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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1925)
LUM BERLOGUE r ' . 11 . ... ii'iiiJUJ. VOL I. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, .WEDNESDAY, 8EPTE MHEK 30, 1925 Number 30 I BE BUILT S Announcement follows close on Purchase of Sivddlc Mountain Holdings YATES EQUIPMENT Construction to Start at once Building May be Com plete in 60 Days Closely following on the hoels of the announcement that the Campbell-Towlc Lumber company had com pleted negotiations for the purchase of the Saddle Mountain holdings, plans for the immediate construc tion of a remonufacturin; plant adjacent to the saw mill site on Sprague river have been announced by of ficials of the company. Construction is to begin at once and the plant is ex pected to be ready for thfl installation of machinery within 60 days. Machinery will be operat ed by a steam power plant. Equipment throughout will be supplied by the P. B. Yates Machinery company, and will include a 30-inch matcher and hisjh-speed planer, resaw, self-feeding rip and cut-off saw. Monroe's False Teeth Again Play Him Dirty Trick Jack Monroe, tiuperintniUnt of the ShuMn View mill. Iinx ngnln boon I ho victim of niKfortune, Fully rocovorod from th Jolt rocalved whin ho wntt knocked off n high bonm when In- CMAt in contact with a hlKh-puwnr wire carrying 4 4ft VOltH. Jack agaltl Mat Waterloo out on the milt poml where he WM supei - vinitiR oparatlnnc. lie iilppod ami fell in tho pond t wire. The ftrnt time wiiHii't ho bad, helnK in faet n Kort of noeetiHlty, hut the MCOnd time hlH fnmoue falN teeth wore U)Ht In tho hhufflo and Win tod their way downwnnlH Into the murky doptliH of the pond, never more to bo soon by tho oyon of mortal man. Jack In havta IUk 01q work on the plana and RpQOJf I cations fur AO 0-th or pair and In tho meautlmo Ih taking nnurlnhuieul through a I raw. O'Brien Put Out By Rheumatism ('lift O'Brien, recently a swum per ni tbs Modoc camp, ims found H necessary to move to Turner Hut SiirluiiH in nn offurt 'in eliminate IiIh ancle ii i ailment, rheumatism, which hud laid him lower than the liuttuin of the "I'll Hint Paul Human dug. MP ML PLANING ILL 10 ON Paul Bunyan's One Great Failure, Committed Here, Overlooked By Historians By AL FIDLER, Pelican City In chronicling the exploits of the famous logger, Paul Bunyan, the historians generally overlook Paul's one great failure. The summer before the year of the two winters, Paul tried to cross the Klamath Lake tides with the Minnesota bull pines to get straight all clear logs. This experiment was a failure, the resulting cross being bull rushes, for proof of which see any Minnesota lake or note the spots on the shores of Klamath Lake where Paul pulled up the tules. Owing to the wet Spring after the year of the two winters, a great many of the knots Paui had remove tll'rom the bull pine got floated into the Big and Little Onion rivers, and lodged on the feet of '.he river hogs sacking the rear of the drive. Ever since hat time tho knots have been known as "Bunions." REPAIRS ON ROAD AID TO MILL CRFWS Work O. K.; Means Much To Lumber Workers Nn iitiunuiiceinent lu rceeiH (ponlbs, unlsss the one muting iimi the Porosl Lumber obntpsby would reaoustruet tbe burned Modoc Mill, turn occasioned ho much Joy to mill workers tii northern Klsmstb coun ty uj i hut Issued yeeterdsy by the Khun mil county court that the mini bttWtlon OhllOQUln unit Asp grove wag to bo graded. Although the distance Ik only Sboul ii mile mid ii half, tiif strttch bstwooQ ('iiiiiMjinii nut! agpgroyo, on low ground, ii virtually Impasgg ble fn wat wsatbar, This Strgtgh Ih used by praOtlfigl- ly srtry woodsman coming down to Klamath Fulls from the Kirk una iud glso by Ilrnymlll icHidf-nta who oopm to Chdogoln by way nf Ifgva. IUIIkt llinn force their employee so uhi- tin road, officials of tin. rorest Lumber comiinny had ge elded tn build n rommlassry at tin mill ihai would supply ail nawds of the camp, chipping In all needed materials iy rail. Decision of ihe county court to repair III" mad menus thai a great itmuunt nt trade will lie saved to Cblloquln ami lu Klamath Fails, Wisconsin Man Buys Interest In Local Firm Eastern Lumberman Is Due Here In Two Weeks A substantial interest in he Sixth Street Lumber Co. here has been acquired by R. P. Ellingson of Hawkins, Wisconsin, who, during the week purchased the stock and plant of the Klamath Lumber and Mill Work Co. The Sixth Street Lumber company and the Klamath Lumber and Mill work com pany are housed in the same building. The Sixth Street Lumber company does re manufacturintr anil main tains a wholesale and retail yard. A. H. McCollum is pre sident. Others active in management of the firm are U n. Glen denning, A. G. Pearson and E. M. Pearson, the latter being secretary of the company. An announcement outlin ing future plans of the com pany is expected soon, and it is believed that a Drosrram of expansion will be outlin ed. Ml ill WHO REQUEST II Condition Here is Best in Years, Statement of Em ployment Manager MUCH WORK IN CAMPS Klamath Falls Building Act ivity Furnishes Labor for Many Men There in work in Kitimtitii county for nil lOCSl HMD who want II, ac cording to ignts ityan. local em ployment agency msusgsr. "The situation Ih the host la yearn." lie said. viiii iii.r- i iu.ti.inr. wimation- sicck ana pianr. io i. r. ciungson or nawKins, wiscon ai in tin- situation; Ho- itoel n inaiim i3in,, effective November 14, was announced here today (i,.u any woodsman in "'I' flUtrici IIC'iMI noi in- (Mil oi Niirr. Li' iimi-; Uli'. If .....n. (.. atM AMI nf I I, iroods for awiiii. . ih.