PELICAN BAY LBR CO - 1910'S
December 15, 1910: "The largest timber sale ever made by Uncle Sam, with the exception of one in Montana, has just been closed, the timber standing in the Crater national forest, says the Medford Mail Tribune. The deal provides for the transfer of 46,000,000 feet of timber to the Pelican Bay Lumber company at a consideration of $365,460. The local office handled all of the details of the affair.
Under the present law the counties in which a reserve is located receive 25 percent of the amount of the receipts from timber sales. This 25 percent is divided among the counties according to their area within the forest. In this manner Jackson county receives 80 percent of the 25 per cent of sales in the Crater forest. Thus Jackson county's share is $73,108, Klamath county receiving $18,277. This sum goes into the road and school fund of the county.
Last year Oregon's entire share in sales made by the government only amounted to $39,000, so the increase this year will be large.
The Pelican Bay Lumber company will start work at once in milling the lumber. The payments are distributed over a period of five years." (Klamath Republican)
Under the present law the counties in which a reserve is located receive 25 percent of the amount of the receipts from timber sales. This 25 percent is divided among the counties according to their area within the forest. In this manner Jackson county receives 80 percent of the 25 per cent of sales in the Crater forest. Thus Jackson county's share is $73,108, Klamath county receiving $18,277. This sum goes into the road and school fund of the county.
Last year Oregon's entire share in sales made by the government only amounted to $39,000, so the increase this year will be large.
The Pelican Bay Lumber company will start work at once in milling the lumber. The payments are distributed over a period of five years." (Klamath Republican)
December 17, 1910: "That the vicinity of Klamath Falls is to have another big lumbering industry next year is assured by a statement which comes from Portland that capitalists of that city are negotiating for the timber from about 120,000 acres of land in the burned-over district in the Crater Lake National Forest.
H.W. Mortenson and George D. Hauptman are the men who are said to be behind an offer to the Federal Government of $500,000 for certain portions of this timber, and it is stated that if the offer is accepted one of the biggest sawmills in the West will be erected at some point on the Upper Klamath Lake to cost $150,000 and employ several hundred men." (The Sacramento Bee)
H.W. Mortenson and George D. Hauptman are the men who are said to be behind an offer to the Federal Government of $500,000 for certain portions of this timber, and it is stated that if the offer is accepted one of the biggest sawmills in the West will be erected at some point on the Upper Klamath Lake to cost $150,000 and employ several hundred men." (The Sacramento Bee)
February 2, 1911: "Prospects for the establishment of two large new manufacturing plants in Klamath Falls within the near future are now considered bright.
Some declare that without a shadow of doubt H.P. Mortenson, a big lumberman of Chicago, will establish a new sawmill on the shores of the Upper Klamath lake. This would make the fifth large sawmill in this section.
The presence in this city of H.P. Mortenson and son of Chicago has resulted in it being well understood that another sawmill will be erected on the shores of Upper Klamath Lake, near Shippington, a short distance beyond where the Long Lake Lumber company's mill stands.
While neither Mortenson nor his son would state that they intended to build a mill here, the fact that A.W. Starbird, their timber cruiser, has been out in the timber in this vicinity all during the severe stormy weather of the past few weeks and that he today made his report to the Chicago capitalists, has lent an air of certainty to the rumor.
Mortenson is heavily interested in timber all over the West and admitted that he was investigating the timber resources of this vicinity with a prospect of establishing a manufacturing plant. He and his son left for their home this morning." (Sacramento Union)
Some declare that without a shadow of doubt H.P. Mortenson, a big lumberman of Chicago, will establish a new sawmill on the shores of the Upper Klamath lake. This would make the fifth large sawmill in this section.
The presence in this city of H.P. Mortenson and son of Chicago has resulted in it being well understood that another sawmill will be erected on the shores of Upper Klamath Lake, near Shippington, a short distance beyond where the Long Lake Lumber company's mill stands.
While neither Mortenson nor his son would state that they intended to build a mill here, the fact that A.W. Starbird, their timber cruiser, has been out in the timber in this vicinity all during the severe stormy weather of the past few weeks and that he today made his report to the Chicago capitalists, has lent an air of certainty to the rumor.
Mortenson is heavily interested in timber all over the West and admitted that he was investigating the timber resources of this vicinity with a prospect of establishing a manufacturing plant. He and his son left for their home this morning." (Sacramento Union)
February 2, 1911: "In an interview with a representative of the Herald Mr. Mortenson admitted that he was investigating the timber resources of this section with the prospect of manufacturing, but did not wish to say anything for publication, as he had not arrived at any decision as to future plans. He stated that the present condition of the lumber market did not warrant very extensive manufacturing at this time, but looked for the market to take a change for the better in the near future. Mr. Mortenson and son left Monday on their return to Chicago, but intimated that they would probably return here later in the year." (Klamath Republican)
April 13, 1911: "Papers have been filed with county clerk for the incorporation of the Pelican Bay Lumber company. Incorporators are H. D. Mortenson, W. P. Johnson and George D. Hauptman, and the capital stock is placed at $150.000. The principal office will be located in Klamath Falls.
This is the company that recently purchased something like 103,000,000 feet of timber from the government, located in the forest reserve around Odessa and Pelican Bay. Notice of the approval of the sale by the forest service has been received by the land office at Lakeview.
Details of the plans of the company have not been given out yet, but it is known that a site for a saw mill has been purchased on the old Hanks place near Shippington, and the stakes have been placed and preparations already for the erection of the mill in the very immediate future.
H. D. Mortenson, the president of the new company, was here last winter, accompanied by his father. At that time negotiations were on for the purchase of the timber and the location of a mammoth mill. The intention at that time was for a mill with a capacity of something like 140,000 feet per day, or a season's cut of 20,000,000. This undoubtedly will be the capacity of the mill to be erected, as the timber already purchased will be sufficient for five years.
Mr. Mortenson Sr. is one of Chicago's wealthy men, and is president of something like twelve or fifteen big lumber companies. H. D. Mortenson, his son, who is president of the new company here, is a practical lumberman, and has been heavily interested in redwood timber in California. He has been living for several years in San Francisco, but in the articles of corporation he gives his residence as Klamath Falls. It is his intention to make this city his future home, and undoubtedly he will assume a very important part in the future development of this great section.
Klamath Falls needs such men of capital and business ability as those who form the new company, and extends to them a warm welcome, as mills, factories and payrolls are what make a city." (Klamath Republican)
This is the company that recently purchased something like 103,000,000 feet of timber from the government, located in the forest reserve around Odessa and Pelican Bay. Notice of the approval of the sale by the forest service has been received by the land office at Lakeview.
Details of the plans of the company have not been given out yet, but it is known that a site for a saw mill has been purchased on the old Hanks place near Shippington, and the stakes have been placed and preparations already for the erection of the mill in the very immediate future.
H. D. Mortenson, the president of the new company, was here last winter, accompanied by his father. At that time negotiations were on for the purchase of the timber and the location of a mammoth mill. The intention at that time was for a mill with a capacity of something like 140,000 feet per day, or a season's cut of 20,000,000. This undoubtedly will be the capacity of the mill to be erected, as the timber already purchased will be sufficient for five years.
Mr. Mortenson Sr. is one of Chicago's wealthy men, and is president of something like twelve or fifteen big lumber companies. H. D. Mortenson, his son, who is president of the new company here, is a practical lumberman, and has been heavily interested in redwood timber in California. He has been living for several years in San Francisco, but in the articles of corporation he gives his residence as Klamath Falls. It is his intention to make this city his future home, and undoubtedly he will assume a very important part in the future development of this great section.
Klamath Falls needs such men of capital and business ability as those who form the new company, and extends to them a warm welcome, as mills, factories and payrolls are what make a city." (Klamath Republican)
April 29, 1911: "Plans are under way for the construction at once of a large mill and box factory by the Pelican Bay Lumber Company. Papers of incorporation have been filed by H.D. Mortenson, W.P. Johnson and George D. Hauptman, Mr. Mortenson being president of the company. The mill will be located at Hanks, on the shore of upper Klamath lake and about one and a half miles from Klamath Falls. It will be on the new Natron cut-off of the Southern Pacific and thus will have fine railroad shipping facilities. The company recently bought 103,000,000 feet of timber on the borders of upper Klamath lake. The capital stock of the company is $150,000." (American Lumberman)
May 4, 1911: "Jacob Mortenson, a millionaire lumberman of Oak Park, Ill., who has been here several days, left Tuesday morning for Chicago. Mr. Mortenson has been here looking over the property interests of the Pelican Bay Lumber company, in which his son, H. D. Mortenson, is heavily interested.
