INNES-CLARK LUMBER COMPANY
AKA: Klamath Lumber Company
Lake Ewauna
Continued from: Moore Brothers Lumber Company
January 27, 1910: "Articles of incorporation were filed with the County Clerk Saturday by W. I. Clarke, Geo. A. Innes and C. E., Worden for a company to be known as the Clarke-Innes Lumber and Box Company. The capital stock of the corporation is $100,000, and the shares are placed at $100 each. Geo. A. Innes is president; C. E. Worden, vice-president; W. I. Clarke, secretary and manager. These, with H. L. Benson and A. M. Worden, will constitute the board of directors. The principal office of the company will be at Klamath Falls.
The purpose of the corporation as set forth in the articles are:'To purchase, erect and construct saw mills and box factories for the purpose of manufacturing lumber and boxes; The construction and maintenance of railways and canals; the purchase, rental and sale of timber, lumber and boxes, and the transaction of all other business germane thereto; also the purchase, construction and maintenance of steam boats, electric launches and tug boats to be used in connection with the other business, also the erection, maintenance and conducting of hotels and the carrying on of a general merchandise business.'
Mr. Innes, president of the new corporation, is a thorough lumberman. For eight years he was secretary and manager of the E. J. Dodge Company, of San Francisco, one of the largest concerns on the Coast. The holdings of the company are valued at a million dollars and they are so rated in Bradstreets.
President Innes said that work would commence at once on the erection of the mills, box factory and dry kilns, and the plant would be in running order early in the summer. The mills will be located just this side of the long Lake mill at Shippington, and the logs will be procured from the upper lake. It is the intention of the company to build branch railroads for the hauling of the logs, and they will operate their own steam boats and barges for towing the logs to the mill.
The capacity of the new saw mill will be 65,000 feet daily and this will be doubled in case it is decided to run day and night crews, which is quite probable. As the company proposes to equip for cutting its own logs this will mean a pay roll of not less than 100 men, which will mean a big revenue to the Klamath Falls merchants." (The Klamath Republican)
The purpose of the corporation as set forth in the articles are:'To purchase, erect and construct saw mills and box factories for the purpose of manufacturing lumber and boxes; The construction and maintenance of railways and canals; the purchase, rental and sale of timber, lumber and boxes, and the transaction of all other business germane thereto; also the purchase, construction and maintenance of steam boats, electric launches and tug boats to be used in connection with the other business, also the erection, maintenance and conducting of hotels and the carrying on of a general merchandise business.'
Mr. Innes, president of the new corporation, is a thorough lumberman. For eight years he was secretary and manager of the E. J. Dodge Company, of San Francisco, one of the largest concerns on the Coast. The holdings of the company are valued at a million dollars and they are so rated in Bradstreets.
President Innes said that work would commence at once on the erection of the mills, box factory and dry kilns, and the plant would be in running order early in the summer. The mills will be located just this side of the long Lake mill at Shippington, and the logs will be procured from the upper lake. It is the intention of the company to build branch railroads for the hauling of the logs, and they will operate their own steam boats and barges for towing the logs to the mill.
The capacity of the new saw mill will be 65,000 feet daily and this will be doubled in case it is decided to run day and night crews, which is quite probable. As the company proposes to equip for cutting its own logs this will mean a pay roll of not less than 100 men, which will mean a big revenue to the Klamath Falls merchants." (The Klamath Republican)
February 17, 1910: "It is stated that the Innis-Clarke Lumber Company has purchased the machinery of the Potter mill near Pokegama, which will be moved to the Upper Lake. It is expected to have the mill ready for operation within ninety days." (Klamath Republican)
February 1910: "Innes-Clark Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, Ore., capital stock $100,000; incorporators, W.I. Clark, George A, Innes and Charles E. Worden." (The Timberman, Vol. 11)
April 14, 1910: "A sale of considerable importance and interest was consummated Saturday when the Innis-Clark Lumber Company acquired the sawmill of C. S. & R. S. Moore. The mill will be dismantled and removed to Shippington, after the logs now in the pond have been sawed. This will be a serious blow to the west side of the river, as it was an important factor in that end of the city. The sale price was not made public." (Klamath Republican)
May 5, 1910: "W. I. Clark and George E. Innes who recently purchased the Moore sawmill, expect to start the mill up for the season during the fore part of the coming week.
