Co 1 • Page 2 September, 194i
viding control of weight and SiZE Tut ... tut ... Mr. Mathes of motor vehicles is essential to the In a paper released to the press future of good highways as well a.~ during August the tl'affic engineer preservation of roads and bridges." for the Idaho Bureau of Highways, There can be no questioning the E. L. Mathes. waxes indignant and desirability of laws which will per . :wrathful on the subject of Idaho mit the movement of commerce .' "!J.:ij;.!t\V'l,Y Laws. across one st.'\te and into another .. '.~ . ~ GooShing his teeth over passage with a minimum of interference. A ~...... :: ~ ...... of house bill 121 by the 18$t Idaho network of super-highways can 1.,( '~'_'.' :~"'.-"~; legis.lature i\lr. Mathes states - achieve this. BUT, a state's high. I ," "In my own state, for example. way system must be reconciled to .z'Forests,lnc., Once is of 1933 vintage. No proposal to plus highly variable factors as cli· Monthly for Free Distribution change this law so it would C011· mate, terrain, and traffic. It makes ____-=''''''c'E'''m,PIOyees form to policy was presented to about as much sense to declare a september, 1947 our last legislature. Only action master set of regulations can per· Volume XI No. 12 taken concerning this subject was mit maximum use of all highways, Lewiston, Idaho the passage of a bill which makes and at the same time afford needed Editor _.._._ .._...... __ . Leo Bodine it mandatory upon the highway protection against highway abuses, Correspondents department to post any highway, in all the states as it does to urge Mabel Kelly _.. _. ... Potlatcb section of highway OJ' bridge over sarongs for Eskimos simply be Charles Epling .__ ....._.. _. Clearwaler which loads of logs, poles, piling cause 1\1jss Lamour appears to be Carl Pease .__... .._..__ Headquarters or material from mines which has so exquisitely gowned when sht: Rcger Carlson __ _ Rutledge not been finally processed may be wears one. transported in continuous opera COVER PICTURE tion, etc.. etc." This black and white of clouds and This, asserts Mr. Mathes, is landscape was shot almost directly into crass legislation and its purpose the sun on infra-red film. Tbe sun's rays. peeking through lbe formalion of was to dispense with the necessity clouds throws a rather unusual paUern of obtaining permits of the high. of straighl lines of light against a dark way department. background or rorest green. Tut tut ... and a whoa. The picture .....as laken from a low whoa Mr. )Iathes! YOll reveal diddTree Farm wbich ing to exaggerate that your paper Our Headquarters journalist wrltef will be ollicialI>' certified next summer that champ fisherman Boots Edelbute as a tree farm by the ·Western Pine As may gain flavor. The law in ques got itCh>' feet in early Slogging that the state highway department to try his skill as an angler. chance. Timber could not be harvested post highways for overweight, etc., It was early last spring that Boots from tbe region al a profit except made ready to fisb Lake Pend Oreille through tbe medium of the logging truck travel by logging and mining in North ldaho as it was never fished and pay-sb.e loads. PFI land r:nanage trucks ... it simply gives authority before, but the pressure of work caused menl plans to insure future crops of to the department to do so at their him to fall a little short of catching all lrees !:rom. this area have been care discretion and the attorney gen the Kamloops In the lake. fully followed and qualify it for classi Then, come early Seplember and the fication as a Tree Farm. eral's office has so held in an opin champ decided to try a bil or ocean ion from that office. fjshing at Port Angeles. An ordinary NICE CO;UPLll\lENT The law, which you term class fisherman would bave tossed gear inUl legislation, favors the state of Ida lhe family auto and departed post haste. In a recent issue of Newsweek ap Witb Boots it was different. The prepa· peared the information tbat the Unh'er ho more than any single concern rations to catch Kamloops bad provided sity of ldaho has lurned out more or individual since the state owns a fine boat and a good trailer so he load much timber which needs market· ed the boat and tbe trailer and took Rhodes scholars than any otber college it along with 90() feet of IS thread line.. or university west of Michigan. ing ... which must be marketed in the rod thal was fasbioned from a pike