BAGBY
Aurora
January 12, 1903: "The Board of County Commissioners Friday declared portions of Rock Creek and Pudding River public highways for the transportation of logs, timber and lumber. The board also entered into a contract with Frank S. L. Bagby leasing the use of the two highways with the right to collect tolls for the rafting of logs for 25 years from the completion of such work as shall be necessary to render the highways suitable for the successful carrying on of the business. The contract provides that the lease shall be entitled to a maximum of 75 cents per 1000 feet, board measure, on the Pudding River, and 50 cents on Rock Creek for the transportation and for booming of logs within one mile from the mouth of the rivers. The contract further provides that in consideration of the lease the lessee will secure the rights from land owners and make improvements necessary to carry on a logging business." (Clackamas County Record)
February 12, 1903: "It seems very probable that Mr. Bagby will move his saw mill to Aurora. This will prove of enormous benefit to Aurora, says the Borealis, and Mr. Bagby should meet with all the encouragement possible. He proposes to go in on a large scale, depending nearly altogether on export trade. One of the Southern Pacific Company's engineers was in Aurora Monday and together with Mr. Bagby looked over the route for a side track down to the proposed site. The mill, as planned by Mr. Bagby, will have a capacity of 50,000 feet of lumber per day, and employ from 15 to 20 men. If it is true, as asserted, that there is timber enough along Butte Creek, Rock Creek and the Pudding river to keep a mill of that capacity running for 20 years, Aurora is certainly one of the best locations in the state for a large saw mill." (Clackamas County Record)
April 6, 1903: "F. S. L. Bagby, the Needy lumber manufacturer, was in the city Thursday. He has just completed arrangements for running logs on Rock Creek to Aurora, to which place he will remove his mill in the near future." (Clackamas County Record)