-r- is ork 1 1 eiitle'son, owners of the company, had completed nego rinin bare in Klamath khs for tiatiOM for a large factory site in Stockton, California, ill, in. Muny men nr' wunliil on local building sad rdad work and there is some work in local harvest riolila.-' AnordlnK to Mr. Ityan. Klamath Falls bus Seabed to be a factor In the supplying of men for work on lln Natron cutoff. While this district used to sup ply many of tin- men needed by the S. I"., It now will not uverntte one man a week, he declared. This, he said, Is due to tho fact that the faro from Klamath Falls to tho sceno of operations Is now Slli.bO. This mean that any one Kofhit from here io work on the cutoff miisl expect tij expend a total of $21.00 uolSf! In and coming out. This has been brought ubout by ihe fact that most of the work on this sldu of thi' divide has been com pluted and efforts of the S. 1'. are helm; concentrated on the Bugene end. As u result nearly all workmen are being supplied from either Eu gene or Portland. A contractor who came to Klam ath Falls during the week seeking six Jack hammer men was unable to hire n single one. the men being unwilling to pay ihe stiff fan' for tho privilege of slinging a ham mer, Sllvcrton Lumber Co., silvorton, tlM cIobpiI Its sawmill, but Is ninniiiK th plunlng mill rogUlsrly. Kulph Cowdenli son Kii is manager nf the loBRin operations of the Ompo.ua Mills Tlmbor Co.. Ree'dsport, ore. - 1. .vi f '.mi lk-. - Local Millwork Firm Sold; New Company To Operate At Stockton ! Wisconsin Man Is Purchaser of Successful Re- manufacturing Fir mHere; Drehr, Acomb and Henderson Now Have Large Plant Under Construction at Stockton, California; Effective Soon Sale of the Klamath Lumber and Millwork company by j-j. L. Acomb, ons of the "'. t rtyt tV 4 1 r niiinnnw,nnl fV coin "Vf : Acomb stated that he, with Emil Dreher and T. P. and that construction had commenced on the plant, which when completed will be much larger than the one now operated by the firm here Too Bad! rpHIS. bo far as is known, Is the first action picture ever taken of "Dad" Pierson of Lamm's mill. wilh his demon Star car. In order to take me picture tne i.uniiienogue amera man wont out at night nnd took the engine out of the Star. The picture was secured 4i miles from camp, just after IMerson had crawled under mid discovered the engine was missing. Picture copyrighted in Jugo slavia and Iceland. Fred Herriek Lumber Co.. Hums, has purchased machinery and power for driving piling for bridges on its logging railroad. Excavation will soon he started on tho mill pond at Warm Springs. Ye Harvest Tyme HEREWITH is presented for the edification of l.mnhorlogue read ers the first authentic picture of Joe Myerscough of Pelican Hay camp , engaged of bis crop of yearling turkeys. For the benefit of the uninitiated, this is what commonly known us an "action picture." The axe used by Mr. MyorscoUgh is his own Invention. Tho handle was purposely shortened so Mr. My erscough could make bettbr, time on I lie curves. members of the firm. T.'.e. r.ime jf the present company will be be retained by the new- Stockton fl.'in hut will not be used, the new firm name to be the Stock ton siding ..ompany. Mr. Acomb and Mr. Dreher will j move to Stockton anl have actual j charge of cue plant. Hr. Henderson, local manager t?T the Klamatli De velopment compana, will remala in ' Klamath Falls but will reta.n bin j interest in the Stockton company. I Since It was .organised ho.o early this season, the Klamath Lumber and Mlllword company ijas been on? of the outstanding successful re manufacturing operations of this j so.uion. Tho plant, one-half of rhldh Is occupied by the Sixt'.i Street Lumber company, was enlarged sev eral times to meet the needs cf the rapidly-stowing business. It found a ready market for all 11 nivfltii-orl Thta f.io, loH n Hepl. . sion t0 remain in the business in the Stockton area and to erect the new plant on a larger scale. The Stockton plant will manufac tucr moulding, siding, sash and door shock and common lumber. Mr. Kllingsoii i.s expected to arrive lacre October 15. Sale price of the pro perly was not made publlo. Hassell Bros,. Dodge, are operating a sawmill of 20,000 feet dally ca pacity. The lumber is trucked to Es- tacada. in harvesting the first Timber Beasts And Squirrels Fight For Nuts Huge Store Laid By For Coming Hard Winter Timber beasts at the Shaw-Bertram camp, vlsloning a hard and long winter, have seized upon a novel method of keeping the wolf from the door. - This being the year that sugar plno cones produce pine nuts, and the falling crews now being en gaged in work on the steep slopes of Applegate mountain where sugar pines ore plentiful, great stores of nuts have