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Mr • Gilchrist •thing ,.,i th thil tract when you see 1 t. I will ta.ke the pe.pere and plats alongwith me eo that I can diseuse this with you when r do see you. ·Am afraid thAt it wil:,l be the middle of the sumtner before all ofthe Utley aerip landl a.re ftna.lly "deeded. Some ot this scrip f'o.iled and Mr. Utleyho.s secured other scrip to cover part ot these lands. He has a.lrOtldy covered twoor three forties with new scrip ~d is now pla.oing other scrip on four more. Iam not hurrying the matter too raet D.nd 'have not recalled the money althoughMr. Utley left it optional with me to do so. I hope to sooure the lands a ni wou.ldrather leav(:l th., money in escrow, lw.vinc the interest paid you, than recD.ll themoney and by tmt moo.na release Mr. Utley. so ta.r I have held hie contract up tohim and pa.t it square up to him to :ru.l.till his ciontract, c.nd in support of tlw.tposition, have not withdrawn the money. Hotvever, I did have Mr. Hud8on draw theyear's interest on the money protecting the la.nda on which the original scripfailed, alld before authoriSing Mr. Hudson to release this money for scrip th t~t isbeing placed now, will have the interest paid to you up to ~ time the new acripwas filed. t·teel 8at1et1ed tho.t durbig the sunrner we will close o'¢ and possiblyseoure all of the lands, unless 1 t is one or two rortiea, and if Mr. Utley cansecure Elrl()1lgh or. the scrip he :rs now dealing for, we .. mc.Y get all of the londaand two additional t"ortiee arid Jiay be able to get theeel.e.St eieht rort1ea on acheaper basis. 1un leaving the matter ot this acrip;\here Mr. Haner can ha.ndlet he money matt·era in Bend . Q.Jld w11~"" let the ycnmg l~ 1n rq office take thea.bDtra.ota and pt:\peX'~ to ltr. " r.i'hO~ and will. ~e gOYemed 'by hla advice as towhen the a.betra.cta e.re in proper iha.pe. Have already found tha;t these abstractsrequire the h&ndling by an experienced attorney aa 1u three ca.aea alr~ we ha.verun on to d1ft1cult1ea. There la one a.bstra.cn now tor 160 a.ar&l. that Mr. Thompsonis having pu.t throuGb a Court ~rocedure 1n MOntana in order to perfect the title.

I.Tr• R. E. Gilchrist•2435 First Na.ttoaal Brulk .Bld.g.,Detro1 t • W.ch.Deer SirtReferring to your message this morning from Laurel auggestinG tru.tI wire Mr!J Jonea when I can l&1:te hera and. go to Laurel to assist Mr. Applewhitein some railroad lines there • am wiring Mr. Jonea t(Xle.,- a.dviaill{; him tht:.t I willleave here so as to rec.ch Laurel n~ SUnday, Janrm.ry 24th.I see from the :papers here that tho hoc.ri.r{; before tho InterstateOor.mteree Col!JU.u1on with reference to · the railroad problem J.n Central Oregon isset for February 4th and 5th..t Tlle attorneya ror the rallrOeds f'UeG. their briefswith t110 lntarsto.te cor;rlerce 001'!'1Tli&sion about December lat. I think l wrote yr:mwhml this was dane. . ~ ~eaion h&e set February 4~t.ih o.nd 6th for a.rgwoant in·,':ash1.ngton. I preSW!le it will onl7 be a shOI,-t time after this hearing when somedecision will be r6ac~8d with reference tQ i!A.~ proposi tlon. ·; ' .- ' ·. . ' . .-.};'\~~ ; :-· . .LM Just buck frca a tr.ip over: in Bend and down 1n the timber there.Went there to ebec~ up on ·scae matters· with Mr_. l!Bner and see 1£ t eoul.d (;etin~ the tlmbel' 'kO. ·look ..• er,-a -c1a.1m '*' two:• .The willter .IJ,Q t~ has been extremelymild out here, Vie have missed all of' the severe cold weather that he.s hit theCentral and Baa~ parta of the c01llltry. There has only been 'sr..ow in Bend t~or three time. .. ing the 'll'intel' and then just a. little. about e. half inch of snowfell in Dcnd ni :~t before l ast. The ro'ads are open to SUver Luke and iO.t~thFalls and even c.cross the McKeru!lie Pass unless the snow night before· ln.st blockedthe pu.ae roaa. l waa. able t.o go two or three mllea ott tr.aa the main road ahouthalf' wey between l&U>ine and Crescent. There 'lltl.8 a1x to eight 1 nchee of' snow, butnot 9rlOtl.gh to stop traffic. ·-The Shevlin-Rimn C

l OF SERVICE DESIREDTE:LEGRAMDAY LETTERNIGHT MESSAGENIGHT LETTERPatrons sltOuld mark an X oppositetile class of service desired:OTHERWISE THE MESSAGEWILL BE TRANSMITTED AS AL _!!ILL RATE TELEGRAMNEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENTUNIONGEORGE W. E. 'A.TKINS,·FIRST VICE-PRESIDENTSend the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed toPortland, Ore. Jan. 16,Form 1207 ANO. CASH OR CHG. tCHECKTIME FILED26 19 ____ _To. _______ s. __ M_. __ J_ONE __ s ____________________ ~---------------------------------------PlaceLA.UREL, MISSISSIPPIMr. Gilchrist's message fifteenth STOPnoxt Su.nd:.;y noonCan leave here reaching :t.rml'elD. V. VP IGJUI13 words.SENDER'S ADDRESSFOR REFERENCES£NDER'S TELE·PHONE NUMBER

, CLASS OF SF'l. VICE ·.SYMBOL. Telegr£ ' ·- - ___" 1ylcl!e_r __ ~~I_ f 4ight Mes~ ~!!_e_Night Letter H LII none of these three symbolsa~ pe ars alter the check ( number ofwords) this is a teleg ram. Otherwiseits character is indicated by thesymbo l appearing a Her the check.NEWCOMB CARL. TON, PR!;:SIDE NTUNIONAMGE::O RGE W. E . ATKINS, FIR S T VICE· P R ESrD ENT-~i~g ti m~- ~s-;hown !;;-the date li ne on f~ l-;:;te t cle;~~s and day l et t ~;s: and the time of receipt at dest inati on as shown on all messages, Is STANDARD TIME.RECEIVED AT 76 THIRD ST.~ COR. OAK, PORTLAND ~ ORG. A~~~~s_:_:::c -- -- ~- 1~-Q'~I11 -_ _0'9' Lett ~_r __ ~,,.. ....... .;.. I~-----··· ---- __ Nigh_t Le!tl!_! H Ltf none ol these three symbolsappears alter the check (number olwords) this is a telegram. Otherwiseits character is indicated by thesymbol a p pe~ r in o after the check.CA26J 38 NT.B V WRIGHrLAUBEL KISS 15S'!EWARl PtANNIBG BUlt.'D XAI! !.INE IBTO MOSSVILLE TIMER THUS SPRINGAND WOULD tiKE HAVE YOU HERE TO ADVISE WITH HIM ON FINALLOCATION IF YOU HAVE EVER'ftHDG IN SHAPE THERE TO LEAVE ADVISESTEW ART WEEN YOU CAN C

RALPH GILCHRIST14$11 P'IRaT NATIONAL 11AN11 .UILDINGDETROIT, MICHIQANJanuary 27, 1926.Mr. B. v. Wright,c/o Gilchrist.-Fordney Company ILaurel, Miss.Dear B. V:After you have got the railroad work at Laurelout of the way, I wish that you would go in and check all oflast year's cuttings as well as the cuttings they are in now,both Pine and Hardwood, and make to me a report as to how thishas been handled.Yours very truly,,RG:W

~~~@[}{][ffi~ ~lf o[?@[ffi[Q)~~\1LA 1) R 1·: L , ).J I S S.@@~~&~\1li'eb. 6, 1926ll.r. Ralph Gilchrist,Detroit, W.ohigan,Doar Mr. Gi1ohr1st:Replying to you:r letter o:f' January 27th inwhich you aabd me to check up the cutting tor 1925,-­I have already been over a good large part ot the 1925cutting in the 3-9 territory.After I have finished with the railroad workL will go up in the Smithtown territory and go overthis, and make a report to you · either from here in let-\.ter form. or tell you on my way out.Yours very truly,BVW:P

@G~@D{]OO~~uo[?@OOWJ~@Y!LA U R E L , iii S S .@@~fJJ~~W. .. •':ur. Ralph Gil.cllrist,Feb. e, 1926Detroit, JU.~igan,Dear Mr. Gilchl:-1st:It looks now like I will. finish the ·work herewith 1tr. Applewhite this week nud v:i~l. be able to go overa.:u the details of the worl: with Hr. Jones, so that I willbe ready to loave Latu-el for Oregon by the first of nextweek.t'iil.l t i:w.n.'1c you to wire me rthat day nex'E· week itwould suit you for me to be at yat l.l'. oi'fice, or> if notone day next week, \".hen it will be convenient f'or you tosee me at your ofi'ioe, so that I cu.n arrar.ge the work hereto fit.Yours truly,

February 19th• l 9 2 &.!lr. n. ?.. Gilc-hriat•2455 Ftrat National B6nt »ldg ••Detroit • JU..ch.lmow h01f ,.au would want to amnrer thcu.Weather here is veq similar to wba t I loft tn ~1u-el.:rhia l!!Orning1e a. regular spring da.y •.Yours TaTJ' truly J' '

Febrw.ry 23rd, 1 9 2 6.Mi-. R. E. Gilchrist,2435 First N~tional ~Bldg.,Detroit, Jlichigon.Dear Sir&On rv orrivo.l here o.t the of't1ce I fO'UI'ld e. letter from tho pn.rty whotook me into the Cow Creek district, tellinc me of a sacrifice sale of oneof the STIIall tracts that ha.a been grouped 1n block or 2040 a.cr~s. This,tl.S I have it, is supposed to bo the hi{#lest priced timber, unless it is oneother s~~nU block • . Ria figures on this show 68,000 M: f~et Dlld he thinks it cnnbe bo"Ught for $25,000.00 to $3o,ooo.oo. A bunk 1n 1~b41eon, Wisoonain, b8.a bemba.cld.nc the popple who ~t considerable timber in Ore;:,:m, this tr{:.ct ot2040 acres included. The bank ha.a decided to close them out, ref'uoing to c:.~rrytJ?.e account ~ longer, heme the sale o.t this time. 1 do not know a.a to thePJ.l•ticular tract, as I only saw a little corner of' one· block, hence cu.nnotc;ive CJJ1.Y idea aa to the ai;umpo.~,;e other than thv.t this timber lies in the ~inbody which all runs heavy timber, nnd it the whole block sho!JB up Ll.S the littleI did ·see • their ostim:l.tes aze :not ao ba.

February 23rd, 1 9 2 6.lire R. E. Gilchrist•2435 First lfa.tio:na.l Bonk Bldg. ,Detroit • ¥to h..Dear Sir&As I did not hear an-:rbod1' mention tbe beetle 1n Or&tJln ·1aet7fJ£JZ, .t go~the !Jr(praaeton tbat PH"eibq the old t alk a.botlt thebeetle here wcmld be dropped.HoweYer, I noticed a clipping 1nthe paper .a. day or two ago rrom IO.amath lalla 11here xr • .Blaball istald.ng up the ~tter 1n t.he same old Ya'3 aga1n, and seeme to besupplied with money for this fight by the weyerha.u8er Timber c~,Long-:&ell Lumber Oompe.ey and Oshkosh lnteresta. Attached ,uu willfind clipping tram p1per which gives the detaUs referred to.Yours ver1 truly •/

Februal"Y 23ri• 1 9 2 6.ltr. R. E. Gilchrist•2435 :B'irst National Ba.nk .Bldg. ,Detro! t, Mlell..I have been gettine a little 1nfornnt1on on the question orrates, as per your'sugeestion the other day. tllld find thn.t there isno regular method of shipping lmibor by wc.ter out fran Po:t·tlx.nd tothe L~tlo.ntleCo,;"l.Bt ports. Practically all of the lumber moving 1nthis diroe"'.;:ton ia moved by contre.et with 801'le boat line. The rateon a ho.lf million feet or more from the leading :b Q Ot.t lines here is$15.00 per M. The special rate e1 ven by the rail t'oa.ds from :Bend toPortle.n1 for water shipments is 19-~'1·Will get some i.n.forrntion as to ereoeoting tbtbers r.l.!ld adviseyou in the near ~e. I find out. hoWever. bef"~e I have hada chance 1io vial' a creosotlng pla.r.t 9 that f'ir tbb er does takecreosote, possibly c. bout like southern pine.I Will get al.l the1nforr.nt1on possible on the method ani use of creosote end writeyau. 1n detail with ~rerence thereto .at en oo.rq d.a.te.Yours very tru.ly •

· .. I '.'Feprua.ry 23, 19:?6.)lr. B • . v •. Wright,c/o. ·924 Bedell Building,Portlanq, Oregon.Dear B. v:tn reply to your letter of Febru~ry19th,would advise th&t we d.o not .giv~ ~ny reports ··'to commercialagencies .•· . ....."'. ·:.' ~. ~ .

Feb~~ ry 27th, 1 9 2 G.Mr. n. E. Gilchrist,2435 First Nctional Bank Bldg.,Detroit, Mich.Dear Sir:I have E'.ll inquiry !'rom Shaw :Brothers, so.w Mill operatorsa.t na.mt'!.th Falla,. lookinc !or a. loon ot 0150,000.00 to $175 9 000.00for their plrult at KL.1.mD.th fulls. I lw.ve not eone into the propositionwith them.other tha.n juat 1n a eenera.l lnJ't to see .whetthey have to offer 1n the WD:3 of' aecurltles, and something r...boutthe terms under whiCh they want the loan.The;, claim to have quite e.n axte:na1ve plant and, D.B Iunderstand it, this is the bit; mill south from ~th F[;.llS onthe lake. They cla.tm the f'ol1ow1ng VDJ.uea in their plant:r!1ll and dry kilnPlaner, mUroada llll4 mill aite too,ooo.ooLumber on hand290 .ooo.ooContracts with the GoYernment for 500.,000 Jl fte of timber.$166 ,ooo.ooTheir idea 1a to borrow th1B J'l¥m6y .on their personal notes, to beused 1n the operation ot the mill. The mill is owned b7 :Bob Shawa.nd Royal Shaw and a party by the nnme of Smith. .Bob Shaw ~ on&­fourth intereat, Ropl. ~lf' intereat rutd the Smith Brothers thebalance. The plant ia now oper:-..ted by Royal Sho.w, the brother owningone-half interest. :SOb Shaw is 'lfOrldne for the K.P. 'l1mber C~~,Carey, OreG'O!l, w1 th e>.n o.nnual incomE!' of o. bout $20 ,000. 00 per yec.r •The Sho.w boys are reported to be worth o.bau.t $200 ,000.00 each. Theywould like to borrow thia money on their :personal notes, payablein four equal yearly pa.3lJ16llfiB • begilming one year from now.'I can eupply 7ou \'11th all details or these statements if' youare interested 1n uaking this loo.n.. Please wire me upon receipt ofthis letter it '3'f1l1 would consider mald.ng this loan.Yours very tmly,

lhreh 4th, l 9 2 6.Mr. R. E. Gilchrist,2435 First HD.tional Bunk Bldg.,Detro1 t, Mich.Dear SiraYou requested me to gat a check on the u.ereage of timberu.equired by Mr. vr. r •• Gilchrist from The Shevlln-Hixon Com;pany in the exehn.ngeof timber with that :f'irm. I was under the Slnpresaion the.t thedeed.\ to w. A. Gllch.riat from '!'he SheYlin-Hixan Compo;ny had bean_ pu.t on recordbut 1 ttm it ha.8 not. hence l W>,.Y be a little aJ.ow 1n gettiae' the 1nf'or~t1onfor you. HoweYer, w1U get iff o.a qu1cJd7 a.• I con.The map I showed yoU showed 44,193.95 a.cree belongin(! to \~ . : .. .Gilchrist and s. o. Johnson... Of this, ~:r • .:;. . Gilchrist holds 33.,194.53 acresin his own Ila.ITle u.nd s. o. Johnson 10,999.42 acres in hla name.A.m o.ttachinga. pla.t on which this tiniber is shoWn~ the Gilchrist th!lber shown 1n red checkingsand the Johnson timber in black cheoJd.ne8.I ht1ve beon toll\ thn.t the Brook:s-Soa.nlon Lumber Comp..'l.cy' ofBend has closed a deal for the J. L. Washburn tract in 12-10 ond 12-ll. Illli.ve not an accurate record of this bu.t from the 1n!ormc..tion that 1 got withthe roo.p showing this area, this ':io.shbu.rn tr ~:-ct C:

RALPH GILCHRIST&4311 FIRST NATIONAL IIAHK IIUILDINCJDI!!:TROJT, MICHIGANMarch 6, 1926.Mr. B. v. Wright,924 Bedell Building,Portland, Oregon.Dear B. V:REC£1VED __ !/!~_:-__~_!!_ __ .......,;.ANSWEIED'----------------·-RG:WReferring to your letter of Febr~ary 23rd, withfurther information of timber in Cow Creek district. While theseprices look cheap - that is a section of the State that I havenever been particularly interested in, and I would want to go intothe matter much further before even giving it conSideration.In regard to Shaw Brothers of Klamath Falls, wouldsay that the kind of a loan that they are suggesting I .do notbelieve would interest anyone back here. To do that it ia necessaryto have •ta~ding timber and the lean entirely ba~ed on that.'In regard to the pine beetle, think we should lookinto that matter closely again this coming sprint and watch ferany new damige. As far as llr. Kimball's programme is concerned,I believe that hia plan is only an expense, and while he is' probablydestroying a number of beetle a, yet I do not thi~k he can hope to ·accomplish m,uch because he is not .getting at the;real oause. Atone time he \endeavored to interest us in contrib~ting funds tohelp carry on .his campaign, but I did not feel like considering it.. I am glad to note that you are fo+lowing up thematter of cfeosoting timber and I am interested in what you sayabout fir, because this is the opposite of what i hav~ been givento understand by some of the engineers in this section. I would bepleased if you would get all the information you ·oan in regard tothis proposition, not that we are considering it; but just so thatwe may have it.In regard to the Canadian timber which you mention, Ido not believe that we would be interested in this. In this connectionwould say that some time when it is entirely convenient andyou have nothing else to do, I would like to have you drive up toVancouver Island and do some general scouting around there, so thatwe may know what is going on.

