Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-10-28
CRAIG LUMBER
IN DEMAND
Wonderful Progress Has Been
Made in the Craig Mount.
ain Country
Especial to Evening Teller.)


WINCHESTER. Oct. 2s.-Remark-
able vicissit,des attend some lives in
a brief space. Some lives are, on the
contrary, an endless round of monot-
ony Progress in staid old eastern
states, may rquire to be computed in
long terms of years in order to prop
erly measure it.
What lifetime of progress can
show, in the primeval forests of Penn
sylvania or Connecticut, may be shown
here in the course of five years. Five
years ago the Craig mountain lumber
industry was unknown on the markets
of the county; then it was an un-
fenced, unbroken forest from it's north
ern boundary at Lookout to it's south
ern boundary on the breaks of the Sal
mon river. Today it is a hive of in
dustry it is a succession of private
parks fenced and furnishing pasturage
for well bred cattle and high class
horses.
Uopn almost every quarter section is
a comfortable home; then timber from
the little fields that have been cleared
have furnished the mills with a supply
of logs. The manufactured product has
brought the products of the prairie in
exchange. The processes of manufac-
turing yielded employment to the set
tiers and profits to mill owners. Cap
ital has been attracted by the good
quality of the lumber finding it's way
to the market in small quantities. Ag-
riculture and manufacturing have
clasped hands and an extensive and
lively exchange of commodities be-
going merrily on. Today the Winches-
ter country has in successful operation
one of the most complete little milling
plants to be found in this part of the
state and the most complete in Nez
Perez county. This is the Golden Rule
plant formerly owned by Copes Click
but now the property of Messrs. Venske
& Mackbarth.
The mill is located on the head of
Lapwai creek whose waters are
damned to form a pond for the recep-
ton of logs from ether bank. The mill
has a capacity of twenty five or forty
thousand feet per day, is furnished
the saw, to the edger whence it goes to
the trimer. An ell addition has been
built recently, affording room for the
new machinery that mas been added.
The new moulder is a first-class mod
ern machine capable of turning out the
best of mouldings. A blown will convey
the shavings from the planer to the
engine room, where they will be used
for fuel. A solid tooth saw has been
installed and produces lumber fit for
any market. The tramway has been
almost doubled in length and the yard
limits correspondingly extended.
Messrs. Venske and Hackbarth are
who devote all their energies to the
work of producing first-class lumber.
They are well acquainted with all the
grades demanded by the mar
ket and have ample means at COM
mand to operate their plant vigorously. |
The benefit to the whole country is
apparent and enables settlers to fore
see the time when the lumber interests
of this region will be established upon
a firm basis, when grades win be uni
form and prices stable Such a con-
dition fittings is devoutly to be
wished for and no permanent material
can attend the lumber BUSH |
ness of Nez Perce county until these
have been fulfilled. D. G.