The herald., 1897-08-17
L1NDLEY AT THE COUNTER
Mr.. Patterson's Interesting Talk
His Northern Trip

zone Of the most picturesque and in
spiriting sights 1 ever saw" said w. c.
Patterson yesterday afternoon, was
Hervey Lindley selling 5-cent calico over
the counter of a store in Klamathon last
week. He did it with the savoir faire of
a veteran and the same amount of zest
that he used to show here in a 500, 900
deal. You should have seen him."
chuckled Mr.. Patterson, comfortably.
1T was lovely"
Mr.. Patterson has just returned from
trip north which he took with Mrs.
Patterson; first to place his daughter,
Hazel, in school at Mills college, Ala
media county; second, to journey further
on to Klamathon, where Messrs. Lindley,
Mason and others have large lumber mil;
interests on the shores of the klamath
river. Mr.. Patterson was most nthusi-
astic in describing the scenery there
abouts, of the wonderful forests, the
beauties of the river scenery and last,
but not least, in the prospects of the gen.
tlemen named in their new venture.
'The Pakegama Sugar Pine Lumber
company, with George Mason president,
Hervey Lindley vice-president and gen
eral manager, John e. Coffin secretary
and Dean Mason treasurer, has lease
one of the finest sawmlls in the country" )"
continued Mr.. Patterson, 'for seven
years, with an option of 14,00O acres OF
particularly fine and forest land The
timber is cut and drops down a shoot
that is twice the length of the cable in
cline on. Mount Lowe anr has in some
places drop of 10 feet to the 100. or per
cent sleeper than the steepest part of the
Mount Lowe incline. Just before the
shoot reaches the river it runs out almost
horizontal, SO that the lumber dashes
from top to bottom in forty seconds and
lands out on the river almost fiat, in
stead of end down. AS for the mill itself
| it was running when we left over GO, ,00Q
feet day.
after staying a couple of nights and
day at Klamathon, Mr.. and Mrs. Coffin
Mrs. Patterson and 1 drove twenty-five
miles over one of the roughest mountain
roads l ever encountered to the forest
| camp that is on great plateau 1900 feet
above sea level, where there is an i'm
mepse number of the most magnificent
sugar pines l ever saw. There was one
| tree that the four of US couldn't reach
around, although we stood in a circle
ABOUT llS lTuHk With our SlTelcHtu
| to their utmost We stayed six days in
that vicinity, and were two weeks in al
on the trip, and it was one of the mos
delightful and interesting I have evel
| experienced. We took provisions with
US, the ladies' cooked bacon and coffee
and other simple things, but the bracing
invigorating air made it taste better
than the most delectable French dinner
ever prepared by chef, and we all die
full justice to it, three times a day.
"The little store I spoke of just nov
is one of the incidentals to the lumbe
mill. Some Of the lumber company owl
it and keep it we'll stocked with the kline
CT things always kept in country stores
and the people from all the countr.
around &c there to buy. Mr.. Coffin is al
contented as Hervey Lindley is. The,
both say they never were so happy il
their lives. They have fortune in sigh
and they both contend that there ar
other joys and interest in life that ar
as engrossing and promise to bear a
satisfactory results as either of then
discovered at Whittier"