Mr. Gilchrist -2- 3-18-26The records ot t'ir treated piling and poles seem to be about o.saood as that of pine, so rar as the lo.sting quality of the ·treated tnaterW isconcerned.I belieTe the biggest trouble wJ.th the problem here is that the plontsE..re treating the wrong ol.aae or mterial, and try to do 1n the t1r, what no:praotioal operator \"tould try with long lee.t' pine - "Guarantee the depth or penetrationat r..ll points of the timber". For instance, ta.Je) a long laa.t heartbridge s~ 'lx16• and giTe it 12# troo.tnent, tu.ll cell process, you -.oul4 findfrom one a.nd one half to three inches penetra.tion on the edges, ~: .r.d from one-qua.rterto one-halt 1nch 1n the middle of the sides. A fir stringer would show a. Terys1miltl.l' result • roo.ybe slightly less :Penetro.tion, bu.t deeper from 1he euds of thestick. Here the orders come to the creosoting plant to put the oil in deeper 1nthe middle of the aides than ca...11 be done. This diff'1cu.lty wl.ll :tw.ve to be overe;omeby pu.tting in more experienced men to sell the treated r&l.teria.lJ and to educatethe con81.Uier to the fact that it is not nacessar-J to panetrc.~.te the· timber anydeepel' on the sides to get the desired result ,so far as the life of the timber iscone ern~.The ties that are treated here are all heart fir, pra.ct!ca.ll.r noheart ties of the long leaf pine are treated south, only for bridge constrw:rti on,and these are treated by the fUll cell process. It young fir trees on the Pac1f'ioCoast were cut into ties, lea.Ting a. l.a.rger proportion of sap on the tie, the penetrationill creosoting would cbe better.The plbnts out here perforate the ties on ~ll four sides so as tohelp get the oil into the wood. l think this a. mistake • as the sa.me slot th.:::.thelps get dee:per penetration or oil 1n the treatment • will help get mohture intothe tie after !t is in use. I am somewhat in do,lbt as to the a.d.Tanta.ge gotten 1ntreating ties a.a the plants are doing it here, since the ties being treated area.ll of a. long lived type, and the most d1f'f'1cult of' treatment • but am quite surethe..t the trao.tJ!J3nt of piling • telephone poles and timbers for open trestle work,1a a. auccess, and that the use of' creosote 1n this class of material will 1norea.se.1 hD.Te not yet had an opportunity to see the plant of' the UnionPaoif'1c at The Dv.llee or the Southern Pa.oif'io tie plo.nt south f'rom ~e, bu.tunderstand that they are both using either B1nc-chl.or1de or some other preserva.t1Te,RoweYer, I am told tb.a t they do uae creosote. I will see these other plAnts as Ihave the opportun1't7 DJ'1d will write you ~n about creosoting tinber \fhan I ~:.vehad the opport\Ul1 ty to go into the subJect further.Yours yery truly •

March 18th, 1 9 2 6.ur. n. E. Gilchrist,2435 First Ba.tiona.l Bank Bldg.,Detroit, Mich.Door Sir1Referring to l'fl3 pre.lous letter in regp.rd to 1he uae of creosoting!ir timber 1n the Pacific Coast territor;,r • I ftnd on fUrther 1nTeet1ga.t1on tmtI 1mB wrong in 'lfiJ' etateJMmt tba. t rt.r tbtber t~ creoeote a.boat like eouthempine. I have had quite a long ta.lt With llr. c. w. Osborne, Manager of the Creoaot~Departmlmt of' Ohaa. R. 11cCorm1ck &: c~ who operate a. plant a.t st. Helenaon the Col'W'Ilbia RiTer, a. short distance south of' Portl.DndJ and later went out tothe plant and saw some ot the treated ma.ter1a.l, and SO!'lll9 ot the green Mterial.which is being treated, a.a well aa a large lDll!lber of SB.l!ll?les sb""'Ji.ng results oftrea. tnent •There seems to ~no question about the :tact that it is dit:tic'Ul.tto force creosote oil intc. the heart-wood of fir. The sap.woocl takes oil a.boo.tlike southern p1ne 1 but the hea.rl-wood ts more ditf'1ault. to penetrate tha.n 1heheart-wood 1n southern pine. The samples I saw of bridge stringers, e.nd tiestreated With wmt is known as, "The f'ull-cell process", (where the oil is pompedinto the wood, using 12# ot oil to tbe cubic toot of wood) CODJpa.r88 ta.vora.blywith similar treatment of' long lee.f' heart pine. 1'he plants out here are not ableto penetrate the 110od 1n treating ties, by the "Reuping process'', (vhere the oilis forced into the wood against ae.anty or eighty pcm:nd8 C0J1r.Pre8eed a.ir, so thatwhen released thla a.1r forces the oil out ot the wood, leaving cml.7 a.bollt 5# of'oil to the cubic f'oot of wood), anything lllte s1m1lo.r plants can 1n .treatingsouthem. nnterial.I Wll of tbe opinion this 1a . largely due to the f'act that the m.ter!a.l1o not properly dried before trea.tl!lent here. Uateria.l. 1!11St be (Jzy to take trec.tmentproperl7 b7 the I'En1Pin6 procen. In JO.as1es1ppi ties o.re not treated untilthey have bem dried, three months in BWrJJer, Dlld longer 1n w1D&er. The plantsdo not attempt to dry ties by atoo.ming, or other artificial processes for treatment• by the rea.plng procesa, while here the tie supply comee trom the mill to thetrea.ting plant green. I su.ppose the mccess1Te amount of ro.i.n1" weather here m9.k:esit more diff'1cml:t to air dry lumber.Fir piling and poles, "When there 1a sCIIIl8 sa.p on the at1claJ, taketreatment verr aiailar 18 aouthem pine. I would say that the treatment here~ts equa.lq a.a good results in proteoting the lite of' the etlok, 1n tir as thes1mUar trea.tmE!II'ti used ill aoa..them pine, Slld tbat tb.1• resalt 1s gottat with possiblya little leas oil. There 18 a. dltf'ereace, bowGYer, ln that the :tlr timbercheclal more than pine so it loob 1o me that there ie •re 4a.nger in the pileopen1ne 1n 886.8011 cracJat a.f'ter trea.taent,. 110 a.a to let water or air lnto the untreated.wood. Jlo'nYer, both Kr. OSborne a.n4 llr. •sell, the auperintendent of'the pl..ant, tall me there 18 no cheeldDg after treatme:nt, and tm t all the seasoncrackB open while being' treatecl.

Jhrch 19th, 1 9 2 6.Hr. n.. E. Gilchrist •2435 Firat National Bank BldG.,Detroit, Michl~.Dear Sir;I 1r1·ote -rou seyeral months ago advising that there we.s adeal on to pareha.se the Soper-wheeler timber in townships 24-7-8,25-7-8 and 26-7...S. Ilr. R. N. hlmson of New York, t7ho has a millat Ca.atle Rock, Wl:.i.S the party figuring on making this pur~h.c.se.The ficw:e under consideration was $60.00 an Mre. The dea.l hasnow beendropped.I took the mat tar up w1 ";;b. you oo.rl;y last spring with aview of trying to 1Ju.y this timber am since we had no esttnntas,did nothing \~th reference thereto. I am attaching herewith platon which 1 have shom the t.h"lbar in questlo-u., also estirte.tas on alittle of this timbe:;.• in sections 9 and 21~: 25-8, am aeetions 29and 28, 24-8. The e stiJ!latea in 9, 25-8, a.re Mr. Dllsh.o.u's 1902est1mteo 9 which are sonte\fher-3 1n the neighborhood of 50% o,9 his1922 or l92Z "'ork. The other estbn tee were made by llr. Shephe1'dam I vr~s w1 th b.1m and ohecked him on this at the time he ~.de theseestim:!.tes !' so aJ!l eat1s!1ed these estirltites are safe.Please advise what you think of eatiftl.ting this blockof timber this sprL~ with a view that some day we Trf).Y get anopportunity to buy it. I would not consider DZl1' fitr..tre of ~o.oowHhin rec.son 1 however.Yours very tl'Qly,

. w~~-~·· BlueNile.N LIf none of these three symbols· appea~ after the check (number ofwords) this is a telegram. Other·wise its character Is Indicated by thesymbol appearing after the check. Na,nrCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDI!:Nr GEORGE W. E. ATKINS, FIRST 'Yt~RDIDDITA-~~~----~~NlteNLTne flUng time as shown In the date line on full rate telegrams and day letters, and the time of receipt at deetlnatlon as shown on all messagea, Is STANRECEIVED AT 76 THIRD ST., COR. OAK, PORTLAND, ORG. A~~:~s/cB192 19DETROIT MICH 27 110CAB V VIRIGHT18924 BEDELL BLDG PORTLAND ORG· :F'()R-REASONS DISCUSSED WITH lOU ro NOT miNK GOOD-POLicY CONSIDERPURCHASE IN THis.· TERRITORY PARTICULARLY AT HIGH PRICERALPH GILCHRIST.l:j26 fH~. R ?.7 AM 8 30 ·

Yr:.rch 2?th,. 1 9 2 6.Mr. R. E. G1.lohr:1st•2435 Ptret Nat!or..al. &nit :Bldg.,DetroU 9 JUoh.D~ Sir:I under::fliand the \'I int:l.d.rd clll.it!ls in 24-9 • 25-J.O and 25-lld.l·e going to he put on the Mrket this a:prL"lg ~'.Dl as it now looks 9 I wUlhave the :first oppo~i ty ~ 'bu3' these ela.i:ma. I 'lll'lderatand '.Phe Shm"lin­Rixon ;;eople have or:rered ~ more money for these clt\ime tm.n the pr1ee1 have on thsi!L, TheJ"e are two e.dditiona.l claim& that ~he owne.rs haveturned over to nr. Wi.Ilrul.rd.eo I am told. !I'hese are elaime in Sectlon 22.25-12• ancl·tn sect1oml5 and. 24., 25-10.- Am a~~~• hfdoewt~h a peacilnG!IJDI'!l.lldam on 1fh1eh 1 show the d~r1pt1on of the eta~ .. the Bll'li'U!l~ ortimber OD eadl. cla-im 8Zid t.he pr.l~ ,W ·e.zld I 'tfOrlD!td aat on t~ cla.S..when wo wen".; over the price RLde 'tv" Hr. Drulhan and revised then 7la.Bt septemberone 7eaz a.go.In addi~ion to the •·even cl.aiDit U.eteti• 'there te one 1110rein section 20 • 25-ll, tb\ t coupl88 up to ua nicely and I would be glad ~ ·llE.ke a. deal it poaa1ble tor the eight cla.U.. I do J$0t believe,. howe..-er,.that these clat. can be llought tor the price I am o.tf'erblg-. 1 wou14apprao1ate it ver7 mch if 1011. will check theBe figures up !.U'Id write Mut your earliest co.nva1ence, adT1alng ~ · Ute llmtt JOU will be w1Utag to"'JC.Y in order ilo get theae claims.As I see it, there a.re not Ter:f l!tlllll' mer: & a.va.11a.ble cla.imllin this territ017. These e1~t are possibly mo:-e dasiro.ble f'ror.t your stand­:poiL~ tba.n ~ of' J~the othera. pt~.rJ41iou:4l.rly ao. sinoa tJ¥r all carey ~tlmbar a.n1 are located so aa to block up yao.r holdi:Qg 1n good sbapa, a.l'd, too,tlle claim 1n 18 and the one in 19, 24-e, hold more or 1 ass thb control ottht; Cresoeut mill s1ta. It we hP..d. these two claims and o.t BOll& f'u.ture tileyou dec1d.ed you would liko to pllt in a. mill at Cr~CJent 1Mr. Snodgraaa l'dloowns the meadow lnnd in the HVli o£ Sect !on 1'1, where the pretty 4a.m slte ta,could not hold you u.p as the mill eould be pa.t in then ret;a.rdless of thu~ticular plot or lam, and should it be naee8aary to pr:..y e. U ttle extratar lam it would only be i.l. SmE.~.ll ~t o.r meadow lund in the lfli of Seetion17.. P"J.ea.se cheek over these f'igarea a.nd indicc.te to me just how highyou are willing to ~ 1n order to secure these elabla.Yours ver;, tru.ly' •

RALPH GILCHRISTM3a P'I ... T NATIONAL UHIIIIUILDINGDETROIT, MICHJI'JANMarch 31. 1926.Mr. B. V. Wright.924 Bedell Building.Portland. Oregon.Dear B. V:I am just in receipt of your l etter of March 27th.advising that the seven Winnard claims, and also a claim insection 20. 25-11, will be put on the market this spring and willbe sold in a group.We want to get these claims, and do not by anychance want to lose -them to Shevlin-Hixon. I note--that you feelthat you will have the first opportunity, but that Shevlin-Hixonhave already offered more money than your price. While I have noway of knowing what their offer is. yet I rather imagine it somewherearound $2.25 per M. I would be glad to get these particularclaims at $2.50 per M. • which would make our price on the eightclaims $44,600. This would figure out about $35.00 an acre onour estimates. If this price won't get them I would go higher. ifnecessary. In the event you do have to go higher. I would suggestthat you get them tied up in a firm option ao that we will not beleft in the position of being pitted all the time against the otherfellow. This. however, I am going to leave with you as you are onthe ground and we are both agreed that on account of our situationwe want these particular claims badly. I trust. however. thatyou will be able to get them at arotind $2.50 basis.

April lst, 1 9 2 6.Mr. R. E. Gilchrist,2435 First National ;Bonk: BlG.e.,Detroit, .W.ch. ·Doo.rSirlWhen I su.w you ill Chicn.go on my return from Mississippi thissprincr, I talked with you just a little o.bout picJd.nG up some scc.tteringtimber -out this wo.:y Where it could b-e bouGht o.t a low enough fiGUl"e toJus tif'y buy1.ne with a view of holding Wltil such time as developr.ent rnv..de1 t profitable to sell, am. since TJ13' return here have been checking up a11 ttle on prospects for timber ulcme this line. Have two or three loco.-tions here I am caine a.e quickly as I possibly cc.n to see the timber. Oneis "the territory between the Columbia. RiTer aD1 the Yaklmo. Valley in ':io.shington.There 1a a big pine area in this section tha.t will likely be oJ)enedup with a. railroad within the next ten or twelve years. Another is thesection in northeast Oreeon ntnr :Baker City and ntnr LaGra.nde. I am toldthere is o. good opportunity to l!'lf).kG some investment• there, but bn.Te not seenthe timber yet. The snow he.a not cleared out ot the mowttains there eo th:-.to. trip con be mode safely.I have figures offered me tor !'· troot of 5,280 o.crea 1nEldorado county, California, loe-.'1.ted e.bout s1xt7 miles northeast trom sacramentoin the edge of a. good big block ot timber • as shown on the timber l'lll.PI h.o.ve of' California.. - This location is near a str~ e.:r¥1. practicc.lly cOUJ?leBup with a biB block of timber owned by ·m.qdg8tt. ~ lt is. reported to. be about60% 8ll{jl.1r pine tnd yellow pine and from thE! ricnres g1 ven me, 1 t can beboll(;h't o.t a very low figure. Would you think it o.dviaable to run down tmdlook at this block? I bad hoped durtng the year to I'IWI:e a trip down, t~roudlthis section of California. md see what cl.asa tho timber is and how: lm.cli timber. I coUld locate. Can run down and, see 'this 1n a week or tm da.)'B ttme t:nd· ta:ke1n the other pe.rl of the territo17 that I wO\ll.d like to eee by ut111ain5 twoweets or longer. Please write me what you think about gt)inl; this t o.r down o.sI will do nothing a.bont this until I heu.r trom you.Yours very truly•

;;•:April 2nd, l 9 2 6.Mro R. E. Gilchrist,2435 First lla.tioml. Bank Blde.,Detroit • Jlich.Dear Sir&·On rq trip oYer 1n Central Oregon last week I spent threeda.y8 down 1n the timber UDd find everything 0. X. so fa.r e.s dying timberor azq da.mage by wind or storm are ccmcerned 1bo.t I um a Uttle unaaay6.8 to th11 8'W!II!l8rt8 fire h.a.$ar4 beca.uae or the fact tho.t there ia practicallyno snow 1n the timber a.zvwhere now. I went clean up the hill.a1n 25-10 toward Sellars .Marsh e.nd found no snow on top or these mountains.I catlld not go aJVWhare near the top ot the mountains on thu same rod4a. month later tha.n th1a lAst 713 o.r. I went all the -my dom throU{;h theterri tory into · the pot holes and found no snow in this district. I\YD.a A little uneasy Uw. t there would be some qing tinber 1n the vicinityof the pot holes, but found nothing, ao teal tlnt the conditiomthia.spring are o.L so tar a.a the timber is concerned.The wood8 are dry now ao a. fire would burn almost u.nywhere.Mr. &.ner fi ~:,ures th~t he will necessv..rily have to stt1rt his fire fightingforces a. month oo.rlier this aprin(; and I om so.tiafied he will.I underato.nd that lfr. Ia.mooll has ata.tted up the fiGht on tl1ebeetle 1n the JCL..a.rrath Falls district, c:Upp1nt; of 1fh1ch I sent you fromthe P3-pera a few weeks ago,. Will likely spend next week over in the Bendterritory and if I do• will run dom to XlUJ!X.1.th Falla Dnd a.ee whatur. ~ball ls doing. I want to get same first hand informetion on thework thu. t ll'r. ilmbal.l. is doing 1n regard to these beetles and the best ~!fayto G>et this infol"Jlll. tion is to eo in the timber where forces are workingLIJ'ld see what thq do.~ -Hope you are laying yaur pl.D.na to lll.l.~ your trip out this wa.y1n the eazoly aprtng as I am hopef'ul that yc;u will let us pick up a littletimber out here during the year and if you do, it will be necessary tocet started on this pretty soon.Yours ver,r trn~,

Mr. Gilchrist.townahipa west ot this aol1d timber. This township is soU.d t iniber. Thetownship south ot it is solid tim~r am the townshi:p north of it is solidtimber. I e.m sa.tiaf'ied tbtl.t th1i is a.a good a.s any in the State ot Oregonand it' is Qy f~ the nicest block of tilnber for the eiae that I ha.ve seenJa.nd in tbf! e,-t?ll-' yau. wo~d COI181deJ!' . ~l.~~~~g in fir ~n Oregon, this is ablock tha.~ . ~ .. lfo.Uld by all meana ~heoli; up '~~ 'When yao. nake your · trip ~oOregon t~1s apring, I will di~lt th18 with you more fUlly.· I am glad I had thU pppprtunit.y ot spending two or three days1n the timber with Mr. Deville o.&s •. h.e gave me considerable int'Ol"rrv.tion aa tothe quality and character of fir timber am the 1nfor~tion th~::..t he gave mewill ene.ble me to better Ju4ge timber ot this chara.oter as I see it t'romnow on.... Yours very truly,BVW.,T

April 2nd• 1 9 2 6.Mr • R. E. Gilchrist t24.35 First liational Ba.nk Bldg••Detro! t • Mich.Dear SiraI :mM.e a trip over in the Oehoco Forest last week and lookad o.tsome timber along tbe north border line or the Oehoco Forest- .in 21 o.nd 22-12.There is an opportunity here to pick up possibly a dozen sections of real eood,high grade yellow pine thn.t wlll run trom 15 to 20,000 feet to the acre, timber~ t is now owned b7 the original homesteaders. This timber lies overthe crest or the moun'to.ina so thL"'> t it wlll be ditricu.l t to bring 1 t out towardPrine't'1lle.I am enclosing herewith a map or the Ochoco ~tional Forest onwhich I have designated with pencil checks waere a. block of this timber lies,and nth red pencil check the location where the best or this timber is.a .... ve designated on the same plan the approxin&te area where the Roeers tro.ct,whidl l'QU know ab~t, is loco.ted. This should Give you a better ideo. or thelocation or the timber 1n question. Think I can s.rra;nge to get these ola.imson the bt~.&ia ot $1.00 or $1.25 per K on a reasonable estimate. rlrD.l' be ableto get it eyen cheo.per than tmt it it is decided to go 1n this territoryo.nd 'W.Y·I went with Mr. F. J. Devine down in the fir belt southea.st fromAl oo.n_y this week o.nd se.w a BJ~&ll area. of fir tintber. Mr. Devine and o. m.nnamed Oollina ha.'t'e o. smll block or timber in this terri tory 1J'h1ch they l\re.e.llXious to sell a.Dd are holding their timber n.t $1.50 per M. Attached70U will find a toWDahip pla.t on which I have detignated the ownership ontwo-thirds or the townahip. The 4escription shown in red cheelaJ is the lu.ndeowned b7 Devine and Collins, and a.ddi tion..'\l land.B that o.re checked can be'bou6ht' at the sa.me price. The black ehecld.nes represent pri-r.J.tely ownedlands where the orlginal homesteaders still own the cln.1ms or sOll'le private1ndiv1duo.l hns ~ought two or th~ee. The description nnrked with a. pencil "0"is timber omed b7 the OontJ.nental ~imber Oomp~. This firm owns pro.cticol]3a.ll or the timber in this township north or that po.rt where the ownershipis shown. The description mrked with a "D" is omed by Dollar interests onthe Pacific Ooaat. All of this timber is for sale unless it is the ContinentalTimber Oompe.n.y hol.d.ings. This amll block of timber is reo.l yellow fir ot a.very high grade aD1 from wha.t I could see on the trip up thrOUGh this timber,om sat~sfied these eat.iJ:rll,tes tmt 1 Dhow on this plat a.re conservative.\tn1le I understand your attitude with reference to fir in thissection of Oregon and do not rd.Dt you to tea this report as urging" you to-~lee any investment on this p:1rticular section, still I feel that to Get a.line on the tinber, as yr:m have instructed me to do, it is necessary that Ido' a. 11 ttle .Couting in th1• tentt·or)', a.Di whenever I make those trips, Isho.ll a.lwaya lJI;l.ke you s. report. Th.iaf township of timber lies 1nvned.1a.telywest or a. bic block owned by the V!eyerhn.user Timber OomrJO.IlY• There are three

April 3rd, 1 9 2 6.Hr. R. E. Gilchrist,2435 Firat Ne.tion.a.l Bank Bldg. •Detro 1 t, Mich.Dea.r Sir:~ have a proposition ;subinitted through Mr. Rupp •vheroa loan ot $2.00,000. is wa.nted on a block of timber in Grant County, ::regan,The timber belongs to liir .. F. c. Rilapp of the Peninsula Lmmer Comptlll.y,Portland. I lUldersta.nd from. *'• Rupp th:::t Mr. IfnaP.P wants to use thismoney- in malting changes in hia plant here in Portln41d a.nd 1s tiJJXiQ\'\8 tosecure it th.r~ a loan on this timber.I am sendblg you a mp ahowing the loca.tion and descriptionso.-mad by Mr. Rha..P:P.• 'This timber lies 1n the VJhitmm Nationa l Forest ani onlya. ohort distance north from the John Da,y River. In one of ray trip last la.llI came down throueh this body of timber where these holdings a.re located. Thetimber in this section is a good grade of yellow pine, but not as heavy paracre as th.e tillber south from Bend. The only real trouble that I see inc01meetion With thta,aa a. timber :proposition, is the difficulty in getting thelogs and lumber out. It will likely be held until there is a. raUroa.d bu.iltup tbe John Dey Iii YSreIf' you are interested in arrnng:tng this loan, ;plea.so roturnmap to me with i.astruetiona ae to iohe in.f.'ormn.t1on yau. ~ant gotten in orderto secure the loan. The 1!)9.p. hae been borrowed to aubmit to~ so in theevent you do not care to ztte the loan, will thank yr:1f1 to r eturn the paperswith your advice. JCy understanding is that this timber is held 1n feesiMple and tha'\ there is no lllOl'tgage or lncumbrMCe.Yours very truly,

April lOth, 1 9 2 6.Mr. R. E~Gilchrist,24.35 l'irat llat1onal Bank Bldg. •Detroit, K1ch./ Dear SirtYour letter ot l&l.rch 31A recei'Nd 1n which lOU gave mefigures on .ome eWms held by Dr. 'Wbm.'1.rd of Eugene. With thia. a, intomatton. I have hopea ot belns s.ble to get thoae cla..bna whEnthey are po.t on the market, whiCh is likel,- to 1>e e.t o:ny time now.I think you o.re a. Uttle in error c.a to tha fi[;U1·e you placeon the otter from The SheTl tn-ru.xcn c~. On one or these ole.1msthey bATe offered $3.00. 1 4o not know whAt they have ortered• Uanything. on the othera.I am holdlng the stter opan so that when thfV decide toott_er the clalJ!8 fbr ea.le. I wlll have an opportun1t7, to .ueJce a.price on theru, snd will wateh this as cloael7 as I can 111and do ll\Ybeat to get those olaima.Yours ., ery truly •

April 12th, l 9 2 6.Hr. R. E. Gilchrist,~5 Firat Ba.tiona.l :Bank Bld.cr ••Detroit, W.ch.This to acknolrledge receipt of y-our letter,dated A:pl'il lst t .th coR sta~ts of the Rust-OWenLunber 00!!lpal'ly tor 1925 operat1cmB attn.cred.These statements are !n"tere•ting wK'i WOllld indicatet ,o me that you are manufacturing cheap l1unber e .. tthla pll> .. nt. HoY"evor, I wns d.1&.".IJPOintee. iri .11ot crettlne inthese statements a. CfTJ.J1" ot the wooda oosta. Thero ,_ms !:'·copy ehowtn.cr the railroad costs J but 1 und.erstand. thnt thJsmere~ sh.Gw8 the deta.ils of the ra.ilroo.d 01mretlons [,nli 1>~::.eno bef:.ring on the coet of the e.etual woods opel'E",t1ov..6. !will e.pprecia.te it if ytm will send no this r:.lsc· • since Iha'9.'0 the cthere.Yours very truly,BV':!*!.'CT

RALPH GILCHRIST14311 P'IHT NATIONAL BANK IIUILDINIJDETROIT, MICHIGANApril 12, 1926.Mr. B. v. Wright.924 Bedell Building.Portland, Oregon.Dear B. V:Replying to your letter o~ April 3rd, relativeto a loan to F. c. Knapp o~ the Peninsula Lumber Company,submitted to you through Mr. Rupp. having as security a blocko~ timber in Grant County, Oregon.Inasmuch as this block o~ timber is not apart o~ his holdings ~or the operation and that the moneyloaned is in no way to be used ~or the development of theproperty - it would not interest anyone except some personlooking for a straight real estate loan. Such a loan couldnot be easily liquidated, and for that reason I would notbe interested in it.I am returning enclosed herewith the platshowing these lands which you sent me. . .truly,RG:WEncl.