The Rhodes scbolarships afford gradu competition with the timber of pole handle, and the reel tha~ came ate courses al Oxford university in Eng other states ... and can only reach from somewhere al a bargain price. market via the logging truck. Tbe astounding part of the story' is land and go to those American students that the trailer did not break down .. who prove lbemselves outstanding in True. the law does eliminate lhe lhe boat proved e.xtrEme.ly sea worlhr literary and scholastic attainments. in necessity for obtaining permits to ... the rod, reel and line all held lIr terest in athletics, qualities of manhood cover e\'ery movement of oversize gether ... the champ landed tbree large equipment along a particular high salmon, two of them in the 30 lb. clasS and moral character. They are bighly and the third only a trifle smaller. And prized a;:aclemic awards. The high ratio way or section of highway ... a ... lbe return journey home was equal of sucb students graduated from tbe U thing the highway department it ly trouble tree. All of wblch sbould of I reflects credit upon !be faculty and self professed to con!'-ider desirable. prove something or other besides the fact tbat EdeIblute knows bow to build curriculum of the unlversily. Mr. Mathe$ states further "uni boals and trailers. . maybe that the Take a bow ... faculty.... form regulation by all states pro- Lord is on his side. September, 1947 Troy Named to Apprenticeship Committee Announced during the month by Governor C. A. Robins was an ap prenticeship training committee to aid in developing a larger skilled labor force within the state. Wire Tires Selected to represent north cen Due for a tryon PFI logging trucks are tour tral Idaho on the committee was ply wire-woven carcass tires that have a car rying capac.it)· equal to four times thai of. D. S. Troy, manager of PFI's rayon fabric. tires of similar size. twelve ply. Clearwater Unit. The governor, in Test use will be made on trucks and trailers carrying togs from Camp announcing membership of the 53 LO the Lewiston millpond. Upper right, tire doctor John Huff points to :ommittee stated. "Idaho's economy tire size ... 10.00 -20, 4-ply. The tires were manufactured by the U. S. Rubber Company and wiu be used singly, one bl'e to each wheel as contrasted to duals now with agriculture as its base, is in use. Rims, pictured above. will be used in two sizes with inside widths of 7.33 figuratively bursting at the seams. and 8.37. The smaller of the two rims meets factory recommendations. but a wider Skilled laborers are needed fOl' con rim has given better tire service on logging trucks and permits lower air pressure tiJmed growth and prosperity. 'Ve as weU. Hence both will be checked. The wire tire has a u'ead especially designed to withstand rceks, but neither must be in a position to supply purchasing agent Harry Rooney nor Hull will predict good or' bad of the wi.re skilled workers for new industries tire as yet. Rooney. largely responsible for PFI's tire l'esearch progl'am, says- and expansion of existing industry. "We're piuneering the use ot single low pl'essure tires to replace duals that must It is for that reason that r have ap carry higher pressures. The singles will give a wider surlace contact with the high way and will pack Ole road much as does a roller designed for that purpose. We pointed this committee to give have discovered that wide rims and duals carrying relatively low pressure (50 needed impetus to the training of pounds) tend to pack roads instead of cutting them. Large singles should work competent craftsmen." . even better in this respect." Huffman to Talk At Grangeville PFI assistant general manager Roy Huffman will address mem "There is no need to review tbe bers of the North Idaho Chamber strike picture 01' the back-to-work of commerce at their fall meeting decision of PFI employees in the in Grangeville on November 21st columns of The Family Tree," said 01' 22nd. Subject-Wood By-pro General Manager C, L. Billings as ducts. Other speakers who ,vill "The Tree" went to press. "The talk on kindred subjects inc.1ude a basic values at stake ... the why national e.xecutive of the Farm of a differential in wages as be~ Chemurgic Council. tween Inland Pine and West Coast Fir, ,. are things which can best Above--Georl:e Gruser caurht lhese beauties he e.xplained in conversation by a In lbe Norlh fork or Lhe Clearwater below From Dunbar