Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-04-20
START DRIVE
NEXT WEEK
NIGHT SHIFT AT B0NNERS FERRY
LUMBER COMPANY SAWMILL
STARTED LAST NIGHT
START LOGGING AT M'ARTHUR
Humbird Lumber Company Putting In
Large Camps

Never before in the history of this
district has there been so much actiy-
ity in the numbering industry and from
all present indications these activities
will continue for many years to come.
Increased numbering activities will
result in greater prosperity for Bound
airy county in the way of payrolls and
means that thousands of acres of ag-
ricultural land will be placed on the
market as soon as the timber is re-
moved.
In the Macarthur district the Hum
bird Lumber Company is now con-
structing large camps preparatory to
logging in the neighborhood of 80 mil
lion feet of pine and other timber
1t is understood that it will require
two or three years to cut this timber
The Humbird main camp is to be
located at Dorm lake, it is said and a
logging railroad several miles long is
to be constructed. Just now the COM
pany has two of its specially built
logging camp cars on the side-track
at Macarthur, for the accommodation of
the crews now at work. 1t is said
that the company will use several
large numbering trucks and also sever
al caterpillars in the logging of this
tract.
For some weeks past several log
ging contractors have been at work in
the vicinity of Naples and Moravia,
getting out timber for the Humbird
Lumber Company, for the A. c. White
Lumber Company and for Spokane
numbering companies. At the present
time one or two small lumber COM
panies are planning to start logging
operations in the Naples district.
The Bonners Ferry Lumber Com
pany will maintain two large camps
all summer-Camp 21 at Porthill with
William Kelly as foreman and Camp
20 on the s. |. Ry., with John Crow
ley as foreman. The company will
also secure a large amount of timber
from Contractor Wilson whose camp
is near Leonia. 1t is anticipated that
Camps 21 and 20 will cut, this summer,
about IL million feet of timber. The.
annual spring drive on the Kootenai
river will start at Gateway next Mon
day and some Is or more million feet
of logs will be brought into the com
pany's pond.
G. H. Gardner, who has been en-
ployed for several years by the Bon
ners Ferry Lumber Company, will be
in charge of the drive this year and
will succeed ]. w. Stewart as logging
uperintendent, Mr.. Stewart having re-
signed recently to accept a position
with another company. Mr.. Gardner
came here several years ago from
Grand Forks, Mimi, where he was the
logging superintendent for the Grand
Forks Lumber Company.
Last night an extra shift was put at
work at the sawmill of the Bonners
Ferry Lumber Company. Some so
men are employed on the night shift
and ii is planned to run the two shifts
all through the season. On account
of market conditions the Bonners Fer
ry Lumber Company has not run a
night shift for several years.
In addition to the logging activities
of the Bonners Ferry Lumber Com
pany and the Humbird Lumber Com
pany, the A. c.. White Lumber Com
pany is planning increased operations
in this county and are making many
small contracts in addition to the logs
received from its own camps. The
Beardsmore camp will continue cut
ting all this season and has timber in
sight for several years work. The
mills of the Meadow Creek Lumber
Company and the Bonner Tie Company
at Meadow Creek, are preparing for
capacity runs this season as are also
several smaller sawmills in the north
ern part of the county.
Then, too, there are more cedar con-
tractors at work in the county than ev-
er before. These, together with the
tie men are taking advantage of the
present good markt and are contract
ing for large outputs.