BOOTH-KELLY LUMBER COMPANY
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Lane County - Coburg
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1899
May 10. 1899: "The Booth-Kelley Lumber Company Saturday closed up the lease of the Coburg sawmill owned by J. C. Goodale for the term of twelve months with the option of purchasing the same at any time, at an agreed price, during the life of the lease.
This property is a valuable one on account of it adaptability for holding logs safely during the winter months. It is estimated that with a moderate expense, 10,000,000 feet can be stored in the ponds.
The Booth-Kelley Company takes possession of the mill June 1st, and will immediately operate the present mill to its greatest capacity. In the meantime they will purchase new motive power, and all other machinery necessary to do first-class and rapid work. Logging contracts will be let at once.
In a few days we hope to be able to chronicle more enterprises of the company.
It is a great thing that men representing so much capital have located in Lane county." (The Broad-Axe)
This property is a valuable one on account of it adaptability for holding logs safely during the winter months. It is estimated that with a moderate expense, 10,000,000 feet can be stored in the ponds.
The Booth-Kelley Company takes possession of the mill June 1st, and will immediately operate the present mill to its greatest capacity. In the meantime they will purchase new motive power, and all other machinery necessary to do first-class and rapid work. Logging contracts will be let at once.
In a few days we hope to be able to chronicle more enterprises of the company.
It is a great thing that men representing so much capital have located in Lane county." (The Broad-Axe)
May 11, 1899: "The Booth-Kelly Company takes possession of the mill June 1st, and will immediately operate the present mill to its capacity. In the meantime they will purchase new motive power, and all other machinery necessary to do first class and rapid work. Logging contracts will be let at once. The location of men representing so much capital and possessing so much enterprise, within its boundaries, is a great feather in Lane county's cap." (The Plaindealer)
May 12, 1899: "After the Mills.---Capitalists are after the saw mills red hot, indicating a big shortage of lumber somewhere in the world. The Booth-Kelly Co. are gobbling up everything in Lane county. Last Saturday they leased the big J. C. Goodale mill at Coburg, with the option of purchasing it, and will enlarge and increase the business." (Albany Democrat)
May 17, 1899: "J. C. Goodale informs us that the mill started up this (Monday) morning on 120,000 feet of logs just received from Mohawk. After these logs are sawed the mill will be turned over to the Booth-Kelly Co." (Statesman Journal)
May 22, 1899: "Turned Over.---J. C. Goodall has turned over his sawmill at Coburg to the Booth-Kelly Company. and a number of improvements are being made about the property." (Daily Eugene Guard)
June 30, 1899: “The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. took possession of the Coburg sawmill Monday.” (The Brownsville Times)
July 5, 1899: "Harry Hansen returned to Coburg, on last night's overland train, where he is employed, as book-keeper, in the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co's office." (Statesman Journal)
July 14, 1899: "Messrs L. D. Forrest and A. C. Woodcock have received contracts from the Booth Kelly Lumber Company for about 4,000,000 feet of No. 1 saw logs which are being placed in the McKenzie river and also 1,500,000 of like logs for the Harrisburg saw mill. This is making lively times up the McKenzie valley, for the contractors want men to work in the logging camps at good wages." (Daily Eugene Guard)
September 7, 1899: "It will be remembered that the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. some time since leased the Coburg sawmill with the option to purchase.
Today W. E. Brown and wife deeded by quitclaim the mill and all rights and privileges owned or vested to construct, enlarge, maintain and operate mill race running to the mill; all of the J. C. Goodale sawmill property at Coburg, together with the sawmill, planing mill, blacksmith shop and offices situated on the premises, together with all tools, implements and machinery now on hand; also office safe; all supplies on hand for the mills and shops; also all logging tools, ropes and supplies on hand, to the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., for the sum of $15,000.
A $10 stamp is affixed to the transaction.
The mill has been remodeled and an electric light plant is being placed in to permit the mill to run night and day. It is expected that it will saw 100,000 feet of lumber, when it starts up, per day." (Daily Eugene Guard)
Today W. E. Brown and wife deeded by quitclaim the mill and all rights and privileges owned or vested to construct, enlarge, maintain and operate mill race running to the mill; all of the J. C. Goodale sawmill property at Coburg, together with the sawmill, planing mill, blacksmith shop and offices situated on the premises, together with all tools, implements and machinery now on hand; also office safe; all supplies on hand for the mills and shops; also all logging tools, ropes and supplies on hand, to the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., for the sum of $15,000.
