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THE LUMBERLOGUE
fAliHJ ELEVEN
iTWO OREGON MILLS
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NEW 110
Wooden rails, Home Made
. Trucks, and Gasoline
Locomotive Used
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Faced wllh n dlHtnncn ami ground
condition between woods unci plant
(hit Hindu loum logging economic
ttlly mi ftmallilu, Uockwullor llrolli
erg, l'ueos, Nuw Mexico, operator
, ol I lO.UOO-foot sawmill In llio
Kantn I'o futloiinl Kurost, Imvo
constructed a IiikkIiik railroad with
wooden rutin t It it t turn put their op
eration ngulu on a pruclcul b:isl.
For several yourn tho ownum of
tlio Dockwollor sawmill liuiulk-d
log from thn woods to Ilia mill In
th time-honored way common to
mini 1 1 operations, that Is, by team
and wagon. Ah Iuiik km tlm cutting
arena were close to tlm mill, wugon
Impl worked pretty wull, nnil by
charging In tho usual cohI or team
and wagon haullntr. they wero able
to munifnrlum I urn her nt a total
coat Hint ttt 111 permitted a mnrKln of
profit.
Knrly In 1921, however. Doek-
. waller Ill-others cut but tho lint
of thnlr block Unit wan close to tilt'
mill 11 n a found that tho noxt tim
ber avnlliibln would , have, ig b
buulod nu average of two mllea
through a nurruw canyon with
boggy ground. Now a logging rail
road for a 10.0U0.foot sawmill In
not tho usual tlilnic. nl least In
Now Mexico. Nevertheless, punt ex
periences with teams and wagons
Indicated Hint, undur ilia condi
tions, li'UIll logging wan out o' .n'
question,
A track Hint liax a mlulumm
grade of IS per vent aud an nvr
ami Kruilo of 7 per cent win Hid
without grading except on "iirvoi
nnd across low pluces. Thn Him err
, 4x11 4-foot lawn, inumly, from
western yellow pluu or audi titer
nntlvo species an ant at bund. Tit?
ralla nro Iix4) Inches, iiIho of pine,
and carry a lx4-lnclt top plate,
which Ik rnpluced an aocllnna wolf
out. Two and one-half mllea of
track have, noun built tho complete
construction cost of. which In IJ5JS.
with a mnlnlunnnce coat of I.i3
for 148 duys of actual operation.
Thn logging truckti follow the
4 Ronurnl type of railroad Iok enrs
ii nd cost 2iiu enclt, Tltoy nro
mininfod on eight dump cur wheels
oaolt ,14 Inchon In dlnmutot, with
throe-Inch face .mid 1 I t Inch
flange. Tho bunks am five feel
wldo and 10 foot apart. Thn liolgr.t
is 23 Indies from top of rull to top
of bunk An much ua 1700 foot !ia
acalo bai boon hnulnd to s .iuk,
but 1000 feet pur truck Ik nearer
. tho usual haul,
Tho locoinollvo or powo.' unit l.i
a Dodgo autoniobllo, cut down liolli
In lonRlh and width and equipped
with four drlvu wheels Hie i.aino
slxo na tho truck whoola. Triinsutls
lon gears Imvo boon . changed io
oa to Rlvo oqual apeod olllior lor
ward or bnckward, which oliml
natea tho nocoaalty for turnlnR. Tho
coat of the locomotlvo crmpUtej
waa $418. Tho powor unit r.nd
trurka nro equipped with compound
brakna that work on Him whcol
facoR llko tba brnkos of o'dli.niv
, railroad cara.
DurlnK 148 nlno-hour d.iyi alnco
tho railroad atartod thoro bai boon
put-Into Ilia mill an avarip of
B40S foot Iok ncnln,por day over ait
nvoraRo, dlalanco of two mllea ut
nn avornRo coat of 12.07 per lhm
nnd foot. It la anticipated tint, with
onrly difficulties worked jut nnd
s with avorytlilnR runnliiR miouthly.
thn IokkIiir cnata can Da reduced
innturlnlly during ltliiO. If ho, it
Noenta poaalbla that itnckwollor
Hrotliora linvo Vnnclted a solution (if
tbo problem of logging siniiU bodloa
of tfrnlier Hint nro liincceaalbla to
tnnm linttl on account of dlntntice
or tinfnvoriible IokkIiik coiidllloiiH.
l.OHHKIt i.niti:i)
Jack ,lenHon wim very wirloiiHly
Injured yoHtnrtlny afternoon nt tho
logglug citmp of the Ewiiimit Ilox
company Vf)loy Chlloqiiln -when a
log rolled on hltn. I'lto cxiut ex
tenf jifiTils ,lnJy;'l0H la not known its
yet, but tlio phyalclunn In ehnrgo of
tho caaj ftfif Inlornhl Injtirlos. He
la nt tho Klnmhth Clunernl, hoapltul.
l.OSKH FI.NUKIl
(Jnrl Itobluy lost tho third finger
on bin loft hnnd In it anw nt tbo
Ewnunn Hox' tuntory yeaterdny. Hla
other flngnra wnro Injurod, hut It
wnn only nucennary to .npiputflto
the bnn, ' , .
liltTC I'HUVICNTION
; Slnco tho limtnllatlon of tho asnrk
arrester on thnijnnjmor, rtittch John,
flromrtri',;' IV 'krowmg' "b'"1iuio 'fiiat
on hla hand, as ho ian't troubled nny
mora by sparks singing the scanty
fnllngn. "Moln tlnlt, und ran you
boat it?"
