ALGOMA LUMBER COMPANY
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Klamath County - Algoma
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October 3, 1911: "It is said that the Algoma Lumber company, whose big Pokegama mill has been a prominent factor in the milling industry in this region for some time, is seeking a new location, and may be moved to Klamath Falls.
The company is said to have cut more than 75,000 feet daily at the Pokegama mill, and is anxious to locate where there are better railroad facilities, which it would find in this city." (The Evening Herald)
The company is said to have cut more than 75,000 feet daily at the Pokegama mill, and is anxious to locate where there are better railroad facilities, which it would find in this city." (The Evening Herald)
October 5, 1911: "Klamath Falls is to have a new sawmill. The Algoma Lumber Company of Pokegama will establish a mill that will cut seventy-five thousand feet daily. This city attracts such enterprises on account of its excellent shipping facilities and its good prospects for future improvement of these facilities." (The Sacramento Bee)
October 21, 1911: "Messrs. Fay and Gregory, of Algomah Lumber Company, recently visited Klamath Falls, on business connected with the new lumber project. They have secured a site on the shore of Klamath lake between the Pelican Bay Lumber Company's plant and the city, and will erect a sawmill in the spring. It will have a capacity of 20,000,000 feet a year." (American Lumberman)
November 1911: "Algoma Lumber Co., Pokegama, purchased the sawmill, site and timber holdings of D.B. Campbell at Rattlesnake Point, Klamath County. The mill at Pokegama has been dismantled and moved to the new site, where machinery will be installed in a new plant. A band saw will be installed. The company intends to operate a box factory in connection with the mill. R.H. Hovey, of San Francisco, has been chosen manager of the company. He will reside in Klamath Falls." (The Timberman, Vol.13)
November 4, 1911: "The Algoma Lumber company, which has been operating in the Pokegama district for the past several years, is moving its plant to this county, having finished their contract in that section. A deal was closed yesterday whereby the company purchased the saw mill, including the mill site and all improvements at Rattlesnake Point, also all the timber holdings of D. B. Campbell.
It is the plan of the company to enlarge the Campbell mill and continue its operation. It has not been definitely decided whether the site will be used for the permanent location of the company's plant or not.
Representatives of the company have been in the city for about ten days negotiating for a location in this county. A large number of sites were considered, and while the property just purchased may not be the final location of the new plant, it means that it will be permanently located in Klamath county and that this city will be reinforced with another large payroll.
The mill at Pokegama has been dismantled and loaded onto the cars, and this shipment of eighteen cars of machinery and steel is expected to arrive in Klamath Falls within the next four days.
It is the intention of the company to replace the rotary saw in the old mill with a band and with the gang saw equipment the mill will have a daily capacity of over 200,000 feet for day and night shifts. The plant which is being removed from Pokegama is practically new, and is said to be one of the most modern mills in this section of the coast country.
It is also the intention of the company to build a large, up-to-date box factory wherever it may locate its large mill. The company also owns a box factory plant at Montague, and large timber interests near there. No statement from them has been forthcoming as to whether they intend to move this plant or build an entirely new box plant in the Klamath Falls section." (The Evening Herald)
It is the plan of the company to enlarge the Campbell mill and continue its operation. It has not been definitely decided whether the site will be used for the permanent location of the company's plant or not.
Representatives of the company have been in the city for about ten days negotiating for a location in this county. A large number of sites were considered, and while the property just purchased may not be the final location of the new plant, it means that it will be permanently located in Klamath county and that this city will be reinforced with another large payroll.
The mill at Pokegama has been dismantled and loaded onto the cars, and this shipment of eighteen cars of machinery and steel is expected to arrive in Klamath Falls within the next four days.
It is the intention of the company to replace the rotary saw in the old mill with a band and with the gang saw equipment the mill will have a daily capacity of over 200,000 feet for day and night shifts. The plant which is being removed from Pokegama is practically new, and is said to be one of the most modern mills in this section of the coast country.
It is also the intention of the company to build a large, up-to-date box factory wherever it may locate its large mill. The company also owns a box factory plant at Montague, and large timber interests near there. No statement from them has been forthcoming as to whether they intend to move this plant or build an entirely new box plant in the Klamath Falls section." (The Evening Herald)
November 6, 1911: "The Algoma Lumber Company has finished its contract at Pokegama and the plant has been loaded on 18 cars and shipped to Klamath Falls. The company has purchased the sawmill holdings of D. B. Campbell at Rattlesnake Point. It is expected to enlarge the Campbell plant, however, and to removed to this city a box factory the company operates at Montague. The Algoma plant is expected to give employment to 200 men." (Morning Oregonian)
January 12, 1912: "Hattie Ray Smith, through Attorney W.C. Hale of Grants Pass, has brought an equity suit against the Algoma Lumber company. She seeks to quiet title to a tract of land in the flat this side of Naylox." (The Evening Herald)
February 1912: "The Algoma Lumber Co. will begin work soon on their new mill at Melhase, Klamath County, on Upper Klamath Lake." (The Timberman, Vol. 13)
February 1, 1912: "Within about sixty days the Algoma Lumber company will begin work on the construction on their new mill at Melhase, near Rattlesnake Point, on the upper lake. The machinery for the saw mill was moved last fall from the former plant near Pokegama, and includes complete equipment for a modern, first class mill with band saw and a gang saw. The capacity of the mill will be 100,000 feet per day of ten hours.
The company owns ninety acres of land at this point, on which is to be located the mill and yards, and the necessary warehouses, stores and buildings. Either the present box factory plant of the company now located at Montague, is to be moved, or a new box manufacturing plant is to be built near the upper lake.
A town of considerable size is to be built on the lake at this point, as it is the intention to erect homes for all the workmen employed by the mill and in the woods. H. H. Edmonds, superintendent of the company, is now located there, and R. H. Hovey, the manager, will soon begin the erection of a residence for his family, so that he will be on the ground to give his entire attention to the management of the improvements to be made.
The Algoma Lumber company now owns about 200,000,000 feet of standing timber on the east side of the lake, mostly located in township 37 - 9 and 20, and 38-9. This will be sufficient for the operation of their plant for a period of ten years. One of the recent acquirements of the company was the purchase a few weeks ago of the A. S. Moreland tract, containing about 10,000,000 feet.The consideration has not been made public, but it is believed to have been in the neighborhood of $30,000.
The company has about a million feet of logs cut in the woods, and they will resume logging during the summer. It is the intention of the company to build a railroad in the timber to convey the logs to the mill. They have a big mill pond near the plant, consisting of about thirty-two acres, which will hold 20,000,000 feet of logs. This is connected with the lake by a culvert which runs under the railroad track. This was arranged so the company would be able to secure logs from upper lake points. The company has established a market for logs, and are now buying from the small loggers and timber owners along the lake.
This new industry, which will be in operation this summer, will mean a great deal to Klamath Falls and the county, as it will give employment to a large number of men and be a market for large supplies. When in full operation it will mean an added payroll of about $20,000 a month for probably nine months in the year." (Klamath Republican)
The company owns ninety acres of land at this point, on which is to be located the mill and yards, and the necessary warehouses, stores and buildings. Either the present box factory plant of the company now located at Montague, is to be moved, or a new box manufacturing plant is to be built near the upper lake.
A town of considerable size is to be built on the lake at this point, as it is the intention to erect homes for all the workmen employed by the mill and in the woods. H. H. Edmonds, superintendent of the company, is now located there, and R. H. Hovey, the manager, will soon begin the erection of a residence for his family, so that he will be on the ground to give his entire attention to the management of the improvements to be made.
The Algoma Lumber company now owns about 200,000,000 feet of standing timber on the east side of the lake, mostly located in township 37 - 9 and 20, and 38-9. This will be sufficient for the operation of their plant for a period of ten years. One of the recent acquirements of the company was the purchase a few weeks ago of the A. S. Moreland tract, containing about 10,000,000 feet.The consideration has not been made public, but it is believed to have been in the neighborhood of $30,000.
The company has about a million feet of logs cut in the woods, and they will resume logging during the summer. It is the intention of the company to build a railroad in the timber to convey the logs to the mill. They have a big mill pond near the plant, consisting of about thirty-two acres, which will hold 20,000,000 feet of logs. This is connected with the lake by a culvert which runs under the railroad track. This was arranged so the company would be able to secure logs from upper lake points. The company has established a market for logs, and are now buying from the small loggers and timber owners along the lake.
This new industry, which will be in operation this summer, will mean a great deal to Klamath Falls and the county, as it will give employment to a large number of men and be a market for large supplies. When in full operation it will mean an added payroll of about $20,000 a month for probably nine months in the year." (Klamath Republican)
February 24, 1912: "Construction on an immense mill will begin by the Algoma Lumber Co., at Malhase, near Rattlesnake Point, on upper Lake Klamath, in the near future." (American Lumberman)
March 7, 1912: "George Moore, the well known builder and designer of Tacoma, Wash., is here to look after the building of the Algoma Lumber company, now located at Rattlesnake Point." (The Evening Herald)
March 19, 1912: "The work of driving 500 piles necessary for the foundation for the new sawmill to be erected by the Algoma Lumber Company, at Rattlesnake Point on Upper Klamath Lake, about 12 miles north of this city on the east shore, has been started by Louis Clark, with a large force of men. Monday morning the sawmill at Rattlesnake Point, purchased by the Algoma Lumber Company from D.B. Campbell, will start sawing the timbers and lumber necessary, so that a work can be started on the mill at once. The Algoma mill will have a daily capacity of 100,000 feet. The company formerly operated a large mill at Pokegama, but last Fall tore up its plant and moved to the Campbell site o0n the east shore of Upper Klamath Lake." (Oregonian)
March 21, 1912: "R. H. Hovey, who is in the city today from the Algoma Lumber company plant on the upper lake, stated that everything is booming around the new sawmill town. The gang is busy driving the piling for the new mill, and the old mill will be started up Monday to saw the timbers. The company has about forty men employed at present, about ten of whom are Greeks. Mr. Hovey states that the Greeks are employed in unskilled labor, and are not used on the machines." (Klamath Republican)
March 21, 1912: "R. H. Hovey is down from the Algoma Lumber company's headquarters on the Upper Lake. He says that George C. Clark, the contractor, is busy driving the piles for the foundation for the new saw mill. The company has decoded to enlarge the mill over the plans first made, and more power is to be added, so that the mill will have a daily capacity of 125,000 feet for a ten-hour shift. The mill will be equipped with both band and gang saws.
The old Campbell mill, which was purchased by the Algoma company, will be started in operation Saturday, and will cut timbers for the new new mill and for other buildings and residences. As soon as this is done the old mill will be torn down. Work on the residences has not commenced as yet, as there is considerable snow still on the ground, but as soon as this goes off the new mill town will become as busy place." (Klamath Republican)
The old Campbell mill, which was purchased by the Algoma company, will be started in operation Saturday, and will cut timbers for the new new mill and for other buildings and residences. As soon as this is done the old mill will be torn down. Work on the residences has not commenced as yet, as there is considerable snow still on the ground, but as soon as this goes off the new mill town will become as busy place." (Klamath Republican)
April 1912: "The Algoma Lumber Co., under the management of R.H. Hovey, is building a mill at Rattlesnake Point, about eight miles north of Klamath Falls. The site and a small mill were purchased from D.B. Campbell. The location is ideal. A natural pond of 40 acres is formed by the building of the railroad, which will store many millions of feet of logs in absolute safety. A small mill which was purchased with the property is being utilized to cut the material for the new plant, which will be a modern band mill, equipped with an edger and sash, gang, live rolls, trimmer and slasher and adequate power. Part of the machinery used in the company's mill at Pokegama, Ore., will be installed in the new mill. It is expected to have the new mill operating in August. George Moore, the well known sawmill engineer of Tacoma, is building the mill. H.H. Edmonds, the superintendent and stand by of the company, is helping boss the job, and R.H. Hovey, the general manager of the company, fills two places at one time and carries the load without murmuring. The company has a Baldwin locomotive and will construct a road about one and one-half miles in length to tap the commencement of its timber." (The Timberman, Vol. 13)
April 11, 1912: "Chris C. Mununcey, sawyer at the Algoma Lumber company's mill at Rattlesnake Point, was frightfully injured about 9 o'clock this morning when caught in a saw at the company's plant.
