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i .KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1925: , v
Number 14
WHEELER MILL
TO HAVE
IE
WHi r,t From Fifty
Sixty Thousand
Per Day
to
Whoolor-Olinstoid Lumber eo.n
puny la opening u now rump nhort
ly, loculoil un tho west ailu of tlm
Inko ill ilomeiteader's landing,, near
Odessa. Tiu duct 13 kit cut U
timber purchased ncimo yfijrn i"'
by the Whiiulcr-Olmiiioud romput:.'
from Major Wurilun. Thu loot will
bo hauled to tlm landing Wt n mo, IT
trucki, dumped lul j I ho '.iV 1.1 il
boomed (0 tho mill.
The camp will employ. nbmi. thir
ty men, sod cut between fifty and
sixth thousand feet of tlmlu.' per
dny. Julia AuU'n and Frol McMil
lan will contract tho truck'ug worn
with four flvo ton trucki.
Don Orojmo will bo In : Wgd
of tho now camp,
Whooler-Olnisluad's entire I04
upply will bo boomed In to ho 1 : 1 1
on tho lake, an tho otbur ru up v.p
plyliiK tho mill, that of 1 r i-1 !-
Puckolt, at Lohort Siding, ' lu
booming 1 1 h I ks down Wllllii'iion
rlvor and on down tho lnk.
Change Is To Be
. Madfc in Ewauna
Blacksmith Shop
By special request of Millwright
Martin, 8. C. Mlllnr.l nnd (.'. Put,
Ionian, tho emery when! In tho
Ewauna shop will either bo moved
or covered up wlion not In use.
Several day ago some ono care
lessly left tho ornery whool run
ning;. Mosquitoes from tho Inko
flocked In and sharpened lliulr bills
to auch a koon point that several
of tho man worn grievously pricked.
After that experience tho men
wore caroful to always turn off tho
power whon leaving. Hut Millard
declares . that tho big buck mos
q 11 It 00 can start tho motor ontilly,
o something will have to bo dono
about It , Immodlntely.
Tho Ewauna , Box company Is
erecting a warehouse next to tho
offlco building on Sixth street.
All Employees to be Insured
Without Medical
Examination
Tho Simula Vlow Lumber unci Box
company has adopted tho it roup In
surance plan rocontly Inkon by tho
Whoolof-Olmntead company and thu
Kwaunn- Box company. Undor thla
plan, onch laborer In tho employ of
the compnny la allowed 0110 thoiimtnd
dotlnra worth of Ufa Insuranco, ro
gardlosH of ago or physical condi
tion, and without modlcnl examina
tion., For thla protoction tho man
pays soventy cents por month.
Skilled laborers nra ullawod two
thousand dollars, and foremen and
sttporlntondontB nra allowed throe
thotmand dollars.
i Tho iiiBttranco Is Rood for thirty
days after1 tho man Innvna tho employ
of tho company through which ho
took tho Innuranco, nnd any tlmo
within that-thirty dnya lio may ollhor
convprt tho insuranco Into regular
llfo policy without examination, or
malto arrangements to keep up pny
monts to tho company through which
ho took out tho Insurance.".';"'.
In tho cano of C, NowIioubo, the
thirty days had not olnpaotl, Now
Iioubo had mndo no arriuiRomonts for
tho transfer of tho Insuranco, hut as
the. tlmo wns'not yet up lila widow.
Tocolvod tho thousand dollars.
.'Tho ' group 'insuranco which tho
local mills have boon adopting la
Afltnn Innuranco, handled by Jauios
ll. Drlscoll.
CAMP
AH
ODESSA
GROUP PLAN IS
ADOPTED BYTHE
SHASTA II GO
As an Inventor Paul Bunyan
Put Thomas Edison to Shame
flllll
Whim Paul liivoiiti'd lodging ho
had to Invent all tho tools nnd fie
ri re out all his own methods. Tliero
wcra no precodimts. At tho start
his ottttlt foniilxtcd of Ha lie and his
big axii.
No logging Jobs can bo liantllod
exactly tho samn way so I'aul adapt
ed bis opuratlons to locul conditions.
In thn uioiintnlus hu used Ilabe to
pull Hie kinks out of tho crooked
logging rondn; on the lllg Onion ho
begun I hw system hniillng a suc
tion of land nl a time to the land
ings and In North Dakota ho used
the Seven Axemen.
