Show IMMENSE CHUTE FOR TIMBER Umbel timber timber tim Um and largest larges One of or the longest ber bel chutes in tho northwest Is located on the Klamath river in the extreme northeastern corner of Siskiyou county county coun coun- used almost entirely entirely en en- ty California It Is from for shooting saw logs mountain down into the the top of a this Klamath river In total length great chute Is about feet teet and in places it assumes an angle of about 45 degrees The chute resembles resemble o a huge trough more than six feet wide between the two sills aids at the top The bottom and tides ides are about 18 Inches and securely jointed thick all very fitted together and at short intervals intervals inter vals strongly anchored to the steep mountain side during du- du clu lu Most of the shooting Is done ring the tho winter months when the chute is coated with snow and ice or kept wet by rains When a bl big log is started down the steep slippery tremendous rate rato of way It gains a speed before reaching the rolling stream at the base more base more than feet below So fearful Is la lathe the swiftness that the friction often scorches both the chute and the bark barIc barkon on the logs Only a few seconds are required for the big log to make Its It's Journey from top td bottom |