THE KLAMATH
Established
A weekly paper for the men and women employed in the
lumber industry of Klamath County. Issued Every Wednesday.
A. H. Raymond
Wednesday, October 14, 1925
FOOLISH BUILDING REGULATIONS
The lumber industry has done much towards stand
ardizing terms and measurements, but often this has
been accomplished in spite of building regulations in
various cities.
A dwelling in Charlotte, North Carolina, must have
floors of sufficient strength to support a load of 100
pounds per square foot distributed over its entire area,
while in Milwaukee the same floor need be designed to
support only 30 pounds. The allowable stress which one
is permitted to use in designing with pine timber in one
city is 500 pounds per square inch, but if that timber is
shipped a short distance to another city it becomes more
than three times as much. Those are only two of many
such examples which could be cited.
Building codes are a necessary protection against ig
norance and stupidity. It is essential that they be -bas
ed on truth and fact, but too often they have been based
on precedent which was established on an insecure
foundation.
PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR FIRE CARELESSNESS
Personal liability for damages arising from fire on
account of the alleged gross carelessness- of another will
he given its first test in the courts of Georgia as a
result of the filing of one of the few suits of its kind, in
i the Bibb County superior court. The petition, instituted
by the Macon Cabinet Works against the Southern Box
and Basket company for damages of $17,000, is of par
ticular interest for the reason that insurance companies
and officials and citizens of Macon are working in con
junction to reduce the normal burning ratio of Macon.
Mass meetings of civic bodies and citizens have been
held to correct conditions that will result in increasing
insurance rates if not abated, and the city courts are
invoking fire hazard laws and assessing heavy fines for
their violation.
When the public once awakens to the fact that pro
perty owners, who carelessly or willfully permit fire
hazards to exist on their premises, cause thousands of
dollars of useless expense to other citizens in the shape
of necessarily higher insurance rates, there will be .a
more general demand for fines and penalties to be
charged against such property owners! .who; are -responsible
for loss by fires.
-'" In the presents case the
clean up their property. All notices were ignored and
accumulations of trash were permitted to exist with re
sulting fire losses to adjoining property. This case
deserves national -attention and should form the basis for
legislation relating to personal liability for negligence
in maintaining fire hazards.
It Did Seem Funny
At Camp Grant, daring the un
pleasantness, the officers had diffi
culty In getting the proper salutes
from the men. Lecture followed lec
ture, but apparently to no avail.
A Negro private met a captain
one morning and greeted him with:
"Howdy, bOBS."
Followed a long tirade from the
captain on the correct way to sa
lute a superior. The buck listened
In silence, scratched his head and
finally replied:
"Lawey, boss, if Ah'd thought
you was gwlne git so mad about it,
Ah wouldn't of spoke to you a-tall. '
One On Him
Passenger (from car window)
"Hey, you darn fool, here goes the
train and you haven't put my bag
gage aboard."
Porter "You're the darn foot.
You're on the wrong train."
fine
Lathe Work
and
Machine Work
Sawmill and box factory men are
fast learning our work satisfies.
For speed and accuracy, bring your
rush jobs to us!
Acme Motor Co.
400 Sixth Phone 680
Electric
WELDING
LUMBERLOGUE
March 9, 1925
Editor
defendants - hrertL notified to
It's the Upkeep
"Why so depressed. Brown?"
"The horrible cost of living, old
hap; constant bills for materials,
paint and shingling."
"What, bouses?"
' "No. daughters." Lifq.
Obeying Orders '
The station master on the Ea.,t
Indian Railway had been given strict
orders not to do anything out of
the ordinary w.Ithout authority from
the superintendent. This accounts
for his sending the following tele
gram: "Superintendent's Office, Calcut
ta: "Tiger on platform eating con
ductor. Please wire instructions."
Exchange.
Cobbs & Mitchell Co., Calsetz
will resume logging about the first
of October.
T A K
Unusual Cold Marked The
. Winter Of The Blue Snow;
Nothing Like It Ever Since
( Reproduced by special nrrunisomont
with Esther Shophnrd. nuthor ot
"Paul Bonynn." Published by the
McNeil Pi-ess. Seattle, price 12.00 1.
"The winter of the Blue Snow,
tec froze so fast It froie warm and
was too hot to handle. Lake Su
perior froie solid to the bottom. In
the spring Paul hnd to haul tho,
ue all up on the shore to thaw It
out. and then he had to re-slock
the lake with fish.
