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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1925)
Wednesday Qetojbw T '"r THE LUMBE It L OGUE IB Says Local Camp Still Has Record Severance Disputes Cal $ ornians' Claim of $ Log Loading ,if ornians' Claim of (H.v Jus. Severance-) ticjio MinVrioRac of Hcptcnibcr 23 tllt'co is an art it'll- staling that the Red River Lumber company of Wostwood, ("iilif., exceeded tin- ce roid made la-l year at Algonul load iui; sliorc logs. To keep ilii record straight, would Ilka to give llir following fails pub licity. The Algoniii I.uhiIht company iu loading their 40 cars ust'il standard 8. P. cars, each car equipped with 4 bunk chains and li wrapper chains in nil 210 chains. The cars were loaded straight and oven with (lie bunks in accordance with railroad regulations. The Ked River IjhuI'T company uses Its own cars which ar:' equipped with so-called "cheese blocks." The logs, arc saddled in ami in case the hunk loffs overreach the width of the Curs, It-makes no difference, as ! Ihn liters mo r -:, 1 1 s ct h i , I tiitlv fill til,' ' The size anil tin nuinbvr or logs 1ooUh1 by the Rwl River Lumber company prove that their timber is of bigger dimensions than the timber loaded at Algoma. The Red River Lumber company used sij Bet cruis era, the Atgomn three Holt cats and 4 old fashioued wood wheels. The advantage in handling is with the Red River Lumber company. The logs loaded by the Algoina Lumber company were Iiandled, little and big, as they laid on the landing, Mnled by me as to their commercial volume and Termed by the Phuio:lv awoV a fad be mttrriri -i-.i ernment scalers on the cars. As to the reward, the Algotna jammer crew got double p a y and a very substantial dinner, wliirh although it was no i tur key, was very acceptable in view of the financial "sauce Am very glad to learn that Mr. J. Cameron of the Red River Lumber company is credited with making the record, as thai gentleman received his first lesson In short logging from the A 1 go ma Lumber company In 1023. If we dissect the two methods as to loading, using chains and number and size of logs used by both lum ber companies, it will show the Ore gon record still stands and Paul Bun yan in, Westwood still has some dis tance to go. Mr. Severance was formerly scal er at Algoma. He sent in a photo to prove his argument regarding chains. Editor. Winter Of The Blue Snow Was A Dinger; Cold Was Source Of Annoyance, Too (Republished by special arrange ment with. Esther Shephard, au thor of "Paul Hunyan." Published by the McNeil Press, Seattle. Price 12.00). One of the worst winters I ever put in with Paul or anywhere, for that matter was the winter of the Blue Snow. It was so cold that winter that the loggers all swore blue streaks, and the snow all turn ed blue came down blue in the first place, and then turned bluer after it touched the ground. It was sure a pretty sight, too. though you couldn't forget the cold long enough to look at it. Blue, bine everywhere, us far as the eye could sec, stretching along the West in tho open places, and in the woods around the trees, a Utile mound around each one with Just a little hold in the middle where the tree wns! Tjie two Joe Murphys brothers one! of em named Pete had the Jobiof holding up the sky-lines in camp that winter, and I used to help 'om sometimes so I seen a good ilea of the snow mor'n my share, llkejY It wns a hard Job we had. for the snow Was nearly the same col or as the sky. so that you could hardly tell sometimes where one Jott off and the other began like the time wo wns laying out the ice road around n big hill In order to get away from the grade. We'd been working for about a week or so, ami then all of a sud den we came out and the hill was all gone, aud It had been a big t loud Uuii. we had been trying to Work around", mid that way. it was Ewauna Will Get New Shay Early In Yearj 70-Ton Model To Be Delivered About April Ewauna logging U'ain crew will be entrusted with the care of a new 70-ton Willamette Shay Logging lomocotive about April 1, officials of the company an- J J ! , v L i nounceu uiiiiiu; uie weeK. I i he com)any now lias a tti-ton American rod engine in service. This will be retained for main line duty. With the coming summer the com pany expects to open up new territory which will in- volve very steep grades and it is on these that the new engine will receive its tiy out Wedding Bells Cut Loose At Pelican Citv Lumber Paymaster, t r jLong omiiten, Falls Among the notable happenings of the past week in l-cal lumber cir cles was the wedding of Herman Grisvold and Miss Pearl Renie. Mr. Grisvold :s paymaster at the Pelican Bay Lumber company and Mrs. Renie was also employed at the com pany offices. The wedding was a surprise, no. because it happened, tm because the. brltle an.l tzro?m electeil to i.iuo and groom elected to t Dunsmuir, uiu:h to the BorririB . many, friends who h-itl aattein i ceiebrating the aUir In a fitt-i Kg p.nd proper manner, .Mr., and Mrs. Gr.srMd v.