At Unit time marking legs ns
not thought of: I'aul had no iioed
for Identification when tliero wore
no logs hut his own, About tho time
ho started tho Atlantic Ocean drive
others hnd como Into tho Industry,
and although their combined cut was
Insignificant compnred to Paul's,
I hero was duniier of confusion, and
Paul hnd most to Iohv.
At .first Paul marked his logs by
Cv VY-v
pinching a pleco out of" each log.
When his cut grew so targe thnt tho
marking bad to be detailed to tho
crews, tho "sculp" on ouch, log was
put on with an axe. for oven In
those days not ovory man could nip
out tho chunk with his fingers.
Tho Grlndstono was Inventod by
Pnul tho winter he logged oft North
Dakota. Hoforo that Paul's axemen
had to sharpen their axes by rolling
rocks down hill nnd running along
sltlo of thiSm. Whon they got to
Great Saving Is
Effected By Swan
Lake Moulding Co.
A now device Installed . by the
Swan La lio Moulding compnny In
creases tho oulpitt of he plant lit
least 2r por cont, and - when the
weather . gets warmer will mount
still higher, ' according to K111II
Larson, manager. '
Hitherto Master Sawyer Frank'
Gabriel hnB had to walk clear to
tho road to got a drink of water,
but now tho company hns installed
a drinking fountain in the build
ing. According to Lurnen, tho' sav
ing on 'employes 'alitor than tho
sawyer Is' negligible, but that that
ono saving amounts to a great deal,
4MM'H .CAMP - VIHITOIW
Mr, and Mrs. William Ulemont
wore in town last Wodnomlny after
noon, accompanied by Mrs. Clem
ent's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ilnrry
Wlurd, who hovo boon visiting tho
Clotrionts at Lamm's camp. Mr.
Clement rotttrnqd to camp Wednes
day afternoon, but Mrs. . Clement
remained In Klnmath J''alls until
Bnltirdny, when bor parents loft
tor their homo. .' .
" It Ik Dlelt," as the Lumberjacks
called Dakota, hills and rocks were
so hard to find that Paul rigged up
the revolving rock.
This was much appreciated by the
Seven Axemen as It enabled them to
grind an uxo in a week, but the
grindstone was not much of a bit
with the I. lltlo Chore Hoy whoso
Job It was to turn It. The first
stone wits so big that working at
full speed, every . time ll turned
around onco it was pay-day.
The Little Chore ISoy led a strenu
ous life, lio was only a kid and
like all yoiiirgsters putting In the.lr
first winter In I lie woods, lie was
put over the Jumps by tho oldiimers.
His regular work was heavy enough,
spllltlng nil the wood for the camp,
carrying the water nnd packing
lunch to the men, but his hazers
sent him on all kinds of wild goose
errands to all purls of the works,
looking for a "iefl-banded peavy"
or a "bundle of croKs-buuls."
Ho had to take a lot of good
nnlured roughneck wit about his size
for ho only weighed Klio pounds
and a couple of surclnglcB made a
bell for him. What bo lacked In
size ho made up 111 grit and tho men
secretly respocted bis .gameness.
They said ho might uitike a pretly
good man If ho ever got any growth,
and considered II n necessary educa
tion to 'give . Ill 111 a lot of extra
chorea. '
It was n long time before they
solved the problem of turning log
ging sleds around III tho road. When
a sled returned from the landing and
put on a load they hnd to wait until
Paul camo along to pick up tho tour
horses and, tho lond and head them
the other way. Judson M. Goss says
hu worked for Paul tho winter ho In
vented tho round turn.
All of Paul's Inventions were suc
cessful cicopt when ho decided to
run three ten-hour shifts n day and
Installed tho Aurora Iloreulls. , After
n number of trials the plan was
abandoned becnu'so tho lights wore
not doponditblo.
-Cuts nnd Text courtesy of Hod
Itlvor Lumber Company.
Battle Of Giants
Is Staged At The,
Pelican Bay Camps
Tho Southern Pncltlc-ITUI lino con
troversy that Is forward in Klam
ath Falls tit tho present Is ns nothing
to tho buttle of the laundry Inter
ests. that Is waging In Pelican liny
Camp 'l. .
Tho Identity of the onieiing Inter
ests could noli bo ascertained, but
C. 1. llugon, clorlt of Camp 1, Is loud
In voicing the reliability of his own
agency, and In voicing the general
.unreliability of tho competitors. Al
tlto moment of going to press there
was no Information from the scono
of action other than tho representa
tives of lha giant tubbing companies'
were still at a deadlock. ' , ,
(JO I'lHHINtl
F.arl l'o.it'Bon nnd K. W. Du Rno,
of the Sixth Street Lumber company
woro among the first of tho sonson
to make tho trip to Diamond Lake.
