EDWARD HINES LUMBER COMPANY
Harney County - Hines
May 8, 1930: " 'America's most modern sawmill' the $4,000,000 Burns plant of the Edward Hines' Western Pine Co. will be opened officially at 7 A. M. Thursday. The ceremonies will start with Secretary of Agriculture A. M. Hyde at Washington D. C. pushing a button in his office.
The celebration here will be attended by Edward Hines of Chicago, founder and president of the company and the world's largest timber wholesaler. Many lumbermen from all over the northwest, including delegations from Portland, Bend, Baker, and Boise will be present.
The Hines mill development will mean a permanent payroll at Burns and the logging camps in Bear valley of $1,000,000 annually affect Grant and Harney counties, embracing an area larger than three of the New England states.
The operation is backed by what is declared by forest officials to be one of the largest remaining stands of yellow pine timber in the nation. In the government sale alone is 770,000,000 feet of yellow pine and 130,000,000 feet of other species. This represents a 20-year contract. Between 19 and 20 acres of ground are covered by buildings and the plant grounds and mill pone cover 160 acres." (The Klamath News)
The celebration here will be attended by Edward Hines of Chicago, founder and president of the company and the world's largest timber wholesaler. Many lumbermen from all over the northwest, including delegations from Portland, Bend, Baker, and Boise will be present.
The Hines mill development will mean a permanent payroll at Burns and the logging camps in Bear valley of $1,000,000 annually affect Grant and Harney counties, embracing an area larger than three of the New England states.
The operation is backed by what is declared by forest officials to be one of the largest remaining stands of yellow pine timber in the nation. In the government sale alone is 770,000,000 feet of yellow pine and 130,000,000 feet of other species. This represents a 20-year contract. Between 19 and 20 acres of ground are covered by buildings and the plant grounds and mill pone cover 160 acres." (The Klamath News)