VOL. I.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1925
Number 13
PLANING ILL .
REMODELING IS i
NOW COMPLETE!
Pelican's Re-Arrangement
of Planing Mill Prove
Satisfactory
I'l'lli'un Buy I .it in 1m r company's
nnw pinning mill ro-urriiiiKi-mniit Iiuh
been completed, anil ew-rylhliiK hi
worklim Hiiiiintlily. Tim mily nddl
1 1 on nl equipment wiih u n-saw, but
Urn pinners nml iciuiwh, both on the
bevel hIiIIiik side mill I he common
mill tllmi'imluii n!il am no ni riuiKi cI
Hint lumber may bo seal lliriiiiiili
with n ti 1 1 it t in ii 1 1 ii f mini power.
Tim li'ii k Ii nf rii- transfer dock
linn been liirri'UKml twenty feet, nml
n now transfer Itinlulli'il.
Tl plant Hi II now kinmlH l mm
of lliu must efficient, planing mills
In lliu coii n I ry, th Ijivi.1 Hiding
equipment being xi'loiinlly well
iirriinniul. Two largo riirkn for the
mining of Hit) In vc by li'tiiiili. width,
nml grndo hlivo been rom iili l i l nml
are In ime.
J., A. Edmisscn Starts Con
struction on Small
Plant ,
CouHlriinliui liim begun on lliu
new mill lo bo built seven mllin
north of Lnki-vlew by J. A. Knils
hcii. Tin' mill Klll .liinu a itlivirinr
rig ii'nd liuvn- a i-iipnrlly of toil
tliuuminil pit ilny.
Thit mill hnn sufficient limber
for s throe-year run. F.dmlst:..-n
liliinn lo iloiiblii ltd cupm-lty next
year.
i
SIXTH STREET CO.
NEARLY READY TO
START OPERATION
Tho framework of tint Hlxth Sireet
1, umber I'onipiiuy'a plant hi roin
plete, und part of lliu machinery tu
In place. IncIiidiiK the pinner nml
reiinw. Tbeiio will bn Riven a pre
liminary try out ell her today or to
morrow. .
Work on the flnlnhliiK of tho plant
' will bo riiuheil an fun! uu pon.ilbU. Ah
noon mi thn mntehor In ready for
operation hIiIIiik fur tho Mrucluro
will bu run.
to i,os A.(ii:i,i:s
J. O. Ithmlim, imrrulury of the
1'ellnin flty e.iminunliy club, left
Bui unlay for lain AnKelim, where lie
will attend tha Shrine con ventluii
. held In thai city. .
i
Frank G. Ewing, Shaw
Bertram Scaler, Com
poses Several Songs
1' . '
Frank 0. Kwlng, scaler nt Shaw
Jlnrlrum camp for tho piml f our
years, is a lumhnrjKck merely 11.1 n
slilo lino, Kwlng Is a miislciil com
poser of note, having published sev
eral songs, fur which h composed
both tho word9 and music
Among I'm 'songs, published by
Kwlng am "You Are My Same Sweet
Oli'l," "One Spotlight," n fox trot,
"Old Hoy Uubbontlu," 1111 orches
tration, "You Aro My. S11I1111 Sivoet
fllrl" Ih on suit) nt tho mmlc. Htoren
Ploro, nnd has been feiilured by thn
Vorgnnlst at Iho rl'lno Tree Mientro.
Pliiynr plnn.0 rolls nnd Vlet.ir rec
ords of tho sung ni) iiImi 011 snlo;
Kwlng Is ut proseiu composing 11
Tux. trot wli loll will bo nnllllod
"Prnncln', Illues." Hay Hlbbler, a
prominent composer uf Chicago, Ii
collaborating; with him In tho com
, position of (his woi'K, ..t. "
UKLVILW HAS i
r m ii rm ii nnn i i
Jll'iU I tltli MILL
COMPOSER OF
cnmnciAifMc
juivuj vuuiiiij
IN THE IOCS!