The two men mndo tho trip a week
ngo last Buntluy, bucking snow tot1
a considerable portion o( thu way.
They imttlo, an oxccllunt catch.
TENNANT- AN
LC
W I N
LEAGUE GAMES
Thirty-Five Rooters Attend
the Game at Tennant
From Algoma
Pelican Hay defeated Lamm's
mill 27 to 7 and Tennant defeated
Algoma. 12 to 0, In the third Sun
day 'of llio Tltnborieague, season.
Pelican Day ran ( away from
Lnmrn's completely in tho second
Inning when the Pellennitos f."ored
fourteen runs before the vlidtors
could put three of them out. Homo
runs were-poled out by Dan How
ard and (leorgo Dlstlehorst. Pell
can's battery was Howard, pitcher,
and McCracken, catcher.
The gamo between Tennant and
Algoma. played at Tennant. was
protested by Manager Davis of Al
goma In the fourth Inulne. Davis
declared' that Algoma was not get
ting a fair deal on the umpire's de
cisions. Batteries for the game were: Al
catcher. Tennant,, Phillips, pitcher,
goma, Hogsn. pitcher, Stanley,
catcher.
More than tlilriy-five people at
tended tho game, making t'le long
drive by car.
Sash and Door
Man Visits in
v Klamath Falls
Declares Market May
Improve -' in Next
Six Months
The Mich and door factories of
the Mississippi - valley are using
western pine -almost entirely for
cut up purposes, according to A. It.
Tiplon, secretary of the Roach and
Musser Snsh and Door company, of
Muscadine, Iowa. Some northern
white pine shop Is used, but It Is
more expensive, and used chiefly
for pattern stock. : For saph nd
door purposes, California, or Pon
dosn pine, is equally good, and Is
almost exclusively used.
Tipton believes that during tho
last six months of this year the
lumber market will show a slight
pick up. ' -' '
The Roach and Musser Sash and
Door compnny is a very largo
consumer of shop , lumber, using
twenty-flvo million feet for cutting
up purposes each year.
Tipton's trip here was In the
nature of a genoral survey of condi
tions. It is understood that ho
placed no orders. , . j
"SCIENTIFIC Ql'ARRKL
. .
IYle Nellson issues a chnl-
lenga to any and all persons
who think thomsolves a judge
f tho good quality' of wines In
general, a:id Tokay wine in
particular. "
' Duo to a difference In opln-
ion concerning a very technic-
ul point Jit the Judging of fine
wines between him. and Harry
Monroo, Nellson Is taking a va-
whlca time he will apply him-
self ' assiduously t'j a scientl-
tie study of the theory and
practice of wine judging, to
sottle tho fine point In ques-
tion.j .During this period of
Intense application, Nellson ex-
pects to call in several 're-
nownod scientists K assist him.
The entire Illustrious roster
lns jiot been decided na yet
by Nellson, but it will undouM-
cdly Include Prof. Dusty Han-
lien, Doctor of Philosophy In
Oriental beverages. Kreolnnd
Staley, M. S., and Prof. Glenn
Ora -Parker, II. S D. D. etc.
. As relaxation from this In-
tonae application, Nellson ex-
pects to make mnny voyages
c-ii Ya Good Shlppe Ellipse to
Harrlman lodge,
Another of Paul
Crew Is Now
After the lamentable explosion of,
the Sourdough barrel which cost
Paul Ilunyan's star cook, Bour
doueH Sam, an arm and leg, Paul
was at a loss to find a cook ca
pable of . feeding his enormous
crews In a manner worthy of him.
It would, bo months before the
crippled Ham would be able to
handle the work, so for a week or
more Paul did the cooking him
self while he looked .about for
help. Paul could boil meat, fro
vldlng the well did not go dry be
fore It was done, and could put a
fair scald on spuds. Dot when It
came lo pastry poor old Paul had'
a lough ' time of It, although bis
pies were the talk of tho camp. For
pies, Paul always used to bake a
few thousand extra large hotcakes
In the morlng after the whole crew
had finished, spread molasses be
tween two of them and sew them
together with bailing wire.
Paul began to bo worried, how
ever, when the men got so they
wouldn't como In to eat for two or
three days, and after several score
.of his men died with baling Wire
sticking through their skins like
porcupine quills he sent up to Joe
Mufraw's and Johnny Hamestrap's
camp for a cook whose famo was
spreading throughout tho land.
