The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, August 05, 1925, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTHE T, TT M P E TJ L 0 C U E WEDNESDAY. AUGUST PACE TEN an n IK IB M SV Ski B Hj Backbone Held Vital Need In Lumber Game Today on West Coast Rise In Timber Prices Declares, Providing Lumbermen Realize Situation and Refuse Orders at Present Low Prices (The followine; article this the Timberman, written by a'i an exhaustive survey of the ft reproduced herewith as an descends upon the industry far intervals during the year. well. The Editor.) There is every reason why a consistent advance in the price of lumber should be made. The tendency is already started in this direction, which is making itself felt in an unwillineness on the part of manufacturers to tenal ratner tnan irom mcieaseu use uu accept orders at present prices. In most instances fir i This fetich has been a determined factor ami does not manufacturers can secure all the orders theV care to provoke industry on a false economic basis. 1 he lumb accept. The influence of refusing to load up with busi- ermen must think in terms of a continuing mdiistry. An ness has already been noticeable in releasing a lot of (intelligent study of reforestation is bringing this thought orders by the Middle West retailers, who realize that I more forceably to mind, lhe sum no buck up and the bottom has been reached and the inevitable trend is demand a fair price. The move is up to the manufac upward. Making sales at the bare cost of production ! hirer. Will he accept the clfallenge ! and in some cases below cost cannot long remain, as a reasonable profit must be obtained or production ceases. The peculiar physiological condition in which the in-, Wm U(rf su:, ,,r. dustry of the Pacific Greater West found itseli, with an ; rester or Sai.ramcnto. caiu.. was apparently fair volume of business at practically allurfinsiWa iaitoi t's Hrw times, yet imbued with the idea that by reason of the: or the week, lessened size of the individual order that the market ' Mrs iterate Ftor who baa been was not capable of abolishing perhaps the frvlZZgnZ volume of new production, and thereiore a slump was .,ay'eveuinB inevitable. With this state of mind it was not difficult' She vv.15 .,..,;,,,, MS to imbue the average manufacturer with the idea that ajM;,y Enen Tubbe. daufbter a Dr. decline was a natural and inevitable consequence, when, ! Fred bm or san PtancUki. mis as a matter of fact, there was nothing to warrant thislTebi win bt a guest of m ooro conclusion. The situation was paradoxical. Despite ah ZZZ increasing volume, price declines were simultaneously botwccn ma ani waa encountered. This phenomenon seems puzzling, but ., ... y exciting one, up to th; 6th it was a fact, nevertheless. Those who were- benefited i-.nin. neither side bad aiiii a by the steadily lowering prices augmented the misap-jre. At the flub the niehension and caoitaiized factors which had not been appreciated was the in creased facilities afforded by the carriers in the more promnt delivery of lumber. In some cases this speed- ed-up service resulted in probably twenty-iive per cent ana m some cases even more over the previous schedules. The consequent result beinp- that the fir manufacturer now finds himself where he must either be prepared UUCeS during tlie SlaCKened . . .. . i i Pacific Greater West lumber reduce his output to tit tne uemana uurmg a pan oi uie ; Uuu.Ug rovr,. 'par This is simnlv yielding obedience to the law of j b. a .lw nmtt , i i j i. :s ..;r.r.A on JMll Lumber CO.. Liinii r onr r rmHii wii wi v nii'tru. Liciiica c.ii uii i .-ixyxji v.... ..... , -, - --- - ; fr:m Kansas Cily, Mo ho hneoii sitnfi inn Historv is reueaunir iiaeu iu ute U( ULIU V, U --v-...----. MI A. delivery of lumber has in effect brought the Pacific Greater West producer closer to the market. Delivery . . . t . 1 i i ' j i Tir;t m0 j. of lumber is now regularly made to Minnesota Tiansfei from North Pacific points in less than ten days, with a proportionate additional amount of time required to reach ChicaciO. The same situation applies to the At- lantic seaboard, where a record delivery from Bend, Oreeon to New York was made in nine days. Reduced wicguii, tu .'en . J ., . to percentages of time as compared to mileage, m the delivery of Pacific Greater West lumber, the figures demonstrate a very interesting situation ; distance, for instance from Porand to Minneapolis, 1882 miles; average 'former time to make delivery 'of lumber 15 days; present average time, eleven an da halt days, re - duction of 23 per cent. Ihis is equivalent to snorten-1 ine the distance between Portland and Minneapolis 433 I P. . i -1 - 1 . . rt'U w, miles, oasea on iormer time ui