1J (:: p . 0 0' ftC: . O""to·r; .. • C'-') r7J (.'Mr. Gilchrist.fire that may devulop.i>11on I ea.w you in Chicago, on my wa;s- back 1'/est this spring, you toldme the.t you ml~t make a trip out here in Uay. If' you have made yovr def'ini teplans a.s to when you will come, please let rna hear i'rom you ~.s I feel th:1t weshould "oe getting busy on sane of' the proposit1ona I auggeeted. to you, bu.t inasmuchas it was net decided defiui tely on o:ffl pla.n whan I Wf~oS r.ri th you, h.'\4hoped that your ·trip here this . spring would mean the tinal d8C1&1on on somedef'1n1te line of' work, and th..'1.t I ciould. a.otue.lly get blwy on it in ti'ne to doeonY:~thlng this year.·yours vux·y tx'Uly,. ...~.

'·April 20th., 1 9 2 6.Mr • R. E. G1lchrtat.2435 Firat Nutio:nal. J)a.nk Bldg. •Detroit, llioh.Dear Sir:While in Central Oregon last" week. I went to Kle.nnth Falla and madea trip out 1n the woods where Ju.ck Ki.J'Iiball is mak1.ng his effort to extermir.atethe western pine beetle, and what I so.w is quite interesting.I had got·ten the idea. that he is cutting a.l.l ~ea where thebeetle 1s \fOrking a.nd peeling these trees. tbns destroying th~ beetle~ Hisultimbte o.im. ia the destruction or t.t.ll Ghe beet1e ln the aroo.. He !8 onq cuttingthe dead trees, however • where the trees are full· of but._o:a • 3.DI:l ia · not cuttingfJZJ.Y green timber. He is not t~.ttGt~qJttng to keep the bootle !'rom workir.tg'this ya1.r • ·oa.t goea on tho theoey the.t to de&tro)" the breeding pl;;.ces thisyes.r, will :pravent the1·e ooi.ne any beetle to work 1n the tlDlber next yee.r. It'he kept his fight up all the aeuson' he would have l'QOre claim to results. butaillce he only wo;;;oks ecu·ly apring and quits, he &tUl leavea a. ch&lice ror lotsot beetle to breed this yoo.r attar h1a campaign 1s over. He ia doing a. goGiJob of de.troyinc tha beetle in the trees he worlat, am ia ·bu.rning lots of olddead sna.gs and down. rotten logs ... 1n fact • he is letting his :f'lres 1nrn o.ll theywill• wherever he t rea.t.s a. troe • so he 1s actual.q burning ovsr asveral acreswherever he treats a. tree or a cl:u.mp or trees. '.l'here 1a DO quest ian abot~t hisdoing a lot ot' good with theee little !tree, and wha.t I saw him doing shows methat it 1a pra.ct1ca.l to burn uome in the pine belt here• and by tha.t method helpto protect the stand of pine timber· i'l'om the .!!!!: 1.ncroo.a1!9 1'1r.c. rS.sk.Ae to his beetle vorlt., ! did not aee aeythi.ng to indicate t.be.t r.r-l'real coo4 is being dore to save timber. It all the timber e..rea W5.S worlted. tokill tl'.e beetle E.l.ll the year, e.Dd ee.ch year, lt is entirelj pouible to uterminr.teall the beetle, 9ut it would be neoeha.l7 to deatrey them 1n the aut overo.reo.e where the mill.D o.re worldng. and etm e a method of thia ~ is ir.woeal ble,1 t iii questionable to me llhetbor he is actually 4:olng DZ17 good ozo not. I am tullyconvinced the

April 26th, 1 9 2 6.Detroi·t, Mich.Dear SlrJCrews. CorrJOration Co!!ln1Ds1onar Car the State of OrEl@>n.I :pre8W!l6 1 t will oo necassar,y to nnke this r BIJOl•t ,'1l'J1as 1 luve not tt"le nooas&'\ry inforun tion• am paaeing the :po.pareon to you. Cor det~1.11sof the roport.Youre Y~ t ru.l.y,BVW*!.!JT

Mr. R. E. Gilchrist.be bo'l.lght possib~ a-t a. bargain. The indication is th.• .. d; the :proposed railroadline I suggested to you tn ~ other letter will be built through this oectionin the near tu.ture.There 1a a l.aree body of this Indian Reaervai:ion t1mher, possibly twentymiles wide, and poae1bly thirty or forty miles long, lying north e.nd south, e(!.Stfrom the IO.ickitat River • where from 26 to 76% of the old ori£,1'j.no.l growth oftimber ha.a died. 'l'hia area is bel~ reproduced with young timber to a pointthat three.tEil18 the life ot the ba.lo.nce or the old original stand, ae I see it,and will surely Jlll.ke the logging operation very expensive should u. firm~this block of timber. While ! do not oae :m;r th.ing ti.:;:; in this t0rr1 tory t hatI think would be of interest to you in the line of a purchase, I would verymuch like 'to bave you see this condition in this block of timber. Will giveyou more detailed acoount'a or conditions in this territory when you J:rl!"Jte yourtrip out her$ this r~neroYours very tr~y,:BVV/*MJT'

April 30th, 1 9 2 6.Ur. R. E. Gilchrist•2435 First No.tional Ba.nk Bldg.,Detroit , Ulehigan.Dear SiraI wrote you on Septemb3r l4rth e;ivine a little outl!n•J of a trip Imde with Jl':r. Rupp up in the territory north of the Columbia. River at RoodRiver, o.nd ao·~tth of the Tr.1..ld100. district in Wz~osh1ngton. \!han I t:.ras UIJthere with Mr. Rupp, we went to look at the Irvine tract of 16,000 acres oryelloW p1no, just aouth a.:ad a lHtle oo.st of Mt. .d.dru".'!S.During th1a week t ha.ve ~de a. triZ> bo.,ck into this COU!ltl"'J and went1n by wn.:s ot Goldendale, going north th.."""~ the entire body of timber betweenthe Columbia River and ·lihe Ya~% Valley. This tirlber 121 l;;.rgely inthe Yo.ld.Jla Indial Reserra.t1on a.nd ls the closest block of pine timber toPortl.Dm, 1n te..ot, the onl7 pine timber except over the Mountains in CentralOregon t~d 1n the extreme southeo.atem part of V:/l.Bhine'l;on nnd 1n northeo.stOregon, until ;you go bfJ.10!ld Sposne, coming east.I find that Jb'. E. s. Collins; P ... st\W mill oper:1tor 1n ·the fir belt,l1vinc here 1n PortlDlld, is buJ'ln5 up 1n the terrttor;y o.nd possibly hasa.lree.dy bought or ha.8 a.n option on this Irving tr~~ct. On the plat I sentyou with m:y letter ot September 14th, I designe..ted the state timber lyingwest ot the iihite Swan River, the stu.te timber and ra•ervn.tion lying northof the IrTi~ tra.ct, and the Ind1nn Reservation timber lying Enst: of theIrving trt10t. Mr. Collin& he.s boll8ht the lt!ilton Box Compuny plant at Glenwoodand what til!t>er they held south ot the Indian Heservc.tion, ond has modeapplication ror all of the Indian Reservution timber west of the nicldtatRiv~r which will give h1Jif abOIXt ei~t or ten solid townahlps of timber, ifhe gets the Irving tl'act,..The Vernon ~1Bh Lumber 00l!'rflD.21Y of Louicie..:na, l'ODl·ooented by Mr •.IID.rth, is boy1.ng the' o:n.ilable timber east from the lQ.icldta.t River, all hecan get south ot the Indian Reservation c..~ for 13ix to ten miles up 1ri theReservation where a good J11U1Y cla.i!!ll were filed on and actun.lly homesteadedbefore the reserTa.tion line wa.s !DOTed south to itf.; l}i.'o:.;ent location.The Eastern & Uestern mill, opero.ting here in Portl

April 30th, 1 9 2 6.Mr. :a. E. G1l.chr1et 1243> First N'a.tions.l .Iknk Bldg. •Detroit • ?U:l.oh1gan.I am writing you to&v, giving som inform:.tion with rererwce tothe tiri:l e:r north ot tb.e ColUl!lbia Ri Vf)r in lO.i.ckHat County, Vie.ehi..ntrfion,1n whloh 1 gave yw some outline a. s to the ll.l"ea beinc blocked by thethree different !1~.I hear a. rumor the t the Eastern "' v:estern li't. 1 J!1i}"'!' CO'!'l?A:''.rtY WO'}.ldsell their block. The thou(#lt occurred to me that :possibly I coulda.rro.nge for 7CJD. to .pqt some money 1n the block or. tL'!\ber in With Mr. Colline.1 don•t know toot this could be done - in to.ct, Mr. Collins issupposed to be able to carry anything thrl.t h.e vndertP.kee. He is listedat about ~.~am. I am satiafled tmt all or the deals he is 1111:\ldngin this terri tory nre for ca.M. Ho\fevi3r, if there ahou~d lle u. chr..r10a ·to pu.t some money into. ~ proposition in this country • it strikes methat one with Mr ..· Coll!.M would be t'be ;llOrrt desirc.ble. ! know Mr. CollinS1Jut ha;ye not talked the nntter ove~ with him in ::my w .. :.y, but thethought ooourred to me that 1h13 worJ.d lle the ae.fest pro!f'siticm forOiTJJ" :tl.no.ncing tn the llorthwest. If you would like to put some uoney 1na proposition of' tb.ie kind• I eho.ll be ,c;J:J.d to see .Mr. Collins ~d t

April 30-~h,1 9 2 OoMr. R; E. G1lehr1st,2436 Ftrst Bational Brunk Bldg.,Detroit• Mich.Dooz SiraPleeec note a.tta.ched letter fro!.'l L!!r. 1J l;ley of I'c:.valJ..-Utley HealtyCompa.DJ', "1th reference to yov h.oldi.!ga in Central i.Jrea oo.1 hLwe writtenMr. Utl.fr tmt eo far as I la1ow', ,youz· ·~ufoeris not ctn the market. H01te.er,will be glad to ba.e you tell me just W..)W ·to H.nawar a lett er ot tlda kind.

RALPH GILCHRIST14311 nMT NATIONAL IIAIIIIIIUILDINGIDETROIT, MICHIGANApril 30, 1926~Mr. B. V. Wright,924 Bedell Building,Portland, Oregon.Dear B. V:Yours of the 26th, enclosing blanks forOregon reports for Gilchrist Timber Company, have beenreceived and same passed on to Mr. Foley for handling./RG:W·. 'J1 -~~R£11!111!1 ........ -t. _____ _ANSWEilED---············•••••••••••• -

~ let, 1 9 2 6.·Mr. R. E. Gilchrist.,2436 Fir&t Nv .. ttonal Bank Bldg.,Detroit , Jrtich.Last week during rq absence trom Portla.nd, there weretwo or three cltwi.Dga 1n the paper a.bou:t llr. Herrick and hia contractwith the Government for forestry tlmbel' north ot .Burna.It aeema thatsOAeone is trying to give l.tr. Herrick ·eome trouble about thls pro•position.I do not know any of the deta.U.a.The l..aat tiDle I wa.a 1n Burns, 11h1ch, aa 1 remeni>er, wa.ein October, there was a era.dt.ng outfit working on the ro.llroad l.lDianother crradtng outfit building the da.m for the log pond.The peopleat Burns felt like Mr. Herrick had mode a start that would gaaro.nteehis being able to -carr,r out hia agreement with tbe GoYernment.I donot know whether there 1• reall7 any gl'OWld for th1a COftftlllt or not.Am sending :f01.1 tllia ollpping Just a.a a mtter ot 1Dfor~t1on.Yours veq trul7,

'/.j''jl'Mr. R. E. Gilchrist •2455 First lfa.tional Ba.nk Bldg.,Detroit, Mich.Den.r Sir:timber a.d:yertiaed for sale, knom aa tbe Jlodoo Point Unit. The following1a e. list or the bidders on this 'W11t, giving thtt firm am rateof big. This to show yett wher~ the pine tlmber in t.ho reeen~ti.on iaw. B. Robinaon ot Grants Paee\~eeltlr-olmstee.d Co.D. H. PUckettT.. B. LlenefeeSho.w-.Bertram Lbr. Co.Clement & lt'etmeiiyAdelaberger & ConradSha.at£• V1.e"' I;tr. & Fox co.Peltccm Be.7 Lbr. co.o. "'· StreeterLa.rrm Lumt-er Co.J.J. Zteige:r.tt.a7.116.176.S76.4.9. 6 • .586.566.566.586.~16.235.fS

~ llth. 1 9 2 6.llr. R. E. Gilchrtat,ae5 Firat Bationa.l :8ank Bldg.,Detro! t , W.ch.Dear Sir&I think I wrote you eome 11 ttle b1 t ago tm t the Brooka-ScanlonLumber 0~ ha4 parcha.aed the northern pa-rt of the. origina-l holding of theAlworth..Wu.ahlmrn OOIDpB.D.J'. A.tta.ched ,.au will find c. clipping that showed up1n the Bend paper a few da.18· a.go confirming th!s sale. This leaves only theGilchriet-Tohneon tract end the OlfllflD LD.nd C~ and Dc.nt and Russell, 1na.ll, about ?4 ,000 acrea, that does not go to BroolaJ....Sca.nlon in. thiw terri tor;, 9providing the7 cmt the Hill timber. This insaree Brook&~anlon a . good ~~ · run or tbb_., ta.ld.Dg ~ha\ ~ea. north of where SheYlin-RUon cut to thelkttoliWJ River, You ~--ber ~ had a. map of thts with me in Chica.go and yotiseemed Yf¥r7 JI1I1Ch 1ntereate4 1n tl11.• ma.p.Am a.l.ao etto.ching clipping from the Klamath ~la paper giv~an account ot another Indiell Reeenation sale l.aat week. Ee.ch time a. new unitia pu.t up for we 1n th ... reaenation, a. new record of high price is made,$'1.48 be~ :pa.id 1n thiu caee. It &eems that for the la.et three units sold,a.n outsider, or rather, a. compa.tey' that wa.a not expected to come in and bid.hao pu.t the price up. Tbia unlt ._. a. corner cut ott nMr an opera.tio~ thatwas a.eked tor b7 th1a operation, but one or the other milla bou~ it.'l'bere baa He& quite e. little nenpaper ta.lk about the llo.7fieldbill tha.t was introduced 1n Congreea recentlJr, bu.t did _not po.aa the sena.te yet.stUl no report from the Interstate Commerce OOI!IId.aaion on theoregon Trunk am Sou:them Fac1t1c proposition. The Union P~ific .ie planning·,o change its echedule into Bend• . tald.na otr the dAy train and ptltting on anight train. The amlOUDCeJIIEllnt or thllt ch.t.mge see• to have caused considerableexcitement 1n and t\1'0und Bend aa 1t \11.11 cut orr the d.v tram from l:Kn'ld ~ .pu.t on two night tmlna. Some opposition has developed, but I do· not knowba.t what the ~~ehedul.e wtll liJe pu.t 1n effect when it 1s due to go in.Nothing emiting 1n the timber around Be11d. Ho.ve juat return.adtrom a trip down thro~ part. or the timbel' section of cal.U'ornia. where ·r sawsome wonderful 7ellow pirle. Will ~· a. report on this a.s soon as I can getsome mapa on which to 1nd!~te certain WorJI'J:\tlon that I want ;tan to lw.ve.Going to Bend teaorrow· aDJ. dU possibly go f'rom Bend oyer through the pinesection 1n northeo.et comer of Oregon, of Which I told you \then 1n Chicago,to eee .am& t!'IJlber that I have a repor·t on. F...ave been wa.i tillg f'or the snow toclear out so I could get to the timber 1n this seotion.Atn 1n hopee tba.t your pl.mut for the Oregon trip haTe tall:sl; 59:1118shape ao that 70\1 wUl be oom!.rlg this way bet'ore very nmch longer, r.s I f'eel·that the time ia here when I should get bu.ay picking up s01~ of those cheaperclaima, if I a.m to do a:n:r ot that th1a yf*J.r, and I have sov3rt1.l pro1)oflH1ona ofthat kind that I om a.n::r.ious to diseuse with you.Y ..__ ours vi:lry w.u 1 y,

M£:.y 12th, 1 9 2 6.Mr. n. E. Gilchrist,2435 First »atione..l Bank Bldg.Detroit~ MichoD~ SirtThe long looked tor d.eo1s1on f'rom the lnterstu.te CommerceCoi!Ill1ssion, eranting the Or$n Trunk: permission to build south intolO.amath Falla, has at last cans.Am attaching herewith clippingfrom this morntng•s"regontan" civing ever"fthing thEW ht:.ve to date. This,I think, you will find abro.t what you-r idees were tha.t the decision would1>eoIt is quite eyident from this decision thnt the Interstu.te CommerceConrnisslon is anxious to pet'mit the I"J.ilroads to buJ.ld practically DZJ:3'-thing they m:mt in this territory.This for your info~~ tion.Yours very truly •

RAIL (XJENSIONIN OR(GON WINSCommission ApprovesBuilding 430 Miles.STATE'S PETITION DENIEDOregon Trunk Authorized toConstruct Line FromBend to Klamath.TRACKAGE RIGHTS INVOLVEDRoads Told to Undertake inGood Faith to ReachUnderstanding.f I I I I . I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 9lBIG ARE'J{ To BE SERVEDBY PROPOSED LINES.Orps .. on. Trunk line gets per­? s lozl .. ,to extend its line+ ·lsouth from Bend and operateinto Klamath Falls.Southern Pacific authorizedto acquire Nevada-California­Oregon road by purchase, andcondiUonally authorized to: ac9uire Oregon, Callfo·rnia &rights over exlst-;li Ea;:::~~ge~:fve:~dproposed lines ln-. Central Pacific gets author­Ity to build 36-mile railroadfrom point two miles southof Klamath Falls to Cornell,+ Cal., and another 62-mlle roadf from Cornell to .Altura, In Mo­• doo county, Cal.: Details of conditions lett to+ Interested railroads.

