Klamath Falls District Big in Lumber Production

Last year the Klamath Falls district, which lies in both California and Oregos, cat 371,062,000 feet of Pine lumber.

That total will be greatly increased in the next two or three years, from present prospects, and definite developments.

The Weyerhaeuser interests are already at work on their big new pine mill there, which will be completed about the middle of. 1929. This mill will be equipped with four bands, a large gang, and other equipment of a huge mill, and will cut 250,000 to 275,00O feet daily. A planing mill, box factory, and remanufacturing plant are included in the plans.

The Great Northern railway recently began train service over its new extension into South Central Oregon, which affords a direct rail outlet to the northern tier of states as well as a direct eastern route.

The Oregon, California & Eastern railway, owned by the Great Northern and Southern Pacific, will rebuild its forty mile line to Sprague River, and extend it to Bly, twenty miles further. This extension opens huge timber sections.

It is estimated that there is nearly fifty billion feet of pine timber that will be cut in the Klamath Falls territory, probably the largest solid field of high grade pine in existence.

That other timber and lumber interests whose holdings are being opened by the new railroad extensions and developments will soon begin building mills for manufacture, is current gossip around Klamath Falls, although no definite announcements have been made as vet.