When It Came to
Benny Knew
f IMS II
ir.:rs
k-,., . Z .V.W-.,;,?
tot
j llorniiso ho win no much jouiu;
' or than Bubo nml wiih brought lb
, camp when u small cjilf, Benny was
always called Urn Little llluu Ox
i ulth'jiiKh hi) wim iiulli) a chunk f
nil ti ii 1 ma I. Ili'iiny could net, or
'riilhiir, would not hsul ai much as
j lluliu nor wiih ho an iruiiuhlo but
Miij raiihl nil mora.
I l'n ii I Kuk Benny for nothing from
in farmer near Hungr, Maine. T'lorti
I wo nit enough milk fur thu llttla
) fellow mi liu hnil to bu we med when
three iluyi olil. Thi fiirmor only
IiikI forty acres it bay ituil by llm
1 1 ill u Ili'iiny wait a week olil he hail
tu il!nmnu of him for link of (;o I.
I'liu calf wim uikU'I liourlHlii-il a ill
', 1 1 ! y weighed two limn when 1'aul
; Kut lilni. I'aul drive fr::m Hunger
(.lit 13 lliu Urn .1 i u .irt i:rn camp'uear
i Devil's Luke, Ncrth link ta. that
jnlnlit and led Denny behind the
h1iiIk!i. WeHturn ulr uKreed with
jthn lltllu calf nnd every tl mo I'nul
looked back at hhil he was two
' feel taller. '
When they arrived lit camp,
Ilenny wau k'vcii a SooU feed of
Machinery Arrives
For Klamath Lumber
And Millwork. Plant
A carHuul of machinery arrived
yesterday morning for the Kliimaili
Lumber and Millwork company's
plant, which Is adjacent to the Sixth
Street Lumber company's operation.
Work nil thu .Insinuation of the new
iliiii hliiery will he complete by tho
end of the week.
1,1 MIlKltM.W I.KAVKS
It, 11, While, president of t!ie
I Sawmill Sales corporation, of Kan
ibiis Clly, Missouri, left for tho Inline
sinu 1 tin 0 in Mamaili, county 111
speciliig various sawmill operation.
T-ie Huwailll Sales corporation con
trols 18 sawmill companies llirwugh
0111 tho I'nlted Stales,
I'Oltl) H'.MItlOlt IMtODlCTIDX
j 'Ford organizations utilize n inll
1 llon'feet of luiiiber n day. The eom
i puny owns almost one-half million
mres of timber hind In northern
.Michigan nnd rio.Otiu acres In Ken
lucky. The company operates n bat
tery of S2 dry kilns.
IN I ItO.M IIO NAN ..I
T. II. .Iiicobs, ('. O. Wallace, Har
old Fliickiis, 11. Pound and I'eto
I'licllberry worn In town Monday
from tho Lbng Pino Lumber com
pany's sawmill flvb miles north of
I lull uu 7.11. Long Pine's operations
wore slopped fo a day or two by
the heuvy rain.
l'ltOiM ciiiLoonv
Knil WiIkIiI wiih In town Snt
urdiiy nnd Siindny from Chlloqiiln.
IN VUOil 'SPltAOl'F. '
Knil II ol In 11 ii , superintendent of
llio .Cnmphell-Towlo mill on Spruguo
river, wns In town over the week
end. i
L-i'::.Lzil
Eating Hots
His Apple Sauce
buffalo milk ami flapjack ami put
Into n ha tn by bliimiilf. Next morn
ing, the barn wan goac. Liter It
kuh discovered on Benny's back an
bu maiiiperi.'d nvcr t 'o cleorluKH.
Ho hail outgrown bin bi n In olio
nll-lit. '
I!"nny win very noilon.il anil
would never pull a loa 1 uiIo.ih there
wim snow in the k"'iiiI to Bflcr
Ilia Hprluij tluiwu I hey had to while
U'linh 111 11 logging r mix to fn-,1 lilni.
