New Capital, New Mill: Dalkena Lumber Co. Takes Over
A Minneapolis-backed corporation buys the D. K. Mill, plans a band mill and retail lumber trade, and bets on the coming railroad.
New Sawmill Company The Dalkena Lumber Co. is the name of a new corporation formed recently to take over the business of the D. K. Mill Co. at that place. The incorporators are Edward W. Harris, Hugh Kennedy, James G. Wallace, John B. Ballord and Thomas F. Wallace. The capital stock is placed at $125,000.
The new firm will rebuild the Dalkena mill, enlarging the capacity, replacing the rotary saw with an up-to-date band mill and otherwise improving their facilities for handling lumber. They will also cater to the retail trade instead of contracting with one firm for the output as has been the case in the past.
Mr. Ballord, of the lumber firm of Wallace & Ballord, of Minneapolis, Minn., has been in Newport recently closing the details connected with the deal.
The addition of new capital will give Mr. Kennedy a chance to operate on a more extensive scale than formerly. Logging operations will be pushed from this time on in order that the new company may have a stock of lumber on hand for next year's trade. A planing mill will probably be installed within the next year. The building of the Idaho Washington Northern will give the firm excellent shipping facilities.
Heretofore the company has had to load all of their lumber on barges and bring it to Newport and hoist and yard it here.
“The addition of new capital will give Mr. Kennedy a chance to operate on a more extensive scale than formerly.”
The Dalkena mill was once a hub of local employment and shipping, loading lumber onto barges for Newport. Today, as the timber industry has contracted across Pend Oreille County, the question of how to attract investment and keep rural jobs remains just as urgent.
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