-'.'l mV..L their home in Klamath Fall1-' to the fact that, this .is WSA ptfia ptli liiufs ,oi year in the lumlK-r suije-fl A their wedding trip has been pot p :: ed until a later date. Get Outfits for Great Duck Hunt Johnny Johnston and Hook Mct Cpllum yrerp hurried Klamath Kails visitors Monday, obtaining materialr, for the hunt. Bach bought a ronf plete outfit, Including the nobby hip flasks so much admired by the elite. Between trains the boys intend to work out on the ducks and geese in the Williamson marsh region. hard- all right, and walking around In It up over our shoes aud rubbers every day wasn't whet you might call comfortable cither. And there was the snow snakes that was the worst of it that win ter. All over the ground.' no matter where yon went, there was them snakes crawlin around, and you couldn't hardly get away from them, for they'd coll up and Jump at you If you wasn't careful and a bite was almost always sure death. Soon as they hit you you'd freeze to death and the only thing that would save you was a good drink of whiskey. And the little pesky frost-biters up in the hills was pretty bad, too. though not quite bo bad as the snakes but they'd worry you a lot more. It was sure cold that winter so cold that the words froze in our mouths and Paul had to send to Kngland for a frozen word inter preter. Some funny combinations came out that spring when the words began to thaw out I tell you, you'd know then what the hoys thought of you. all right. One fellow that talked an awful lot I he words froze so thick around him that Paul filially had to get the Blue Ox to haul him out at last. And the green hull-cooks froze in their tracks every time Paul spoke to them. It wns a great winter-. Portland stevedoring Company, Portland, Ore., has been sued for 126,000 damages by Luurltz Olsen, who alleged he was injured by fall ing through an open hatch while loading lumber on the steamer West Niger, March 10,' 1 CUT JUICE COST I Will develop Approximately 625 Horsepower, Using .. High and Low Pressure : OFFERS BIG ECONOMY Installation, Utilizing Ex haust Steam, Removes Need for Other Boiler I An uuswor to thoso who so strong- ly Insist that the lumber business Is i wasteful may he seen in the installa tion of a mixed pressure steam tur bine at te Latum Lumber company mill ill Modoc Point, the turbine br uit; designed to operate in such u manner as to utilise even the ex haust from the shotgun feed and al so from oilier mill machinery. A similar turbine is now in use at the plant, of the Wood Lumber company. The turbine now being installed ill the Lainni plant Is described us a SIS K.v.A. We.-tiuslittuso mixed pres sure. It will develop in the neighbor hood of 63fi horsepower, according to $i rHJI utinter of the Sawmill En gineering and Cotisiriici ion company, under whose jupervisioa the lusta! latlon i. being nmde. Cnlil the sawmill shuts down this your the turbine will operate on a combinttioa of ; exliau and high frrsMire steuiu. When the exhaust st. am proves insufficient to turn the turbine fans, an automatic valve will cut in the hig.li pressure steam. The turbine will generate sufficient power for the operation of the dry kilns and the planer, which have up to now been run by electricity. At Pelican Hay a high pressure turbine Is now in use, operuting the mill. Because of Its ability to use mixed pressure steam the turbine will re move the necessity for purchase of a SSO horsepower boiler. Air. Hunter said.. . , . ,,. .. ,.. s , It la believed that successful op eration of this turbine at the Lamm plant will eventually result in, simi lar installation in many other mills in this territory, where electricity purchased from the California Ore gon Power company is now being usefl exclusively. S REDUCTION NOW II II R6UHE Mors than 100,000 Ft Daily is Delivered to Local Yards, is Report BAD WEATHER HURTS Several Logging Operations Brought to Temporary Halt; Long Cut Seen Lumber production 'in the Lake view district has reached maximum production for the season, averaging around 100,000 fdet daily, reporti from that section indicate. Of the above amount; approxi mate 70,000 feet is being handled by the Underwood Lumber company. The remainder II being shipped i unfinlshed lumber