VOL. I.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1925
Number 20
Meyerscough'
Is Champion
. , . Turk Raiser
Reveals Secrets in Ex
clusive Inter
' ' view
Following years of pati
ent experimentation, Joe
Meyerscough, fireman on
the Pelican Bay company's
fast log express, has worked
out an infallible system of
raising turkeys at small cost,
secrets of which are soon to
be offered to the waiting
world in the form of a cor
respondence course.
1,1 ko nil plani'iiM, MyemcotiKll l
bad ft toiiKti row 1 hue.
Kim I III) bought (Mine I ii r key him
anil kH llmm'Tir twu long yearn,
wullInK put lout ky (or lint flock li)
Increase. iFlnVilly Humaiiiu brought
flilm a cobUlnr nnd the Imivlliihlu
Ihapponed ami now Jon him 31 ull
told,
I.lku all grout cwutulns of IndilHry
llu lit m'odimt.
ltoUietnnlly, but prou lly, lie (ulil
tho Lumberrngiio editor In Ji!n slin
plo way Jwni how ho Itatl solved Km
problem of feuding them for noih
JiiK. "Ornwili(iiiir 1 quail" n dirr
that's tho ihm-tpi," In) mi '(I pu udly.
"VUy flr day I'vo been ilown
hearted aud U Jum ttoiiti'llmes mwin
nl that I never would lot Uio la't
jilnl. On-.-o, on a cloudy day, I bud
to hold up tho train two bourn
u niting until 1 1 mil snared my quota.
Oraulroppor are afraid of lightning,
and hunt their holes 'hn the..
think a thunder hower Is Imminent.
"On tho day In question 1 i'.iihI
hunted far one liour yind 45 minutes
without ioow ninlll I ftuxMnnly
thought icf a plan. I returned to
Clio engine and turned on tho head
light. Tha hoppers thought tho mis'
won shining- oruIh and riuuo from
their holes In drove. Tha light
blinded thMii ami I was able to fill
bw.li quart Jura without trouble."
Meycrscnugh's first bo'k on 111"
subjocl, entitled "Turkeys I lhavn
mot" will bo oft Mio prom sliurlly.
Bray Plant
Now Waiting
for Machines
Building Is Complete;
... Power Connection
' Made
Cloorgo 8afford, veteran mill
builder, this week In pultlng the
finishing touches on tho re-niunu-fucturlug
plnnt of tho Hrny Mill nt
llraymlll, alilnnl which whon com
Iiloted will rank well with any of
n almllnr alio In tha stnte. ,
According to H, H. Crann, mill
superintendent, the machinery can
ho Instnlled now nny tlmo It nrrlvas.
Rnfford, tho builder, Is' n veteran
nt tho gams and mining exnmples of
hla craft may. bo notod tho Dolby
Cnrson mill lit 10 u re It a and dorens
of big mill In Washington and
Oregon.
Tho 'building, 70x208, ' In aup
, portod on concrotu pturn '"through
out. It In of bolted plunk construc
tion, vory tow largo tlmbura bolng
tmod, i '
Mnchlnory to ho Innlalled Includes
two Mornhori twin hand resawn in
tnndom, a single Bl-lu. Vnliw ro
naw, 3 No. 281 bund vlpii, a Moreen
Johnson, hnndhold ninchlno, lono
California saw cleat machine, 4 box
cutoffs., II door oiiloffn, ono Yntos
30-ln. anrfneor, one JB-ln.' Hlleker.1
. Tho plnnt at pronent bun no kllun
nnd matorlnl used will bo brought
dlrootly from tho yards'. lSluetrlcal
oonnoetlonn hnvo been mndo nt. Hid
plant proparntory to. arrival of a
inacblnory. '" ' ,
Tho plnnt watt deslgnoil by Wll
llnm Brny, owner of tho mill, ni(d
In It tiro ' ombodled , BuggostloiiH
from many of hln friends In tho
milling gnnio In thin section,
Tboro ' nro now' approximately
G, 000, 000 "l'uot of lumbnr In tho
ynrdn. ' ' '
Ancient Records Reveal Paul
Bunyan Was Failure When He
Took Contract to Raise Hell
SoiiK'nnn hu mild I lull a minder
nl onu mimii limy liu tntul failure
nl HiHiiiilhlim i'Ihl', iiiiiI I'll ul llun
yim was no exception to tlio ruin.