The Pelican Bay Lumber company has opened offices in the Klamath Development company's building, east of the Development company's offices. The officers of the new company are H. D. Mortenson president and G. H. Hauptman secretary and treasurer." (Klamath Republican)
The Pelican Bay Lumber company has opened offices in the Klamath Development company's building, east of the Development company's offices. The officers of the new company are H. D. Mortenson president and G. H. Hauptman secretary and treasurer." (Klamath Republican)
May 18, 1911: "Commencing about May 15th, the pelican Bay Lumber company will put in a dredger and make a canal about 1 1/4 miles long, large enough for boats and logs. They will haul logs from the woods to the canal by railroad, a distance from a half mile to six miles. They will cut about 20,000,000 feet a year until they complete a 100,000,000 foot sale with the government." (Klamath Republican)
May 20, 1911: "Harold D. Mortenson, president of the Pelican Bay Lumber Company, left San Francisco last Wednesday for Klamath Falls. Before leaving he announced that the contract for all the machinery for the saw mill which will be erected at once on the upper lake, near the northern city limits of Klamath Falls, had been awarded to the Murray Manufacturing Company, of Eau Claire, Wis. A 9-foot band mill will be installed, the motive power to be supplied by twin engines. The plant, which will be completed within three months, will have a capacity of 90,000 feet of white pine lumber in ten hours. It will be operated double time, giving an output of 180,000 feet a day. About 30,000,000 feet a year will be cut. Logs will be put into the lake and rafted about thirty miles to the mill. H.D. Mortenson will build a handsome residence on Nob Hill. Mr. Mortenson and George D. Hauptman, who is interested in the company, will spend a large part of the time at Klamath Falls." (American Lumberman)
June 1911: "J.D. Murray Manufacturing Co., of Wausau, Wis., has secured the contract to furnish the equipment for a 150,000 capacity sawmill, to be installed at Klamath Falls, Ore., by the Pelican Bay Lumber Co. A logging railroad will also be installed. A canal for log storage will be constructed from the shore to Klamath Lake. The canal will be 50 feet wide at the lake front and 90 feet wide at the mill, 1600 feet in length, and will have a capacity of about three million feet. The officers of the company are: Harold Mortenson, president; W.P. Johnson, vice president; Geo. P. Hauptman, secretary. The company has purchased something over a hundred million feet of timber in the Crater National forest, tributary to Upper Klamath Lake." (The Timberman, Vol. 12)
June 1, 1911: "Within thirty days work will commence on the construction of the first logging road to operate in the timber on the shores of the Upper Klamath Lake. The road is to be built and operated by the Pelican Bay Lumber company, which recently incorporated with a capital stock of $150,000. The company has purchased 103,000,000 feet of timber, situated in the Cascade forest reserve near Pelican Bay on the Upper Klamath Lake. The company will begin logging this summer, and will build about three miles of track this year. Donkey engines and cable will probably be used in yarding the logs, which will be hauled on cars to the lake.
The dredge will soon begin work on a big ditch about half a mile long, in which the logs will be dumped and stored as they are brought from the woods.
Work on the foundation for the mill at Hanks at the lower end of the lake in far advanced. The company has acquired sixty-three acres at this point, to be used as a mill site and yards, and early in August they expect to have in operation one of the most modern saw mill plants on the coast. The mill will be operated in two shifts of ten hours each, and will have a capacity of 189,0000 feet every day. The machinery will be furnished by the Murray Manufacturing company company of Wausau, Wis., with the exception of the saws, which will be the famous McDonough band, manufactured at the McDonough foundry at Eau Claire, Wis." (Klamath Republican)
The dredge will soon begin work on a big ditch about half a mile long, in which the logs will be dumped and stored as they are brought from the woods.
Work on the foundation for the mill at Hanks at the lower end of the lake in far advanced. The company has acquired sixty-three acres at this point, to be used as a mill site and yards, and early in August they expect to have in operation one of the most modern saw mill plants on the coast. The mill will be operated in two shifts of ten hours each, and will have a capacity of 189,0000 feet every day. The machinery will be furnished by the Murray Manufacturing company company of Wausau, Wis., with the exception of the saws, which will be the famous McDonough band, manufactured at the McDonough foundry at Eau Claire, Wis." (Klamath Republican)
June 8, 1911: "It is a very busy place at the Pelican Bay Lumber company's Lumber company's yard. The work train stands behind the Hanks house and a large force of men are at work upon the new siding, 1,500 feet long. It will have a 14 per cent curve. In front teams are hauling stone for the mill foundation, which will begin soon. The Eagle today had placed 400 tons of sand upon the site. The office building is well along, the frame being up, the siding begun and the roof will soon be on." (Klamath Republican)
June 8, 1911: "In tow of the Oakland, the dredge Klamath Queen went up the lake Sunday from Shippington to a point near Pelican Bay, where it is to commence the work of dredging a canal for the Pelican Bay Lumber company. This canal will extend back to the woods from the lake, and will be used by the big lumber concern in getting their logs from the forest to the lake, where they will be prepared for transportation to the mill at this end of the lake." (Klamath Republican)
June 17, 1911: "The Pelican Bay Lumber company is building saw mills to handle the 100,000,000 feet of timber in that section." (Statesman Journal)
June 17, 1911: "The Pelican Bay Lumber Company, recently incorporated with a capital stock of $150,000 has already begun erecting its band saw mill at Klamath Falls, and will in a few weeks begin building a logging road into the timber on the shores of upper Klamath lake. It has bought 103,000,000 feet of timber from the forestry department of the government in the Cascade forest reserve, near Pelican Bay on the upper lake. It is expected that about three miles of railroad will be built this year. The company will also soon begin digging a canal about a mile long into which logs will be dumped as they are brought in on the logging railroad.
The Pelican Bay company has acquired sixty-three acres at Hanks, at the lower end of the lake, for a millsite, and it is expected the mill will be in operation in August. A McDonough band will be installed and the balance of the machinery will be furnished by the D.J. Murray Manufacturing Company. For storing logs at the mill the company will have a canal fifty feet wide at the lake front, 1,600 feet long and ninety feet wide at the mill, which will hold about 3,000,000 feet of logs. The mill will be located on a spur from the Southern Pacific tracks, and it is expected will saw about 20,000,000 feet of lumber a year." (American Lumberman)
The Pelican Bay company has acquired sixty-three acres at Hanks, at the lower end of the lake, for a millsite, and it is expected the mill will be in operation in August. A McDonough band will be installed and the balance of the machinery will be furnished by the D.J. Murray Manufacturing Company. For storing logs at the mill the company will have a canal fifty feet wide at the lake front, 1,600 feet long and ninety feet wide at the mill, which will hold about 3,000,000 feet of logs. The mill will be located on a spur from the Southern Pacific tracks, and it is expected will saw about 20,000,000 feet of lumber a year." (American Lumberman)
June 22, 1911: "The dredger Klamath Queen is working daytime at present on the Pelican Bay Lumber company's canal, but the crew expects soon to work night and day." (Klamath Republican)
June 29, 1911: "The dredge Klamath Queen, which is working on the canal at Pelican Bay, near Odessa, has completed 3,600 feet of dredging, and expects to be through in two more weeks." (Klamath Republican)
July 6, 1911: "Thirty-two men are now employed on the construction of the big mill of the Pelican Bay Lumber company. Superintendent of Construction A. D. Gilbert says he will put several more men to work after the fourth." (Klamath Republican)
July 6, 1911: "Another logging camp will be added to the number tributary to Upper Klamath Lake in a few days, that of the Pelican Bay Lumber company, The dredge 'Klamath Queen' is so far along with its work of digging a canal at Pelican Bay, that the great ditch, 1,700 feet in length, 50 feet wide and five feet deep is practically completed.
A quarter of a mile of railway extending along the edge of the canal to the high land will be used for dumping logs into the canal. Another three miles of railroad will be built into the timber this summer. Supplies and logging equipment needed are now on the way here, and are expected at the base of operation not later than Monday.
James E. Johnson, superintendent of the company's logging operations, will deliver 75,000 feet of logs, board measure, in the canal for towage across the lake until the c;lose of season. The logs will be towed to the big mill the company is now erecting at Shippington, which will be in operation by October first. A crew of from 18 to 20 men will be employed on the logging railway, and at least fifty will work in the woods." (Klamath Republican)
A quarter of a mile of railway extending along the edge of the canal to the high land will be used for dumping logs into the canal. Another three miles of railroad will be built into the timber this summer. Supplies and logging equipment needed are now on the way here, and are expected at the base of operation not later than Monday.
