BOOTH-KELLEY LUMBER COMPANY
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Lane County - Saginaw
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1897
July 29, 1897: "Henry Booth has been down to Cottage Grove looking after the Booth-Kelly lumber company's interest." (Rogue River Courier)
September 9, 1897: "John Magladey went to Cottage Grove Sunday evening to work at the Booth-Kelly mill as soon as it starts up." (Rogue River Courier)
October 9, 1897: "The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, that purchased the large sawmill plant at Cottage Grove from J. I. Jones about three months ago, will start the mill tomorrow, giving employment to about 60 men. The plant has been idle since the company took charge, on account of there not being sufficient water for fluming." (The Dalles Times-Mountaineer)
October 14, 1897: "George Kelley goes this week to Cottage Grove where he will reside permanently to look after his business interests in the extensive lumbering enterprise which the Kelly-Booth firm bought sometime ago." (Rogue River Courier)
October 28, 1897: "Mrs. Edward Gordan went to Cottage Grove Sunday evening where her husband is in the employ of the Booth Kelly mill for the winter." (Rogue River Courier)
1898
February 19, 1898: "The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company has received another 40-horse power engine to be used in the woods with a long cable to haul timbers down steep places, so teams can get them to the large sawmill. The company has so many orders, it was obliged to increase its facilities. The mill will soon run longer hours and give employment to more men." (The Eugene City Guard)
February 23, 1898: "Owing to the increasing business of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company of Saginaw they have found it necessary to add another logging engine and crew of men to their present large crew." (Daily Eugene Guard)
April 1, 1898: "The Booth-Kelly Lumbering Company, in Lane County, now has orders for 180,000 feet of dressed lumber, and an order from a railway in the east for 75,000 red fir ties, 5000 hemlock ties, and 25,000 cedar ties, and other orders aggregating 400 carloads. The mill employes 60 men and the planer 20." (The Medford Mail)
June 9, 1898: "Guy Hockett of Ashland came to the Pass Saturday on the delayed northbound passenger. He will remain over a day, and then will go north to Cottage Grove, where he will be engaged by the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co." (Rogue River Courier)
June 21, 1898: "Thos Wheeler, bookkeeper for the Booth-Kelly Mill Co, at Saginaw, was in Eugene today." (Daily Eugene Guard)
June 25, 1898: "Incorporated--- The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co's articles of incorporation have been filed in the county clerk's office. Incorporators: Robt Booth and James H. Booth and John F. Kelly and Geo. H. Kelly, principal office, Saginaw; amount $50,000, consisting of 500 shares of $100 each." (The Eugene City Guard)
July 22, 1898: "George Kelly of Saginaw is in town. George says the Booth-Kelly lumber mills are all right, and they are thinking of extending their flumes to Eugene to compete for the Southern Pacific passenger traffic." (The Eugene Register)
September 1, 1898: "Lane county has an enterprise which is not very widely known as yet, but which promises to be the most extensive plant ever worked in the county. It is the Booth-Kelly lumber and planing mills at Saginaw, three miles north of Cottage Grove and directly on the line of the Southern Pacific railroad.
These mills are being enlarged and improved and a new mill added which will enable the management to cut 100,000 feet of lumber per day without working nights, as they have been doing.
The lumber chute comes from the mountains across the river five miles up and falls some 1600 feet before reaching its terminus at Saginaw.
The mills now employ upwords of one hundred hands and quite a little village has sprung up which bears the appearance of a lively frontier town.
New boilers are just now being placed in position which give added power and safety from fire, and exhaust fans and other appliances are being introduced which will very materially improve the plant.
The product is already shipped as far East as Salt Lake City and orders are ahead of the supply in certain lines of lumber and the immense yards piled high with the finished product speak volumes for the work already done.
On his visit there a Register reporter was invited to go up to the upper mills and 'run the chute' which is said to be a most sensational and 'marrow-freezing' experience, but this delight was postponed until the next trip.
Lane county will some day in the near future appreciate the magnitude of this plant." (Eugene Daily Register)
These mills are being enlarged and improved and a new mill added which will enable the management to cut 100,000 feet of lumber per day without working nights, as they have been doing.
