The Evening herald., October 14, 1925, Page 7, Image 7

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VOL. I.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON; WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1525
Number 32
FOREST L
Saw Development By
Local Filer Brings
National Attention
Matt Kohn's Successful h'xperiment at Ewauna
Declared Radical Step Forward in Box
Manufacture; Shook Better
With K I i in t ! i Foils claiming the title of the world's
greatest producer of pine lumber, it is perhaps not
alrancA that thin section aknutn K. lht lnm. n( an In.
novation in reBawiiiR declared to be as far in advance
of present band saw methods as band saws arc over
the old circulars, and one that will bring about a revo
lutionary change in sawmill practice in the next few
years, it is predicted.
To Malt Kohn, filer at the Ewauna Box factory, goes
credit for the idea, one that has made the Ewauna fil
ing room the ntecca of box factory men and saw mak-
crs from all over the United States.
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A little more than thrct years :gti Kohn coneeiveti
the idea that hand saws, thinner than any in use at
that time, could he used successfully in the box factories.
His idea, he reasoned, would
faff in kerf and fould also allow the production of hette
shook from the same grade
Saws commonly used in
ZD or 21 gauge. Kohn wanted to use a or lib gauge.
He explained his proposition to the management of the
Ewauna company and was given permission to go
ahead a permission which carried with it knowledge
that about $10,000 was to be spent on the tryout.
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ago tin: Blmondq taw workt rocelj
an order Cor the flint 13 gaigo
aaw oyer mado. It was manufactured
tinder protest, (he Simons people
Mini pMttlVo, that It would he
fluke
In order to properly accomodal
the Ii I ii MWti three spciisl No '''
bund rennwB were mado for th
Kwniinii hy the Mershon people The
Idea wan found to ho overythlni: that
Kohn hail thonc.ht It would he
The Kwaiina company, in addition
to the three lUQOlal rosawi which
wero first ordered, now has two
more of the same, together with
(hri e No. 16 tandem roaawi and two
No. Hi hand iii-. nil Utilising Iho
thin saws.
' An Immediate holioi incut In thu
grade of shook produced, and a
substantial increase in production
from the nu tin- Mfottnl of luinh i
Ig 'accomplished hy those sawn,
i'tiun. where one of the ol I
style thick nawM would gel li utango
niatn put of a slxtuartor board, the
Kwiiuiia hox factory began to gel
nix out ol the mine size board, fil
ing the thicker saws', the dlffurenu-i
of one rial wan wanted In raw kerf.
News of the SUCCeSS of th"
Bwaunn exporlmeni was noised
about nnd luinhertnen and saw men
from all over the United StnlVn lime
(tilled on Kohn and seen tll'St-Uand
bow the innovation worked. Among
those to visit was the president of
the Atkins saw. oompany, thin com
pany having filrnlshetl ail (nws ft
ier the flrsj operimontnl ono,
Dosplta ihls ftlo) hhd dot pile tha
fncl that many mill men promptly
.,v,i, i iliiinent similar to thnt
tlinl
lined by the Byauna, than are but
r,.u, olnntu whli b have as yet ndop' -'
el adopt-1
ed the thin saw In actual prart ICO.
Kohn who Is glvori iredlt for .Mount tvmuy utimuer uip.uij ui
Knowing more nbOUl tllln saws ani l.,, Orande, The pflob paid was
their handling than any other man $Ufi a thonssnd tor yellow and
In the world, says thai they aw Ip'tjige pole pine and B0 tt liter
eoinparallvelv 0sy to tile and Utoy species. The llniher Is lH ttod on
win soon he imiversally adopted fivo folnl Creok,
Kiiora- iii other plants, howev. .
nro aoeustpmed to thicker saws an i umusvm INMuKKI)
Malm io have much trouble with COTTAQH tntovio. Ore, iv
the thin hands of steol, unlike tiny-1 Muonvltali, om ployed as hlgtt-ollmbeT
tiling ihey have over had to work for the AinloMoii ,iid iiei.-n oomp-
,.,tii,' any. Ill RU'kda, was thrown from i
Meantime llle EWSIinn company
Is orofllliif In two wayn. 11' naves on I
result in a tremendous i av -
?tter
lumber.
box factories are of either
her than any oilier firm In the
mime line of business and It In nlso
enabled to offer Iho trade nothing
hui standard nhook. something tint
the liner of thicker laws In unable
to do proyldlni: he uses the name
width hoard n In un.d at Ufa
Bp ilium.
km nti.t i ... , NnillllliMI lit l.llOok
LAO , the bundle, prod, ,1 ,,,.jbeen opened Saturday hu. the matter
ether Bomnaniai using th" thick
inwi are found to he approximately
.... 1....1. !... le thfak'niMuJ than n
sltullar bundle proline
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Kwntutb,
Kohn liven the credit to thu
Kwaiina miiuiiKement baeause it
MMbltd on his idea. The manag)
muni gtvna the credit to Kohn, h
llhliso lie had tile Idea.
