CLARK & WILSON LUMBER CO.
Linnton
November 4, 1906: "Clark & Wilson Lumber Company; principal office, Linnton, Or.; capital stock, $300,000; imcorporators, O. M. Clark, C.C. Wilson, W. W. Clark, and J. A. Wilson." (Statesman Journal)
February 27, 1907: "What is said to be the biggest deal in Columbia river timber lands ever made was completed yesterday, when the Clark & Wilson Lumber company purchased 10,000 acres near Goble, Ore., for $800,000. William Reid and his father-in-law, D. C. Pelton, president of the Bankers' & Lumbermen's bank, were the former owners, say a Portland paper.
The tract contains about 400,000,000 feet of standing timber, and the purchase includes the Goble, Nehalem & Pacific railway, a logging road 10 miles in length, and all the logging and camp equipment now on the land.
The deal was closed yesterday through the United States national an d the Bankers' & Lumbermen's banks. J. F. Boothe acted as attorney for all parties to the transaction. The purchasers will take possession of the property today.
The logging outfit formerly worked on the tract has been putting about 100,000 feet of logs into the river daily. The purchasers announce that the capacity will be increased, making the daily cut about 150,000 feet. The logs will be rafted and towed to the Clark & Wilson company's mill at Linnton, where they will be cut into lumber. The Clark & Wilson company plans to carry on its own logging operations in the future." (East Oregonian)
The tract contains about 400,000,000 feet of standing timber, and the purchase includes the Goble, Nehalem & Pacific railway, a logging road 10 miles in length, and all the logging and camp equipment now on the land.
The deal was closed yesterday through the United States national an d the Bankers' & Lumbermen's banks. J. F. Boothe acted as attorney for all parties to the transaction. The purchasers will take possession of the property today.
The logging outfit formerly worked on the tract has been putting about 100,000 feet of logs into the river daily. The purchasers announce that the capacity will be increased, making the daily cut about 150,000 feet. The logs will be rafted and towed to the Clark & Wilson company's mill at Linnton, where they will be cut into lumber. The Clark & Wilson company plans to carry on its own logging operations in the future." (East Oregonian)
January 10, 1909: "The Clark & Wilson Lumber company will commence immediately to rebuild its planing mill at Linnton, which was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Work will begin as soon as the lumber and machinery can be assembled. The new plant will be about the same size as the mill burned.
Authoritative information places the damage done to the mill at about $25,000. Little insurance was carried on the planing mill, which was the only part of the plant damaged, and it is probable that the total loss to the owners will come in the neighborhood of that amount. The bulk of the insurance was carried on the lumber mill proper.
The fire, which was discovered about 9:30 o'clock, is supposed to have started from a hot journal in the planing mill. Despite an immediate alarm, followed by the rapid work of practically every employe of the entire plant, the flames were communicated to all parts of the mill structure. Within 40 minutes only a mass of twisted machinery and charred ruins remained.
The fireboat George H. Williams, after making a quick trip down the river, arrived too late to save the planing mill, but is regarded by O. M. Clark, president of the Clark & Wilson Lumber company as having been the means of saving the main plant. Mr. Clark highly praised the work of both the firemen and the mill employes. The town was not threatened at any time.
A peculiar feature of the fire was the fact that an automatic sprinkler system had just been installed in the planing mill, and during the last few days was receiving the final tests before being placed permanently in operation. When the fire started one half of the mill was under automatic protection, but it so happened that that part covering the burned plant had not been finally tested. Attempts to place it in operation were unsuccessful.
The destruction of the planing mill did not interfere with the operation of the main plant, which was run at practically full capacity all yesterday afternoon. About 16 men were employed in the planing mill.
The mill, which is owned by the Clark & Wilson Lumber company, of which O. M. Clark is president, C. G. Wilson vice president and W. W. Clark secretary and treasurer, is valued at about $200,000. It was built at Linnton about four years ago, and is one of the largest concerns of that character on the river." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
Authoritative information places the damage done to the mill at about $25,000. Little insurance was carried on the planing mill, which was the only part of the plant damaged, and it is probable that the total loss to the owners will come in the neighborhood of that amount. The bulk of the insurance was carried on the lumber mill proper.
The fire, which was discovered about 9:30 o'clock, is supposed to have started from a hot journal in the planing mill. Despite an immediate alarm, followed by the rapid work of practically every employe of the entire plant, the flames were communicated to all parts of the mill structure. Within 40 minutes only a mass of twisted machinery and charred ruins remained.
The fireboat George H. Williams, after making a quick trip down the river, arrived too late to save the planing mill, but is regarded by O. M. Clark, president of the Clark & Wilson Lumber company as having been the means of saving the main plant. Mr. Clark highly praised the work of both the firemen and the mill employes. The town was not threatened at any time.
A peculiar feature of the fire was the fact that an automatic sprinkler system had just been installed in the planing mill, and during the last few days was receiving the final tests before being placed permanently in operation. When the fire started one half of the mill was under automatic protection, but it so happened that that part covering the burned plant had not been finally tested. Attempts to place it in operation were unsuccessful.
The destruction of the planing mill did not interfere with the operation of the main plant, which was run at practically full capacity all yesterday afternoon. About 16 men were employed in the planing mill.
The mill, which is owned by the Clark & Wilson Lumber company, of which O. M. Clark is president, C. G. Wilson vice president and W. W. Clark secretary and treasurer, is valued at about $200,000. It was built at Linnton about four years ago, and is one of the largest concerns of that character on the river." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
September 25, 1930: "G. B. Nightingale, high-climber for the Clark-Wilson Lumber company, was hurled 120 feet to his death late yesterday when his safety belt broke while he was swinging violently back and forth as the tree top left the spar. His widow and four children live near Deer Island." (The Klamath News)