via the Nevada, California' and Eastern narr i V gauge. Output of Hie Underwood box 'fac tory for September reached 28 cars, a re:ord tor the concern, with only l working days In the month. .More than 800,000 feet of lumber was handled by the compaaty during the month. Recent slornny weather in 'he Ivakeview district proved a great hindrance to logging operations, for a time causing the closing of (OVfral ramps. These have now resumed operations. A few at the smaller mills arc an ticipating closing down during the present month, but toe majority are planning on operating until IBOiW flies. Much lumber Is now stored In the various milt yards tihrnughmi. the district, too wet for hauling. Op etators are jilnuulng on hauling lb late season out to Lukevlew after culu weather appears and the roads are f rosea solid. At present truck crews are running on a continuous schedule, day and night. rntu HITS MILL BRBWBTBR, Wn. Fire recently, gutted the Hyde & Rnwloy sawmill. 12 miles ifrom here. Quick work with water from a tank saved about 100.000 feet of piled lumber. Origin ut tho fire is unknown. No Insur ance was curled, 181 TO I 1 P LMEH MILL Y. ML C. .A Man Will Direct Club Action Chosen As New Secre tary At Pelican Bay Kred llrooko, fernicrly in clin'ge of Y. M. C. A', uittvltles at lluy un.md, Washington, has beou ablecloa sb the new dlnvu'r of fie Pellcnn Bav club. Mr. Broojtt has lofl (or t' e is'i Ingtosi town and expects to return to this section la about it week, utter he has w-juud up porionrtl air.ilis He will be uccompaiiletl here uy ids family. I'm II his return uu oiitllu of projected activities for the coming, season Is obtainable. It is expected flint Hie .lab will continue to lie a till factOI le BUD liivlshig the recrciilonal .rulvlilcs of employes of the otu,i:i:iy, with the eivepUon u( those worVlUi In tlie camps, who do not .inn ui'der lis liiClheuce. Brayinill Wants Decent Road Up Toward Chiloquin I ATter a rnrctiil resnnto of con,ll ttoni lu t-ie automobile miirket an " a long talk with "Dud" Plsrtoa of idoo Polpt and also with, the nil tor of te LtimberroKue, Wi'ltc: Henry of Cae Pelican May Oommun ity club has purchased a Star cur. .Now that the purchase has been com pleted and Harry Is 'Irmly honked both huve Joined in telling him ell about hit bargain. He will reenter, Sawyer-Setter Shortage Near Air And Klectric lltias Remove Need for Men on Hushing Carriages Trade Now Hard One To Learn Arc sawmill setters and sawyers to become as fcftlriet as th" dodo? 1 .This question, often heard in the past few years. Is hegiuning more and more to perplex mill owners. following ulmostj'iinlvHrsal adoption, of the elecric or Wr dog. In the good, qld days, youths who aspired to become sawyers or setters began in the orthodox manner, dog-i i ging on lie- carriage j In time, when they recovered I from their seasickness, they began I to look about and to observe the I actions of the u tter and tho saw- I - i : . 1 r - . ' They learned the setting signals, observed lite action of the mechan ism and in general figured out what It was alt about. i lie ii , uiiii iiaoiy, us now , came the happy Monday morning when the setter failed to sbov; up. Even alone are Betters and sawyers grad the sawyer might be numbered ualcd and with the school removed among the missing. Such enscfl are on record. In either event, the aspiring dog ger got a chance to play with the set works. If he showed reasonable Initiative and his tryouts didn't re sult in wrecking the entire mill, he was finally given the setting Job for keeps. Then. If the mlllowners or man agers happened to be men with fairly liberal Ideas, he was permlt- This Man Sure Ought to Find Work in Klamath The LU'mberlogUI bus received a letter, from Repress, California, and herewith prints It without comment. Name on file here lr yoti can give him a Job: "Oentlemen: "I am a man of good habits. I don't list; nn kind of liquor or drugs; I am a hard and faithful worker In lumber camps as rigger, book tender, fireman, etc. ('tin tlo anything. 