Iloii'iil excavations across the
water Iiiivii brought to llulit Unit
I'uul fulli'd miserably ono summer'
whim ho wit forced l go out of
till' WOOllH (0 Sl'ltk IMIiplOyilK'Ilt, a
fiift known lo but Tow' niiulilo of
the circle of bin linmedlnlo friends
mid until now shrouded In doi'pimt
sei-mry.,
(Julio a story nUnches iiImo to the
ri'iimm I'iiiiI was forcoif lo Imivo tho
woods one season.
It wnn tho yonr following tho nno
In which tho hluo miow foil. Paul
logged ull through tlio winter and
uh wan his custom did not upon hln
sawmill until tlm spring ilr ifii wiih
romplxloil mill ull hl liiKH'Nufi'ly
In pondii. ' '
When !i got ready to mart bin
mill, liowovnr, It wuh discovered that
u strange thing had eoino to pass.
Tho. hluo nnow had molted and
turned to blue water. Kvery Iok
was muikod with III no And every
mill man knows that billed liimbor
brings a lower price than other
kinds.
A in ii n of action, Paul quickly
figured out n plan to got around
Hie dllommn. Hit ordered two mora
soup keltleH foV Sourdough Ham
mid put 111 in to work bolting out
the bluing. Am 'fast an Bam boiled
a bunch until It wan white, ho hung
tho logs up to dry.
I'nul wiih logging thut winter In
Rlindn lnlund, by tlio wuy. Ho
ordered nevun moro aoup kettlgn for
Ham aud tho entlro bolllnn out
prorpHit would huvo boon couiplotod
In about two wckn,' ho flRtirud.
Whin the' anvon nddltlonul , aoup
kettles nrrlveil, howovor, It wua
found that I hey could not bo In
Htnllial. Tho utoum from tho first
batches bnd shrunk tho stnte until
It was too umiill to hold them.
Thla Ih proven by tho fact that
Ithoilo lnlund Ik hi 1 1 1 tho smallest
slnto In tho union, never really re
covering ItH growth after that year.
Willi tho Sevon Axo Men
clamoring for their winter's wages
and with no money coming In Paul
hnd to do something and . do It
quickly.
Biimmnnlng Dig Olo lo his slilo.
ho confided to him thut ho had de
cided to go Into tho con I met lug
business ,111111 summer nnd asked
Illg Olo If he'd Ilka to go iilong.
lllg Olo' was a real timber niiin and
Lamm Lumber Company Growth
in 13 Years Is Phenomenal;
Modoc Point Is Model City
..Back in 1912 the Klamath' Lumber and Box company
had the contract to saw the necessary mill timbers for
a young man recently in from Louisiana a young man
who had purchased a quantity of mill machinery as it
lay discarded in the neighborhood of Modoc Point and
who proposed to erect a mi)l around the machinery and
break into the sawmill game as it was played in the west.
Tho material was cut and loaded ' " 1
on u brarso with mrore oquipmoiit.
Tho bnrgo cut louse from its moor
Inga land "promptly sunk and Iwith
tiilj Inauspicious beginning W. E.
I.nmm mndo tils entry Into 'tho local
milling field. ' ; '
Totluy, 13 lyour lalor, the I.amm
Lumber company nt MocRic Point
hears lltllo rosomblunco to the rick-,
ely til HI with which It wits founded
liriou, v ?'.! 'i
A modonn miwrnlll now nrrosts tho
attention at those who travel along
liau Dullos-CnliPJinln highway.
