Sawrnill News

The Cal-Ida Lumber Company of Sierra County, has selected a large tract of land on the Grass Valley-Auburn Highway, State Route 49, 20 miles south of Nevada City, Calif., to erect a three-phase planing mill, molding factory and box shook plant, which will be ready for operation next spring.

The planing mill will have an annual capacity of 20 million board feet, box factory 10,000,000 board feet, and molding factory 6,000,000 board feet. Both pine and fir rvill be used, most of which will come from their timber holdings in the Sierra County area. Close to 150 men will be employed throughout the year.

Guy Atkinson Co., of San Francisco, has purchased the Cottage Grove Lumber Co. at Cottage Grove, Ore. The mill cuts 40,000 feet per day. J. H. Clyde and K. E. Carlisle were the former owners.

The Moore-Hart Lumber Co., Oakland, is erecting a sawmill in the Mad River district, Trinity County, Calif. ]ohn S. Moore, Moore Mill & Lumber Co., Bandon, Ore and Cape A,rago Lumber Co., Empire, Ore., is in charge of the operatigns.

A new venetian blind plant is being built at Redding, Calif., by the Cal-Wood Products Company. H. H. Crandall and Earl F, Brown of Los Angeles, and Joseph A. McCord of Huntington Park, are the owners. The plant will manufacture about 25,000 board feet of stock per day" of the Rinn-Scott Lumber will buy, sell, pile and dry saymill near Minersville, It will cut about 30.000

The Hat Creek Lumber Co. is inoving from Old Station to a.location in the Big Bend area, north of Hillcrest, Calif. The.mill cuts 40,000 board feet per day. E. J. Kirkpatrick is the owner.

The three mills of the Corral Creek Lumber Co., located at Big Bar, Lewiston, and Hayfork, in Trinity County, Calif., will have a total production of 250,000 board feet per day when they get in full production. A planing mill with 75,000 board feet per day capacity will be built. Frank Meehan and Gene llfasters are managers of the company and make their headquarters at Weaverville.

C. E. Hess, experienced sawmill operator, has purchased Redwood timber from Sage Land & Lumber Co. and is constructing a 9-f.t. band sawmill at Boonville, Calif. The mill will be electrically driven.

The new plant of Barker Milling Company at Redding, Calif., will be in operation shortly. The mill will have a daily capacity of 75,000 board feet.

Douglas Lervis is manager Co. at Redding, Calif., which lumber.

William Stover, vice president of the Starr Lumber Corp., has announced plans for a new millirrg in transit plant at Redding, Calif.

An all-electric mill at the olil Tomwer House, near Redding, Calif., is being built by Arthur Coggins. It will manufacture 50,000 board feet per shift.

The Covington Lumber Co. Calif., has started production. board feet per day.

A new sawmill with a daily capacity of 30,000 board feet per day will be built at Douglas City, Calif., by the Butler Trinity Lumber Co.

Sawmill and loggin* *"r"*"s at Forest Glen, near Peanut, Calif., have been started by the Cruson Lumber Co. The mill will have a 30,000 board feet daily capacity.

A new sawmill near Whitmore, Calif., by C. Alfred Miller, is now operating. which is owned

Shubbin & Son Lumber Co., is building a sawmill near Hayfork, Calif. It will have a 30,000 board feet per shift capacity.

Ace Lumber Co. rs Flat. Calif. erecting a sawmill near Big Oak