"I know myself Just to show
how, cold It was from actual ex
perience. I was slttini; by the
stove one evening taking off my
shoes. When 1 went to get up to
hang up my sox I found the bench
was froten to me, in spite of the
fact I was sitting three feet from
a red-hot stove.
"We had to have a lot of whiskey
in camp that winter of the Bit:
Snow, naturally, for like I saldt thai
was the only remedy that would
help In case of a bite, from a snow
snake. And you'd have to get i;
quick too you couldn't stand
around und wait for It very long.
"And so Paul he was pretty nice
about anything like that and tried
to take good care of Ills men al
ways had a big trough put up.
and that was kept full all the time,
and a dipper hanging by always
handy, but even that wasn't enough.
Thero used if. :b so many around
all the time, and then besides it
was hard to gel the supply to fill
the barrel.
"Well, that was the winter of the
Blue Snow, but 1 mustn't forget the
Spring of the Deep Mud that came
after it. for where the snow'd been
six feet deep that winter, the mud,
that spring, was sixty times six
feet, like the Good Hook says. And
the Ice roads stood up twenty feet
out of a lake of mud on each side.
"Thai's the way them ice roads
was, though, generally. Built of
solid jce that way und packed down
I
I ; PORTLAND. Sale of approxi
mately 176,000,000 feet of timber
covering nearly eight sections of
land In township 2 north of range
6 east, Skamania county, Wash.,
from Hiram W. Slble of Rochester
N. Y., to lihe Western Spar company
t'f Portland, was concluded here
late yesterday.
Tue purchase price was not an
nounced, but it known that a couple
of years ago the owner's price ivas
I :'. .. thousand feet. One authority
placed the purchase price at 1330,
000. , ... .,. ,
With the gcquUltlon of this timb
er it ,was announced that 1450,000
cf new capital had bec.me interested
in the company and that A. R.
Rogers, banker and lumbarman of
Minneapolis, Min., and a large 'hold
er of Oregon timber lands, and
Theodore B. Brown of Portland had
become directors.
Is timber . purchased is old
PORTLAND FIRM
BIG DHL
1
uil.M B&yb (J UK
"IF
good, they wouldn't melt down near
so fast as the snow on the sides,
and in the spring pretty near al
ways they'd he standing up high that
wny, after the snaw was gone.
"Paul wus quits a hunter. Tor
real hunting he used to load his
gun with railroad spikes--until Jim
Mill got so prosperous he bought
them all up so Paul eotifdri't g"t
no more and for small game like
squirrels and "rabbits he ircnornlly
useu pieces ot naywire cut up into
lengths of about an inch.
"The spikes was good because Ji 1
he shot them lengthwise like he gen-j
orally did they made a deep clean
hole and didn't cut the meat up
none.
"Paul had u big hunting dog cull
ed Klmer that he took along for big
game. Clour bud au extra long
note so he could gel tile scent -,f
most anything, ami short ears thai
stood straight out away from his
head so that he always could hear
good.
"One winter- Paul heard tell I :
au extra big buck down in the lake
country, so he took Klmer and ihe
blunderbuss and started.
They bunted all the way down
to Detroit that morning and around
by Flint und up north again, und
Paul could see by the tracks thai
it was u big buck,
"Paul wafl delayed just when lie
got close to the buck hud to rc
cue a boy from a slump ranch who
had fallen Into one of the track
Paul couldn't leave the boy to drown
so he lost some time pulling him
out.
"Along towards sundown be got
the buck and then it dawned on
him he didn't have any way to
get Ihe curcass buck lo camp. So
be gave it to a man named Armour
who lived oa a ranch there, und
that was the start of the Armour
meat company. Armour canned the
meat and supplied the Kitssiun army
with it for two years."
growth , yellow fir., und is within
reach it the "Crcenlouf Lumber com
pany's logging railroad which, .after
It is extended, will enubTe delivery
of Ijgs into the Columbia river to
be rafted dan to the Western Spur
company's sawmill at Warren, 2-t
miles below Portland.
' This mllt'allautUng rapacity will
be increased from 75.000 feet dally
to 20u,O00, ugdrdlng to plans now
under x-onslderaffcin.
The timber acquired from Sibley,
added, to the Westen.i Spar com
pany's original holdings, will enable
prtodm-tion .on, a large scale for a
long period. I
The Wespar Logging company, n
subsidiary of he Western Spar com
pany, will carry on the logging it
erations on the reccotly acquired
tract, it Is announced.
31. U. Murpiiy is president of the
Western Spar company; George B.
