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Before March 1, 1988, petitioner bought 95 to 98 percent of
its lumber from public timber sales, primarily from the U.S.
Forest Service (Forest Service) and the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM). Petitioner also bought timber from the State of Oregon.
Before March 1, 1988, petitioner had 10 major competitors for
public timber. Petitioner's primary competitors were the Walkers
(see par. B, below) and Young & Morgan.
B. The Walker Family and the Walker Business
Until 1988, the Walker family owned and operated two forest
product companies in the North Santiam Canyon in Oregon.
1. The Walker Family
References to the Walker family are to Donald Clayton Walker
(D.C. Walker), his wife, Mary Walker, and their daughter, Donna
Lee Bebout (Bebout). The Walker family competed with the Freres
family in the forest products business in North Santiam Canyon.
On March 1, 1988, D.C. Walker was 62, Mary Walker was 65, and
Bebout was 37. Each member of the Walker family was in good
health on March 1, 1988.
a. D.C. Walker
D.C. Walker was born in 1925. He graduated from high
school, but had no further formal education. He ran his family's
business and made all of the important business decisions. He
worked at least 60 hours per week on his family businesses.
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