A $10 stamp is affixed to the transaction.
The mill has been remodeled and an electric light plant is being placed in to permit the mill to run night and day. It is expected that it will saw 100,000 feet of lumber, when it starts up, per day." (Daily Eugene Guard)
October 5, 1899: "The Booth-Kelly sawmill plant at Coburg is equipped with electric lights." (The Capital Journal)
October 21, 1899: "Harry Hansen, the bookkeeper for the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, went to Salem on his wheel Friday morning." (Eugene City Guard)
October 28, 1899: "The mill started to manufacture lumber again on Monday morning, and the busy hum in the air sounds natural. They run eleven hours a day, and use the electric light morning and evening, in order to enable the workmen to see in the early dawn and twilight." (Eugene City Guard)
December 9, 1899: "John F. Kelly today said work was being crowded at the Coburg sawmill and he predicted that 100 carloads of lumber would be shipped from that mill during the month of December. Last month 78 carloads were shipped. In the ponds are logs enough to keep the mill running four months, provided the present 11 hours for a day's work is not exceeded." (The Eugene Weekly Guard)
December 10, 1899: "Oscar Parsons has been awarded a contract by the Booth-Kelly Co. to furnish them 2,000,000 feet of logs for their Coburg saw mill. He will cut them about one mile above the old Fields saw mill, on the Mohawk river. This place is not only a short distance from Wendling, which is located on Mill creek. Tom Gilliam has a contract to furnish the same parties 4,000,000 feet of logs for their Coburg mill, says the Eugene Guard." (Statesman Journal)
December 19, 1899: "J. C. Goodale has assigned to the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. his log brands 'S A and G,' which were used on the McKenzie, Mohawk and Willamette rivers." (Daily Eugene Guard)
December 29, 1899: "John F. Kelly, of Coburg, president of the Booth Kelly Co. was in Eugene a short time this afternoon." (Daily Eugene Guard)
1900
January 8, 1900: "Log Boom.---Today's Oregonian; 'J F Kelly, manager of the Booth-Kelly company's lumbering interests at Coburg, Lane county, is at the Imperial, accompanied by George Catching, the company millwright. They are on their way to the Cowlitz to take notes of the construction of a new-fashioned log boom in that river, with a view to building one like it in the McKenzie river at Coburg." (Daily Eugene Guard)
February 7, 1900: "A new dryer is being placed in the Coburg mills of the Booth-Kelly Co." (Eugene Morning Register)
February 17, 1900: "This morning a force of eight men left Coburg for the Upper Mohawk, where they will start a log drive for the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. They will first start the leader drive, which contains about 800,000 feet of logs which are needed for immediate shipments. This will be followed by a second drive containing 3,000,000 feet. When the second drive is completed a third drive will commence containing 4,000,000 feet. The company has a large force of men at work at their Coburg mill and the town now has an active appearance. Jno. F. Kelly, the genial manager, says they have orders ahead to keep them running steady for several months." (Eugene City Guard)
February 18, 1900: "Harry Hanson, bookkeeper for the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., at Coburg, is in the city to spend Sunday." (Statesman Journal)
February 23, 1900: "Slab Contract.---Superintendent Lambrith, of the Salem Electric Company, yesterday made a contract with the Coburg saw mill (Booth, Kelly & Co.), for four car loads of four foot slab wood each 24 hours. The wood will be shipped to Salem and consumed by the electric company in steam making. It is intimated the wood will cost $2 per cord delivered in Salem. At the present time the mill is furnishing said company two car loads per day." (The Daily Eugene Guard)
February 27, 1900: "The Coburg mill of the Booth-Kelly lumber company is shut down for a few days waiting for the arrival of logs. In the meantime the new boom is being placed in position. It is 1200 feet long and is fastened with steel cables. It is expected this boom will prove to be reliable and adequate for the needs of the mill. The boom is strengthened and protected by 60 wings 20 feet long." (The Daily Eugene Guard)
March 10, 1900: "David A. Kauble working in the Coburg sawmill, had a stick of timber to fall on his right foot mashing it severely. Dr. Brown called and dressed the foot." (The Eugene City Guard)
March 16, 1900: "The Coburg sawmill is erecting some large dry kilns that are first-class in every particular.