1 want to get employment of any kind, steady work, mill work, lumbar camps, box factories or any thing, i do ail kinds of construc tion or railroad work, tunnel work, etc. Will be very glad to work for tin. Southern Pacific or anybody else. Can do ranch work, pick and shovel work, drive leiini, cook, herd Shetfp, do hoisting and derrick work, signal work by flags or whistle, cemet and con: I ruction work." (Name oh request). DRV till AM DB8TROVKI) TACOMA. Wash. Fire recently destroyed all the dry Ulna of tile PftClflC llox I'll, causing' a lOU Of approximately $76,000. A consid erable Quantity of lumber mid sev eral small buildings of the company were burned. For a time tll fire threat tied to spread lo other Indus tries on the Uda flats area. K. & C. ILL HAS RECORD RUN FOR PRESENT SEASON Cut this Year to Amount to Approximately Six and One-Half Million Ft. TO SHUT DOWN SOON Mill to Cease Operations About October 10, Pros pects at This Time With a cut of mure than 0, 000,0(10 feel, the lugoat III tin1 history of the concern, the k a r. mill lu the southeastern pail of the county will Sn.nl down about October 10. Ta season the mill cut about five mid oiie-luilf million leei of pine and about 806,000 feet of fir. The enttfG output of the in 111 was sold this season to the Associated Lun)bar & Box compnuy of Dorrti, as ill past years. The lull has averaged about IS, 000 feel per Mill ft this season. Previous to this year, the largest cut tvr iiiado by the mill was five I ami one-half million feet. Next season a Trout set works will he Installed, sccoidlng to II. i ioi- uant, ntajorft owner in the mill, Th K.,.A ('. Lumber company, though commonly considered a. Cal ifornia company baoanse of the fact that itu poaiofflce nddrew Is Durrls. . .in pregon coiuern. situated near the soutliern boundary of the county. It was founded lu lOlle by Q, II KeSti i'sou ami II. I'roiauut. In tti fall of ItJM Kestenion sold his In terest to I'rolsunt and this year Crolsant sold a one-fourth Inter est to Chester Tompkins. t d to take u few leuotti which tnugtlt him tho secrets of slimgim feed lad nfUat control. Finally, some morning the sawyer was numbered umotig tho 'mttalngi The setter, with fear and tfemblwjfj pfflcluted la bis stead.- It be pass ed the day wlhout wrecking the 'mill or killing th new setter, ho in time graduated into the ranks of tho lumber urlsloeracV, buosmln full-fledgcii sawyer. The foregoing Is approximately the manner In which most of the present-day sawyers and setters lenrned their stuff. Now the days of band doggera are numbered. Air and electricity have taken their place and except In small outlying mills there I.; small opportunity to learn the art of aw ing from the ground up. from the iichnbl of Experience millmen of the next generation will face the problem of educating new men or taking drastic Btepo to make preBcnt-day sawyers and Bet tors lajt as long as possible. One factor In the situation which may prevent a shortage Is the num ber of mills In the south which are cutting out their holdings and which arc releasing for service in the wost sawyers and setters with proven ability. Ford Plays Big Part in Local Lumber Industry With Fords everywhere on the highways) it is not strange that Kordson tractors have found a sir manenjt place in the local lumber Industry. Fordson tractors lire used In the yards on 'train hnulH at many local mills. A Forduon tractor Is used as a power plant In a small mill operated near Eagle Ridge Tavern. Ford trucks have been used suc cessfully by the McCQlluBl lumber company near Kcno. logging In loose ground where heavier trucks would have been mind. Now comes the announcement that a special trailer Is being devised for use in connec llon with the Fordson, so Hint loads may he hauled that will compare favorably with those hauled by the larger logging trucks. Flllte DKHTROY8 Etll IPMENT COTTAOE fjROVISt Ore Three se Hons if tho land being logged df by tb Anderson & Middleloi Lumber Co., al Ha ttujada camp lias been burned over 'by fire, II b i i been dapplttedi Two donkey en gines, I wo railway bridges, n quan tity of rOfS and 1 igglng equipment wire destroyed, The heaviest loss wiis down timber. Utile damage was done lo standing limber, L Vj. VjICWS This Winter Scheme Tried Out in Other Years With Success Longing operations will be carried on all winter lu the caiiipu of the K, ,4 C, and Topsy lumber com panies, lu Hie I0U thorn part of tho county, is the prospect now. Due to luck of log ponds this has been a necessary move ou the part of these companies for the pail few lessons According to II. Crolsant of l lie K & C. Lumber company winter log glug. though more costly, can be curried on successfully lu Hie Khun nth region. Logs out tall winter are decked near the o hSQll at the mills uf" flolenl to lust fur the first twit months of the season, when they cannot be Itiiuled from the woods. After thai the haul Is made directly 10,111 Hie woods to Hie mill, elimi nating the expense of ftseklol and re-hnndllng. Mill Man Has New Views Of Lake Pelican Bay Employee Has Unusual Studies VVlttD every relldcllt .,! Klalnalii county of the opinion that that Is only one place from which u proper picture uf Crater Lake