Both his legs below the knees were caught by the saw, the right being hurt so that it had to be amputated, and the left so injured that if it is to be saved it will have to be shortened about three inches. About three inches of bone above the ankle of the left leg were practically destroyed by the saw, and an operation will be performed tomorrow with a view to removing the broken bone in the hope of saving the unfortunate man the use of his left leg. Drs. R.R. Hamilton and Leo W. Chilton, who operated on the man this morning, took the right leg off below the knee, and the shock to the patient resulting from the shock to the patient resulting from the accident, loss of blood and consequent operation were such that the physicians deemed it advisable to wait until tomorrow before endeavoring to handle the other injured member.
As near as could be learned Munduncey was riding a log toward the saw, when the log slipped and threw him against the saw.
The Algoma Lumber company, of which R.H. Hovey is general manager, did everything possible to give the injured employe the best of care after the accident.
A special train of a freight engine and one coach was secured from the Southern Pacific, and, run by Engineer Grant Taylor and Conductor J.O. Marrett, it took the two physicians to Algoma, being on the way with the medical men within fifteen minutes of the time that Agent S.J. Bailey received the word.
It was, according to the Southern Pacific records, only one hour and twenty minutes from the time the special left here until it was back with the patient, the distance from Klamath Falls to Algoma being nine miles.
The plant is the old Campbell mill at Rattlesnake Point. As soon as the doctors reached here with Munduncey he was taken to the Blackburn hospital, where they worked with the patient for about three hours.
H.L. Swift of the Farmers Implement and Supply house, who is acquainted with Munduncey, said this morning that the injured man is about 30 years old, and is well known in this city, where he has a number of young men friends. He has been a frequent visitor in this city, and last Saturday attended a local dance. Munduncey has lived in this county about a year, having been sawyer with the Algoma company at Pokegama until the removal of the plant to Rattlesnake Point last November, when be accompanied the removal." (The Evening Herald)
Both his legs below the knees were caught by the saw, the right being hurt so that it had to be amputated, and the left so injured that if it is to be saved it will have to be shortened about three inches. About three inches of bone above the ankle of the left leg were practically destroyed by the saw, and an operation will be performed tomorrow with a view to removing the broken bone in the hope of saving the unfortunate man the use of his left leg. Drs. R.R. Hamilton and Leo W. Chilton, who operated on the man this morning, took the right leg off below the knee, and the shock to the patient resulting from the shock to the patient resulting from the accident, loss of blood and consequent operation were such that the physicians deemed it advisable to wait until tomorrow before endeavoring to handle the other injured member.
As near as could be learned Munduncey was riding a log toward the saw, when the log slipped and threw him against the saw.
The Algoma Lumber company, of which R.H. Hovey is general manager, did everything possible to give the injured employe the best of care after the accident.
A special train of a freight engine and one coach was secured from the Southern Pacific, and, run by Engineer Grant Taylor and Conductor J.O. Marrett, it took the two physicians to Algoma, being on the way with the medical men within fifteen minutes of the time that Agent S.J. Bailey received the word.
It was, according to the Southern Pacific records, only one hour and twenty minutes from the time the special left here until it was back with the patient, the distance from Klamath Falls to Algoma being nine miles.
The plant is the old Campbell mill at Rattlesnake Point. As soon as the doctors reached here with Munduncey he was taken to the Blackburn hospital, where they worked with the patient for about three hours.
H.L. Swift of the Farmers Implement and Supply house, who is acquainted with Munduncey, said this morning that the injured man is about 30 years old, and is well known in this city, where he has a number of young men friends. He has been a frequent visitor in this city, and last Saturday attended a local dance. Munduncey has lived in this county about a year, having been sawyer with the Algoma company at Pokegama until the removal of the plant to Rattlesnake Point last November, when be accompanied the removal." (The Evening Herald)
April 11, 1912: "Telford & Sons, the boat builders, are just completing a fine new launch for the Algoma Lumber company for use on the Upper Lake. The launch is 26 feet long, with a 6-foot beam and will be sufficiently large to carry about fifteen passengers.
Eastern oak is used for the ribs and stem, and all the other lumber in the boat is native wood. Yellow pine is used for the planking, the cockpit is paneled with native fir, and selected fir is used for all the finishing.
The boat will be equipped with an 18-horsepowere, four cylinder Niagra motor. It is built with a half cabin removable top, and will be fitted with chair seats. The motor and all of the machinery are under cover in the front of the boat, and will be operated by a wheel, or auto control. The Telfords are also working on a contract for six clinker row boats for the Crater Lake company, for use on Crater Lake." (Klamath Republican)
Eastern oak is used for the ribs and stem, and all the other lumber in the boat is native wood. Yellow pine is used for the planking, the cockpit is paneled with native fir, and selected fir is used for all the finishing.
The boat will be equipped with an 18-horsepowere, four cylinder Niagra motor. It is built with a half cabin removable top, and will be fitted with chair seats. The motor and all of the machinery are under cover in the front of the boat, and will be operated by a wheel, or auto control. The Telfords are also working on a contract for six clinker row boats for the Crater Lake company, for use on Crater Lake." (Klamath Republican)
April 11, 1912: "The steamer Winema has made several trips hauling logs from Odessa to Rattlesnake Point, cut by settlers during the winter." (Klamath Republican)
April 16, 1912: "C.C. Munduncey, the ratchet setter at the Algoma Lumber company's Rattlesnake Point mill, whose legs were mangled by a buzzsaw Friday, died Sunday morning at the Blackburn hospital and his body was shipped out last night to Red Bluff, Calif., in charge of Joseph Munduncey, brother of the dead man. Munduncey's death falls with particular sadness on a young woman of this city, to whom he was engaged, and who was with the injured man during some of his last hours.
The grit of the unfortunate man after the accident was little short of marvelous. On the way down from the mill in the special rain Friday morning he laughed and joked with the doctors as though nothing were the matter with him. In the hospital he insisted on one of his legs being saved, as he proposed to have it or perish. His nerve kept with him until the final shock, which settled throughout his system, beginning at an early hour Sunday." (The Evening Herald)
The grit of the unfortunate man after the accident was little short of marvelous. On the way down from the mill in the special rain Friday morning he laughed and joked with the doctors as though nothing were the matter with him. In the hospital he insisted on one of his legs being saved, as he proposed to have it or perish. His nerve kept with him until the final shock, which settled throughout his system, beginning at an early hour Sunday." (The Evening Herald)
May 1912: "The Algoma Lumber Co. has nearly completed its mill building and indications point to August first as their opening day." + "A fifteen-passenger launch has been completed for the Algoma Lumber Co. for use on the Upper Lake." + "Algoma Lumber Company, Klamath falls, are pushing work rapidly on their mills. A Diamond Iron Works band mill has been purchased." (The Timberman, Vol. 13)
May 8, 1912: "R.H. Hovey, manager of the Algoma Lumber company was in the city Tuesday. Mr. Hovey reports that everything is progressing rapidly at the new saw mill town, the name of which is soon to be changed to Algoma. Through private subscription mail is now being delivered daily at the settlement, but it is excepted that a regular mail route will be established as soon as the name of the town is approved by the postoffice department.
The Algoma company has about fifty men employed, and in addition to building the new mill are erecting a store, offices, lodging and cook houses. Many new residences for the employes are also being built. The roof of the new mill will be on within a very few days, the machinery, which is on the ground, will then be installed, and it is expected to begin sawing about the 1st of August. A million and a half feet of logs are already out and ready for sawing." (The Evening Herald)
The Algoma company has about fifty men employed, and in addition to building the new mill are erecting a store, offices, lodging and cook houses. Many new residences for the employes are also being built. The roof of the new mill will be on within a very few days, the machinery, which is on the ground, will then be installed, and it is expected to begin sawing about the 1st of August. A million and a half feet of logs are already out and ready for sawing." (The Evening Herald)
June 1912: "Algoma Lumber Co. is installing a modern mill on Klamath Lake, about six miles from Klamath Falls. R.H. Hovey is general manager of the company. The plant will be ready for operation some time in August, and will have a capacity of about 100,000 feet per day. The company owns a large tract of timber and will install a standard gauge logging road. A 40-ton Baldwin locomotive will be used." (The Timberman, Vol. 13)
June 12, 1912: "The residents of the northern end of District No. 1 (Klamath Falls) are working for the organization of a new school district to include what is known as the Naylox of Algoma district.
They claim that with the operation of the Algoma company's large sawmill there will be several families added to that section of the present school district. The incoming of settlers will swell the number of school children." (Sacramento Union)
They claim that with the operation of the Algoma company's large sawmill there will be several families added to that section of the present school district. The incoming of settlers will swell the number of school children." (Sacramento Union)
June 15, 1912: "Work on the construction of the new mill of the Algoma Lumber Co., at Algoma, 10 miles north of here, is progressing satisfactorily under the supervision of Manager R.H. Hovey. The machinery is being installed and Mr. Hovey believes the plant will be ready to saw early in August, and will have a capacity of 125,000 feet a day. H.H. Edmonds is the superintendent of the mill and George Moore, formerly with the Allis Chalmers Co., is the constructing engineer." (American Lumberman)
June 24, 1912: "Seventy men are at work on the Algoma Lumber Company's new sawmill on Upper Klamath Lake, and it is expected that the plant, the second largest plant in Klamath County, will be in operation by August, according to R.H. Hovey, general manager of the company.
The mill will have a daily capacity of 125,000 feet. Surrounding the plant the company owns 150,000 acres of timber, and work has already been started on a logging railroad. This will be built four miles this season, and extended into the timber as necessary.
The Algoma Lumber Company formerly operated a large sawmill at Pokegama, but its timber holdings were worked out, so last Fall it purchased the holding of D.B. Campbell at Rattlesnake Point, eight miles north of here on the railroad, consisting of tracts of valuable timber and a sawmill with a daily capacity of 25,000 feet. The machinery of the Pokegama plant was started this Spring."
(Morning Oregon)
The mill will have a daily capacity of 125,000 feet. Surrounding the plant the company owns 150,000 acres of timber, and work has already been started on a logging railroad. This will be built four miles this season, and extended into the timber as necessary.
The Algoma Lumber Company formerly operated a large sawmill at Pokegama, but its timber holdings were worked out, so last Fall it purchased the holding of D.B. Campbell at Rattlesnake Point, eight miles north of here on the railroad, consisting of tracts of valuable timber and a sawmill with a daily capacity of 25,000 feet. The machinery of the Pokegama plant was started this Spring."
