BROOKS-SCANLON LUMBER COMPANY
Deschutes County - Bend
August 19, 1915: “The Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company, of Minneapolis will commence construction within six weeks on a saw mill to be located in Bend and to have an annual sawing capacity of 50,000,000 feet. The site of the new mill will be opposite the new Shevlin-Hixon mill on east side of the Deschutes river. The new mill is to employ about 500 men and will draw from timber amounting to 32,000 acres situated within a few miles of Bend.” (The Evening News)
September 1, 1915: "The Brooks-Scanlon Company plans the erection at Bend of a saw mill of 50 million feet annual capacity. There will be a box factory in connection, and about 500 men will be employed in various departments of the enterprise. The company owns 32,000 acres of timber south and east of Bend. Mill plans are now being prepared." (The Bend Bulletin)
September 15, 1915: "Aside from the general advance in construction and preparation for building the most important mill news of the past week was the announcement by the Brooks-Scanlon company of the purchase of a large part of the output of the Griffin mill, and the erection of a planing mill near the foot of Bond street for the immediate manufacture of lumber for local use.
The mill will be for temporary use until the construction of the planer in connection with the new plant. The machinery from the planing department of the old mill formerly run by The Bend Company will be moved to it at once. A new 75 horse power motor will furnish power. All the cut of the Griffin mill, with the exception of the lumber already contracted to the Shevlin company, has been purchased, and as needed will be brought in to the planer.
The Griffin mill will also furnish from 5,000 to 10,000 ties for the Brooks logging road and 15,000 will be hewed out in the woods, a contract for this work having recently been let to Carpenter Brothers & Chamberlain. A portion of the rails for the road were purchased by General Manager Keyes, when in Portland recently, he having bought 500 tons of 56 pound rails, or enough for five miles of road. Grading on the road is done about down to the mill.
At the mill site the work of the removing the rim rock continues, there being considerable yet to do. Work on the machine shop will start soon. In all departments 85 men are now employed." (The Bend Bulletin)
The mill will be for temporary use until the construction of the planer in connection with the new plant. The machinery from the planing department of the old mill formerly run by The Bend Company will be moved to it at once. A new 75 horse power motor will furnish power. All the cut of the Griffin mill, with the exception of the lumber already contracted to the Shevlin company, has been purchased, and as needed will be brought in to the planer.
The Griffin mill will also furnish from 5,000 to 10,000 ties for the Brooks logging road and 15,000 will be hewed out in the woods, a contract for this work having recently been let to Carpenter Brothers & Chamberlain. A portion of the rails for the road were purchased by General Manager Keyes, when in Portland recently, he having bought 500 tons of 56 pound rails, or enough for five miles of road. Grading on the road is done about down to the mill.
At the mill site the work of the removing the rim rock continues, there being considerable yet to do. Work on the machine shop will start soon. In all departments 85 men are now employed." (The Bend Bulletin)
September 15, 1916: "At the Brooks-Scanlon plant employment is given to 350 men at the present time, the number to be increased as soon as the box factory is put in operation. For the month of August the pay roll is figured at $28,000.” (Silver Lake Leader)
March 7, 1918: “War stamps to the value of $600 have been taken by the eight men and women composing the cookhouse force of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company at Bend. Several hundred dollars' worth of stamps also were taken by the loggers. In the other departments of the company's plant equal interest in the collection of thrift certificates is being shown, the different foremen having entered into competition to see which one will place most stamps. To date more than $3000 worth of stamps have been purchased by the company for redistribution to its employes.” (The Glendale News)
April 1, 1920: “Bend.---A change in operation which will mean the addition of 150 men to the payroll of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company in this city, and which will increase the production of the plant by 50 per cent, will be made early in April. A third shift will be added to the company's big pine mill here.” (The Glendale News)
April 8, 1920: “A change in operation which will mean the addition of 150 men to the payroll of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company in this city(Bend), and which will increase the production of the plant by 50 per cent, will be made early in April. A third shift will be added to the company's big pine mill here.
This will mean the addition of an entire new crew at the mill on the sorting chains and in the force of teamsters hauling from the chains. Other departments in the plant will be increased to take care of the larger production, while to provide logs in proportion to the increased production, a new camp will be started in the woods, at which 50 men will be employed. The remainder of the 150 who will go on the payroll will have their work at the local plant.