The lumber chute comes from the mountains across the river five miles up and falls some 1600 feet before reaching its terminus at Saginaw.
The mills now employ upwords of one hundred hands and quite a little village has sprung up which bears the appearance of a lively frontier town.
New boilers are just now being placed in position which give added power and safety from fire, and exhaust fans and other appliances are being introduced which will very materially improve the plant.
The product is already shipped as far East as Salt Lake City and orders are ahead of the supply in certain lines of lumber and the immense yards piled high with the finished product speak volumes for the work already done.
On his visit there a Register reporter was invited to go up to the upper mills and 'run the chute' which is said to be a most sensational and 'marrow-freezing' experience, but this delight was postponed until the next trip.
Lane county will some day in the near future appreciate the magnitude of this plant." (Eugene Daily Register)
November 22, 1898: "Rollie Grocher, for some time past telegraph operator at the Postal Telegraph office here (Salem), has gone to Saginaw, Or., where he has accepted a position in the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company's office." (Daily Capital Journal)
December 17, 1898: "Cottage Grove, Or., Dec. 9.--- The largest deal ever made in Lane county was consummated here today between J. I. Jones and the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company. The company purchased the entire sawmill of Jones, consisting of sawmill, planing mill stock, six miles of flume and 1300 acres of timber land. The purchase price was $70,000. The company has been operating the plant extensively under a lease for the last year." (The Eugene City Guard)
December 17, 1898: "Large Transaction.--- J. Q. Jones has sold to the Booth, Kelly Lumber Company, a private corporation with its principal office at Saginaw, Lane county, Oregon, for the sum of $23,500, a large amount of timber land. The amount is to be paid in monthly installments and the deeds and contracts are to remain in the hands of the First National Bank of Eugene until the amount is paid. The deed has on it $11.25 in revenue stamps." (The Eugene City Guard)
1899
March 29, 1899: "Harry Barrett of the Booth-Kelley Mill Co., Wednesday while falling timber had his elbow dislocated by a falling limb. He reduced the injury himself and is doing well." (Broad-Axe)
May 22, 1899: "The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company recently received a large order for battleship lumber upon which its Saginaw mill is at work at present. This timber, which will be 4 1/2 inches thick and of the best possible quality, is wanted for deck building.---Telegram." (The Plaindealer)
June 5, 1899: "Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jones has moved to Saginaw where Mr. Jones is engaged in the Booth & Kelly saw mill." (The Plaindealer)
August 25, 1899: "Mr. Seth Rowe has been working on the flume at the Booth-Kelly mill." (Bohemia Nugget)
August 26, 1899: "Z.S. Cather, manager of the Booth-Kelly Lumber mills at Saginaw, is in the city." (Daily Eugene Guard)
September 2, 1899: "Z. S. Cather, manager of the Booth-Kelly Lumber mills at Saginaw, is in the city (Eugene)." (The Eugene City Guard)
September 19, 1899: "Salem Journal: Miss Thecla Dove left Sunday for Saginaw, Lane county where she has accepted a position as stenographer in the Booth Kelly Lumber Co's office." (Daily Eugene Guard)
September 25, 1899: "Wanted:---50 men for lumber yard, skid road, logging and saw mill work. Wages $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00 per day. Steady employment. Apply to the Booth Kelly Lumber Co., Saginaw, Ore." (The Plaindealer)
October 16, 1899: "Need more cars.---The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company has stacked on the railroad platform at Saginaw over 1,000,000 feet of lumber ready for shipment to California and Eastern points. On account of a lack of cars and other rolling stock the Southern Pacific seems unable to handle the business. At ten thousand feet to the car, those of the largest capacity, the lumber on hand will require 100 cars." (Daily Eugene Guard)
