The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-28
Clipped From the TImbermAn.

The mill formerly owned by Davidson
Brothers, at Hood River, Ore, which
was sold by them to the Oregon Lumber
Company, have Incorporated their new
mill at Occur d'A enc, Idaho, under the
title Of the Lost Lumber Company.
The Wind River Lumber Company Of
Cascade Locks, has orders for forty cars
OF lumber for Eastern and local ship
ment, and reports nice trade in it's re-
tail yards. II is now engaged In build
ing q dam on q tributary TO the Wind
river, which will flood from rs to 80
acres. All its camps are running. Be-
tween January and July l its total
lumber cut was 6,le0, ,0O0feet The mill
was closed during February and March
owing to the necessity OF making exten-
sive repairs. In speaking Of trade con-
ditions, Vice-President Thompson says:
II consider the lumber trade il gov
erned by worldwide considerations. 1t
Is not matter OF months or year in
the Western country, but one, perhaps,
OF half q lifetime. Time alone will tell,
but believe the future will satisfac-
toriIy adjust the problem that is con-
fronting sawmill men"
Davenport Brothers Lumber Com
pany, Hood River, report local trade
very good. They have received some
Inquiries from Eastern parties, but are
not shipping much at present to the
East, The company is only running one
mill now--the Berger mill--and that
with only small crew. They are cut
ting about 10000 feet per day. The
Ia xuARE iNa Anta. "a.
apple boxes for the Davidson Fruit
Company, OF Hood River, covering
2O0,0O0 feet. Davenport Brothers have
furnished the Davidson Fruit Company
with much more berry box and
apple box stock than last year. Da-
venport Brothers are cutting ditch In
from Cedar Lake to Green Point Lake,
and will nume its logs to Parkertown.
They are putting In dam near Cedar
Lake that will food about 40 acres to
depth Of from 10 IL feet. AT this point
they have. several thousand feet Of
cedar posts waiting for the raise Of
water.
The Bridal Veil Lumber Company,
Bridal Veil, report oil their logging
camps running At present the com
pany has not more than 10000 feet OF
logs on hand and the mill il cutting
10000 feet per day. The company re-
ports It's volume of business as good but
endorses the general opinion that prices
are much toe low, Il has orders In for
points In Washington, Idaho, Colorado,
Nebraska, the New England states, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York,
besides local points along the o. II. Il
N. company's lines. The company ex-
presses the opinion that the outlook for
trade is fair and that conditions in its
territory are in promising condition. II
believes that the bumper wheat crop
now assured and the great irrigation
work now In progress in arid and semi.
arid districts viii help out materially.
j. NJ, Letter, OF the Bridal Veil Lumher
Company, says; "If we can stimulate
our own growth west of the Rockies and
fill the country up with people who will
consume our lumber products, the pro-
blem of prices will settle itself"
The Menominee Lumber Company, of
Menominee, is now cutting about 10000
feet of lumber per day. 0ne-third OF its
cut this year will be yellow pine. The
company closed its tour camps July
and will not reopen them until Septem-
ber 10. 1t reports cut of about
5000, 900 feet of lumber between Janu-
AIRY and June 80, inclusive. 1t is now
shipping an order for pine sash and door
stock 10 the Cream City Sash and Door
Company, Milwaukee, Wis. The stock
is equal to the Wisconsin pine. This
company has good system Of fire pro-
lection, with hydrant at every 100 feet
and equipped with an automatic pump,
besides which the plant is supplied with
hand extinguishers. James 4. Cam
eron, one of the company, says that it
has been running its planners l2 hours
per day for the last three months.
"While prices are too low" said he,
"Our having pine has quite materially
helped us out, for | believe that pine is
bound 10 he king. Our July orders have