Besides the large amount of logs these gentlemen have in the water at the mill they have about 4,000,000 feet in the Upper lake ready to be floated down the river to the mill.
These logs were cut by the Moores and were included in the purchase of the mill." (Klamath Falls Express)
Besides the large amount of logs these gentlemen have in the water at the mill they have about 4,000,000 feet in the Upper lake ready to be floated down the river to the mill.
These logs were cut by the Moores and were included in the purchase of the mill." (Klamath Falls Express)
May 5, 1910: "A crew of men has been engaged in establishing a log boom near the bridge for the purposed of catching the logs that are sent down Link River from the Upper Lake. They are for use in the Moore Mill, recently purchased by the Innis-Clark Company, which concern purposes to operate the plant this summer." (Klamath Republican)
May 5, 1905: "The Moore sawmill under the new management of W. I. Clark is now cutting logs. Some four million feet of logs on the Upper lake will be shot down to the mill over the rapids of Link river." (Klamath Falls Express)
May 12, 1910: "The first logs that J. C. Smith is to furnish the Moore Mill under his 3,000,000 foot contract, were sent over the rapids Monday from Upper Lake. Considerable interest has been taken in this work, as it is the beginning of what may develop into something big, provided the first attempt is crowned with success. Lake Ewauna is recognized as an ideal place for mill sites, and if the logs can be boomed over the rapids there is nothing in the way to prevent the continuance of such an enterprise and the locating of all big sawmills on Lake Ewauna instead of the Upper Lake. Mr. Smith states that he does not expect to meet with any difficulty in the carrying out his part of the contract." (Klamath Republican)
May 12, 1910: "The log drive down Link river was started Monday, but met with little success, as a great many of the logs were large, and refused to float over the shallow places." (Klamath Republican)
May 26, 1910: "The big log drive that has been in progress down the Link river for the Clark-Innis mill in West Klamath Falls is pretty well cleaned up, and most of the logs are now in the boom at the mill.
The Telford brothers are gathering up logs in Lake Ewauna that have gone through the boom and are endangering navigation on the lake and the river." (Klamath Republican)
The Telford brothers are gathering up logs in Lake Ewauna that have gone through the boom and are endangering navigation on the lake and the river." (Klamath Republican)
June 2, 1910: "The Clark-Innis Lumber company is having a modern bungalow office building put up on their lot on Main street, West Klamath Falls. The building is 14x24. James Cunningham is doing the work." (Klamath Republican)
October 15, 1910: "That Klamath Falls will have another large sawmill in its immediate vicinity next year is the statement made today by W.I. Clarke, of the Klamath Lumber Company. The new mill is to be erected on a site owned by Mr. Clarke and George Innes in Shippington, on Upper Klamath Lake." (Morning Oregonian)
January 14, 1911: "George A. Innes, of this city, is authority for the statement that the mill at Klamath Falls, which was bought from the Klamath Falls Lumber Company, and is now down, will be operated on a large scale as soon as the roads become dry enough to permit of hauling lumber. Logs will be driven down the river to the plant, which is expected to cut 10,000,000 feet this year. Business will be transacted under the name of the Innes & Clark Lumber Company." (American Lumberman)
February 9, 1911: "The Innes-Clark company has begun work stringing a boom along the river just above the bridge, preparatory to driving a large boom of logs to the mill. The work is in charge of L. R. Robertson. The lumber company now has 3,000,000 feet of logs near the Winema landing at the lower end of the lake and the boom has been strung in case any of them break loose. It is probable that the big drive will begin within a week, if the ice softens sufficiently to allow the logs going over the rapids.