California, which would serve thelargest area in the United Statesnow without railroad mileage, wasapproved unconditionally today bysion.Three railroads would do thebuilding, the territory to be servedequaling the combined areas ofMassachusetts, Connecticut, NewJersey and Delaware.Two Purchases Authorized.At the same time the commissionauthorized the Southern Pacificcompany to acquire controlof the Nevada-California-Oregonrailway by purchase of its capitalstock; conditionally authorized thesame carrier to acquire in likemanner the Oregon, California &Eastern railway, and dismissed thepetition of the Oregon public servicecommission for an order requiringconstruction of new railroadsin interior Oregon.The railroad applications weredescribed generally as in substitutionfor the Oregon commission'sproposals as far as "meeting localneeds" was concerned.If all the provisions prescribedwere adhered to, all of the proposedconstruction would not benecessary, since trackage rightsover existing and proposed linesare involved in the conditions. Thelatter were stipulated, the commissionsaid, in line with the policyof congress, which recognized thebuilding of unnecessary lines involveda waste of resources andthat "competition between carriersmay result in harm to the public,as well as in benefit."Details Left to Roads.Details of construction andworking out of the co-operative arrangementssuggested were left to· the railroads, and in view of theimportance of the whole proceeding,the commission said it expectedthem to "undertake in goodfaith to come to an understanding"on the basis of its decision, or tonotify it promptly if the termswere objectionable.The Central Pacific railway, theonly one to receive outright. authorityfrom the commission, plans tobuild a line 36 miles long from apoint on its . line two miles southof Klamath Falls, Or., to Cornell,Cal., and another road 62 mileslong from Cornell to Altura, inModoc county, California.The Oregon Trunk's new line

HAILWAYHI~N51UN .IN STATE APP~OVEOCommission Allows Buildingof 430 Miles of Road.OREGON PETITION DENIEDUailroads Told "TO Undertake inGood Faith to Cometo Understanding."·-Continued From Fir•t Page.'\vould run from B_ end 66 miles to·_ ... :Paunina, a station on the. recentlyconstructed porti~n of the Natron, cut-of! of the Central Pacific,thence across Klamath marsh andalong the Williamson river toSprague River, approxima~ely 70and thence approximately 42·.·-miles,. to Klamath Falls.-- Authority Made Conditional.The road was authorized to build-from Bend to a· connection with. the Oregon, California & Easternsubject to the condition, lf it receivestrackage rights over theSouthern Pacific between Pauninaaad Klamath Falls, it shaH. cone;tructonly to a point of connectionwith the Klamath Falls-Eugene~ut-off.The Oregon, California & East­~rn proposes to build three branchlines, one running from its termillusat Sprague River 63 miles toSilver Lake; another from a point·on the proposed Silver Lake branchthe Williamson river approximate~y15 miles, and the thirdSprague River app~oximat~~ymiles to .Lakeview.The authority to the road wa11conditioned upon the granting byto the Oregon Trunk of operating"over Its present .and projectedbetween a point of connectionKlaroath Falls, In event t.heOREGON T~'QNK LINE SOUTH ~ FROM BEND·-TO"BE, STARTED SOON, SAYS W. F* TURNER( . ·.:. ·.Head of Railway Receiving Authority to Build Is Jubilant, while Silence Blankets Offices of SouthernPacific-Decision Momentous One, Ranking With Hiatoric Conflicts of Early Builders.WORK on the extension of theOregon Trunk line southwardfrom Bend will be commencedImmediately after preliminarydetails are worked out, It waspromised by W. :ji'. T~rner, P,resicdent, after he had seen dispatchestelling of the decision of the inter­! state commerce commission permittingthe Oreg·on Trunk to extend Itsline and operate into Klamath Falls.The decision came as a climax toa prolonged legal battle, and offi­-cials of - the Spokane, Por.land &-Seattle railway, owner of the OregonTrunk line, and ltseff subsidie.ryto the Great Northern and NorthernPacific, ~ere jubilan~.Mr. Turner, as prPsldent Clf theline, was besieged during the dayby telephone cafls of congratulation,and ' was thoroughly pleased withthe commission' .s decision .. Declalou Found Fa .. ora-.,le.Early in the uay he issued a briefstatement, which later he amplifiedverbally.In his statement he said: "We havenot see11 the official order of thecommission, but judging from briefdispatches the decision seems favorable,Inasmuch as the Oregon Trunkl!s apparently authorized to · extendits line and operate Into KlamathFalls." ·Officials of the Southern Pacific,on the other hand, were decidedlysilent. Ben c. Dey, who "Jed the legalforces In ' the hearing last year beforethe -commission, was out of thecity and no one In the legal departmentwould vouchsafe one wordIn regard to the decision or as towhat the next move on the part otthe Southern Pacftic would be.That the decislo.n came somewhatas a surprise, and •certainly as a dte­_appolntment, !as apparent abou(theSouth·ern Pacific offices, althoughofficial statemer.ts were laclt ing.Coufflreaee Next Move.The ne::t move-on the part of theOregon Trunk ilne will be ,to seekconference with southern Pilciflc officialsln an attempt · to ' obtainrights over the Eugene-KlamathFalls line ot · the · lattertcompanyfrom Paunlna to -Klamath Falls. ·-uthat right · is not obtained, a .. con'­ference will follow with of(iciaJs ofthe Oregon, California & Eastern forsimilar ri&;\lt over their lines fromSprague or· near that point to Klamath;Falls.It neither of these rights are obtained,two portions of the .comml~;~sion'sorder will be tbrown out:1'he Southern Pacl!lc will not havethe ~lght to acquire the Oregon,California 8i Eastern, nor will thelatter coropany be permitted tCl ex-~C A. 2.L I...0- PresenT Sou. Pac. Lines \ Red dina-{Newt;n"s f'ropo.sea or 8{!·••• /n~ Con.strvcf{!d umterS.P.PTim .E33: Lines md,(!a;f~d m OretJonTrunk App!tcatton:Map 11how•_ terrltor;r to be opn~ed up b;r exten11l011 ot the Ore&"OD Tl'unk.line Linea under cOulltruetl~u &lld propoaed b;r Southe1'11l Paelflc al•oare lndic .. ted. .. ·line south, co-ordinating the Strahornline and the N

~ . g reement Wltll the ~outnern r-acliiClfor joint operation o ver its line.Injn~otice to Orea;on Seen.Authorization of the So uthernPac ific to acquire

RAIL RULING MEANSO~EGON THUNK BOONSouthern Pacific PJaped inPosition of Loser.PLEAS COMPAREDScrTlce Commission' ;;Plans Given CarefulConsideration.a branch line to Lakeview, approxima tely 104 miles long , fro m the territory to be serve d, availableOREGONIAN N E W S BUREAU,v.·ashington, D. c., May 11.-The OregonTrunk won a notable decis_loncross-state line.freight, difficulty of transferringExaminer c. I . Kephart had proposedan alternative plan to that or Oregon-Washington representativesempty cars a nd the assertions of theever its r ival, the Southern Pactflcsystem, ln authorization today _bYthe· state commission In his report, in opposlt'lon were reviewed atthe Interstate commerce commlsstonIncluding extension of the Oregon­ length. Con clusions were avoided,ct new rail construction In southeasternOregon which would allowWashington Railroad ·& Navigation h o wever, o t her than that the Oregon-Wa shlng·ton and the Oregonline from Harriman to th·e Natronthe northern lines to reach Klamathcutoff at Odell Junction, via Cres ­ Short line, w ithout the lndorsenieI

RALPH GILC.HRIST14M f'IMT NATIONAL IIAIIII MlfLDifiG~I:TROIT, MICHIOANMay 17, 1926.Mr. B. v. Wright,924 Bedell Building,Portland, Oregon.Dear B. V:Some time ago Mr. Thompson sent on to me a lotof deeds in connection with clearing up the record titles of ourholdings.In amongst these deeds were quit claim deeds runningfrom the three children of Frank R. Gilchrist, deceased, tow. A. Gilchrist. While I never could understand the necessityof these particular deeds, yet I note that he did not includeany deeds, nor make any suggestion that any be obtained, fromthese three children running to Gilchrist Timber Company.Willyou kindly enquire of him relative to this.truly,' .RG:W- (;, .. '.1> I , y ..- .· i..e .·.... . -··-~ .· •";Rte!t'fS---~~.. . ..··•· ·. ···. ·. -~~~~· ·- '', .•. ,,._ ·-····-. '

•RALPH GILCHRIST~~~ P'IUT IUICI'IOIIAL -IIUILDINCJDETROIT, MICHICJANMay 17, 1926.\~ ..Mr. B. V. Wright,924 Bedell Building,, ~Por~l8.Hd '• Of~ -gen e,, .· ., • ~·· ·....-...·l;•l" , .,. \., .· ./\!.!). ..\ :· . ~:-r ~ - ,;:"!'• •,~ _ .,.Jo.r l' ···•"* "'- :::-•,·or· ·' ...,.". ._._o~- _.,.V".""Cr'····~\·x,/,. . .r had noticed .in the Press the

IMr. B. V. Wright: #2matter of a land exchange between the Shevlin people and ourselves.While I think it would be fatal for us to make any move in endeavoringto get expressions from them - our strength in the positionbeing in forcing upon them the first move - yet I think that weought to lay pretty close to this matter and pick up any possibleinformation that we can locally. 1ff.hile, of course, I have no wayof knowing, yet I have the idea that this enquiry from Utley wasin their behalf, and it is for that reason that I am not makingany reply to your enquiry as to how to reply to Utley's letter.While I do not want to make any suggestion as tohaw soon or when we would want to comtemplate an operation out there -yet I wish that you would go at it with the idea that the extensionby the Oregon Trunk is to be and that timber exchanges in the westend of our holdings will be made so that we will have a cbmpactlogging operation, and work out your plans as to definite location,having in mind all of the various factors in that section. Forinstance, the LaPine location might make available more timber toa plant than a location further south, but would require morerailroad construction in order to get the outlet to the SouthernPacific. In other words, I want to see us consider every angle andtake time enough when considering it so that our conclusions willbe as correct as possible.truly,RG:W

Mr. Gilchrist. -2-tiona for a mill. I hltYe been trying to get thiB uppor mill s1te but so fttrhave ftade very l1 ttle progress. Mr. Snod&-.rass ie holding the llUld now ~~t $60.00per aero am I don't believe there is aey W1J\.1Cr of hio price going up, in fo.ot,I think we cquld drop do-m1 the river n.bout one-hal!' mile and poesibl¥ get e.more sn.tisfactory location at lees IllS)lle1, even though it is naceaso.ry to builda loncer dam. The present hi{juray and the lOCtl-tion of the Oree·on Trt'lnk 1'&1lwu.ycuts into the lumber ya.rd a~oe on the Snod5raes side. While 1 haTe no_t checKedup definitely on this, t o.m inclined to think that these two encroachments r L1.therspoil ~he lumber y u.rd.ila to the Winn.e.rd claima, 1 Ml ,orkil'l6 on thia slowly but feel the.t Iho.ve the inside tip a.nd tht\t when the•e lt>nds a.re offered for sa.le, I will havethe opportunhy to ~ them, bu.t since I know tha.t Shevliu-IUxon are paying $3.00,and 1n sane instunce• $4.00 ,for tirWer in ·the western part of where our holding&t~re 1 I feel .tha.t it Will ~94eeU'8o.ll'"J ·to go a little· atron6Gr than you hopedin order to secure these lands. I a.m satisfied that Sh8Tlin,...Hixon ~1111 ptl.y a ,ra.ncy price for theee claims.YV"Il had a pr1oe tnllode on the Day tilnber three or four years ago. 1wonder if' you would be willing to let me have, someone out here get a price tl.gu.1non these landa now, 1~ f'~!a'i'r~ ~c.K~i'Clim.d ' Sf.._ being known tha.t we e.re interested.The idea. ocoure to ma th£1.t 1! we ooulQ. b1.v these Day lands, it m1c;hthelp you in your position with rete~noe to tho other people. I don't ~iinkthere ia ~ question but viha.t Shevl1n-H1xon believe tho.t you plan to hold theprice up aa high ae Jt;1U. ca.n on your timber and then sell, and to ~ othar blockSlike the Day timber, which, of com·ue, will be dea1rc.ble to have, rdr;ht helpyr:m in your sta.m w1 th reference to thia holding as well t.\8 a.o.d good etump:itt;,"eto your holding.I have Just been informed thr:.t Hr. Moulton here in Portl.and, thescrip agent who has f'urniohcd the aorip for The 5hevlin•Hi.xon Cotnpall3 for a coodmt~ny years, ha8 placet acrip on twelve or fifteen forties over in the terri toryarmmd crescent - fort tea on which there is 200 ii teet or loss, and from the 'inform.?.tion that I heve, I am sa-tisfied that the sc1·1p pla.ced on these ltlndsis costing Shevl1n•R1xon C~ $16.00 an acre.Will write you within the next d~ or so e1v1ng a report on my tripto California two weeks ago n.nd rv trip to northeast Or·a f~ thia week, and willw1·1 te you !Jonda;y {~1 v1ng wl':.t~t informc:.:.tton 1 can aft or tho oonferenoe wi tb Mr. B

Mr. l~. L~ .. Gilchrist,2.>~35 First }!c.:.tio:'W.l Bank: Bldg.,Detroit , Hich.Deur Sir:Your letter or sq 17th to hr.nd you sodesire, you might be able to e.rru.nee with the U:nion Pr.oific to operttte ~onthover tho Oregon 'l."runk: line or to build a line of their olfll south '!;o your milllocu.tiou, ahou.ld you put your plo.nt in near LaPine, However, the sue,:;outionth{•t you offer in your letter of ~!J:J.y 17th is well worth eonsider2::{;, :.nd 1 t hc!.Sbeen my idea all t-:.long that you miGht ,under certD.in oondi tiona, \'ld.nt both loca-

.Mr. Thompson 'phoned that on January 4th1926, he mailed Mr. Gilchrist deeds fromchildren of Frank R. Gilchrist to GilchristTimber Company, and also w. A. Gilchrist.On March 11th he forwarded other deeds andcalled Mr. Gilchrist's attention to deedsto Gilchrist Timber ComP8.Il¥•!by 21st, l 9 2 G.1ir. R. s. Gilchrist,2435 Ftrst lfa.tional Bo.nk .Bldg. tDe·iiroit, fHch.Decl.l" Sir aRep~ to :JVtJr letter • dated lil.y l?th,_ ·fl'i th reference todeeda l'rom the ChUdren of Frn.nk: n. Gilchrist • deceo.sed, in fo.vor ofG1lehrlat Timber COl!fPB.lV • Atr. ~an a.dyia.ee that on Joow-;.ry 4th,1926, he mailed you deeds to be signed b7 the children of Fran.k R.Gilchrint, deceased, in favor of Gilchrist Timber Con~, and to ., • t:.•Gilchrist; and thd on Mt>t•ch 11th he sent you emae other deed& andcalled ~onrattention to t he deed8 in f i:..vor or Gilclu•ist TinbQ" Compa.ey.If you cannot loon.te theae deed8 1n the papers. advise Me n.nd 1 willa.ak Mr. Tho:n:p&on to prepc'l.l"e copies, as 1 t 1e his i n t ention that deedebe signed by the children or ?:oank R. Gilclu·iut • doooased, in favor otGilchrist Timber Company, a.a well as ia fa\"'r of ·H. A. Gilchrist.Yours very truly,.