(Morning Oregon)
July 10, 1912: "R.H. Hovey, superintendent of the Algoma Lumber company, is in the city today. Mr. Hovey states that the work is being rushed on the new saw mill of the company being built at Algoma, and they have forces working day, night and Sundays. On account of a delay in the shipment of the machinery, it has been necessary to put on an additional force of about thirty millwrights, so as to get the plant ready for operation s by the last of next month.
Logging operations are to commence by the first of August. The company is building three miles of railroad from the mill to the timber, and it won't take long to complete the balance. There is about 1,500,000 feet of timber on skidways in the woods, which was cut last winter. The logging operations will continue until in the winter." (The Evening Herald)
Logging operations are to commence by the first of August. The company is building three miles of railroad from the mill to the timber, and it won't take long to complete the balance. There is about 1,500,000 feet of timber on skidways in the woods, which was cut last winter. The logging operations will continue until in the winter." (The Evening Herald)
August 5, 1912: "The Big Basin Lumber company started this morning the delivery of 1,300 ties for the Algoma Lumber company. The material is now being hauled through the city, and loaded for transportation to the mill.
Extensive work is being planned by the mill company. Already considerable track has been laid from the mill into the woods, and it is the intention to extend the line as the conditions require." (The Evening Herald)
Extensive work is being planned by the mill company. Already considerable track has been laid from the mill into the woods, and it is the intention to extend the line as the conditions require." (The Evening Herald)
August 21, 1912: "Although the Southern Pacific line between Weed and this city has been open but two years, the company has already renewed the track, replacing the 60-pound steel rails first laid with 80-pind rails. This is regarded as a significant index of the company's policy to keep up to date and have the line maintained in the best possible condition.
Much of the 60-pound steel removed from the local division has been sold, and last night at 8:35 o'clock there arrived a work train with a consignment of rails which it had picked up during the day along the road to be delivered to the Algoma Lumber company on its extension from the mill at Algoma to the woods. Part of the rails for this work were brought by the lumber company from Pokegama off the old Pokegama logging road, when the mill was removed Pokegama to Algoma.
All told, the lumber company has bought nearly three miles of 56-pound rails from the Southern Pacific company, the purchases to date aggregating 14,000 feet." (The Evening Herald)
Much of the 60-pound steel removed from the local division has been sold, and last night at 8:35 o'clock there arrived a work train with a consignment of rails which it had picked up during the day along the road to be delivered to the Algoma Lumber company on its extension from the mill at Algoma to the woods. Part of the rails for this work were brought by the lumber company from Pokegama off the old Pokegama logging road, when the mill was removed Pokegama to Algoma.
All told, the lumber company has bought nearly three miles of 56-pound rails from the Southern Pacific company, the purchases to date aggregating 14,000 feet." (The Evening Herald)
September 1912: "We expect to begin sawing lumber next week. It has taken us a little longer to build the mill than we expected, but mill building always takes longer than it is expected to. We believe we will be able to cut about 125,000 feet in ten hours, as we have a very good run of timber. We have a Diamond Iron Works 9-foot band mill and a Wickes gang.
Expect to start work next Monday on our new box factory, which will have a capacity of about 100,000 feet. It is located about 1200 feet from the sawmill.
Have had a very poor fall for drying lumber in this locality, and we do not know exactly how much lumber we will be able to cut this fall, but want to get out about 8,000,000 feet if possible. R.H. Hovey." (The Timberman, vol. 13)
Expect to start work next Monday on our new box factory, which will have a capacity of about 100,000 feet. It is located about 1200 feet from the sawmill.
Have had a very poor fall for drying lumber in this locality, and we do not know exactly how much lumber we will be able to cut this fall, but want to get out about 8,000,000 feet if possible. R.H. Hovey." (The Timberman, vol. 13)
September 5, 1912: "The Algoma Lumber company will not move its Montague, Calif., box factory machinery to this city. Instead new machinery is to be installed in the local plant.
The following is from the Weed Lookout:
'The Algoma Lumber company, owning and operating the Montague box factory, have changed their plans and will not move their factory to Klamath Falls. They have ordered entirely new machinery for the Oregon plant. The company carry a large line of building materials, and the demand for them has increased so greatly within the last few months on account of the great amount of building going on in Montague, Yreka and Shasta Valley that they have decided to continue to supply the demand and at the same time operate the Montague box factory in connection with the factory at Klamath Falls." (Klamath Republican)
The following is from the Weed Lookout:
'The Algoma Lumber company, owning and operating the Montague box factory, have changed their plans and will not move their factory to Klamath Falls. They have ordered entirely new machinery for the Oregon plant. The company carry a large line of building materials, and the demand for them has increased so greatly within the last few months on account of the great amount of building going on in Montague, Yreka and Shasta Valley that they have decided to continue to supply the demand and at the same time operate the Montague box factory in connection with the factory at Klamath Falls." (Klamath Republican)
September 14, 1912: “The Algoma Lumber Company's new sawmill at Algoma, formerly Rattlesnake Point, will begin to cut lumber next Monday.
The little mill formerly located there and owned by D.B. Campbell before it was sold out to the Algoma Lumber Company, has been completely remodeled.
The machinery shipped there has been placed and Wednesday the engine was fired up and the wheels turned for the first time. Thursday and yesterday the engine was fired up again and adjustments made in belting and machinery. Today the mill will all but be put into operation and the entire mill machinery tested out. Monday the mill will begin sawing lumber for the market and while it is not expected that the machinery will be running to its full capacity for several days within the next ten days this will be the case. The new mill has a capacity of about 100,000 feet of lumber daily.
The Algoma mill is the second largest in Klamath county. The Pelican Bay Lumber Company's plant at Hanks, near Shippington, ranks first.
The company has constructed a logging road several miles back into the timber in the valley along the Fort Klamath public road and a large territory from which to draw its future log supply. Logging crews have been employed in the timber all summer and a large amount of timber is now ready to be hauled to the mill.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
The little mill formerly located there and owned by D.B. Campbell before it was sold out to the Algoma Lumber Company, has been completely remodeled.
The machinery shipped there has been placed and Wednesday the engine was fired up and the wheels turned for the first time. Thursday and yesterday the engine was fired up again and adjustments made in belting and machinery. Today the mill will all but be put into operation and the entire mill machinery tested out. Monday the mill will begin sawing lumber for the market and while it is not expected that the machinery will be running to its full capacity for several days within the next ten days this will be the case. The new mill has a capacity of about 100,000 feet of lumber daily.
The Algoma mill is the second largest in Klamath county. The Pelican Bay Lumber Company's plant at Hanks, near Shippington, ranks first.
The company has constructed a logging road several miles back into the timber in the valley along the Fort Klamath public road and a large territory from which to draw its future log supply. Logging crews have been employed in the timber all summer and a large amount of timber is now ready to be hauled to the mill.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
October 1912: "The Algoma Lumber Co. is now sawing, though not steadily as yet. When in full operation, this will be one of the most efficient mills in this vicinity. Work is now going forward on their box factory, which will have a capacity of 100,000 daily." (The Timberman, Vol. 13)
October 25, 1912: "As a result of a deal consummated this afternoon, the Algoma Lumber company acquires the timber land holdings on the east side of Upper Klamath Lake of J.W. Miner, and now the lumber company has a compact tract comprising 13,000 acres.
The land sold by Mr. Miner today consists of 3,400 acres and is located in 37-9.
The Algoma Lumber company now has over 200,000,000 feet of standing timber in the vicinity of its mill." (The Evening Herald)
The land sold by Mr. Miner today consists of 3,400 acres and is located in 37-9.
The Algoma Lumber company now has over 200,000,000 feet of standing timber in the vicinity of its mill." (The Evening Herald)
December 1912: "R.H. Hovey has resigned his position as manager of the Algoma Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, Ore., and will make his permanent headquarters in San Francisco. He will still retain his interest in the company, but wished to be relieved from the active management so as to devote more time to the timber business in which he has always been particularly interested." (The Timberman, Vol. 14)
December 9, 1912: "George C. Clark came down from Algoma Saturday to spend Sunday in Klamath Falls. He returned to the sawmill town this morning." (The Evening Herald)
December 10, 1912: “Mr. Richard Hovey has resigned as general manager of the Algoma Lumber Company of this city and will leave this week for southern California, accompanied by his wife and son.
Announcement of the foregoing was made yesterday. It also was stated that Mr. Hovey would retain his personal interests in the company, which has been under his management for the last three years.
Just who will succeed Mr. Hovey in his official capacity has not been decided, it is announced. A new manager, however, is looked for shortly.
Much regret was expressed among his friends, when it was learned that Mr. Hovey had severed his connections with the Algoma concern, as he has made himself popular with residents here in a business and social way since his arrival.
The reason for Mr. Hovey's resignation is said to be a personal one. No statement has been made either, as to what Mr. Hovey's future course will be.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
Announcement of the foregoing was made yesterday. It also was stated that Mr. Hovey would retain his personal interests in the company, which has been under his management for the last three years.
Just who will succeed Mr. Hovey in his official capacity has not been decided, it is announced. A new manager, however, is looked for shortly.
Much regret was expressed among his friends, when it was learned that Mr. Hovey had severed his connections with the Algoma concern, as he has made himself popular with residents here in a business and social way since his arrival.
The reason for Mr. Hovey's resignation is said to be a personal one. No statement has been made either, as to what Mr. Hovey's future course will be.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
February 6, 1913: "George C. Clark, who is in charge of the construction of the box factory at Algoma, came in Thursday for a short visit." (Klamath Republican)
February 19, 1913: “Mr. H. Edmonds, superintendent of the Algoma Lumber Company, returned last evening to Algoma.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
February 19, 1913: “Mr. F.W. Huff went to Algoma yesterday to do some millwright work.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
March 12, 1913: " 'Just as soon as the ice leaves the sawmill will be started, presumably about the 1st of April,' says H.H. Edmonds, general superintendent of the Algoma Lumber company, who is visiting the county seat today.
'This year we will cut eighteen or twenty million feet. We will run one ten-hour shift, and expect to cut between 100,000 and 125,000 feet a day. E.J. Grant, secretary of the Algoma Lumber company, will be here from Los Angeles Monday.'
Workmen are installing a 72 x 18 high pressure boiler and making other repairs at the big plant at Algoma, preparatory to the opening of the mill. The machinery for the box factory will reach Algoma in a short time, and it is believed that the big box factory will be in operation by the 1st of June.
It is believed that the force at the box factory will be greatly increased this year, notwithstanding the damage to the crops in Southern California caused by frosts." (The Evening Herald)
'This year we will cut eighteen or twenty million feet. We will run one ten-hour shift, and expect to cut between 100,000 and 125,000 feet a day. E.J. Grant, secretary of the Algoma Lumber company, will be here from Los Angeles Monday.'
Workmen are installing a 72 x 18 high pressure boiler and making other repairs at the big plant at Algoma, preparatory to the opening of the mill. The machinery for the box factory will reach Algoma in a short time, and it is believed that the big box factory will be in operation by the 1st of June.
It is believed that the force at the box factory will be greatly increased this year, notwithstanding the damage to the crops in Southern California caused by frosts." (The Evening Herald)
March 19, 1913: “Mr. Clarence Pingree, who is employed in the logging camp of the Algoma Lumber company at Algoma, was brought in yesterday for treatment at the local hospital as the result of bad management of an ax. He was said to have been working alone in the timber 'swamping a trail' for 'snaking' logs to the skidway, when, in striking a limb above his head the ax glanced off the limb, seriously cutting his left hand.