In fact, neither nee inn lo worry
nitii'b about who Keln the credit.
The Bwauna llox FVl.ot.ory i revoi;
nlaed ai one of Iho most modem
plants of its kind in the world an. I
In said to pay a nlneahle Income
tax. '
An for Kohn -he owns II house;
lure In Klamath Kill In on which lit)
collects rent every month.
Thus, with everyone satisfied; the
only Ins. rs seem to he the mill
burners, which are cheated out jf
a lol of sawdtllt.
Umatilla Forest
Timber Is Sold
PORTLAND. Ore. Sile of "2,
oiio.ooo board tool of yellow pine, j c.auaiialiu A tt'qiri completing
iBO.I feet i i due H ie nine nnd j loading' operations at the docks of I
an ithestlmatod twnbunt .it otijsr
spooloa of tintper in th,e umatnia
n n i lanai loiesi wan iiwn.-oe.i innjoui lo sen yesioroay noon on uikh
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moniing uy me ...... ,
to
0. ( -, I mlay
ngd seriously In-
jui'ed. tin- ettaWI of his Injiirlc
uukn in,
Will Replant
Burned Over
Timber Areas
Two Crews to Work in
Crater Forest
Lands
Approximately (10 acres of mono
tnln country In the i rui. r National
lop-it will ! replnnled with 4-yiar-old
fallow plni trivn In the very
naar futon-. Thu first (assignment
of tree will urrlvu next Monday
from the government nursery ai
Wind Rlvi r. Washington.
Ten of the Go acres will ba plant"
ed by W. J. Sprout near I'rnspoet
; in lb Intnohi dlatrlct; burned oror
I by a 1000 ncr fire last summer. Lea
I. Urowit will supi rvlf.. the plant -lt:K
of th' remaining 50 n'croH In th
mosquito counjry near Mount Vto
I .nil itli I In .
Tin tree, which nrc hut it foot
IiIkIi. will In. plntiti-d In squares hix
(el apart and deep enough to give,
the roots ii good anchorage. Brown's
planting crow will Include appro
" 1 " ' w oommenre
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tloaa, Two months, it is expected.
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work.
. pynt.pcc Honp
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Road Work To
Start Soon
Highway to Pine Ridge
Is Test For Any
Car
Hope that action, rather than
word-, will feature activities ol'
Klaumtb county officials in dealing
with the Chlloquln-Plne, Ridge road
bai heett expressed frequently du.'
I n K the pant week by residents of
the I'lno Ridge section.
Bid) on IBS project were to have
. i w is not attended to due to absence
of the county court.
The road Is now rougbor than ut
mil lie iiiu line- ,i..vii. .. ..
to recent ralnn. Maximum driving
tipped over II In any car Is about
In miles: per hour.
Dodge and Star
Crash; Henry Now
Picture of Gloom
Walter Henry, custodian of. the
1'ellcan Hay club house, is now radial
lot; (doom In large quantities. Last
vei l; he iu I'chased a Star touring
and Friday nlithl he had words with
a Dodge, the bodge winning the ar
gumenl and heaving him into the
ditch, with several abrasions result
ing, He expeeta to be running around
under hltt own power in about a
F,cks UP L;bero ,
Cargo for South
the Whitney t'omnimy in Garibaldi
thD litmbor ship Dan Fi.anlon wont
tide, bpnnd sou I h lor San DlegO.I
t'alii'.. there lo unload half of her
cargo of 1,288,000 fool of lumber,
Hie bnlanoe to he tnkon la SAil Pedro
and San Piiiueisco.