October 26, 1899: "Albany Democrat, October 25: L. M. Bashor arrived home yesterday morning from Portland. He left this morning for Saginaw, Lane county, where he will enter the employ of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company as lineman." (Daily Eugene Guard)
November 25, 1899: "The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company has stacked on the railroad platform at Saginaw over 1,000,000 feet of lumber ready for shipment to California and Eastern points. On account of lack of cars and other rolling stock the Southern Pacific seems unable to handle business. At 10,000 feet to the car, those of the largest capacity, the lumber on hand will require 100 cars." (Myrtle Point Enterprise)
December 9, 1899: "The small strike at Saginaw did not amount to much. About 25 men walked out, and inside of three days their places had been filled, and the work in the logging camp continued as usual." (The Eugene Weekly Guard)
December 9, 1899: "Cottage Grove Nugget, Nov. 30: Joe Currie, of Eugene, who is at present in the employ of Booth-Kelly saw mill, Saginaw, was in Cottage grove Sunday." (The Eugene Weekly Guard)
December 15, 1899: "L. M. Bashor has returned to Lebanon, having quit work for the Booth-Kelly Lumber company at Saginaw. Mr. Bashor said he had his choice between working in the millpond and quitting; and as he was not an expert swimmer, he chose to quit." (The States Rights Democrat)
December 19, 1899: "Geo. X. Wendling a prominent stockholder with the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. was in Eugene yesterday and left for Saginaw on this morning's train." (Morning Register)
December 28, 1899: "The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company will change its headquarters from Saginaw to Eugene, Or." (Yamhill County Reporter)
1900
January 9, 1900: "Jno. F. Kelley went to Saginaw and Roseburg today in the interests of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co." (The Daily Eugene Guard)
January 10, 1900: "The Booth-Kelly Company are busy hauling their heavy machinery from Springfield to their Saginaw mills." (Eugene Morning Register)
January 17, 1900: "Down at Saginaw, synonymous with Booth-Kelly Lumber Co, there were stacks and piles of lumber resting in the silence of a Sabbath day, ready to be jerked and hauled about on the morrow and to eventually find its way into the markets of the world." (Morning Register)
February 10, 1900: "R A Booth, of the Booth-Kelly company, returned to Saginaw yesterday." (Morning Register)
February 19,1900: "Saginaw is a station on the O & C RR, 2 1/2 miles north of Cottage grove and 18 miles south of Eugene. This is the terminus of the lumber flume of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co, which dumps the lumber from their saw mills on the railroad track, the mills being situated five miles back in the mountains. With the exception of two residences the entire town and townsite is owned by the B. K. L. Co., who employ about 200 men here at the docks and at the two mills. The wages paid run from $1.50 to $2.00 for common labor.
The population of Saginaw I would estimate to be 250 souls. The only place of business consists of one store owned by the Booth-Kelly Co.
The only public building is the school house which does duty for all public meetings and church purposes. It is at present accommodating both democratic and republican clubs, two separate literary and debating societies as well as the church and public school." (Daily Eugene Guard)
The population of Saginaw I would estimate to be 250 souls. The only place of business consists of one store owned by the Booth-Kelly Co.
The only public building is the school house which does duty for all public meetings and church purposes. It is at present accommodating both democratic and republican clubs, two separate literary and debating societies as well as the church and public school." (Daily Eugene Guard)
February 20, 1900: "The Booth-Kelly Co. shipped 105 car loads of lumber from here for the month of January, and about 90 up to the 16th of February. These car loads run from 10,000 feet and upwards to the car.