James E. Johnson, superintendent of the company's logging operations, will deliver 75,000 feet of logs, board measure, in the canal for towage across the lake until the c;lose of season. The logs will be towed to the big mill the company is now erecting at Shippington, which will be in operation by October first. A crew of from 18 to 20 men will be employed on the logging railway, and at least fifty will work in the woods." (Klamath Republican)
July 6, 1911: "A. D. Gilbert, superintendent of construction for the Pelican Bay Lumber company's new mill, has had the piling completed by the Southern Pacific's big pile driver. The material is coming in now as fast as it can be taken care of, and Mr. Gilbert believes that after the Fourth he can give employment to several more men. Gilbert recently built a sawmill at Aberdeen, Wash., as well as several others throughout the Northwest." (Klamath Republican)
July 20, 1911: "The Pelican Bay Lumber company has completed its canal, which runs seven-eighths of a mile inland from the bank of Upper Klamath Lake. Captain Wickstrom has delivered a large amount of timber at this place for the company's camps. The building of the logging railroad which, when finished, will connect the canal and extend several miles into the timber, will soon commence." (Klamath Republican)
July 1911: "The Forester at Washington D.C., has recently approved the contract in the largest sale of National Forest timber ever made in Washington or Oregon. The Pelican Bay Lumber Co. of Klamath Falls, Ore., has bought 103,512,000 feet of standing timber on the Crater National Forest, Oregon, at $3.25 per thousand for live western yellow pine, and $1.50 per thousand for live Douglas fir, white fir, noble fir, lodgepole pine, Englemann spruce, Incense cedar and for merchantable dead timber of all species. The timber is situated east of the Cascade Mountains in T. 36 S., R.6 E., W. M., near Pelican Bay, Klamath County, Oregon, and tributary to Upper Klamath Lake, which affords easy water transportation to the railroad at Klamath Falls, Oregon. Of the whole amount 62 percent consists of western yellow pine sawtimber which is fully mature and of excellent quality." (The Timberman, Vol, 12)
August 1911: "Pelican Bay Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, Ore., will begin operations about October 1." (The Timberman, Vol. 12)
August 5, 1911: "The frame work for the big mill being constructed by the Pelican Bay Lumber company is completed to the second story and some of the heavy machinery is now in place. Some of the machinery has been delayed and this has caused considerable drawback to the work so the mill has not progressed as rapidly as it was hoped to do when the work was started." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
August 26, 1911: "The completion of the mill of the Pelican Bay Lumber Company at Klamath Falls is being delayed on account of failure to receive some of the machinery, but the work will be pushed rapidly as soon as the machinery arrives." (American Lumberman)
September 29, 1911: "The Pelican Bay Lumber company, which purchased 103,000,000 feet of timber in the Crater national forest in Klamath county last May, has been rushing work and now has a large mill nearly completed at Klamath Falls. This timber is to be cut within five years. The sale of this timber will bring a total of $272,000, $68,000 of which will go to Klamath county for the roads and schools of the county." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
October 12, 1911: "Twenty new buildings have gone up at the Pelican Bay Lumber company's camp." & "The railroad is completed from the lake at Pelican Bay into the timber." & "About 1,000,000 feet of logs are now docked ready to be hauled out by the cars as soon as they arrive, which will probably be this week." (Klamath Republican)
November 18, 1911: "The company now has a crew at work driving piles for their booms at the mouth of the canal near the mill at Terminal City, and the logs will be held here until sawed. The new mill will begin operations about March 1st, and will have a capacity of 80,000 per ten hour day. About 90 percent of the logs are being cut into 16-foot lengths, and next year the output of the mill will be shipped to outside markets. It is probable that the company will erect a box factory to handle their lower grades of lumber next fall." (The Evening Herald)
November 18, 1911: "Harold D. Mortenson, president of the Pelican Bay Lumber Company, who has just returned to his San Francisco office after spending some time at Klamath Falls rushing the work on the new lumber plant on Klamath lake, says that logging is being carried on successfully. Several rafts have been floated to the mill. The camps will soon close for the winter, as the new mill will not be operated until next March." (American Lumberman)
November 23, 1911: "H. D. Mortenson of the Pelican Bay Lumber company, sent the steamer Klamath up the lake Saturday to bring the second big raft of logs for the mill. One raft of 300,000 feet is already in the big canal at the plant, and the second raft will probably be the largest of logs that has ever been tower on the Upper Klamath Lake. It will contain about 750,000 feet.
The Pelican Bay Lumber company owns over 100,000,000 feet of timber in the Cascade Forest Reserve on the Upper Lake, and on July 15th of this year they established their first camps near Odessa. They now have a crew of fifty-five men, and in addition to a big cook camp and other buildings, have twenty-five cottages for the men. The logging operations are in charge of James C. Johnson.
The grade and three miles of railroad have been built this summer and a fifty-foot canal connecting the railroad wit deep water.
The road is equipped with a 28-ton Shay locomotive and ten Russell 60,000 capacity logging cars. Next season a large number of cars will be added and also a steam log loader. The company will close their logging camps this winter, but will open up next spring with a crew of 150 men, sufficient to log 200,000 feet per day.
The logs are now hauled from the woods to the canal on cars. After being dumped into the canal they are brailed into forty foot rafts with cross wire swifters. The rafts are from 700 to 800 feet long. These are towed outside the canal and doubled.
The company now has a crew at work driving piles for their booms at the mouth of the canal near the mill at Terminal City, and the logs will be held here until sawed. The new mill will begin operations about March 1st, and will have a capacity of 80,000 per ten hour day. About 90 per cent of the logs are being cut into m16-foot lengths, and next year the output of the mill will be shipped to outside markets. It is probable that the company will erect a box factory to handle their lower grades of lumber next fall." (Klamath Republican)
The Pelican Bay Lumber company owns over 100,000,000 feet of timber in the Cascade Forest Reserve on the Upper Lake, and on July 15th of this year they established their first camps near Odessa. They now have a crew of fifty-five men, and in addition to a big cook camp and other buildings, have twenty-five cottages for the men. The logging operations are in charge of James C. Johnson.
The grade and three miles of railroad have been built this summer and a fifty-foot canal connecting the railroad wit deep water.
The road is equipped with a 28-ton Shay locomotive and ten Russell 60,000 capacity logging cars. Next season a large number of cars will be added and also a steam log loader. The company will close their logging camps this winter, but will open up next spring with a crew of 150 men, sufficient to log 200,000 feet per day.
The logs are now hauled from the woods to the canal on cars. After being dumped into the canal they are brailed into forty foot rafts with cross wire swifters. The rafts are from 700 to 800 feet long. These are towed outside the canal and doubled.
The company now has a crew at work driving piles for their booms at the mouth of the canal near the mill at Terminal City, and the logs will be held here until sawed. The new mill will begin operations about March 1st, and will have a capacity of 80,000 per ten hour day. About 90 per cent of the logs are being cut into m16-foot lengths, and next year the output of the mill will be shipped to outside markets. It is probable that the company will erect a box factory to handle their lower grades of lumber next fall." (Klamath Republican)
December 6, 1911: "The mill of the Pelican Bay Lumber company will begin operations about March 1. It will cut 80,000 feet per 10-hour day." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
March 21, 1912: "The new Pelican Bay Lumber company's saw mill at Terminal City tried its machinery Monday morning, and expects to be running with full force tomorrow. For the present the mill will employ a crew of about fifty men, but by the first of June it is expected to run a day and night shift. The mill has a capacity of 150,000 feet in twenty-four hours.
The new saw mill at Terminal City will create quite a little settlement at that place. Seven cottages for employes have already been completed, and more are to be constructed by the company. There is also room in the boarding house to accommodate from fifty to seventy-five men, but more accommodations will have to be furnished when the mill begins working double shift.
The company now has 800,000 feet of lumber in the booms near the mill ready to be sawed into lumber, and a logging crew of eighty men are now in camps in the woods near the Harriman Lodge on Pelican Bay. These men are engaged in falling timber, building roads and getting ready to begin hauling to the water, which is expected to start in about a week. The company has its own railroad for hauling the logs from the woods to the lake, where they are towed to the mill by steamer. One engine and sixteen logging cars now constitute the railroad equipment, but a new McGiffert loader has been ordered from the east, and is expected to arrive here soon. This will be used in loading the logs on the cars from the ground. It is self propelling, and is run on the railroad track.
The company recently purchased the steamer Klamath, which will be used exclusively by the company for conveying freight to the camps and for towing the logs down the lake.
A box factory is to be erected in connection with the sawmill later in the season, but for the present all of the commons have been contracted for by the local trade, while the upper grades will be shipped to the markets of the east. The entrance of this company in the lumber business of Klamath county will mean much for Klamath Falls. It adds a large sum to the weekly pay roll, which will benefit not only every business man in the city, but will enlarge the market for the products of the farmer." (Klamath Republican)
The new saw mill at Terminal City will create quite a little settlement at that place. Seven cottages for employes have already been completed, and more are to be constructed by the company. There is also room in the boarding house to accommodate from fifty to seventy-five men, but more accommodations will have to be furnished when the mill begins working double shift.