. Tho prosont sawmill Ih oqulppod
iwlth tho inost nvjdorn imnchlnory
and Is supplemented by ti pinning
mill, four Northwest kilns nivd ono
Mmoto kiln nnd iin up-to-rtulo vlom
of ton ma amd dwkn, . ,t '
Wlmra the smull crow of 13 yonrs
ago was amply nojomodntod bf a
fow small buildings thero now stands
n model 'town.
families working at tho mill nro
lodged lit 81 miodorn h'ousos, with
plustored walls, oloctolc llgli'ts, run
ning wntor, Htonm boat nnd all the
conveniences of city t(o.
as it whs Just two days until the
I'Viui'th of July ho confessed to Paul
that he'd been thinking of 'moving
nwny nnd thai he believed a chango
of en nips would do III m good. ,
Pn u I then told hi in that he hud
a cliitnin for two quick jobs thut
should yield a quick cleanup. Iln,
ho Informed lllg Olo, bnd sagged
down In tlio middle iiliout six foot,
duo to lis being loaded beyond ca
pacity all summer by Lotihiluntt
liimberjnckn trying (o get out of
the bent. Thero was a good sum
offered lo 'this in an who would raise
It to lis former position anil block
It up.
Over in Egypt, too. n kfng named
Rnincses was having trouble mov
ing noma huge blocks of stone
acrosa tlio desert In preparation
for building an enormous temple,
1 lloth Jobs should be cinches, Paul
argued. With llubo and Denny,
some wire ropo and n few blocks,
nothing. In the woods had ever been
iiblo to stay put when they hooked
onto It and it stood to reason thut
this would still hold good.
They left enmp ono morning early
while tho Seven Axo Men were still
asleep.
History then loses them, from
the tlmo they embarked until they
began on their contracts. Then
tho meager record tells only of dis
aster. , ,
Their effort to rniac Hell Was
bulked by a fact which Paul's ex
perience had not equipped him to
copo with. Babe and Denny wero
hitched onto one end of the wlro
rope nnd tlio other end looped
around fbo center of hell. They
never were able to gut It' mora than
illg Inches off tlio ground, however.
uecnuHu tho wlro . ropo kept mull
ing.
- More bad luck struck them In
their Hlono-hnuling contract. Dig
Olo wasn't ugcdi to tho heat and
sand and gol fla signals mixed. In.
stend of throwing a string of half-
hltches around tho stones ho tied
a slip-knot on each atono. When
Unite and Denny began pulling the
slip-knots tightened and pinched
off tho stones, Inperlng off every
ono in the shnpe of a pyramid.
This Is proven by tho fact that
the pyramids nro still lying out In
the desert, Just whero Paul nnd
Dig Olo left them in disgust. Nearly
any school inarm who lms taught
moro than 20 yeurs can verify this
fact, tor Bho undoubtedly has seen
the pictures in' her geography.
J Single men employed nt tho plant
flmd lodging In the hbtol,, wfileh bus
space for 70 men, or in tho 10 cnb
ins.'wlth room for 40 men.
Ample 'room for plant oxpuiwlon
Is provided by 2100 ncros of luivd ad
joining Mio mill. . :
While th ported hum 1012 to
tho prosont dwto 'has boon ono of
steady expansion, too real .change
In the ooiivpniny begun In 1023 when
much of the present equipment was
added and whon tho mill site begun
to tnko on trie iuppoivrniico of a small
town.
And no'w, with. his mill rounding
Into ahiipo and wlllih nil his em
ployes housed, Lninm has finally do
wld oil to build a homo for hlmsolf.
Nearly completed, It stnnilu loin u rise
overlooking the mill, null facing to
ward Upper Klnniutrti Lake nnd with
imomntnluR of tha Ciisctudo Tango in
tho foreground. . '
iWhen cotnplolod, It Is cxpectod to
ho ono of tho ehow places of Klnin
alCi oounl'r, , . . j
ALG0R1A PLANT
IB NOW MODEL
OF EFFICIENCY
Lumber Handled in Steady
Flow From Pond to
Cars or Sheds . .