A source of curiosity to the visitor here, among other things, is the Booth-Kelly Co.'s pack train, which delivers supplies to the sawmills for miles up in the mountains. A string of horses are packed with provisions; beef, machinery, wire cable, or any old thing used in a logging camp or saw mill. They are then tied in a string, each to the other's tail, and are skillfully piloted by a gentleman who leads them through straight and crooked way, through mud holes and brush, where no wagon could follow. They make a trip every day, and a worse mud- bespattered outfit than these old steeds and said gentleman could nowhere be found." (Daily Eugene Guard)
A source of curiosity to the visitor here, among other things, is the Booth-Kelly Co.'s pack train, which delivers supplies to the sawmills for miles up in the mountains. A string of horses are packed with provisions; beef, machinery, wire cable, or any old thing used in a logging camp or saw mill. They are then tied in a string, each to the other's tail, and are skillfully piloted by a gentleman who leads them through straight and crooked way, through mud holes and brush, where no wagon could follow. They make a trip every day, and a worse mud- bespattered outfit than these old steeds and said gentleman could nowhere be found." (Daily Eugene Guard)
February 24, 1900: "Saginaw is a station on the O & C R R, 2 1/2 miles north of Cottage Grove and 18 miles south of Eugene. This is the terminus of the lumber flume of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., which dumps the lumber from their sawmills on the railroad track, the mills being situated five miles back in the mountains. With the exception of two residences the entire town and townsite is owned by the B. K. L. Co., who employ about 200 men here at the docks and the two mills. The wages paid run from $1.50 to $2.00 for common labor." (Eugene City Guard)
March 18, 1900: "The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co shipped 129 cars of lumber from Saginaw during ........" (Morning Register) [last couple lines missing]
April 8, 1900: "Last month was the most successful ran we have had since out mill began to operate in Saginaw,' said Mr. Booth of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company. 'The output of the Saginaw mill is shipped south and east as far as Chicago, none of the lumber goes north." (Eugene Morning Register)
April 29, 1900: "The big 2,000 pound gear wheel for the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company was finished yesterday afternoon at Frazer's Iron Works and has been loaded on the car ready for shipment to the Saginaw mills, which have been shut down for the past week on account of the break, and the hands transferred to the Coburg mill where they have constituted the night force. Operations will be resumed at the Saginaw mills as soon as the huge wheel has been put in place." (Morning Register)
May 3, 1900: "The boiler used with the log-hauling engine in the lumber camp of the Booth-Kelly Company, near Saginaw, exploded today, killing Engineer Otto Frederickson, and seriously injuring H. Rudolph and O. Anlauf." (Statesman Journal)
May 3, 1900: "One of the boilers used in hauling logs into the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co.'s sawmill No. 1, across the Coast Fork river from Saginaw, exploded at 10 o'clock this forenoon.
Otto Frederickson, the machinist, was instantly killed. H. Randolph and O. Anlauf were seriously wounded. Anlauf was acting superintendent of the company.
The men had just put a new boiler in place, in connection with an old boiler, and were making a test of the boilers when the old one exploded with such fatal results." (The Plaindealer)
Otto Frederickson, the machinist, was instantly killed. H. Randolph and O. Anlauf were seriously wounded. Anlauf was acting superintendent of the company.
The men had just put a new boiler in place, in connection with an old boiler, and were making a test of the boilers when the old one exploded with such fatal results." (The Plaindealer)
May 3, 1900: "Dr. W L Cheshire, coroner, arrived home today from Booth-Kelly mill No 1, above Saginaw seven miles, where he went to investigate the boiler explosion, which occurred yesterday.
Dr Cheshire reports the affair to have been very disastrous, but one to which no blame can be attached, unless to the men who were attending the boiler, as they were all experienced engineers. The boiler which exploded had not been used for about three weeks, and the water gauge had become stopped up. The men built a fire under the boiler and went about some other work. The result was that enough steam was generated to blow the boiler sky-high, which it did literally.
The boiler was one used to haul logs to the mill about 500 feet distant. When the explosion occurred the boiler was lifted into the air, carried across the lake and lit on the roof of the mill, falling from there to the platform, where it now rests. The other boiler alongside was not injured.
The men were terribly injured. Frederickson, the man killed outright, received a large fracture on the skull, and beside was virtually mashed all over. Anlauf, who died about 2 o'clock this morning, was badly injured on the head, and had his right arm and left thigh fractured. Rudolph, who is alive and will probably recover, was injured in the chest and burned over various parts of the body, besides having his right arm fractured.
At 8 o'clock this morning Coroner Cheshire empaneled a jury, composed of workmen from mill No. 2, and examined into the causes of the explosion and the death of the two men, concluding this duty about 10:30. He then came to Saginaw and arrived home on the 1:08 train.
