KITTS, W.H., LUMBER COMPANY
Bonanza
April 1925: "Kitts Lumber Co., Bonanza (P.O. Dairy), has installed a new boiler." (The Timberman, Vol.26)
April 1925: "Kitts Lumber Co., W. H. Kitts, proprietor, Bonanza, Klamath County, Ore., started sawing April 15. The sawmill has a band head rig, edger and trim saws. Most of its production is shipped to the East. Logs run about 50 per cent shop and better."
"Kitts Lumber Co., Bonanza (P. O. Dairy), has installed a new boiler."
(The Timberman, Vol. 26)
"Kitts Lumber Co., Bonanza (P. O. Dairy), has installed a new boiler."
(The Timberman, Vol. 26)
April 6, 1925: "Kits' sawmill, located about eight miles north of Bonanza, will commence operations about April 15. A boiler for the mill arrived by truck from Bray late Saturday night, and the construction crew will begin installing it this week. Logging is now being done in preparation for the start of the mill." (The Evening Herald)
April 27, 1925: "Drilling on the well at Kitts mill reached a depth of 270 feet last week when the drilling tools were lost, and since then the drilling crew of C.E. Enloe has been fishing for the tools, according to Mr. Kitts, who was in Klamath Falls Wednesday evening conferring with other Klamath county operators. The drilling crew is at present going through a volcanic ash, somewhat similar to the soil around Crater Lake, and so porous that it will be necessary to case the well when water is struck to prevent it from seeping away. According to Kitts there is no definite indications of water, but the drillers are prepared to go to a depth of four hundred feet or more to secure water if necessary.
The installation of the new boiler has been completed, and the mill will be ready for operations in a few days. All that will hold up operations is the completion of the well.
In case the drillers are unable to get water, Kitts stated that water would be piped to the mill from a spring about a third of a mile distant from the mill site.
Kitts mill is now located near the foot of Bald Butte, and has an excellent stand of timber which it will commence cutting this season. Kitts mill was formerly located about six miles from Bonanza, and a half mile from the mill site of the Long Pine Lumber Company." (The Evening Herald)
The installation of the new boiler has been completed, and the mill will be ready for operations in a few days. All that will hold up operations is the completion of the well.
In case the drillers are unable to get water, Kitts stated that water would be piped to the mill from a spring about a third of a mile distant from the mill site.
Kitts mill is now located near the foot of Bald Butte, and has an excellent stand of timber which it will commence cutting this season. Kitts mill was formerly located about six miles from Bonanza, and a half mile from the mill site of the Long Pine Lumber Company." (The Evening Herald)
August 4, 1927: “Mr. Sosa, an experienced saw filer, who has been employed for several weeks by W.H. Kitts at his mill, has returned with his wife to his home in California this week.” (The Malin Progress)
January 12, 1928: “The Kitts Saw Mill and Box Factory closed Tuesday for an indefinite period of time.” (The Malin Progress)
May 10, 1928: "W. H. Kitts, of the Kitts Lumber company, Bonanza, Oregon, does not believe in paying freight on knots and non-merchantable lumber.
For the past two years the Kitts Lumber company has operated a small box and sash and door factory at Bonanza. The mill, located seven miles northeast, cuts approximately 3,000,000 feet per year. This is trucked to Bonanza, where it is sawed into door cuttings and box shook. The door cuttings are shipped to sash and door factories in the east, and the box shook disposed of on the California market." (The Evening Herald)
For the past two years the Kitts Lumber company has operated a small box and sash and door factory at Bonanza. The mill, located seven miles northeast, cuts approximately 3,000,000 feet per year. This is trucked to Bonanza, where it is sawed into door cuttings and box shook. The door cuttings are shipped to sash and door factories in the east, and the box shook disposed of on the California market." (The Evening Herald)