
can Hay Lumber Co. burn Is tlin
larxosl manufacturing; operation, but
other urn Incruailnic their iiawliiK
fAcllltlon ami nrn planning to enlarge
tholr operation still furtlinr. Anions
thenn nra thn AUoma Lumber Co., nt
Aluomn, n I n ii mllei north of hero,
nml tlio Modoo Lumber Co., nt Chllo
quln. Tlio latter concern acquired
lomn rrtonths ngo n large trncj of
tlmbor about 76 miles east and n
little north of Klamath FulU In whit
mlRht Im tormed thn lakovlew dls
trlct and It In plnnned to erect there
n large modorn plant during the
noxt few year In nddltlnn to Incroas
Inic lt capacity by biilldlnR a new
mill at Chllnquln tlio coming winter.
It l nlao within thn possibilities that
thn I-ong-IMI Whlto I'lno Co. wilt
within tho noxt few yeara arrange
fnr manufacturing tlio timber on tho
uxtonslvo tract acquired n cnuplo of
yean ago from the Oregon I.and &
Livestock Co., tho romalader of which
was takon over by tho Modoc Lumber
Co,
I 'rotable ItAllronil llullilliuc
Already thero are n number of
mailer mill that have gone In the
lait year on or near tho Htrahorn
railroad running out east from Kla
math Falls, which thn builder In
tend ultimately to extend to connect
up with the Oregon, Washington
JUIIroid Navigation Co, and tho
Hill Intcrost at llend, ai well ai to
croM the hunch gran country to
Vale In eaitorn Oregon and Join
with tho Oregon-Washington there.
In fact thero aro ninny posslblll
tloa for railroad connection! for Kla
math Fall that wfll remill In tho do
velopmont of tho lumber Industry
of thin great tlmbor region. Thn
8trahom road may go on to Lakn-
Vlow, ono hundred in I lei vast. That
point la thn terminus af n narrow
gago running north from tho West-
orn Pacific railroad not far from
Itenn, Nov. It la bollored that thn
Western Pacific may eventually so-
euro tho narrow gngo lino running to
).akflvlw and broaden It, thu mak
ing an eastern nutlot for thn lumbor
made In thn Lnkovlow region. Then,
too, tho Southern Pacific may extend
It lino from Wostwood north to con
nect with II lino running from
Wood, Cnllf., to Klamath Fall nnd
on north to Kirk,
It Im long been tho drmim of tho
riillroiul prophet of thl region Unit
tho Houthnrn Pacific extending north
from Klamath Kntl 40 tulle to Kirk
would bo intended on through tho
('nuclide mountain and connect with
tho branch of thu anion rond extend
ing Noutheaxt from Kugono to Na
tron nnd on toward tho CiihciiiIo
mountain, Thl wn the Idea of that
great railroad builder, 13. II. Ilarrl
man, for many year bond of thn
Houthern Pacific nnd It allied roll-
roud, hut hi death, tho war nnd
other thing eimed to put an ond
to consideration of thn projnrt,
Wonderful (Imivlli of KlmiUMli 1'aIIn
Klnmntli Tall during tho lait year
ha shown moro building Improve
ment and growth In uhtantlal way
Ihun nny town of It lzo that wo
not nffocted by n "war boom " It
growth ha been (toady nnd ha been
backed by tho actual nnod of tho
community Btreots hao been pav
ed, In both tho business nnd the rcil
dentlal sections, nnd now huslnc
block, beautiful and artlitlc bunga
low and biiilno atructurc of nit
kind add to tho general appearnnco
of RUhitantlal growth. In iplto of
It alt, thn hoiulng qucitlon Ii Juit
a sorlnous In Klamnth Kntl today
a In tho title of tlio Pacific coait
and tho oaat.
Company In Knlnrglng (Krntlon
At Chllorjilln aro located the Mo
doc Lumbor Co, and thn Chlloquln
Lumber Co, K. A. Illockllngcr I at
tne head of both tho Chlloquln Lum
ber Co. and the Dorrl Lumber &
llox Co , Dprrl. Calif , south of Kla
math Kalli. Much of tho lumbor cut
In thl plant at Chlloquln I mndo Intot
box shooks at tho Dorrli plant.