(Ilu'.luiiy killed Bonny, lie hud u
Hi ii n In fur pun ia ken mid unit to ik
row of two hundred men wan kept
bimy makliiK cuke for 'llm. One
tilKht lie puwed und bellswed mid
t'lrcHlicil bin tall iiluul till the wind
uf ll blew down what plno i'aul
bad lefl l.m lliu; In Dak tu. At
breakfimt time he b.'whu Incite, tore
down the cook bhunty und beKan
boltliiK paneakes.. In bin ureeil he
nwallo tid thn red lui buvo. Iml!
i:iitlon net In und no!h!n;s ojuld
fcuve hi ill. Wat ill ipoHltlon wue
Hindu of tit billy Ii u mutter uf
intiyntc. One oldlliner claims that
the iiutfll he workH f'r b:ui;ht u
hind quarter of the rari'inii In lsr.7
und made r.rned bi-ef.of It. He
thinks they havo neveral rarloads of
It left.
Another niith irily iitatea that the
buly of Jlenny win ilraKRed t i a
safe illsluiicc from the North Dako
ta camp nnd burled. When the
ourth wti4 shoveled back It mado u
nv.und Ihul furmed the Illnck Hills
(la South Dakota.
I t'uts nnd text courtesy Hod
Hlvcr Lumber Company
Case Is Dropped
Against Western
Mill Operators
Quarrel Over Name
Western White Pine
Dies Out
WASHINGTON. I). C.-Dismissal
of complaints iignlnst five western
luinbor companies has been announc
ed by the federal Irado commission.
Tho rum plaints, naming the Coutir
d' Alone Mill comp.iii.v, Coeur d'
Aleno, Idaho; Orande Itondo Lum
ber company. Perry, Ore., McGold-rick-
Lumber company, Spokane,
Wash., Deer Park Lumber company.
Deep Park, Wa-h nnd Slievlln-llix-on
ccnipany, Dend, Ore., had charg
ed (he companies wlt'.i selling west
ern pine us western white plno. Th.
complJints wore dlsoilssed on Ihe
ground that before they were serv
ed an the ,'espniidenls the practice
complained vf had been dlKontinu
od. Cfimmljjsloners ThonipK.ni and
NitKtnt dissented from the dismis
sals. . -
r.
IN.Il'KKS KI.N'OKtt ,
(llonn I'nrkur has n badly lacerat
ed finger as n result of having tho
door of his coupe closed on It.
IN TOWN
Mickey Delaughtery is in town
from Pelican liny I'limps. Mickey
il eel 11 res Hint It Is going to ' be n
bard, hard winter.
FUOM LAKMVIKW
Air. Vlley, Mt Ihn firm of Fuvelln
nnd Ulley, roallor.1 nml timber
brokers of Liikoview.' wns a busi
ness visitor; In Klamath Falls the
first of 1)10 week. ' ' ' ,
EIU1 MAKES
RECORD SCALE
.DURING MDNTH
Joe Truschon and Ray 'Cyr
Do Their Stuff With
a Vengeance
The logging camp of the Ewaiina
Hox eimpany )uded out well over
nix million feet I. ml monlh, uciord
liiK to Head Scaler furl Langu,
who wan In from camp Monday.
This In one of the hiKhc.it, If not
tho hiKhegt. Kettle ever made by a
sliiKle Jammer ramp in Klamath
county. Twi full days were l't by
the camp I. tut month, and Superin
tendent Ju k VlUalr experts to bet
ter t"ic record thin mmlh.
Tile eamp shipped an uveraKe of
n und 28 cars per day, which 13
Hi.'Ven or elKht cars above the aver
age. One of the inoHt remarkable
thiugd ub:ut tho record Is that Joe
Tru.ti'h in actually waxed futter dur
ing the month. Perhaps Ray Cyr it
beeotnlnx no adept that Jnc's wJrk
Is eafier, or It may bo that he
thrive 011 hard wirk. 1
Buny;
an Never
Did It, Says
Pelican Man
1). f. Hill, Pelican City tiuck pilot
has openly queitioned ths veracity
cf the I.u:ubtrl:f no
Hill declares
that the huntlnj expl:it of P. I!un
nn related In l.ie lint lssuo Is Im
possible, for belrled the same nri
thod himwelf und rail.'d.
