New Welrerhaeuser Pine Mill at Klamath Falls Now OPeratin$

t / Climaxing two years of site preparation and construc- tion work, ihe new mill of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company at Klamath Falls, Oregon, was put into operatiou late in December.

This is the first mill of the Weyerhaeuser producing and distributing affiliation to cut California sugar pine' which is a true sfecies of genuine rvhite pine. And thus another new product is addid to the list of 15 spec-ies which the Weye'rhaeuser grollP is supplying the retail trade of the country.

Though the sarvmill is norv operating, due -to the fact' that thJplaning mill will not be in operation before the latter part bf F.6tuatyor the firstof March, the new plant will- not be able to ship any lumber before that time'

George S. 'Long, of Tacoma, vice president and chairman of the executive committee of the owner company' declared that the 150,000 acre timber tract which has been opened up for the nerv operation also contains "Pondosa pine supetior to most of that found in northern Oregon ind Idaio." Mr. Long said that the tract will be logged on a sustained-yield plan, so as to provide for permanent operation of the nerv plant. Another effect of the development, he pointed out, will be to make Klamath Falls "the largest center for the production of Pondosa pine in the country-which position we anticipate it will hold for a great many. years."

Four double-cutting band saws and a gang, three trimmers and six edgers constitute the key-equipment of the sawmill proper. When run on two shifts its daily capacity will aggregate 60O,00O feet. However, the owners do not contemplate this production for some time in the future; at least not until market conditions warrant a larger production than called for at present.

The new plant was designed by the engineering department of Weyerhaeuser Timber Company at Tacoma, under direction of A. H. Onstad, and for a greater part of the time since November I, 1927, some 600-men have been employed on the site in preparatory and construction work. ThL construction was under the direct supervision of Charles B. Sewell, who has had long experience in sawmill construction in various parts of the United States.

An ideal lumber manufacturers stnve to attain is to ship

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