At tho head of tho Modoc Lumber
Co. I J. O. C-oldthwalto, formerly of
Portland.' who a few year ago took
hold of tho Xfodoc Lumber Co, and
ha m'ado a tubitantlal concern out
of It, cutting noarly 40,000,000 feet
thl year, with plan to construct a
now mill In place of tho old one for
operation tomo tlmo next icnion. The
power plant now under construction
will ho oqiilpped with two 1000-klIo-watt
genorulor, ono of which
will fumlali pownr for operat
ing the plnnt nnd tho oilier for run
ning tho logging railroad, which
will extend out Into thn timber about
17 mile. Tho log will bo brought
In by nn otoctrlc locomotive,
Tho Modoc Lumbor Co' now saw
mill will ho equipped with ollhor two
bnnd nnd thn preent gang, or throa
band, tho pronont mill bolng equip
ped with n band nnd n gang. Tho
mill wa operated thl year two nhlft
until early In thu fall. A 20-com-
portmuut dry glln will a I no bo constructed.
Thn plant of tho Klamath Lurnhor
ft llox Co., nt Klamath Kail, form'
nrly thn Klamath Manufacturing Co.,
ha been running two xhlfti, turning
out 30,000,000 feet thl year, n
largo part of which goc through Iti
box fnclory. Thl I tho plant form
erly owned by tho Into Co, Itobort
A. Johnson. It wa told last Rprlng
lo thn I'mtI Krult Co , of Hacrnmonto,
which uo box hook extensively In
It business. Joseph Il-(orglo, of
Hncramento, I president of tho com
pany and W II Trainer, also of flac
ramento, I vlco president nnd gen
eral mamignr. Ous A. Krauio I
secretary nnd local manager. II. F.
Davis I hi assistant and cashlor.
Tho same Interest alio opcrnto tho
Pine ft Lumber Co., Yakima, Wnsh.
Tho Klamath Lumber ft llox Co. ha
been running two shift tho last sea
son and It year' output will bo
about 30,000,000.
(rent Hot Manufacturing Center
Tho manufacture of boxes I a big
Industry In thl section. Tho out
put of tho imallor sawmills goc to
tho box factories at Klamath Kalli,
iDorrls and Dray In fact tho total
dally otltpu,t of box shook In till
section I estimated to bo about G7G,
000 feet, or a total of 27 carloads,
not Including the box plant of the
Weed Lumber Co.. at Weed, Calif.,
which I Just outside of what I com
monly known a tho Klamath district.
Tho following aro the plants:
Illg I.uko Co., Klamath Falls, DO,
000 feet.
Cbolsoa nor Co., Klamath Falls,
100,000 foot.
Klamath Lumbor ft llox Co., Kla
math Kails, 100,000 feet.
Ewauna Box Co., Klamnth Falls,
125.000 foot.
Algoma Lumber Co., Algoma, Ore.,
80,000 feet.
Dorrl Lumber ft llox Co., Dorrls,
Calif., 45,000 feet.
Assoclntod llox ft Lumbar Co.,
Dorrl, Calif,, CO.'OOO foot,
llrny Lumbor ft llox Co., IJray,
Cnllf., 70,000 foot.
Thn Jiwaunn llox Co., Klamath
Kails, bq tlio largest box factory
In this section nnd thin yonr It will
handlo about 35,000,000 foot of
hook, O. 11. Crlslor I prcsldont
of tho company; Kred Bchallock, soc-
retnry nnd Clnudo II. Daggott, vlco
prcsldont. Mr. Daggort lookrt aftor
tlio lolling nnd I nn authority on tho!
box situation In this region. Tho
liwauna llox Co. last winter built
ndojaccnt to It box plant a sawmill
which storied In May nnd ho u dally
capacity of 'OG.OOO fcot, a largo part
of which I used In tho box plant.
Tho Illg Lakn llox Co., consisting
of Mori West, IJIrgo Mason and A.
J Voyo, will put through It box fac
tory horo about 24,000,000 fcot this
ywir. Thl concern also ha con
structed a sawmill In connection with
It box plant, with a capacity of about
50,000 feet dally. Tho Chelsea llox
Co., tho third box plant hero, wa
bought by tho Orower' Packlnc &
Warehousing Association not long
ngo. C. F. Betzor 1 manager of thl
plant.
An Old Tlmrr Hero
A woll-known Oregon lumberman
Is (leorgo A. Stephenson, now secre
tary of tho Swan Lake Co , of which
Alfred Collier I president.