The company now has 800,000 feet of lumber in the booms near the mill ready to be sawed into lumber, and a logging crew of eighty men are now in camps in the woods near the Harriman Lodge on Pelican Bay. These men are engaged in falling timber, building roads and getting ready to begin hauling to the water, which is expected to start in about a week. The company has its own railroad for hauling the logs from the woods to the lake, where they are towed to the mill by steamer. One engine and sixteen logging cars now constitute the railroad equipment, but a new McGiffert loader has been ordered from the east, and is expected to arrive here soon. This will be used in loading the logs on the cars from the ground. It is self propelling, and is run on the railroad track.
The company recently purchased the steamer Klamath, which will be used exclusively by the company for conveying freight to the camps and for towing the logs down the lake.
A box factory is to be erected in connection with the sawmill later in the season, but for the present all of the commons have been contracted for by the local trade, while the upper grades will be shipped to the markets of the east. The entrance of this company in the lumber business of Klamath county will mean much for Klamath Falls. It adds a large sum to the weekly pay roll, which will benefit not only every business man in the city, but will enlarge the market for the products of the farmer." (Klamath Republican)
April 11, 1912: "The Pelican Bay Lumber company now has a crew of about sixty men, falling, bunching and hauling by rail about 70,000 feet per day of sawlogs to the landing in Pelican Bay. As soon as the ground will bear up large wheels the output will be doubled." (Klamath Republican)
May 3, 1912: “H.D. Mortenson is back from Portland where he spent a few days in the interests of the Pelican Bay Lumber Company.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
February 28, 1913: “The Pelican Bay Lumber Company will begin this morning at their mill West of this city, to build on the North smoke stack at that place to make it as high as the South one which was recently built and which is about 130 feet high.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
March 13, 1913: "Twenty five million feet of lumber will be cut this season by the Pelican Bay Lumber company, according to H. D. Mortenson, head of that concern, who returned Tuesday from a business trip to Los Angeles, San Francisco and other California cities.
'The time of opening the mill depends upon the weather.' said Mr. Mortenson. 'At present there is eight inches of ice in our ;log pond, and until this is melted we cannot hope to operate the plant. We figure on starting the 1st of April.
'It is our intention to operate the mill twenty hours a day, in order to catch up with our unfilled orders,' added Mortenson. 'We expect to average 140,000 feet for each double shift this summer.
'There are plenty of logs in our ponds, and several big rafts are ready for delivery, but all is held up on account of the weather. As soon as the ice melts the mill will open up full blast, and will run night and day all summer." (Klamath Republican)
'The time of opening the mill depends upon the weather.' said Mr. Mortenson. 'At present there is eight inches of ice in our ;log pond, and until this is melted we cannot hope to operate the plant. We figure on starting the 1st of April.
'It is our intention to operate the mill twenty hours a day, in order to catch up with our unfilled orders,' added Mortenson. 'We expect to average 140,000 feet for each double shift this summer.
'There are plenty of logs in our ponds, and several big rafts are ready for delivery, but all is held up on account of the weather. As soon as the ice melts the mill will open up full blast, and will run night and day all summer." (Klamath Republican)
June 1, 1913: “Twenty-six thousand dollars is being distributed each month by the Pelican Bay Lumber Company at its mill and logging camps on the Upper Klamath Lake. Three hundred and fifteen men are employed by this concern, 115 being in the woods, at Pelican Bay, where logging operations are carried on and the rest are in the mill and about the yards.
The average daily output of the mill is 150,000 feet of lumber. Big dry kilns were constructed last Winter, where all the output of better grades than box lumber is dried and is placed on the cars seven days after it is cut from the logs. This amounts to 40,000 a day, 147 cars having been shipped during the month just ended. Fifty percent of this lumber goes to points east of the Missouri River, while three carloads were shipped to the Liverpool market. From 20,000 to 25,000 pieces of lath are being manufactured daily and these go east of the Missouri. Manager Mortenson states that his mill will manufacture 25,000,000 feet of lumber a year.
Two camps are being maintained in the woods on Pelican Bay, where the company has 15,000 acres of the finest timber in the entire Klamath County. This contains 150,000,000 feet of timber and is estimated to be enough to keep the plant busy for the next six years. Eight miles of logging railroad is completed and is being used for hauling the timber to the canal cut by the company from Pelican Bay back toward the edge of the timber. This road is putting 175,000 log scale feet into the water every day.
One of the logging camps is operated by donkey engines for snaking the logs to the railroad, while the other has sixty head of horses where slip-tongue ten foot logging trucks are used.
At the mill the company has a little city of its own. The mill is operated day and night and has its own lighting and water systems. It has a large hotel and fifteen or twenty new cottages for the employees completed. These are modern in every respect, having electric lights, baths and water.
The logs from Pelican Bay are towed to the mill by the company's own steamer, The Klamath. This steamer makes six trips a month with logs, towing 500,000 feet.” (The Klamath Falls North Western)
The average daily output of the mill is 150,000 feet of lumber. Big dry kilns were constructed last Winter, where all the output of better grades than box lumber is dried and is placed on the cars seven days after it is cut from the logs. This amounts to 40,000 a day, 147 cars having been shipped during the month just ended. Fifty percent of this lumber goes to points east of the Missouri River, while three carloads were shipped to the Liverpool market. From 20,000 to 25,000 pieces of lath are being manufactured daily and these go east of the Missouri. Manager Mortenson states that his mill will manufacture 25,000,000 feet of lumber a year.
Two camps are being maintained in the woods on Pelican Bay, where the company has 15,000 acres of the finest timber in the entire Klamath County. This contains 150,000,000 feet of timber and is estimated to be enough to keep the plant busy for the next six years. Eight miles of logging railroad is completed and is being used for hauling the timber to the canal cut by the company from Pelican Bay back toward the edge of the timber. This road is putting 175,000 log scale feet into the water every day.
One of the logging camps is operated by donkey engines for snaking the logs to the railroad, while the other has sixty head of horses where slip-tongue ten foot logging trucks are used.
At the mill the company has a little city of its own. The mill is operated day and night and has its own lighting and water systems. It has a large hotel and fifteen or twenty new cottages for the employees completed. These are modern in every respect, having electric lights, baths and water.
The logs from Pelican Bay are towed to the mill by the company's own steamer, The Klamath. This steamer makes six trips a month with logs, towing 500,000 feet.” (The Klamath Falls North Western)
June 5, 1913: "Harris & Co.'s cement workers left Wednesday morning for the Pelican Bay Lumber company's mill, where they will construct a concrete septic tank." (Klamath Republican)
September 26, 1913: “Mr. Fisher Hepburn, sales manager for the Pelican Bay Lumber Company, left yesterday afternoon for San Francisco for a short business trip.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
October 1, 1913: “Announcement of the marriage of H. D. Mortenson, manager for the Pelican Bay Lumber Company, and Mrs. Josephine Kennedy-Connor Monday in San Francisco has been received in this city. Mr. Mortenson left for the city a few days ago and his friends here will be somewhat surprised to hear of his marriage.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
October 16, 1913: “L. Kiummer was brought from Pelican Bay sawmill yesterday to the Blackburn Hospital suffering with a very badly cut foot. The injury was done by an axe. The foot is not severed but was split open causing a very painful and serious wound.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
December 4, 1913: "Henry McGowan, a logger in the employ of the Pelican Bay Lumber company, was fatally injured late Saturday afternoon, in the lumber camp of that company, when a heavy log rolled off of one of the cars being pulled by the logging train and struck him.
The heavy timber hit McGowan across the hips, crushing him terribly. He died three hours later, before he could be brought here." (Klamath Republican)
The heavy timber hit McGowan across the hips, crushing him terribly. He died three hours later, before he could be brought here." (Klamath Republican)
December 11, 1913: "After bucking ice all day long the Pelican Bay Lumber company's steamer Klamath reached its dock at this end of the lake late last night, ending its last trip on the lake for the year. Navigation on the big pond is now ended.
Bearing James C. Johnson, in charge of logging operations and about eighty men employed under him in the woods, the steamer left Pelican Bay Tuesday morning. In addition, the craft was towing a barge load of Christmas trees to be shipped to Portland.
The ice was found in some places to be six inches thick, and in no place was it less than four inches deep. Some of the men, believing the steamer would be unable to reach port, walked ashore across the ice, and came to Klamath Falls overland, arriving at different hours of the night." (Klamath Republican)
Bearing James C. Johnson, in charge of logging operations and about eighty men employed under him in the woods, the steamer left Pelican Bay Tuesday morning. In addition, the craft was towing a barge load of Christmas trees to be shipped to Portland.
The ice was found in some places to be six inches thick, and in no place was it less than four inches deep. Some of the men, believing the steamer would be unable to reach port, walked ashore across the ice, and came to Klamath Falls overland, arriving at different hours of the night." (Klamath Republican)
March 6, 1914: “The Pelican Bay Lumber Company will commence operations the first of next month with its usual force. According to present indications this company will also have to employ an additional force of men to take care of lumber already contracted for.” (The Klamath Falls northwestern)
March 19, 1914: “With between three and four million feet of logs on hand ready for milling, the Pelican Bay Lumber Company will commence operations at its mill Monday morning.
