THE LUMBERLOGUE
VOL. I.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 20, 1925
Number 25
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Car at Lamm's camp wreck
ed After Wild Dash
for Two Mlc
SPEEDER DEMOLISHED
Tank Leaves Track When
it Hits Obstruction at
Terrific Speed
Lives of muny track work
men were endangered Fri
day noon at Lamm's Camp
when a runaway tank car,
holding 9000 gallons of wat
er, ran wild down a 2-mile
stretch of track and ended
its career by demolishing
two tie cars and a 20-man
speeder before leaving the
track.
The car was standing on
the main line at the camp
with brakes set. A load of
empties backed into it,
breaking the brake and
starting it on its dash down
the grade.
Despite the speed which
it attained shortly after
leaving camp it stayed on
the rails at the curves.
On a straightaway two
miles from camp it ran into
the speeder and the two tie
ears, completely wrecking
them. The shock caused
the tank car to leave the
rails.
Workmen nearby hoard
it coming and got in the
clear before the crash.
It was placed back on the
track ancUtowed into camp,
where it was found the dam
ages were confined to a
bent tank, bent ironwork
and shattered woodwork. In
view of conditions, the dam
age is said to be surprising
ly small.
Boys, How Would
You Like to Go to
Work Up There?
In IlrltlHh Columbia nl the prone-lit
tlmo a number f oporiilom have
ailoptoil llio "early Shift" during tho
flro itIhIm. Mm urn culled nt 2:30
a. m., bays bronkfiiHl sua uro on the
Job at 3:30 n. m. Lunch Ih served
at 7:00 and n cold ninnl nl rump
at 12:00 noon. A bot supper Ih pro
vided ni the uHiiiii supper hour. This
arrangement Involved nn extra meul
tor the snmo charge, but In con-
Idorod a good Investment In view
of tint hniirds of working during the
low humjdty period of the day.
Tho men In tho enmps In which the
arrangement Ih effective are appar
ently well satisfied to, work in tho
rool of tho (lay and In nn case him
log production suffered.
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WATER
TANK ENDANGERS
E OF MANY
New Oakland Plant To
Furnish Another Output
For Klamath White Pine
A new market for Klamath White Pine and one that
should do a great deal toward stabilizing demand for
timber in this section is seen in the recent completion
of the plants of the Chicago Lumber company at Oak
land, California.
These plants will have a yearly estimated output of
about 50 million feet, and will find their market both
in the bay region and in the east.
The Chicago Lumber company was formerly located
in the south and was a large-scale operator. Depletion
of southern pine forced their move to California, where
they would have as a source of supply the pine forests
of that state and of the Klamath region.
!Ncw Surfacer
Installed At
Shaw Bertram
Older Machine Is Dis
I placed; Finish This
Week
Itintitlhitloji of u new 30-ihcb ilnuh
td ItlfOCOr In Ih'Ihk roiiiiilficil ihlH
I wt'fU m tin' Bbtw Bertram Lumbar
. rninpniiy. Til" inn him In dlsplftCJog
Ions "f nlinlliir (( hut with 1 011 Im
prof ontoi Too bow mocbtno hoi
i luij t-ljfit rin k lifnd mid Ih QlOOiftCAlly
I driven. M mtou copooUy In from i?.f
to 960 root pr mlnuto, it Ih bollovod
(hut lie iH-n mAonloa win bo in opor
Allcui by tin pitd f i hi' wooki
Planer Foreman to
Live Simple Life
0, k. Haiti foreman of Uie Bwaana
I pinning mill. In Innkliiic forward to
in series -if veitfrisi spent far fr'm
the racket of a bowline planer, lie
now ha UQder OOQStrUOtlOII a modern
house on the highway, about half a
mile from Attamoiil Camp ground.
Completion l expected within the
aexl ituinth.
IN SHORT TIME
Present Roll of 65 Men to
be Raised to Around
100 Mark
TO INCREASE OUTPUT
Camp to be Run at Late as
Weather Will Permit
With Larger Crew
Announcement that the force nt
Lamm's enmp would Hhortty he ln
SreaSOd to about lOO men and that
the camp would operate . late thin
Season oh weather would permit wan
made during the week by Claud
Houghton, logging auperlntendent of
the I.umm I. umber company.
The camp III now operating with
it hcIh of i'aHern, two catH and three
bunching crews. Thin will be Increas
ed to Hi sets of fallen, 3 caln nod
four bunching crows.
The output of the camp Ih now
about 100,000 ft. dally. It Is the In
tention to Increase this to about ir.0,
000 feet. The mill Is now culling
about 120,000 teot dally and has
ajiout 2.000,000 feet In the pond.
