PELICAN BAY LBR CO - 1920's
September 30, 1920: “Klamath Falls, Ore.---Seven thousand acres of Klamath Indian reservation land has been purchased by the Pelican Bay Lumber company from the Soper-Wheeler company of Portland. The tract adjoins acreage now being logged by the former concern.” (Silver Lake Leader and Lake County Tribune)
May 3, 1921: "Announcement has been made that the sawmill of the Pelican Bay Lumber company, one of the largest concerns in this section, will resume operations at once. Present plans calling for one shift are awaiting the return of Superintendent H. D. Mortenson, who is in San Francisco. Resumption of operations at this mill means an addition of about 40 men to the payroll." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
March 14, 1925: "The Pelican Bay Lumber Company revised and enlarged its mill during the shut-down period." (The Sacramento Bee)
March 23, 1925: "Gilbert Wicks and Billy Breen left for Pelican Bay's logging camps Wednesday. They will run the jammer. Wicks being an engineer and Breen a top loader." (The Evening Herald)
April 20, 1925: "Pelican Bay Lumber company started a night shift in the box factory Sunday evening. The shift runs four cut-off saws." (The Evening Herald)
April 30, 1925: “Klamath Falls---Pelican Bay Co. pays $4.25 per M for sugar and yellow pine tract in Crater national forest.” (Silver Lake Leader and Lake County Tribune)
August 1925: "Pelican Bay Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, with plant located at Pelican City, is steadily enlarging. The new planing mill began operating in June. Equipment in this unit was rearranged and some new machines installed, which has increased the facilities greatly. Percy electric dogs have been placed on the carriages on both sides of the sawmill for an efficiency tryout. Another dry shed, 100x100 feet, will be constructed, making four such units at this plant. Manager Horace Bridgeford says the general trade outlook indicates much better prices. The mill will cut around 65 million feet this year. New fire pumping equipment has been installed on three of the locomotives. Camp one was moved to a new location about the first of July. The company has about 30 miles of main line logging road and rails logs 70 miles to the mill. President H. D. Mortenson has been spending some time in San Francisco." (The Timberman)
October 7, 1925: "Additional space to care for finished lumber now piled in the yards is under construction at the yards of the Pelican Bay Lumber company.
One mammoth shed has been completed, 112x120.
Work has begun on construction of another one, 100x112, adjoining the present shed next to the planer. The old shed will continue to be used for the storage of shop and box.
One of the new sheds, when completed, will be used for the storage of siding.
Much finished lumber is now stored in the yards adjacent to the shed now under construction." (The Evening Herald)
One mammoth shed has been completed, 112x120.
Work has begun on construction of another one, 100x112, adjoining the present shed next to the planer. The old shed will continue to be used for the storage of shop and box.
One of the new sheds, when completed, will be used for the storage of siding.
Much finished lumber is now stored in the yards adjacent to the shed now under construction." (The Evening Herald)
March 25, 1926: "Pelican Bay sawmill starts two shifts, 300 men to cut 70,000,000 feet this year." (The Maupin Times)