PINE TREE LUMBER COMPANY
Modoc Point
Continued from: Meadow Lake Lumber Company
May 2, 1913: "The bid of the Pine Tree Lumber company for 23,000,000 feet of Indian timber to be sold was the only one that is to be considered by the Indian bureau, following the opening of bids Thursday. The company's bid is conditional, and the matter will be taken up with the bureau at once for approval or rejection.
The Pine Tree Lumber company was the only concern to make a bid on the entire tract. Others made bids for certain percentages only.
The area from which the timber is to be sold is in the vicinity of the railroad, where it can be easily logged. It embraces 47 allotments.
The conditional bids of the Pine Tree Lumber company are as follows:
If more than 95 per cent of the allottees will sign articles to insure the purchaser, $2.05 per 1,000 feet; 90 to 95 per cent signing, $2.03; less than 90 percent signing, $2.00 per 1,000 feet.
This is the first big sale of Indian timber this year. The next one will effect 50,000,000 feet of timber. Bids for the second lot of timber will be opened June 2.
Persons successful in purchasing Indian timber are given six years in which to cut and remove the trees from the reservation.
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The Pine Tree Lumber company is a Portland concern that commenced operations here this spring by taking over the Meadow Lake Lumber company's mill. It has been known here for some time that if successful in securing the Indian timber for which bids have just been opened they would move the Meadow Lake mill to the reservation later in the year.
Hugh Maguire and T. B. Whipple, who are connected with the company, are here from Portland. They are at Fort Klamath and the Klamath Agency today." (The Evening Herald)
The Pine Tree Lumber company was the only concern to make a bid on the entire tract. Others made bids for certain percentages only.
The area from which the timber is to be sold is in the vicinity of the railroad, where it can be easily logged. It embraces 47 allotments.
The conditional bids of the Pine Tree Lumber company are as follows:
If more than 95 per cent of the allottees will sign articles to insure the purchaser, $2.05 per 1,000 feet; 90 to 95 per cent signing, $2.03; less than 90 percent signing, $2.00 per 1,000 feet.
This is the first big sale of Indian timber this year. The next one will effect 50,000,000 feet of timber. Bids for the second lot of timber will be opened June 2.
Persons successful in purchasing Indian timber are given six years in which to cut and remove the trees from the reservation.
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The Pine Tree Lumber company is a Portland concern that commenced operations here this spring by taking over the Meadow Lake Lumber company's mill. It has been known here for some time that if successful in securing the Indian timber for which bids have just been opened they would move the Meadow Lake mill to the reservation later in the year.
Hugh Maguire and T. B. Whipple, who are connected with the company, are here from Portland. They are at Fort Klamath and the Klamath Agency today." (The Evening Herald)
May 2, 1913: "The Pine Tree Lumber company is a Portland concern that commenced operations here this spring by taking over the Meadow Lake Lumber company's mill. It has been known here for some time that if successful in securing the Indian timber for which bids have just been opened they would move the Meadow Lake mill to the reservation later in the year." (The Evening Herald)
May 29, 1913: "The Indian bureau has approved of the bid of the Pine Tree Lumber company for the tract of 23,000,000 feet of Indian timber offered for sale a short time ago, according to Indian Agent Edson Watson, who is visiting Klamath Falls today.
A special contract will be signed by the company within a few days. The timber is in the vicinity of Chiloquin, not far from the railroad." (Klamath Republican)
A special contract will be signed by the company within a few days. The timber is in the vicinity of Chiloquin, not far from the railroad." (Klamath Republican)
June 14, 1913: “Mr. Fred Daniels and Mr. Fred Blakely, loggers from the Pine Tree Lumber Company of Meadow Lake, were in the city yesterday getting provisions and having their logging wagons repaired.” (The Klamath Falls North Western)
July 17, 1913: "T. B. Whipple and Hugh McGuire of Portland are here on a business trip. They are interested in the Pine Tree Lumber company, which recently purchased a tract of timber on the Klamath reservation." (Klamath Republican)
July 20, 1913: “Mr. C.F. Blakely, of the Pine Tree Lumber Company in Swan Lake Valley, was attending to business matters in Klamath Falls yesterday.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
July 1913: "Pine Tree Lumber Co., which was organized in April, took over the plant of the Meadow Lake Lumber Co., located about six miles east of Klamath Falls. This company has about finished cutting at its present location and the plant will be removed to Modoc Point, on Upper Klamath Lake, and on the Natron cut-off of the Southern Pacific. A tract of about 23 million feet of allotment land timber in the reservation has been procured. Modern facilities for logging will be installed and the capacity of the plant will be increased to about 50,000 feet per day. The Pine Tree Lumber Co. is composed of Hugh McGuire, T.N. Stoppenback and T.B. Whipple, of Portland." (The Timberman, Vol. 14)
August 16, 1913: “Mr. C. H. Smith, manager of the Pine Tree Lumber Company of Meadow Lake, is spending a few days in this city on business.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
August 19, 1913: “Mr. L. Louden, who is hauling lumber to this city from Meadow Lake, hauled a load containing 3,700 feet with two horses yesterday. This is the largest load ever brought over the same road with two horses.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
September 4, 1913: "The sawmill building occupied by the Meadow Lake Lumber company was burned to the ground Tuesday night, and the mill cut, amounting to about 1,500,000 feet, was saved only after a hard fight, which lasted until late this afternoon.