JN.t.y 24th, 1 9 2 6.~~. R. E. Gilchr1st 12435 Ftrat Natlonal Bank Bldg.,Detroit, Mich.Dea.r Sir:I wrote you Friday advisinc thL~ t I rul.d a.n a ppoint ment for a conterencew1 th the Aasistant Generol Freight A6ent of the Oregon Trtmk raU..rood for toda.y• and that I would possibly be able to give 70u some ini'onna.tionwith reference to tho plana for extension of the Oregon Trunk south out ofBend, after thia conterenoe.Kr • .Budd of the Grev.t 1iorthern w-4 1n Port lnnd Saturd.o.y llZld su.nda.7o.Dd his sta.t8Zil81\t came out 1n the paper SunGo..rmorning, but merely statedth.'1t before ~ could be dCIUe, lt would be necessary for tbe Northern11nes, mea.nf.nc the Hill linea and the Northern .Pacltio, to a.gree on a. policy,and thai arrange a •eet1ng wUh the Sou.tbem Paci!i9 orttcic.le and diseuseproblems ~th reference to the joint operation over the Southern Pacific lineinto Klamath Falla, or over tbe Strohorn linea into JClamath Falls. Thelfo~rn Paelf'ic pre.tdent 1a due 1n :Por·tla.nd Wednudo.7 01" Thurado.J' of 1h iaweek o.J¥1. the O:regcm Trunk people feel that attar tb.e conference with theBorthern :Pa.o\tlc preaident • the Oregon Trunk will be in poai tion to g1 ve somedetlnite Plan tor their bnediate aot1oa. 1 o.n of 'the opinion tht'.t the3will not annoUJIOe o.nythinti definite until arter th~ ha't'e hnd a conferencewith the Southern Pac1t1c • and 'Binoe the queet1on or the Union Pacific enteringahto an opora.'ting agreement bB.8 been ra.1sed b7 one rte~Jtber of the Inter8to.tecomm+rce Comm1as1on• and ia tr.J.bjeot to diBCU~Ja1on 1n connection with thia propoaec\pl:m. · i .t 1a entirely poa.sible• aa I a~e it, for the final decision withrefef.,ence to the extension or the Or•n Trunk aouth to be Yery materiallydel~bd., be~ore all theae problema can be adjusted.rlr:. :Budd of the Great Northern retu.sed flatly to d1ecuas thequestion pf the Oregon 'l'runk extending into Cal1~ornia. 9 and ate.ted that thel conference with the Southern Pacific would onl7 be \1'ith reference to the exten&10Jlof the l~nee into Klanl.th Falla, o.a that wae a.e far a.a the Mattera were.f) , diecua~H!Id before the Interstate COillnerce Corrti&eton; and the question of l D.terextendl~ the road t'U:rther south tnto Ca.Ut'ornla. hae not been brought into thod!aOUN'ton. o.nd even ·~ an etfott 'lfOJJ· made to get J.fr • .Bwld to expreaa hinself'with' reference to this• he retuaed to do eo./;IIAa soon u.a the Northern Pa.cltlc president comes and discuaaee theseJn:).tters Tiith Mr. Turner of the Oregon ':LTunk, I will write 7f1U. t~.il the inforrutionI can cat · ~ 1 th reference thereto.Yours very truly,//

Mr. Gilchrist.in Chicago and have a line on some additional ·claims in this terri tory aliimmt to diecuae this proposition w1 th you when I see you.~I attach a. pl~t show~ng a 10,000 acre blook lying east of Sacramento,California, that oa.n be,. gotten for between $10.00 and $15.00 pe~ oore, Thietimber ehOWI up nll axil I believe will run about 15,000 feet per a.cre. I t111not sure there is e~ timber 1n this immedia.te section to ju.etU)' thebuilding of eighteen lllilea of railroad to move it. If there ie,. thia ia a. realgood ~§lloin. Thil block. is high grade yellow pine tmd sugar pine, runningo.b~t ~ · l'1lg6or pine. If you a.re interested in making s~e investment& likethis , I want to go bo.ok to this terri toq and look into the area. fUrther tosee whether there 1a sufficient timber to Justify the apense of a railroadto move it out.It look& now like we will h.a.Ye to wait some longer for the ra.ilroo.dsouth from Bend .so I am hoping you a.re read¥ tor me to get out and pick upsome of ~heee bargains in timber. I am ot the opinion that the Hill lineaWill build south into California., running a. lin.e down the Poo1f1o Coast, ...touching Crescent City 1 California, a.nd. opening up the timber section alongttJ,e coast, Should the Hill linea not go there • the Southern Pacific willao!rl8time not too long ott, eo timber bought 1n this section w1l:l be morevaluable in the near tu..t1tr•• There is pine thAt ca.n be bought cheo.p now 1nthis section aDl I feel sure th~e are ba.rgainl 1n :red:wood,, you· you lookfor ·-them.. I don't mea.n to neglect the Central Oregon holtUna, but there 1aample time to do all I can do over at Bend and look out tor some of thesebo.rgaina in timber toQ, .I have rushed a. little 1n some ot :these tr~pa into thetimber a.a I ' wanted to be able to tell you about t~e timber 1n these varioussections near here when you make you;r trip out here thia spring, if' you come.You to.ld me you planned to come in J~J.J. when I saw y9u 1n _ChicagO • and I feltsure thfll tho.t you wcnild not come before ·the Interstate CoJRerce Commission'sorder coTering the railroad problem in Central Oregon, was given out. Nowtho.t it ha.a not been such a.a to move dirt at once, you mAY still delay yourtrip, llu:t that is no reason to delay this other matter. If you a.re re~ tohave me go on with it, you can, write me wtw.t to do, or I can go to Detroitand d1eouaa 1 t with you. There 1a . no queetion. in rq mind but that betterbargains oa.n be had in timber this 'fear than will be likely next year, £llKfthAt each year ttmber prices will go _~P•Three Un1 ta or Indian Reserve timber were sold in IQ.at!J8,th ·Falla withinthe paat sixty days. The first sold for $7.29, the seoon4 tor $7.84, and thelo.at for $a.oo. These prioea 1n GoYernment timber merely 1n41co.te wha.t thetrend of pr1oea in pine timber ia.If 7our plana a.re not mnde to come out here w1 thin the next few \18ekaa.n4 YQU ~re lt.\lU.ng .that I shOuld get out and 'b'lq some of this cheap timber,write me and I will go back to the Sacramento, Cal1torn1a. 1 block, indicatedon this map. and check up to eee what the posaib111tiea are there. I wentinto the territor,y where this timber 11ea and am satisfied there will be nodifficulty 1n logging this block, and feel that the purchase o.t all or this, ~· ·or even half of it, will possibly give a controlling interest so that theother timber in the two townships and those lying west and south 1n the swmedrainage a.rea. oa.n l n.tor be a.o~u.ired so as to make thie a reo.l valuable holdin{)BVW*.W:TYours very trul.7,I'

- ~~24th, 1 9 2 G.~~. R. E. G1~hr1st,~5 Firat.· Hc.tiowl .Bank Bld:g. ,Detro! t 1 Michi00Jl•Door SirlWhen I sDJil" you 1n Chicago , t talked with you a. 11 ttle about pickingup some small hold1nga of timber where it can be bought at a. figurethc~t would Juatif,- now, with a view of ~olding. Since rv return here, Ihave been making some driTes in the pine belt, and feel that I ha.ve prettywell coTCred the pine ~t in Oregon~ California and thB.t part of-Wa.ahin8-ton south and west of Spokane. I ha.Te not been up in the tinber na:.rSpokane.I find a ·good belt or pine timber in California., lying south ofand Joining with the Central Oregon pine belt, running down a.e fa.r as Sacramento,or approxtmtel7 four hundred milee in California.. This bolt ro.ngeain width from only a. fn m1lea to seTenty-ti Te or one hundred m~ lea • Thetimber does not coYer the area so ltd by e.n.y mea.ne. It is in spots, therebeing blg areae or OJ>8!1 country inteminglee with the tinbere4 area. Thisblock of timber 1a in S1sk1,-ou, V.odoc, Lassen, Shasta, :'eru\ma t'.nd P1Ul'1'1a8Counties,. A very large percent is in the u. ~; . Forest heserve. 'rhis timberlies along o. chain or l!'l0'\U1ta1ns·, bu.t a. large part oJ' 1 t ia. 1n !a1r}Jr goodcountry tor locuing, and is so well served with railroad lines ·aa to maketimber almost o.n..v-.qhere in this belt reo.aonu.bly eo.s,Y to got out.There ls another belt of pine in California lying west or theSouthern P~e1fic railroad in Del Norte, Siskiyou, Humboldt and TrinityCount1ea. Thla 1a a mach sna.lle~ belt of pine and is J'!llOre or less mixed withfir o.nd redwood. It is on mu.ch ro'lldlor ground and so far is not available toan:y railroad transportation, :::.a it will hz~ve to be mo"Yed out toward the PacificCocst on account of the lay or tho land.I ru:~ve been in the Yarioua sections of Oregon vlhere there is pinetinber, and up 1n Wa.ahino~on bet•een the Columbia r1Ycr and the !a.ld.ma. Valley.I find lots of. eood ti.J'!lber in the sections north and east of Pr1noT1lle,north ot Burns, west of Baker, north ot Enterprise, north and east- ofLaGl't\Dd.e, and south frOt!l Pendleton, but none or ~e _timber in north or northeo.stOregon, or that in Washington, is as good as the timber you are fw:dliarwith in Central Oregon, or the CalU'ornia timber in the section ot the. stntearound SuaanYille• whidt is bnediately ad.jll.Cent to the Central Oregon timberrunninc down to .:Ua.math Falls • . · · · "There are bargaina to be found u1 tlrrrber azvwbere ·there are largeblocks of timber, but I think the place to look, \mere your investment willbe the sn.test, 18 1n the California. territory. There is some reo.l cheap timbersouth ot ?endleton. I mention~ this block to you when talking to you

Mr. R • .&; G11obr18'\•2456 First Na.tio~~ - Bank Bldg.,Detroit • U1ch1gan.Dear Sirsur. Donnelly, Preaiden.t of the Northern Pacific, spentyesterday 1n PortlD.Jld o.nd while here diecusaod w1 th the Ore6C)nTrunk people the question of e:xten41ng the Oregon Trunk southlie ea.•e an interview to the press and_ I attach herewithclipping from this morning' a "oregonia.n", giving Mr. DonnelJ.7'sintervi•• I Judge tr0111 this that. there will be no a.nno~about tm:3 def'in1 te decision by the Oregon Trunk until after thecont'erence with the Sou.thern Pacific repreeentttt1 vea in New Yorkbetween June 6th 8lld 12th.I am also attaching a.n editorial that 1 clipped from thismorning's "Oregonian" in which the qlleeUon or oroea State line ,to be buil* by the Uni011 Pa.c1!1c, 18 diecuseed. This for :rour1nfo.rnatton.

'-~checper- in fact, if I had the Lenerville claim, the Wiser olatm, the Mooreclo.im ,lJld the tive forties of open e;overnment l&.nd in section 8 o.m section17, it ren.1ly would rnc~.ke verj little difference wbether we got the snodgrtJ.S&plc.ce or not • so far &a a mill location in this ptd'ticular looali ty is oonoerne\'1~Of course, I realize that we would not \1a.nt Snodgrass there if' weput tho mill Just north.I believe thLit the money necesaa.17 to buy these claims wouldmu.ke your holdinge 1!'1ell Ylorth that moh additional whether you. sheruld decideto build the mil.l in this location now or not, ii.a I see 1 t • you hcl.ve u.nopportunity for two operations if ~ou et"er want ·to negotiate with the governmentfor the fore&t%7 timber lying west of your hold1ng8. In that eventyou. certa.inl~ would want thill location.ilJit going to make some definite checks of vari~s loca.tionst'l.lOng the river next week. Pleaae write me at once vrbat you. think of ~ingthese·claime.. r,

June llth, l 9 2 6.Mr • .t~ . £. Gilchrist,24.36 First Ht~tional I~~illk .Bldt;.,Detroit, J!lchlgan.Referrtne to your letter of May 17th with reference to therailroad sitUD.tion and mill location, the deyelopments in the railroad endot the game seem to be coming 'slowly. The m nferonce 1n Jlew York during. this wee~ did not develop ~hing definite. There. seeMB to be same reasonfor delaJ'!ng th-. ~tter on the part of the Oregon ·..:I"Wlk, as. Mr. budd or·the Great North-em lett Hew York before the oonference reached a 'stagewhere anything could be done, neceaaita.ting another conference at somelater time.In rege.rd to the su.&~t1ona ·.11th ref'eronce to mill loea· •tiona, I a.m inclined to thlnlt th8.t ~e alwuld t,l'6t busy 1.1lld get the open Ju.ckPine section, l.7lng between the timber 1n section& 9 and 16 and the river •where it rune through a a.Di 17. I t~ttu.ch herewith tl. to\'YI18hip· plat on which1 hcwe doalp.ted the river am the new public road as it is now being eomplote4.The railroad la supposed to go a hlUldred feet west of the hlgimny.ltlsfied th.f.:.t I can buy thiS clair:t for r. fevr hundreddollars. The c1~-.1m in section a, including the E-~· of sw.; ~l.tld ,-;~ of ~3~,belongs to e. Mall named Moore.I ' do 1\0t k:Dow'B.bou.t th1a one, but frOM thefr..ct that N'r.Oore 11 vee there o.nd .does not uae the ltmd for any purpose tohelp roc.ke a li vi:ng, am· inclined to think this one ca."l be b1lGht re[.~aonablycheap~ There 1e no timber on this clu.im. The S'ii1i,· of S'i7 of 8 1a a governmontfort;r on which !lira. c. v. Silvie hn.e n. timber a..."ld 3tone claim. :;::'henshe gets her patent to this. we i'Jill have the r irst cha.nee to buy it. 'l'hee

June 12th, l 9 2 s.Mr. H. B. Gilchrist,2435 First National Bank Bldg.,Detroit,. Mich.Dear Sir:We a.re having very dry weather 1n Oregon, pa.rticuln.rly 1n CentralOregon. There wa.a conaiderable rain up to the first of Junebut since June lat there has been praot ically no rain. There ia agood deal in the pu.pera about forest fires_ out here in Oregon and Co.l1-forn1o. and l.tr. Haner .did have during this week, quite a l1 ttle r irein a Jack pine a.ree. near the Deschutes River about t\velve or fourteenmiles south ot Bend. 'J:'his fire did not de.rnt:l.ge ,.n,d wn.s kept out ofthe Shevlin-Hixon cut over even. Hov;ever, the fire b\u'ned a goodbig o.rea. ot Jack pine in open goverment lund •. Mr. Haner is beginning to see the fire ait'Qllt1on out here ver7much the ao.ne as I see it, in fact, ! think that he is rea43 to helpme in a. little systematic burning this fall, if you agree to let usdo it after we talk the Matter over with you. There is no questionbut what each 7ear -the fire ha.aa.rd becomes ;;reater an4 'llllder thissystem there will come a tilll8 when there will be considerable losso! timber due to accidental firoe. All of the fire fighting forcesare at work and to date there baa been no fire 1n the terr1tor7 mereyou:r timber is.There was a. Yef:7 cJ.Ua.rtrows fire in Northam California undSouthern Oregon during this week which burned an enormous area of ll.l.l'Jd,princ1pu.lly in California &lOll.t$ the line of the Sou. thorn Pr..cii'ie, no.z:thof the Rla.math Riyer. This is an open meadow territory •'l'ith no tinber.Some of the stock mnchee were eoJ!U>letely ruined and in one or tl'IOinstances the7 actually lost stock a.a well as buildings.Yours ver'l truJ.¥.

June 12th, 1 9 2 6.' Mr. R. B. G1lchr1et 1· 2435 Firat Nri.tlonal Bank Bldg. •Detro 1 t, Mioh.Dear S1raMrt! ThoiiiP&on is evidently worr:ing a good deal because of thedelay in recei vine the deeds from you that are necesa~y to close up thedeal here in regard to 70ur Oregon hold1nge. He has tt>~lked with metwo or three timee a.b~tthie e.n4 eMZU ve1'7 a.n:doua that these paperebe filed dith a.a little dela.t as possible. I do not knoW Juat wcy itia he ia ?rorr71Dg 1 but he aeema to think that the matter should be clonedup and theae deeda pa:t on l'OCord.I an. holdi.Dg all of the deOO.a that Jir. F.ole;y sant me in a lockbox at the bank here • . Theae hAve not been put On. record 7et aa .ur. Folqwrote Mto hold th• until lifr'• Thom,peon advised or the tiling and thenonl:r hu.ve such pe.pera recOI'decl aa Mr. Thoapeon wanted recorded. This1a a.ll being held up pendin6 the receipt of the deede llr.. ~Q~JPaon hasnot be a bad idea tO do so.'.BV4: -- .i.CT

June 17tbe, 1 9 2 6.Mr • R. E. G1lchr1s t,2435 Fint ,National Bunk Bldg. ,Detroit, Jllchigo.n.Dear Sir:The conference between the presidents of the Groat Northern,Northern Pacific and Southern Pacific railroada see~ not to have de,yelopeda.cything definite with reference to the extension of 1he Oregon 'rrunk.Inoticed in the clipping sent you some little bit ago, a hint that the PublicSenice Co!71!duion 1n Oregon might t;:~eup the question of' an extension fromthe Union Pacific east aDd west, connecting with the Southern Pacific n.tPo.unina, or :Beaver Ya.rah, as you kno·,v the location.attached 1a a clippi.Dgfrom last nigbt•s Journal w211ch indicates that the Public Service CommissionhAve started this klnd of' action.In view of' this interview here o.nd the fact t:tw.t the Oregon Trunkdid not po.ah the matter to final conclusion \'lith the Southern Pacific, wouldra.ther indicate that the Oregon I'runk: people had soMething else up their sleeve,that they had not \'fOrked out tully, or fha.t thCJ" were aware o! a petitionof this cho.ra.ctor being prepared by the PUblic Service comru.ssion , all of' vrhichhas a be:J.ring on their proposed plans !or the oxtenaion south.It now loolatlike this extension south \till be dela.yed, at la,st the plans are not workingout a.l together a.e fast aa some of us hoped they would.1'hia for your 1nform:.•tion.Yours very truly,

JUne l?th, 1 9 2 6.lire R. E. G1lchrbt 12436 Fix-et Na.tiont;U Bank .Bldg.,Detro~t, Ylchigan.Deu.r SiraI don't suppose it is worth while tor me to write you _anything·;1Uh reference to the general s1tuo.tion in the lumber industry on t he Cou.atas you are likel7 botter poeted aa to tho general conditione than I an.HoweTer,most or the bii plante on the Coast are curtailing their daily outr:ut.Some are shutting down part or their logging operations on tho pretext ofletting up o. little tor repairs. Others are running t1Ta days a week.1nstoa4of six. In one 'fla.:J or another the lumber output on the CoASt is being Tory~teriall7 reduced.One of the nillls f'.t KlD.n9.th Falls, Nine Brothers, by JUll'le, wentbroke last ~eek nad I understand tru~tthe creditors are in line to lose$125,000. or $150•000• on this plunt. J.'his is the mill situated west or thePelica.n Bay Lumber Compaey on the point or the l~e et Klr:lollnth fo.lls.ilhemill building is painted red.It is not on the road, but to the west ot thepublic road c.a you driYe into Klaunth Falls. Guess this is the result or toohigh a. price being paid tor lQo""S•Yours yery ~.