As plenty of logs are on hand the camps will not be opened until after April 15, but at that time camps will be established and a force of about 300 men employed, with the expectation of making this a banner year for that company.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
As plenty of logs are on hand the camps will not be opened until after April 15, but at that time camps will be established and a force of about 300 men employed, with the expectation of making this a banner year for that company.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
March 19, 1914: "Monday the Pelican Bay Lumber company will start to work on a season's cut that will amount to about 26,000,000 feet. In order to get out this amount of lumber, night and day crews will be used, and the mill will turn out about 100,000 feet a day.
The logging camps will be started next week. According to Manager H. D. Mortenson, this will be one of the best years for lumbermen, due largely to the increased demand for boxes in California and the larger volume of Eastern business." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
The logging camps will be started next week. According to Manager H. D. Mortenson, this will be one of the best years for lumbermen, due largely to the increased demand for boxes in California and the larger volume of Eastern business." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
March 26, 1914: "J. C. Johnson, superintendent of the Pelican Bay Lumber company, returned last night from his home in Minnesota. His family will arrive tonight, having stopped off in Portland for a short visit with relatives." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
June 9, 1914: “The steamer Klamath, used by the Pelican Bay Lumber Company to tow logs from the logging camp at the north end of Upper Klamath Lake to the company's mill a few miles north of here, was badly disabled yesterday morning near the mouth of Pelican Bay. The propeller was broken and the shaft badly sprung as a result of the boat's contact with a sunken log.
The Modoc was sent to her relief and she was towed to the mill to undergo repairs. The Klamath was after a boom of logs when she suffered the accident.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
The Modoc was sent to her relief and she was towed to the mill to undergo repairs. The Klamath was after a boom of logs when she suffered the accident.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
June 23, 1914: "The sawmill of the Pelican Bay Lumber company, employing over 300 men, with a payroll of $27,000 monthly, was completely destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. Loss, $90,000, partly covered by insurance. Lumber in the yards, valued at $150,000 and dry kiln and sheds were saved.
The fire originated in the back room of the sawmill and spread rapidly." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
The fire originated in the back room of the sawmill and spread rapidly." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
June 23, 1914: “Fire, which probably was started by a spark from the refuse burner, Sunday afternoon totally consumed the big sawmill of the Pelican Bay Lumber Company, situated about three miles north of this city. The loss has been estimated at $90,000 by H. D. Mortenson, manager for the company. A considerable part of this was covered by insurance.
Manager Mortenson yesterday stated that about 300 men would be thrown out of employment because of the fire, both in the mill and yards and in the logging camps. However, all the logging camps will not close at once.
Besides the mill, which is one of the largest in the state, the planing mill, the machine shop and boiler house was consumed. Only the most heroic work by the crew at the mill and numerous people from here kept the fire from spreading and consuming the dry kilns, tramways, and yards, where millions of feet of lumber is piled.
The fire started almost exactly at 5 o'clock and less than an hour after Manager Mortenson and a number of friends had gone through the mill and noticed no signs of fire. When Mortenson looked out of a window in his residence later he observed smoke coming from the mill and immediately gave the alarm. In a short time hundreds of people were on the ground, fighting the blaze with water, axes and anything else available. Four streams of water, two from the outside and two furnished by the boilers inside, were soon playing on the fire, but after the blaze grew to large proportions, the service from the inside was cut off. The steam from the boilers furnished power for the big pump which threw water at the rate of 750 gallons per minute.
The switch engine at the local railroad yards was rushed to the scene of the fire and a hose was attached to it and water thrown on the blaze.
'I want to extend my utmost appreciation to those who struggled so hard to keep the fire from spreading further than it did and especially to our employees, the Klamath Falls Fire Department and others from town who worked so nobly,' said Manager Mortenson yesterday.
'I cannot say at this time whether or not the mill will be rebuilt. We have a large supply of logs in the water now and have much invested in trains and tracks in the woods. If we do rebuild, the new mill will not be ready for operation before next Spring, but of course, many men would be employed in the rebuilding.'
The Pelican Bay Lumber Company's mill had a capacity and for about two years has been sawing about 147,000 feet of lumber every 24 hours it was operated. The payroll for the mill, yards and logging camps averaged about $27,000 a month.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
Manager Mortenson yesterday stated that about 300 men would be thrown out of employment because of the fire, both in the mill and yards and in the logging camps. However, all the logging camps will not close at once.
Besides the mill, which is one of the largest in the state, the planing mill, the machine shop and boiler house was consumed. Only the most heroic work by the crew at the mill and numerous people from here kept the fire from spreading and consuming the dry kilns, tramways, and yards, where millions of feet of lumber is piled.
The fire started almost exactly at 5 o'clock and less than an hour after Manager Mortenson and a number of friends had gone through the mill and noticed no signs of fire. When Mortenson looked out of a window in his residence later he observed smoke coming from the mill and immediately gave the alarm. In a short time hundreds of people were on the ground, fighting the blaze with water, axes and anything else available. Four streams of water, two from the outside and two furnished by the boilers inside, were soon playing on the fire, but after the blaze grew to large proportions, the service from the inside was cut off. The steam from the boilers furnished power for the big pump which threw water at the rate of 750 gallons per minute.
The switch engine at the local railroad yards was rushed to the scene of the fire and a hose was attached to it and water thrown on the blaze.
'I want to extend my utmost appreciation to those who struggled so hard to keep the fire from spreading further than it did and especially to our employees, the Klamath Falls Fire Department and others from town who worked so nobly,' said Manager Mortenson yesterday.
'I cannot say at this time whether or not the mill will be rebuilt. We have a large supply of logs in the water now and have much invested in trains and tracks in the woods. If we do rebuild, the new mill will not be ready for operation before next Spring, but of course, many men would be employed in the rebuilding.'
The Pelican Bay Lumber Company's mill had a capacity and for about two years has been sawing about 147,000 feet of lumber every 24 hours it was operated. The payroll for the mill, yards and logging camps averaged about $27,000 a month.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
June 24, 1914: “The Pelican Bay Company's sawmill, which burned to the ground last Sunday afternoon, very probably will be rebuilt, according to a statement made yesterday morning by H. D. Mortenson, manager for the lumber company. The statement was made to thirteen representative business men of Klamath Falls, who yesterday morning went to Pelican City in automobiles and expressed to Manager Mortenson their sincere sympathy and feeling that his concern was a valuable asset to Klamath Falls, and one which it was hoped the town would not lose.
Mortenson said that about as many men would be employed in the reconstruction as were employed when the mill was in operation, and that it would be late next Fall before a new mill was fully built and equipped and ready to try out. A box factory near the mill may also be built and this will furnish employment for still more men, both in construction and operation.
Manager Mortenson expressed his heartfelt thanks to the business men,m who went under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, for their sympathy and offer of cooperation. Besides President Walton and secretary Wylde, every director of the Chamber of Commerce went to Pelican City, and these were accompanied by E. B. Hall, E. M.Chilcote, and E.G. Argraves. The directors who called on Manager Mortenson were R. E. Smith, H. J. Darling, Marion Hanks, W. A. Dezell, Fred Houston, Leslie Rogers, S. B. Evans and J. W. Siemens.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
Mortenson said that about as many men would be employed in the reconstruction as were employed when the mill was in operation, and that it would be late next Fall before a new mill was fully built and equipped and ready to try out. A box factory near the mill may also be built and this will furnish employment for still more men, both in construction and operation.
Manager Mortenson expressed his heartfelt thanks to the business men,m who went under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, for their sympathy and offer of cooperation. Besides President Walton and secretary Wylde, every director of the Chamber of Commerce went to Pelican City, and these were accompanied by E. B. Hall, E. M.Chilcote, and E.G. Argraves. The directors who called on Manager Mortenson were R. E. Smith, H. J. Darling, Marion Hanks, W. A. Dezell, Fred Houston, Leslie Rogers, S. B. Evans and J. W. Siemens.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
June 28, 1914: "The Pelican Bay company's sawmill, which burned to the ground, last Sunday afternoon, very probably will be rebuilt, according to a statement made yesterday morning by H.D. Mortenson, manager for the lumber company." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
September 30, 1914: “All arrangements have been completed for complete reorganization of the Pelican Bay Lumber Company, it is stated that on good authority, and a much bigger and better mill is to be ready for business in the early Spring where the former mill was consumed some months ago. For some time the old site has been cleared of the debris and the foundations for the new structure is being rushed. It is stated that several carloads of new machinery are now on the road and that the new mill will have a capacity of no less than 250,000 feet daily. In addition a big box factory will be run in connection and everything will be the most modern money can procure.