It was necessary to take several stitches to close the wound. Mr. Pingree will be unable to work for several days.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
It was necessary to take several stitches to close the wound. Mr. Pingree will be unable to work for several days.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
March 19, 1913: " 'The past winter has been one of the best for the logging business in Klamath county that we have known,' said E.L. Grant, secretary of the Algoma Lumber company today. Mr. Grant and H.H. Edmonds, superintendent, are in the city for the day from Algoma, where the plant of the company is located.
The new sawmill of the company, which was built last year, will begin operations about the 1st of April, for a continuous run during the entire summer. It is expected to cut about 110,000 feet of lumber a day. The logging camps have been operating all winter, and there is plenty of logs on hand for the summer's run. Logging will continue during the summer on a large scale, and the company will employ between 200 and 250 men in the woods and mills.
In addition to the big sawmill the company now has ready for operation one of the largest box factories in the county. This factory was built last fall, and will make its first run this summer. It is equipped with six cut-offs, which gives it a capacity of 100,000 feet per day.
The Algoma company owns 200,000,000 feet of timber in close proximity to its plant, and in addition to cutting its own timber has been buying logs from homesteaders and logger on the Upper Lake." (The Evening Herald)
The new sawmill of the company, which was built last year, will begin operations about the 1st of April, for a continuous run during the entire summer. It is expected to cut about 110,000 feet of lumber a day. The logging camps have been operating all winter, and there is plenty of logs on hand for the summer's run. Logging will continue during the summer on a large scale, and the company will employ between 200 and 250 men in the woods and mills.
In addition to the big sawmill the company now has ready for operation one of the largest box factories in the county. This factory was built last fall, and will make its first run this summer. It is equipped with six cut-offs, which gives it a capacity of 100,000 feet per day.
The Algoma company owns 200,000,000 feet of timber in close proximity to its plant, and in addition to cutting its own timber has been buying logs from homesteaders and logger on the Upper Lake." (The Evening Herald)
April 10, 1913: “The Algoma mills will begin operations Monday and in the neighborhood of 200 men will be employed there. Mill Men predict the coming Summer will be one of the most active in lumbering industries Klamath County has ever seen.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
April 5, 1913: "Mr. and Mrs. O.B. Dollarhide came in last night from the North. They will go to Algoma today, where Mr. Dollarhide has a position with the Algoma Lumber company." (The Evening Herald)
April 9, 1913: "With the opening of a busy sawmill season only a few days distant, Algoma, ten miles from here on the railroad, and home of the Algoma Lumber company's big sawmill, is the scene of busy activity. For the remainder of the summer, the noise of the carpenter's hammer and saw will mingle with the hum of the mill machinery.
Work of erecting two fine bungalows has been commenced by J.L. Cunningham of this city. When finished they will be occupied by J.S. Grant, secretary, and H.H. Edmonds, general superintendent of the company.
In addition to these several of the employes have announced that they will build and bring their families to Algoma. The community, although but a little over a year old, has a store, post office and school now, in addition to a semi-weekly train service to Klamath Falls." (The Evening Herald)
Work of erecting two fine bungalows has been commenced by J.L. Cunningham of this city. When finished they will be occupied by J.S. Grant, secretary, and H.H. Edmonds, general superintendent of the company.
In addition to these several of the employes have announced that they will build and bring their families to Algoma. The community, although but a little over a year old, has a store, post office and school now, in addition to a semi-weekly train service to Klamath Falls." (The Evening Herald)
April 10, 1913: “The Algoma mills will begin operations Monday and in the neighborhood of 200 men will be employed there. Mill Men predict the coming Summer will be one of the most active in lumbering industries Klamath County has ever seen.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
April 18, 1913: "George C. Clark is here from Algoma, where he has charge of the extensive construction work of the Algoma Lumber Company." (The Evening Herald)
April 18, 1913: "Building operations in this community this summer include the erection of two fine bungalows for H.H. Edmonds, general manager, and E.J. Grant, secretary of the Algoma Lumber company. The contract for their construction has been awarded to J.L. Cunningham of Klamath Falls.
Mr. Cunningham is expected to do other buildings here, as the opening of the box factory will mean an increased demand for cottages." (The Evening Herald)
Mr. Cunningham is expected to do other buildings here, as the opening of the box factory will mean an increased demand for cottages." (The Evening Herald)
April 18, 1913: "Work on the season's output of lumber has been commenced by the Algoma Lumber company, and the crew at the big sawmill is now cutting about 100,000 feet of lumber daily. As soon as the mill is in operation a little longer the daily cut will average 125,000 feet.
The Algoma mill will cut between 18,000,000 and 20,000,000 feet of timber this year, say the officials of the company.
Work on the box factory being erected is nearing completion, and the machinery will commence to arrive in a short time. It is planned to have the box factory running full blast by the first of June.
This will furnish employment to a large number of men, thereby increasing the population of this thriving community." (The Evening Herald)
The Algoma mill will cut between 18,000,000 and 20,000,000 feet of timber this year, say the officials of the company.
Work on the box factory being erected is nearing completion, and the machinery will commence to arrive in a short time. It is planned to have the box factory running full blast by the first of June.
This will furnish employment to a large number of men, thereby increasing the population of this thriving community." (The Evening Herald)
April 19, 1913: "Getting his clothing caught in a revolving shaft at the plant of the Algoma Lumber company this morning, B.A. Dodson, aged 60 years, was whirled about the shaft until his clothing was torn from his body, and he sustained injuries that resulted in his death.
As a result of his terrible experience, Dodson's back was broken, and one side was horribly macerated. The accident occurred about 7:30 this morning, and Doctors Truax and Taylor came up from Klamath Falls two hours later. Dodson died shortly after their arrival.
Nobody saw the accident. Dodson, prior to his death, stated that he attempted to go under the shafting by stooping when his clothes caught. He stated that the company could not be held responsible for the accident.
Dodson had been working at the lumber mill for two weeks. He is survived by a daughter and a son, both of whom live here." (The Evening Herald)
As a result of his terrible experience, Dodson's back was broken, and one side was horribly macerated. The accident occurred about 7:30 this morning, and Doctors Truax and Taylor came up from Klamath Falls two hours later. Dodson died shortly after their arrival.
Nobody saw the accident. Dodson, prior to his death, stated that he attempted to go under the shafting by stooping when his clothes caught. He stated that the company could not be held responsible for the accident.
Dodson had been working at the lumber mill for two weeks. He is survived by a daughter and a son, both of whom live here." (The Evening Herald)
April 22, 1913: "H. Bolvin went to Algoma Monday, where he secured the contract for installing furnaces and heating plants in two new bungalows being built by the Algoma Lumber company." (The Evening Herald)
April 24, 1913: "Building operations in this community this summer include the erection of two fine bungalows for H. H. Edmonds, general manager, and E. J. Grant, secretary of the Algoma Lumber company. The contract for their construction has been awarded to J. L. Cunningham of Klamath Falls.
Mr. Cunningham is expected to do other building here, as the opening of the box factory will mean an increased demand for cottages." (Klamath Republican)
Mr. Cunningham is expected to do other building here, as the opening of the box factory will mean an increased demand for cottages." (Klamath Republican)
May 1913: "The Algoma Lumber Co., Algoma, is cutting 100,000 feet of lumber daily, which will be increased to 125,000 feet. The box factory will be completed and in operation about the first of June." (The Timberman, Vol. 14)
May 29, 1913: "The Modoc is towing for the Algoma Lumber company. The Eagle is still in the sand trade." (Klamath Republican)
June 1, 1913: “With one hundred mill hands and construction workers, and sixty men in the logging camps of the company, the Algoma Lumber Company is putting into circulation in Klamath County approximately $15,000 each month.
The mill will saw about 100,000 feet of lumber each day when working ten-hour shifts.
This lumber is being shipped direct to the Eastern markets, and Manager H. H. Edmonds said yesterday that at this time the lumber market is good.
By July 15 a new box factory will have been added to the industries of the Algoma Lumber Company and that institution will furnish regular employment to at least seventy-five workers, materially increasing the payroll of the company.” (The Klamath Falls North Western)
The mill will saw about 100,000 feet of lumber each day when working ten-hour shifts.
This lumber is being shipped direct to the Eastern markets, and Manager H. H. Edmonds said yesterday that at this time the lumber market is good.
By July 15 a new box factory will have been added to the industries of the Algoma Lumber Company and that institution will furnish regular employment to at least seventy-five workers, materially increasing the payroll of the company.” (The Klamath Falls North Western)
July 1913: "The Algoma Lumber Co. began operations in April at its sawmill at Algoma. The company has a 100,000 capacity sawmill and about four miles of logging railroad. The sawmill is cutting up to capacity. E.J. Grant is the manager, succeeding R.H. Hovey, who is devoting his time to other extensive interests." (The Timberman, Vol. 14)
August 15, 1913: “E. C. Engle, an employe of the Algoma Lumber Company, was brought to the Blackburn Hospital yesterday where he is being attended by Drs. Merryman and Truax for a broken ankle and internal injuries. Mr. Engle was working on the construction crew that was building a tramway when some timbers fell on him. His injuries are of a serious nature and may possibly prove fatal.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
August 21, 1913: "While jumping at Algoma, George Shores, an employe of the Algoma Lumber company sustained a bullet wound that will incapacitate him for some time.
A pistol Shores was carrying was jarred out of his pocket and the weapon, striking the ground, exploded. The bullet entered near the instep, and was extracted near the heel by Dr. Merryman." (Klamath Republican)
A pistol Shores was carrying was jarred out of his pocket and the weapon, striking the ground, exploded. The bullet entered near the instep, and was extracted near the heel by Dr. Merryman." (Klamath Republican)
August 28, 1913: "At Algoma, the new town on the railroad north of Klamath Falls, there is a magnitude of business far greater than is generally known. At he time of our visit Mr. Edmonds, the superintendent, was absent, but a casual observance of mill, factory and big lumber yard, told with need of no other instruction, that here is located a lumbering plant of vast proportions.
In addition to the great body of logs in the booms, the steamer Modoc has just taken 400,000 additional feet across the lake from Balls Bay." (Klamath Republican)
In addition to the great body of logs in the booms, the steamer Modoc has just taken 400,000 additional feet across the lake from Balls Bay." (Klamath Republican)
October 7, 1913: "Roy Hamaker, commissary man for the Algoma Lumber company, is here from Algoma, attending to business matters. W.B. Simpson is also down from the sawmill town." (The Evening Herald)
November 14, 1913: “E. C. Engle, injured in August at the Algoma sawmill, was compelled to undergo an operation for removal of his foot yesterday.
Engle was working at the Algoma mill when a falling tramway caught him and, beside other injuries he received a compound fracture of the ankle which necessitated removal of the foot. Dr. Merryman operated.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
Engle was working at the Algoma mill when a falling tramway caught him and, beside other injuries he received a compound fracture of the ankle which necessitated removal of the foot. Dr. Merryman operated.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
March 4, 1914: “Mr. H. H. Edmonds returned yesterday evening from San Francisco and other California cities where he has been spending the winter. Mr. Edmonds is connected with the Algoma Lumber Company.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
March 1914: "E.J. Grant, of Los Angeles, Cal., Algomah Lumber Co., returned to Klamath Falls to make preparations for starting up the plant for the season's run." (The Timberman, Vol. 15)
March 19, 1914: "According to Harry Miller, who is here from Algoma attending business matters, the Algoma Lumber company's big mill will start April 1st. A big force of men are now at work putting the mill in shape for a busy season. The company's logging camp No. 2 is now hard at work. Forty-five men are employed in cutting logs." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
March 22, 1914: “A complaint filed yesterday morning by H. M. Manning and C. M. Oneill, attorneys for Emanuel C. Engle, asks for $35,000 damages from the Algoma Lumber Company.