EGAN IS DESIGNER
Waste Motion Eliminated;
, Invention Aids in Un
. loading Cars
Declared by local and vis
iting sawmill men to be one
of the most modernly-con-
structed plants in the entire
pine district, the planing
mill of the Algoma Lumber
company, designed in its en
tirety by Matt bgan, general
superintendent, is now in
operation.
Kgan is aecinrca 10 navo urougm
to perfection tho goal striven for
by evorjr mlllman the handling of
his product in lone, continuous flow
from the log pouds to tho car, with
out a alngle siyierflu-us move on
the part jf mnchines or 'men.
Ti.io planing mill is built directiy
adjoining the saj.vuilll
The problem
lumber from t
pl'.inlng mill wu
plo expedient of
chain 100 feol.
of oanveylag the
o sawmill to thu
solved by We slm
xtendlng the green
- Is thus icarricd
Orcen lumbd
directly ty the ltallng ehods, an In
tegral part ot tho dry kilns.
, The'!, depending on what disp.T
sit loci Is to be made of it, It Is
loaded either for shipment or on to
small icara for transportation to tho
kilns. . ' . . '
Wuen (ho drying operation Is com
pleted tho cars are run out of the
klliu on tha transfer track, on a
dlroct lino ,to the planing mill.
Hero, ordinarily, oa entering U-e
planing mill the lumber would be
unloaded by hand and transferred
(jo tho dry sorting chain.
. This hand work lias all been done
away with by a device Invented by
Kguu,,a machine which takes care
of alio unloading automatically with
out tha usual unloading crew.
Passing Jhrough tho planing mill
li'.ie lumber Is then ready to be
taken In a direct line either t! the
atorugo sheds or to tho waiting
cars. , 1
Machinery la. utilized to, the ut
most during tho entire operation
and tho entire plaat is now run
ou tho order vi a modem automo-
bllol factory, whord a nevor-enUng
stream of icnrs Is parsed by toe
workmen beside tho production Hue.
The planing mill represents on
enxpatiiluro lof approximately $300,
000.' U has a daily rated capacity
of 150,00 feet per eight honir shift.
Rluehlnoiy installed Includes 1
10 Inch S. A. Woods matcher; 1
24-kiclU Yales Surfacer; 1 Vates re
saw; 1 Hershon rip saw and 2 trim
mer aawa.
Fish Resigns;
Has Position
in Sales End
Chiloquin Superintend
ent Leaves
Friday
, F, S. Pish, for two years super
intendent of tho Chiloquin Lumber
company, will leavo on Friday of this
week for Sun Francisco, Whero ho
has taken a position as lieud of tho
wholesale soles department of tho
Dwlgfit Lumber company. -
Ho wna for a long tlmo sales man
ager for tho Red River Lumber com
pany nt Westwobd, California, from
which position ho onmo here.
No successor has been announced
and It is regarded as probublo that
E. A. Blockllnger, owner ot tho
Chiloquin Lumbe company! will
blms'olt tako over tho duties ot ,tho
suporlntondeney. This has not been
definitely announced, howover.
Algoma Trainmen Jolted in
First Attempt to Tame Bear; : ;
Experiment Ends in a Riot
What is solemnly declared to have been the world's
greatest attempt at bear taming is now a thing of the
past, Algoma camp has again settled down and now no
record of the attempt remains save a haunted, expres
sion on the faces of Alex Carlson, fireman' on No. 4,
the Algoma logging train, and Claud Banks, conductor
on the same. . . ...
The experiment ' began a few weeks ago while art
extension of Algoma logging road was being made.
Steam was easy to keep up while steel was being laid,
so that let Carlson off. , There is little need for a con
ductor when the train is stopped, so that Banks off.
Both ambled around in the bushes until they came in
.ight of a wandering black bear. Whereupon both, ambl
ed to the engine. ...