.tune 17th, 1 9 2 6. ·~ R~ E. G1lchr1st 12435 First Xatiaook~ Bank Bl~,Detroit, M1ch1~Dear Sir;The timber and atone entries that have been filed in the ConttalOregon 41etr1ot !or the last two ,eara haYe been held up tor government ~ppraisal.The apprabor worked in this territory a little while this spring t1l.ld went out,only placing the appraisement on a Yery taw of the ent:-1ee.,J.uite a llWJi>er ofthese claimaJ han begwl to come in rt.nd the land o!fice ~-tLakeview ha.a announcedtho. t r~llof these &ppro.iaomente \'till be sont in no\f without holding them upfurther for a goYernl'!lent cruise.Th1a means that six or eigh.t or the ela.bta that I 3m in line _tobuy will be ready for patent iDnedia.tely.Quite o. feM of these parties whohAve filed on this timber are not fina.noia.ll.Y able to· -~~ this requirenentwUhout ~t for the 110ne;r somewhere..·«' ·,.Mr. Haner BD4 I haTe arrti.DgOd !orhim to t'1Ilf!.llDe a bunch or these claim& that I am in line to ~ u.nd he in turnis to assi~ the contracts to me and draw on me for the money.To meetthese a.thc.ncee, I will nee4 $5,000. or $6,QOO. in the . bank here. 1.7111 thank/· you to please send me check for .at least $5,000. to be plo.ced in the ·:.·estCoa.st !-rational Bank, Portland, in order that l nny ru. .. ve suft:ielent tu.r1da hereto meet theae drv.rta , a.a Mr. Haner make& them.Thia mone7 can all be applied~f·I tiJi'on the purchase prioe or these elaima a.a the patent& are 1aaued.you to send thia check at once, please.Will tho.nk

c 0 p yJune 18, 1926.llr. 'TJ'i. Lair Thoapaon,C/o Measra. WcCamant & Thompson,Portland, Oregon.Dear Mr. ThompaontOn my ret~rnhere thh mornin' I findyoura ot June lOth, and would advise that there haa beenconsiderable delay in gettin' the varioua deeda you requestedexecuted, on account or several partiea being away; however,hope to have them within a tew daya.Yours very truly,~~;~ ~. :)...~tJ{'~'r(p

RALPH GILCHRISTM$11 nMT MATIOIIAL.w.NK IIUILDI ..._ DETROJT,MICHICIANJune 19, 1926.Mr. B. V. Wright,924 Bedell Building,Portland, Oregon.Dear B. V:Replying to your letter of June 11th, relativeto mill location, 24-9, I feel that it would probably be allright to pick up these jack pine lands along the river if theprice is cheap enough. I do not think they have value to anyoneexcept for the purpose that we would use them, and I do not seeas there would be anyone but ourselves interested in them.For this reason, I do not think that we are taking a great dealof chance in letting these lands rest until we can pick them upat what is a cheap price. Of course, if it were certain that wewere going to use them I would feel differently, but under thissituation I think that we can afford to let them rock along andonly buy in the event that we get a very reasonable price.In regard to the Winnard claims the same wouldnot be the case. There is timber on these lands which would bevery handy and blocks in with us, as. well as being on the river,and, as I have written you before, I don't want to see us losethese claims.I note in your letter of the 12th, what you sayrelative to the fire conditions in Central Oregon. I am alwaysnervous when this situation develops and have been inclined toemphasize the same to Haner, and have been inclined to encouragehim to forget to a great extent the expense when such conditionsare prevailing. I hope that you will watch this situation closelyuntil conditions improve.In regard to burning in our stuff out there, I havealways been in accord with Frank Dushau's opinion that it notonly kept the woods clean so that there .was less hazard from a bigfire, but also would help in the control of the beetle. Frank hadthis up with the Shevlin people at one time and they expressedthemselves to be of the same opinion, but we did find that theGovernment agents were not at all in accord with such a program.I think probably their ideas are all right if it were a case of

~-Mr. B. V. Wright: #2young or second growth timber, but in a matured forest · ! thinkthat the benefits derived from burning more than compensate forthe small loss in individual trees, or in the destruction ofsome young timber. Before we undertake any actual work alongthese lines, I think it would be well for you to have a talkwith the Government Foresters, covering particularly our · "~wa.~'·'"'"" "'"'local situation.RG:W

GILCHRIST & COMPANY, LIMITEDALPENA, MICHIGAN~. B. V. Wright,g24 Bedell Bldg.,Portland, Oregon.Dear lvir. ':lright:I am in receipt of yoursof June 17th, forwarded to me from :Detroit,and in accordance with your request, I amenclosing herewith Bew York draft, your favor,$6,000, receipt of which bndly acknowledge.On account of the manner inwhich the Chicago banka insist upon the Alpenabanks in handling all i tema as cash i tema tha:tare not protested on the d~ receiTea, makesit inconTenient :for this office to handle dr&fta.. we haTe been doing, an4 unleaa Alpena bankgete thia matter straightened out, we shall probablyhaTe to make sou other arra11gemen t.I haTe no connection or affilia•tiona with any of the l?ortlanu banks. aud I wiahthat you would look into the matter to determinewhioh woulci be the beat "bank: in which we wouldcarry a reasonable account, and whi ah banlc wouldgiTe u tile beat aerTioe. l note in your letterof the 17th you mention the Weat Coaat ~ationalBank:, but aa I aa not familiar with them wiahtba t you would w.ri te me fully in regard to themaa well as some of tu o there.:li;nclosure.; ·

........RALPH. ClJLCKJIIIST......,.,. .,.....,.t.)ETROIT., MfC;ttf ....June 26, 19.26.Mr. B. V. Wright,924 Bedell Building,Portland, Oregon.Dear B. V:I am glad to have your letter of the 17th,and while my general in!"ormation as to lumber conditionson the Coast was along the line you indicate, yet I didthere. Thi~ia good information, and I wish that youwould continue letting mehaye as_mucl,l.of it as you a.re·a.bleto absorb.I do not know . what et.f.ect a long continued.depression in lumber business will have on our particularproposition, - that is, a proposition from the Bend people -but. I am· inclined to think that it might be ben~ficialIus in that;it might.llasten them to want to get theirtoproposi tiolhs tucked ithRG:W

Mr, G1lohr1et • . 6-28-26.7etJ.r and. that the time ia not t~ ott whal it will be pb.Jeloa.U7 br.lloaa1bleto keep the fire out · ot au··or thl_a t1mb8r -during thea• 41:7, hot 8USl8l' lllOnthl •and that a little burnlng done with care 1n the lAte te.U or early apri:ag Willbe a. a:rea.t 1lelp in protecting the torQ'U,_ Will. cUaeu• ~· MlT with youwhen I a ee ;rou. ·· · ·. I ~1 £l.t taching hermnth clipping tr011 the "Oregonia..n" giviz18 an interviewwith »r. c. R. Gray-, President of the Union Po.oU"io, who wa.e in Portlalldlaet week, with reference to the petition t1le4 with the lntezoata.te COS11erceOOI!IIdaaio.n. b7 the Oregotl iub11c S~ce C~·a1on. _aa.Jd.D6 t• an or44n." Jor theUnion Pa.o1t1o to build an ea.at and west 11ft• tl'OJa Bu.ma to a oonneotion withthe Na.tron out-Orr Wi tb. the Sou.thel"n Pa.citic. Thill 1utehlett aplalr.uf itself •. ,:, . .: : .. .. ,. ·=· -

June 28th• 1 9 2 6.Mr • R., s. Gllohrlet,.Detroit • Mich.J>ear ·suaYoar lA$ttll" of .3'1rn. 19th· noelftd 811.\ I aa gU.d to get 86olll8 o.a yauzidea. wt\h reterauce to the parchMe of the J&Ck Pine 1n the vatlq near Crescenta.greM e:motl.7 with tbe idea. .tb&.t I bc.Ye.. The rea.aon for writing 70ua8 1 4SA ~' th&. 8114 ter ta.tlDg it 1IP now • S.. that •• _G! this Jack .PiDe .area 1e 11kl:lq to ohaz2ge ~ in the n~ tu:tuxe and 1 would rather pv.t e.little 11101107 ln ·-u than to haft tt get e.way • so W3.D.ted your idaa with referenceto thte baton l ·• );Jtl't ozq II10D8i.1 lD thl• pt.z't!.cu.la.r tne or lr.llld.Since writing yqu.• I hc.ve f.."''lVV into the 8itw•·tion with reference to alld.ll site 1D thJA territo%'7 1110re fV11J' and 1 N.m what l cooa1der a YD'r7 desirablelooo.tion -.v1th big bluf'fa of oo11d rock on et.\Ch. side of the stream \vherea. dam not OYQI' 160 tt. in length Call be pu.t ln mid ra.itie the w~ter ·to u.tJ:3 level:fOO. WSDt.. 'l'hie locmt1on 1e 1n tmt middle of the quarter aeetion ;ou. now own.the mJi or l~Si. section 19. 24-9. 117 acquiring the i-f· of SVI~. sec. 19 • the·.v-o;- or SWl-. soo. 19• whichWi! of S&f of Sec. u. a.m. 1r naedecl• filing on· tt~1• %lOIII' open Govel'&llent L.lDl• Jft will ha.ve a very dea.ireble mill loca.tiorl.lthe o~1 obJection being tbat it ia a little close to Crescent, r..nd that the&!" ot :at of Sec. 19. belcmgs to !'n.. W1mw.rd, and thS. outa 70'0. off frompropu cozmec.tlon with the otbar tll!lber free the Ea.at •.1 am a. little "ll!n81.l8)' tl'ti.t l\98 Will not De a !)le to ou;, the 'f.1mw.rd ela1.ma,at lea.et not tor 'the ttmo "being. ·h. Vi1~

'· {," llr. R. 11.. G1lchr1a~.c/o Gilchrist Is Co. •Alpem. • Yich.Dea.r s:tr:1'hia to ac,kuo\'fleclge naeJ.P' of 71/0Z letter • dateO.June 24th, .With !fow York dr.a..f't tor ~6.000. enoloaed.I will ~t aOWJ S.:m~~rriJ!.~tion far 30u. a.bQut the baD.kahere and. write you within the n•t week or ten d~a.. 1co.n."'lot get tht1t i.nf'onetioo todaY ~!.1'¥1in the 1\\ll~l'ling tO&" ~. but wUl get you the.1nformatiorlw1",hin t:~ 11edod of 'E- wack.til'l'1 lee.Ying bore eu.rl7·Th'l West Coaat 1Jat1ooo.l. ~ . whero I h :.~.ve :v a.cccamt.seems to be veey eff'1c1ent 1n tbe way in which the.7 h.a.n4leevoryth1ng. I uant there beee.n.se Mr. Rupp s~ted thiabank :.aiL .\ftJ.e kind cw~ to -tulle me 1n thai~ a.n int rod-uce:.no. ·-: t"th tho infon'l!t.t1on o.t hc..nd, 1 o.t:1 tnclined to thinkth.:-.t poasibq the First Bl:l.tloml :&.nk ie where '30U. wouldprefer to lutve yoo.r e.ccoont • .. but wiU get the 1nfonat1oa.for :f(J'Q. and write you f'ui}3 a.a eoon u 1 r~turn from lkm4.r.

July ?th, l 9 2 6.Hr. R. E. Gilchrist,~6 Firat latloDal. BaDk :Bldg.•Detro 1 t 1 !O.ch.Dea.r SiraReferri.Dg again to 7our letter of' June 24th and rq repJ.t ofJUne 28th, 1n 11h1ch 7f10. .aalal4 · · to a4't'1ae 1f1G which bank 1t would beadviaa.ble ror you to place an a.ccooat 1n tor the Oregon bus1 ness• Italked to quite a rew people,whoee ad:l'iae I would coneider good, 1nreference to the PortlaDd .lle.Dka aD4 praot1call.7 flffllr1 one pt theee meneugeeet the lforthweetern lia.t!onal Bank as the one the,t would give youthe beat aentce and be . the moat a.ccOI!ImOdD.tiDg.The Firat Nattona.l Bank he.e aolic1ted our patrOXItlogG, in factthey have po.t themaelvee out, it aeema to •• to show interest 1n ourbUinen here BoD4 haft offered eve~hillg poaalble. Howeyer, dif'!ermbu.aineaa men to whom I have talked. all seem to thlnk tru~t the NorthwesternR~tional Bank would be the moat a.ccommoda.t.ing and would comenearer doing something apectal for ~ and 7our .intereata than 8lQ' orthe others.The Borthweatem Na.tional .Bank ta not ae big a bank aa theUnited Statea National :sam: o.nd poasibl7 not aa big o.a the Firat Uo.t1onu.l,but the;, c.re big ~ to ha.Ddle aaything that you \vill likely need out ·here~ ThfV' ha.'t'e a large percentc.ge ot the llU'Ilber opera ton • accounts andthe bua1ne8a men th

JUly 12th. 1 9 2 6.7!rr. R • .s. Cilchrist, .2436 Firat No.tional Ba.nk .Bldg.,Detroit • .!.U.ch.-Dear Sir•The deeds Mr. ~on baa beerl1 writing y® about came .thismorntng,am I too~ them to mr. Thompaon am am a.rrt:t.ng1ng to havethem reaor4ed in accol'daDco with lDatr\l.Qtions tnm :~aor ottlcetrhan the other bunch or pa.para came.We a.re hc.ving extremel¥ hot, dry weather out bare !or Oregan.There baa been no min in thia section or in contral Oregoo !or s01relittle tirna. However, ur. Ha:aer has not hn.d a.n::r f1roa thu.t amountedto aD,J"thing.There wu a. ~u f'ire in the :Brooka....soonl.on- ililehriat­-;rohnaon holdings the la.ttezo r,crt ot wt week, rut thts did vury littledarnage, o.s I und.arat.:.nd it.Two or three aa\'IJd.Ua lw:re burned in this territoJ:3 recently.A little mill OOBt of Klamath Falla lxu'nedo A sn~ll mill near Lakeview'burD8d.. llbe plant a.t 10\lNB .• t1aeh •• burD.&d a f'Qw da¥• a4J)., Oneof the old la.ndm.rka 1n P01·tl.a.m. 111\ich bad bem a'bt~oned as an opero.­ting plant for a number of y~ wa.a burned one day laat week. Th1lhot• 41:7 W8.ther 1a evl4entq ~iole.I hear a 11 ttle talk of a propoaed plan to consolidate themille on the PaoU'S.o Coa.at into one big corporation, or possibly toconsolidate them 1n a aimilu.r mnner to that 1n which the Cypresslumber operators 1n Lou.isio.no. have COllS'OlidAted with reference to ·eale of their out })'It• Do . not laloW to ~t e.x;teut th1• hc.a d.., eloped.There was some oo.atem bunker in Portla.Dl 8Qm8 ten da,.a o.ao am wh.Uehere he gave out a statement tbe.t thia plan 'tle.8 being worked on. Youpauibq kDow IIIOl:G alu.Jut that tbBa. I do :All it is l1ul;J' that yourbanks 'OO.ck th4re knoW ,_.e about what yaar plan is and what ia proposedthan would be given out here onl.7 to those interested.Nothing new 1n the railroad a1tuat1on. Th.Ei Oregon Jour:na.l hD.sbeen iaeuiDg aome red h'Ot edi toriala late:..J ori ticising the ra~lroad&ror 1ibe dalq 1n OODStruc'$1on. Howwer. thia, ae I \U'l4ere·tan4 it• iaonly the idea of the editor of th1a paper e.nd nothillti that hc.s O.%\Vbea.ri~ on whc>.t the re6l plana are.. I aent yrJG. clippings of tho lastintertlew that bad all¥ ~ion ot ·fJIJ¥ pla.n--tllU mil#lt 1\r.vo aJ\Ybearing on the ra.Uroa.d situation.

Hr. Gilchrist.an expensiTe operation. A. railroad would coat considerable money to buildand would have to be on 2% or higher grade ao that I feel that even.tuoll;rthere will be & re.ilrood along the Pacific Coa.at and the t1mber up the KlamathRiver will i:Je carried down the r1yer on logging roa.da to this rfl.ilroa.d. Thetax ra. te 1a not high. The old man who OWl'lB Section 16 on a.tta.cl:e d aketohtella ,me thu."t hia'fa.xea amcnmted. to a.pproxiJiately $80.00 a year on th1,aant ire section.Yours very truly,

July 17th, l 9 2 6.Ur~ R. E. Gilchrist,2436 .First rk\. -t 1cmal Bank llldg.,Detroit, Mi

July 17th• 1 9 2 6.Mr. R. E. Gilchrist.2435 Firat N&t!o.nal Bank Bldg.,Detroit, .W.ch.DeD.r Sir:1 ho.ve pl.a.eed the deeds conTeyi.ng tho tinbGr 1n Oregon to the G1lohr1stTimber c~ on record 1n Xlamath County, and as quick as they tl.I'erecorded there will haTe them ell recorded in Detfehutee aa\ ~ Ccmntlea ..Mr. Thompson adv1aea me tbo.t he ta te.ldng the neceasa.17 steps nowto completely eloee out the m.a.ttet' w1 th reference to the suit pending heretn the State ot Oregon. Ria representative 1.- l.n. nama:~ Falla now \findingthia m.tter a.ll up.I presume o.l.l deeds to lc.nd.a, tr.ken f'rG!l now on. should be tn.l:en inthe ntWle or the Gilchrist Timber COii\pa.tty.Plea.M a4T1M me,

Mr. Gilcbriat.the firee so far :Move bae.n set out in other ways.Bend came from a camper's fire on Tumalo Creek.The fire Ur. Haner hv.d nearThe conditions out here thia 7Be.r a.re nnktng people think, and thequestion 18 being rn.ised as to Whether the present government tx6th.od o.f' elil'llinatingfire entirel7 in the atanding timber ia right or not. ·I don't think thereis any question but what the time ia ripo for someone to raise that iasue,andthl.;. t when it is miaed, the tini>er people or thiS section will be ready to helpstart ~ move to ch.u.nge the nGthod a.nd begi.n burning thre>utJl the timber at. theproper season of the yoo.r so a.e to prevent the result that the fire situationnecessarily brings. I believe the rorcee ho.nd).ing tho o i tuation for the governmenthere are beginning to see that the present plan 11:1 wrong. The ranger atAshland the other (Jay stated plainly that they were not able to co,Pe with thesituation under the present plane and. that the government would be forced tobegin &Ollle systemt1c burning so a3 to IJrotect the s to.nding tini>er. The Board ofSupervisor• in Siskiyou County, California, have ~lready notified the governmento.uthorities thAt they will bu.rn some to protect themeelves 1n that area beforeanother ye~. I wrote 70u some weeks ago about the bad fire in SS.aldyou County,Ca.lifomia., a.long the IQ.a.ma.th River. On m::t trip out this week 1 saw thirty orforty mile• of this terri tory and wb1le 1 t wa.e not timbered and the loaa wasmerely farm tencee, ho.y and a ftSW barns, ati 11 the people there e.re very lllll.Ohworked up at the riak th~ taka 1n tha "No bum" method. ·Yours Tery t rul7,

:r.rr. R. :B. Gilchr111t,2435 Firat National Bank Bldg ••Detroit, Mich.Dec.r SiraWhile 1n a__end this week I went out with Mr. Hu.ner and looked over theterri tory 'Where he ha.d a. fire 1n tho Gilchr1 at-Johnson holdi.ngs lr~tI wrote yao. .Plonda.7, I bad no in!ol'll'atiOD other than What wa.a 1n the pa.pera and;judged t'rom that 1nforrzntion that the fire ammnted to very little. In fact,Mr. Haner was fighting the fire in this particular locn.l1ty for c.b.out threeda7a o.u1 the f'irat reports d14 ahoW prnct1ca111' no damage. The fire broke overhi a protecting linea abcn:lt the third ~ a.tter it et:...rted• howeTer • and burnedthrough n:pproxima.tel.y a. halt sectlon of tbb-er. There watt eonaiderable pine•veek. '.';1tenatra.w, young pinee about three feet high. and other underbra.ah, po.rticularly alarge C.MOU.1'lt Of 8nOf1 bru.ah. ThiS ffrO got hot eno~ to bill the o-tra.W onpractically all the treeo 1n the area. The burned a.reo. for abou.t a hundred ore. hundred am fifty teet on the aide where the wind wae blowing from, 'lta.e ~pra.ct1cally none, but 1n the middle of the area. and on the upper aide in thedi,rection tho wind .. blowb:g, the tlmbor is all very 'l'l!ater!ally da.anged. Ofcourae, 1t 1e ~Sible _,tell Juat &. JSJah baa been JdUed., but wary indicationahon thn.t c. lo.rge per-centage of the tii'Cer in the burned are!.J. Will be·killed. llr. Haner estin:la.tea thu.t there \fUl be approxilM.te)J' a ~l.l.J.CIIl feetJ.ottt. and 1 tael 8etiaf'ied til!t.t hie eatt.-.te is coneorvo.tive. 'There JJt no queation but at .roe l}a.ndled the r ire wonderf'ull.J' wella.ner it got a.Wtq., '" tba burning aa along the eoath edge ot the t1Jilber.w1n4 was blOWing trom the south e.m coning aYGr aeveml milmt or open a.rea. where$hevlin-H1xca had eut the timber ~ ago. \'lhioh mea.nt that tbe f'ire fightillgwo.a 4oae ur.4er ~ difttcult ecn4itiol1a• '.l'hi!l 1& the only tire Ut.o.t haetaken place in tbe· area. around Bed. when 8oiV' timber wc.e loet, and it ia po•aiblenow tor Kr. Gilchrist to ha:n aOIIII8CIM cut this tiri:ter nnd tru&: it inil> Bendas the looation 1e not cmar aiz or ei8ht mU.•· trom Benl.The p.1.pera are fUll of tire report& all along the Ooaat trom the Ca.na.­dlan line olean down throudl the ti.mbered area 1n 0&1.1t~ l think therewere at least fifteen or twenty firee big tmo1.llJl. ta do 4ama.ge 1n 'the vic1n1t1"of A.lbn.ny this week.or neal' Aa.pen LNce.The'l'he worst f'ire 1n this seet1on was out from Ashltl.ftd, atThis fire was in the u ~~t1onal Foretrt ODd the Forest rongerstt;,ted tb 'So"'!e friends in fl.Jrhlam that the:f he.d spent $10.000. in f'iehting the· fire 8.Dil at Ul did. not h.:l.ve it under control. 'i'ho lack of moie~ure in thianorthwest aeetioa for the la.st two wintera am the lack of rain th1e St'll:l:16r, bP...amo.de thie an umurual.ly bad yoo.r eo ra.r as fire risk 1s ooncerned. The 9%tremelyhot weather thv.t we have been haYf.Jlg here baa been followed 1n sal'.rle eeetlona bythunder" sto~ which 11\0QDS that 11~tnlng fir• ha.Te been set out. ·ftlere hayebeen a. few cases where caJ7Wera and sheep herders lef't fires., but pre~ctic.r~lly n.ll

July l9th 9 1 9 2 6.1~. R. E. Gilchr1st 92435 First National Bank Bldg ••Detroit, Mich.Deo.r Sir:I att~oh herewt~clipping from this morning's"Or&t,""'nia.n", {)1 ving an 1nten19'J' with Mr. Howard Elliott,Cha.irma.n or Boa-rd of Directora, Northern Pacific Railroad.Mr. Elliott was in Portland yesterday and gave thefirst explanation of the delay to the railroad development1n Central Oregon that h.a;a been given the public here sincethe conference with the three railroad presidents inHew York.I euppoae the ai tuo.t ion will eyentuall.y be worked outa..tJ.d that the expla.no.ticm offered here is sufficient for the11Jlis for ;our 1nfo:t"tna.t1on."tours wry truly •