The complaint charges that due to the carelessness of the defendants in not making a scaffolding more secure, Engle lost a leg, has been bedridden for several months, and that his spine is permanently injured. The accident occurred August 14, 1913, when plaintiff was employed by the Algoma Company to construct an elevated tramway.
Engle was using a block and tackle to raise a timber to the scaffolding, when the bent this tackle was attached to pulled loose, causing the block and tackle, together with various timber, to fall on him. He was badly injured and had to have his left leg amputated.
In addition to the $35,000 damages the complaint asks that the plaintiff be allowed the costs of the case.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
The complaint charges that due to the carelessness of the defendants in not making a scaffolding more secure, Engle lost a leg, has been bedridden for several months, and that his spine is permanently injured. The accident occurred August 14, 1913, when plaintiff was employed by the Algoma Company to construct an elevated tramway.
Engle was using a block and tackle to raise a timber to the scaffolding, when the bent this tackle was attached to pulled loose, causing the block and tackle, together with various timber, to fall on him. He was badly injured and had to have his left leg amputated.
In addition to the $35,000 damages the complaint asks that the plaintiff be allowed the costs of the case.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
March 26, 1914: "Workmen are busily engaged in getting the sawmill of the Algoma Lumber company in shape for the season's run, which will start Monday or Tuesday. The box factory is also being repaired.
The Algoma plant will be kept busy eight months, and the daily cut will average about 100,000 feet. There will be about 2,500,000 cut each month, making the season's run close to 20,000,000 feet.
To turn out this amount the company will use its own timber, and it also expects to purchase logs from points around Upper Klamath Lake this summer.
The logging railroad has been extended a mile further into the timber. A deal has just been completed whereby the Devereaux tract of timber, adjoining the Algoma holdings, has been purchased by the company, and this will also be all cut to lumber this season.
Much of the lumber will be converted into box shooks at the company's box factory. The box factory turns out about three carloads of shook a day, and will furnish employment the year around to fifty or sixty men." (The Evening Herald)
The Algoma plant will be kept busy eight months, and the daily cut will average about 100,000 feet. There will be about 2,500,000 cut each month, making the season's run close to 20,000,000 feet.
To turn out this amount the company will use its own timber, and it also expects to purchase logs from points around Upper Klamath Lake this summer.
The logging railroad has been extended a mile further into the timber. A deal has just been completed whereby the Devereaux tract of timber, adjoining the Algoma holdings, has been purchased by the company, and this will also be all cut to lumber this season.
Much of the lumber will be converted into box shooks at the company's box factory. The box factory turns out about three carloads of shook a day, and will furnish employment the year around to fifty or sixty men." (The Evening Herald)
March 27, 1914: “With an expected run of 100,000 feet of lumber per day for nearly eight months, the Algoma Lumber Company mill will start the season's run next Monday. Workmen are busily engaged in preparing both the mill and the box factory for the opening.
According to present expectations on the part of the company's officials, the season's run will be nearly 20,000,000 feet. Logs will be purchased from the Upper Klamath Lake section in addition to the timber belonging to this company.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
According to present expectations on the part of the company's officials, the season's run will be nearly 20,000,000 feet. Logs will be purchased from the Upper Klamath Lake section in addition to the timber belonging to this company.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
March 30, 1914: "Circuit Judge Benson Friday afternoon signed an order for the removal of the suit of Emanual Engle against the Algoma Lumber company from the circuit court to the federal district court. This is upon the ground that the company is an outside corporation, and the amount involved over $3,000.
Engle lost a leg as the result of an accident at the company's plant last year. He asks $30,000 damages." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
Engle lost a leg as the result of an accident at the company's plant last year. He asks $30,000 damages." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
April 9, 1914: “Mr. Charles Otey left yesterday for Algoma with seven men and a logging outfit. He will log for the Algoma Lumber Company this summer.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
April 14, 1915: "The big sawmill operated by the Algoma Lumber Company began operations about a week ago and is now running full blast." (Klamath Falls Northwestern)
April 20, 1914: "John Coleman, a logger who has been in the employ of the Algoma Lumber Co. was on Friday morning placed in the county jail, to await a hearing to test his sanity.
The young man's actions have been noticeably peculiar, and his discourse is strong evidence that he is suffering from hallucinations." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
The young man's actions have been noticeably peculiar, and his discourse is strong evidence that he is suffering from hallucinations." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
July 1914: "Algomah Lumber Co. has recently purchased another logging engine as an addition to their logging equipment." + "Washington Iron Works of Seattle has recently sold a 11 x 11 yarder to the Algomah Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, Ore." (The Timberman, Vol. 15)
September 7, 1914: "The steamer Modoc brought down two big log rafts from Crystal. One was consigned to the Algoma plant." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
September 22, 1914: “Harry Wall, who for the past month has been logging at Algoma, is in the city with eight fine draft horses and paraphernalia for hauling lumber.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
November 2, 1914: "That the contest between Hattie Smith and the Algoma Lumber company for the possession of a tract of timberland near Algoma has not been dropped since the circuit court awarded title to the land to Mrs. Smith is evidenced by the filing of a damage suit in the court today by Mrs. Smith. In this she asks damages for the destruction of the timber and the building of a logging road across the tract.
The complaint alleges that the lumber company took 900,000 feet of merchantable timber off her land, and she asks $3,700 for this. The railroad, she says, damages her property to the extent of $500, and this amount is also asked for." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
The complaint alleges that the lumber company took 900,000 feet of merchantable timber off her land, and she asks $3,700 for this. The railroad, she says, damages her property to the extent of $500, and this amount is also asked for." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
November 16, 1914: "A large crew of men is at work on the grade for the new logging road of the Algoma Lumber company. This railway climbs the mountain back of Algoma, near the old Hagelstein place, and will range from thirty to sixty degrees in incline. William Uhrman is in charge of the construction work. A cable system will be used in logging, switches, etc., being provided for. A large body of timber will be tapped by this new line." & "The box factory is closed for several days, undergoing repairs to machinery. The factory will probably run all winter." & "An early start in cutting is anticipated for the spring by the Algoma Lumber company. Several million feet of logs are already in the pond." & "James Douglas of the Doak ranch has contracted to cut several million feet for the Algoma Lumber company on the opposite side of Upper Lake, it is reported." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
November 26, 1914: "The Algoma Lumber company has closed its camps in the woods. It has also ceased operations for the year on the extension of the logging railroad.
The box factory will be kept open, though, and it is the intention to operate this all year. In preparation for an early start next spring, a new carriage is being put in the mill." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
The box factory will be kept open, though, and it is the intention to operate this all year. In preparation for an early start next spring, a new carriage is being put in the mill." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
April 8, 1915: "The Algoma lumber company sawmill opened for a season's run Monday morning. The mill will give employment to about 200 men, and has a capacity of 125,000 feet of lumber every 10 hours. There is about 15,000,000 feet of lumber to be cut by the plant this season. The box factory at the plant has been running to capacity all winter." (Crook County Journal)
April 1915: "Algoma Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, resumed operations April 5. The company expects to cut 160,000 feet in ten hours. The box factory has been running during the winter." (The Timberman, Vol. 16)
April 1, 1915: "Monday morning the sawmill of the Algoma Lumber company at Algoma will commence operations for the season, giving employment to a crew of about 200 men.
The mill has a capacity for turning out 125,000 feet of lumber every ten hours. There will be about 15,000,000 feet of lumber to cut there this season.
In addition to the sawmill, Algoma has a steady payroll in the box factory, which has been running full blast all winter, and is still in operation, shipping out big quantities of box shook every week." (The Evening Herald)
The mill has a capacity for turning out 125,000 feet of lumber every ten hours. There will be about 15,000,000 feet of lumber to cut there this season.
In addition to the sawmill, Algoma has a steady payroll in the box factory, which has been running full blast all winter, and is still in operation, shipping out big quantities of box shook every week." (The Evening Herald)
April 7, 1915: "With 15,000,000 feet of timber to be cut the Algoma Lumber Company reopened its sawmill Monday morning for a busy season's work. The plant, which cuts 125,000 feet of lumber every ten hours, will give employment to 200 men. Besides the new crew to be employed by the sawmill, there is a box factory crew employed by the Algoma Lumber Company that has been working all winter, shipping about twenty carloads of box shooks a week." (Cottage Grove Sentinel)
July 1915: "Algoma Lumber Co., with headquarters at Los Angeles, Cal., has opened a branch office at Klamath." (The Timberman, Vol. 16)
November 9, 1915: "Oscar E. Wiley, in charge of the Algoma Lumber company's retail yard, is confined to his home by illness." (The Evening Herald)
March 6, 1916: "The date of the resumption of cutting by the Algoma Lumber company has not been announced yet. This mill will be running before the end of the month, however." (The Evening Herald)
April 13, 1916: "The Algoma Lumber company's mill at Algoma, 12 miles north of this city, will begin cutting early next week, according to Manager E.J. Grant. This mill will cut about 25,000,000 feet of lumber during the present season.
The company's logging camps have been in operation several weeks. The Algoma mill cuts 125,000 feet of lumber every 10 hours. The company also operates a box factory the year round, employing about 50 men." (Spray Courier)
The company's logging camps have been in operation several weeks. The Algoma mill cuts 125,000 feet of lumber every 10 hours. The company also operates a box factory the year round, employing about 50 men." (Spray Courier)
April 17, 1916: "Mrs. T.C. Hermann, at Algoma Lumber company's camp No. 2, is a victim of pneumonia." (The Evening Herald)
September 22, 1916: "John Kenny has sold to Algoma Lumber company the east half of the southeast quarter of section five, and the north half of northeast quarter of section 8, all in township 37 south, range 9 east." (The Evening Herald)
October 11, 1916: "Emma Roy Shepherd has sold to Algoma Lumber company land in sections 20 and 29, township 37, range 9 west." (The Evening Herald)
March 16, 1917: "The Algoma have their railroad all but constructed and logs in the woods ready and if the ____ of men keeps up there will be ____ more mills start with a double shift and the prediction is freely made that the cut this season will be a third greater than last year." (Klamath Record)
March 23, 1917: "Mr. W. H. Christman returned from his home in California this week to take up his work as cashier of the Algoma Lumber Company again." (Klamath Record)
April 13, 1917: “E. J. Grant, manager of the Algoma Mill arrived from Los Angeles Tuesday, evening and is preparing to start the mill this week. The Algoma box factory has been operating all winter and the company is planning to make a bigger cut this year than usual; but owing to the deep snow in the woods logging operations will commence later than usual this year.
