CONSUMERS CO-OP ASSOCIATION
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Lane County - Swisshome
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CONTINED FROM: SWENSON LUMBER COMPANY
April 4, 1943: "The Roy Swenson Lumber company mill here has been sold to the Consumer's Cooperative Association of North Kansas City, Missouri, the new owners taking possession this week. C. E. Banning has arrived to be manager for the mill.
Mr. Swenson and sons, Chester and Vernon Swenson, will continue in the logging contracting business, logging for the mill. Mr. Swenson has operated the mill at Swisshome for eight years, having been in the business in Veneta previous to that. The mill here is around 70,000 feet capacity." (The Register-Guard)
Mr. Swenson and sons, Chester and Vernon Swenson, will continue in the logging contracting business, logging for the mill. Mr. Swenson has operated the mill at Swisshome for eight years, having been in the business in Veneta previous to that. The mill here is around 70,000 feet capacity." (The Register-Guard)
August 30, 1944: "Damage caused when the sawmill of the Consumers Cooperative Company at Swisshome was destroyed was estimated at $125,000 today.
The entire building and all equipment, with the exception of a carrier and a few loads of lumber, were destroyed in the fire which occurred Monday night.
Approximately 400,000 feet of cut lumber were lost." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
The entire building and all equipment, with the exception of a carrier and a few loads of lumber, were destroyed in the fire which occurred Monday night.
Approximately 400,000 feet of cut lumber were lost." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
November 30, 1945: "It was announced that the Co-op has just completed construction of a new lumber mill at Swisshome, Ore., at a cost of more than half a million dollars." (Statesman Journal)
January 22, 1949: "The Co-op mill started on a six hour working schedule Wednesday. This will continue until their supply of logs is gone.
Logging operations are shut down and no immediate relief for a new supply of logs can be expected until the weather conditions improve the roads. Planer and yard crews are still working full time." (Register-Guard)
Logging operations are shut down and no immediate relief for a new supply of logs can be expected until the weather conditions improve the roads. Planer and yard crews are still working full time." (Register-Guard)
January 29, 1949: "The Consumers Cooperative Mill at Swisshome has been running steadily on full time, until last week, when the mill started on a six hour day schedule.
The manager Paul Rasmussen, asked that this correction be made as there was a mistake in the heading of last week's report on the activities of the mill. The log deck, which was piled up last summer has taken care of the logging emergency." (Register-Guard)
The manager Paul Rasmussen, asked that this correction be made as there was a mistake in the heading of last week's report on the activities of the mill. The log deck, which was piled up last summer has taken care of the logging emergency." (Register-Guard)
February 12, 1951: "Officials of the Consumers Co-operative Assn. fir mill at Swisshome have announced expansion plans amounting to a $683,000 expenditure.
Included in the new project are construction of three drying kilns with a capacity of 15 million board feet of lumber per year, high speed planing equipment, cooling sheds, dry sorting equipment, storage sheds, new loading dock, railroad siding, and underground safety system.
Preliminary construction has begun." (Register-Guard)
Included in the new project are construction of three drying kilns with a capacity of 15 million board feet of lumber per year, high speed planing equipment, cooling sheds, dry sorting equipment, storage sheds, new loading dock, railroad siding, and underground safety system.
Preliminary construction has begun." (Register-Guard)
July 9, 1951: "The Co-op lumber mill at Swisshome where a million dollar expansion and improvement program is underway, primarily with the intention of supplying Co-op lumber yards throughout the country with the best possible grades of usable lumber.
Dry kilns, loading docks, drying sheds and other constructions are underway. When the expansion program is complete between 172 and 200 local men will be employed in the operation, according to Manager Wayne Safley." (Register-Guard)
Dry kilns, loading docks, drying sheds and other constructions are underway. When the expansion program is complete between 172 and 200 local men will be employed in the operation, according to Manager Wayne Safley." (Register-Guard)
December 25, 1951: "Bud Williams, sawyer at Co-op Mill, had his foot smashed by a log while at work Tuesday. He went to Mapleton for medical treatment.
Dwight Beattie suffered a strained back while at work Monday. He is gang sawyer at the mill." (Register-Guard)
Dwight Beattie suffered a strained back while at work Monday. He is gang sawyer at the mill." (Register-Guard)
September 24, 1954: " 'Vacation time' for Co-op employees ended Monday, Sept. 20, when the mill started after a three-month strike shut down. The sound of the mill whistle at 8 a.m. was a welcome sound. The regular employes had been notified of the 'back to work' time and most of the men returned home and were back at their regular jobs Monday morning. The planer and car loading crews began work Wednesday, Sept. 15." (Register-Guard)
November 29, 1955: "Sale of its lumber mill and adjacent timber holdings at Swisshome, Ore., to the Georgia Pacific Plywood Co., was announced Monday by the Consumers Co-operative Assn. of Kansas City. The mill will be closed, a Georgia Pacific official stated later in Portland.
The Co-op association announced final approval of the sale to Associated Press following a Monday afternoon meeting of its board of directors at Kansas City.
The sale price was not announced, but Howard A. Cowden, president and general manager of the co-operative, and the mill, logging equipment and 5,000 acres of land involved in the sale represented an investment of about 2 1/2 million dollars.
Employing 170 men in the mill and in the woods operations, the Swisshome mill will continue in production through Nov. 30, according to notices on employe's bulletin boards." (Register-Guard)
The Co-op association announced final approval of the sale to Associated Press following a Monday afternoon meeting of its board of directors at Kansas City.
The sale price was not announced, but Howard A. Cowden, president and general manager of the co-operative, and the mill, logging equipment and 5,000 acres of land involved in the sale represented an investment of about 2 1/2 million dollars.
Employing 170 men in the mill and in the woods operations, the Swisshome mill will continue in production through Nov. 30, according to notices on employe's bulletin boards." (Register-Guard)