Hunt Perpetrator
of Outrage Which
Ruined Many Teeth
f'hUrley Lnvlgnc, wink nl Pelican
Hay camp, has stinted on n mi:m
hum for the person 'r persons un
known who Inserted ehunks of lead
In some of tho pnk that WOS deliv
ered to Camp, It ruined an even
half-dueii of bin pet knives. He Is
Joined In the search by Dublin Una
Livingston and others who didn't
have many teeth to spare umi who
did lose What they Iliad when they
clamped down nn Uhe lMd,
LAMM'S CAMP TO
INCREASE CREW
1,1 "Logging Camps to Run
WUm MIINb
at mm ill
Installation Made by North-1
west Blower Company
of Seattle
15 ARE IN OPERATION
R. H. Radcliffe to Remain
as Operator of New
Equipment
Operation of Ihe tire new kilns
of ihe Kwnniin Lumber i uiiipiiny, In
stalled at an approximate cost of
triii, ooo began ibis week.
Tho kilns were Installed by the
NortbWeSI Blower Klin company anil
they bring up Ibe kiln installations
of tie Kwuuna to IS, ton bavins
been previously bull) by tho North
west coinpnuy.
The first of the new kilns wits
charged last week and all WAN) che
duled lo be charged and In full op
eration by the end of the weok.
T. H. Foley, special ropreseata
llvu of tho Northwest Illower com
pany, superintended Ibe final work
an the kilns, which will be In com
plete charge of II, II. Itudcliffe.
Bert Gillis in
Bad Way; Report
at Lamm's Camp
A report current al Lamm's camp
during the week to the effect that
Hert (IIIIU, missing top louder, was
the victim of a parulytic stroke was
Investigated by n committee from the
camp- The committee reported on
its return to ramp thnt while there
may have been some foundation for
the report thai bo was parulyed. he
certainly wasn't n victim of paraly
sis. During his absence Hill Godfrey
It officiating.
Plan To Move
Lamm's Camp
About 4 Miles
Jump to be Made About
Middle of Next
Year
Lamm's camp will be moved about
4 mlloH northwest of Its present lo
cation early next summer, timber
near the present location neartng
depletion.
The move will Involve about five
and one-lv.ilf mile of lualn-lino rail
road to reach the new timber. This
does not take into account the spurs
which will be constructed.
Two miles of the new main line
has already been graded nil It is
believed lhat grading of the whole
lino will bo completed before win
ter. About 17,000 additional ties, will
bo necessary for completion of the
line.
New Planer to
Double Output
in Ewauna Mill
A now Sletson-ftoss pinner, with
n 10-knlfo head, ordered for de
livery about September Lj will prac
tically double the possible output of
Ihe planing mill, WOS stated during
tho wook by nfflcluls of the com
puily. The new planer will ho com
pletely motorized nnd w-ill have a
rated capacity of about 400 feet per
minute nt extreme high speed.
NBW OOMPANV KORMBD
Charles Tt. Witylund, of Palo Alto,
Gkl.i and Donald M. Gregory, Cllf-
Cpn It. UortKm, A. He Martini mid
Winifred Bbrn, of Ban Famcisco,
hnve formed Monterey Hey Hedwod
Co., Willi headquarters In Sat) Krlui
clsco, to lonl In lumber. Tho Cor
poration Is capitalized at $135, 000.
I''rom moro than n million acres
qf cork troon Portugal annually
produces more cork than nil the
rest of tho world combined.
Late This
To Operate
i Steady Demand Infuences Local Operators to
Keep Lamps Upen; "Conditions Mere
Best For Labor Since 1923; Decis
ion Affects Thousands of Men
in Woods Tributary to
Klamath Falls
Intention of nearly all operators in the Klamath dis
trict is to keep their camps going until late in the season,
r.ome until snow hinders operations and others through
the winter.
This was indicated this week by a majority of the
mill men approached on the subject.
Thus, thousands of men employed in the industry in
Klamath county will be employed for a longer period
than for any time past, with the exception of 1923, the
record-breaking year of the industry.
Of especial interest is the announcement of the Forest
Lumber company, purchaser of the Modoc Lumber com
pany, that its camp will be operated all winter, if pos
sible. The camp employs about 200 men. The company
will also provide employment for about 100 men in con
structing its mill, an operation expected to consume about
4 or 5 months. After completion of the mill it will begin
operations immediately, running two shifts steadily.
Jloth tho Shaw-Hertrain
and
Kwatina eampi. employing a large
amount .if men. will be run until
about the mlilUlc of Njvomber, offi
clala :-f both companies Indicated
during the week.