Mr. Grant spent most of the day Wednesday looking over the retail yards which have been located at the Savidge Mill property on Sixth Street. They expect to move the yard to their new location some time in May.” (The Weekly Klamath Record)
Mr. Grant spent most of the day Wednesday looking over the retail yards which have been located at the Savidge Mill property on Sixth Street. They expect to move the yard to their new location some time in May.” (The Weekly Klamath Record)
April 18, 1917: "The Algoma Lumber Company has its new extended line of railway all but finished ready for use, and it is expected that the mill will be one of those to use a double shift of men. The cut at Algoma is predicted to be fully a third heavier than was turned out in 1916." (The Evening Herald)
August 27, 1917: "Don Zumwalt, who has finished the surveying work on the logging road for the Algoma Lumber company near Algoma, has left for Kirk, where he will start work of a similar nature on a road for the same company. He expects to remain away for some time." (The Evening Herald)
August 27, 1917: "Elmer Bagley, Domino Provost, Johnny Johnson, Olin Conwell and Edwin Frazier, Ashland boys who have spent the past three summer months in the Algoma sawmill near Klamath Falls, returned to their homes Sunday. Edwin Frazier came home by train; the others were brought over by W.L. Maxey, who went from here to bring them back by auto. They report that fifteen Ashland boys were employed in the Algoma mill during the summer, but that all of them expect to return soon to attend Ashland high school this winter." (Ashland Tidings)
September 21, 1917: "WANTED--Box factory helpers at $3 and up. Also machine men at $4 a day with 25 cent bonus. Board only 75 cent per day. Steady employment the year round. Algoma Lumber Co., Algoma Ore." & "Two cut-off men at $4 a day with 25 cent bonus per day by staying until January 1st. Algoma Lumber Co., Algoma, Oregon." (Rogue River Courier)
October 16, 1917: "Engineer Don J. Zumwalt has returned from Northern Klamath, where he has been since the latter part of August, surveying a logging railroad for the Algoma Lumber company in the neighborhood of Kirk.
A new road, a short distance out from Kirk, is to be used by the Algoma, Pelican Bay and Lamm Lumber companies. It then branches out into separate tracts of the three companies.
Mr. Zumwalt reports that the Algoma company's Camp 4, near Kirk, is now in operation." (The Evening Herald)
A new road, a short distance out from Kirk, is to be used by the Algoma, Pelican Bay and Lamm Lumber companies. It then branches out into separate tracts of the three companies.
Mr. Zumwalt reports that the Algoma company's Camp 4, near Kirk, is now in operation." (The Evening Herald)
March 19, 1918: "Employes of the sawmill and box factory of the Algoma Lumber company at Algoma, Or., went on strike today for an eight-hour day and ten hours' pay, according to word received here. Their demands were granted by the employers within a few minutes after the strike started, and the workers returned to their tasks. Extra pay for overtime also was arranged for." (Medford Mail)
May 25, 1918: "The case of Demietro Faviero, who is reported to have stampeded members of the lumber yard at the Algoma Lumber Company Thursday, was taken up for examination at the Justice Court yesterday afternoon.
He was brought in by Deputy Sheriff T.E. Griffith on a felony charge the day previous, but this was moved dismissed on motion of the district attorney, who then had him rearrested on a charge of assault and battery. The prisoner plead guilty to this charge last evening, and was fined $35 and costs by Justice Gowen.
The summoning of the witnesses for this examination was said to have entailed considerable trouble, as the defendant, who is a person of goodly size, had wrought such terror in the minds of his companions that they took to the hills and did not return until after dark on Thursday." (The Evening Herald)
He was brought in by Deputy Sheriff T.E. Griffith on a felony charge the day previous, but this was moved dismissed on motion of the district attorney, who then had him rearrested on a charge of assault and battery. The prisoner plead guilty to this charge last evening, and was fined $35 and costs by Justice Gowen.
The summoning of the witnesses for this examination was said to have entailed considerable trouble, as the defendant, who is a person of goodly size, had wrought such terror in the minds of his companions that they took to the hills and did not return until after dark on Thursday." (The Evening Herald)
December 26, 1919: "About ten miles north of Klamath Falls on the east shore of the Upper Lake and on the Southern Pacific at Algoma, Ore., is the lumber and box manufacturing plant of the Algoma Lumber Co., managed by Matt Egan, a veteran sawmill man. This is one of the large and growing mill concerns of the Klamath country. The sawmill is equipped with a band and a gang and cuts 120,000 feet in eight hours. Along in mid-summer a night crew was put on, running the band only at night, making the daily cut about 175,000 feet. This means that the output for the season will be in the neighborhood of 30,000,000 feet.
The box factory has a capacity of 100,000 feet daily, but has been running this year day times only. It will continue running thru the winter months, while weather conditions usually close the sawmill down early in December. Mr. Egan is one of the old time sawmill operators and builders of the western country. He spent several years in the Puget Sound country in the '80s and has built and operated sawmills in various places of the west for the last forty years. The sales of the Algoma Lumber Co. are under the supervision of E.J. Grant at the company's Los Angeles office. Mr. Grant for several years directed the business at Algoma, but of late has spent most of his time in Los Angeles." (The Evening Herald)
The box factory has a capacity of 100,000 feet daily, but has been running this year day times only. It will continue running thru the winter months, while weather conditions usually close the sawmill down early in December. Mr. Egan is one of the old time sawmill operators and builders of the western country. He spent several years in the Puget Sound country in the '80s and has built and operated sawmills in various places of the west for the last forty years. The sales of the Algoma Lumber Co. are under the supervision of E.J. Grant at the company's Los Angeles office. Mr. Grant for several years directed the business at Algoma, but of late has spent most of his time in Los Angeles." (The Evening Herald)
October 4, 1920: "J. P. Campbell, an employee of the Algoma Lumber company, is in the Warren Hunt hospital with a fractured leg, received Saturday when he fell from a lumber pile at Algoma." (The Evening Herald)
November 26, 1920: "The California-Oregon power company has executed a contract with the Algoma Lumber company to deliver 600 horsepower current to the company's plant at Algoma for spring operations, J. C. Thompson, local manager of the power company announced today. The entire plant of the Algoma company will be changed over from steam to electrical operation.
The improvement means the construction of eight miles of high tension line, carrying probably in the neighborhood of 60,000 volts, from the sub-station at Shippington to the Algoma plant. Work on the line will be started as soon as possible." (The Evening Herald)
The improvement means the construction of eight miles of high tension line, carrying probably in the neighborhood of 60,000 volts, from the sub-station at Shippington to the Algoma plant. Work on the line will be started as soon as possible." (The Evening Herald)
January 27, 1921: "B. Spade, a teamster for the Algoma Lumber company was left injured yesterday when his team ran away and threw him from the wagon which passed over his body. He was brought to a hospital here for treatment." (The Evening Herald)
March 11, 1921: "Installing of plumbing for the Algoma Lumber company's new three story hotel at Algoma will be started at once by the Lorenz Plumbing company, said C. G. Lorenz today. The contract for the plumbing work, which will cost about $7000, was signed yesterday.
Plumbing of a class that will pass inspection anywhere will be installed, says Mr. Lorenz. The Algoma company contemplates no makeshift job, but will have a system when finished that will compare from a serviceable and sanitary standpoint with any city hotel's plumbing.
The contract includes installation of a steam heating system.
The steam will be furnished by the lumber plant boilers. There will be bath tubs on each of the three floors, and ten lavatories on each of the upper floors.
The first floor will contain a lobby with lounges for patrons, a billiard and pool room, barber shop and other features. The upper floors will be divided into rooms for the company's employes and transient visitors.
The floor area of the building is 70x144 feet. The frame is up and roofing has started. It is expected that the building will be completed within 60 days.
R. J. Sheets of this city has the wiring contract and has started work. The plumbing job will be started at once and Mr. Lorenz expects to complete it within six weeks. The carpenter work is being done by the Algoma company's own force." (The Evening Herald)
Plumbing of a class that will pass inspection anywhere will be installed, says Mr. Lorenz. The Algoma company contemplates no makeshift job, but will have a system when finished that will compare from a serviceable and sanitary standpoint with any city hotel's plumbing.
The contract includes installation of a steam heating system.
The steam will be furnished by the lumber plant boilers. There will be bath tubs on each of the three floors, and ten lavatories on each of the upper floors.
The first floor will contain a lobby with lounges for patrons, a billiard and pool room, barber shop and other features. The upper floors will be divided into rooms for the company's employes and transient visitors.
The floor area of the building is 70x144 feet. The frame is up and roofing has started. It is expected that the building will be completed within 60 days.
R. J. Sheets of this city has the wiring contract and has started work. The plumbing job will be started at once and Mr. Lorenz expects to complete it within six weeks. The carpenter work is being done by the Algoma company's own force." (The Evening Herald)
November 16, 1923: "Algoma Lumber Co., Algoma, is running two shifts and will cut about 35,000,000 feet this year. Three Hilke pilers were installed and are working successfully. The company is contemplating some improvements which may include a new planing mill and some additional machinery in the sawmill and dry kiln. Matt Egan, the old war horse---70 and going strong---is general manager, with D. Mesner, assistant, while Sales Manager Nickerson looks after the distribution. The operating staff includes: O. Dollarhide, day sawyer, and Mr. Lyons, night sawyer; Fred Stewart, master mechanic; William Renne, filer; Harry Woods, mill foreman; Carl Zimm, yard foreman, and George Hoffman, box factory foreman." (The Klamath News)
November 20, 1923: "The Algoma Lumber company is building two new family houses and expect to build more in the near future." (The Klamath News)
January 15, 1924: "The Algoma Lumber company is putting up ice for its use next summer, which will be mainly for the hotel, also for the families. The warehouse they are building is nearly completed." (The Klamath News)
February 19, 1924: "Matt Egan, resident manager of the Algoma Lumber company dropped a pulley on his foot while he was around in the mill. It is necessary for him to use a crutch." (The Klamath News)
February 26, 1924: "The Algoma Lumber company is painting it locomotives. If the warm weather keeps up the logging camp will soon open. Logging will probably start in two or three weeks."
"Dean Dow drove over from Medford Tuesday. He is now employed in the Algoma box factory and expects to move his family up in the near future."
"The Algoma Lumber company is building a new dock for unloading logs this summer." (The Klamath News)
"Dean Dow drove over from Medford Tuesday. He is now employed in the Algoma box factory and expects to move his family up in the near future."
"The Algoma Lumber company is building a new dock for unloading logs this summer." (The Klamath News)
April 1, 1924: "The Algoma sawmill started their first night shift of sawing lumber Monday."
"The Algoma logging woods will start working Monday. Crookshank being the foreman of the woods."
"The Algoma Lumber company has been out of water for several days. They are removing the casing from the well for repair which makes it necessary for the families to drive to the Barclay Springs for water or haul it from the sawmill."
"Axle Carlson will fire on the locomotive in the woods and Elmer Carlson will fire a donkey engine in Algoma." (The Klamath News)
"The Algoma logging woods will start working Monday. Crookshank being the foreman of the woods."
"The Algoma Lumber company has been out of water for several days. They are removing the casing from the well for repair which makes it necessary for the families to drive to the Barclay Springs for water or haul it from the sawmill."