Sun niego bolng the farthest
southern point in California the ves
sel has taken whiiney Company luni
her, II Is expected '2 to la days will
Intervene before she again docks here
for another shipload, ,
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"Ditfllttg, before you no to bed,
spread some newspapers on the floor
111 nillll Ol lull llle so nil- spiuns
woui gel n the new Mg"
R MILL TO
mm bands m
IKE CHANGE IN
LOCAL SAWMILLS
Practibility Proven in Ex
periments Made at
Kitt's Mill
SLOWER SPEED IS USED
Saving of One One-'nch
Board Every Eight
Cuts is Seen
A radical change in saw
mill practice is declared to
be inev itable by those who
have watched the progress
of experiments carried on
at the Kitts sawmill here by
Matt Kohn, Ewauna filer,
whose success in introducing
the thin band saw at the lo
cal plant has won his recog
nition throughout the Unit
ed States in milling circles.
The experiments carried
on during the past month
have been made with a 19
gauge saw. Ordinary saw
mill band saws are 14
gauge. It was conclusively prov
en that the light band would
cut, and cut well, and it was
also found that it must be
run at a lower speed than
commonly used on the thick
er bands.
Offsetting the item of re
duced speed is the fact that
the saving in kerf made by
the thinner band amounts to
approximately an eighth of
an inch per cut, a saving in
itself sufficient to make
every mill man in" the coun
try sit up and take notice.
The ordinary 14-gauge
saw has a kerf of approxi
mately seven-thirtyseconds
of an inch. The 19-gauge
saw was found to have a
kerf of only approximately
three-thirtyseconds of an
inch.
Every sawmill man is
familiar with the fact that
every minute his mill is in
operation a steady stream of
sawdust is being carried
away from the whirring
bands a stream that'means
money if expressed in terms
of board feet.
Any common-sense meth
od of cutting this waste
stream in half and leaving
the other half in the board
is sure to be made the sub-1
ject of interested study on !
the part of mill owners and;
it is believed that the sue-,
cess of Kohn's experiment
will be followed soon by
actual adoption of the plan
in some local mill.
Sunie Quest Ion
"Dourest, am 1 the first man that
ever held you in his arms?"
"Yea. of course. Why do yon men I
always ask that the first thing?"- -'
Tennessee Mugwump.
Sonie riiuiplililent
"A fellow just told me I looked '
like yon."
"Where is he? I'd like to knock
his block on'."
"I killed him."
Local Hunters
Get Big Buck
Near Lakeview
Houghton and Lamm
Get a Big One
This Week
W. K. Lamm and Claud IIoukIi
lon returned Sunday from a deer
hunt near Lakeview. bringing with
them a liaO-pound five point mule
tail buck, the trophy belonging lb
Latum. Hougtaton knocked one
down hut was tinuhle to get it. Toe
trip occupied three dayn. Houghton
stated that the hunting wan about
the lame as in other ycara. This
year he wan forced lo shoot with
one band, due to the fact that hu
left hand is still useless hecaure of
poisoning received this jaimmer, and
which It was feared for n time would
result In his 'losing the arm.
More Lumber
Courses Open
For October
Few Taken Now ;
To Be Given
Out
25
Fewer lumber workers than In
aoy
the
course offered by the Lumborlogue
through the courtesy of the National
Lumber Manufacturers' association
due to the fact that little publicity
lias been given Hie' matter during
this month.
As a result, out of the full quota
of 25. there yet remains some 15
still available.
As a special concession for those
who expect to move soon and who
are in doubt as to their future address
the association lias arranged to mail
all lessons at once, rather than in
Installments, to those who wish them
all ut once.
The course Is free. To enroll, use
one of the blanks printed elsewhere
in tbis issue. If yoi -wish the course
in Installments, so state, otherwise
you will he sent the lessons all in
one bundle.
The course, "remember, is free. The
advantage you will derive from it
depends solely on the manner in
which you study it.
Klamath Marsh
Hunting Proves
Fruitless Sport
.Jack Pallon, lumber grader at the
CJlttoquln mill, went hunting on Sun
day accompanied hy his wife and
although the nilirsh.es were dtflgOhU'r'
prospected, results were nil. Testi
mony of hunters this season is to the
effect that ducks in the marsh reglob
ibis year are scarcer than In a long
time.
