BALLIN MILL
Rogers Mountain
January 30, 1923: "Phillip Pietroke and family have moved to the Ballins' mill east of Scio where he will work this winter."
& "Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Singer, of Corvallis, arrived Sunday to accept the position as cooks at the Ballin mill." (Albany Daily Democrat)
& "Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Singer, of Corvallis, arrived Sunday to accept the position as cooks at the Ballin mill." (Albany Daily Democrat)
March 21, 1923: "The workmen at the Ballin mill east of town were off duty a few days the first of the week on account of the shaft on the draw back to the donkey engine being broken." (Albany democrat-Herald)
January 10, 1924: "The Ballin lumber mill has been closed since the falling of the snow last Sunday." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
January 16, 1924: "Oliver Powell and family have moved to Scio, where he has taken employment in the Ballin planing mill." (The Lebanon Express)
March 6, 1924: "Clifton Bond and C. E. Ward of Hoquiam, Wash., who have been working at the Ballin saw mill, left Tuesday morning for Portland." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
December 20, 1929: "Parties from Portland interested in the proposed Ballin mill deal in the Liska and Beren locality recently visited the premises, presumably on business connected with pending negotiations. It is believed by some that the sale of the Ballin mill will be consummated and that operations in the timber will start as early in the spring as climatic conditions will warrant." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
October 23, 1930: "It is understood Charles Hodge has been instructed to move out the Ballin saw mill and equipment from the mountains in the vicinity of Rodgers mountain." (The Capital Journal)