Tho Pelican Day Lumber company
Is reported to bo anticipating run
ning its rump it s late us snow con
ditions . III penult, probabK
December 15.'
about
Lamm Lumber company will run
until as late as possible and more
men will be added to the force
shortlw '
Other companies, both large and
small, will run later than ordinarily,
It is understood, with the exception
of some which have their log ponds
nearly full.
These nre in the minority and
JOE DOBEY SMARTEST MAN
EVER IN PAUL'S LOGGING
CAMPS; WIFE WAS A BEAR
Reproduced by spe-iul arrange
ment -with Esther Shei .ie:d author
of "Paul Banyan," The complete
book may beseemed from thCj Mc
Neil Press, SeUttlo, Wash. Price .
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One of the smartest men ever in
Paul Banyan's camp was Joe Doboy.
Joo cumo to 'work and t'oe boys all
saw he was green and Johnny lnk
sllner, who ihati been left In charge
of tho camp one day, thought that
he'd havo ;me fun with the lad,
so he sent him to town after a
crosahuul and told 'him not to come
bnJ'k until he found it.
Joe headed for town and of course
he couldn't find any ciUBShaal.
Johnny didn't see him again, but
what with such a big camp and all
he figured thai he might be tak
ing his meals in uny of te IS
cookhouses and never gave the mat
ter another thought.
Justus spring came and the camp
WOjj about to break up Joe Uohey
s'hm.ved up In camp again with two
lawyers. He claimed wages tor all
tho tlmo he was hunting the cross
haul, living expenses In town nnd
lawyer's fees. Paul had t'o pay Cilni.
That was the only mistake imyono
ever heurd of Johnny Inksllnger
making and ho never made another
llko it nt least nut mis long as ho
worked for Paul.
Because little bus been said on Mie
subject, most people think Piwil w
a bachelor. Hull did have a wife
holivover, nnd tho way 3io got her
was typical.
Passing a waterfall near one o
his camps one day ho heard a wo
mlfn Screaming. Investigating, he
found tho woman ho afterwurdi
married standing on the hank and
out In Uho river, bonded for the
falls, was her sister.
Fall; Some
All Winter
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their dosing w:il n A throw great
I numners out of won.
De.lsion of the mills to cut late
this year is said to be based on
a steady and increasing demand.
Attn no particular price 'advances
worth mentioning.
At ihe close of operation this
yearit Is estimated tJat the Pelican
B"y I-umber company will have led
the field with a cut of about 65 mll-
i llon foe!- Algoma and Ewauna are
in second place, with prospects that
each will cut about 45 million. Shaw
I Bertram will cut ub mt 30 million.
Klamath Lumber and Box about 2S
million and Lamm's about the same.
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j After going to a picnic we all have
'some Idea of how a stuffed olive
' must feel.
Paul wasted no time. He saw
that before he could swim t'le rapids
! and reach her the IWOnVen would be
! over the falls, so he took his big
Shovel and bes'.in throwing big plies
of .dirt in the river. The woman
; who was to be ihis wife got the
Idea and joined wltfil him and in a
minute the river was dammed up
and the woman in the water nvus
able to walk ashore on dry land.
So light efterwurd Paul married
i Carrie, for that was her name. Said
he liked her quick wit.
Carrie wasn't ns big as Paul, hut
was a pretty good mate for him al
that. It t-ok 13 Hudson Buy blank
' ets t, muke her a skirt and the
' sails on a full-rigged .-hip to make
her a waist.
As for shoes she hvOilld just step
in an extra-large inoosebido with
each foot nnd havo it sewed around
her ankle. She wasn't any differ
ent loan other women, but Just
her measurements were different
feet instead of inches, t!H.it is.
Paul nnd his wife nearly split up
onco when he put her to work
Splitting rails for uls fnacaPOUl farm
in Wisconsin. Sho said she wanted
to help so Paul hired three French
Canadians to help her.
They agreed to split 900 rails per
day, between them but the first day
she worked sho split 4750 rtalll
dnglehanded. The last roll sho'
spill her axe stuck in a rail and
sho had to ask one of the Canucks
to (nine and help her get it out.
He got it out all right- aft;r
working for awhile and then noticed
that there wasn't any heUd on the
nxe only tiho handle. He went to
look lor It nnd found It In tho firs;
rail sho had split, so she hr.d been
working all day with just the bundle.