Furniture Co., lhe Buntalo,,· on )\.u;ust 31. Lu;esl fish New l'ork City PFI foreman. Any employee wbo measured oVlI>r elcbleen lnehe, and welKhed 2}i pounds (not In plclllre. account or Gras. "We appreciate what you have been has questions he'd like answered ser and companion Wilbur 8Umka consun,ed doing tor US in these tl'ying times and should unhesitatingly ask them of nme o'n Spot). you can rest assured you have gained a his foreman or supervisor. customer in the Dunbar Furniture Man Uelo"'-Lumber from lhe Le"'1s "'1ll1 coes ufacturing Compan;r who is going to be aboard nu ear. aI Bovlll. Don West (PoL fair and procure as much pine lumber "There has been abundant and I:nr.h Unll employee) Is operalor or Uft truck. unmistakeable proof that a ma P1<:ture was snapped In early Aucust. Cars for crating as possible from your good of lumber we.re. consicned to NOnhwesl Paper firm, You have many serious problems jority of workers did not wish the Compan)', Cloquet. Mlnnesola. in allocating your lumber to the best strike. Even men who are doing of your ability and we believe it is only lair to lei you know that we appreciate picket duty have readily expressed the way you have handled our account in private conversation a disUke in the past." of union action and a wish to get ------,----- back on the job ... in fact, have Logging Trucks Operate On Farm Truck Licenses sought out company officials to Under terms of the Idaho Motor Ve make such statements, Just bow hicle Laws logging truclcs al'e licensed long picket l.ines can be maintained as farm trucks. This system of licensing and the strike kept alive in tne has attracted some criticism but seems entircl)' jusiHied when consideration is face of such feeling is a matter for given the comparatively short stretch conjecture. l\fisleading statements o! time each year during which a logging by union officials as to the strength truck is able to haul. of the back-to-work movement PFI trucks are licensed at $70 per truck under the classification of trucks must of COttrse be expected until O\'er 35,000 pounds. picket lines ha"e been withdrawn," 1kt .e~ 1'Wck" Big - TGugh - Depel "_ ~..s.~ In 1904 lhe.e was jusl one U"uclt In all Amerl~ ~ • axles. four wheels ... loeb)' lhere a.e over n"e rnI ~ -, lroekli' workJul: in u-ery field of American enlerprbt. • ~ -I ~ ":J Forest roads that follow a corkSCj ~5;'~~:: ~-:.' -I - "-':" tern up steep grades. wind up the M-'" 'r"'HAPS it will ne,-er be con· of steep canyons and rocky strea c!usi\-el)' e.::tablished that man the development of hea\"y dut)· log- hang along the sides of precipilou: reached his present imperfect state ging trucks. Off to a slow start. are routes of tra'-e] for the 10gginF through a process of e"olution_ but this instrument to better manage- rsolated patches of timber that f ment of forest lands, has sprinted reason or another were left unha:t the last few rear3 of a certainty to a position which now paces road when logging crews cut adjacent I speak a startling e,-olution in his construction_ There will be further can be brought to market at a pro aptitude for the mechanical. Less and fast impro\-emenl of logging truck_ ~o gathering of logger~ ilian a half centurr removed. the trucks although the job of perfect. bermen to exchange ideas and motor truck was an unheard of ing trucks which can carry pay- experience negl~ts to allot time! size load'!:: without mechanical fail. cussion of trucking problems. thing. Less than half that period of ure and can be relied upon to op time past. the logging truck was a erate e\-ery day of the week. e\'ery OPERATIONAL PROBLDIS I contraption of uncertain tempera hour of the dar (gi\'ell sensible A logging truck_ no less Ihau ment and e.xtremely doubtful \"alue_ maintenance) has been met. equipment, imposes problems of 0 Not so today_ The original truck MORE PRODUCTIOX PossmLE other than maintenance. training of two axles and four wheels has sonnel. etc. Looming large and in_ With ob,'rjous correctness compe become an engineering triumph are two of the most troublesome .. .-- the fruit of painstaking re tent authorities contend that what and tires_ fearch. In no field of truck the world in its present condition needs most is greatly increased Tires cost money ... a devil of' use, in a countrr that has found a it. So mueh in fact that no opera! great many use;; for trucks. has production. In the USA this in cludes more production of lumber afford to run trucks over I-oads there been greater progress scored (]jct unnecessary damage. For thtl by truck manufacturers than in no less than a thousand other pro, ducts. each in \"arying degree de. teason he must guard against 0\"'1 pendent upon lumber. And, if the lest he cut the roads to piec~g. .d 1l\'lo.."