Ktirly la.-t wcek-lllll borrowed n
venerable fowling piece from Speed
Wonley 'with whl.-h to shoot a dog.
He took (he dog to a safe distonJe
from camp, took careful aim, and
fired. When the smoke and fl.'ing
parts cleared away, Hill discover
ed that be was .holding nothing but
tho stock of the gun. Iletr.ember
lng tho Ilunxun account, ho peered
In cvory direction to discover what
else ho might have shot, but could
see nothing. Kvea the dog had
disappeared.
YATKS MAX HKKK
C. M. Tuley, representative of the
P. B. Yntus Machine company, re
turned to Klnmnth Falls early last
week after spending three weeks In
California in the interests of his
company. "
Performance Reflects Cred
it on Both Pupils and
Instructors
The Operetta entitled "The Wind
mills of Holland." given by the Ten
nnnt school pupils in the school
auditorium Wednesday was a great
TENNANT SCHOOL
OPERETTA IS. A
GREAT SUCCESS
""""" """ """'""h " mm iii invoice forms, from thousands of
prulfo. That it was such a success 1 varieties to three,, was added the
wns duo to Ihe untiring efforts of reduction in sizes of. sand lime brick
pur teachers, Proferuor John Lilt- ( tr0 n, i ( , 3; reduction of varle
troll, Mrs. ('has. King and Mrs. Dale llos of- milling cutters from 9!)4 to
"'" jfiTO. and varieties of paving brick
The fairyland scenes with tho lit- i troin five to four "recognised
tin girls nil In white and the hoys sizes." This industry, one of the
ns Brownies nnd Indiana, and the
scenes in Holland with the wlnd
mllls.lie girls In their quaint Dutch
costtinioH nnd wooden shoes were
most attractive, and worked nut
very realistically.
Howard (llllem as Mynheer Her
togenbosh. llaltie i Majors as the
good liniisfraii. Dorothy Murphey
and Vlvl Perry as their beautiful
daughters. Furl Dlskln and Merle
Poery. the lovern of the two girls,
nnd Wnuno McDonald, n traveling
snlesnian from America nil sang
their parts bcaurtfully. ns did the-
Duleh girls and hoys of (ho chorus,
, Tenniint la . juslly proud of its
school, , mid the Operetta was nn ex-
cedent climax to a successful year,'
Hill Hunter's First Sawmill
Was a Timber Slashing Hussy
The flrnt Hawinlll that K. Hill 1 twenty nawyers had loss on the car
llunter ever d'niKned and construct- riaces, nnd were grasping their Joy
ed was I'uul fiunyan's little tie mill sticks In eager expecluney. Hili
located In the exact center of .Vorth !
Dakota. I'aul bad been hacking IiIb I
own ties, but decided thai he lost
too much time changing axes when
they wore out, so he determined to
build a mill. Thu ties that Paul
used on the raid road In Dakota were
not nearly sV large as those used at
tho Hlg Onion camp the winter of
the big snow; In fact, some of the !
big fir mills on the const at the 1 I'll fix it."
present time could nearly saw one of , Mr. Hunter dashed to tho eook
them. The problem was, of course, houve and returned carrying four of
to get a mill that could turn them Sourdoug-h Sam's steam potato
out fast enough.
Accordingly, having heard of the
ambitious young contractor, F. Hill
Hunter. I'nul placed a contract with
him for the building of a little tie
mill. Hunter was allowed absolute
ly free rein, and all ihe help and ma
terial that he required. Paul didn't
show up on the job til the mill was
completed, although he could hardly
wait to see it. At last the great day
for the first turn over of the mill
came, and Paul hustled back from
California curly that morning, eager
10 see his new mill.
It was a magnificent structure
that met bis gaze when bo arrived.
Maul bad insisted that there be but
one baud. In order that the mill
might not take up more room than
North Dakota. Hill Hunter had lived
up to the letter of tho law. There
was but one band, but there were
twenty stories to the mill, and on
each floor was a snappy shotgun
rig. The one band extended from
tiie first floor to the twentieth, and
I JIJ . . . ...
uiii luv DtiKiiiK lur uu 11113 riga. .111.