Murphy, secretary, treasurer and
logging manager, and C. W. Caloy,
vice president and lumber sales
manager. For some years the Msur
ph'y brothers have operated In lum
ber on the Washington side tof the
lower Columbia river. Their Port
land headquarters is in the Porter
building.
OUT OUR WAY
51 FIRES F
B AIRPLANES IN
FOREST SERVICE
Fifty New Blazes and 198
Old Ones ReDorted
by Patrol
45 FLIGHTS ARE MADE
12,915 Miles Are Flown in
Total of 141 Hours
Flying Time
Rl'GKNK- Fifty new forest fires
were discovered and IBS old fires re
ported ou by Ihe four airplanes as
signed to forest patrol work at Su
gene and Vancouver, Wash., between
July s und September , according
to n report Jusl made by the forest
service aud received ai (he local of
fices.
In the 46 flights made from (he
Iwo stations 1 2,9 15 miles were flown
In 14 1 hours' flying time. It Is ostl-
muled (hat 817.775 square miles
were covered by their observations.
The two planes stationed at Kit
gone made 27 flights, covered 4 37,
975 square miles, flew 7U40 miles In
SO hours flying time. They discover
ed 4f new fires and reported on 93
old ones. Lieutenants DoGurmu und
Looiuls were pilots.
From the VaUCOUVer station the
two planes made IS fUglim, covering
406,900 miles, flying GS70 miles in
I hours flying time. They dlsrov.
ered five new fires and reported ou
105 old ones. The officers In churge
were Captain W. 0, Logg, Ihe lute
Lieutenant Schuyler Priestly and
Lieutenant .Miller.
The planes went out only on cull,
making reconnalsnnce flights to nld
In checking dp on reporls from look
outs and to look over the forests
when It was loo smoky for lookouts
to see.
Log Permits Are
Granted by Court
f'OQPlLLK. The county court In
session Tuesday grunted permits to
haul logs to the following applicants:
Stinson & Wilmington on Gravel
Ford road; W. G. Whobrey on coun
ty road from. M. H. Dement farm to
Morris farm und on Hoffman brldgc
Powurs rond; Dennis .McCarthy from
Lee to McKlnluy and Frank Barber
from North Bend to Empire.
Ourli!
Young Mnwks had decldod to en
list and go to war, and his wife
was objecting.
"But. darling," he argued, "even
If woro killed. Just think how fine
It would bo to be the widow of a
hero!"
"Oh, no, Wilfred," pleaded the
young wlfo earnestly, her mind r:
vcrtlng (o a familiar proverb. "I
would rather be the wife ot a llro
Jackass than a dead .lion." Ex
chnnge. -
Not Hafe '
Bride (to salesman I -sir,
I'd like a llttlo oven."
Salesman "Er pardon
"Please,
Selected.
Te Social Whirl
Ddltod by
Juniper Jelllcose ifl)'UM
Itecelpl of Ihe following loiter
bus ho unnerved us dial wo wen
uuublo (o get any more Hems for
(his column this week. The letter in
self-explanatory. Wo apologle. of
course. We're used to It. J. J I
Pelican I'omiiiuully Club
Klumulh Falls. Ore.
Oct. 7, KM.
The Lumberlogiie,
Attention Miss Joynca:
III Ihe October 7th Issue of the
Lumberlogiie (Ye Social Whirl I you
Midi
"Although the party was really
given by sheik Dusty Hen Hsonen,
Sheik F.nrl Hen Wright assisted lu
pouring lo such au extent dial hl
wus really one of the hosts."
This Is ii mistake which 1 Inslm
bo corrected.
There was no pouring done by
either myself or Sheik Marl Men
Wright.
In (he early stages of Hie parly
wo drank from the boiiln and Inter
vvhcu Shell, Hen Wright became
Intoxicated thai he couldn't drink
from (ho bottle In Ihe proper mui
ner (sou Hook of Etiquette, page
soil, par. 10), I went down to u
store und bought u nipple und put
It on ihe bollle and bo got ilQDl
very nicely for Ihe balance of (ho
uvenlng. and you should liuve seen
him sitting on the floor, drinking
from bis bollle. cooing and saying
"Imby loves his bollle."
llcully, . Miss Joynes, the little
darling was Just too CUt for words.
However, when we saw this lau I
of the Luinbeilogiie we were both
very Indignant tor we learned long
ago from Howard Wlnnurd lo never
pour It. He claims he once lost
I or li drops tli.it way. Hoping yon
will correct the error. I am
Very truly yours,
DUSTY HANSEN.
