The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-24
MICHIGAN
NORTHERN L0GGERS
The Weather Is Propitious and
Enormous Loads Of Logs Are
i Being Hauled.
Woodcock's Scheme to Put a Check
on the Pest That Honeycombs
Dry Timber.
MICHIGAN
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Special to The Journal tfi :. *tl
Calumet Mich, Feb. 24.--The weather
for several days has been excellent and
loggers report operations progressing sat
.isfactorily. i The railrUads in the: upper
peninsula are having enormous loads
The northern extension of the Copper
Range will be completed from Houghton
to this city about the first of next month";
when logs for the Bigelow Lewiston syn
dictate of mines will commence to arrive.
George Hail. who has contracted to supply.
these mines with their timber, is operat-
ing several camps on the south range and
has the most of his logs skidded
49, The -Morgon Lumber. and Cedar com
pany of Foster City has purchased all the.
timber on 1920 acres tributary to the east
branch of the Sturgeon river. 1t has
six years in which to cut the timber, af
ter which the land will be transferred to
the I. Stephenson company. The timber
consists mainly of cedar, hemock and
hardwood. -:
Lindsey Brothers (. Co.. the firm hold
ing the contract for furnishing 5000 pieces
of Norway pine piling to be. used in the
construction of the foundation of the new
beet sugar factory at Menominee, has
delivered several thousand pieces. The
firm is cutting at it's camp near Arthur
Bay
1t is understood that the business of the
Ford River Lumber company which was
recently purchased by the I. Stephen
son company, will be conducted under the
name of the Escanaba River company
The mills at Ford River will be kept in OPP
Grafton and will handle the output Of pine,
cedar, etc, that will be sent down the
Ford river to the mills as heretofore. The
hardwood on the Ford river company's
lands will be sent to the I. Stephenson
companys mills at Wells by rail. The
I. Stephenson company owns 100000 acres
of land and has a timber supply that will
keep it's mills running for many years.
The Marquette Woodenware company Of
Marquette is in the market for 100000
feet Of hen1lock. 100000 feet Of maple
and 500 cords of maple wood
The 500 Lumber company of Sault Ste
Marie, formerly co-partnership. has
filed articles of incorporation with cap
ital Of 100000. ~
w. J. Light, formerly a member of the
500 Lumber concern. has purchased its
500, Ontario. branch and will conf1ne his
attention to the Canadian trade.
The new sawn1ill of G. A. Bergland Of
Milwaukee at Bergland; j., the vicinity
of Matchwood. is complete. The PLAN.
is one of the finest in this section.
MARQUETTE, MICH.-Charles Wood
cock. in charge Of the logging operations
of the si1verthorne4 Lumber company in
the west end of Marquette ~county has hit
upon plan which he thinks will put an
end to the raNages of a pest that has
caused serious loss to upper peninsula
lumbermen. A small bug that lays it's
eggs on the bark Of dry logs makes the
trouble. The eggs soon hatch and the
resulting larvae develop into worms that
burrow their way into the timber fire.
quently honeyc ombing the logs until they
are practically worthless or fit for an in
ferior grade of lumber only.
Woodcock's scheme is to strip the logs
of their bark which he has found pre-
vents the flies from finding lodging
place for their eggs. Last summer he had
| a million feet of logs stripped and when
| operations were resumed this winter the
| timber was found entirely free from the
ravages of the worms