The Innes-Clark company expect to start their mill sawing about the first of April, and will saw about 10,000,000 feet of lumber during the summer. There are now about 3,000,000 feet in the boom on the Upper Lake, and another 1,000,000 in the water near Keno. These are being hauled up by boat." (Klamath Falls Express)
The Innes-Clark company expect to start their mill sawing about the first of April, and will saw about 10,000,000 feet of lumber during the summer. There are now about 3,000,000 feet in the boom on the Upper Lake, and another 1,000,000 in the water near Keno. These are being hauled up by boat." (Klamath Falls Express)
February 9, 1911: "G. A. Innes, president of the Innes-Clark Lumber Company, arrived in Klamath Falls yesterday from San Francisco. Mr. Innes will remain in this city for several days on business connected with the lumber concern." (Klamath Falls Express)
March 9, 1911: "A big log raft, belonging to the Innes-Clark Lumber company broke loose from its moorings during the strong wind a few days ago, and was driven up the lake as far as the open water extended, a mile or so above the Long Lake mill." (Klamath Republican)
April 13, 1911: "The Innes-Clarke Lumber company has been running its mill since the first of the week. Forty-five men are employed in the mill and yards on the West Side, and in addition to these, a crew of thirty men are getting out logs for this company on the Upper Lake and a crew of fifteen men are in the logging camps near Keno." (Klamath Republican)
May 1911: "Innes-Clark Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, is operating its mill at its full capacity, 50,000 feet daily." (The Timberman, Vol. 12)
May 4, 1911: "The sawmill of the Innes-Clarke Lumber company on the west side of Lake Ewauna is now running to its full capacity, turning out from 50,000 to 55,000 feet of rough and finished lumber a day. This enterprising company employes from fifty to sixty men a day in its mill and lumber camps.
The logs used in the sawmill come from the Upper Lake, reaching the plant through Link river." (Klamath Republican)
The logs used in the sawmill come from the Upper Lake, reaching the plant through Link river." (Klamath Republican)
May 11, 1911: "Walter Innes of the Innes-Clarke Lumber company has just returned to Klamath Falls from a visit of inspection to the lumber company's logging camps on the Upper lake. This camp is in charge of Dick Breitenstein, and at present thirty men are employed in the work.
At the camp in the woods there are a million feet of logs to be taken to the water at Woodbine, where they are held in a boom awaiting transportation to the lumber mill on the west side of the river. Mr. Innes says that there is about half a million feet of logs in the water at this time, and the logs are being hauled from the camp to the lake at the rate of about fifty thousand feet a day. He says that the men will be employed all summer and winter in the camp." (The Evening Herald)
At the camp in the woods there are a million feet of logs to be taken to the water at Woodbine, where they are held in a boom awaiting transportation to the lumber mill on the west side of the river. Mr. Innes says that there is about half a million feet of logs in the water at this time, and the logs are being hauled from the camp to the lake at the rate of about fifty thousand feet a day. He says that the men will be employed all summer and winter in the camp." (The Evening Herald)
June 1, 1911: "Walter Innes of the Innes-Clarke lumber company has just returned to Klamath Falls from a visit of inspection to the lumber company's logging camps on the Upper lake. This camp is in charge of Dick Breitenstein, and at present thirty men are employed in the work.