"Axle Carlson will fire on the locomotive in the woods and Elmer Carlson will fire a donkey engine in Algoma." (The Klamath News)
February 1925: "Algoma Lumber Co., Algoma, reports the heaviest shipments of lumber during December, 1924, and January, 1925, in its history. A large amount of this lumber consisted of 11/16 boards and shiplap. They have been taking the box lumber down and grading out the stock suitable for 11/16 and piling the box lumber back in the yards. A number of other mills would like to follow suit in this respect, but lack of planing mill equipment prevents this." (The Timberman, Vol.26)
March 14, 1925: "The Algoma Lumber Company is building a large and modern planing mill." (The Sacramento Bee)
March 16, 1925: "J.M. Burge, woods timekeeper for the Algoma Lumber company, spent Saturday in Klamath Falls. He will leave for the woods the last of the month." (The Lumberlogue)
March 16, 1925: "Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Wood were Klamath Falls visitors over the week end. Mr. Wood is mill superintendent for the Algoma Lumber Co."
# "James H. Kline and Louis Shobar millmen from Algoma, made a business trip to Klamath Falls last Thursday."
# "James Dedimos, engineer in the Algoma Mill, spent considerable time during the past winter trapping in the hills around Algoma. He reports a profitable catch."
# "P.A. Erickson arrived the first of the month from San Francisco to do some boiler work on the Algoma mill."
# "Mr. and Mrs. A.N. Simpson were in Klamath Falls on a pleasure trip Saturday. Mr. Simpson is store manager for the Algoma Lumber Co."
# "Henrick Bushey has taken a place in the Algoma kitchen, replacing J.H. Bresenesan."
# "Dick Bease has resumed his duties with the Algoma Lumber Co., after spending his vacation in the Rogue River valley."
# "W.H. Gensib has accepted a position as millwright with the Algoma Lumber Co."
# "Fred A. Stewart, master mechanic in the Algoma shops, was in Klamath Falls Friday, on his way to Medford and other Rogue River valley points. He will be gone about a week."
# "Albert Ladiner, night watchman for the Algoma Lumber Co., spent Saturday in Klamath Falls."
# "George Hoffman, factory superintendent for the Algoma Lumber Co., was in Klamath Falls two days last week for medical attention." (The Lumberlogue)
# "James H. Kline and Louis Shobar millmen from Algoma, made a business trip to Klamath Falls last Thursday."
# "James Dedimos, engineer in the Algoma Mill, spent considerable time during the past winter trapping in the hills around Algoma. He reports a profitable catch."
# "P.A. Erickson arrived the first of the month from San Francisco to do some boiler work on the Algoma mill."
# "Mr. and Mrs. A.N. Simpson were in Klamath Falls on a pleasure trip Saturday. Mr. Simpson is store manager for the Algoma Lumber Co."
# "Henrick Bushey has taken a place in the Algoma kitchen, replacing J.H. Bresenesan."
# "Dick Bease has resumed his duties with the Algoma Lumber Co., after spending his vacation in the Rogue River valley."
# "W.H. Gensib has accepted a position as millwright with the Algoma Lumber Co."
# "Fred A. Stewart, master mechanic in the Algoma shops, was in Klamath Falls Friday, on his way to Medford and other Rogue River valley points. He will be gone about a week."
# "Albert Ladiner, night watchman for the Algoma Lumber Co., spent Saturday in Klamath Falls."
# "George Hoffman, factory superintendent for the Algoma Lumber Co., was in Klamath Falls two days last week for medical attention." (The Lumberlogue)
April 1925: "Algoma Lumber Co., Algoma, recently added a second shift. Construction of the planing mill is well under way. Ten dry kilns are being built." (The Timberman, Vol. 26)
April 6, 1925: "The California Oregon Power company is assembling their big suction dredge in the mill pond of the Algoma Lumber company preparatory to dredging out the pond." & "Guido Peuruccini has replaced Joe McCarron as filer in the Algoma factory. Joe has held down the job for the past two years." & "Carl Engel is back on the job as head cutoff man in the Algoma factory after several weeks spent in California." (The Evening Herald)
April 6, 1925: "George Gahan, brakeman for Algoma for several seasons, is back in town. Gahan may work for Modoc this season." (The Evening Herald)
July 15, 1925: "Algoma Lumber company's new planing mill is going to start running Monday morning." (The Klamath News)
August 1925: "Algoma Lumber Co., Algoma, is making extensive improvements to the plant, which at present is running two shifts, cutting about 200,000 feet per day. Resident Manager Matt Egan says the mill will cut about forty million feet this season. Included in the improvements is a battery of ten reversible internal fan kilns, being installed by the North Coast Dry Kiln Co., of Seattle. The kiln building is 108x128 feet, constructed of interlocking tile. This unit will be ready to operate about the first of October. The green sorting chains are being extended to accommodate eight loading units with an additional building 68x84 feet. Electric transfer cars will be used. The cooling shed is 700 feet distant and is 64x96 feet. The new planing mill is 116x160 feet, equipped with a No. 95 Yates matcher, 19-inch matcher with ripsaw and profile attachment, 54-inch Yates resaw and 44-inch Yates resaw; 44-inch Mershon band ripsaw with feed-in table attachment. Another 30-inch double surfacer and two stickers will be placed later.
An additional shed for storing dry lumber, located tributary to the planing mill, will be installed later in the year. One shipping track will be located between the shed and the planing mill and another track will pass through the center of the new shed. Manager Egan has designed a system of continuous flow of lumber from the mill to the car as automatic as it is possible to have. A new boiler house, 54x120 feet, constructed of brick, built around the present boiler house, will be installed and will contain four 78x20 P.S.M.D. boilers.
An addition for a lath and picket mill was finished about the middle of August. Provision is being made for the installation of another band in the sawmill, which may be made next year. The box factory has seven cut-offs, but is cutting up only about 70,000 feet per day at present. A sprinkler system will be installed.
The company has timber for about 25 years' operation. Logging equipment consists of six pair of high wheels, six Holt five-ton caterpillars, McGiffert loader. A 20-ton Ohio locomotive crane is also used to do some logging. An 11x11 Willamette donkey and a Clyde track layer are also employed. Two Baldwin locomotives are used on the eight miles of logging road to deliver logs to the Southern Pacific at Kirk, 35 miles distant from the mill. The pond is being dredged and will hold about eight million feet. At present the log supply exceeds five million feet.
E. J. Grant, of Los Angeles, secretary and manager of the company, visited the plant in July, accompanied by Kenyon Fay, whose father is interested in the company." (The Timberman)
An additional shed for storing dry lumber, located tributary to the planing mill, will be installed later in the year. One shipping track will be located between the shed and the planing mill and another track will pass through the center of the new shed. Manager Egan has designed a system of continuous flow of lumber from the mill to the car as automatic as it is possible to have. A new boiler house, 54x120 feet, constructed of brick, built around the present boiler house, will be installed and will contain four 78x20 P.S.M.D. boilers.
An addition for a lath and picket mill was finished about the middle of August. Provision is being made for the installation of another band in the sawmill, which may be made next year. The box factory has seven cut-offs, but is cutting up only about 70,000 feet per day at present. A sprinkler system will be installed.
The company has timber for about 25 years' operation. Logging equipment consists of six pair of high wheels, six Holt five-ton caterpillars, McGiffert loader. A 20-ton Ohio locomotive crane is also used to do some logging. An 11x11 Willamette donkey and a Clyde track layer are also employed. Two Baldwin locomotives are used on the eight miles of logging road to deliver logs to the Southern Pacific at Kirk, 35 miles distant from the mill. The pond is being dredged and will hold about eight million feet. At present the log supply exceeds five million feet.
E. J. Grant, of Los Angeles, secretary and manager of the company, visited the plant in July, accompanied by Kenyon Fay, whose father is interested in the company." (The Timberman)
October 7, 1925: "New drying sheds, with an approximate capacity of one and one-half million feet, are soon to be constructed at the Algoma Lumber company plant. Plans for the structure are now being designed by Matt Egan, general manager of the company. The sheds will store the output of the planer and dry kilns. The kiln battery, it is expected will be placed in service sometime during the coming week. Installation of the boiler has delayed operation." (The Evening Herald)
March 11, 1926: "The Algoma plant will employ around 500 men in the woods, mill, yards and box factory when they get well under way in the next week or so." (The Klamath News)
March 11, 1927: "Klamath county's most spectacular logging operation, the incline of the Algoma Lumber Co., on The-Dallas-California highway two miles north of the company's plant will be put in operation this summer. The incline is some 2000 feet in length and drops 1000 feet in that distance. The incline has not been in use for several years." (Herald and News)
July 5, 1928: "Logging operations have been discontinued on the incline and started at Kirk." (Klamath County Courier)
May 10, 1929: "Gerald Owens, connected with the Algoma Lumber company is in a critical condition in a Klamath Falls hospital from injuries suffered when he fell under a logging train. A wheel passed over and severed one of his arms." (The Oregon Statesman)
April 6, 1930: "Mat Egan, manager of the Algoma mill, states that one shift which will add about 50 more men to the 100 now on the payroll will be started on April 14. The Algoma plant will turn out about 120,000 feet a shift when it starts. Harry Woods is foreman of the mill and Bill Dike is superintendent of the camp which is now operating in the middle unit of the company's tract. Some spur tract and short logging lines will be built during the year." (The Klamath News)
September 16, 1936: "Mr. and Mrs. Willard Mayfield and family of Ashland have moved into the George Hoyt house in Fort Klamath, where Mayfield will be employed as faller by the Algoma Lumber company when logging operations commence next week on the east Yawkey tract of timber. Mayfield's brother and family have also moved to Fort Klamath and are occupying the Dave Noah house here, where Mayfield will also work for the Algoma Lumber company." (The Klamath News)
September 16, 1936: "The Algoma Lumber company started logging Saturday morning on the east Yawkey tract of timber, comprising 160,000 feet, recently purchased by them from C.C. Yawkey of Wausau, Wisc. A crew of men went out early Saturday morning and commenced falling timber on the tract. The logging road was finished last week, cutting through from The Dalles-California highway at a point about a mile above the Junction service station on the highway, The logs will be trucked to Agency lake, and rafted from there to the mill at Algoma. Employes of the company are housed in Fort Klamath, nearly all available houses and cabins being occupied by the men and their families. William Dyche, logging superintendent of the Algoma Lumber company, is in charge of operations." (The Klamath News)
April 20, 1938: "James McInturff, 34, died early Tuesday afternoon en route to Klamath Falls as the result of injuries which he received at the Algoma Lumber company mill.
According to mill officials, McInturff, employed for the past two years at the mill as planer feeder, was oiling the planer when his clothing caught in the machinery and carried his head into the feed roll. His head was badly mangled. McInturff was pulled from the machine by Jerry Moore and was rushed to Hillside hospital by Moore, H. F. Cline and "Red' Henry.
McInturff was unmarried. Three brothers, Joe, Rudy and Ray McInturff are employed by the Algoma Lumber company in the woods." (The Klamath News)
According to mill officials, McInturff, employed for the past two years at the mill as planer feeder, was oiling the planer when his clothing caught in the machinery and carried his head into the feed roll. His head was badly mangled. McInturff was pulled from the machine by Jerry Moore and was rushed to Hillside hospital by Moore, H. F. Cline and "Red' Henry.