The company had the enlarged pond for storage of logs surveyed yesterday, and will place a large number of workmen scraping it out at once. When completed the capacity will be doubled. It will hold about 7,000,000 feet of sawlogs when done.
A run of logs is expected from the Mohawk next week, when the mill will start up again." (Daily Eugene Guard)
The company had the enlarged pond for storage of logs surveyed yesterday, and will place a large number of workmen scraping it out at once. When completed the capacity will be doubled. It will hold about 7,000,000 feet of sawlogs when done.
A run of logs is expected from the Mohawk next week, when the mill will start up again." (Daily Eugene Guard)
March 18, 1900: "The Booth-Kelly Co at Coburg are preparing to enlarge their log ponds to double their present capacity."
and "The Booth-Kelly saw mill at Coburg has been closed down a couple of weeks awaiting their drive of three million feet which will arrive this week." (Eugene Morning Register)
and "The Booth-Kelly saw mill at Coburg has been closed down a couple of weeks awaiting their drive of three million feet which will arrive this week." (Eugene Morning Register)
March 30, 1900: "Coburg Sawmill.--- The new boiler that furnishes power for the new Coburg sawmill planer has been put in position. The pond has been cleared of old logs, and the contract for enlarging the same so as to give increased capacity for holding logs has been let to Mr. Feeter." (Daily Eugene Guard)
April 7, 1900: "Harve Anderson leaves for the upper McKenzie with a load of supplies today for Major L D Forrest's logging camp at Leaburg. Mr Anderson informs us that the new chute, over one mile in length, has just been completed and the logs are now being scaled preparatory for their rapid transit down into the river for the Booth-Kelly mills at Coburg, with which firm Mr Forrest has quite an extensive contract." (Morning Register)
April 16, 1900: "Leg Broken.---Dr. D. A. Paine left at 4 o'clock this afternoon for Coburg in response to a telegram from Jno. F. Kelly, stating that one of the Booth-Kelly mill employes had a broken a leg." (Daily Eugene Guard)
April 17, 1900: "Caused by a Heavy Timber.---The accident at the Booth-Kelly Coburg mill yesterday whereby O. K. Ogden had his left leg broken, was caused by a heavy timber falling on it. The leg was broken squarely near the ankle. Dr. D. A. Paine attended the man who is now resting easy." (The Daily Eugene Guard)
May 2, 1900: "Day and Night.---The Coburg saw mill, owned by the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co, is now running day and night. The largest amount cut yet in 24 hours was 101,000 feet." (The Daily Eugene Guard)
May 7, 1900: "The Booth-Kelly Co, of Coburg, sent to that city ten men by private conveyance to work in their mill at that point." (Daily Eugene Guard)
May 8, 1900: "Sawlogs Galore.---Major Forest is now rolling into the McKenzie river several million feet of sawlogs for the Booth-Kelly mill at Coburg." (Daily Eugene Guard)
May 11, 1900: "When J. C. Goodall rebuilt the Coburg mill it was with a commodious modern structure to take place of the almost pioneer building. The Booth-Kelly Company are now supplementing the new mill, with its circular saws, cut-off saws for slab and lumber, edgers, sawdust carrier, and other appointments of a modern mill, with a substantial structure in which planers will be placed for finishing the rough product of the saws.
At one end of the planing mill, and adjacent to the rear end of the sawmill a dryhouse of 2 by 5 inch material laid flat on each other and spiked. (similar to a loose grain warehouse.) has been built. Hundreds of feet of pipe are piled in this dryhouse awaiting the coming of the plumber, who will connect them so steam can be forced through and the best heat for drying purposes obtained. This dryhouse will have a capacity of about 100,000 feet at a drying.
The old pond in which sawlogs were held, awaiting the saw, was not adequate for the business of the company and it has been enlarged by the building of an addition, as it were, which, when ready for use, will give one-third more log room, an increase from about ten million feet to fourteen millions.
The new pond was built directly west of, and adjoining the old pond, by planking and scraping the dirt into a water restraining embankment with a base of about twenty feet, six feet at the top, and about seven feet high. A substantial waste water escape is built in the embankment. The water has not yet been turned into the new pond, and a connection with the old one made by tearing out the dividing embankment, but this will be done in the near future.