This concern I cutting about
0,000,000 fcot this year at It
now mill at Swan Lake, about ten
mile from Klamath Kalts. Tho lum
bor I haulod by tho Strahorn road,
(leorgo Stephenson has a lot of good
friends among north coast lumber
men. lo comes of tho Stophcnson
family of lumbermen, of Menominee,
Mich., and Marinette. Wis., but has1
been In tho west tho lost ten or 12
years, a considerable part of tho tlmo
at Coos Day, Ore. lto was ono of tho
organlzor of the Valloy Lumber Co.
at Klamath Kails a year or so ago
along with Henry and Robert Davis,
formerly of Eau Claire, Wis., and
sons of Honry D. Davis, of that place.
Ho severed his connection with tho
Valley Lumber Co. when ho wont Into
the Swan Lake enterprise early this
year. Tho Valley Lumber Co. oper
ates a small mill near Klamath Falls.
, Tho saddlo Mountain Lumber Co.
has built a mill out on the Spregue
river, 37 rallos from Klamath Falls.
The Strahorn railroad Is expected to
bo oxtended soon to within four miles
of the mill, which is equipped with a
Ircular and Is expected to say a cou
ple of million feet of logs on hand In
tho Hpraguo river thl fall. F. Hill
HJinlor, tho Klamath Kail mill build
er, ha hnd chargo of tho construc
tion of this plant.. Ho nlso Mi lit tho
mill of tho Illg Lake Dox Co. nnd Is
looking nftor tho construction of sev-
ornl other new mills In this section.
Tho Saddlo Mountain plant Is loca
ted at what will bo tho Junction of
tho Htrahorn road and tho Spraguo
rlvor. This plant will cut about CO,
000 fcot a day and It Is tho Intention
to roplaco Its circular saw equipment
with a band mill later on, Copt. J.
W, Slomcns, n plonoor banker of Kla
math Kails, In president of tho Sad
rlo Mountain Lumbor Co.
Thoro Is a "flock" of mill along
tho first 20' mile of tho Strahorn
road, running out In an easterly dl-!
roctlon from Klamath Fall. These
mills aro not all on tho railroad, but
haul their output to tho railroad for
shipment. Thoy Includo tho Swan
Lake Lumber Co; Bchultz & Parks;
Whlto Pine Lunber Co; Parker ft
Hammaker; Dee & Qulgley; tho
Orlsoz mill; tho Saddlo Mountain
Lumbor Co; D'Armond Dros. Lumbor
Co; Nino Dros. Lumber Co; tho Ham
maker Mill, bcsldos tho recently
burned plant of tho Crane Lumber
Co. It Is estimated that Increased
output of the mills In tho Klamath
region for 1920 over 1919 will bo
118,000,000 feet.
w Mills Underway
Tho Klamath Pine Manufacturing
Co. Is putting up a slnglo band mill
on tho lower end of upper Klamath
lako Just north of and adjoining tho
plant of tho Pelican Day Lumber Co.
D. W. Doc, tho manager of this plant,
I an old tlmo western lumberman.
KJfteen years ago bo was sales man
agor for tho John O'Drlcn Lumbor
Co., at Somers, Mont. Ho was ono
of tho founders of the Dawson Lum
ber Co., Llbby, Mont., now tho Lib
by Lumber Co. Ho was on Coos Day
for a tlmo and had charge of tho con
struction of tho new plant of tho Ap
pacho Lumber Co., at Cooley, N. M.
Tho Klamath Pine Manufacturing Co.
as this concorn Is called, Is being
oqulppcd with a circular, but It Is
purposed to replace It with a band
later on and also to add a gang. Its
alto occupies 40-acres and F. Hill
Hunter, of the Sawmill Engineering
& Construction Co ., Is building the
plant.
Tho Shaw-Bertram Lumber Co. Is
another new plant under construc
tion on tho shore of Lake Ewauna,
south of Klamath Falls. The offi
cers of this company are J. R. Shaw,
president of KJamath Falls; A. W.
Norblad, of Astoria, Ore., secretary;
W. O, n. Smith, Portland, vlco pros
dent, and W. J. nortrarn, Klamath
Falls, treasuror. Tho company Is In
corporntcd for $150,000 and Robert
S. Shaw, of tho Itobort S. Shaw Lum
bor Co., Portland, a brother of J, R,
Shnw, I a director and Is Interontod
In tho company. Ho was formerly
for years managor of tho Hammond
Lumber Co.' operations at. Astoria,
Ore, and was prosldcnt of tho West
Coast Lumbermen' Association dur
ing 1919. J. R. Shaw was managor
of tho Hammond Lumbor Co. oper
ation at Mill City, Oro.
