.'!!" ' ' ' . ' VOL. I. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1925 No. 3 "ACE'KJACKSON SOON TO START y BIG AIR TRIPS ' '..jU'-.. I .1, ; Pelican nay Lumber Voiunun) M.iii I'urrhNne Alrplmi lor K Joviiiriit EVERYBODY EXCITED chaperlnUmdonl Pike Believe Quallflc as lualrurtor For Novice be . Pelican City, Mar.. 23. CowUi (Urged through tbe streets of Put) can City thin noou oyulng tlio now Lincoln Hluudurd Airplane ruiulvcd hart today by Aco W. L. Jackson. Officer of the law dispersed tho crowd! sufficiently to allow Jackson to novo tlio crated machine to l.o dry kllu, w.ioio he will atari' inuim dlaloly to aisauibie it. Tlio motor. SHIP three CiliiOor. I fuii'U ru' try type, li expected ,w ,air,ivo any day. Tbe exact duto' uu which ilia Bikcbluo will be jm'iiib:o.l end ruauy Cor lt trial has tin booii tui. and Aco Jackson la buttig i'onuuuaHJ ly besieged by quuilus a. W tru time aud place of the 'llrWV flight. Ace Jackson U at priwvut uuJu cldad whether to lake a course In aviation from the Jntoruat.on.il Cor reapondonce dchool, or to accupt tbe olfor ot Muporlnlondeut E. H. Pike, who oace rode In au airplane, u Instruct him. Before beginning hU Instruction, Plko oifu.a id bat an aum Jackeon will rUk tbal ho can alap Into the machine and pilot ii to elevation of twolvo hundred toot and return safely to the g round. Jackson faara JWacwpl the .fakf for (ear l'lko WilCloao. ' Pelican City, Mar. 13, Tbu po lice were again called out, ij u. .. .xi.:..'.JiV"-Af.. i' Ing We dwolllng oi Aou W. Jackaon, early tnia morning. causa of the gat .unuk w .ou,ik..o..., ocamulit. hui iaou the baud! of Kreeiana(biaiuy o f peace officer. vTh(T,Uocoilieht' an Insuranco policy on t j life 'tic' Aca Jaokaon, , (A l liS.US'O , -nicij a4 tVory mumoor of lu. beneficiary, bvery crowd aearcbed b the ofllcurs baa a similar policy, and It was iaruu later In the dajrabU-Ute Juauruucu offices In KluuMlh Fails woro ru.n ed by crowds ot would be bonefUt evrlea late last nlg.it and early this morning. KEW BI'PK1U.TKMK.T FOR - CAMI'Uraj-TOVLH MILL ' , Earl Holland, formerly night fore man at Kwauna, baa quit hit job aa ; belt man tor the.Jdotjoo Lumber com paty and..oc,cupM the poiltlpn ot sutrlnteniott of 'tho Campboll Td1 riilll oh Bprague river. ' b.-i uVlbiondor, ..tormorly ;on . tho city 'tire-'force, has '' returned to Kkm'ath 1 hfibr1 "''yonra alwoiwe, mit.of .which. 'wa.' spent" In.' CuIIt foinla. Hlrico last July Alcxnndor has been ijorklni for tho- lied River Lumber company In the capacity : of: Umekeepor. Ho roports that Paul iBUnyan-ls rolling logs Into Woat wood at furious, rato. t, ! ; . DIXON HACK .' ;. Fred Dixon roturnod f,om Frisco Thuraduy ready to go to work again 'at Pollcan Day camp. ", ' ' TOP-IOADER HKKK ; i;.Bort OlIHa. woll known top load t ef. wr In town during ;tho woek . from Whoolor-Olnuitead's camp. . from Whi I VrU , ( 1,,.,, Jl JiROKBN,.IKNiaCV.', ,'C.fB. Randall Jwaa-In town'from MoCultom's "milt ' Thursday : gdttlng rmwir. 'tt,' tha"rI)Hkov'wlilch"ho la w . . j 1 1 it.. Jmim f im Inn , ' mftoljInbidfAfijaopiKna It la ropalrod i Itanddir will 'lt ttrbdglng the mill ' pdntt'ln' ftropaifaVlohr the aonson's ' i if.'..-!.'. "A VH W - " - ) t."'. ".'..v.