-S,,Il alllCuck. are e'lulppd "'IUl .dr_ high level of lumbel' product.ion so road. biting back, ruins his tire:;. -I 10adinJ lraller hitCh. lIHe, .. Cle:arwatH JOE unloadln. dGC'k. trailer 1. holsled aboard necessu;r to whip a tough national Ever present in the picture, too.' \ruck. The connf!ClInl IlmbH ...ltIch hook. trailer 10 IrUeII II called a .."Inle.:· housing problem plus meeting the need for hauling a pay size load. country's need for other forest pro owner finds himself on the red side ducts is to be maintained, it will be ledger. It follows that a fine balan possible iu the main because heavy be struck as between pay loads and duty logging trucks are sufficient mum size loads that road and ti ly economical of operation to per tolerate without injury to either 0 mit the opening up of remote tim. How to strike a balance of this sort bel' stands where loggers have Well ... the truck manu.factur~ never before dared to venture. \"ide bunks. low loads ... the truck A eareiul look at the cold, hard agrees __ . likewise the road main facts incident to getting increased , lumber production well indicates The first loadu. used 10 ~ rairs mounted on old wn the importance of the logging "'IUt a ltin boom. Se... loa can lrot.el hom otle lvull", truck. Easily reached stands of bile. 1uI,-e ....lnC1n, boo.. timber have been logged to pro neichborhood or t ...enl:J-fh"1 duce the America we ha"e today and more recentl;r to equip it to win an expensi\-e war. It is now necessary to go back be;yond the eas)" going and to bring to mar ket logs from stands of timber previously considered inaccessi ble. The logging truck, with the f1e.xibility of operation it offers. is generally the cheapest trans porting agency. SEPTEMBER - 1947 rue wed tbu Irl .t -AUGUST_...... - 1947 2 3 4 '5 6 trees are producing con tionist. I them as to make it of little value. siderably less timber than they are The livelihood of a sizable por d of sympathetic treatment which capable of producing) In some in tion of Idaho's population comes Idaho logger needs badly- if he is to stances they have reached the stage either directly or indirectly from te with west coast operators who where a net loss of merchantable the forests of the state. To this seg fa\'ored with many natural and valua- material can be shown. Like any ment of people the logging truck other crop grown in the soil. trees has a particular and important Il1Ick were re!:nh'e!y erude aJ should be harvested when ripe. Economically, meaning. To a nation that uses for and $150(1 and were equipped lIelo .... aTe Ireat Impro\·ement. trees become ripe for the saw when their growth Est products so extensively it like· rlole of SPftd, aTe hllhly mo· wise holds important meaning in ty-fh'e toIlS and cost In Ihe rate starts to decline. 1f the trees are allowed to remain in the forest beyond this point. the interest the aid it lends intensh'e plans of on the wood investment becomes progressiYely less forest land management. each year. If they remain until they die of old age or insect and disease attack, the inYestment be comes a total loss. A forest. if it is to produce the maximum of wood and return the greatest possi ble number of dollars to its ownership needs har \-esting e.xactly as it needs protection from fire and disease. Each are a part of proper forest land management plans. The logging truck makes pos~ sible the harvesting of stands not otherwise prof itable and will speed the date intensive land man~ Page 6 THE FAMlLY TREE