The report of the coroner's Jury is as follows:
We, the coroner's jury, having been summoned to investigate the boiler explosion, deaths and injuries occurring at the Booth-Kelly mill No 1, find that said explosion occurred about 10 a m, and was probably due to overpressure; and that Otto Frederickson was killed outright by a fracture of the skull. Otto Anlauf was injured by a stroke on the head, from the effects of which he died about 14 hours later, and Herman Rudolph was injured on the chest, burned on various parts of body, and received a fracture of the right arm, all due to said explosion.
Coroner Cheshire reports a hard trip, and states that the work was gruesome. When he arrived yesterday afternoon, he found Drs Wall and Job, of Cottage Grove, already on the field, doing all that was possible to alleviate the suffering of the injured men. Last evening Dr Kuykendall was sent for and he went up on the night train, walking the entire distance to the mill over the rough, and back to Saginaw again this morning.
The funeral of Frederickson occurred at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Cottage Grove under the auspices of the I O O F, of which deceased was a member.
The funeral of Anlauf will occur at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Comstock, under the auspices of the Woodmen of the World, of which he was a member. The wife and child of Anlauf resided with him at the mill and have been present during all the trying scene. Two of his brothers arrived from Comstock about an hour after Mr. Anlauf passed away. The family of Mr. Frederickson, as before stated, lives at Cottage Grove. Anlauf was about 30 years of age, and Mr. Frederickson about 45. Mr. Rudolph was a younger man and unmarried. These men were among the best mechanics employed at the mill, and it is said almost th entire responsibility rested with them.
Not since the explosion of the boiler in a harvest field in the west end of the county in the summer of 1898, has a disaster of such proportions occurred in Lane county, and the sad accident has cast a gloom over all who knew the unfortunate men." (Daily Eugene Guard)
Dr Cheshire reports the affair to have been very disastrous, but one to which no blame can be attached, unless to the men who were attending the boiler, as they were all experienced engineers. The boiler which exploded had not been used for about three weeks, and the water gauge had become stopped up. The men built a fire under the boiler and went about some other work. The result was that enough steam was generated to blow the boiler sky-high, which it did literally.
The boiler was one used to haul logs to the mill about 500 feet distant. When the explosion occurred the boiler was lifted into the air, carried across the lake and lit on the roof of the mill, falling from there to the platform, where it now rests. The other boiler alongside was not injured.
The men were terribly injured. Frederickson, the man killed outright, received a large fracture on the skull, and beside was virtually mashed all over. Anlauf, who died about 2 o'clock this morning, was badly injured on the head, and had his right arm and left thigh fractured. Rudolph, who is alive and will probably recover, was injured in the chest and burned over various parts of the body, besides having his right arm fractured.
At 8 o'clock this morning Coroner Cheshire empaneled a jury, composed of workmen from mill No. 2, and examined into the causes of the explosion and the death of the two men, concluding this duty about 10:30. He then came to Saginaw and arrived home on the 1:08 train.
The report of the coroner's Jury is as follows:
We, the coroner's jury, having been summoned to investigate the boiler explosion, deaths and injuries occurring at the Booth-Kelly mill No 1, find that said explosion occurred about 10 a m, and was probably due to overpressure; and that Otto Frederickson was killed outright by a fracture of the skull. Otto Anlauf was injured by a stroke on the head, from the effects of which he died about 14 hours later, and Herman Rudolph was injured on the chest, burned on various parts of body, and received a fracture of the right arm, all due to said explosion.
Coroner Cheshire reports a hard trip, and states that the work was gruesome. When he arrived yesterday afternoon, he found Drs Wall and Job, of Cottage Grove, already on the field, doing all that was possible to alleviate the suffering of the injured men. Last evening Dr Kuykendall was sent for and he went up on the night train, walking the entire distance to the mill over the rough, and back to Saginaw again this morning.
The funeral of Frederickson occurred at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Cottage Grove under the auspices of the I O O F, of which deceased was a member.