It is not saying too much that the Booth-Kelly Company is preparing to operate a very extensive business at Coburg, and along the McKenzie and Mohawk rivers, where the logs must be obtained, perhaps larger and more important for the county than any now in existence. There are billions of feet of the finest timber in the world along the McKenzie mountains and on the upper Mohawk that await the woodman and saw. The Booth-Kelly Company will bring not a little of it out." (Daily Eugene Guard)
At one end of the planing mill, and adjacent to the rear end of the sawmill a dryhouse of 2 by 5 inch material laid flat on each other and spiked. (similar to a loose grain warehouse.) has been built. Hundreds of feet of pipe are piled in this dryhouse awaiting the coming of the plumber, who will connect them so steam can be forced through and the best heat for drying purposes obtained. This dryhouse will have a capacity of about 100,000 feet at a drying.
The old pond in which sawlogs were held, awaiting the saw, was not adequate for the business of the company and it has been enlarged by the building of an addition, as it were, which, when ready for use, will give one-third more log room, an increase from about ten million feet to fourteen millions.
The new pond was built directly west of, and adjoining the old pond, by planking and scraping the dirt into a water restraining embankment with a base of about twenty feet, six feet at the top, and about seven feet high. A substantial waste water escape is built in the embankment. The water has not yet been turned into the new pond, and a connection with the old one made by tearing out the dividing embankment, but this will be done in the near future.
It is not saying too much that the Booth-Kelly Company is preparing to operate a very extensive business at Coburg, and along the McKenzie and Mohawk rivers, where the logs must be obtained, perhaps larger and more important for the county than any now in existence. There are billions of feet of the finest timber in the world along the McKenzie mountains and on the upper Mohawk that await the woodman and saw. The Booth-Kelly Company will bring not a little of it out." (Daily Eugene Guard)
May 11, 1900: "Candidates for the various county offices on the Republican and Citizens party tickets drove to Coburg yesterday and addressed the people on the issues of the county campaign beginning at 2 p m.
The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co very courteously closed down their mill to allow the men time in which to attend the meeting." (Morning Register)
The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co very courteously closed down their mill to allow the men time in which to attend the meeting." (Morning Register)
May 18, 1900: "Wilson & Kitchen, the brick makers this morning shipped two car loads of brick to the Booth-Kelly Co., at Coburg." (Albany Democrat)
July 24, 1900: "James Miller and family have moved to Coburg where Mr. Miller has accepted a position with the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company." (Morning Register)
August 2, 1900: "In an awful accident at the Booth-Kelly company's sawmill at Coburg yesterday morning, David A Kauble was killed and his body horribly mutilated. Kauble was running a planer. At about 7:30 he left the upper floor without speaking to anyone. About three minutes later A G Wheeler, foreman of the night shift, who was on the lower floor heard a rapid thumping sound sixty feet away. Rushing to the spot, he discovered that a man was wound on the shaft that drove the planer belt. The engines were stopped immediately, and Wheeler and other employes took from the shaft the naked, crushed and partially dismembered body of Kauble. Life was extinct. The body was wound around the shaft, with the head against the pulley wheel, and the belt broken in two places, was wound around body and shaft. It is altogether probable that the man had been caught while trying to throw off the belt, as was his custom, in order to avoid stopping the engines. This was not required by the company, and Kauble had had in fact been warned not to do it. His death is no doubt due to his own carelessness.
Coroner Griffin and Dr Cheshire were summoned and at once went to the scene of the accident. The testimony at the inquest developed the facts given above. In addition, Dr Cheshire, who examined the body, testified:
All the bones of the chest were broken, and the sternum mashed in pieces. All the ribs were crushed in. The right arm was torn off at the elbow and badly mangled. The left arm was almost severed at the shoulder, the bone above the elbow broken in two places and the forearm badly crushed and mangled. The right thigh was broken in two places. The left leg was broken in several places and the foot crushed. A small fracture of the left temple was found, and the neck was broken.
Kauble was 41 years old, and unmarried. He had been employed at the mill for fifteen years, and was an excellent workman. He was liked and respected at Coburg, where he was a member of the Odd Fellows, Rebeccas, and Woodmen of the World, in which he carried a $2000 policy.