7ZAT nHEr:T5 D/~FA~ .tWP «~YAJtE .-Jao~,,;;;;ES;' Fl:V1F$T$ /$ MOII~'" ey iN~ ~ 1l)u nJfl. 71I~ •.• .... B.r Stanton Ready, State Forester e'J'T1MA7S' tOSS CY 1./0,000 000 At4' OHnwc-TION ~ Z.OOO 000.000 ClI8K qn 01' Il.t:Q!) I~ AN A~ )510 It ha3 been nearly fifty years since logging and 1>oIe ~T o.r 7HIS /0$1 R~~5E"'"S % Ot'F'?·Rd'P TJlttB.$ 1] operations in Idaho developed into a "full grown indus SI'OUL& "liVE BEEN lJ/11<>vESTEP. try:' :'Itany changes in the handling of "raw forest pro ducts have e\'oh'ed since that time. which the State can expect to Paul Bunyon's big blue ox, af~ oudit themseh'es with modern get_ The State Endowment fectionately referred to as "Babe" equipment capable of hauling 12,· Funds are thus benefited. among the old time lumberjacks, 000 Or more board feet of logs, and 2_ Hundreds of miles of high has long since given way to his to have construeted the nece3Ssry standard truck roads have been more agile and powerful second mileage of logging road between built by log and pole operaton cousins old "Baldy" and ''Buck'' his timber supply and the public into remote areas in Idaho. Hun_ and "Xig" of the horse family. highway, to be limited in the use dreds of miles of this same type Th~ stalwart old Clydes and Per· of his hauling equipment by load of road will be built in the fu cherons and Shires have in turn regulations on the State highways, ture at absolutely no cost to the been almost wholly replaced in the The prinCipal difticuJty encoun public. The public has a1wan l~t fifteen or twenty years by tered by log and pole haulers on the been privileged to use these \'arious types of power skidders, public highway is the 8-foot maxi roads ex~pt in times of "crit· induded among which are various mum width limit. This limit fre ical fire danger," when the area;. makes of "Cab" and "Jammers" quentl)T results in "top heavy" into which the roads lead an (not of funny paper fame). loads which are more difficult to closed, These same roads are be The cross haul team and the control while mo\-ing and which ing utilized by public forest fire decking line ha\'e given way to are, due to their intensive rocking protection agencies oJ the State. modern power loaders. The spool motion, quite likely to cause "sur thereby reducing to a marked carts, the high wheels and the horse face breaks" in hard surfaced degree the cost of forest fire drawn trucks, which were usually roads when the majority of the protection to the public. o\'erlosded with les,; than one thou~ load is thrust upon the wheels on There is surely no single indu~· sand feet of logs, ha\'e likewise one side of the truck. To o\'ercome try, lmd perhaps no group of in been replaced by modern motor this difficulty it would seem that dustries, whic.h contributes a.' trucks. Thege modern trucks, rang· wider and lower loads fire indi· much "free" road to Idaho's road ing in si7.e from one and one-half cated. On this connection it does system as do log and pole opera· to ten or more lons of rated ca not appear that a maximum width tor'S, rt would seem, therefore, that j)llcity, lire currently benig used to of ]0 feet would be unreasonable any administrative or legislative tap stan(L~ of old growth timber, or objectionable, Wide stable loads group whose duty or privilege it that were, dUl'ing the "horse log within reason are less hazardous might be to draft or impose load ging" enl, considered to be per to the traveling public than are regulations on Idaho's public high manently inRccessible. Log gin g high loads that ha\'e a tendency to ways might, with good reason, pur· roads having It gradient up to 25('; sway and swel'\'e while in motion, sue a policy of liberal application are being successfully tra\'eled by Any written discussion in which of such regulations on log and pole trucks as lurge as a good sized raiJ log and pole haulel'S and State trucks. road locomotive, and hauling loads highways are simultaneously men of logs up to 12,000 feet, board tioned would not complete without GI TRUCKS - GI DRIVERS meaSUI'e, attention of the reader being di Amolle" PFl's lon-Ins- trucks are 31 Inu~rnatlona1s - GJ vinUjl:e, the weD The loggers ha\'e licked the rected to two factors of great eco knowlI 6 x 6. Eve:n a his-her pe.rcentatf equipment and transportation nomic importance to the general or the company's truck dri\'ers are GI problems that they ha\-e encoun public in Idaho. These factors, in .Ioes, many of whom learned to drln order of their importance, are; trucks durin,. the war. They're a rtChi tered in the woods. In the vernacu rine bunch of guys, and ptenty rood :al lar of the lumberjack they are "out 1. The State of Idaho owns out the job. of the woods" on that score, Quite AmOIle" the GI drh"en Is Tufty Jor right some 830,000 acres of for· don, Camp 53, who merits a sepanit frequenUy nowadays when a log est land. A substantial part of story at a later date, The sacrirlce or s ger or pole operator emerges from this land is located in mountain ler to his country's