At the camp in the woods there are a million feet of logs to be taken to the water at Woodbine, where they are held in a boom awaiting transportation to the lumber mill on the west side of the river. Mr. Innes says that there is about half a million feet of logs in the water at this time, and the logs are being hauled from the camp to the lake at the rate of about 50,000 feet a day. He says that the men will be employed all summer and winter in the camp." (Klamath Republican)
At the camp in the woods there are a million feet of logs to be taken to the water at Woodbine, where they are held in a boom awaiting transportation to the lumber mill on the west side of the river. Mr. Innes says that there is about half a million feet of logs in the water at this time, and the logs are being hauled from the camp to the lake at the rate of about 50,000 feet a day. He says that the men will be employed all summer and winter in the camp." (Klamath Republican)
July 6,1911: "The steamer Winema took a load of freight up to the Innes-Clarke lumber camp at Woodbine last evening, returning today in time to prepare for the big excursion tomorrow. Captain Jones is daily rehearsing the great stunt that he will render at the home talent vaudeville on the 15th at Houstons opera house." (Klamath Republican)
July 13, 1911: "The Innes-Clarke Lumber company's plant is now running full capacity, with an output of 50,000 feet per day, and logs coming from the company's camps at Woodbine and Keno at the rate of their mill's output. The firm is finding a steady demand for all its output, and find the volume of business on the increase." (Klamath Republican)
July 20, 1911: "The Innes-Clarke company is soon to commence on a new scale of about 75,000,000 feet of timber. Other large sales of from 25,000,000 to 50,000,000 feet are being worked up, and the timber is being cruised." (Klamath Republican)
October 9, 1911: "Dick Breitenstein has just completed a 3,000,000 contract of sawlogs for the Clarke-Innes Lumber company." (The Evening Herald)
April 1912: "Clark-Innes Lumber & Box Co. has a very good modern plant. The officers of this company are: George A, Innes, president; W.I. Clark, vice-president and general manager; W.B. Innes, assistant manager. This plant formerly belonged to Moore Bros. The company ships by rail and have exported some material via San Francisco to Australia. The company uses trucks and big wheels in its logging operations." (The Timberman, Vol 13)
May 1912: "The milling season has begun in Klamath Falls and the mills are running at top speed. The Innes-Clark Lumber & Box Co. has sold its mill and yard at Klamath Falls to G.A. Daly and two associates. The former gentleman has been with the Lamb-Davis Lumber Co. at Leavenworth, Wash. This mill has a capacity of 50,000 feet in ten hours and under new administration will be run night and day." (The Timberman, Vol. 13)
May 23, 1912: "The sale was closed Friday afternoon by W. I;. Clarke of the Innes-Clarke saw mill and yards, on the west side of the river, and also the company;s uncompleted timber contracts. The purchaser were G. A. and S. G. Daly and J. D. Morrison, formerly of Leavenworth, Wash. The consideration was not made public. The new owners are to begin operations just as soon as they can get a crew together.
The Innes-Clarke company also sold their Upper Lake property, consisting of about eleven acres on the lake front, near Shippington, to the Klamath Development company. This gives the latter company control of all the lake frontage, except what they have already sold." (Klamath Republican)
The Innes-Clarke company also sold their Upper Lake property, consisting of about eleven acres on the lake front, near Shippington, to the Klamath Development company. This gives the latter company control of all the lake frontage, except what they have already sold." (Klamath Republican)
June 1912: "The plant of the Clark-Innes Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, has been taken over by the Ewauna Lake Lumber Co., under the management of G.A. Daly." (The Timberman, Vol. 13)
June 8, 1912: "According to advices from Klamath Falls, the Innes-Clarke Lumber Co. has disposed of its sawmill and lumber plant in West Klamath Falls to G.A. Daly, S.G. Daly and J.D. Morrison, of Leavenworth, Wash. W.I. Clarke is heavily interested in the Klamath Manufacturing Co. with R.A. Johnson, and will devote his time to the box factory under construction." (American Lumberman)
February 13, 1913: "Trial of an action to foreclose on a mechanic's lien was commenced in the circuit court Monday afternoon by W. Lambert against E. C. Brown and the Innes-Clarke Lumber company. The lien is for a balance of $216, alleged due on a logging contract.
Attorney Fred Mills for the defense asked for a continuance, and this was objected to by Elliott and Elliott for the plaintiff. Judge Benson stipulated terms for a continuance, and Mills declined to accept these terms, so the case went to trial." (Klamath Republican)
Attorney Fred Mills for the defense asked for a continuance, and this was objected to by Elliott and Elliott for the plaintiff. Judge Benson stipulated terms for a continuance, and Mills declined to accept these terms, so the case went to trial." (Klamath Republican)
March 2, 1913: “The case in civil action in the circuit court between H.E. Hansberry, plaintiff and the Innes-Clarke Lumber Company, defendants, was called before Judge Benson yesterday and the case will be heard some time next week. The witnesses who where called yesterday were H.E. Hansberry, W.I. Clarke, W.O. Huson, C.J. Ferguson and D.V. Kuykendall.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
Continued to: Ewauna Lumber Company (Daly & Morrison)