With the addition of new capital with that of the former company and assistance of Mr. Landon nothing will be lacking toward making the Pelican Bay mill one of the biggest and best, as well as most successful from every standpoint on the Pacific coast.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
With the addition of new capital with that of the former company and assistance of Mr. Landon nothing will be lacking toward making the Pelican Bay mill one of the biggest and best, as well as most successful from every standpoint on the Pacific coast.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
October 2, 1914: “(By H.D. Mortenson, Manager Pelican Bay Lumber Co.)
We have begun the erection of a new two band mill which is to be considerably larger than the one which was burned, and like the old mill, will be complete in every detail. The main building is to be 62 feet by 174 feet and three stories high. An annex 26 feet by 62 feet and two stories high will contain the lath and wood department. Another annex 36 feet by 72 feet will contain the engine department. A third annex one story high and 84 feet by 120 feet will contain the lumber sorting department.
The first story in the main building will contain the shafting, pulleys and belting, which furnishes the motive power to drive the machinery on the second story, where the manufacturing machines will be located. The third floor will contain the saw filing department which will again be in charge of Mr. Hibbert. The mill will be equipped as follows:
The log slide which takes the logs from the water will be operated as before except that as they enter the mill a steam draw saw will buck the logs to the desired length. When the logs are in the mill three arm steam kickers will throw the logs on to the deck chains, these deck chains will transfer the logs to either the right hand or left hand carriage. Both band mills will be nine feet mills. The left hand mill is the large side, the carriage on this side having a 66 inch opening, three blocks and a Trout power set works. The log deck in front of this carriage is equipped with a three arm steam deck stops and a Simondson log turner. The right hand mill is the small side, the carriage having a 46 inch opening, three blocks and Trout power set works. The deck in front of this carriage being equipped with three arm deck stops and a Hill type nigger.
Back of each band mill is a chain of live rolls conveying the lumber to the edger or direct to the trimmer table. The edger is to be a heavy 78 inch edger of the stub lever type. Automatic transfers convey the lumber from the live rolls to the edger table. The slab slasher is to be a five saw slasher and the Trimmer will be a 12 saw overhead type. The refuse from the mill will be burned in a steel encased, brick lined burner 30 feet in diameter and 100 feet high. The engine which drives the sawmill will be a 650 horse power Corliss. There are four boilers belonging to the old mill which were not damaged by the fire and to these will be added two more, totaling 900 boiler horse power. The building for this department is 52 feet by 72 feet and is to be built of stone, a contract for same having been let to Mr. J. S. Elliott.
A planing mill 84 by 96 feet will be built 900 feet from the sawmill building. This plant will be driven by electricity, generated in the sawmill engine room. The shavings from this plant will be blown to the main boiler house.
The report that a box factory will be built next year is erroneous. The sawmill building proper is built large enough for the installation of a horizontal resaw and a second edger later, if business warrants. The two band mill will have a capacity of 150,000 feet in 10 hours. If run night and day it would produce 50 to 60 million feet per year. The machinery will be bought from the Diamond Iron Works of Minneapolis, Minn.
Mr. F. Hill Hunter will be the engineer in charge of construction, associated with him in this work will be our operating Superintendent, Mr. H. S. Wood. The personnel of the company will not change except for the valuable addition to our staff of Mr. W. C. Landon, formerly of Wausau, Wis., who has invested in our company and who brings to his new field valuable knowledge of experience as a manufacturer in the Wisconsin Valley. Mr. Landon will be secretary of the company. We have been able to keep our former organization together and most of the old men will be on hand when the whistle blows next Spring.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
We have begun the erection of a new two band mill which is to be considerably larger than the one which was burned, and like the old mill, will be complete in every detail. The main building is to be 62 feet by 174 feet and three stories high. An annex 26 feet by 62 feet and two stories high will contain the lath and wood department. Another annex 36 feet by 72 feet will contain the engine department. A third annex one story high and 84 feet by 120 feet will contain the lumber sorting department.
The first story in the main building will contain the shafting, pulleys and belting, which furnishes the motive power to drive the machinery on the second story, where the manufacturing machines will be located. The third floor will contain the saw filing department which will again be in charge of Mr. Hibbert. The mill will be equipped as follows:
The log slide which takes the logs from the water will be operated as before except that as they enter the mill a steam draw saw will buck the logs to the desired length. When the logs are in the mill three arm steam kickers will throw the logs on to the deck chains, these deck chains will transfer the logs to either the right hand or left hand carriage. Both band mills will be nine feet mills. The left hand mill is the large side, the carriage on this side having a 66 inch opening, three blocks and a Trout power set works. The log deck in front of this carriage is equipped with a three arm steam deck stops and a Simondson log turner. The right hand mill is the small side, the carriage having a 46 inch opening, three blocks and Trout power set works. The deck in front of this carriage being equipped with three arm deck stops and a Hill type nigger.
Back of each band mill is a chain of live rolls conveying the lumber to the edger or direct to the trimmer table. The edger is to be a heavy 78 inch edger of the stub lever type. Automatic transfers convey the lumber from the live rolls to the edger table. The slab slasher is to be a five saw slasher and the Trimmer will be a 12 saw overhead type. The refuse from the mill will be burned in a steel encased, brick lined burner 30 feet in diameter and 100 feet high. The engine which drives the sawmill will be a 650 horse power Corliss. There are four boilers belonging to the old mill which were not damaged by the fire and to these will be added two more, totaling 900 boiler horse power. The building for this department is 52 feet by 72 feet and is to be built of stone, a contract for same having been let to Mr. J. S. Elliott.
A planing mill 84 by 96 feet will be built 900 feet from the sawmill building. This plant will be driven by electricity, generated in the sawmill engine room. The shavings from this plant will be blown to the main boiler house.
The report that a box factory will be built next year is erroneous. The sawmill building proper is built large enough for the installation of a horizontal resaw and a second edger later, if business warrants. The two band mill will have a capacity of 150,000 feet in 10 hours. If run night and day it would produce 50 to 60 million feet per year. The machinery will be bought from the Diamond Iron Works of Minneapolis, Minn.
Mr. F. Hill Hunter will be the engineer in charge of construction, associated with him in this work will be our operating Superintendent, Mr. H. S. Wood. The personnel of the company will not change except for the valuable addition to our staff of Mr. W. C. Landon, formerly of Wausau, Wis., who has invested in our company and who brings to his new field valuable knowledge of experience as a manufacturer in the Wisconsin Valley. Mr. Landon will be secretary of the company. We have been able to keep our former organization together and most of the old men will be on hand when the whistle blows next Spring.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
October 3, 1914: "To replace the large sawmill of the Pelican Bay Lumber company burned some time ago, foundations for a new mill that will have a capacity of 250,000 feet daily are being rushed to completion. It is proposed to have the mill ready for sawing when spring opens.
In addition to the new mill a large box factory will be built by the company. Several carloads of machinery for the sawmill and box factory are now on the way to this city. All the machinery in both mill and box factory will be of the latest manufacture.
All arrangements for the complete reorganization of the Pelican Bay Lumber Company have been completed and the corporation will start operations next spring with abundant capital and efforts will be made toward making the mill one of the largest and best, as well as most successful, on the Pacific coast.
W.C. Landon, one of the foremost lumbermen of the state of Wisconsin, will be associated with the Pelican Bay Lumber company. The closing of the Barker & Stewart sawmill at Wausau, Wis., after 30 years' continuous operation enables Landon to sever his lumber connections in the middle west.
Landon visited Klamath Falls last summer and became much interested in the possibilities of this section for an experienced lumberman. He grew up in the business and understands the operation of sawmills and marketing of lumber thoroughly.
The operation of the Pelican Bay sawmill means much for Klamath Falls, on account of the large payroll, which will be greatly increased by the box factory. Lumbermen in Oregon are looking forward to a good season for the sale of lumber next year." (Sacramento Union)
In addition to the new mill a large box factory will be built by the company. Several carloads of machinery for the sawmill and box factory are now on the way to this city. All the machinery in both mill and box factory will be of the latest manufacture.
All arrangements for the complete reorganization of the Pelican Bay Lumber Company have been completed and the corporation will start operations next spring with abundant capital and efforts will be made toward making the mill one of the largest and best, as well as most successful, on the Pacific coast.
W.C. Landon, one of the foremost lumbermen of the state of Wisconsin, will be associated with the Pelican Bay Lumber company. The closing of the Barker & Stewart sawmill at Wausau, Wis., after 30 years' continuous operation enables Landon to sever his lumber connections in the middle west.
Landon visited Klamath Falls last summer and became much interested in the possibilities of this section for an experienced lumberman. He grew up in the business and understands the operation of sawmills and marketing of lumber thoroughly.