Mr. Kauble leaves a father and mother and two sisters, Mrs Wesley Beeson and Mrs Jane Tillman. A third sister, Mrs Sam Skinner, was killed 15 years ago within 10 feet of where Kauble met his death yesterday.
The coroner's jury, composed of Wm Vanduyn, E P Coleman, M L Hendricks, H A Macy, H C Owen and Benj Feeder, reported that David Kauble came to his death by being caught and crushed on a counter shaft, on the lower floor of the planing mill belonging to the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, at Coburg, Oregon, on the morning of August 1, 1900. The jury held no one responsible for the accident.
A fellow employee and long acquaintance of Kauble's, says that the latter told his parents yesterday at breakfast, that he was almost sick, and that he would not go to work if it were possible to get a substitute. A few weeks ago he rented a farm near Lebanon, and it was his intention to quit the mill in the near future." (Eugene Morning Register)
Coroner Griffin and Dr Cheshire were summoned and at once went to the scene of the accident. The testimony at the inquest developed the facts given above. In addition, Dr Cheshire, who examined the body, testified:
All the bones of the chest were broken, and the sternum mashed in pieces. All the ribs were crushed in. The right arm was torn off at the elbow and badly mangled. The left arm was almost severed at the shoulder, the bone above the elbow broken in two places and the forearm badly crushed and mangled. The right thigh was broken in two places. The left leg was broken in several places and the foot crushed. A small fracture of the left temple was found, and the neck was broken.
Kauble was 41 years old, and unmarried. He had been employed at the mill for fifteen years, and was an excellent workman. He was liked and respected at Coburg, where he was a member of the Odd Fellows, Rebeccas, and Woodmen of the World, in which he carried a $2000 policy.
Mr. Kauble leaves a father and mother and two sisters, Mrs Wesley Beeson and Mrs Jane Tillman. A third sister, Mrs Sam Skinner, was killed 15 years ago within 10 feet of where Kauble met his death yesterday.
The coroner's jury, composed of Wm Vanduyn, E P Coleman, M L Hendricks, H A Macy, H C Owen and Benj Feeder, reported that David Kauble came to his death by being caught and crushed on a counter shaft, on the lower floor of the planing mill belonging to the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, at Coburg, Oregon, on the morning of August 1, 1900. The jury held no one responsible for the accident.
A fellow employee and long acquaintance of Kauble's, says that the latter told his parents yesterday at breakfast, that he was almost sick, and that he would not go to work if it were possible to get a substitute. A few weeks ago he rented a farm near Lebanon, and it was his intention to quit the mill in the near future." (Eugene Morning Register)
August 9, 1900: "David Kauble, an employee of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company in their planing mill at the Coburg mills, met with a horrible death. He was caught by a belt while trying to throw it off a wheel, and literally crushed to pieces. A moment after swinging around the shaft, A. C. Wheeler, the foreman, saw him and immediately signaled to W. T. Hawthorne to stop the engine. Together with other employes they rushed to where the unfortunate man was, but found life extinct. In the Woodmen he carried $2,000 insurance. He was unmarried. It is a singular coincidence that Mr. Kauble was killed about 10 feet from where a sister, Mrs. Sam Skinner, was killed about 15 years ago, when the sawmill was owned by Hiram Smith." (Valley Record)
September 17, 1900: "Log Run.---Woodcock & Forrest's 2,800,000 feet run of logs has reached a point below the county ferry at Hendricks'. They are for the Booth-Kelley Lumber Co, and are to be delivered at Coburg." (Daily Eugene Guard)
October 4, 1900: "Coburg, Or, Oct 4.---The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co here cannot obtain cars. They have had to cancel a large order on account of a scarcity of cars, and now have the yard piled up nearly to its capacity. Should cars not be obtained at once this mill will have to close till the car famine is over." (The Daily Eugene Guard)
October 18, 1900: "There was an accident over at Coburg Thursday afternoon. Wm Naylor, who was doing some work on a tramway at Booth-Kelly Co's yard, stepped on the end of a loose board and fell to the ground striking the side of his head against the platform, severing an artery in the temple. Dr Paine was summoned and arrived in time to close the artery and stop a heavy flow of blood.