uenveiv. me some fca, centage of reduction in distance to Chicago and New York holds good. This innovation is exercising a tre mendous influence on the Pacific Greater West lumber industry, but its effect has scarcely been appreciated by many manufacturers. The Douglas fir industry is compelled to adapt itself to this new situation brought about through more rapid deliveries. A still further evolution in the matter of production of fir lumber is at hand, due to the steadily decreasing volume of long timbers. This condition will result in gradually elimin ating the construction of sawmills designed to produce long timbers. A sawmill capable of cutting 44 feet will probably be regarded as a standard fir mill. Ex amination of the orders filled by the average fir mill shows that 90 per cent of the orders are less than 24 feet in length. To create facilities to produce a very small percentage of long lengths is a needless waste of .capital and is inconsistent with efficient practice. Short er "lumber means less cost in handling with a greater re covery of clears and consequent higher average selling price. The air or kiln diying of Douglas fir to eliminate paying freight on moisture content is also a factor which is being serious attention and is being practiced to a steadily increasing extent. A survey of the crop situation throughout the country is most encouraging. The figures as of July 1 indicate an enormous corn crop, calculated at 3098 billion bush els, an anticipated increase of G50 million bushels over 1924. The wheat prospects indicate that 680,000,000 bushels are now being made Inevitable. Timberman . , month's leading- editorial in authority and written after national lumber situation, antidote for the gloom that here and elsewhere, at fegu May it serve its purpose the situation. One of the cutting the time of delivery to carry the stock he pro-; periOCl OI COuSumpUOn or i . e ii business. The more prompt tor tins season, tms ioie least being 19,000,000 bushels more than was estimated during May. winter wheat lost 3,000.000 bushels dtp iljg June, but Bpring wheat prospects increased 22,000, 000 busliels. Production of wheat in eleven countries pi the northern hemisphere, including' the United States, : which produces normally oS) per cent of the northern hemisphere crop and 52 per cent of the world crop out side of Russia and China, was estimated on the basis of latest advices to the Department of Agriculture at 1, 568,000,000 bushels, or 121,000,000 bushels less than - year. The sugar-beet production will probably be less than 19S4, with an estimated production of 6,l96, OOOton as compared with 7.513.000 tons last year. The higher prices will probably The Atlantic I oast volume exceeds tnat 01 ivz. for the first five months' period of 1925 up to June 1, the movement averaged over no million feet a month as compared with the average monthly movement for the same period of 1924, which averaged 108 million feet The foretell trade gives , especially in Australia. Taking a calm survey of the situation, the question of price is largely in the hands ,f the lumbermen themselves. All the business lacks is n study of the markets and ed with a little more confidence in each other and a well defined mental attitude, to demand a fair price for the product. The industry must controlling idea that the ultimate prom must come trom the increased value of a diminishing supply of raw ma- ' TRMMANT TTFMS 8,00d 12 " 0 fw Mr-, Mara Broker of A. blah I. Oregon was a week end guest at the home of Mrs. Ernest Hogue. Mrs. U. O. (Hudson's nioi ier. two sisters and Mother who have been isltiug her for the past month left Saturday tor their homes in Arizona and Oklahoma. While here they enjoyed bass fishing a't Ore Lake and ' a t0 Medicine lake an 1 I other p;mts of interest m the su i .. . Ident of the I.on and .Mrs. Loo r i and J. W ! White. Oeiicral Manaeer of the weed Lumber company and other . Lsng-Beii interesta in this part of coua,y- M la c"!"' in Mr. Long s private car, and were gucsl3 uf al)li MH- c. w Morpnr. Mr. Ixjug praised the many im- j provemen ubout camp especially ne fine gardens, beautiful flowers "d g,reen 'awns t,h,al ,t,he "j nave been bus with all spring and summw Mr Long madt. lIlo re. ! mark that no '. W. W. could live in this place." At the Sunday evening j ---- ?T me church out here ln the w:od3 ,nd requested the song -The iitt church in the wiidwood" to i nc tt alaian r-rHoH hi The little bo sung, s'ald it always carried h:m back to bjyhood days aud his own little c.iurch in the wildwood. They left Monday evening enroute to Longrlew, Wash. Mr, bonf'l namesake city, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Miller, Mr. Mil- Ier's aunt, Mrs. Jennie