The funeral of Anlauf will occur at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Comstock, under the auspices of the Woodmen of the World, of which he was a member. The wife and child of Anlauf resided with him at the mill and have been present during all the trying scene. Two of his brothers arrived from Comstock about an hour after Mr. Anlauf passed away. The family of Mr. Frederickson, as before stated, lives at Cottage Grove. Anlauf was about 30 years of age, and Mr. Frederickson about 45. Mr. Rudolph was a younger man and unmarried. These men were among the best mechanics employed at the mill, and it is said almost th entire responsibility rested with them.
Not since the explosion of the boiler in a harvest field in the west end of the county in the summer of 1898, has a disaster of such proportions occurred in Lane county, and the sad accident has cast a gloom over all who knew the unfortunate men." (Daily Eugene Guard)
May 3, 1900: "Geo Frazer, sr. and Geo Frazer, jr., went to Cottage Grove this afternoon to attend the funeral of the men killed in the Booth-Kelly boiler explosion." (Daily Eugene Guard)
May 4, 1900: "Otto Anlauf died here at 11 p.m. yesterday. His skull was badly fractured and quite a number of bones were broken. He was also badly scalded. Deceased leaves a wife and one child. Woodmen of the World, of which order he was a member, have taken charge of the remains. H Rudolph is getting better apparently but his doctors have little hope for his recovery, being badly scalded and injured internally. Several bones are also broken. He is a brother-in-law of Otto Anlauf. Frederickson's funeral was held today at 2 p m under the auspices of the I O O F lodge, of which order he was a member. The entire plant of the Booth-Kelly mills has shut down through respect for it dead employees. The verdict of the coroner's jury is as follows:
Booth-Kelly Mills, Saginaw, Oregon, May 2.---We, the coroner's jury, having been summoned to investigate the boiler explosion, deaths and injuries occurring at the Booth-Kelly mill No. 1, find that said explosion occurred about 10 a m Wednesday and was probably due to over-pressure, and that Otto Frederickson was killed outright by fracture of the skull. Otto Anlauf was injured by a stroke on the head from the effects of which he died about 14 hours later, and Herman Rudolph was injured on the chest, burned over various parts of the body and received fractures of the right arm, all due to said explosion. M J Bridge, foreman, E D Crawford, Bona Patten, S A Benson, Clark Lewis, J L Plaster.
The funeral of Anlauf will occur at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Comstock under the auspices of the Woodmen of the World." (Eugene Morning Register)
Booth-Kelly Mills, Saginaw, Oregon, May 2.---We, the coroner's jury, having been summoned to investigate the boiler explosion, deaths and injuries occurring at the Booth-Kelly mill No. 1, find that said explosion occurred about 10 a m Wednesday and was probably due to over-pressure, and that Otto Frederickson was killed outright by fracture of the skull. Otto Anlauf was injured by a stroke on the head from the effects of which he died about 14 hours later, and Herman Rudolph was injured on the chest, burned over various parts of the body and received fractures of the right arm, all due to said explosion. M J Bridge, foreman, E D Crawford, Bona Patten, S A Benson, Clark Lewis, J L Plaster.