-t ;.:. !. ( . J .. , 1 i nA.nnoAV imtbovkh f 'W. . Barrow, formorly of. tho ; BwnunaY roon chain crow, who has been 111 for sevoral wooks, la con siderably Improved., "' IlUN IXXK3EB ,; ' I Lylo Magnus, engineer, hoy Olas jco, eonduotof, Bill Jones, 'fireman, - nnd Loe Hutohor, braltemnn,' have charge of the .Chlloquln Lumber company'e logging tram this season. i if-j -' v l,'. .. ia,. . ' MODOC MILL STARTS OPERATIONS TODAY The aawmlll plant of tlio Modoc Lumber company atarted sawing lumbor, llila morning. Tbe com pany had planned on starting tbe middle of laat week, but repairing and ovwriiuullng the mill took long er tbun waa anticipated,' tbu logging camp la now running full force, ahlpplng twenty alx cara por day lo the mill. The tint ablp- inuiit of loga from tbe camp, 11 can, arrived at tlio mill alte Thurs day. Tbe Modoo poople expect u cut 120.M par ehlft, according lo Manager Duatch. GOES TO EUGENE Alfred D. Collier of the Swan Lake , Moulding company, left for Portland Thursday to attend tbv wadding ot Mrs, Collier" sister, 'Mum Ernngollno Fostor. .Collier drovo as far o MoAford the' firm" day; stopping , thro ,fo lock, over, tbe plant of 'the Owon-b.-oson' Lumber cumimiy. He wlllvUlt levaral otU er valley lumber cnmponlca iwhllo awnyjt llo aud , Mri. Collier are ex- o:tod to return tomorrow. UKT8 POLKS ' Joe Hail ia getting out aome coder polea for the California Oregon Power company lo be used In ln atalllng tlio electrical equipment In the now planing mill. MACHINERY INSTALLED The Shasta View Lumber and Box company ,1s lnatalltng Ha elec trical equipment. Tbe two hundred horse power motor for the bead rig la of. a novel design,, being apeclally constructed with three bearing, to eliminate' vibration and strain. y-':", HHIP HK.IXXJH 1 Nine llros. Logging company has biirt',hhlpi)lri f'r logs from Pino tauLorbvo to tho W'heoUif'-OlmstiKid mill WHKD Hll'KIUXTKXDEXT IIKUK ' Vt.. "Mnrnhy. lozxlnc suocrln- londcni for the Weed Lumbor com punx,. ft nTcnpnnt,!,. California,.' to- gthor w'th : lila ;famlly, spent tho weok end with MY. and Mrs. C. H Foster. NEW CAI18 VOti SWAN LAKR If automobllos are a sign ot pros perity, . the Swan Lake Moulding company must bo flourishing. Emll Larson has a new Dodgo ooupo, and Alfred D. Collier a Hudson coach. FREE COURSE IN LUMBER MEETING v. WITH APPROVAL i There are just 9 more (too cor respondence courses open In the lumber course- which Lumborlogue la offorlng 'to! tho men aud womon omployed In . tho Industry In tho Klnmnth eountry. Bo far-41 men and womon have fllod their applies tlons for th'a course, and all applied Hons have ' boon forwarded to the National Manufacturers' aesoclatlon s Thoso . whose ' applications were. sent In the first weok should recolve tho first numbor ot tho coursa by tho lattor part ot this wook. These courses coma direct from Washing ton, D. C. and It tnkes about two wooks from tho ttmo tho applica tions are received by tho Lumber loguo until the oouraos arrive here. Tho first ulna peoplo who submit thotr names for the courso iwlll got lit under the March quota ot 50 Hooraftor but 25 applications will bo takon In any one month. . This courso does not lnvolvo one cont ot money." All you have to do Is to Bond your name and address to The Lumberlogue and the course fill be sent' absolutely without cost. LAJKIIO BASKKT NKBDKD '; Chris Kongsalki doesn't, dare, 'use tils car there days., Ho can't find a- basket largo enough to eaten and hold flying, .parts lost on the road. ATTENDS NOTARY W. E. Lamm was in town from his mill to, atlond the mooting of tho Rotary Club Friday noon. , - ' PUT VI CYOIiONK Tho Reese Blowpipe company Is erecting a cyclone and blower at the plant ot the 'White Pine Moulding company. Tho building Is complete, and ready for the Installation of tho machinery, which should .nrrlvd be fore tho middle of April. ' "., ;' ,., , TUB . KLAMATH LUMUKRLOOUK ' Established March 9, lv2t