ACQUIRED BY THE
SHANNONCOMPANY
Kliiiiiiiiin I.iiiiiber company of
Aberdeen hu (liken orur two old
mi v. mill nltea tit Wullon, Ore,, liulf
wny bntwocn Mtipleton und Ku
Rene, with pinna for aiurtlnK operu
tlona nt once, uccorditiR to un
iiouucumiinl of W, M. (ioclireud of
Hunker Hill. I'ont office itiiino
for Wnllon will bo changed to
Hhaiuioii, Willi. Hio urrlviil of thu
new Rriiup.
Khnnnon I.iitubor company nn
pucta to tiporuto two mllla, with a
Mr. Ma N ii aa auperlntniidunt, A
town of UCO to 300 pornona will
be furiund within tho flrnt year,
accordliiR to prvaunt plana.
Oovltrend, now owner of Dunk.
or Hill depurtmont atoro, la pro-
pnrltiK to altlp Itla atock to Walton
ami will conduct a atoro thoro, He
will nlao bo uaaoclutod lu tho mill
project.
PELICAN CAMPS
WriU'a luaurnnre
J. K. Alexandor hat roalitncd Ji la
ponllion na tlmo keepor at camp
one, nnd la now wrltliik Innuruuco
at Klttmath Fulln.
.New Arrivals
AmonR Hid now urrlvnla In comp
nro Mrs, K, Owaely nnd fumlly and
Mm. W, .Mentltorn und du-URhtnr,
Marlon.
Ilmia Hperilcr
Dale lloovnr la now runnlux tba
speeder at Camp 3. .
How TlniektK'pcr
Hubert Hlcknoy Is our new tlmo-
knopor nt camp 1, roplacluc J. K.
'Aluxnndor. I
'. At (.'nntp 2
Floyd IMovcr Is back at Camp 2
an blacksmith helper.
New Line
' Cuiup Clerk Hukcii Is now hnndl-
Iiir brick lea cronm In tho couimls-
sury at Cimp 1.
To Klamath
C. CI. Hoover and family motored
to Klamath Kulls Kntiirday evening.
Trapping Keui.au hjtrly
Tho trnpplni! aonaon nl -I'tsllcan'
cam in tins Diionnd nt an . unimunlly
aarly date this souitou. Ciiuip Clark
Ilunon ruporu the t.iUlnn of fur
bcnrlng mtiuna lust week. Ilngon -i
eagerly bunllng through , thn fur
ciilitlugtios for tho liitc.it quotations
on mouso polls.
New Kill hen Help
Vim Ivorcno Hoover and Mrs.
Burr Oiinley nro now with tho kitch
en forco at Camp 1. '
COOS BAY STILL ON
FIVE DAY SCHEDULE
COOS HAY, Juna 3. Humors
Hint tho C'oob Hay Lumber com
pany mllla la to run on a six-day
Mania worn 'denied this rooming by
J. H. Jeffrey, general manager. Jef
frey explained that the mill run
all day Saturday bo that loading or
thu Coos liny might bo completed,
aa tho ship must ho In Snn Frau
claco by Juno 6 for Inspection.
THOMI'SOX YAHIW
IN ,CAI.II'nXI.
flTOCKTON. Cttl., Juno 3. Ao-
rordlng 'to well authenticated ro-
porU, John Potor Thompson,, .for
merly operator of a largo string of
retail lumber yards throughout
Montana nnd tho upper Mississippi
valley, la tanking active prepara
tions to cxtund thn ncopo of lu ao
HvllOB to tho lower Snn Joaqiiln.val
loy, as a nuclona for furthor ex
pansion In this alato. IlumorB of
overtures mndo to yard owners In
Stockton, Lodl nnd Modoato Indicate
tho policy will he to purchnso estab
lished concerriB rathor than add to
tho number of existing ynrds. t A
CAT HKINXKH
Orant Flandera arrived hero Tues
clay to hkln eat, accepting a position
recently .vacated.
Rose Queenl 1
. Mrs. Itonnld J. Honeyman will reign
us "Queen HUzunno I" nt the Port
Inntl, Ore,, roo festival next month,'
A member of a plpnoor Portland
family;, aho will make her triumphal
(ntry op the hlstorlo battleahlR Ore.
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