BUSY BEE SHINGLE COMPANY
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Lane County - Mapleton
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November 1, 1919: "The Busy Bee Shingle company, by George Colter, Jr., of Mapleton, filed its assumed business name." (Morning Register)
March 12, 1921: "People coming from the Siuslaw country report that some of the shingle mills in that section are working, among other the Busy Bee mill near Mapleton. There are no logging operations in that section, however." (Ashland Daily Tidings)
June 1, 1921: "Charles Mooney arrived Saturday to weave shingles for the Busy Bee Shingle company." (The Eugene Daily Guard)
January 20, 1922: A Lumbering Survey: "Shingle mill. Capacity, 30,000 shingles daily. Equipped with 1 Sumner upright. No dry kiln." (Lumber)
May 2, 1922: "The Siuslaw forest, under the supervision of R. S. Shelley, has completed the sale of 1,000,000 feet of western red cedar to the Busy Bee Shingle company of Mapleton, for $1,20 per thousand. This timber is located on the west fork of Hoffman creek, across the Siuslaw river from Beck." (The Eugene Daily Guard)