A weekly paper for tbe men and women employed In tbe lumber In dustry of Klamath County. i burned ovory Monday HOWARD Wl.N.MAKD. .Editor Men arriving from tbe fir districts of Oregon end Washington during the past fow days roport common labor aa low aa $3.20 per day, and m'lls operating but four and five days a week. A minimum saw mill wage of four dollars for eight hours, all of the mills running full tlmo and several of them two ablfts, and the asaurance of an early start for tboiOjnot yet In operation convinces us (hat It la a mighty good thing to bo n tbo 'pine bolt. I ; li. e bocomlna- easier U gather I l . ., , irUUirlnl for-Lumberlogue. The first week, and, oven the second, some of i the mill operators and a few of the men -amnuid to foar that we were trvlna- to nr Into tbolr business or personal ;ecrota, and Intending to broadcast them after applying all known methods ot Journalistic dis tortion. But the men generally are gradually beginning to believe that we lntond to do as wo stated; 1. o., run an Interesting sheet ot lumbor nows. ' BV'ILD MOItB TltACK Ewauna Box company Is .extend ing the railroad, track by, tbelr . un loading ,aklds- farther, erpuod the mlir pond.' 'making ft "poeslbla to unload four- cam .of logs without switching baVlr-taWmqtles.. - form orly brly two could botiildadod, irnd by tho' add'tiih of'i(Jlj''extra rack tinloadlng wlrt'Ve'.jcjyBfcfcrably tiff-dod up. tt.-'K "J X :...LiA Quna Mill foreman'J'ou ap't one of t!iee y,va, that, Tuivs-do,wn! W, saw 'nd haa a sharp one on when the rhlRtlo bowa.re jruhfVU'J J. Monty flle'gh Not, me. I alwayr. got It changed five mlnutos" before hand. '''. Windy Good When I was in Lon ilon the last tlmo, a policeman touch ed his cap to me and aald "Good "Vi-nlrg. my Lord." name; Dhlo That's nothing. Tim IjM tVr.e I was In Now York a J j'ollmmnn touched h'a club to mo!,;.. , ,. . and said "my Cod, got,..ptf , the j,a candle, , Some t cooks : used y, ta Trass." ' ci StV-much grease. It was aald pt one "You've aot to uso your shouldora. fur Bomothlr.g bsldea a-sU, hivngor. saya Bb Chlldenr. Jlramy'Jobnaton Hy, Alex; what a a-morth,"-' M.. owJii "Alex 8hlvo--Af mor6r? Is' a-man who uiea tlvo word 'vlrgln'Tn anyway oxcopt as an adjoctlvd"' in fiotfneetlon with the noun forest. "An absent minded man," eays tfook McCullom, "la one who throws hie dirty blothes In the bath tub and goes to sloop In the laundry bag." ) Jack Doan Charley, that check ou gave me' yesterday came back marked N. B. P. ! ; Charley Swindler that' funny. I aaw an ad In , the ipaper only yes terday saying too bad had a sul pluj ot $3,000,000.00. ' Bup yrievor mind, it tho're short I'M glya'em t chock for enough tbcovor It. " There are 'twl sldos to everything but the most exponslve phonograph records, says Joo Myerscough. "' ,n , ; .iji'W;, - ; ' Some, men .save all tbelr money tnr V rlnv Hav.- and then fflva It to a bootleggor for a wot night,' 'says j construction, "contractor tuinT Eddlo Pulley, - bled Into the waters ot Lake - ' . ' ; ' I Ewauna Tuesday while super A full crow ot men will bo at 4 ,, th6 buiidlnK of the plor iwork m tne camps ot tne Pelican Bay Lumbar company by April twenty-fifth. Tho first logs will bo loadod April flrat. . ' 1 TAKE UP KOUt DANCING ' Tho Womon's club of the Pelican City community club has been tak ing up folk dancing tlurln'g tho week, -; '--'- ;.' ',' jf '.v...ui Here's First Paul Banyan Yarn; Read It and Laugh Feeding Paul tfunyan'a crews was i complicated Job: ' At no two camps ixere conditions tbo aamo. The win ter bo logged off North Dakota he he bad three (hundred cooks mak ing paucakos for tho Seven Axemen and the little cboroboy.t At head quarters .on the Big Onion he bad one cook and 482 cookces feeding a crew to big tbal Paul himself never knew wltbln several hundred men either way, how many men be bad. . ; . , At Big; Onion' camp t'aere- was a lot of mechanical equipment and the trouble- was man who 'could handle tbe . machinery cooked' like I a 'macaiulst too. uno . cook n got between the flour bin an-. tbe i roatvlcellar. and .