The details regarding the fire cannot be obtained here, owing to the lack of telephone communication, following the fire. Nothing has been learned as to the origin of the fire.
Some time ago the Meadow Lake Lumber company disposed of its plant to the Pine Tree Lumber company. At that time, the latter concern purchased several million feet of standing timber on the Klamath reservation, and announced its intention of moving the plant there as soon as the run was finished at Meadow Lake.
The dismantling of the plant commenced some time ago, and the engine and boiler were well on their way toward the reservation. It was reported that the saws were still in the building, and were destroyed, but this has not been confirmed.
The greatest danger threatened the lumber cut this summer, which was sold to Goeller & Son of this city. Last night a crew of men was dispatched there, and this force was inforced by another crew this morning.
Late on Wednesday word was received that the greater part of the lumber would be saved. Additional teams were sent to the scene of the fire today." (Klamath Republican)
The details regarding the fire cannot be obtained here, owing to the lack of telephone communication, following the fire. Nothing has been learned as to the origin of the fire.
Some time ago the Meadow Lake Lumber company disposed of its plant to the Pine Tree Lumber company. At that time, the latter concern purchased several million feet of standing timber on the Klamath reservation, and announced its intention of moving the plant there as soon as the run was finished at Meadow Lake.
The dismantling of the plant commenced some time ago, and the engine and boiler were well on their way toward the reservation. It was reported that the saws were still in the building, and were destroyed, but this has not been confirmed.
The greatest danger threatened the lumber cut this summer, which was sold to Goeller & Son of this city. Last night a crew of men was dispatched there, and this force was inforced by another crew this morning.
Late on Wednesday word was received that the greater part of the lumber would be saved. Additional teams were sent to the scene of the fire today." (Klamath Republican)
September 5, 1913: "The Meadow Lake Sawmill, three miles from Klamath Falls, was burned to the ground yesterday.
There was no water pressure and 1,500,000 feet of sawed lumber was lost.
The plant has been torn up and the machinery moved before the fire. The loss is about $25,000." (Morning Union)
There was no water pressure and 1,500,000 feet of sawed lumber was lost.
The plant has been torn up and the machinery moved before the fire. The loss is about $25,000." (Morning Union)
September 6, 1913: “Charles L. Smith, manager of the Pine Tree Lumber Company, will leave this morning for Portland to confer with others interested in the company in regard to the rebuilding of the company's plant. Much of the plant was burned at Meadow Lake Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
The company holds considerable timber in the southern end of the Klamath reservation and plans were being laid to erect the new mill a few miles above Naylox. Moving of the machinery was under way when the fire occurred so that much of it escaped injury by the blaze. The loss has been approximated at $5000.
Goeller & Son of this city were also losers from the fire as between 10,000 to 12,000 feet of lumber belonging to them was destroyed.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
The company holds considerable timber in the southern end of the Klamath reservation and plans were being laid to erect the new mill a few miles above Naylox. Moving of the machinery was under way when the fire occurred so that much of it escaped injury by the blaze. The loss has been approximated at $5000.
Goeller & Son of this city were also losers from the fire as between 10,000 to 12,000 feet of lumber belonging to them was destroyed.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
September 18, 1913: "Alleging that J. E. Edsall has taken horses, wagon, harness, etc., belonging to them, and has refused to return them, although asked to do so, the Pine Tree Lumber company has commenced a suit for recovery. E. L. Elliott is attorney for the lumber concern.
The value of the chattels taken by Ensall is placed at $900 by the company. In addition, they ask $100 damages for the inconvenience caused by the absence of the property." (Klamath Republican)
The value of the chattels taken by Ensall is placed at $900 by the company. In addition, they ask $100 damages for the inconvenience caused by the absence of the property." (Klamath Republican)
October 8, 1913: “A. J. Kroenert of Portland, head of the Pine Tree Lumber Company, whose mill in Meadow Lake burned a few weeks ago, is in the city in an effort to make arrangements with the government that will permit his company to build a new mill. It is the plan of the company, provided enough timber can be secured to warrant a mill and a filing can be secured on the proposed site, to erect a modern mill at Modoc Point near the upper lake. The mill if erected, will be of at least 80,000 feet capacity.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
October 29, 1913: “John Hessig, the local telephone magnate, will go to Lelu, on the Southern Pacific line about half way between Fort Klamath and Klamath Falls, today where he is to install telephones for the Pine Tree Lumber Company, which is now working on the new sawmill plant to be erected there.