Grove off Independence, Mo., and Kdwin Mil-1 ler, a nephew, spent Saturday and Sunday at Crater Lake, Mr. Mil ler said the snow was 'almost golfs at the lake, just patches here and there, said there were crowd i people up there be guessed from most every state in the union. J. C. Howard and family left Sat urday for Central Point, Oregon, WhOre they have purchased a home. Mr. Howard bas been one of the camp turpenters the past year. Mr. and Mr.s. Ted Kinney, the Misses Vlra and Cleva Perry and Dob Phillips left by motor 1'rlday m .rnlng for Sacramento, Calif., for a short visit with Mr. Phillip's parents. A delightful affair Of the week was the pre-nuplial shower given Miss t'larice McDonald, by the Ten nan! Lady Elks Club assisted by a number of iter young lady friends, Prida afternoon, July Hint nt the home or MrH. 6. o. Wingfield at 202 d street. The house was made attractive with baskets of purple and white. the Kilts colors, petunias uuJ lcaudy offset the decreased volume, evidence of quickening, more the economic shift, coupl get out oi its mum cne out tuft and nune California poppies, aatturUnma and man-golds. A paUeyi clothee line running from one room to another vritb many pretty and usetaj Kifttt pinned u was turned over to Mlsx Clarice and (old her to remove them from the line as slothea pins and all wero hers. She was most agreeably sur prised to know the ladles had taken so much interest in her' and pleas id to be the recipient of so tunny dainty gilts. Later in il.n nfternonn the ladles served delicious cake and ice cream. Those , present were: The Misses Clara DbUarhlde, Elisabeth Hatfield. Dorothy Murphy. May Kllen Tebbe, Llla and Clarice McDonald the In vited guests: Mesdames. Iluwklns. Parker. ' McDonald. Tetnpleton. 00- Inernd. Geo. Miller. Batty, White and Wingfield. members of the club and Mesdames llralnard and Ford absent members, both sent their gifts and regreted not being able to be pre sent. Another very nico affair was the surprise party given little Miss Har mony Hawkins, by Pearl and I'aul Ine Murphy nt the home of Pearl Murphy, Friday afternoon, July 81: The occasion being Harmony's Sth birthday. The 'lining room was made Into a veritable fairy bower villi pin), and wiiite streamers of crepe paper, yink and white favors and In the center of the tablo -was a large bowl of sweet peas, making the room and table very attractive. While a birthday cake frosted White and detorted In pink with eight randies set in pink rosebud holders was an epicurean art to delight any little j:iri. Miss narmony received many nico gifts. Covers wore laid for six and dainty refreshments served. BRAYMILL ITEMS On Tuesday two California Ore gon Power company men completed the fencing and painting vround the company's transformers whlvh com pletes Oelr line here. Wm. M. Bray, President of "the company returned on Wednesday from the east. Miss Tcna A. Drown Is In our mid I again after an absence of six weeks. She visited her old ihome In Nebraska, returning by motor with her brother, Dr. Vernon Drown of Portland. .Mrs. It. W. Jamieson accompani ed Mrs. H. It. Crane to Chllo'iuln on Wednesday afternoon to attend a special meeting of tho Commun ity club, later driving to the lake with the Mesdames Bdw. Selgtnan, Richardson and Hanon where they enjoyed swimming. Lewis 1'ankey called at the com pany office on Thursday. A wrestling match at Ohlloquln was tho drawing card Wednesday night. Among those who ntlendcd the fight were It. C, Goad anil sons Ken neth Gordan and Jim. Mr. Goad Is the c .mpaay bookkeeper. Jack Hanon and family motored to Klamath Kalis Tuesday afternoon. lljy Beokley, sawyer, attended the dance at Fort Klantuth Saturday night accompanied by Miss Fay Tucker. H. It. Crane, accompanied by Mrs. Crane made, a trip to Klamath Kails Saturday afternoon returning 10 GhifOqtlln ln the evening to attend Die dance given by the Community Lumberman Blamed tor Flood Here Annual Bath Cause of Broken Friendship, Is Understood A lumberman Who wanted to take his annual li.it h and a disrupted water sywtem ure blamed for u stnatl fkxul which during the week caus ed some commotion at a 1 al hotel. Kllwood W. Roberts, timber scout Is blamed for the whnlo thin -When tho desire to take the bath selxed him ie tnrned on both fauc ets In tlu tub. No water cunie forth and he (bond out that (ho City of Klamath Kails had shut off tile water while repairs on a main were In progress. So he gave up the idea and went to bed. During the night t !ie mains won tepalred and water turned on again. It iMiured through the open fau-'ets without w.iklug Huberts u nil de scended in a tiood to the floor (MN low, where M. L. JOhhSOII hold forth as u rrf.il estate sah stnau. J.'hnson, who lias known Huberts fur some lime, was peeved. Not at the damage but at tie fact (hut Huberts double-crossed hltu by tak ing the hath some months too soon. 