(nearly starved1 to 1, . . . f.,j-..- . "' took' came and " wenf.- - Some wore good and Others just able to ' ' Paull never kept a poor due. ver'' long.''1'-There' 'was 'one" jigger who seemed to hav learned to d J nothing but boll.' 'Ho made Sou? out of everything; and did most of bis work with a dipper. When tbe i urn luiB-aieu urunu vruusu iu to i uu u., " - - "Mcooka, tbe Baking Powaer Bum and ilake water till the crew atruck. i 108 Sourdough Stiffs, fjourdough HI) Idea of a lunch box was a Jug i belonged to the latter schooL He or a rope to freeze1 soup onto Uko : made everything . nut cotfe out of ' el :;' ' i ,' ":; . , ' Cooking Hotcakeis a . , t -- 'A i -(.in The Cook I I " .-'! ' ofe, Put Anatwu. VAIl of wTra IK 1 te- -amir,csTTH ., ,',.. ,' . , .. 0 !' ' KMVLATKS MB. BVNYAJ1 Ur.i ' HUI 'HUntor, Ui nilil I to 'lengthon Ewauna's unload I Ing track. Whether Mr. H'unt- er slipped or was trying to emulate Paul Bunyan'awl run about the surface of tho rake on air bubbles Is unknown, but eye witnesses . say that , the splash wag 'cjpnsldorablip. ' . ml ; ' '' ".X I ! Cooking Hotcakei at Paul's Campjv I i '' ' --r -., Paul Punyan . : . : I ii i ii lagsa . .amis Court Oi.v HeU fUvHt' lumbcr GOi of .these that he 'aad to. .Wjatr.: calked ; sboea'.to keep lrom . eliding out of .: the cook-shanty and rub aand on his handa when he picked up any thin There are two :nds of camp &t Paul's Camp ; Cuts and text courtesy Red River Lumber company . ' - ;. V Sourdoughv lie iai, On;y?.one ,brm and one; log, -,the-i other.; members having been tost'uwttenhfs sonrdough barrel blew u'p. "''Sam ;brtlelate4',a't Tadpole ':-.rtJ i'eaiidifie'rSfthe1. winter, pnat uijnaerso irro jCnargjj 'After 4n' 6ttre-haa:tailed"ak'B!)- Oniori"cithrp,' hur hWed ':hls"cb&slii Big Joe. who (;me fromthree ycejss. bolow., Quebec. (Tii.ls ho?, sure put a "mean' Scald cn , tho chuch. He whs the only man who cjuld make pancakes fast enough to feed , the crew. He had Big Qle, the black smith, make him a g.Uldlo that ixaa so big you couldn't tee across It when tlte stoam was thick. , , Tie batter, stirred in drums like co-n crete mixers was poured on . with cranes and - spouts. ." The ' griddle was greased by colored boys w'ao skated over the surtacei with hims tied to their feet. Thoy had to be co'.orcd bo8 to stand the heat. ' At tnu camp the flunkeys wore roilor skates and an Idea ot the size of the tablos is gained from tie fact that they rlsti'Ibuted the pepper .with tour horse teams. ;i l ' KNOWUES BAFFLED' .,: , Traffic officer. R. E. Knowles Is still looking for the Ford coupe that so mysteriously eluded him last iweek. Ktnowles was hot on the trail ot the spoedlng coupe until It circled tho driveway In front of the Pelican Bay offices and apparently dlsappoarod Into tbin air. . LEAVES FOR SflSSOttU ; Loe Smith, purchasing agent for the Pelican Buy Lumber company, loft last week for a two weeks visit with ' friends anc, relatives In. Mte saav),'il!;'";''" '- ' . SHAW-BERTRAM LATH '' MILL TO START UP ! Bbaw-Bertram expects to have Its new lath mill In operation