ALGOMA LOGGING
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)