Bunyan
at. the
gasped In astonishment
inventive genius of . Hill
Hunter. '
The boilers wore at full pressure.
every man was In his place, the
Commerce Dept.
Studies Lumber
Will Attempt to Simpli
fy Clerical Side of
Industry
The lumlier industry is receiving
its share of Attention fronf the di
vision of simplified practice, ac
cording to a recent report of the
department of commerce. During
the first quarter of 1925 eight sur
veys were begun and 1 1 preliminary
conferences wore held. One of the
conferences wns on (ho subject of
sash, door nnd millwork.
1 Active projects upon which the
division'Is at work include some 55
items, among which eight hnve 'to
do with the lumber or woodwork
ing industries. One "simplified
.practice" alone, which has been
studied, thoroughly, it is claimed
by the National Association of
Purchasing Agents, would create a
saving of more than 115.000,000
I'.iinuully In misunderstandings,
clerical holu nnd other wastes to
business houses of the country, in
' the reduction of varieties of in-
jquiry, purchase orders, nnd Invoice j
i forms. ' ' I
I Dnrfnir Ibe ouerter four fmnnrt-!
jnnt simplification programs were
put Into effect. In addition to the
o i ue
s' ln;
r and
reduction 111 commercial forms.
I IU'IIUK illinium, uvuciuiau UllIL-1 U1IU i
I n1S t cooperate with the division 1
In weeding out excess varieties,
started four -years ago, when 00
varieties were made. Surveys re
vealed that the demand was con
centrated largely In 11 sizes. In
successive conferences those sizes
which fail to supply a certain small
percentage of the demand have been
weeded out from the, "recognized
list" until lint foul' remain.
TO IIAI5U1MAX I.OIX.'K
Harry Monroe, Pete Neilson, and
Mr. und Mrs. W. M. Montnllus took
n voyage (o Ilnrrimnn Lodgo In the
good ship Kdlpso Sunday. Neilson
; reports tho cntch of a fine rainbow
'trout, .
Hunter gave the signal for thai
whistle to blow. It blew, but the'
great band refused to start
Hill Hunter dashed down stairs, .
returning almost Instantly.
"I have discovered thn trouble,
Mr. Bunyan. The bunglers that
poured the concrete foundation ce
mented the bottom band wheel right
Into the block
Out Just a moment.
mashers. He Jacked up each corner
jof the mill, connected each masher
to Hi? mill and to the foundation,
affixed team lines from the boiler
room to each one. and stood, back
and gave the signal. The mill shot
up in the air forty feet and down
forty feet five hundred times each
second. Lumber tumbled over the
green chain faster than fifty graders
could mark it. Slabs tumbled from
the conveyor chain so fast that the
entire state of South Dakota was
covered before the astonished Mr.
Bunyan could set fire to the slab
pile. " The men were made rather
sea sick at first by the rapid up and
down motion, but they soon became
accustomed to it, and the tie output
was remarkable.
The only mistake that Mr. Hunter
made in the design of this mill was
in the smokestacks. Thoy ' drew
beautifulls. but It was necessary to
put a sort or drawbridge attach
ment on them to lower them so that
the clouds could pass by.
Lesser inventors copied the prin
ciple of this great invention, calling
their device . Jig'gang saw. ; The
truth of this story is vouched for by
the fact that the jig-gang Is still
I being used.
Kiwanis Club Is
Entertained By
Shasta View Co.
The Shasta View Lumber and Box
company was host to the Kiwanis
club at their weekly luncheon. Re
freshments were served to the mem
bers of the club In the company office-
by Mrs. Marion Nine and Miss
Florence Murphy. After the lunch
con the club was shown through tbe
new sawmill plant.
1 INJURED EYE
James Skyler, locomotive fire
man from tho Lamm Lumber com
pany, was srtuck, in the eye by a
gravel thrown by a partridge which
flew from the highway when he was
returning to camp with superin
tendent Claude Houghton. Sky
ler is receiving treatment in Klam
ath Falls this week.