The mill is to be at the north end of Modoc Point where the railroad crosses the main Fort Klamath wagon road. When completed it is to be of larger capacity than the Pelican Bay mill which will cut 250,000 feet of lumber daily. The company has closed deals for considerable timber on the Reservation and is negotiating for other large tracts for use at this mill. Both the railroad and lake will be utilized in getting timber to the mill and it is expected that Williamson River and other reservation streams will be used in floating logs from the big timber belts back to the mill site.
A large crew of men has already started work on the foundation for the mill and buildings to be used in connection. These will be kept busy all winter in constructing homes for the employes, cook house and other necessary structures. Land has been leased from the Indian owner for this purpose.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
The mill is to be at the north end of Modoc Point where the railroad crosses the main Fort Klamath wagon road. When completed it is to be of larger capacity than the Pelican Bay mill which will cut 250,000 feet of lumber daily. The company has closed deals for considerable timber on the Reservation and is negotiating for other large tracts for use at this mill. Both the railroad and lake will be utilized in getting timber to the mill and it is expected that Williamson River and other reservation streams will be used in floating logs from the big timber belts back to the mill site.
A large crew of men has already started work on the foundation for the mill and buildings to be used in connection. These will be kept busy all winter in constructing homes for the employes, cook house and other necessary structures. Land has been leased from the Indian owner for this purpose.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
October 30, 1913: "There are prospects of another sawmill to be erected at Modoc Point, as workmen are erecting houses in which to store the plant of the Pine Tree Lumber company over the winter. This company is figuring with the government for the purchase of 16,000,000 feet of Indian timber on the west sided of of Williamson River. The deal involves the right of the company to drive logs down Williamson River to the proposed mill site. Whether the mill is built or not depends upon the action of the department of the interior in this respect, as some of the Indians are making objections to the use of the river for driving." (Klamath Republican)
November 19, 1913: “Mr. A. J. Kroenert, head of the Pine Tree Lumber Company, arrived from his home in Portland last night to confer with Local Manager Charles Smith.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
December 27, 1913: “To get around the recent order rescinding logging operations by Indian Commissioner Sells, a contract permitting the Pine Tree Lumber Company to put in improvements on Sprague and Williamson Rivers, in accordance with a State law passed in 1889, by the Klamath County Court was filed yesterday afternoon with County Clerk C. R. DeLap. The lumber company is permitted, under the contract to charge a toll of 75 cents per 1000 feet for transporting and booming logs on these rivers in return for putting them in condition for logging purposes by dredging and blasting out the river beds. The contract covers fifteen years. A bond for $2000 was furnished by the company to guarantee faithful observation of the contract.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
March 14, 1914: “There will be railroad building in Klamath at once regardless of whether the Harriman or Hill systems decide to push their roads through here, according to an announcement last night from the Pine Tree Lumber Company.
Word comes from reliable sources that a right-of-way was granted yesterday in Washington to this company to construct several miles of road across the Klamath Indian Reservation. Just how extensive this road is to be could not be learned as Manager Smith is out of the city.
The company is now constructing a big mill at Modoc Point. The road is to be operated in hauling logs from its holdings on the Reservation to this mill. When it was learned that there was little chance to get a reversal of the decision closing Williamson and Sprague Rivers to logging the management of this company applied to the Indian Bureau for a right-of-way for its own railroad, and this, it is said, has been granted.
Manager Smith left yesterday for the mill. It is announced that he will establish camps and just as soon as equipment can be rushed here from Portland will commence on the logging railroad.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
Word comes from reliable sources that a right-of-way was granted yesterday in Washington to this company to construct several miles of road across the Klamath Indian Reservation. Just how extensive this road is to be could not be learned as Manager Smith is out of the city.
The company is now constructing a big mill at Modoc Point. The road is to be operated in hauling logs from its holdings on the Reservation to this mill. When it was learned that there was little chance to get a reversal of the decision closing Williamson and Sprague Rivers to logging the management of this company applied to the Indian Bureau for a right-of-way for its own railroad, and this, it is said, has been granted.
Manager Smith left yesterday for the mill. It is announced that he will establish camps and just as soon as equipment can be rushed here from Portland will commence on the logging railroad.” (The Klamath Falls Northwestern)
March 16, 1914: "We wonder if the Pine Tree Lumber company will build a railroad to the Fort. The company owns some pine timber north of this place." (The Semi-Weekly Herald)
March 16, 1914: "Word comes from a reliable source that right-of-way has been granted in Washington to the Pine Tree Lumber Company to construct several miles of railroad across the Klamath Indian Reservation for logging purposes.
The company is now constructing a large mill at Modoc Point. When it was learned that there was little chance to get a reversal of the decision closing Williamson and Sprague Rivers to logging, the management of this company applied to the Indian Bureau for a right-of-way." (The Sacramento Bee)
The company is now constructing a large mill at Modoc Point. When it was learned that there was little chance to get a reversal of the decision closing Williamson and Sprague Rivers to logging, the management of this company applied to the Indian Bureau for a right-of-way." (The Sacramento Bee)
Site continued to: Lamm Lumber Company