S. P. Crossing at
. Pine Ridge Hard
on Automobiles
Workers at the l'erest Lumber
company plant at Anpgrdve are ex
pected V1, definitely voice a protest
against the condition of the s. p.
crossing near the mill. In the next
few weeks. The crossing In question
Is even worse than the usual s. C.
effort. It is on a high lill. with the
road on either side leading up Q
It on a very Steep grade. At the top
about three Inches of rail 'is ex
posed, the result being brokci
springs or worse for any motorist
who dares to go over il lit any but
a snail's pace.
dales Creek Ldggtltg Company,
(ilenwood, closed down August 15
for nil indefinite lime.
RUN DEC. 1
Work Speeded; Band
Saw Now Installed;
Other Machines In
Rumor Persists that Company May Install Other
9 Foot Band; Would Make Plant Sec
ond to None in District
The mill of ths Modoc Lumber company at Pine Ridge,
near Chiloquin, will be in operation December 1. This
is the assertion of those who have closely watched con
struction since work was begun tearing down the re
mains of the old burned structure on August 26.
A crew of approximately 75 men under command of
Theodore Marks is rushing work and to date have met
with no delays due to bad weather.
The old boiler room is now being razed preparatory
to the installation of two new 500-horsepower Kidwell
boilers which will do the heavy work at the mill. The
old boiler will be used Sundays only, or in case of
emergency.
Power for actual mill operation will be obtained from
! Copco, though it was intimated a turbine might be
installed later.
Practically all conveyors are now built. The shot gun
feed has been set and the first nine-foot band ha been
installed. The green sorter is completed.
Another carload of machinery is now due from the
Filer and Stowell company, which will contain rolls,
live rolls and other equipment now lacking.
Work began yesterday on the conveyor which will
carry slabs and other mill waste across the Williamson
river. A Harvey fuel hog will be installed.
Beds for the band wheel motors and other motors are
now being poured. Most of the motors have now
arrived.
Although official assurance is lacking, it is the general
impression that the completion of the mill will be fol
lowed immediately by installation of the other band,
making this one of the largest mills in theis section.
Move on Foot to
Start New Hours
in Sawmill Game
A move is on foot among members
of the elite lo institute a new work- j
Ing day in local mills. Although he
modestly denies it. Jean Champagne, f
Wheeler-Olmstend sawyer. Is Riven
credit for being daddy to the Idea.
Monday he appeared ori (he scene at j-
10:00 a. m. lie stated he had been
to see his brokers, or his lawyer, or
some such. During his lapse. "Tex"
KinK sawed and llaii Hrookfield was
given the dubious privilege of set-'
tiiiK. a privilege which Hrookfield
never seems to particularly care for
on Monday mornings.
Chidesters Get
Plenty Ducks; No
Braving the perils of botulism. A.
.1. t'hidester with his, two sons. A.
J..Jr. nnd Kmmett. departed Sunday
for a duck hunt on the lower Klam
ath and when they returned Sunday
they produced an even 75 birds, the
limit, to prove that they knew how to
do it. Kveryone in camp had duck
to eat Monday and no casualties have
so far been reported.
OSSININtl. N. Y- Twenty-six
lifers at Sins Sing volunteered for
a blood transfusion operation t.i
save the life of a dyliiB prisoner.
NKW YOKK. Marie Dressier is
quitting the stage for Palm, Beach
realty.
. WASHINGTON, The Cooltdgea
have been getting the returns troth
Pittsburgh by radio. Presumably
Mrs. Coolidge has been keeping
Ii WILL STOP
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Mill now Running Only one
Shift With Many Logs
in Pond
USING TWO WHEELS
Camp Now Loading Out
About 122,000 Feet
Daily, 12 Cars
That active woods operations at
Lnmm'S camp will be dosed down
about October -1 was the statement
of Claude Houghton, logging super
intendent, during the week.
Loading will he carried on and
it is expected will be completed some
time between the first and tenth Of
November. Hut two sets of wheels
are now being used.
Loading at the present time is
confined to about 12 cars dally,
overawing around 1 2 2.000 feet
The mill is now working one ahlii
and is cutting about 72.1100 feet
daily. Th iJ now about 1. Still.
nan feet of logs la the pond.
AVh Deliver?
A Denver man dictated: "Upon
my return to the city after a brief
trip following the election, I find
everyone optimistic."
The letter, "dictated but not read"
was received Ha follows:
"Upon my return lo the city af
ter n brief niii following olccUoi
1 find everyone up lo miscnier.
WOODSSAWING IN
NEXT
I WEEKS
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Telephone News.
kerf and gels more out ol' lis I ".M-join as yei