WEYERHAEUSER TIMBER CO. - 1920-s
December 11, 1926: "Weyerhaeuser Timber company promises to construct Klamath sawmill when Oregon Trunk railroad builds here from Bend." (The Oregon Statesman)
April 28, 1927: “J.P. Weyerheauser, head of the Weyerheauser Timber Company, travelling in a large private automobile and accompanied by one of the largest stockholders of that company, visited Klamath Falls last Monday and Tuesday.
In an interview with a local newspaperman Weyerheauser definitely stated not only that his company expected to build a mill in Klamath County but, also, that they expected to begin work within a very short time.
To those who know the intimate connection between the Weyerheauser timber interests and the Hill railway lines Weyerheauser's visit here at this time and his very definite statement that a mill would be built soon is of great significance.
The site for the proposed mill, which is said, will be the largest in the northwest---which may mean the largest in the world---is four miles south of Klamath Falls. In the railway hearing in Portland, the superintendent of the Weyerheauser Company stated that this mill when built would employ 1,000 heads of families. There seems but little doubt that there will spring up near this mill a city of 5,000 people, a southern extension of Klamath Falls into the irrigated territory.
The coming of the Weyerheauser interests will mean to the farmers of this section a vastly increased local market just as sure as the building of a James' line from Klamath Falls to a California connect ion will make the Klamath Basin the greatest agricultural section of like area in the west.” (The Malin Progress)
In an interview with a local newspaperman Weyerheauser definitely stated not only that his company expected to build a mill in Klamath County but, also, that they expected to begin work within a very short time.
To those who know the intimate connection between the Weyerheauser timber interests and the Hill railway lines Weyerheauser's visit here at this time and his very definite statement that a mill would be built soon is of great significance.
The site for the proposed mill, which is said, will be the largest in the northwest---which may mean the largest in the world---is four miles south of Klamath Falls. In the railway hearing in Portland, the superintendent of the Weyerheauser Company stated that this mill when built would employ 1,000 heads of families. There seems but little doubt that there will spring up near this mill a city of 5,000 people, a southern extension of Klamath Falls into the irrigated territory.
The coming of the Weyerheauser interests will mean to the farmers of this section a vastly increased local market just as sure as the building of a James' line from Klamath Falls to a California connect ion will make the Klamath Basin the greatest agricultural section of like area in the west.” (The Malin Progress)
November 18, 1927: "Beginning of construction on the huge sawmill which the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company proposes to build in Klamath Falls, was foreshadowed here this week with the arrival of Ralph R. McCartney, who is to be resident engineer for the company.
McCartney will be in charge of preliminary work incidental to actual commencement of mill work, which, according to George Long, general manager for Weyerhaeuser who was here from Tacoma, Wash., last week, will start in the near future.
Long is expected back here this week to make full announcement concerning the sawmill, site for which is two miles south of Klamath Falls. The proposed mill will be one of the largest in Oregon, Long stated, and will be a duplicate of the company's big plant at Everett, Wash.
Long said the capacity will be 100,000,000 feet yearly." (The Sacramento Bee)
McCartney will be in charge of preliminary work incidental to actual commencement of mill work, which, according to George Long, general manager for Weyerhaeuser who was here from Tacoma, Wash., last week, will start in the near future.
Long is expected back here this week to make full announcement concerning the sawmill, site for which is two miles south of Klamath Falls. The proposed mill will be one of the largest in Oregon, Long stated, and will be a duplicate of the company's big plant at Everett, Wash.
Long said the capacity will be 100,000,000 feet yearly." (The Sacramento Bee)
November 26, 1927: "In line with the announcement in this week's Advocate that the Great Northern Railroad Co. has decided to build its line as far as Klamath Falls, Ore., comes the news that George Long, prominent official of the Weyerhaeuser Lumber company, recently affirmed intention to construct a mammoth mill with 100,000,000 feet capacity on the Klamath river, four miles south of Klamath Falls. The Weyerhaeuser Timber company owns more than 200,000 acres of timber land in the Klamath basin.
It is understood that work on the site for the mill will be started within six weeks or two months." (Blue Lake Advocate)
It is understood that work on the site for the mill will be started within six weeks or two months." (Blue Lake Advocate)
December 19, 1929: “The Weyerhaueser mill, with a capacity of 50,000 feet of lumber per hour, 1,200,000 feet per day, more than a third of a billion feet per year, will go into operation today.
Beginning last Monday morning one machine after another of this vast lumber manufacturing plant has been put into service and by the end of the week the entire plant will be operating although full capacity will not be attained for some months yet.
By the time lumbering operations are fully under way for 1930 this mill will increase the flow of Klamath lumber into the markets of the world by about sixty per cent.” (The Klamath Basin Progress)
Beginning last Monday morning one machine after another of this vast lumber manufacturing plant has been put into service and by the end of the week the entire plant will be operating although full capacity will not be attained for some months yet.
By the time lumbering operations are fully under way for 1930 this mill will increase the flow of Klamath lumber into the markets of the world by about sixty per cent.” (The Klamath Basin Progress)