July 27th. 1 9 2 6.Mr. R. E. Gilchrist,2435 First National Bank Bldg.,Detroit, Mich.Dea.r Sir:The Ewauna. Box Company of J.Clama.th Falla have been doing somecruising llround CreacQnt , Q.Dd. I understand thD.t they have on option onthe D~ holding south and west of Crescent. They have ll representativeworking out of Crescent now in thia diatrict,M.d 1 o.m told he 1a offer-1nB considerable more for any little block of iaolo.ted timber than wehave offered for acy yet. I do not lmoW the price on which he has theoption on the Day timber but auppoae it is n.bout $75.00 an acre aa 1understand they were holding thia tl.lllber for thc.t figure.If the Klal!ll.th Falla operators begin working in 1h 1a territoryit will mean that we ha.ve very little chrulce to buJ D.n3 additionaltimber on the ba.aia th::i.t we are "bu31ng.I have been able to get quitea few cla.iDia that I bOO hoped to get. 1 have been getting rv sht:.re ofthe timer in thia area. a.nd have not yet had. to raise the price in orderto gat it.Yours very tru.ly,nv::•r.lCT

Augu.at 3rd, 1 9 2 6.Hr • R. E. G1lchr1 st:.2~5 First National 1lank Bldg. •Detroit • Mich.I hand you herewith bill from llcCamnt & Thompson tor services 1nconnection with the holdings out here. Hr. ThODUtaon ady1see tht ... t thiscourt procedure is now all COt!Jl>leted. The deeda have o.ll been rooordedin na.rlll.t.h County a.%11 are now o.t Bend being recorded there.. I amsending you this bill a.a I thought you would possibly prefer to have ith.o.ndled thro'tl8h yaaz _own office, rather than to have me POJ 1 t hare.We are oonti.nu.ing to have a. :Large mwber of rorost fires in Oregon.Ha.ve only had three in the Bend district -timber th!l.t I wro·te you about - one last week ln the Deschutes lictiona.lForeet near Pringle Falla and one thia week 1n the Warm Springa IndianReservation north aai west from Bend. TheBO two fires 1n 'fhe forestresene have clo:De considerable d&roo.ge. There haYe been real bl4 tire&ovar 1n the fir district ruld one

August 7th• 1 9 2 6.Mr. R. E. Gilchrist I· 2435 Firat Ha.tionu.l llo.nk Bldg.,Detroit• Michigon.Deu.r SirzIt seems to be generally conceded, particu.la.rly with the n0\!18-papers out here, tha.t the ex·liension or tho line from Bend south through ~th~'ells will be worked out along the lines suggested in a newapc.per clippinG1 eent you some 11 ttle time ago, and that this ·· mun Jamea who seems to ownlart;e blocks or stock in the Southern Pooific c.nd the Hill lines is the rrnnwho 18 holding up the tixw.l solution o! the mfl.tter now. There r....e u.n edi torib.l1n yesterday'• "Oregonian", eOI!lf.ng from a. report through 1Cr. Budd of the Grea.tNorthern, that Mr. James had sold bali' his Southern P...J.Ciflc utoek, and the"Oregonian'' dra.n a picture of Mr. James' plLon.S to eonool1da.te the CB&Q. with.the ~G am the Weatern Pac1f1c; then to extend the ereeon Tr\m.k to KlcnnthFalla o.nd ask the Interat

I spent last week over in the timber and dro'fepretty well over all of it, cheeld,ng up on a. few scattering lands!n different loca.ticma. There baa been no tire in the territo17where the timber 18. Howe'ver, ~. H : ~yner is still flchtine theworst fires in his t\istrtct since he took charge of thiD fire >'l'Ork.A fire 1n the national forest f\t the north end of the Green Ridgeburning on both side

Mr. GilchriStPa.se 2hurry a ohrmge tfiat will make a o-ond1 t1oa at we ha"fe .Men goingthrough tor the last aixt7 daye impossible.I feel tha.t we are extremely lucky 1n gettingthrou.gh this aea.son thia !a.r without da.nage and while I r,ea.Uzetha.t the tire season is not over b7 ~ meana, still, u.nleea theconditions are different t'r0111 .,_., otheJ'- Je&r, the. worst .. ie over.I ha.ve been getting quite a fe'll reports on timberover in Idaho and· a good lllMT' reports on other blocke ot timberin tbe California pine belt and think that unless you aro oanint~out here pretty quick that I will make a trip over into Idaho anda.ee What the timber is that 1•. being ottered and what the oht.\Doeaare tor opera.tinff 1n this section. ·1 Ql!l a.lso thinking ot ta.Jdnganother trip down in the · California terrHory and spending a little·more time coyer1rtg in a. little closer detail eome of the t!Jiber«lsections do•vn there.~'here is considerable interest in timber nor atldlots or southern operatore: a.re looking around out here. Some arelooking a.a thouah they · are in ~~rnest, some just looking in tt &

Mr. Balph t. Gilchrist.2435 First National Bank Bldg.,Detroit, Michigan.Plesae refer to my letter of May 24, with which t sentJOU plat 8how1Dg the 10 .ooo acre block of pine timber Eaat fromSacrsmento. Parties own1ug llOO acrea ot tbh block are offeringit at a sacrifice price. Can p0831bly get thh timber for $10 or;n2 an &en. 1 ha-ve not gone into the quea\ton &1'17 fivtber wt tbreference to the amount of available timber there is ·in thla immediateri.clntty ht cannot get a.ay fJ'Om the 1d1">& that this is abargain 1n timber at the price quoted. .'fhe partie• owning thlablock are South O!"egoa raacbmen snd have not su1'f1c1et eapi telto e&rJ'1 tb18 investment. hence are likely to lose tt. This 18•117 they are otfer1~ag 1 t so cheap.It 1011 would consider the ~chase of this blook at tl1eprice named let me know pleaae, and I •111 go into the matter~lrther at once •. We bave 'been hav1ug quite a 11 tt.le rain all. through Or­~on for the last ten days or two weeka. It lJ&Sn •t rat ned aanmcb over ln the :Bend tent to-ry aa here but haa rained enO'llgh thatI thlDk the fb•e s1 t\mtion 1s pretty •ell in band and ·reel thatthe Pel'e&,eet risk for the year 18 over now. Jo,hlM; new tn therailroa d si tw.~ tion.Yours tn1ly,:BV~/m

'\Mr. Ralph E. Gilchria,t 12435 First l~ational l3ank Bl~. 1De'rott. Michigan.Dear Sir:I ba't'e a opport1m1ty to pick up a littleblock of Umber down in Cal1torn1a due East from Sac­~to.. Ia .the 'block referred to \here are 1100 acresthat I can ~et for a price between $10 and $15 per acre.This timber will average 15.000 to the acre or betteraDd tf yn would condd.er a small tract ,of taolated Umbertbat. rill eome day brirJg J'OU Yery mnCh better IIIOileJ 1tt setwn• to me th1a ts en opport'tlil1ty to buy web a tract •. !his h one of the'. tracts I wrote JOU aba.ut eome HtUetime ago, .S1Y1ng a plat. of the de1Jcr1pttOD.-~_;1::;•I am not sure wr.ether there is enough timber\D this v1c1n1 t7 to Jus~ify an operation bnt at t!J.fr, ratethis t~ber 1a DOW in reach of the railroad by ~ck so~t the price Zllllile4 ta CheaP• a.o4 lf &ddttcmal timbercan be bo~bt. wU.eh t think ts the case, there mat be anopportn~ t7 to «•t enough timber Ill tht e loca\1 011 for uOl)el'aUcm. The partl,e owniag tbta block are rancbmeaill Sontr~rn Or~ and unless th~ get some f'lnancial helpwill lose the tract.•.ve 'tk"1Ye beaD haYing aome rain for the laa\ week.The fire worry te practically cwer in Oregcm now, while ldo not mean \o sq that there ia no clwlce of a fire laterbut since 1 t has rained the second time there 1t~ not umehlikelihood of an, fire b~ppeni~ this a&&aon.Yours trnl y ,

Mr. R. :s. Gilchrist,2435 Firat National lWJ.k Bldg.. •Detroit • Jlich.Dear SirJI ha:ye not sent 7011 tm:3 of the nenpl.per reports for thelast 1feek or two due to rq atenogre.pher- lMaiDg 1JJf1Di3 on her ya.catien. I amattaching herewi 1h a piece that ahovred up ·lD the ll\pel' a tn dD.;s IJ.GQ relativeto the e::~.le of fir timber lfhich I think 1.8 interesting. A1ao the last piecethat came out in the papen with reference to the railroad aituatiOA in whichthe suggestion is hinted tm t the Southern P~if1c Will acquire the ClllrStPaa1 b7 this mea.ua of'taet the ad...a.nta.ge the Hill l1naa ·WUl have 1n enteringtheir California 4Dd Weatem Oregon territoJ:7 with the l.il1& acR.Ltt£ f'roa Bezl4,and the supposed conaoUda.tion taldJ:Ig OTer the Western Pacific into San Francisco.I am :l.lBO attaching a. report trcr.t the Forest Service aho...,.1ng the record of tiree up to .A:u.gwJt 20th this 7eez for the Sta.tea of' Wo.ahi.Dgtonam Oregon which anl.J' coYera the forest reserve area.. tau. will note thlareport does not gift 8117 1ntormtion as to the 811l01U1t of damage to timber. Thebig tire on the lt"een Ri

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September 24th, l 9 2 6.Mr • R. E. Gilchria t •.~ :Firat Jiationa.l .Baak Bldg.,Detroit, .Mich.Dea.r Sir:I wrote 70\l 38aterday giving you a. little outline o( thepropoaed :aerger ot f'1r opera tors on the Coast, tum 1n thisinto detail than the 1ntormt1on l had gotten.I was under the ln,preaaion 1 from the inf'ortna tion at hand,that there were onl.7 twelve or fourteen of the plants 1n the deal.It seau, from the report in the pa.per 9tha.t there o.re OJ.ll3 f'.ourof the big operntore 1n this section who are not included. Attached70U will f'lnd the report from thia morning's paper which giveaquite a.n extensive aeoount of' the proposition,.Yours very t ru.ly 1

ClASS OF SERVICE DESIREDTELEGRAMDAY LEmRNIGHT MESSAGE ·NIGHT LmERUNIONAMNO.Pona 1Z06ACASH OR'CII8CHECKTIE FILEDSend the following meuap, aubJect to the terma on back hereof, which ue hereb7 asreecl toSeptember 29th, 1 9 2 6.R. E. Gilchrist ,2435 First National Bank Bld~.,Detroit, Michigan.Lake County increasing assessment about twenty percent STOPHearing MOnday ~ext STOP Other timber owners going to protest STOPI plan to go with themB. V. V:RIGHT

RALPH GILCHRIST24311 F"IRST NATIONAL !lANK BUILDINGDETROIT, MICHIGANOctober 4, 1926.Mr. B. V. Wright,924 Bedell Building,Portland, Oregon.Dear B. V:I enclose herewith a newspaper article inwhich selling of inferior grades and other practices bylumbermen, is severely attacked. The article carries considerableweight because Mr. Kotcher's firm is one of theoldest and most reliable here in Detroit. For some reasonhe is particularly severe on Pondosa Pine, and it occurredto me that it might be well if you saw to it that thisarticle was placed in the hands of the secretary of theWestern Pine Association.RG:W

tIr..~RALPH GILCHRIST243!1 I'IRST NATIONAL !SANK I!IUILDINGDETROIT, MICHl

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..WESTERN-This is a full-rateBLUl! Day LetterCLAss OP Snvtcl!SYMBOLSTelegram or Cable- NITI Nlaht Messageu·NI ONgram unless its char-NL Night Letteracter is indicated bv LCO Deferreda symbol in the checkCLT Cable Letteror in the address.~ WLT Week End LetterNEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENTJ, C . WILL.EVER. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENTThe filing t1me as shown 1n the date line on full-.... te telegrams and day letters, and the time of receipt at destination as shown on all Ule11811C

Mr. Gilchrist.10-ll-26hence, l!'l:f message to you t.rom Aahle.nd Fr1da.y night. I am handllng withMr. Stone todl\7 in line with your telegram, but expect tl'w.t this appEll.l willhave to be handled by other attorneys a.s .Mr. Stone is likely to. be the judge toai t 1n this cue 1n the event it co~~~ts to trial, a.s there is a. recall-beingvoted on a.t Klall¥l.th Falla and 1n the eren1; the recall o

October llth, 1 9 2 6.Mr. R • .E. Gilchrist, .2435 First Natioru:1.l Bank Bldg.,Detroit", Mich.De'-1.1' Sir:I wired you about two week8 a go advising you that there vro.s a proposedraise in assessments in Lake County. I wired because I \~.nted y0u to h~veo.n op:port1lll1ty to telegraph rne in the event you had aey Buegostions to ~-..kc.I went to Lakeview, and when I got there. found pre.ctically o.ll -thetiriber interests represented - some by attorneys and s

October 11th, 1 9 2 6.Kr. R. E. Gilchrist,.24.35 First liat1onn.l Bonk Bldg.,Detro 1 t, .W.ch.Dear SirsReplying to your letter, do. ted October 4th, withnewspaper cl1pplnc attached~ I eot in tou.oh with the Hestern Pine·Assoc1c.t ion. .:.nd Mr. C06per of the \11eatern :Pine advisea tmt hehad three copies of thJa lstter and a long letter from the WesternPine rer1resent ~:~t1ve 1n Detroit. He gives o. number of' inota.nceswhere tests as to the length of' tlme Pondosa. Pine or Oregon Pinehu.s lasted in buildinas and seeMs to be perfectly su.tisfied ta.,_ta.ll of this is a rU.stake• in fact, the letter from the ·::estern Pinerepresentative 1n Detroit advises that :ur. Kotcher'a criticism 1s notintended o.t the \:estern Yellow Pine or Pond.osa. Fine, but at the shortleaf' loblolly pine, and that thia man HountJoy who wrote the letter isnot ex..'l.ctly accuro.te 1D his stutemem a.s to Mr. R'otcher•s position,nnd they expect to ffet a letter correcting this one.In the mea.n.time, I om sending this clipping to Mr. Broolasor Brooks-scanlon Lumber Compt::.l"l3' as I pre~ a. good da..._l of the Pondoaa.Pine sold in Detroit is sold by Brook:a~on Lumber ComJ?I1l)3.Mr. Cooper of tbe 'i'estern Pine promised to sand you a. copyof his letter -to Mr. Kotcher in reply to thjs piece which you sent me.Yours very truly,

October 13th, l 9 2 6.Mr • R. E. G1lchr1a:t,2435 Firat HatlonoJ. .Ba.zJk .Bldg.,Detroit, llich.Dear SiraThis will acknowledge receipt of 7aur letter ofOctober 5th and letter ot October 7th, referri.Dg t-·o ~ goingES.at to meet 70U 1n Detro1 t. There ia nothing ab~t the workout here that wUl 1n any Wt:J.7 interfere with this 1bat I knowof now.I hAYe not heard trom Jlr. Stolle with reference to thetax Jml.tter 1n Klu.ma.th Fa.la other than that he would cooperatewith the repreaentat1Yea of the o1ber ccnpa.niea 1n their appeal..Am eEp80ting some report in thl next da7 or ao, ancl till ttl teYC!I1 when it COJ!Ba.I wUl hold rvaelf 1n shape to answer 7our telegramor l.rtter telling me een to report 1n Detroit, aDd 1d.ll a.rra.ngoeaccordingly.

RALPH GILCHRIST2413!5 P"IRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDINGDETROIT, MICHIGANOctober 18, 1926.Mr. B. V. Wright,924 Bedell Building,Portland, Oregon.Dear B. V:I wish that you would make your plans so thatyou can be on here at Detroit the 8th or 9th of November.I am pretty well booked up myself and this is about as earlya definite time as I can set.I will have Mr. Foley here at that time so thatyou oan go over everything in regard to all the matters outthere. In the meantime I wish that you would get the informationin regard to the Shevlin-Hixon operation for which I wroteyou recently. I also wish that' you would call on Mr. Cooperof the Western Pine Association, and get from him the data onall the tests and investigations which they are making relativeto Pondosa Pine. Mr. Cooper wrote me enclosing copy of aletter which he sent Mr. Ketcher, and in his letter mentionedthey were making these tests and would be glad to supply me withdata on same.45~ly,RG:W.

October 26th, 1 ~ 2 6.Mr. R. £~ Gilchrist•2A85 F1rat Natlo~ :S.'\.tlk :Bldg. •Detroit, !Uct...Dea.r straThie will t'.Cknowledge receipt 0 r your letter.dated October lath• in vhicb. 70U advise me to l!'l&kn rvpla.n& to neot you 1n your office on Bavomber eth or tth.I will t~rra;.l t,.-'6acoordlngly. V1111 try to be thet•c Oil themorning of the 8th.Yours truly •

· November 29th , l 9 2 G.Mr. R. E. Gilchrist 1~ Firat llationnl Ba.nk BldB••Detroit, lfich.I reached home Sn:turdD.y night u.t saven o•clock a.nd foundsnow all 'file wa7 from Chicago to 1he ~ jnat acst ofSpokn.ne - wet and mining trom Spokm e to Portl:Wo A letterfrom Mr. &.ner thla morning telle me that they have had considerablemow at Bea4 9 in tao"• the mountaina are e.ll prett,y well c-overedwith ~along tbe ColUJJ.ibia. River. Do not know just \1hc.t th4attu.."l.tion is in tbe t1niber w1 th reference to enow, but will got1n touck with it wt.th.ln tlae next £• ~ am it possible. Willget a. cruise on the 800 acres 1n 23-12. provided 1t iss tilltor sale.Yours vecy- truly •

Bovember 29tk• 1 9 2 6.Mr. R. E. Gilchrist •2435 Firat National Bank Bldg.,D~roit, W.ch.Dear 31r:I hand JOU. herewith a few c11pp1nga f'rom papers out herewhich ahowed up during a. recent Yiait of Mr. Arthur Jamea of 1lew Yorkwith a blmcll of railroad of'f'iciala in a western trip. It seems tootl.tfre Ja.mea began g1~ tntenieA a1. St. Pa.ul .:m4 came on thr~Seattle, Port1D.Dd •. Seaside aDd wan eo tar dam aa Sen Franciaco.which ~iYeaP'rorll then clS.pplnga pm can get tile t 1Wid of hi• 1nten1ewesome idea of \\bat the general public 1a looking tor outhere with refercmce to the ra.1lroo.4 proposition. Pereonally• I hadapeted to Me tJa.e st. Paul U .ne sold. to tlaa Soutb.em Pa.oif'1c 1Dterena,run from the OOnkers wJao .timDced the new co~, I f'eel satisfied thatthia 1s \tbtl.t did happGG. •1• the s. P. did not ca. out a.e the:porcho.sera of the st. Paul llne• the ·881118· lfew York baDkers wtao fbw.nc•the S.P. did bD3 this roe.d ao that 1 t 1a d.rta.a.lly in the same grou.po.a the s. p .• o.n1 U.P. Now if' tlle conaol1dat1on ol t)le G.B., B.P.,C:B.lQ., DtfcRG and W .P. 1a 1'11048, it will pa.t the raUroa.da on the Pa.clficCoast in two b1e groups. Whether th!e !a done or not ,. 1 t indica. teethat the ext~ton or tbe Oregon 'h'1mJE south from Bend will be morein the line of' a. trunk line ra.1J.roa.d thaD a 11 ttle eecon4 clan bra:ncllextoosion which 'will' surel.1 be an lldvanta.ge 1n tQe develo~nt of 1fJU.rproperty south rtf Bend.Yours very trul,y,BVVi~T

Mr. Gilchrist. 11-29-2610-12 by Ohriatmaa or just a little after. This will windup the epec1al cuttingdown below Stringer and will meon th..'l. t all of tho tetl1!18 next year can be concentratedon the little hardwood 1n the creek ea.llt trom :Montrose • a.m to aet outthe BOatter1ng fort1ea 1n 4-11. A,pplewhite 1a hopetul of getting trucks to putthe timber on on these upper forties on t:i:le ru.ilroo.d down 1n section l9t whiChwill be one ot the spur linea :for nut years operation in the timber lyins northof the main line railroad cere-this yea.ra operation cut out tJ.l of the tinbereouth or the Il'll.in line ra1lrou4. It he oan work thia plon, it \fill save ozqextra cost ot bu.ilding spur lines trom the GM&B o.nd will possibly ma.ke tl:&e loadingand handling ot this timber cheaper and easier than it would be to put 1t on theGM&H near Roberts.Yours very truly,JNW•MOT

Novetiber 29th, 1 9 2 6.~a. R. E. Gilehrist,2435 First Ba.tiono.l B>.l.llk llldB•,Detroit, Mich.Dau.r Sir:\Vh.il.e in Laurel l went over tbe vrood& situD.tion with Mr. Applewhite verycarefully and went avfrr all or this years cutting• parti

ltOYember 30th• l 9 2 6.Mr. R. E. Gilchrist ,2455 Firat Nn.tiona.l Bank Bldg.,Detro 1 t , M1. ch.Dear Sir:I found a letter oa _, desk on arr1Yul here from Ur. Ktmbr~lot Klamath Fn.lla, lD which he ooTises me thn.t in the l.a.at el~t1on,theEqualisation »oa.rd aDd County Court ot .IQ.a..math COUllty were ch~, sothat ta.z mtters 1n na.ma.th County will be hrlol'ldled b7 a new bon.rd 1nthe f'utu.re.The Long-Bell and Weyerhauser timber interests decided that,under these c0Dd1t1ona, it niP,t lie best DOt to u.1;peal from th.e decisionot the old tax board, so the recent raise in t a.xea on timber in Kl.n.mathCounty will go into effect o.s per order or the old board. They hu.Tedecided not to appeal the case as waa expected when I len here to goI am sorry this decision hna beeo reached a.s I feel thgt •under these conditions, the timber interests were left in better sl'w.pe tocontest the actiona of the old board, and to aerye notice on the newboard tha.t the t1tnber interests will t"ight addi tioDD.l re.1se8 on timber.Howe-ter, this decision wruJ reached o.Dl the w~tter dropped wlthout §lYingthe other timber interests ~ opport !nity to exprea~thenaelyes.This for your inform...,_tion.