this week.' The new resaw will not be In opera tion for perhaps two weeks. ., The box factory building la com pleted, and ready for machinery, and a block bouse Is being construct ed and work la pi)greng rapidly on the new dwelling houses, which will probably be completed in a day or two. .... . v. v,.., . Hot-Air-Dogs Try warm Calol Red Engine oi fbr shampooln and massaging pur- 1 pose. According to H, J. Bell, night "oiler at Ewauna, it covers more ' ground thani jriafly' of ,Uo mucS 3ad-' can'Citr ftfaat thAre ia rhra ane- the Umber along tbe Ashland-Klam- ath Falls highway oeTond Keno.--- "Yes'm those bananas are seven cents apiece, or three for Quarter" tald Pelican Commissary manager O. O. Parker to a lady customer. . "I'm at native son of Missouri,' says Noel Turner. ' . - "I'm afraid ot these confounded motorcycles give me a good safe airplane,"-" says -'Ace I Jackson,' hlga priest of the Pelloan Bay 'dry kllhs. A'; wellkndwu "mill sorperllitend ent Was approached-oy" i et'-nn- prepafleasin!'Bheepman.. who "Was 'Jedonrpinfea Tiy -hW' stilf"more''uia .irepUtisessrng'' 8on.t'-t 'd' ' a: 8heepmanil-a "Wieli yotf d"glv; ;toy Van. "S-iob.-".. 1( tbi- bfm toJ bi- a umoe'rman.-1 " Superintendent "' (Tryibg to . b.e ia'otf'ul) 'hn't" tlie 'sheep busne3s Ubom'lng Juat no?" J '' Sheepman-Oh''never tetter, a'ev'. ? better X'."' -s-- ' ' Superintendent' if- Er, ah- don't, you think' your son would do bet er to follow in your ' footsteps, as t were?" - ' Sheepman Well,' I'll ' tell ' you. The k!-d can't count above ten, so theres no .use try In' to ' make a iaeepherder outa him. But ho ughta make a 'crackla good mill man.' .. ' ' ' - I V '.,'.'; EWAUNA CAMP NOW .a SHIPPING. 22 CARS -: ; OF.. LOGS PER DAY :. Tbe.'camp Of the Ewauna Box corn- 'bny'-iWa' present shipping twenty- tVo cats of logs' per day. ': This out put is expected to be Increased by the? new quarter -swing stationary McGUfert jammer' which '.arrived In camp -Friday. :?.: "'.I'A " 'A - torgB-'-new -lAimerlcan " saddle ta-nk iod locomotive is enroute, and Is expected to arrive about the Tret ot Apcii.; ; , , . ' ! ; CLUB BEATS MERRILL j The Pelican City Community Club Basketball team defeated the Merrill Independents by a score of 26-15 last : Tuesday, f Tomorrow night the Pelicans will play the Fort Klam ath Independents on the Sort Klam ath floor.- ..... - ... : ..: . . , . CALLED TO FRISCO Mrs. M. C. McEIlen was eaiicd to, San Francisco Friday by the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Melchlor. JMr. MoEllea runs the store at Lamm's mill.. , . ''I'-.''; V" '" '.":.-" i.X", vi-V ' ' ; iiOOKINO FOR ACTION .. . ! Alllo' Taylor, a likely looking young" featherweight,, who Is now punching tractor for Modoc would like to exchange cuffs for tour or six rounds with anybody his weight, the match to be held in Klamath Fails. Taylor, who has' had consid erable ring experience in Bend and Portland, has fought two draws with Billy. Moecott, and one draw with Baby Blue, the colored feather weight." ', ' ;'.' :: ; '' ' TELIOAMTES TO BE - ARRAYED - Harry Thrasher, Community Club barber,.;, has. Installed a violet; ray machine In his shop, and is now In shape to properly array the boy. - ",::"- - ". - ' NEW MILL NEAR BONANZA i STARTS OPERATION SOON C. W. Woodcock, and Q. A. Wood. cock or Gronu PaM Shlpptag - Machinery Co Stto. . TO OPEN IN MONTH transportation of Boiler Over Soft Roaula IMfflcnlt Truck Machinery 10 Miles . : . Another '. mill tapping the vast pine timber belt ot eastern Klara ath is being built at the base ot i Bryant mountain, 10 miles south of Bonanza, by C. W. Woodcock . and Q. A. Woodcock of Grant Pass. The two men, both of whom for- merly operated, a mill in Josephine 4 county,"-have been working steadily . the past two montis assembling ma- '"J ohitaery, selecting site and buying timber In preparation for tan active year, In, manufacturing .pine Umbsr. It 'is ! expected b haW that 'taai chif ery 'ins tailed and on hand ready ' tor operation i a month s time, C. W-. 