P. 8. Miss Joynes, Mr, Wright
wauls a tlale some alt ncxl wee)
Dusty.
S. 8. I vouch for his condue'
I).
Officials Visit
Shevlin - Hixon
Mills at Bend
li EN 1 1 Frauk P. lllxl'n. pmil
dcui of the 8hevln-Hlxun compun
arrived In Bend Friday, aceoiupuii-
led by sevoral other lumbermen whon0w mounl U, 43.H77.344. faked
are associated nrlWl Shevlln-Hlxiin at $1,42,007. The lolul feel oJear-
operutors. Illlon Is here on hi
regular Inspection trip 10 dm kreal
plant, ihavliiK first visited Ihe Mr
Cloud rtlvcr Lumber Co., office nt
McCJQUd, Oal."
Lumbermen accompanying him In-
cludo B. W. Lnkin. guneral manager
uf the McCloud plant ; Knhert Hlxon
of ChfcuRo, F, P. Hlxon's brolhor.
of t lie llobert Hlmon Lumber Co., ot
Chlcajro; F. J. Curtis of Clinton,
Iowa, and John Alexander of Ihe
Alexander Products Co., of Illinois.
and interested In MMilhorn nine
manufacture with iBa 8hcvlln-Illxon
Interests.
The 8hnvlln-Hlxnn president nnd
his parly will leave for the east
Sunday evening, uxcept Lakln, who
will return U) McCloud.
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LOGGER S-
send in your boots to us. Have them repaired and
waiting for you when you come in.
Agents for Vnnco Loggers
EVANS SHOE SHOP
1014 Main St. Klamath Falls
Gloves Sox Dress Shoes
PILL THIS OUT
Money And A Better Job For You!
Lumberlogue,
Klamath Falls, Oregon. No......
Gentlemen:
I doHlrn lo rocolvn tho Corrospondnncn Course In Lumber
and Construction Information for Itetnll Lumber Dealers, I
expect to apply myself to tho study of this cnurso and to comply
with the roqulrements of administration. In case I find It Im
possible to contlnuo the work with dun dlllfSfldS, It In my under
standing that tho fourHii will hn re-assl(ned.
Signed
Name of firm or. employer
City , State ,
'w'
Street Address ,.
(This Course is Free!)
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Building In
Lumber Town
Hits Record
Two Million Figure IS
Seen For This
Year
LONGV1EW, Wash Two million
dollars worth of roslllellllil anil hotl
ines building for 1018 Is (lie DI
peeled record for this Hire., vein
old olty on ihe Columbia itiver. half
way between I'orllniid und the son
HulldliiK for the flrt nine tupntll
of lotulod ll.SU. (MIS, The
luilum f $ I Ml, 000. II the Hverage
ror (be oilier month" Is continued,
will be raised In thirty diiyn.
March was high luoiKh of lb
year with 846,70Oj January WHS
second with IIB,4Tt. Bopttinbcr
building nlnoulil.il lo 1114,101 and
In only one month of the year did
the total full below 1140,000.
Uultdloi in 1114 smountsd to n.
611,741, u total already emended lu
1925 by more than 6155.000,
These figures do not Include wors
done on ths huge plants of die
Long-Hell Lumber Company nor
oilier Industrial development dirt
will run well Into the million.
In addition to lb building, Lour
view's 1936 sireol Improvement pro
gram, costing approximately fl.too .
000, I now 1)0 per cent eomplalti
The 1925 program ha added Mm
equlvnleiu of forty miles of con
crete of highway width. The actual
mlleugo of OOndntO paved streets
aildnd In 1925 Is fifteen mites M
bODgTlSW bus tunny wide thorough
fare. A unique feature I that all
till paving I laid In heinnnhi I
talis rather than in square or
rnt-tuugL'H.
Steamers Handle
Much Coos Lumber
MAHSHFIF.LI). A total of 6.6S'.!.
664 feel of lumber, valued ut l:t:i.
473, was exported from 8ooa Bay
Li tins fur east on four Japanese
sloninship during September, ,u
rordtug to die untidily report of die
lOcul Lolled . cuP;m office.
lu .nl. Li. mi ene ..lii currlr I I
11110,000 feci uf lumber to the xaal
I6MHH during the mouth.
I'llC total exiiort feel !,ir tlll 0'.tr
e.l ft.
I u aw
Ihe Aliunde
14.2K7.OU6.
rosMl till year
Yen can depend on a
Phllco Drmamlc Hal
tory In the emersen
cles. t let youri now
Battery Service
Station
OlS Klamath Ave.
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