Because of the fact that the three shifts will take up the entire working day and night, the millmen will be given a 20-minute lunch period on company time, instead of an hour on their own time, thus reducing the actual working day to 7 hours and 40 minutes.---Oregonian.” (Silver Lake Leader and Lake County Tribune)
This will mean the addition of an entire new crew at the mill on the sorting chains and in the force of teamsters hauling from the chains. Other departments in the plant will be increased to take care of the larger production, while to provide logs in proportion to the increased production, a new camp will be started in the woods, at which 50 men will be employed. The remainder of the 150 who will go on the payroll will have their work at the local plant.
Because of the fact that the three shifts will take up the entire working day and night, the millmen will be given a 20-minute lunch period on company time, instead of an hour on their own time, thus reducing the actual working day to 7 hours and 40 minutes.---Oregonian.” (Silver Lake Leader and Lake County Tribune)
July 17, 1920: "The Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company announces the purchase of 26,000 acres of timber, a sufficient supply to last their mills for many years. The tract adjoins the former holdings of the company on the east and south.
The deal was made through the agency of Hunter & Staats, local timber operators, representing the Northwest Timber company, and themselves interested to a considerable extent in the property.
While no consideration was made public, it is understood on good authority that approximately $1,500,000 is involved in the deal.
The tract thus transferred is 22 miles from Bend at it nearest point, and 50 miles distant at it farthest boundary. It is 12 miles in length and of varying width and is located in Deschutes, Lake and Klamath counties.
In making the sale to M. J. Scanlon, vice-president of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company, Hunter & Staat, who are pioneer residents of this section, have achieved an old ambition of guaranteeing that the lumber in question would be manufactured in Bend.
The Northwestern Timber company, which relinquished ownership today, acquired possession in 1910 from the Manistee Lumber company. H. K. Brooks of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company made the statement that at the present rate of logging the new property will probably remain untouched by saw or ax for another decade." (The Evening Herald)
The deal was made through the agency of Hunter & Staats, local timber operators, representing the Northwest Timber company, and themselves interested to a considerable extent in the property.
While no consideration was made public, it is understood on good authority that approximately $1,500,000 is involved in the deal.
The tract thus transferred is 22 miles from Bend at it nearest point, and 50 miles distant at it farthest boundary. It is 12 miles in length and of varying width and is located in Deschutes, Lake and Klamath counties.
In making the sale to M. J. Scanlon, vice-president of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company, Hunter & Staat, who are pioneer residents of this section, have achieved an old ambition of guaranteeing that the lumber in question would be manufactured in Bend.
The Northwestern Timber company, which relinquished ownership today, acquired possession in 1910 from the Manistee Lumber company. H. K. Brooks of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company made the statement that at the present rate of logging the new property will probably remain untouched by saw or ax for another decade." (The Evening Herald)
October 15, 1920: "Funeral services for J. P. Keyes, general manager of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co. plant here, who succumbed an attack of heart disease, last Friday. Were held from the home on Louisiana avenue." (The Evening Herald)
January 20, 1921: "Following the shutdown of two weeks for repairs, the Brooks-Scanlon company's mill re-commenced sawing Monday, January 17, company officials state. One eight hours shift will be operated." (The Evening Herald)
January 21, 1921: "The Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company resumed production Tuesday following completion of overhauling equipment and also began logging at camp No. 1, where operations were suspended before closing of the plant here. There are now 110 employed on the one shift at the mill, including teamsters.
A feature of the system use by the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company is the alternating of the men on the night and day shifts. While only shift production is going on, this splits up the employment and allows part-time work for double the number of men actually required at the plant." (The Evening Herald)
A feature of the system use by the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company is the alternating of the men on the night and day shifts. While only shift production is going on, this splits up the employment and allows part-time work for double the number of men actually required at the plant." (The Evening Herald)
February 2, 1921: "Completion of a 15-mile grade for a later extension of the Brooks-Scanlon logging railroad system has been made but there is a strong likelihood that no steel will be laid, except on the first two miles, for at least a year, it is stated.