The next day the same thing occurred, but this time
Carlson and Banks were heavily armed with lumps of
sugar. Alter some argument tne bear was convinced
they meant no harm and took the sugar. In the days that
followed he got quite tame, as far as Banks and Carlson
were concerned. . ,
To they determined to hold a performance, and let the
rest of the boys in on the show.
Accordingly, while the rest of the crew looked on
from the bushes the duo descended on the bear, bearing
their trusty) sugar lumps. Brain performed according
to schedule and was engaged in feeding from their hands
when suddenly there was the crash of a falling tree in
the woods back of him. ; , -
Brain wasted no time. He "Woofed" once and start
ed going,! The fact that Banks and Carlson were in the
way meant nothing to him. He used both of them as
track material and sped on his way.: He, had gone but
about 10 feet when both passed him, heading for the
engine. The bear hasn't been seen since and "no one
has looked for him.
Love Tips for Lumberjackc,
by Jellicose Juniper Jones
To m,y iroadors: This week. In two
instances, I must deviate from my
usual custom of printing the ques
tions sen,t me. A'Mung people get
mu,;l'.i spiritual Inspiration from the
column and these questions both of
them, were raV-ier-er- K frank.
J. J. J.
Mr. Jlurgo, Alg'oma Camp:'
I am sorry but I cannot print your
letter so that others may have tho
opportunity of expressing themselves
on the subject. 1 can't figure 'out
why the pup does that. Why not
chain him to a tree at night, out
side? Tlien if he wanted to hoxl
or anytUing it wouldn't make much
difference, . ,
. , v..-, : i j. j.'j..':.
Ha.p Brookfield:
: I icould print youT letter, but
wcia't, for your sake. The answer
ia yes. Why not? You ate both
able to know your own minds. Bo
sides, from an economic standpoint,
did you ever figure put that ithe
money you spend In driving that
Biiilson tit 63 miles per hour to
Medford and return every Sundao"
and sometimes oftaer would keep
up a household?
. . ' J. J. J.-
Dour J. J.J, ,
I have never been mar.led, or
anything, and yet my friends persist
in spreading t'ho rumor, every time
I go to Klamath Falls, O.iat 1 have
gone t'hors for that expross pur
poso. . It makes me vony inferable.
What shall I do -Alex Carlstou. ,
Dear Alex: , ' . '
Whatever, you do, don't follow
their suggestion nnd got married,
for that la what they are evidently
trying to drive you to. It ,lt ivero
not for the tact ithat tho coiuativ has
had no liquor In It for a long time
(see, nny .prohibiten toseut's report)
I would say that tney wanted to
drlvo yau to drink." Bui, no mut
ter how miserable it hoy make you
feel, don't wed, for just vtlmk how
mtsorablo yomr wife would he.
-JJ, J. J.
Dear J. J. J.
My Intended has loft me for
awhllo. Sho 'proteiwod deep -devo
tion 1 before sho left, but a subtle
something tolls mo. nil la not well
Tboro is a murmuring rumblo In my
Inner transciausness, a hovering pre
monition ictf evil, and I am worried.
Should I. Jeiave ared go to Iher?
Morron" King. ; i
"Mormon" King:
No. Take Dr. Caldwell's Syrup of
Pepsin. ' ,
J. J. J
Especial Notice: DuTlng the re
mainder ot the hot weatlier .patrons
of this department are requested to
write on -oae side tcS the paper only.
It takes work to turn them over.:
Another One: Yon are alio re
quested 4o lay off the editor of the
LumberJoigue 'when he comes around.
He doesn't know what goes in this
column. If you must fight, come in
and see me.' Lay off thim Plough.
' J. J. J.
Swan Lake
Office Is
Real Freak
Many Kinds of Siding
Used in Construc
tion ..