This cook was Harry Miller, who
learned his stuff Immediately after
the Winter of the Bine Snow, and
whose fame, was Just beginning to
spread through, tho noble logging
country bounded on the north by j
Powder river, on the south by the 1
Leaping Tuna fork of the Big
Onion, and which extended from
the East Polo to the West.
Brimstone Bill drovo Babe over
to bring lIarry,.to camp. Joe Muf
raw and Hamestrap greeted the
old skinner warmly, and Introduced
him to Miller. Brimstone unyoked
Babe from the sleigh and drove
him to the . headwaters of the
"Mississippi lo drink . while Harry
packed his duffle.
Brimstone was in a hurry on the
return trip and had all he could
do to cling to the hand holds which
were fixed to Babe's left horn for
such emergencies. ; Once, Indeed,
be lost hold with one hand, and
hung down dangling nearly to the
ear of the Blue Ox for a hundred
miles. But the old skinner regained
Glenn Parker
Suspected of
Hiding Coupe
Dusty Hannen Declares
He Saw Machine
Yesterday
A new angle to the alleged theft
of Glenn Ora Parker's Ford coupo
last Sunday was brought to light
yesterday when several prominent
citizens of Pelican City declared
that they were - prepared to make
affidavit that the car had been
rolled into Upper Klamath lako by
Parker himself In ordef to collect
tho theft Insurance.' .
, Parker, although he vigorously
denied that ho had any theft In
surance on tho car, ' was . visibly
nonplussed when he lenrned that
ho was suspected of having done
nwny with tho machine himself,
Dusty Hannen declares that this
report is all humbug, howover, and
swears thnt ho saw a boy wearing
tho coupo for a watch' charm on
tho streets of KlainlUh Falls. The
youngster bocnuto suspicions of
Hennen's sleuthing and ran avuv
at such speed thnt Hannen was un
nblo to overtake him.
Mother Of A. E.
Gravensteih Dies
At Sidney, Iowa
Word was received here last week
of the denth of .Alts. 10. Grnven
steln at Kidney, Iowa; Mrs. Graven
stein Is the mother of A. B. Grav
ensteiu of the Robinson Tractor
company and tho sisto:- of Ei A,
Blocklnger. manager of tho Chllo
quln Lumber company. Mrs, Orav
ensteiu visited hero in 1001 and
1007. I.'. :. : ' ,
Bunyan's Old
in Klamath County
his seat and held tafct for the re
mainder of the trip. .
Fifteen minutes before they got
to camp Paul could bear Babe's
feet slipping and, tearing up aires
of pine as he braced himself to
stent his momentum. Paul gave a
shout that knocked all the men out
of their bunks, for It was Into in
the evening, and they all came run
ning to see the new cook. They
were Buffering sorely from the ef
fect of the baling wire ptes, and
were so sick they doubted If they
could ever touch food again.
But from the sied came the most
savory odors the men had ever
smelled. Ilnrry had cooked an ap
petizing meal for the thousands of
men on the trip from the Mufraw
and Hnmestrap camp. And there
was just enough. Not a slab of
tender cake, not a slice of luscious
pie went to waste. But not a man
could eat more when it was fin
ished. This was, to Paul Bttnyau.
the final proof of Miller's genius,
for this was the headquarters camp
between tho Leaping Tuna and the
Inch Deep fork of Powder river and
even Johnny Inkslinger, the head
timekeeper, . never knew within a
thousand or two how many men
were employed.
Harry cooked for the men until
Sourdough Sam recovered: then
Paul had to let him go. For with
the great quantities of food which
Paul supplied him Harry turned
out such' meals that the men bad.
no time to sleep, let alone, work:
They would tumble hastily 01 I fii
breakfast before daylight, rnd It
would require the entire force of
flunkies' and second cooks to chase
them out of the dining; rijro in
time to Set the table tor .'('.'.hi.t'r.
Often some of them woaM .hr past
moving, and frequently - some un
fortunate gourmand, would be. un
able to get out of the wa; and
would bo run over by the narrow
gauge locomotive when it made the
rounds of the table, spotting flats
loaded with clean dishes, which
would be distrlbued on tho tables
by Mexicans while a clam bucket
crane cleaned them off ahead.
Paul lost so many men that way
that he was really glad to get
Sourdough back, although the men
grumbled and threatened to quit
for fifteen years after Harry left.