The operation of the Pelican Bay sawmill means much for Klamath Falls, on account of the large payroll, which will be greatly increased by the box factory. Lumbermen in Oregon are looking forward to a good season for the sale of lumber next year." (Sacramento Union)
October 5, 1914: "The first accident of the hunting season occurred Saturday at Pelican Bay Lumber company's saw mill, when Lloyd Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Thomas of this city accidently shot himself through the foot. He will lose two toes as a result.
Young Thomas is a born electrician, and would rather experiment with olms, volts and amperes than eat. It was a dynamo that brought about his injury.
This forenoon, Thomas, carrying the shotgun, was going by the ruins of the Pelican Bay mill, now in course of reconstruction. A dynamo was in operation, and resting the muzzle of the shotgun on his foot, Thomas stopped to watch it.
Presumably from the jar caused by the whirring mechanism, the shotgun was exploded, and the full charge struck the youth in the foot, blowing off two toes." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
Young Thomas is a born electrician, and would rather experiment with olms, volts and amperes than eat. It was a dynamo that brought about his injury.
This forenoon, Thomas, carrying the shotgun, was going by the ruins of the Pelican Bay mill, now in course of reconstruction. A dynamo was in operation, and resting the muzzle of the shotgun on his foot, Thomas stopped to watch it.
Presumably from the jar caused by the whirring mechanism, the shotgun was exploded, and the full charge struck the youth in the foot, blowing off two toes." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
October 5, 1914: "Petitions for the establishment of a road to make a more direct connection between Klamath Falls and Pelican City, the flourishing little community at the property of the Pelican Bay Lumber company, will be presented at the coming meeting of the county court. The notices are now posted.
This road, it is proposed, will leave the Shippington road near the old brick kiln." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
This road, it is proposed, will leave the Shippington road near the old brick kiln." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
October 25, 1914: “Work on the Pelican Bay Lumber Company's new sawmill is progressing very rapidly. The rafters have been put up and the erection of the sides will follow soon. It is the plan of F. Hill Hunter, who has charge of the construction, to carry on the interior work during the Winter.
While the present good weather lasts the mill will be enclosed and when it becomes colder the building will probably be artificially heated with stoves to prevent loss of time by workmen, and in this way the mill can be completed more rapidly. A car of material for construction work and machinery for the mill has recently been received.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
While the present good weather lasts the mill will be enclosed and when it becomes colder the building will probably be artificially heated with stoves to prevent loss of time by workmen, and in this way the mill can be completed more rapidly. A car of material for construction work and machinery for the mill has recently been received.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
October 26, 1914: "Great progress is being made in the erection of the new sawmill of the Pelican Bay Lumber company, replacing the mill destroyed by fire last summer. Already the rafters are up, and all is in readiness for putting up the side walls.
F. Hill Hunter, in charge of the construction of the plans, expects to continue work on the interior of the mill this winter. The building will be enclosed during this spell of splendid weather, and when winter sets in it is understood that stoves will be placed in the mill to enable workmen to work without any loss of time.
A car of machinery for the mill, or for use in construction has arrived." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
F. Hill Hunter, in charge of the construction of the plans, expects to continue work on the interior of the mill this winter. The building will be enclosed during this spell of splendid weather, and when winter sets in it is understood that stoves will be placed in the mill to enable workmen to work without any loss of time.
A car of machinery for the mill, or for use in construction has arrived." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
January 28, 1915: "Suffering with a crushed skull sustained yesterday while engaged in installing planing machinery at the Pelican Bay mill, Ed Nyberg is at the Blackburn Hospital in a very serious condition. Chances for his recovery are said to be very meager. Nyberg was foreman of the planing mill at the plant until it burned last Summer and was engaged yesterday in installing new machinery when a big roller caught his head between it and a shaft." (Klamath Falls Northwestern)
January 31, 1915: "After lingering since Wednesday forenoon with a crushed skull sustained while installing machinery at the Pelican Bay Lumber Company's mill, N. Edward Niberg passed away yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Blackburn Hospital. At no time since he was injured did Niberg regain consciousness. Mrs. Swanson of Stockton, an old friend of the deceased, arrived last evening, and will leave tomorrow with the remains." (Klamath Falls Northwestern)
February 13, 1915: "Three more carloads of new machinery were received by the Pelican Bay Lumber Company last night from Eastern Manufacturers. This equipment will join the thirteen carloads already received and installed at the mill site where the old mill burned last July. In the shipment brought in yesterday were two powerful stationery steam engines of 850 and 450 horsepower. Attached to these huge engines will be two mammoth flywheels 20 and 16 feet in diameter.
One car of yesterday's shipment contained nothing but steel framework which will be used in the fireproof engine room of the new and modernly safe factory. Besides the sixteen carloads of machinery and equipment now received, according to H. D. Mortenson, manager of the Pelican Bay Lumber Company, four or five carloads are yet to be shipped before the new factory is entirely fitted for sawing lumber." (Klamath Falls Northwestern)
One car of yesterday's shipment contained nothing but steel framework which will be used in the fireproof engine room of the new and modernly safe factory. Besides the sixteen carloads of machinery and equipment now received, according to H. D. Mortenson, manager of the Pelican Bay Lumber Company, four or five carloads are yet to be shipped before the new factory is entirely fitted for sawing lumber." (Klamath Falls Northwestern)
March 4, 1915: "The big eight-cylinder Cadallac automobile, recently purchased by H. D. Mortenson, president of Pelican Bay Lumber Company, is expected to arrive this evening. W. T. Lee, local agent for the Cadallac car, received a wire yesterday that the machine had been shipped from Portland Saturday. It is a 1915 model and will carry seven passengers comfortably." (Klamath Falls Northwestern)
April 7, 1915: "Electrical equipment for the new plant of the Pelican Bay Lumber Company is now arriving, and F. Hill Hunter of the Sawmill Construction Company in charge of the building of the mill, expects to have the plant ready for operation not later than May 1. This mill which replaces the plant burned last summer, is the largest in the county." (Cottage Grove Sentinel)
April 11, 1915: "The Pelican Bay Lumber Company of this city was yesterday awarded the purchase of 382,000,000 feet of timber in Crater and Paulina National forests, near here, when bids for the timber were opened at the office of the district forester in Portland. This information came last night in a telegram from Portland from H. D. Mortenson, president of the company to W. C. Landon, secretary of the company. Mr. Mortenson was present when the bids were opened.
The timber is in two units, one on Four-mile Creek and one in the Mt. Scott country. The stumpage price paid by the Pelican Bay company was approximately that specified in the call for bids, $3.00 per thousand feet for the Four-mile timber and $3.25 for the Mt Scott timber. It involves a total outlay of about a million and a quarter dollars.
The purchase of the timber by the Pelican Bay company means that the company now has approximately 425,000,000 feet of available timber, a supply sufficient to last 10 years. Logging of the Four-mile timber will begin this summer and the Mt. Scott timber will not be taken for two or three years.
When the Mt. Scott timber is cut, it will mean an extension of the Klamath branch of the Southern Pacific for about 20 miles beyond Kirk to handle the logs. It is stated on good authority that the railroad people have promised to have the line ready when Mr. Mortenson has the logs cut.
Steam will be turned on at the new Pelican Bay mill next Monday and the mill will be running full blast in about 10 days. It is one of the most modern structures of its kind on the Pacific coast, and has twice the capacity of the mill that burned a year ago. When the mill is in running order it is planned to have an open day that the people of this city may inspect it.
The payroll of the Pelican Bay Lumber company this year will be about $125,000 for the season." (Klamath Falls Northwestern)
The timber is in two units, one on Four-mile Creek and one in the Mt. Scott country. The stumpage price paid by the Pelican Bay company was approximately that specified in the call for bids, $3.00 per thousand feet for the Four-mile timber and $3.25 for the Mt Scott timber. It involves a total outlay of about a million and a quarter dollars.
The purchase of the timber by the Pelican Bay company means that the company now has approximately 425,000,000 feet of available timber, a supply sufficient to last 10 years. Logging of the Four-mile timber will begin this summer and the Mt. Scott timber will not be taken for two or three years.
When the Mt. Scott timber is cut, it will mean an extension of the Klamath branch of the Southern Pacific for about 20 miles beyond Kirk to handle the logs. It is stated on good authority that the railroad people have promised to have the line ready when Mr. Mortenson has the logs cut.
Steam will be turned on at the new Pelican Bay mill next Monday and the mill will be running full blast in about 10 days. It is one of the most modern structures of its kind on the Pacific coast, and has twice the capacity of the mill that burned a year ago. When the mill is in running order it is planned to have an open day that the people of this city may inspect it.
