THE T, TT M P E TJ L 0 C U E
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST
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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
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I other p;mts of interest m the su
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Ident of the I.on
and .Mrs. Loo
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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
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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
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Beat
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At Any Price!
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secret of
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