Pelicans and
Modocs Go on
' Fishing Trip
65 Fine Trout Taken
From Waters of
Diamond Lake
Bill McMillan, Pat Montgomery,
Kb Chlldcrs, John Johnston, Jim
Johnston, and Rook McCullom took
a fishing trip to Diamond Lake a
week ago Sunday,: returning with
65 tine trout. . -"'
McMillan, Montgomery, and Child
era drove from Modoc's Calumus
camp to tho Pelican Bay camps Sat
urday evening In McMillan's car.
There they wore joined by John and
Jim Johnston and Rook McCullom.
I who drove to tho lake with them
in the Brogan the same night.
The parly fished nil day Sunday,
returning to camp late In the even
ing. Jlmmer declares that " the
1 brakes on the Brogan wore in their
I usual, condition. The combined
rilleh nf the party wiir fiEi fine trout.
Bill McMillan was declared tho
champion angler.
Foundation Is
Completed for
Sprague Plant
Tho foundation for the new box
factory and romnnufactiirlng plant
of tho Sprague River Lumber com
pany Is now complete, and work on
tho framework of tho building will
bo rushed ns rapidly as possible
' The yard of the company Is full
of lumber, and the mill will hot
operate until the pinning mill Is
complete ami running, which will
probnbly bo , In operation about
July 1, '"
PE
LIGA1 ILL
ILL INSTALL
New Device to be Put on
Both Rigs Saturday
Night and Sunday
The Pelican Bay Lumber com
pany is Installing Summer oloctrlc
dogs on both the big and pony rigs
Saturday night. Thesi are the first
electric dogs installed In this sec
tion. of the country, and, the other
lumber companies in the' county are
deeply interested in the performance
of, the now dogging device.
The electric' dogs und the .front
and back carnage knees aro operat
ed by throo electric motors. One
motor operates tho dogs,, ono
handles the offset, and the othor
the .backward and forward motion
of tho carriage knee?.
The device consists of two dogs
on each front and back carriage
knee, Avhlch grip at me bottom, and
top of the log or cant, instead of ,
sinking into the side, as is the Case '
with air dogs. - Compared with the
mass of pipes and hose necessary for
air dogs, the electric device Is mar
velously simple. ''.,- , -t -.
The advantages claimed for tho
electric dogs over other types ore
speed, "simplicity of design, easo of
maintainance, and less scarring Of
lumber. The scarring of lumber by
air dogs Is a considerable item, par
ticularly In shop lumber, for a dog
mark spoils a shop, cut. ;i
Electric' dogs are being installed
In tbe Long-Bell plant t Longvlow,
and one carriage in the plant of the
Red River Lumber company a Wost
wood is electrjcully equipped. It is
reported that the Red River com
pany is, also trying out a now air
dogging device, patented by one of
their own superintendents. , .
With the offset on the new dogs, '
it will be possible to use the Rhodes
system of sawing, whereby the log Is
sawed parallel to the bark, Instead
of to tho heart.;, A great saving of
shop lumber Is effected, by this
method, All of the lumber w hich Is
lost duo 19 tho taper of the log is
the heart, which Is Invariably box
or common. . The valuable clears
and uppers, practically ,all of which
come Irom the sap, aro saved, and cut
in long lengths-, In , "the ordinary,
method of sawing, what lumber Is.
salvaged from the sap is short be-
cause of the taper, of tho log. This
method of sawing will probably bo t
used as soon as the setters become
accustomed to tho operation, of the
hew dogs, according to Superintend-
ent E. II Pike. .
T GREW IS
ADDED AT THE
T
T
Moulding Company Adds
Burner and Tram to
' Equipment 1
The Klamath Moulding company
wil add a night shift at their mould
ing plant at the end of Sixth street
tomorrow night.; Eight or ten men
will be employed, hnd the capacity
of the plant raised to between two
and three cars of moulding. ; t per
week. ' '.' ' , ' ; ' ' '. ;,.'( ,
Tho Klamath, plant has a, -new
burner, ; nine, feet in diameter, by
forty in heighth,, recently Installed
.by the Reese Blower Pipe company.
The equipment of the plant Is -now
more than twice It was when tlm
company was organised, and cotvdsla
of two: band rips,,, a .resnw, two
stickers, and twb trimmers. - ,
The company has also added 11
one hundred and fifty foot tram
way to the building, which gruotly
facilitates the handling of stock.
Although 1 moulding Is somewhat
lower than last season, tile demand
for -It Is excellent, and the eompan:
denlaren that it ban' Bllfflc.lent orders
to keep both shifts running foi
soma time to como.
CT GS
KLAMATH PLAN