Tho Shaw-Tlortram Lumber Co.,
has an excellent site and will build
a mill equipped with a slnglo band
to start with. This concorn last sum
mer purchased a unit of over 100,
000,000 feet of excollent plno timber
on tho Klamath Indian Reservation,
not far from Kirk, nnd tho logs will
brought Into Klamath Falls over 'tho
Southern Pacific. Mr. Bertram waa
formerly manager of tho Oooch Lum
bor Co., at Oooch, near Mill City. It
Is expected tho now plant will bo In
operation early next spring.
Tho Lamm Lumber Co., whoso
plant Is at Modoc Point, 19 mlloa
north of Klamath Falls, rocently In
stalled a new CoTlIss 22x30 engine
mado by tho Allls-Cnalmers Manu
facturing Co. This will glvo It mora
power so that It may also add an au
tomatic trimmer and a lath machine
This concern turns out about 60,000
feet dally, which will give It an out
put of over 12,000,000 feet this year.
Tho Big Lake Lumber Co., oper
ating a mill and retail yard at Kla
math Falls, not long ago received
a consignment of western red cedar
posts from the E. T. Cbapln Co., 8po
kano, well known shippers of "life
time" posts. These .were without
doubt tho first split cedar posts to
como Into Klamath Falls and have
proved very satlifatcory. Heretoforo
native lumber has been used for
posts. W. H. Kllngenberg is mana
ger of the Big Lake Lumbor Co., hav
ing succeded Merl S. West & year
or so ngo, when tho latter decided to
devote alt his tlmo to tho Big Lakes
Box Co., in which ho is heavily in
terested. Mr. Kllngenberg was for
merly with tho West Tnrlock Lumber
& Box Co., at Turlock, Calif., and
waa also at one 'time with tho Thur
man Door Co., at Madera, Calif.
The Ackley Bros, mill, tho pioneer
mill at Klamath Falls, waa this sea
son changed from a circular to a
band 'head "equipment, and has mado
a good season a cut.
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HUMMOXH ,
Hqulty No. litti
IN TIIJ3 CIRCUIT (X)UIIT OK THK
HTATi: OK OKKdON, Will TIIK
COUNTY OK KLAMATH.
Charles O. Swartzfagor, Plaintiff,
vs. Hannah Hlmpson, alio known as
' Hannah Swartzfagor, Defendant. .
To Hannah Hlmption, also known
ni liannnh Swartzfagor.
In the namn of tho State of Oro
gon: You nro horoby roqulrod to
nppour nnd nnswnr tho complaint
filed ngalutH you In tho nbovo en
titled suit on or boforo tho 24th
day of January, 1921, that being tho
last day of publication of thl sum
mons, and If you foil so to appoar,
anwor, domur, pload or otherwise
mova, for want thoroof thn plaintiff
will apply to tho Court for tho relief
prayod for In hi complaint, to-wjf
for a docroo of this court annulling,
sotting nsldo and decreeing as void
tho said marriage between plaintiff
nnd defendant, and for such other
nnd furthor rollof a to tho court
may soom moot and equltnbla and
propor,
Thl Hiimm'onH Is sorvod upon you,
tho' said defendant, by publication
thoroof In Tho Evening Herald, n
nowapnpor of gonoral circulation
printed and publlshod In Klamath
Fallu, Klamath County, Oregon, for
six, (C) COIlBOCUtlVO wookH (bovou
(7) Inxorntlon,) tho first publtcntlou
bolng Docembor 13, 1D20, and tho
last publication being January 24,
1921, by order of tho Honorable
D. V. Kuykondall, Judgo of tho Cir
cuit Court of tho Stato of Oregon
for tho County of Klamath, nnd tho
said ordor was mndo nnd datod tho
28th dny of October, 1020.
All procoBB nnd papora In this pro
coodlng may bo sorvod upon tho un
dersigned residing within tho State
of Oregon, nt tho address horoaftor
montlnnod,
WALTKIl O. VAN HMON AND AU(1-
U8TIN DONOVAN.
Attoruoys for Plaintiff.
Address; 200-10 Wllllts Iildg., Kla
nath Falls, Ore,
Doc. 13-20-27 Jan. 3-10-17-24
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