can be tukuli. it has remained f r Lee liuvls, em ploye of tiio Pollean Hay Lumbar company, to demonstrate Hint possl billtles for artful photography at the lake were gener.ill, UOrMtlSSU, Mr. Davis mas for 14 yeura u phot, gr.iphcr in Hohuri. Oklahoma. Included lu his experience Is a or lco of some years for the U. 8 government, during which as tricl- S photographer for ivU-nUfi facator he arcompauled expedition! .to tbe Uelgmt) Conxiu Ijrttlsh kU .V.'lea, J.iv, Roman, Japan ull.l JR& V -v j-' (-M l Desiring a Change from Hie cm fining life of u photographer, he can)! to Klamath Falls and t ok the Ilrsroutdoor Job that offered, which ilmpponod to he one with the Pelican May Lumber company. Ill bin spare Hiuii since i: union here lu, ban occupied himSclf Willi taking unusual and 'beautiful pic tures of the Klamath country. Ills equipment being of the best, he has obtained some olrklsg ,Jlc turea of upper Kliunuih Like, taken fr m new vlewnolntn, with. Itatl)lug :loud efforts. The photos ho Iiiib taken t Crater Lake, In addition to their nrt, SOOV up strikingly the great distance from too top of tho ckUfs urottnd the shore to tho surface of the lake Itself. Drying Sheds at cflgoma to e Constructed New drying; slusls, with nn ap proximate capacity or one mid one ii. ill million feet, ore soon lo lie constructed at Hie Algoina Lumber company plant. Plans for the struc ture are now being; designed hy Muti i u.iii, general manager of the company. The sheds will store the output oi' tins planer and dry kilns. The kiln buttery, II Is expected will lie placed in service Sometime dur ing the coming week. Installation of the boiler iins delayed operation. Topsy Mill To Be Moved To Dorris; Eight-Mile Logging Road To Tap Timbered Area i ., The mill of the Topsy Lumber company, owned by the Kestersons, will be moved to Dorris, California, this fall. The new location is about eight miles from the present tite of the mill. The company has about 35,000,000 feet of timber in what is known as the Vanata tract. Inability to get timber near the present location of the mill made a move imperative, was decided early this season. Officers of the company decided to move to a new location near the timber stand but were forced to abandon this plan due to inability to secure a good water supply, vital to successful opsration of the mill. At a meeting held in Dorris, citizens of that commun ity pledged themselves to secure a right-of-way for, the mill from Dorris to the timber if the mill would be built in the town. This has been done and the mill is now cutting fir timbers to be used in construction of the new plant. An effort to purchase Weyerhaeuser timber near the present mill site was unsuccessful, Two Shifts AtEwauna All Winter First Time in History of Big Concern, Work Entire Year That the sawmill of the Ewauna Box company will operate two shifts, all wink er, providing weather condi tions will permit ,wn an nounced yesterday by C. H. Daggett. This will b the first time in the history of the concern that double shift, all-winter operation has been attempted. This will mean that the camp will be run until some time in December, later than ordinarily. There is now about eight million feet of logs in the pond at the mill and it is intended to in crease this amount to four teen million before the camp is shut down. Fourteen mil lion is the extreme capacity of the boom. , Work has begun on instal lation of a condenser, by means of which exhaust stetni will be used to heat water to be utilized in keep ing the pond open in extre mely cold weather.- 1 Ml. Hebron Firm now Ship ping from two to Three Cars Per Day Mill of the Blsllyou lumber com pany niny run late thin season, ac curdini: to Information received here during the week. The mill Is now shipping from two 10 Uiree cars dully and Is cutting from BO, 000 to On, nun foot dnlly. About lie men are employed ut the mill ami about lu In the woods. , A Km(l ,.rc.k hu!) . dammed to make n small pond, though Its slr.o Is rather n handicap. RoCSUSO of ihlii fact, logging oper ations must be kept uniform to par allel the mill cut. Pulley, Now Minus Appendix, Hopes For Recovery Soon Kd Pulley, demon brakemsn, is recovering from an altercation at the Klaingth Vnllpy hospital during the course tf which be was separat ed .from his appendix. Operated on less thnn a week ago, he Is already figuring on I he time he can leave and resume his duties as official rear-end hrukeiunn on the Algoma logging train. Ills term at the hos pital has 1 n considerably bright ened by nn Influx of visitors, most of them feminine. SISKIYOU MILL WILL RUN LATE BELIEF NOW i