service, plus a batik the wood:; with a load of choice ous areas, far removed from injury to an arm which look nesh aM Idaho logs or poles, he finds him any railroad and too steep to be some mUS(:le, and a hip injury lhal makes It necessary to sit on a pili", self separated from his plant or logged in any way other than doesn't interfe~ ,,;th Jordon's drhi.., railhead by a section of State high. by motor trucks. The State high. a trUck. At any rate he won't let lbt way upon which a more or less ways. in a great many instances, injuries Interfere with lhe job of lIB strict load regulation is imposed_ choosin,., There are few fellows In "'b_ are the natural outlets over the spark of life burns any brirhter_ These regulations prescribe the which the State timber can most maximum width, length, height. economically be transported, Lipstick and fly paper have one thint: and weight of any load that rna)" The presence of a highway ad in common. They catcb the carelts1 be transported over a State high jacent to State-owned timber in· creatures who pause to in\'estigate. way. It is of small comfort indeed, variably e.'\':erts a fa\'orable in DURABLE GOODS: _ Those ",bleb to the log and pole operators to fluence on the stumpage price last lOoKer than the time payment5- hoist installed under floor. Center below New Equipment at Potlatch is close-up of glue machine which re Machines to make possible a further quires about two minutes for complete refinement of lumber manufactured at glueing process per panel. The mll.chine the Potlatch Unit are now on hand, with is identical to the odginal glue machine installation partially completed. Under developed at Lewiston by PFr engineer the main floor of the sawmill a shook Bowling except that it wiU manufacture :ilicing plant, similar to the plant at a 54" panel as compared to a maximum Clearwater. has been installed. As com width pane) of 50" on the Lewiston ma pared to the Clearwater plant a number chine, Either machine will handle of impro\'ements in plant layout ha\'e boards up to twenty feet in length. A been effected. New equipment also of third machine has gone to the Rutledge fers some impro\'ernent in design. Unit at Coeur d·Alene. Already in place within the new de BOX FACTORY partment is a Saranac stapler (left Lower right center. ,' three resaws. above) capable of turning out some Turner twin bands in tandem, in an fifty tOps per minute. other new department at Potlatch-a Steam ,'ats ha\'e been completed box factory. Up to 21 pieces can be cut (center above). A system of conveyor from a single block of wood as it goes chains, rollers and ball top tables will through these ma('hines. Blocks are fed make possible easy and fast mo,'ement into first machine with an automatic of pallets bearing blocks to slicing ma feeding device and are carried along by chine. Blocks to be sliced, of 2%" thick rollers. ness and up to 26" long, require about A fan (lower right), six feet in di three hours of steaming to suitably soft~ ameter and powered with a 150 hp mo en the wood for slicing. Depending on tor. is u<;ed to carry away sawdust and thickness, more or less time is required chips from box factory. glue depart for other blocks. Pallets carrying blocks ment and laminated arch manufactUl'· into one end of vat. emerge from other ing department which is located in one end near slicing machine. end of long building that houses glue At right above is shook dryer- which department. has been constructed just outside the THE FUTURE sawmill building, Here the finished The new equipment will enable Pot :;titched co\'er \....m be dried, Baffles in latch to handle orders for specialty top of dryer are used to regulate circu items. California type shoQk. covers for lation of air. all kinds of boxes and crates, wide pan WIDE-BOARD GLUE PLANT els for a multitude of uses. grain doors. ~ot all new equipment has been in pallets. laminated arches, etc. stalled at sawmill site, Upper right cen ~fore important ... its installation is ter is new wide-board glue plant. viewed unmistakeable proof of management's [rom input side, Boards to be glued into belief that a good future lies ahead for wide panels come into plant at floor le\'- this oldest of PFI's three plants-now Steaming vats have been completed forty-one year.::; young, Page S THE FAMILY TREE CONTRACT LOGGING By no means all of PFT's logs the Kendrick area with at least three years of