ALGOMA DEFEATS
, PELICAN 15 TO 9
! Pelican Bay Lumber company was
defeated by Algoma's nine Sunday
at Pelican City by tbe score of 15 to
9. The Algoma team played excel
lent ball, but the Pelican Bay nine
I dl(1 not seem to be u" to 8n,,fr
i
Tackson May Enter
Plumbing Business
It Is rumored that Ace Jnckson
is going into the plumbing business,
as a result of his experience in the
construction of the new alrdome on
Qrrgon avenue. Jackson has a wide
reputation ns an nuthority on the
virtues of black over galvanized
pipe. Incidentally, Jackson is con
templating the purchnso of a new
pair of "cheaters" with which to
Scan the eily ordinances.
Shasta View Men
Present Purse To
Newhouse's Child
.Tho mill crew of tho Shasta View
Lumber and Box company made up
n purse of $150 nnd presented it to
tho nlno year old daughter of C.
Newhouse, who was accidentally kill
ed nt the plant Saturday afternoon.
ilLLIRKER IS
KILLED AT THE
C. Newhouse Loses Life
When Sleeve Catches
. in Live Rolls
C. Newhouse was almost In
stantly kilted at the plant of the
Shasta View Lumber and Box com
pany Saturday afternoon when hla
arm becrfme entangled in the live
rolls behind the head rig. His una
was torn from his body near the
shoulder and he died a few
minutes later from loss of blood
and shock. ,
None of the men In the mill saw
Newhouse nntll ho was hopelessly
caught. He was working us off
bearer behind the head rig, but be
was entangled in thu rollers fully
ten feet from his usual place. It Is
not known just bow he hanpened
to leave his accustomed . position,
but it is thought that his hook be
came caught in a slab, and thut he
either did nut let. go, or ran arter
it when his sleeve caught.
Newhouse is survived by a widow
and a nine-year-old girl. The body
was shipped to Denver, . Colorado, .
for interment. . . ,
Newhouse worked most of lust'
season at the Ewauna sawmill. Ho
was active in tho-Salvntion Army
unit in Klamath Falls. , .
Eating Is What
Pelican Crews
Are Fondest Of
The feeding bf a crew of three
hundred men Is no small task, and
to those unfamiliar with the culin
ary arrangements for large crews
seems to approach the reputed
methods of the well known logger.
Paul Bunyan, who had so much
trouble with cooks' getting lost be
tween the- root cellar and the kitchen
that he had to divide up his crews,
The crew of the Pelichn Bay Lum
ber company's Pelican City plant
consumes 400 pounds of meat, 45
dozen eggs. 450 pounds of flour, 101)
gallons of milk, and sugar, fresh nnd
dried fruits, and other staples In
like proportion.
The -preparation of this food re-
j quires three cooks, Jimmy Hicks,
Jack Eisner, ana Pete .e1130n, a
baker, with two assistants, and
helpers and flunkies to the total uf
sixteen.
In addition to tho three regular
meals, a midnight dinner Is served
to the night shifts of the box fac
tory and sawmill. .
TENNANT WINS
LI
Two Runs Scored in First
Inning; 8 Innings of .
Air Tight Ball
Lhmni's. nine lost to tho Tenniint
team Inst Sunday ( by the scorn
of 2 to 0. Tho game wug played
at Tennant. Tenniint scored twleo,
in the first Inning. ..After tho first
both teams played air tight ball for
the remainder of the gume.
The Lamm battery consisted of
Tex Harmon, pitcher, und Kmmet.
Chldester, catcher.. ' ;
. Four cars made the trip from
Modoc Point. On tho return trip
the entire pury lost the road and
did not reach Kliimutli Falls until
1:30 Monday morning.
, Those making the trip deoiare
that it was the most sutlsi'nclory
game of the Timber league Bcumin.
Lamm's mill Is to be congrutitlit"d
on making such an excellent show
ing against tho Tennant team, which
is considered the strongest In the
leiiguii, ott Tonnant's homn fluid,
and after taking a long and tire
some drive,
SHASTA SAWMILL
FROM
I
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EXCITING GAME