SHAW-BERTRAM LUMBER COMPANY
Lake Ewauna
October 15, 1920: "Another big sawmill will be slicing Klamath pine by spring is the news carried by the announcement that the Shaw-Bertram lumber company, an organization composed of experienced Oregon lumbermen, has purchased a site on the southern edge of Lake Ewauna, just west of the Chelsea box factory and already have a couple of carloads of material and machinery on the ground.
The site consists of 70 acres purchased from Mrs. Margaret Barney of Milwaukee, Wis., who still owns 169 acres adjoining. The deal was handled for Mrs. Barney by William Bray but does not include any of the acreage owned by Mr. Bray in the same vicinity.
Work on the mill will start at once, it was announced. It is planned to install a circular outfit, with a daily capacity of 50,000 feet to start with, but the program of development contemplates a plant expansion that will eventually make the mill one of the largest in the country.
J.R. Shaw, president of the new company, is one of the leading lumbermen of the state. For years he was general manager for the Hammond Lumber company of Portland, a company in the foremost ranks of northwest manufacturers. He was also connected with the Gootch lumber company of Marshfield, as were his associates, W.A. Smith, vice president, W.J. Bertram, treasurer, and A.W. Norblad, secretary. Mr. Norblad's home is in Astoria, and he is state senator from this district.
The company recently was awarded, government sale, the timber in the Solomon unit on the Klamath reservation. The tract contains, it is estimated, 150,000,000 feet, which will all be milled at the local plant." (The Evening Herald)
The site consists of 70 acres purchased from Mrs. Margaret Barney of Milwaukee, Wis., who still owns 169 acres adjoining. The deal was handled for Mrs. Barney by William Bray but does not include any of the acreage owned by Mr. Bray in the same vicinity.
Work on the mill will start at once, it was announced. It is planned to install a circular outfit, with a daily capacity of 50,000 feet to start with, but the program of development contemplates a plant expansion that will eventually make the mill one of the largest in the country.
J.R. Shaw, president of the new company, is one of the leading lumbermen of the state. For years he was general manager for the Hammond Lumber company of Portland, a company in the foremost ranks of northwest manufacturers. He was also connected with the Gootch lumber company of Marshfield, as were his associates, W.A. Smith, vice president, W.J. Bertram, treasurer, and A.W. Norblad, secretary. Mr. Norblad's home is in Astoria, and he is state senator from this district.
The company recently was awarded, government sale, the timber in the Solomon unit on the Klamath reservation. The tract contains, it is estimated, 150,000,000 feet, which will all be milled at the local plant." (The Evening Herald)
April 8, 1922: "The sawmill of the Shaw-Bertram Lumber Company here started operations this morning on a ten-hour basis with twenty-five men employed. This is the first attempt made to resume operations since the strike was declared March 1st and is the first sawmill to resume this season." (Blue Lake Advocate)
September 1922: "A night shift of thirty men was added August 7 at the Shaw-Bertram mill, Klamath Falls. The working day at the plant was reduced at the same time from ten to nine hours. J.R. Shaw of the company was formerly manager of the Hammond mill, Mill City." (Four L Bulletin)
March 14, 1923: "The Shaw-Bertram Lumber Company sawmill near here has resumed with one shift employed. By the first week of April it will be running two shifts with eighty men employed at the plant and yards, cutting 110,000 feet daily.
The company expects this year to cut 20,000,000 feet. A new nine-foot bandmill has been installed and yard room has been arranged for from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 feet of lumber." (The Sacramento Bee)
The company expects this year to cut 20,000,000 feet. A new nine-foot bandmill has been installed and yard room has been arranged for from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 feet of lumber." (The Sacramento Bee)
November 13, 1924: “Klamath Falls---Shaw-Bertram Co. will build $60,000 box factory.” (Silver Lake Leader and Lake County Tribune)
March 14, 1925: "The Shaw-Bertram Company has entirely rebuilt the box factory formerly owned by Chelsea Box Company, which burned last year." (The Sacramento Bee)
March 23, 1925: "Shaw-Bertram expects to have its new lath mill in operation this week. The new resaw will not be in operation for perhaps two weeks.
The box factory building is completed, and ready for machinery, and work is progressing rapidly on the new dwelling houses, which will probably be completed in a day or two."
& "Shaw-Bertram camp is averaging sixteen cars of logs per day." (The Evening Herald)
The box factory building is completed, and ready for machinery, and work is progressing rapidly on the new dwelling houses, which will probably be completed in a day or two."
& "Shaw-Bertram camp is averaging sixteen cars of logs per day." (The Evening Herald)
April 6, 1925: "Charlie McCandliss is sawing for the Shaw-Berthram company, replacing Charlie Washburn." (The Evening Herald)
August 1925: "Shaw-Bertram Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, began operating its new box factory late in May, and has operated two shifts during the season. The factory is located some distance from the sawmill, as is the planing mill, which is a feature in safeguarding the several units of the plant in case of fire. The factory has a cutting-up capacity of a million and a half feet per month. The main factory building is 60x150 feet, with an adjoining warehouse 50x120 feet. J. A. Mitchell is foreman of the box factory. The sawmill is cutting around 160,000 feet per day and will produce about thirty million feet this year, on a nine months' run. The planing mill is putting through about 65,000 feet per day. A new two-side surfacer will be installed. The company operates 13 miles of main line logging railroad from its camps to Kirk, and rails the logs via Southern Pacific 50 miles to the mill. A new planing mill may be installed later." (The Timberman)
September 25, 1925: “William Holt, engineer at the Shaw-Bertram camp, who was fatally injured September 10th when the crown sheet of his engine blew off, died at the General Hospital in Klamath Falls Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
Mr. Holt was about 50 years of age and had been in the employ of the company for several years.
Mrs. Holt, who was in San Diego at the time of the accident, hastened to Klamath Falls in response to a wire informing her of the accident to her husband, but his injuries were such that he could not possibly survive.
Bud South, and Lafe Potter, the two other men who were injured in the engine explosion, are reported as recovering from their wounds.” (The Chiloquin Review)
Mr. Holt was about 50 years of age and had been in the employ of the company for several years.
Mrs. Holt, who was in San Diego at the time of the accident, hastened to Klamath Falls in response to a wire informing her of the accident to her husband, but his injuries were such that he could not possibly survive.
Bud South, and Lafe Potter, the two other men who were injured in the engine explosion, are reported as recovering from their wounds.” (The Chiloquin Review)
February 27, 1926: "With the mill of the Shaw-Bertram Lumber Company scheduled to begin its season's run Monday, officials of the company indicated yesterday that the camp would be in full swing in about two more weeks.
First of the crews of fallers and buckers will be sent to the woods Monday. A night shift may be added at the mill on March 1st." (The Sacramento Bee)
First of the crews of fallers and buckers will be sent to the woods Monday. A night shift may be added at the mill on March 1st." (The Sacramento Bee)
July 19, 1928: "Within three miles to the northwest of the Chemult station is located the logging camp of the Shaw Bertram Lumber company. There are about 80 men employed in this camp now and there probably will be 200 within the coming year. A logging railroad has been extended into the timber west of Chemult and the operations of the company are expected to continue at least three years in that locality." (Klamath County Courier)