Heal variety Is found in the 20x30
office now being constructed by tho
Swan Lake Moulding company. -
Anticipating a large retail trade,
and realizing that many people have
trouble in picking out window and
door casings and sidings bocauso
they cannot visunllae what it will
look like, on the comploied house,
Alfred Colllor, mannger of tho com
pany, decided to solve, tho problem
in a novel way. '
As a result the building has a
different kind of siding 'on each of
the four walls and has six different
kinds ot ensings on the inside, a dif
ferent kind being used on every
opening. . .' hi , ,
Tho interior will be finished In
plaster board and . special i arrange
ments will bo made for tho display
ot built-in flxturos for which the
company Is agent. v '
Tho man who uses bad English
often uses good Scotch. , .
Hunt Method .
to Prevent
Brown Stain
Kiln Men Here Inter
viewed by Forest
Products Man '
Brown stain, enemy of
every manufacturer of Cali-
fomia pine, is now being
made the subject of a study
by the Forest Products Lab
oratories1 of Madison, Wis
consin and it is hoped that
gome remedy for this insidi
ous destroyer of good pine
will be found within the
next few years.
J. S. Mathweson' of the Forest
Products Laboratory was this week
conferring win Klamath mill 'own
ers arr.l kiln foremen, on the lust
lap ot a tour ott investigation that
began earlier fci the "year In Freino,
California, and ended during tho
week whil'j a day spent at the
Lamm Lumber company wiere Kiln
Foreman A. J. Kohoe was inter
viewed. '
Brown st'ain Is t'.ie cause of mu:h
loss to the industry. As Its name
indicates, It ia simply a brown stain
It attacks only kiln-drted lumbor,
ani therefore decreases the value
vjf the highest-priced product of tne
industry. - ' . ' ' ' -
-"Jail what causes some lumber to
turn brown In a dry kiln Is a mys
tery.1 Nearly all kiln foremen have
some theory as to its cause, based
wu their observations over a period
of u'Ciirs, and If these fheorles that
are at present Interesting Mathewr
son.
"Brown ataTh is probably , cause.1
by the oxidutlo.1 uf certain materials
In the 'wood, re-acting ,to tile, In
fluence of heat,". MathcJK'ibn sold.
"Just what Hie materials are that
are so affected, we do not know.
Whtot the cure will bo, wo do not
know. Perhaps a change in kiln
operation, and perhaps Insertion ot
certala chemicals in the kilns that
will .tend to neutralize the uxlda
tloa -process. ' . . " ,""'
"Brown stain annually is the ,
source ot huge- losses to California
pine men. By decreasing ti.ie value
ot the best part ot their cut, it hits
a vital i?pot. Whut :we are trying,
to do u'ow Is to igot expressions of
opini'on from every man familiar
w.Oo, ktla drying of California pine.'
"Every kiln man ii. known i what
brown stain Is, and has 'undoubtedly
acted that certain things seem to
increase it or decrease it. When all
of their experiences are assembled,
out ot t'he mass similarities will
unioubtodly wppcar and , through
these we hopo t'o arrive at uomo
concluslcio that will result In a cure.
"Fa.ilu.-e to arrive at any.'lilng
conclusive by. this process will ' re
sult in laboratory experiments which
we hope will result In (finding some
jdoemical or . seme new wrinkle lit
I kiln construction that will solve the
difficulty."
Pelican Bay '1
Forfeits to
Algoma Nine
"Too Much Pay Day"
Is Given as "
Cause "i
Too much payday la bl'.iinod for
t)he fact that, the I'oUcan Buy ball
tossers failed to put in an appear
ance 'Sunday- for their igaino with
Algoma. ' The Algoma nlno was on
hood and a tow Pelican Bay 'play
ers showed up, but uot on'iugh to
pull a ball game. Most of the Pell-;
can Bay tossers, or many of them,
were out to see the Klamath Fal'.i
team k Its stuff. ' r .
According to tho dope sheet most
anyone is now ulaead In I'ho timber
loague. Many gomes have been
(twitched taround, a few have been
forfeited and SB a result tfto official
standing, If thero Is sii-'h a thing,
Is a problem to bring ray hair to
any muthonioUclup, . ,