McInturff was unmarried. Three brothers, Joe, Rudy and Ray McInturff are employed by the Algoma Lumber company in the woods." (The Klamath News)
November 9, 1939: “Logging operations of Algoma Lumber company near Fort Klamath have closed down this week according to a report from there. The logging crew has been laid off for the past two weeks, but the Updegrave Brothers have been hauling the balance of the cut logs from the woods until just a few days ago. The site of this years operations was along the base of Sand mountain out of Fort Klamath and takes in quite a strip of timber between the highway and Wood River.” (The Chiloquin Review)
November 23, 1939: “Logging operations of the Algoma Lumber Company in the Fort Klamath area were reopened after a brief shutdown according to word received from Fort Klamath today. No definite word was released on how long the operations would continue, but the entire crew was being reassembled according to the reports. The Updegrave Brothers have been handling the hauling contract and will continue to haul with their present equipment until they get the rest of their trucks moved back in to handle the work.” (The Chiloquin Review)
December 4, 1941: “The Algoma Lumber Company have discontinued their logging operation near Hanson's landing for the winter. They have been logging a unit a few miles above the Fort Klamath Junction and the recent rains forced the closure, due to the fact that there are all dirt roads in that section.” (The Chiloquin Review)
March 19, 1942: “The Algoma Lumber Company has resumed their logging operations in this vicinity and have reopened their towing station on the Upper Klamath Lake. The work started Monday morning with a full crew at the lake and in the woods according to the report.” (The Chiloquin Review)
June 12, 1942: (Fort Klamath) "William K. Dyche, logging superintendent in charge of local timber operations for the Algoma Lumber company, sustained a painful but not severe injury to his ankle several days ago while in the woods." (Herald and News)
December 21, 1942: "J. E. Cross, employed as knot bumper by the Algoma Lumber company in their local (Fort Klamath) logging operations, was painfully injured this week when at work in the woods. His axe slipped and cut a severe gash in his left foot which required three stitches. Cross is confined to his home here as a result of the accident.
Another logger, C. E. Johnson, a faller employed by the Algoma company, was forced to discontinue work this week on account of injuries received when he was struck on the head and shoulder by a limb while he was at work in the woods. Johnson is under a doctor's care in Klamath Falls where he and his family live." (Herald and News)
Another logger, C. E. Johnson, a faller employed by the Algoma company, was forced to discontinue work this week on account of injuries received when he was struck on the head and shoulder by a limb while he was at work in the woods. Johnson is under a doctor's care in Klamath Falls where he and his family live." (Herald and News)
January 18, 1943: "The day crew employed locally by the Algoma Lumber company resumed work Thursday after an enforced layoff the rest of the week caused by a breakdown in the woods machinery. The crew of fallers has been working steadily, and it is expected that the work of logging on the Yawkey tract in this vicinity will be entirely completed within two weeks. The work of logging by the Algoma company has been under way here for the past six years, and future plans of the company cannot be learned at this time." (Herald and News)
January 27, 1943: "Local operations of the Algoma Lumber company closed down here (Fort Klamath) permanently last week after six years of logging in this vicinity on the Yawkey holdings. The company was forced to leave a large number of cut logs in the woods, some being decked and some not, and it is expected that the work of hauling them out will be done in the spring." (Herald and News)
February 18, 1943: "Algoma Lumber company will start its mill operation on Friday, running three shifts, it was announced by Freeman Schultz, manager.
The mill will begin cutting 15,000,000 feet of logs, most of which are now in the pond. It shut down on January 8 when the pond froze.
The box factory will not be operated because the equipment has been sold.
Algoma does not plan to run its logging operations this year, except for the removal of several million feet of logs decked in the Yawkey tract near Fort Klamath. The logging equipment is being overhauled.
Schultz made no announcement of plans for operation beyond the cutting of the 15,000,000 feet of logs now on hand. It will take about three months to cut these logs. The company is in its 32nd year at Algoma." (Herald and News)
The mill will begin cutting 15,000,000 feet of logs, most of which are now in the pond. It shut down on January 8 when the pond froze.
The box factory will not be operated because the equipment has been sold.
Algoma does not plan to run its logging operations this year, except for the removal of several million feet of logs decked in the Yawkey tract near Fort Klamath. The logging equipment is being overhauled.
Schultz made no announcement of plans for operation beyond the cutting of the 15,000,000 feet of logs now on hand. It will take about three months to cut these logs. The company is in its 32nd year at Algoma." (Herald and News)
March 18, 1943: “The removal of an estimated three million feet of timber from the Algoma logging tract above Fort Klamath started Wednesday. William Updegrave who handled the hauling this past year is doing the work again this year. The logs were all cut and yarded into piles this past fall after the snow prevented the further hauling from the woods.” (The Chiloquin Review)
April 2, 1943: "Frank Kendall is busy tearing down the old Algoma hotel property here (Fort Klamath) and is being assisted in the work by Richard Hoffman of Grants Pass. The lumber will be salvaged for use in building bunkhouses, etc., on the Rightmeier ranch at Keno, Mr. Rightmeier having purchased the building from the Algoma Lumber company to wreck for salvage material." (Herald and News)
April 8, 1943: "Algoma Lumber company's mill, established on Upper Klamath lake in 1911, will close down permanently on Saturday at 5 p. m., it was announced Thursday by Freeman Schultz, manager.
Dismantling of the mill will start Monday, and only the drying and shipping of 4,000,000 feet of lumber now in the yards remains before Algoma will close out its operations entirely.
It is believed about six weeks will be required to dispose of the lumber on hand when the wheels of the pioneer plant stop for the last time Saturday evening.
The box factory has already been dismantled, and the machinery sold. Most of the machinery in the mill has been disposed of to various lumbering operations. The townsite has not been sold.
Schultz said a large percentage of the employes already have jobs lined up with other lumber plants and elsewhere. Schultz said he is not ready to announce his own plans.
Shutting down of the mill will mark a milestone in the lives of many of the employes who have been with the Algoma operations for many years. Among them is Ole Dollarhide, head sawyer, who held that position when Algoma began its operations on the Upper lake in 1911.
Closure of the lake plant is the result of exhaustion of Algoma's timber supply, Schultz said. For several years, the company has been getting its logs from the rich Yawkey timber tract in the Fort Klamath district, floating them on Upper Klamath lake from Agency landing to the mill. The harvest of the Yawkey timber has now been completed, the cut on that tract totaling 275,000,000 feet." (Herald and News)
Dismantling of the mill will start Monday, and only the drying and shipping of 4,000,000 feet of lumber now in the yards remains before Algoma will close out its operations entirely.
It is believed about six weeks will be required to dispose of the lumber on hand when the wheels of the pioneer plant stop for the last time Saturday evening.
The box factory has already been dismantled, and the machinery sold. Most of the machinery in the mill has been disposed of to various lumbering operations. The townsite has not been sold.
Schultz said a large percentage of the employes already have jobs lined up with other lumber plants and elsewhere. Schultz said he is not ready to announce his own plans.
Shutting down of the mill will mark a milestone in the lives of many of the employes who have been with the Algoma operations for many years. Among them is Ole Dollarhide, head sawyer, who held that position when Algoma began its operations on the Upper lake in 1911.
Closure of the lake plant is the result of exhaustion of Algoma's timber supply, Schultz said. For several years, the company has been getting its logs from the rich Yawkey timber tract in the Fort Klamath district, floating them on Upper Klamath lake from Agency landing to the mill. The harvest of the Yawkey timber has now been completed, the cut on that tract totaling 275,000,000 feet." (Herald and News)
April 10, 1943: "Frank Dyche, 65, since 1936 employed by Algoma Lumber company in the woods, suffered critical injuries Friday afternoon when a log broke from a chain during operations at the camp near Fort Klamath. This was the second such accident within three days in the Klamath timber district.
Dyche is a patient at Klamath Valley hospital. He is thought to be suffering from internal hurts. The injured man was brought by pick-up part way to Klamath Falls and met near Modoc Point by Ward's ambulance. Dyche is a brother of W. K. Dyche, veteran woods superintendent for Algoma." (Herald and News)
Dyche is a patient at Klamath Valley hospital. He is thought to be suffering from internal hurts. The injured man was brought by pick-up part way to Klamath Falls and met near Modoc Point by Ward's ambulance. Dyche is a brother of W. K. Dyche, veteran woods superintendent for Algoma." (Herald and News)
April 15, 1943: "With the removal of the last of the decked logs in the woods on the Yawkey tract near here Tuesday, logging operations of the Algoma Lumber company were terminated. The Algoma mill has been shut down and is being dismantled, and the company is being disbanded." (Herald and News)
May 14, 1943: "Freeman Schultz, manager of the Algoma Lumber company, has accepted a position as manager for the Setzer Box company of Sacramento, Calif., and will move soon to the California capital.
Setzer Box has operations at Sacramento, Greenville, Engelmine, and Willows.
Schultz is making the change as a result of the stoppage of operations of the Algoma Lumber company at Algoma, where he spent 18 years. He expects to divide his time for a while between Sacramento and Algoma, continuing in charge of dismantling and disposal operations at the Klamath county point.
All of the Algoma lumber inventory has been shipped, but some 55 men are still at work there in connection with the dismantling of the plant and removal of equipment." (Herald and News)
Setzer Box has operations at Sacramento, Greenville, Engelmine, and Willows.
Schultz is making the change as a result of the stoppage of operations of the Algoma Lumber company at Algoma, where he spent 18 years. He expects to divide his time for a while between Sacramento and Algoma, continuing in charge of dismantling and disposal operations at the Klamath county point.
All of the Algoma lumber inventory has been shipped, but some 55 men are still at work there in connection with the dismantling of the plant and removal of equipment." (Herald and News)
May 15, 1943: "A planer from the dismantled Algoma Lumber company plant at Algoma was moved this week to the Shaw Lumber company operation at Tionesta, and was being installed Saturday.
Shaw company's planing equipment was lost in a fire last Sunday. President J. R. Shaw said the Algoma planer is being set up as a temporary measure, and that an effort is being made to get additional machinery for the re-establishment Shaw planing mill.
Most of the Algoma planing equipment had been sold before the Shaw fire occurred." (Herald and News)
Shaw company's planing equipment was lost in a fire last Sunday. President J. R. Shaw said the Algoma planer is being set up as a temporary measure, and that an effort is being made to get additional machinery for the re-establishment Shaw planing mill.
Most of the Algoma planing equipment had been sold before the Shaw fire occurred." (Herald and News)
May 15, 1943: "A lot of the lumber from docks and other structures at the dismantled Algoma Lumber company plant has gone into potato cellars in the south-end area of the Klamath basin, it was learned Saturday.
Basin farmers proved to be active buyers of the lumber salvaged from the abandonment of the Algoma operation." (Herald and News)
Basin farmers proved to be active buyers of the lumber salvaged from the abandonment of the Algoma operation." (Herald and News)
May 25, 1943: "The postoffice at Algoma long operated in connection with the Algoma Lumber company headquarters, is to be abandoned, according to Postmaster Burt Hawkins of Klamath Falls.
Z. B. Smith, long time Algoma postmaster, resigned.
Hawkins said Algoma people henceforth will be served by rural delivery from Klamath Falls. He suggested that people living there notify the local postoffice of their addresses to assure service.
Algoma Lumber company recently closed down for good and is dismantling its plant." (Herald and News)
Z. B. Smith, long time Algoma postmaster, resigned.
Hawkins said Algoma people henceforth will be served by rural delivery from Klamath Falls. He suggested that people living there notify the local postoffice of their addresses to assure service.
Algoma Lumber company recently closed down for good and is dismantling its plant." (Herald and News)
September 16, 1943: “The Southern Pacific freight station at Algoma has been closed effective as September 15th. This has been an active station since 1911 and the closing of the Algoma Lumber Company's plant has taken all of the railroads business from that point so that an agent is not needed any more.” (The Chiloquin Review)