CHILOQUIN LUMBER COMPANY
Meva
July 11, 1912: “Mr. Newhart is in Chiloquin again. This time we hope a saw mill will be more than talk, He says the mill will surely be shipped in.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
July 11, 1912: "Construction work on a saw mill at Chiloquin will be started at once.
This was the announcement made this morning by J.W. Newhart of Dunsmuir, who arrived here last night.
'The mill will have a capacity of 50,000 feet of lumber daily,' said Mr. Newhart, 'and when completed will employ from thirty to forty men..'
The machinery has arrived in Chiloquin, and will be moved to the site at once. The machinery came from Dunsmuir, where Mr. Newhart has been operating." (The Evening Herald)
This was the announcement made this morning by J.W. Newhart of Dunsmuir, who arrived here last night.
'The mill will have a capacity of 50,000 feet of lumber daily,' said Mr. Newhart, 'and when completed will employ from thirty to forty men..'
The machinery has arrived in Chiloquin, and will be moved to the site at once. The machinery came from Dunsmuir, where Mr. Newhart has been operating." (The Evening Herald)
September 19, 1912: "The Chiloquin Lumber company is now a reality, and lumber at the rate of 30,000 feet per day is being cut for domestic as well as foreign markets.
W. I. Clarke, president of the new company, returned Friday from Chiloquin. He has been there completing arrangements for the carrying on of the project. The new mill is located about three miles north of Chiloquin on the railroad.
The market for the product will be principally by rail. California and Eastern points, but a contract has already been secured for clears in Australia.
The railroad construction camp of Erickson & Patterson has been taken over by the new company, the first private owned mill on the Indian reservation.
It is the plan to log all winter and run the mill whenever the weather will permit.
W. I. Clarke is president of the new company, incorporated a week ago, and J. W. Newhart is general manager." (Klamath Republican)
W. I. Clarke, president of the new company, returned Friday from Chiloquin. He has been there completing arrangements for the carrying on of the project. The new mill is located about three miles north of Chiloquin on the railroad.
The market for the product will be principally by rail. California and Eastern points, but a contract has already been secured for clears in Australia.
The railroad construction camp of Erickson & Patterson has been taken over by the new company, the first private owned mill on the Indian reservation.
It is the plan to log all winter and run the mill whenever the weather will permit.
W. I. Clarke is president of the new company, incorporated a week ago, and J. W. Newhart is general manager." (Klamath Republican)
November 20, 1912: "The commissioner of Indian Affairs has approved the contract with the Chiloquin Lumber company for the purchase of 1,500,000 feet of timber on the Klamath reservation. The price bid was $3.25 per thousand.
Since this sale was made the timber has been bringing $3.50. The Chiloquin Lumber company purchased several small tracts previous to this large contract direct from the Indian agent, who is permitted to dispose of timber to the value of $100. Sales bringing a larger amount have to be first approved by the commissioner." (The Evening Herald)
Since this sale was made the timber has been bringing $3.50. The Chiloquin Lumber company purchased several small tracts previous to this large contract direct from the Indian agent, who is permitted to dispose of timber to the value of $100. Sales bringing a larger amount have to be first approved by the commissioner." (The Evening Herald)
December 1912: "Chiloquin Lumber Co., Lakeview, has purchased 1,500,000 feet of timber on the Klamath Indian Reservation." (The Timberman, Vol. 14)
January 1913: "Chiloquin Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, Ore. Capital stock $15,000. Incorporators, W.L. Clarke, Olive Clarke and Cora E. Newhart." (The Timberman, Vol. 14)
March 28, 1913: “The new sawmill at Chiloquin on Williamson river operated by Barnes and Newhart, will start operation within the next few days. A large order for supplies in the machinery line was filled at the Roberts & Hanks hardware store yesterday, to be sent by train Saturday to Chiloquin. Logging has been in operation all Winter for this mill. The mill owners expect to make a season's run of at least eight months.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
April 9, 1913: “Mr. W.B. Barnes, who has a sawmill at Chiloquin, went to that city yesterday to look after his interests there.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
April 17, 1913: "W.B. Barnes spent a few hours in Chiloquin on business in connection with the sawmill of the Chiloquin Lumber company, of which he is a member." (The Evening Herald)
May 1913: "W.B. Barnes and son Marion have purchased the Chiloquin Lumber Co., at Meva station in the Klamath Falls section, and will change the firm name to Barnes Lumber Co., which company already owns a mill in that vicinity. The combined output of the two mills will be 50,000 feet per day." (The Timberman, Vol. 14)
September 3, 1913: “A suit to recover $112 was filed in the circuit court yesterday by Martin Brothers against W. I. Clarke and J. W. Newhart, doing business under the firm name of The Chiloquin Lumber Company. The plaintiff company alleges that this amount is due them for flour and horse feed furnished the defendants who were at the time operating a sawmill and logging camp near Chiloquin. E. L. Elliott is council for the flour mill company.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
Continued to: Barnes Lumber Company