December lat • 1 9 2 6.lSr'. R. E. .• Gilchrist •2435 Firat Ba tional :&.nk Bldg ...Detro! t • Michigan.Dear Sir:I hand you herewith clipping from a paper whichoutlinee a llttle rumor that eeeme to be gotQg the rouudaout here w1 th regn.rd 1o a pl"Ol~ed railroad dev&lop-!)Sntin the a-ou.thweet part or Orecon.'llhere 1s quite a little piece in this month's"Tiuibermaa" rega.rd.ing thia same report in which it l)ictureethla proposed dftelopment a.e a. part of the Hill line plti.IUJand su.ggeete tl'I'J. t the idea is to utilise the fifteen nilesot rtlJ.lroud ont ot Grants Paas • then 'Mild on to tohe conat ,couplir~g up with the railroad at Broolt1DcJ8 and utllisi.ncthis logging o~' a ra.!lrolld trom Brooldnga to Smi. thRiver • then on south into CraGCent Cit.r • Ca.lirornlt"• Thietor 1f10Z 1n!o:t"J!Btlon.! learned thr~ a. friend of Mine, \90rdng forthe SP&S :Rail~• that their field part7 was Bent bf-..ek toXla.ma.th Falls !tio:rlda.y or th1e week. I have no idea ?Jha.tthe nature of this survey is - only" kno•f tmt they have~r;one ,there :f'or turther t1eld work. ·Youra very truly,

.··(~- .\~ .. r:,Jti···..;I)..'December 4th, 1 9 2 6.Ur.. R. ?1.. GU.christ ,24Z5 Firat .lational Baak :Bldg.,Detroit • Mich.Dear Sir:I ha.nd you herew1 th cop7 ot bill frOI!I Eastern & WesternL'wl&ber Company tor the car ot Ship Decking recentlr aent thenetroi t and Windsor Ferry Co~.I pra.sumo the originalof thle bill has been forwarded to the Detroit & Windsor'lerry C~, Detroit.~"' · ~~ - J-(..ca...-LAJ e..~ c~ r:q p 1~ "3 ~1K~ j/) F:.3 7..,: x. a·f..t. IF- ~l~ v G- ~~ ~ '1---S;f .~ • . I

December lat, 1 9 2 6.Vr. R. E. G1lchr18t,2435 Ftret Bational Bank Bldg,,Detroit • Mich.Dear Sira .we haTe a telephone call !rom the Eastern & WesternLuber OOIJlP8Zl7 o4yJ.e1n;:; tba.t -the car ot Ship Dea.ld.D& moTa4 onNoTember 29th 1n UP ca.r #'13329.Hope thie car reachee you prort~Ptl,-and in good condition•Th.ia tor 70vtr t.nrormo.t1on.Yours Te'J:7 trul7,

COPYJov. 16, 1926halph R. Gllohrtat,2435 P1ret Mational Bank Bldg.,Detroit, .. M1oh1gan.Deat- Sir:•e are in reoelpt ot an order trom your Portlandoft1oe tor a carload ot d"oklng. Wo h~ve ~ntored thie orderas 20,000 ft. ot Bfx& AS.S and to average 18' and longB:r.'rh1s will he oharge4 •• ~tso•.!hct question came up in our m!nda aa to 1fhether 2o,ooo'furnished on the baa1e of the ~ough size would be suft1e1enttor your ~equi~monta, or lt the 20,000 1 waa baaed aa tigur.dtor quantity purPo••• at the net alae.As this . ia oraered auri'aced deckint, we would ordlnarllJfurn!•h with a calking aee.m, which would show i.n adCiltionall/8" ott on the eldea or both upper edgea. We thought it beetto wire rou reftrding thla. le alao aaked you In our wireregal·d1t11 the quantltJ ..We are prooee41QB to saw out this order, awaitingyour wire instruot1ona.Wo understand that we ar·e to invoice this to theDetroit ~ Windsor Perry CompaUJ at the Public Lighting CompanJ'•Swttch nt the Poot ot Randolph Strc~ut. del1vory to 'ho l'lEU~6by th.:> Grand 'rrunk Ry .. , and at a prioo of $77.50 per M, 1el 'f,vere4on a D$troit rate ot t~igbt, oharg1ug as 3;zsi.DThanking you for the order, we are,Youre very truly,BASTRRM & WBbTERN LUKBER CO.~BJCopJ' to Ollohr1at timber co., PortlandVloe President

BoYemb&r 16th. 1 9 2 6.Mr. Ralph B. Gilchrist 12436 Ftr•t National ~Bldg.,Dtnro1 t 1 Uiohlga.n.We hB.ve yrJflr wire stating that yau. will acceptgreen stook 1n .f!lllng order tor Ship Decldng, and accordinlythe following order was thia morning pla.ced w1 th the East em &Western Lumber C~ 9Portland, Oregon, for prompt ohipment:1 ear (18,000 tc 20,000 tt.) Vert1~1 Grein, ClearFir Ship Deck1Ds. S4S to 2-i3/4" x 5"Lengthe to a.Yerage 18 rt. or longer.In'foice Detroit & Windaor Ferr:~ COJnl>all¥,Detroit• W..ohip.n .. tor d$l1ve.cy 1\lb~ic .Ligtltlng C~'a niteh at foot ot RandolphStreet .. Grand Trtmk Railway delivery.Price $'7'1.50 :per Jl delivered Detroit, Michl~Oonti~tion of this order will be sent you direct by the mill.The Oregon-Amerioon Lumber Co.rnpa.:ll3 (Keith cono:ern)expressed their a.pprec1atiOD of the otter ot this bua1neaa, butdue to the .pcor I"m1 ot logs at the present ·~tme, and. D.'Wilber otorders booked ahead, thez C011ld not promise ahip!lent under rortztlved.

November 16th, 1 9 2 6 •Eastern & weatern Lumber COIIIPOJ\1 1FtJ of B. 21st St. 1Portland• Oreson.Gentler..en aAttention - Mr. Jbehler 1Sa.lee !aneger.CODtirmiDg telephoM CCIM'ersa.tion of 8'Y'en date, ld.ndl,ypla.o• the following order, tor ah1pr11ent at earlie~t .poaaible date:1 Ca.r (la,ooo to 20,000 tt.) vortical Grain, Clen.rFlJ!' Ship Decldng, S4S to 2-3/4." :z: 5" -Lengths to average 16 tt. or longere.Invoice Detroit & W1n4sor Ffn:rT Compan.y,Detroi-t 1 W.chigan 1 . for delivery ?a.blicL1gb.ting C~'e n1tch at the footof Randolph ntrqet • Grand l'r-u.nk Ry. deli ver-.rPrice $77.50 delivered :oetroi t• Mich1QJ.n..K'i!ldl.,y have con!'irmn.tion of this o?der mailed to Ha lph E.Gilchrist, 2435 First National Bank Duildinc 1 Detroit, Michigcm,with copy for thla office.Yours ver.r truly,

CLASS OF SERVICE SYMBOLTELEGRAMDAY LETtER· , ~ .NIGHT MESSAGENIGHT LETTERNlfEN LIf none of th- thr1li ~appeera aftw the cheek (nlllilbtr ofword&) tbllla a telegram. ·Other·wise ltachli'acter Ia Indicated by thesymbol .pjlearlng after the check.NEWCOMB CARL TON. PRESID~NTU.NIONJ . C. WILLEVER. FIRST·VIC~·PAEi11DENTTELEGRAMDAY LETTER .NIGHT MESSAGENlcmT LETTERForm 1201-SN LIf 110118 of th- tllree ,aymbcls~aafterlhecheck(nuillbllr ofWOrils)thlalaatelegram. Other·wise ita character Ia Indicated by t''aymb'ol appearing after the check.The ftllng tlme.I!S shown In the date line on full~te telegrams and day letters, and the time of receipt at destllll!tlon as shown on all measages,la STANDARD TIME, _~ .·'Received. at 16J1urd St., Corner Oak, Portland, Ore. t~- .CB1?7 17 DETRCIT MICH 16 1G14AMISS MARTHA C9?4 BEDELL-~~----""""---~· - --•"-·"-·· ··T A NE1v1.BL D G P C R T L A N DCRG..fiGURED THEY WOULD KILN DRY TC SAVE FREIGHT RATE HOWEVERT A K E I T G R E E N W A NTRALPHGILCHRIST·Q U I C K S H I F i\11 E NT •' , ..

ltovamber 15th• 1 9 2 6.-Er. n. E. G1lchr1Bt•24$5 Fir at lin. ttonal Bank Bldg. tDetrot t • IU.ah.'l'h!s will acknowledge receipt or ynur letter or NoYember 11th,in which 70U refer to ff13 Wire at BOT8!ber lOth to ur. liript, in r ega.rd toplacing aa ordsr tor a ca.r of Vertical Gra.t.n, Clear Ft~ Shill Decldng., S4Sto 2-3/4" X 5ft - lQtr~t)W to ha, l\l1d could filltho above ol'der in ?amom lengths t&i20•) • but specified that shlPJ:ter.xt cou.ldnot be made until after tho first of the 7et~. The Sa.lee Jkl.nager for theHaith people t:.dviaea toot the mill has no fa.oilltl" tor kiln dryiug thismaterial and a.aeu.red me tmt practioa.ll.y 1~ ot the shipments or thisclaa, of s-t ook, un lhe eoa.st • were mv.de in the green~ ll':f tu.rn.ilthi.ng greenstock, the7 could not make ahlpnent under tort7-t£n d.ai'a• , ·P.s. Long-Bell'a price on randca lmgt;hs, $60.00, 11111.

ClASS OF SERVICE DESIREDTELEGRAMDAY LETTERNIGHT MESSAGE___xNIGHT LETTERPatrons should mark an X oppo.site the class of serviCe desired:OTHERWISE THE MESSAGEWILL BE TRANSMITTED AS AFULL-RATE TELEGRAMNIIWCOMB CARLTON. P'IIIUIDarl'•UNIONGEORGI!: W. IlL ATKINS. niiST YICII-P'RUIDKNTSend the following message, subJect to the terms on back hereof. wblcb are hereby agreed toNO.CASH ORCHGCHECKTIME FILEDPortland, Oregon,Noyamber 15th. 1 9 2 6.~:·l, Ralph E. Gilchrbt..... ~'•2435 First National Bank Bldg.,Detroit. Michigan.\Letter receiTedQuotations wabmittad coTered grean stockImpossible secure dr7

GILCHRIST & OOMPA.lW.LIMITEDALPENA. MICIDGAN2 .. 35 F"IRST NATIOHAL !lANK BLDG.DETROIT, MICHIGANNovember 11, 1926.Miss Martha C. Tanem,924 Bedell Building,Portland, Oregon.Dear Miss Tanem:We have yo~r telegram to Mr. Wright, in replyto his of same date, as follows:RE TEL POMEROY WANTS SEVENTY SIX DOLLARSDELIVERED DETROIT 'ON VERTICAL GRAIN SHIP DECKING CANNOTPROMISE SHIPMENT UNDER FORTY FIVE DAYS STOP DUNCAN LUMBERQUOTE SAME PRICE SHIPMENT THIRTY TO FORTY FIVE DAYS STOPEASTERN AND WESTERN QUOTE SEVENTY SEVEN FIFTY DELIVEREDPROMISE SHIPMENT NEXT W'EEK ALL PRICES NET.If the Keith concern can make shipment withintwo weeks at the price they quote, I think we would prefer toplace the business with them, but if they cannot promise suchshipment we will have to place the business with Eastern andWestern at the higher figure. l shall leave this matter withyou and will depend upon you to insist that good_~ ~~ isfurnished.You may place the order as follows:1 Car (18,000 to 20,000 ft.) Vertical Grain, ClearFir Ship Decking, S4S to 2-3/4» x 5". Lengths toaverage 18 ft. or longer, same to be invoicedDetroit & Windsor Ferry Company, Detroit, Michigan,for delivery Publio Lighting Co.'• switch at thefoot of Randolph St., Grand Trunk Ry. delivery.The Detroit & Windsor Ferry Company is one ofour concerns, which information you will probably want forcredit purposes when placing this business.Kindly have confirmation of this order sentdirect to us when you have placed same. Early shipment anddelivery is very important.Yours veryRG:W

CLASS OF SERVICE DESIREDTELEGRAMDAY LETIERNIGHT MESSAGENIGHT LETIERPatrons should marl! an X oppositethe class of service desi~.iOTHERWISE THE MESSAGt.WILL BE TRANSMITTED A'S AFULL-RATE TELEGRAMNI!WCOIIB CARLTON. PRI:SIDIDITUN.IONGEORGE W. E. ATKINS. PIRST VICI:·PRUIMNTSend the following message, aubject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed toNO.Form1206A, . CASH OR CHGCHECKllME FILEDMr. l3. v. Wright,c/o ~~lph n. G1lch~iet,2435 First Nnt1onzl ]ank Dldg~,Detro:i. t, Hiohigull.Portland, Oregon,November lO ·~h, 1 9 2 6.Retel POMeroy we.nte seventzr six doll.D.rs delivered Detroit on V:ertical gr ninship decking Cannot p:..•omiae ahipnent 'Wlder forty £1 Te d.."-YII STOP DunocnLumber quote s•.:oo pr ice shi:.:ment thirty to torty five daye STOP Eastorn and1:Testern quota seventy saTan fifty delivered. l?romiee shipnant naxt weekAll prices netDAY LE'ltT.::ill

CLASS OF SERVICE SYMBOLTELEGRAMDAY LETTER BLUENIGHT MESSACE NITENIGHT LETTER N LIf none of these three symbolsappears after the check(number ofwords) this Is a telearam. Other·wise i tscharacter is indicated by thesymbo I appearing after the check.NEWCOMB CARLTON, PR£SIDENT.UNION' .;:J, C. WILLEVER, FIRST VICE:~RE .DJfoiT

Dec. lOth• l 9 2 6.Kr. n. B.. G1lchr18t,2435 1'1rst Jfa.tt.ona.l Bank :Bldg.,Detroit • ncb.I sp0nt thie •eelt in the til!lber south !'rclm Bend. The areathere baa hD4 more ruin s.Dd szaow thu tar this winter thaD. the: ha.veha4 azq ODe· year 1n tbe paat. three, so tbat we teel.YerJ Jllt.WJihencoura.ged OYer the OOnd1t10XUS 80 tar O.S f!lOisture 1n the timber10 concerned ..I ,;c:,a a~t disappointed in the v.mour;t ot timber on the800 (lOre tract in 23-14. Ccmld OD.l7 otter $25,000.00 for thia tra.ct,basing ti;;u.ree o.n our price, a.ppros:imatel7 $2.26. F1Dd out thA\ -•infol'1'l'Dt1on giftll me nth reference. to this tract was not correct.Do not know whether.,. .ha.ye a c~ to get it o.r not, w.d whilethe timber 1a a.s {;cod a& r~ in \h1a inrledlo.te territoq, the~YOrn.ge per acre is light and the t;ttlber !:~ srnt•ll ••! am on a deal tor some 1~8.50 scrip trot comes nndor a atrtotguarantee. !t 1 caD. ge't the deta.Ue worked out properly, am goingto pla.ce eor1p on about GOO ::1.0re• or scattering forties a.djotningour otb'r timber. ·! wrote you lest week a.boa.t the Oregon Trunk se:tding theirfUI"TeJi.ng party back 'fD IQ.a.na.1h Fttl.la. It ia talked here now thatthe Oregon Trunk will "tJnlld into Kla.;ma.th. l!,:~lla next 1GflZ ... in fact,the ch1et of construction for the Southern Pacific wrote Hr. Silvisa few de.ye ago and tol~ Mm that the arrc'·!l.bi!~ients tar the cor~nuser rights over 'the Southur:n P!lcifio rrora Puun1.na. to Xlm'!Bth Fallahad ~ a.rr~ .• and th:.;.t the' contract:. would l1kel7 be si&>Ued.within a f'ew weeka, eo that the ron.d int? n: .. mn.th Falls durlng thecoming 1f!l'JZ aeema to be a eerta.int,T.;. 1'hiu for your infornat1on.tours very truly,BT.•!J.Cf1

December 21st, 1 9 2 6.Ur. R. E. Gilchrut,24$5 First Be.:Uonal .lkmk Bldg.,Detroit • JU.ch. ·Dear Sir:I attach herewith cUpping showing a little railroad. news thatcame out in this morning's paper.It is quite evid• that the s. F. u.n4the Rill linea a.r.e going to reach soma a.grearaen1t, or tilA t the Rill 11nuwjJ.l go before the lD:~era"tate00111'/lerce OonmdsaiOD. with a new propoaitton,us suggested 1n this article. In fJ.'lq eYent, it aeema quite sure aow thatsomethJ.Dg definite will be done duriDg thla winter so that the constructionot the Oregon Trunk south from :&end will be put into effect duri.Dg thecoming 8'1.Ulfter.l am aleo attaching clipping from tbe ~nd .Bulletin", g1Y1ng areport on the roreat fires for the 7ear, f'r0111 which :fOU cD.D aee the amountof da.mage to the Mt1ona.l f'oreat.ID addition to this, I have a letterfrom Hr. JW.ner outlining the d.e.mo.ge to Broote-scu.nlon ill the P'ox .Buttefire, in which Kr~Banet aa.,J8 thn.t the Brooka-soanloa. C~'a finaleat~te or damage bJ' tm.t fire 18 35,000 M feet of timber killed. Mr~Haner reports that under hie control, all\ Act 1n 'tbe forest, 6 ,000 acresburned, 3 1500 a.cres of which wae pine timber.From this :fOU can see thl.tthe fires_ 1n that area last year would amount to quite a good deal.