The new grade taps the already existing line which crosses The Dalles-California highway a few miles out of Bend. It extends thru country which has as its chief landmark the Arnold ice caves, passing, in fact, between two of the caves. The construction completed will make logging possible from a greatly extended territory." (The Evening Herald)
The new grade taps the already existing line which crosses The Dalles-California highway a few miles out of Bend. It extends thru country which has as its chief landmark the Arnold ice caves, passing, in fact, between two of the caves. The construction completed will make logging possible from a greatly extended territory." (The Evening Herald)
July 14, 1921: “Bend.---A second shift meaning the employment of 100 more men, started at the Brooks-Scanlon mill Friday, H. E. Allen, acting manager, announced. This will mean a payroll addition of slightly in excess of $12,000, Mr. Allen estimates.” (Silver Lake Leader and Lake County Tribune)
June 1, 1922: “To secure employes for the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co., both in the woods and in the mill, Paul Hosmer, in charge of employment at the Brooks-Scanlon plant, is driving to Portland to hire men to fill a number of vacancies.
Until recently, mill workers have been discouraged from coming to Bend because of the fear that more would be here than could possibly find jobs. No danger of this kind now exists, says Hosmer.” (Silver Lake Leader and Lake County Tribune)
Until recently, mill workers have been discouraged from coming to Bend because of the fear that more would be here than could possibly find jobs. No danger of this kind now exists, says Hosmer.” (Silver Lake Leader and Lake County Tribune)
July 12, 1922: "Overwhelmed by tons of wet sawdust sliding down the incline in the fuel house of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company plant. Ernest Fulton, aged 45, was pinned against a timber at the bottom, where he suffocated last night. He is survived by a wife and two small children." (Ashland Weekly Tidings)
December 7, 1922: “The foundation has been completed for the new Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company mill at Bend and construction of the frame work of the building will be started immediately.” (The Drain Enterprise)
December 26, 1922: "Sawmill construction somewhat hindered by the cold weather of last week, is now under way at full speed at both the new Brooks-Scanlon mill and at the new unit for the Shevlin-Hixon company.
On the Brooks-Scanlon mill, most of the timbers are in place up to the first floor, and most of the floor has been laid." (The Evening Herald)
On the Brooks-Scanlon mill, most of the timbers are in place up to the first floor, and most of the floor has been laid." (The Evening Herald)
November 8, 1923: "Bend----Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co. closes $1,000,000 timber deal which will lengthen operations of company three years." (The Hermiston Herald)
February 21, 1924: “Otis Bennett, logger at Brooks-Scanlon camp No. 2, near Bend, was crushed to death when the wheels of a log loader ran across his body.” (The Drain Enterprise)
April 12, 1928: "S. A. Blakely, logging superintendent of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company of Bend, was elected president of the Deschutes-Jefferson Forest Protective association." (Halsey Enterprise)
May 16, 1944: "Seven hundred men were off their jobs at the big Brooks Scanlon Lumber Co., Inc., plant here today as a result of a seniority dispute involving two employes.
Work stopped yesterday and federal conciliators attempted today to bring company heads and union officials together. Production of approximately 380,000 board feet of lumber a day for war uses was stopped by the strike." (Herald and News)
Work stopped yesterday and federal conciliators attempted today to bring company heads and union officials together. Production of approximately 380,000 board feet of lumber a day for war uses was stopped by the strike." (Herald and News)
May 29, 1950: "Firemen were called to the Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., mill by a general alarm at 12:10 noon today to fight a fire in the fuel pile. The firemen found that the mill crew had the fire under control and, after standing by to see that the fire did not spread, left the scene. There was no damage." (The Bend Bulletin)
August 16, 1951: "CIO logging crews of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber C0. are on strike here to enforce working agreement demands.
The union, which walked out yesterday, contends that workers on a 70-mile railroad haul from Chemult to Bend should be included in its bargaining unit.
They explained that logs are loaded at Shevlin in northern Klamath county. Trainmen, hauling logs from Shevlin to Chemult, are members of the CIO union. But Great Northern trainmen, members of the brotherhood of railroad trainmen, finish the haul to Bend." (Herald and News)
The union, which walked out yesterday, contends that workers on a 70-mile railroad haul from Chemult to Bend should be included in its bargaining unit.
They explained that logs are loaded at Shevlin in northern Klamath county. Trainmen, hauling logs from Shevlin to Chemult, are members of the CIO union. But Great Northern trainmen, members of the brotherhood of railroad trainmen, finish the haul to Bend." (Herald and News)