The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-11-29
Of the Lamb Davis Lumber Co. Inter-
ests in CheIan County
THREE DEPART MfNT HEADS CREATED
Mill viii Start Early Next Spring and Run
Day and Night-Great Activity
in Logging Camps

Mr.. c. B. Mills, secretary of the
Lamb Davis Lumber Co., interested
with L. Lamb and other members of
the Lamb family in lumber mills in
Washington, British Columbia, Cali
iornia, Minnesota and in hardwood
mills in the Southern States, left here
Wednesday morning after stay OF a
week, during which time number OF
changes in the management of the
Lamb Davis Mill at this place were
announced, the most important Of
which, from local standpoint, is the
announcement that Mr.. F. c. Riggs,
recently from McCloud, California,
where he had charge Of plant with
capacity of 100000 feet Of lumber per
day, is to take the place OF F. S. Jacob
sen, who has been connected with the
management OF the mill for the last
four years, and sole manager the past
year. The change becomes effective,
we are told, the first of December.
Mr.. F. J. Klein, who came here the
middle OF the past summer to take
charge of the logging operations OF the
company and the Wenatchee Valley
Northern railroad, will have the general
management and supervisory control
of the Lamb Davis interests in Chelan
county. While the management OF
the land, logging and railroad will be
under his direct management the man
agement of the manufacturing plant,
the saw mill and box factory will be
under the the direction Of Mr.. Riggs
as general superintendent. The sales
department will be under the direction
of Mr.. George L. Gardner, with head
quarters in the Old National Bank
building in Spokane. At a special
meeting OF the directors of the Tum-
water Bank, held last Saturday evening,
Mr.. Klein was elected vice-president
of the Tumwater Savings Bank, the
management of which will also be
under his control.
Mr.. Klein, who succeeds Mr.. Jacob
sen as general manager, is also mana
ger of the Mechanics Loan and Trust
Co. of Spokane and was for thirty
five years chief timber buyer for
T. B. Walker of Minneapolis. At
one time he purchased twenty-four
billion feet of timber in California
for Mr.. Walker who is the largest
individual timber owner in the
United States.
Mr.. Riggs, who is to take charge OF
the manufacturing end of the business
is man of wide experience in the
saw mill business. He was for a long
time connected with the Carpenter
Lamb Lumber Co. of Minneapolis,
Mimi, and the Rust-Owen Lumber
Co. at Drummond, Wis, He lately
spent four months at the McCloud
River Lumber Company's plant in Cal
ifornia in the capacity OF advisory man
ager. The McCloud River Lumber
Co. is the largest manufacturer OF pine
lumber in California and recently con-
templating some changes in their
method of manufacture, sent for Mr..
Riggs for the purpose OF consulting
and advising with him as to the pro-
posed changes.
Mr.. Riggs, the new manager, re-
turned to Spokane the first Of this week
but will spend much time here be-
tween now and the first OF the year.
He will remove his family here as soon
as he can make suitable arrangements
for their accommodation.
Geo. L. Gardner, formerly general
manager of the Rock Cut Lumber Co.
of Rock Cut, Washington, has been
sales manager for the Lamb Davis
Lumber Co, for the past year and