Naylor was reported as getting along all right yesterday." (Morning Register)
Naylor was reported as getting along all right yesterday." (Morning Register)
October 23, 1900: "Planer Broken.---The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co had the misfortune to break their big planer at the Coburg mills on Saturday. The broken parts were shipped to Albany for repairs on Monday. Meantime the lumber shipments from the Coburg mills will be limited till the planer is repaired." (Daily Eugene Guard)
December 13, 1900: "Sawmill Accident.--- Yesterday afternoon W. H. Tillman, an employe of the Booth-Kelly Co's sawmill at Coburg, met with an accident in which he came near losing a finger. A flying splinter struck the little finger of the left hand, almost severing it. He came to Eugene last night and Drs Paine & Kuykendall dressed the injured member." (Daily Eugene Guard)
December 23, 1900: "Harry Hanson, bookkeeper for the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co of Coburg, is in Salem to spend the Christmas holidays." (Statesman Journal)
December 25, 1900: "Big Contract for Logs.---The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co have given a contract for 4,000,000 feet of logs to G Nettle of the upper McKenzie, the logs to be delivered in June to Coburg.
Mr Nettle has already a force of men at work and will add more men later on.
This is only one instance of the benefits that will accrue to Lane county through the development of the lumber industry in this section." (Morning Register)
Mr Nettle has already a force of men at work and will add more men later on.
This is only one instance of the benefits that will accrue to Lane county through the development of the lumber industry in this section." (Morning Register)
1901
July 17, 1901: "Portland, July 17.---The S P R R has definitely decided to put a Y at Coburg on the Woodburn-Springfield branch. This is made necessary by the large amount of switching at the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co's mill and also for the turning of the Mohawk branch which now terminates at Coburg. This will compel the moving of eight or ten buildings to make room for the Y." (The Daily Eugene Guard)
November 7, 1901: “T. L. Gilliam has 6,500,000 feet of saw logs ready on the Upper Mohawk to deliver on his 10,000,000 contract with the Booth-Kelly Co. as soon as there is water sufficient to run them, and the remainder is being cut to deliver on time.” (The Harrisburg Bulletin)
November 19, 1901: "The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co has just installed a fine new electric plant at their Coburg mill, replacing the one formerly used, it being inadequate to supply all the light needed at the mill while running at night.
Seth McAlister, the well known electrician, went over to Coburg today to make all connections at the new plant necessary for operation and it is expected that it will start up tonight.
The mill will now resume night operations, it having been run only in the day time for a couple of weeks, while the new light plant was being installed. The company's other mills are only running on single shifts at present." (The Daily Eugene Guard)
Seth McAlister, the well known electrician, went over to Coburg today to make all connections at the new plant necessary for operation and it is expected that it will start up tonight.
The mill will now resume night operations, it having been run only in the day time for a couple of weeks, while the new light plant was being installed. The company's other mills are only running on single shifts at present." (The Daily Eugene Guard)
November 21, 1901: “The Booth-Kelly Co. has installed a new electric plant at their Coburg mill.” (The Harrisburg Bulletin)
December 12, 1901: “Gilliam's big drive of logs for the Coburg mill will have reached the boom at the mouth of the Mohawk this evening and will soon reach the mill.---Guard.” (The Harrisburg Bulletin)
1902
April 17, 1902: “The Booth-Kelly Co.'s drive of 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 feet of logs from the Upper McKenzie arrived at the boom at Coburg Tuesday, after a very successful and quick run. Many of the loggers employed on the drive have been in the city the last day or so.---Guard.” (The Harrisburg Bulletin)
July 31, 1903: “Guard: J. J. Thomas of Coburg, has filed an application for an injunction against the Booth Kelly Lumber Company using the Coburg mill race to store logs in. The case will be heard in a few days, when the affidavits are prepared.” (The West)
October 9, 1903: “Tuesday morning a drive of logs for the Booth-Kelly Co. reached Coburg bridge where repairs were being made, and carried away a portion of the false work of the structure, doing about $100 worth of damage.” (The West)
September 9, 1904: “The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. are now running their mills at Springfield and Coburg, twelve hours a day.” (The West)
February 10, 1905: “An employee of the Booth-Kelly mill at Coburg, was killed Monday morning by falling in front of a truck loaded lumber.” (The West)
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