The funeral of Anlauf will occur at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Comstock under the auspices of the Woodmen of the World." (Eugene Morning Register)
May 5, 1900: "F L Kennedy, superintendent of the Booth-Kelly Co yards at Saginaw, was in town yesterday on his way to Coburg on business." (Morning Register)
May 7, 1900: "Our of danger.---R A Booth informs us that Herman Rudolph, who was injured in the explosion at the Booth-Kelly mill near Saginaw is now able to be up and around and is thought to be out of danger." (Daily Eugene Guard)
May 8, 1900: "In ten days.---The Saginaw sawmill, owned by the Booth-Kelly Lumbering Company, expects to start up in eight or ten days. The explosion has been the cause of the long shut-down." (Daily Eugene Guard)
May 19, 1900: "The Booth-Kelly log-haul engine which figured in the recent boiler explosion at Saginaw arrived in the city yesterday consigned to the Fraser Iron Works. The machinery of the engine is pretty badly broken up and twisted and will require a month's labor on it." (Morning Register)
May 24, 1900: "At the request of many of the employees of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, the superintendent at the mills decided to shut down at 3 o'clock so that the men could attend the speaking of Hon R A Booth, the manager of the company. The employees stated that they desired to show their respect for their employer." (Eugene Morning Register)
May 25, 1900: "The Booth-Kelly mill No. 1 will soon be running again. The new machinery has been added to replace that damaged in the recent explosion, new skid roads have been built and everything is in readiness for a steady run." (Morning Register)
June 13, 1900: "Geo N Frazer, went to Saginaw to test boiler No 2 of the Booth-Kelly lumber mills." (Morning Register)
June 23, 1900: "Men Wanted. ---- Twenty men wanted at Saginaw to work in the sawmills and logging camp of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company." (Daily Eugene Guard)
June 26, 1900: "Yesterday the large 2000 pound gear wheel to the log haul of the Booth-Kelly mills at Saginaw was again broken by the throttle refusing to reverse, causing the chain to wrap around the wheel with the above result." (Morning Register)
June 27, 1900: "Roy Renshaw, who is working for the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company at Saginaw, is in Eugene." (The Daily Eugene Guard)
July 29, 1900: "J C Mulligan, foreman of the Booth-Kelly planing mills at Saginaw, was in town yesterday looking for a house. He will move his family here for the winter to send his children to school." (Eugene Morning Register)
August 14, 1900: "Oscar Gorrell received a carload of lumber yesterday from the Booth-Kelly mills, Saginaw, for his new residence on Eleventh street." (Eugene Morning Register)
August 17, 1900: "A Luckey Fall.---J. M. Miller working for the Booth Kelly Co, at Saginaw, Monday, fell 18 feet from the flume to the ground. His right cheek bone only was broken. He got off luckey." (Eugene Daily Guard)
October 13, 1900: "T C Wheeler, assistant book-keeper at the Booth-Kelly Company's mill at Saginaw, is here on sick leave and will remain several days." (Eugene Morning Register)
November 5, 1900: "T O Wheeler, storekeeper for the Booth-Kelly Co at Saginaw, returned to his duties today." (Daily Eugene Guard)
November 19, 1900: "James Miller, an employe of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company was the victim of an accident today near mill No. 1, about five miles from Saginaw.
Mr Miller was felling a tree and in falling it struck a sapling which rebounded back, the top striking Mr Miller across the spine. Information received at the head office of the company in this city, states that the unfortunate man is paralyzed from the hips down, indicating that his spine received a severe strain or a break. He is about 35 years of age, and has been employed by the company for some time." (The Daily Eugene Guard)
Mr Miller was felling a tree and in falling it struck a sapling which rebounded back, the top striking Mr Miller across the spine. Information received at the head office of the company in this city, states that the unfortunate man is paralyzed from the hips down, indicating that his spine received a severe strain or a break. He is about 35 years of age, and has been employed by the company for some time." (The Daily Eugene Guard)
November 22, 1900: "G N Fraser is in Saginaw making some improvements to the Booth-Kelly Co machinery." (Morning Register)
1901
1902
October 23, 1902: “The work of moving the Booth-Kelly Co.'s Saginaw mill No. 2 from its present location east of Saginaw to a point three miles south on Gettings creek has commenced. Work on the flume to connect the new mill with the old flume has also commenced.---Guard.” (The Harrisburg Bulletin)
December 23, 1914: "After two weeks running on an eight-hour basis, the Booth-Kelly mill returned to the ten-hour basis Tuesday morning. When the reduction in time was made the first of December, it was expected that the reduction would continue a month. Return to the longer day, however was found necessary, and mill men believe that the present schedule will prevail until the first of the year, when, it is expected, the lumber market will show such increase that the ten hour day will be made permanent.
Lumber shipments, while not large, are going forward all the time, and it is believed that the demand of eastern yards after the first of the year, to fill up depleted stocks, will have a good effect on the western milling business." (Cottage Grove Leader)
Lumber shipments, while not large, are going forward all the time, and it is believed that the demand of eastern yards after the first of the year, to fill up depleted stocks, will have a good effect on the western milling business." (Cottage Grove Leader)
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