'Knr years.'' Johnson said. "We have been n.-ru.tomod to make the affair u ceremonial, about Christ mas time. 1 regret that a friend ship uf long standing should thus bo squelched. RoQSrtl 'Huld nt leu.it have notified me of his Intentions." MODOC POINT Chuck Morion wart stJtldthg on Muln street last week heu un auto mobile be.n hi a Washington lic ense drove up with-two sweet look ing damsels occupying the cushion. That .ltd license plate looked so homelike that Chuck Just naturally had to say something no h sug gested. t t'4i swcot jnei that he would like to kiss that license plate. One of them asked him "why". Ho came said Chuck "Its from Wash ington". Sao throw him a soul look and said "I am from Wash ington, also. ChttCk blushed, kicked the sidewalk with his toe, chewed tils tongue a while and stammered "I guei I had better see pa tbonl It." . If a icertala parly hero does 031 stop taking the aia-rlel wOBkeb of tills camp to Own (Here Is going to be a scandal. We are nut men tioning any names but he Is an old gruy haired cuss who Is always bragging ubout ills Star car. Women ure the slaves of fashion. Well some of tho Modocers does not curry very heavy burdens. Red Pjall bai developed Into some landscape gUrdencr. Hob Bland tho new superintend ent of the Bight shift In tho lath mill Is doing splendid, considering the fact that ho nover functions above the eye brows. . H, H. Damon has severed his con nection hero and accepted a posi tion with tho Moore Dry Kiln Co. The Lnmm Lumber Co. Is still run ning. Can n-at say Just ho long the Moure Dry Kiln Go. will laid. Jon Plunkets family baa urrlv ed i.'i town. A new addition to tho aohool house is being erected. Dad Plorson Kays tho difference between Karl Muskoff dancing air! a drowning man Is the man uomo- times' (nines up for nlr. Tho Sheik club meets In Jack Howards room now. , Klamath county Is n grout place for reunions, of one sort or another. Some of them depend on the flow ing bowl for their success, and others just happen. A case in point was that at the Shasta View Lumber, company, Where It was found Hint Marlon Nine, mnnngor nf the plant, bud worked In California years ago with three of tils crew. Now comes another one. E. A. nioclrllnger now owns the Ohlionuin Lumber company, Mfctt Kgan man ages the Algoma Lumber company and ('. W. Slmonsdon owns most of Kirk, nil In Klamath county. Yet In 1(107 all three wore employed in various capacities by the Pacific Lumber eiimpuiiy', at Humboldt, Call" fornla. . And the boys nil hud n tough time, too, for they wero new comers and the county bail u slogan, Humboldt for Mumhnldters", and new blood wnsn't welcome. All compliments received nro the property of the person giving them at'd should be returned ANOTHER LUMBER REUNION STAGED Mill Man Visits Coos Bay Mills MARSHPllLO H, ,; Mitchell, well known mill engineer and lulu h"rutuit. drove In from I'oitland In his MarUtOB Pay hi" regular rill) to Coos Hay, lie reirresents the well known firm Oi Hesse ErStSd Iron Works Of PflrtlWd, engineers, founders and machinists. Mr. Mitchell Is the Inventor nf the recant slab resaw machine, n mu- rhino which Is very beneficial from ml operating Standpoint and Hum a standpoint wlien-by the mllltuiiu can utilise his slabs to u better nil vantage at nil economical figure. U. C. Slsomorc. Kurt Klamath live stockman was idiM'tml a director of the t'ullforaia Cattle Growers Asso ciation last week ucc rdlns to word received here tadny, Mr. Sl-ieniore D. A. Kenyon 439 SIXTH, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Coal Iron Steel Itylts and logging cqui)incnt Oldest and best equipped .shop in this locality in connection. EXPERT WATCHMAKERS 30 years' experience at the bench IS in Klamath Falls Send us your watch We'll repair it and return it promptly All work guaranteed v- Frank M. Upp H. S. Marley 1018 Main Street LOGGER S- send in your boots to us. Have them repaired and waiting for you when you come in. A cents for Vanco Loggers EVANS SHOE SHOP 1014 Main St. Klamath Falls Gloves Sox Dress Shoes Lumbermen! ALSO From $1 to $2.50 reduction on each tire if you put it on your car yourself. Hub Tire Shop Chas. Johnson, Mgr. 502 So. 6th. Phone. 616 will ropresoRi Orttdn on o board. The first -nr loud of i.lesrs to bo seltl out niidei Hie new mgtfkatlOl iiein left Klamath Kalis veKerday tor Sun Ki aticlseu. Yen ciin.' ili'inil on n Plillco Drtiiainlr Dul ler in the tymerfsn- pies. Out yours now Battery Service Station i.i t Klaiimlli Ave. pHiica You Can't Beat KELLY- Springfields At Any Price! Note the secret of Kciiy- Springfield h 1