WOODCOCK SAWMILL
Bly
July 27, 1935: "Construction of a new mill at Bly was assured Friday.
It was announced that C.W. Woodcock, old-time Klamath operator and more recently of Lakeview, has purchased a 40-acre site on the east side of Bly from J.C. Edsall and the T.N. Edsall estate, and will construct a mill of about 40,000 feet daily capacity. The deal was handled through the M.L. Johnson agency here.
Construction of the mill will start immediately.
Woodcock recently has been with the Woodcock Lumber company, of Lakeview, but has disposed of his holdings there. He came to the Klamath country from Grants Pass. Woodcock is regarded as one of the ablest small mill operators in this area." (The Klamath News)
It was announced that C.W. Woodcock, old-time Klamath operator and more recently of Lakeview, has purchased a 40-acre site on the east side of Bly from J.C. Edsall and the T.N. Edsall estate, and will construct a mill of about 40,000 feet daily capacity. The deal was handled through the M.L. Johnson agency here.
Construction of the mill will start immediately.
Woodcock recently has been with the Woodcock Lumber company, of Lakeview, but has disposed of his holdings there. He came to the Klamath country from Grants Pass. Woodcock is regarded as one of the ablest small mill operators in this area." (The Klamath News)
September 7, 1935: "With the construction of a new mill and a CCC camp which will be occupied by 200 recruits, new cabins, an increased population, new business houses. Bly found itself with a boom on in the last few weeks.
Copco men were immediately detailed to Bly to run a complete new power line here and install numerous new transformers about the town, as well as the new CCC location and the Woodcock mill." (The Klamath News)
Copco men were immediately detailed to Bly to run a complete new power line here and install numerous new transformers about the town, as well as the new CCC location and the Woodcock mill." (The Klamath News)
March 13, 1936: "Wes Woodcock, proprietor of the mill established at Bly last summer, is in San Francisco, and is expected to start his operations at Bly before long." (The Evening Herald)
June 16, 1936: "Ray C. Tankley, employe of the Woodcock mill near Bly, received a badly fractured leg in an accident which occurred at the mill Monday morning. He was taken to Klamath Valley hospital for treatment." (The Klamath News)
July 1, 1936: "The Woodcock mill resumed operations early last week. This makes all mills at Bly in operation. Crane mills, Weyerhaeuser and Metler brothers are all running two shifts. Living accommodations are at a premium. Between 30 and 40 new houses have been completed or are in the course of construction." (The Klamath News)
December 17, 1936: "With the closing of Crane Mills, Ivory Pine mill and Woodcock mill, Bly finished one of the longest and busiest lumber seasons it has so far witnessed.
Woodcock mill finished their contract with Kesterson logging camp a week ago." (The Klamath News)
Woodcock mill finished their contract with Kesterson logging camp a week ago." (The Klamath News)
February 27, 1937: "Woodcock mill is undergoing repairs." (The Klamath News)
February 27, 1938: "S.A. Woodcock has returned from Grants Pass and repairing the Woodcock mill in preparation of operations in the spring." (The Klamath News)
June 19, 1938: "H.R. Crane started operations at the Woodcock mill Thursday of last week with a day shift. Four logging trucks were added to the seven already hauling to supply logs for both mills." (The Klamath News)
May 13, 1939: "Sale of the Woodcock Lumber company mill at Bly to A.P. Heup, Klamath county lumberman, has been completed.
Heup has taken over operations of the mill and Q.A. Woodcock will remain as mill superintendent, it was announced.
Consideration was not announced, although it is understood to be in the neighborhood of $20,000. Heup is now remodeling the mill and plans now include the operation of two shifts with a capacity of between 10 and 12 million feet per year.
The Woodcock mill a single band saw plant, was built in 1936. It was first operated by C.W. Woodcock, later by Shelby Bailey of Lakeview and last year by Q.A. Woodcock.
In 1937 the mill sawed for the Crane mills and in 1938 for the Forest Lumber company at Pine Ridge. This year Heup plans to market his own lumber, it was learned.
Heup was formerly connected with the Kesterson Lumber company of Klamath Falls as secretary. He is a veteran millman and for the past six months has been in California with his family looking after lumber interests there." (The Evening Herald)
Heup has taken over operations of the mill and Q.A. Woodcock will remain as mill superintendent, it was announced.
Consideration was not announced, although it is understood to be in the neighborhood of $20,000. Heup is now remodeling the mill and plans now include the operation of two shifts with a capacity of between 10 and 12 million feet per year.
The Woodcock mill a single band saw plant, was built in 1936. It was first operated by C.W. Woodcock, later by Shelby Bailey of Lakeview and last year by Q.A. Woodcock.
In 1937 the mill sawed for the Crane mills and in 1938 for the Forest Lumber company at Pine Ridge. This year Heup plans to market his own lumber, it was learned.
Heup was formerly connected with the Kesterson Lumber company of Klamath Falls as secretary. He is a veteran millman and for the past six months has been in California with his family looking after lumber interests there." (The Evening Herald)
December 30, 1939: "The Woodcock mill at Bly went up in smoke." (The Evening Herald)