been gathered. Every cabin at the Shaw-Rertram camp has its qnotu of sacked cones and no timber beast considers his equipment complete when he starts for the tall timber in the morning unless he has a full set of nut crackers and picks. The coneat retain the nuts until the action of the sun has dried them somewhat, hence the timber beasts deck them along side the logging railroad until they are dried and then shake the cones. At least that was the idea that was first tried out. Then it was found that the squirrels knew all about the plan and beat the afore said timber beasts lo the nuts. Of late It has been found necessary to haul the gatherings to camp every day and dry them on back porches. i TO CLOSE WITH Company has Best Cut This Year Ever Made. Close to SV4 Millions EWAUNA GETS OUTPUT Hauling to Klamath Falls Firm Begins; 70,000 Ft taken by Trucks Daily After making one of the largest cuts in recent years, ihe McCollum mill on the Ashland-Klamath Falls highway will close about October 15. with a season's cut of approximately five and one half million feet. The highest previous cut was in 1923 when the company cut five mil lion. The company began operations this spring with the yards clean. The entire output of the company i3 tak en by the Ewauna Box factory in Klamath Falls. Lumber is now being hauled at the rate of about "0,000 daily. Logging operations are being car ried on by Mr. McCollum and by It. D. Chamberlain. Timber is brought from the Devine tract and from a tract of government timber on the highway, about two miles from the mill. Ford trucks with trailers have been used all summer by the com pany successfully in bringing logs from the camp to the mill. Lust win- I ter. In heavy snow, the light trucks were used and sueceeueti in mahiug long hauls where heavier trucks would have sunk out of sight. The mill has cut from 40,000 to 50.000 daily all year. Goorgfe W. McCollum, owner of the mill, some time ago had under consideration the construction of i larger plant, but this idea is under stood to have been abandoned, duo to the fact that prospective power development on the Klamath river will eventually flood Ihe site now oc cupied by t lie mill. As this develop ment is scheduled to tako pljice in 1930, Mr. McCdllttra abandoned tntf Idea. Youngs Bay Lumber Co.. Astoria, which has been operating Ihe Bhtngle mill three shifts, has started operat ing Its sawmill two shifts, cutting considerable hemlock, Hammond Lumber Co. is con Sgruetlng a new dike at Mill City to prevent tho Satttlam river from un dermining tho pinner shed nnd boil er room during high water. raw m 0EC000S BROKEN RECORD GUI IS M SOUGHT III T L Box Factory Turns out 22 Cars of Shook During August Run 25 CARS THIS MONTH Company Buys Production From Many Small Mills Operating Nearby Following a production of 22 carloads of shook at the Underwood Box factory during August, the Lake view company is going to hit a new high record dur ing the present month with 25 cars already marked up on the production sheet up to the close of count last Saturday night. With two production days remaining in the month it is expected that the output will reach upwards of thirty cars for the month. The figure rep resents a shipment of two N. C. O. cars each day dur ing the month, or a fair siz ed trainload each week end, together with other ship ments of lumber. The factory now affords employ ment to r,s men in the various de partments and no shortage of labor has been experienced during tho seat son, in fact a standing list of appli cants has been maintained at times. While in general, the paper box business has been making some In roads into the pine box game, tbe market is such that officials of the company believe that it will be pos sible to keep the factory under full production up until the holidays and probably right through the winter in ease it is possible to secure lum ber for the plant. The factory has proved a most ex cellent dumping place for the unr der grades of lumber, practically all of the smaller mills selling this class of their output to the factory, and in this way it has done much to en courage manufacture In the entire Lakeview district. During the past month it has been necessary to run an extra two hour shift in tbe eve ning in order to keep abreast of the incoming orders. Alturas Hopes For Pickering Sawmills Soon W. E. Pickering, presi dent of the Pickering Land land Timber company, was an Alturas visitor Saturday and Sunday, conferring with Noble Weaver, local repres entative of the company, re- jgarding holdings in Modoc i county. The prospected S. P. ex tension runs through the heart of the Pickering Tim- ; ber in Modoc county and it lis the hope of Alturas that : activity on its behalf will be followed by construction of Jone or more mills by the j Pickerings. The Pickering interests i own 150,000 acres of virgin timber in Texas .where. they operate two large sawmills. iThey also have extensive timber holdings in Louisiana . where they operate two saw mills, and also three large ! mills in California, the ap iiroximate daily output of (the Pickering mills being ! around one and one quarter 1 million feet of lumber, 1 fi ll