logging ahead of him in that come to mill from company op region. Headquarters for Porter's outfit erated logging camps. O\·er the is a small grass co\'ered dearmg along past few years a Quite respectable side the road that parallels Potlatch \'olume has been obtained by pur Creek. There aren't many buildings at campsite, but among them is a small chase or contract from individual shop. equipped to take cal'e of all im logging contractors who operate mediate repair needs te equipment ... entirely apart of the company. Porter considers careful maintenance to There is a connecting link only in be among the most important items to successful operation .,. tenDS road the contract which COYers purchase building and plenl)' of leg-work in the of logs, or. where the timber to be selection of road route 10 be others. cut is PFI owned, specifies a flat Porter first began contract logging in 1943 in partnership with Wayne Pip penger over in the Clarkia country. In 1914 the partnership moved to Orofino. In 19~5 Porter bought out Plppinger and continued from that time on ....tith bis own venture on ' ....ello Bench near Orofino, This operation was finished in late 1946 and the outfit movl::d Into the Kendrick area in the .spring or- 1947, a truck loggiog chance in timber that runs mostly to Ponderosa pine. Logs are haul ed 10 a siding at Kendrkk, are there loaded aboard railroad cars for ship ment to Lewiston, The Kendrick job will harvest fi1teen to twenty million feet o[ state and private timber. It will probably take three years o[ logging. price per thousand feet logged Roads and improvements have already whic.h is to be paid the contractor. been built by Porter to handle aboul a The sum total of individual con third of the job. The country is ex tractor logging has been good tri tremely rough with alternating high ridges and deep canyons to make log bute to their resourcefulness. en ging diHicult. The road over whkh the terprise and managing abilities. logs must be hauled ascends J-rom Pot They build their own roads, main latch Creek up the face o[ a precipi tain their own equipment, finance tous slope. follows the contour o[ the canyon wall up aDd up through scat their own payrolls and in all re tered patches of timber until it finally spects are pri\'ate enterprise at its disappears into a hea\'i1y wooded section tough. rugged, healthy best. Many where logging is underway. The Ken drkk job isn't an easy logging chance im!>To\'ements in logging methods but a healthy appetite for work, a dis owe their origin to the individual pOsitien aUowing calm treatment o[ op small outfits of this character where erating problems, and a "never say a super-sharp attention to operat Quits" spirit (qualities which Porter e.x:pense~ possesses in good measure) should see ing is the key to low log it through in good style. ing coats and a profit for the op At left above is lhe clearing in whic.h erator. Porter's buildings have beeo placed ... Few of the contractors ha\'e the his crew varies frem eight to twenty rive men. At right. beginning with the absolute latest and best in equip· top picture ... PFl log buyer Jack ment. and. putting it mildly, the Baggs, about to ascend steps for coffee roads o\,er which their trucks mU3t and a piece o( pie. Mrs. Porter at top of steps, boss man Porter at right (Baggs operate are generally something professes admiration for Porter as an less than boule\'ards. An ability operator but rates l.Irs. PortiOr'S pies as to improvise must be often exer more important) ... an old jammer, in cised and there is daily need for good repair and still operating, swings logs aboard a truck (another jammer employing to thli' fullest possible has been partiaUy built and will be com ad\'antage tools and equipment at pleled for use next year-the old one hand. can then be held for Emergency use if necessary) ... the mad follows the con PORTER - NEAR KENDRICK tour of the canyon wall and far below One of the most successful of the log can be seen Potlatch Creek ... logs are ging contractors from whom PFI obtains dumped at rail siding in Kendrick for logs is L. N. P0l1er, now operating in loading on railroad cars. Durinlf lhe past ten years the averare of loU contracted aud pur- chased b)' PFl from Iot;dn( eontractors has been as foltowlO. RuHedre Uolt .. ._.._._, 8,000.000 ft. per year Potlatch Unit _, _._.. n,SOO.OOO ft. PeT year Clearwater Unit 21,000,000 ft. per year