Vet Rail Man
u i. w:ii
:vvm
Give Lecture
Sand Creek Convention
To be Notable
Meet
Conductor Hit-l of the mountain
illvfarfon of (lie IN Hra ii Itay railroml
lm bettt notified U (In Train Din
pittrheVfl .vmi iaiion of North ,t mer
it a I hal lie lias Im-cm appointed MV
(Jefegate to tin wi annual i-oiivch-
linn or the Order to be lirlil in
Hand 'vvrli.
n haj been naked in rend a
pUM'r uii the Mibji-ct of "llcavUr
trains on heavier grades,
Mr. Kiuk it especially well qual
ified in handle this subject, having
for n long time served as air brake
instructor on ihr Slippery Kim div
ision f the Vinegar valley railroad
in 1'lah.
Hi many railroad friend on ihr
rellcan I lay railroad are especially
enthused over his appointment.
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Company Now Has About
Two Million Feet of
Lumber in Yards
BEGAN ON MAY SIXTH
Company Fortunatsly locat
ed i Timbered Purchased
From Government
With moro than two million feet
of lumber in the yards, plans of
the Anna Creek Lumber company
above Fort Klamath are to cease
operations for the year about Sep
tember 1, according to officials of
the company.
The mill has been cutting about
50,000 feet daily. Cutting was be-
gun this year on May 6, at which
time all lumber in the yard had
been sold.
Contract for hauling the lumber
cut this season has been let to A.
O. Wimer.
This mill is In a fortunate posi
tion as regards timber supply. Pur
chases are made from the forest
service. There are several tracts in
the vicinity of tho mill, too small
to warrant another mill coming in
and yet sufficient to supply the
needs of the Anna ('reek Lumber
company for .many years to come.
GENERAL INCREASE PLANNED
Representatives of 73 railroads op
erating between Chicago and the Pa
cific coast and between Canada and
Mexico have announced August 14
that they would ask the interstate
commerce commission, in session at
Chicago during September, for an
increase in freight rates of approx
imately 5 per cent.
ANNA GREEK ILL
SHUT DOWN NEAR
DP MONTH
Pickering To Locate Big
Mill In Klamath Falls Is
New Lumber Circle Rumor
That a double-band mill to be built by the W. A. Pick
ering interests of Louisiana will be constructed in Klam
ath Falls, rather than near the site of present operations
at McDoel, is the rumor now flitting about in local lumber
circles.
Pickering, one of the largest individual timber opera
tors in America, holds in excess of one billion feet of
timber, most of it lying below the California line and all
of it in position to be served by the extension of either
the Northern Lines or the Southern Pacific below the
Tule Lake section.
It is known that action on his part awaits definite
word on the part of railway officials. (Klamath Falls
will be chosen rather than McDoel, it is said, because
construction of either extension will extend southward
from Klamath Falls, not connecting, directly with McDoel.
Pickering is rumored to already have approved plans
for a double-band mill. It is pointed out that he has
apparently so far made little effort to secure a mill site
here, as far as is known.
RRAY P ANT KllNs
ui
civ vrinc uiitu
I j
HA ILHNl Willi
Operation Continuous Ex
cept for Repairs Made
in Winter
65 MEN ARE EMPLOYED
Capacity of Plant 20 Million
to Ship 18 Million
This Year
What is believed to he a record
for continuous operation In this sec
tion Is .thnt of the Crater Lake Box
company at Bray, which ha operated
without a shut down except for re
pairs, ever since 1919, when the
property was acquired by its preoeot
owners.
The mill furnishes employment for
about 50 men In tho mill and about
15 in the yards the year round.
Equipment consists of 4 cut-offs,
1 scrap machines, 3 twin bands, 1
band rip and other Incidental mach
inery. The capacity of the plant Is set
at a maximum of 20 million feet
yearly and it is estimated that ship
ment this year will reach IS millions.
Those familiar with Its operation
state that this uninterrupted run ha
been made possible by the polity
of the company which has been to
place rigid inspection on all products
of the plant.
Ewauna Will
Jump Camp In
Early Summer
Announcement Is Made
by Company
Official
Announcement that I lie Kwauua
camp would be ahlftcil early next
summer to a point about four or five
miles east of its present location was
made during the week by J. F. Dag
gett. Timber near the present ramp
has been nearly logged off and by the
middle or next yeiir the situation will
muke a move Imperative, Daggett
said.
Pine Beetle Is
Damaging Timber
Near Deschutes
Western pine beetle Infestation
in the Metolius district of the Des
chutes national forest has resulted
in a considerable loss of timber. It
wus found by Fred B. Ames, assist
ant district forester In charge of
timber sales, who returned to Bend
from the north end of the forest to
day. Ames was accompanied on
his trip to the Motollus district by
H. L. Plumb, supervisor of the Des
chutes forest.
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FEW SHUTDOWNS