The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-01-12
THE MEN BEHIND THE
G. n. LUMBER Comply
900, 100000 Feet Timber With Ample
Capital and Experienced Men in
Charge Success Assured

The following account of the sale Of
the Lamb-Davis Lumber Co.'s mills
and land holdings and railroad, and
the organization OF the Great Northern
Lumber Co. to take over the property
of the former and arrange for the con-
tiouous operation of the saw mill and
railroad will be interesting reading.
The subjoined from the American
Lumbermen will be interesting reading.
The entire holdings Of the Lamb
Davis Lumber Company, Leavenworth,
Wash, including sawmill plant, rail-
road and timber, have just bee, taken
over by Lyon, Gary & Co., Of Chicago,
and associates, who have formed the
Great Northern Lumber Co., to own
and operate the newly acquired hold
ings, succeeding the Lamb Davis Lum-
Der Co. This is one of the largest
mill and timber deals negotiated in the
west for long time and indicates con-
fidence in the future and particularly
in western timber.
The plant at Leavenworth on the
main line of the Great Northern rail-
road, at the foot of the Cascade noun
tains, on the eastern side, is 142 miles
east OF Seattle and 1877 miles west OF
Spokane, and was built in 1908, La
fayette Lamb, of Clinton, Iowa, being
the principal in the concern. The
constructing and operating manager
was P. Davis, long associated with the
Lamb interests at Clinton. He died a
few years later and for the past six
years the Lamb-Davis Lumber COM
pany's operations have been under the
supervision of George L. Gardner, for
merly OF Minneapolis. but for the last
two years the plant has not been
operated.
The holdings taken over by the new
Great Northern Lumber Co. include
everything owned by the company
double band saw mill, with capacity
of 275,OO0 feet in "a hours, planning
mill, box factory and twenty-six miles
OF railroad from Leavenworth, leading
out into the timber. This timber and
additional holdings taken over from the
Northern Pacific and others will aggre-
gate about 6oO,O00,ooO feet. The
officers OF the LambD Davis Co. are L.
Lamb, president; c. B. Mills, secretary
and treasurer, and G. E. Lamb, vice
president, all OF Clinton, Iowa, and
George L. Gardner, Leavenworth,
Wash, manager. Mr.. Gardner con-
tinues as manager OF the new Great
Northern Lumber Co., and it is the in
tention of the new concern to begin
operating the plant as early in the
spring as weather conditions will per-
nit, and to manufacture about 50,-
600, 900 feet OF lumber annually there
after. The timber consists of good
quality OF western pine and small
percentage OF Douglas fir. It is To-
Gated on the eastern slope of the Cas-
cade mountains, at the western eLd of
the Inland Empire pine belt.
The plant is modern and in good
condition. Some minor additions are
being made to the planning mill, road
and logging equipment for an active
season during 1917. Mr.. Gardner is
an experienced lumberman, having
graduated from the Carpenter Lamb
Co.'s service at Minneapolis, where he
had excellent training in the manufac-
turing and sales end, and later in log
ging and manufacturing IN Washing
ton.
The capitalization of the Great North
ern Lumber Co. is 81, ,650,000.
President-Frederick T. Boles, pres
ident OF Lord & Bushnell, Chicago.
Vice presidents George E. Fos-
ter, Mellen, Wis, president Of Foster
Latimer Lumber Co., Mellen, and vice
president Langlade Lumber Co., Wau-
sau, Wis; and w. A. Graf, one of the
vice presidents Of Lyon, Gary & Co.,
Chicago.
Treasurer-Calvin Fentress, treasurer
of Lyon, Gary & Co.
Secretary-Hamilton Daug haday,
Chicago.