The payroll of the Pelican Bay Lumber company this year will be about $125,000 for the season." (Klamath Falls Northwestern)
April 14, 1915: "The machinery in the big sawmill just completed at Pelican City by the Pelican Bay Lumber Company was tried out yesterday and again this morning and tested thoroughly. Practically everything about the mill is in readiness to begin operations and it is expected that sawing of lumber will commence next Monday or thereabouts. Manager H. D. Mortenson plans to set aside a day for visitors after the mill begins to saw logs but this day has not been definitely decided.
The new mill has a capacity of 150,000 feet every ten hours. Lumber will be cut by twin band saws and logs will be brought into the mill on a single chute. A 650-horse power steam engine provides power for all machinery. If the new sawmill were to run day and night continuously it would cut during a season about 60,000,000 feet of lumber." (Klamath Falls Northwestern)
The new mill has a capacity of 150,000 feet every ten hours. Lumber will be cut by twin band saws and logs will be brought into the mill on a single chute. A 650-horse power steam engine provides power for all machinery. If the new sawmill were to run day and night continuously it would cut during a season about 60,000,000 feet of lumber." (Klamath Falls Northwestern)
May 19, 1915: "Emil Dreher, setter on one of the carriages at the Pelican Bay Lumber company's sawmill is confined to his home by a badly mashed foot, sustained by its getting caught in the gearing." (The Evening Herald)
June 6, 1915: "As the result of an accident, while working in the Pelican Bay Mill Tuesday, Reuben Dorr underwent an operation at the Blackburn Hospital for the amputation of the little finger of his left hand." (Klamath Falls Northwestern)
December 24, 1915: "Sawmill operations at the Pelican Bay Lumber Company's plant on Upper Klamath Lake stopped for the season of 1915 last Saturday night. The planing mill is still in operation, however. The old mill burned in July, 1914, and a new plant was put in operation last May.
Since that time it has turned out more than 29,000,000 feet of lumber. The Pelican Bay log pond is still full of logs, and there are several large rafts near by to be moved in as soon as the ice in the upper lake goes out next Spring, thus insuring an early start for the season of 1916." (Morning Oregonian)
Since that time it has turned out more than 29,000,000 feet of lumber. The Pelican Bay log pond is still full of logs, and there are several large rafts near by to be moved in as soon as the ice in the upper lake goes out next Spring, thus insuring an early start for the season of 1916." (Morning Oregonian)
March 6, 1916: "Sawing operations at the big double band mill of the Pelican Bay Lumber company are scheduled to start next Monday morning, according to W.C. Landon, manager of the big concern. During this season the company will cut 35,000,000 feet.
Preparatory to commencing work in the logging camps of the company around Upper Klamath Lake, members of the Pelican Bay company's woods forces left this morning for the tall and uncut, and others will depart in the morning.
A supply of logs is already on hand at the mill to permit a start of cutting while other logs are on their was to the mill from the woods. The mill is to run a ten-hour shift, turning out 150,000 feet of lumber daily.
Demand for lumber is so good at the present that the drying facilities at the Pelican Bay plant are taxed to their capacity. Prices are better now for upper grades than they have been for a long time." (The Evening Herald)
Preparatory to commencing work in the logging camps of the company around Upper Klamath Lake, members of the Pelican Bay company's woods forces left this morning for the tall and uncut, and others will depart in the morning.
A supply of logs is already on hand at the mill to permit a start of cutting while other logs are on their was to the mill from the woods. The mill is to run a ten-hour shift, turning out 150,000 feet of lumber daily.
Demand for lumber is so good at the present that the drying facilities at the Pelican Bay plant are taxed to their capacity. Prices are better now for upper grades than they have been for a long time." (The Evening Herald)
March 10, 1916: "The Pelican Bay Lumber company's sawmill will start with a partial crew tomorrow, to get the mill in shape for full operation Monday." (The Evening Herald)
September 7, 1916: "The sawmill of the Pelican Bay Lumber Company, of this city, the largest lumber plant in Klamath county, has been obliged to lay off its night shift of men for the reason that not enough men can be secured to run full force. Now that the night crew is not working, the men have been distributed to various positions among the day crew.
Other mills and logging camps are asking for men. Thus far they have been unable to obtain all the help needed. Advertisements are to no avail." (East Oregonian)
Other mills and logging camps are asking for men. Thus far they have been unable to obtain all the help needed. Advertisements are to no avail." (East Oregonian)
January 19, 1917: "W. G. Kahman, who formerly was connected with the McCloud River Lumber Co., has accepted the position of sales manager of the Pelican Bay Lumber company. His family are expected here this week. They will occupy the Wiley residence in the Hot Springs addition." (Klamath Record)
March 16, 1917: "The Pelican Bay mill has seven million feet of logs now in the water." (Klamath Record)
March 23, 1917: "John Naud of Salem arrived last week to take up his work in the Pelican Bay logging camp." & "Wm. Maguire is at one of the Pelican Bay camps on the upper lake getting ready for the summer's work. He took a blacksmith along with him and one of the first things to be done is to shoe 60 head of horses." (Klamath Record)
April 13, 1917: “The Pelican Bay Mill prepared to start their night shift Thursday but the top of the waste burner caved in and seemed advisable to saw only in the day time for a day or two.
It is thought however that the night crew will be put on some time this week. The mill started with a stock of 7 million feet of logs on hand and the delay in starting in the woods is not expected to make any difference in the season's cut.
Last year the night crew was only used a short time on account of a shortage of cars. As it was, however, the mill cut 48 million feet of lumber and the pay roll in the mill, woods and planing mill went as high as $80,000 in one month. If conditions are favorable this year the mill may reach the 75 million mark.” (The Weekly Klamath Record)
It is thought however that the night crew will be put on some time this week. The mill started with a stock of 7 million feet of logs on hand and the delay in starting in the woods is not expected to make any difference in the season's cut.
Last year the night crew was only used a short time on account of a shortage of cars. As it was, however, the mill cut 48 million feet of lumber and the pay roll in the mill, woods and planing mill went as high as $80,000 in one month. If conditions are favorable this year the mill may reach the 75 million mark.” (The Weekly Klamath Record)
April 23, 1917: "The Pelican Bay Lumber company started operations today in the lumber camp on Upper Klamath Lake, and although the full force is not on hand, every effort is being made by the company to secure the 300 hands necessary as soon as possible.
The steamer Klamath, belonging to the company, forced her way through last Saturday with a load of oil and supplies, thereby opening navigation on the lake. The steamer returned yesterday, and is making another trip up today.
The Pelican Bay mill has been running two shifts at the sawmill at Pelican City for some time now, having a supply of logs on hand from last season. Officials of the company state that they need more mill hands also at the mill." (The Evening Herald)
The steamer Klamath, belonging to the company, forced her way through last Saturday with a load of oil and supplies, thereby opening navigation on the lake. The steamer returned yesterday, and is making another trip up today.
The Pelican Bay mill has been running two shifts at the sawmill at Pelican City for some time now, having a supply of logs on hand from last season. Officials of the company state that they need more mill hands also at the mill." (The Evening Herald)
May 25, 1917: “Quite a number of mill men went to 'Pelican Bay' mill this morning to commence work.” (The Weekly Klamath Record)
November 23, 1917: "Jacob Mortenson, a well known lumberman of Chicago, and heavily interested in a number of extensive mill operations on the coast, is here on a visit with his son, H.D. Mortenson of the Pelican Bay Lumber company. He expects to leave Sunday, and will be taken to San Francisco by Mr. and Mrs. Mortenson in their car. Mr. and Mrs. Mortenson will remain in San Francisco a week before returning." (The Evening Herald)
April 1, 1919: "The plant of the Pelican Bay Lumber company, the most extensive sawmill and lumber establishment in Klamath Falls, began operations for the coming season Monday morning. The day crew went on at that time, but the night shift will not be put on for another week. A number of improvements have been installed during the winter season, one of the principal ones being an eight foot horizontal slab re-saw. This plant expects to continue their operations well into next December." (Ashland Tidings)
April 11, 1919: "The night shift at the Pelican Bay Lumber Company commenced work for the season the past week." (The Klamath Record)
August 3, 1919: "Sixty members of the Massachusetts Forestry association visited the big sawmills about Klamath Falls Wednesday, spending the afternoon at the immense plant of the Pelican Bay Lumber company, two miles north of Klamath Falls. They also inspected the lumbering operations of the Pelican Bay Lumber company at Scott creek." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
September 26, 1919: "The immense sawmill of the Pelican Bay Lumber company was destroyed by fire at 5 o'clock this morning and is a total loss. The capacity was 300,000 feet daily. Considerable insurance was carried. A mill of this company on the same spot was burned in June, 1913.
The dry kiln, planing mill and a half million dollar lumber stock were saved. The fire started next to the burner, probably from a spark." (Oregon City Enterprise)
The dry kiln, planing mill and a half million dollar lumber stock were saved. The fire started next to the burner, probably from a spark." (Oregon City Enterprise)