'Woodcock , 'aald- tbir morning. Accompanied iy bis wife, 'Mr.. Wood cook: waa on' hi:, way1 to il home in Grants Pass. . ' ' Hodern Machinery. - The new mill aril! have an etgbt , hour capacity out of between 20,000 a and 25.000 board feet. It will be outfitted ' with most . modern ma-; - c!Mnery , end - ' labor ' saving ap- pllances. :: ; , ' V . '."By the installation of modern i auxiliary machinery, I - hope ' to i make .the 'mill Into one of the .boot - i of ';the' mailer:: lumber concern' Ib-'.-k the '. county,", "Sir.':' Woodstock ald today. - . . , - .1Y ' In the neighborhood of . 20 ' men i Wilt be' employed at . the new .' eoh-. . cern on" Bryant mountain. Tlnrt4r,.; for' manufacture; will be : draiwn from B'ract oCjtlmoer,' aggregating between .. 26 aad. 30-- million- feet-t which ,1 either.. owned, by the itWb-. Grant" Pas' men ' or is being . ne go tjated lor . by. Ihem. . ...i , 1-41' M - Same a Lorenx Mill 1 "' "The mill In 'size would correspond ' to the Lorenz mill or the W. 'P.'"' Miller mill Ijcatcd "Teact" of . Klam ath Falls and In the same general territorjr i. The lumber would '(be shipped by truck ten miles the mill ' to tbe O. C. ft E. railroad, and over . that railroad to be marketed either in Klamath Falls or some place; out- -side the county. Mr. Woodcock felt that a certain demand would be -' shown for pine timber in the east ern part of -the , county, which hi concern could sunplyj . ; . j ... Great -difficulty -is being "expert I. enoed in transportation of.' maoftin- 'ery to the site. The . mill Operator, : whan i they ."".ahnt, .down 'their- Jose' I phlne, .county plant, shipped. J car load of machinery to Klamath Fall' : over : the' Southorn Paciflo and 00 ' out Into 'the eastern Klamath oodn-5 'j try over'.;theN.f. C. ft, E... railroad. J From 'B6nonza'::tt was hecessary tt transport the' machinery bver roads ! mucky from, spring rains and snow. ', Particular trouble is -being experl- . enced In the transportation ot a big boiler Hat Is being moved from the railroad to tbe mill site on roller. I Purchased ; Longell Co, . The ' -Woodcock - brothers pur chased i some time ago the; Langelt . Lumber .company, a small, mill on Bryant; mountain. Not taken Wfth the site ..tills . mill ocoupled, they transported ) that . machinery of the . mill which iwas not obslete. to their -own site purchased from a rancher several miles away. With- their own machinery and new equipment they will build 'an. efficient plant. ? ; Mr., Woodcock was ot tbe dpInTon' ' that market conditions did not-war-' ' rant the high price of pine timber ' paid in Klamath Falls. He cited a number of prices paid for timber units recently ,(as examples ,of orbltant prices. He attributed Me high, timber "prices to " i lumber boom. . v WILL Rt'Jf JAMT.iSJR Gilbert Wilcks and Billy Dreen left tor Pelican Bay's logging - camp Wednesday. They will run the jam mer, . Wicks being en engineer and Breen a top-toador. : , - IN FOR WEEK-E.XD. ,. .J' Earl Wright, brakeman for the Chlloquln Lumber company, wna In tow.n over the week-end on business and pleasure. . ' 1 (Continued on Page Eight). -r