FIR LUMBER COMPANY
Lebanon
January 15, 1930: "The sawmill and planer of the Fir Lumber company in Lebanon have been closed since quitting time last Saturdqay, on account of the freezeup. Several inches of ice has the logs in the pond locked up, and while logs are being delivered by truck each day from the surrounding districts the logs are all frozen so much that it makes cutting impractical.
Work at the plant will be resumed just as soon as conditions will permit." (The Lebanon Express)
Work at the plant will be resumed just as soon as conditions will permit." (The Lebanon Express)
August 15, 1930: “The Fir Lumber company in Lebanon is cutting on a contract to supply 18,000 ties. This mill has been started on a nine-hour shift, and their order is from the Oregon Electric requires approximately 750,000 feet of lumber.
Manager Homer Dowd of the lumber company accompanied the first truck load of ties delivered on the right of way, the timbers being deposited at the junction point of the new railway with the Southern pacific line just east of Crandall's factory.” (The New Era)
Manager Homer Dowd of the lumber company accompanied the first truck load of ties delivered on the right of way, the timbers being deposited at the junction point of the new railway with the Southern pacific line just east of Crandall's factory.” (The New Era)
August 22, 1930: “The Fir Lumber company of Lebanon, which has the contract to furnish ties for the Oregon Electric extension between Lebanon and Waterloo, has begun the delivery of 15,000 ties along the new grade.” (The New Era)
December 3, 1931: “Henry Crossman and brother of Scio, have started logging on the Dundon timber near Cascadia. The logs are going to the Fir Lumber Co. at Lebanon, we understand.”
& “The Fir Lumber Company of Lebanon, have begun logging with a gas donkey, on the Dundon timber three miles west of Cascadia.”
& “The Tony Berns logging prospect is progressing rapidly. The logs will be hauled to the Fir Lumber Company, at Lebanon. Mr. Berns went to Leaburg Saturday to get his cat. A broken wheel on the truck they were using delayed things for several days.” (The New Era)
& “The Fir Lumber Company of Lebanon, have begun logging with a gas donkey, on the Dundon timber three miles west of Cascadia.”
& “The Tony Berns logging prospect is progressing rapidly. The logs will be hauled to the Fir Lumber Company, at Lebanon. Mr. Berns went to Leaburg Saturday to get his cat. A broken wheel on the truck they were using delayed things for several days.” (The New Era)
December 10, 1931: “Tony Berns finished his plank logging road Monday. Fallers began cutting timber and his caterpillar began work.” (The New Era)
March 17, 1932: “Gale S. Hill has contracted 14,000,000 feet of fir logs to the Fir Lumber Company at Lebanon. This timber is standing on the Hill property near Cascadia.
Ed. Jones, Foster logger, has the contract to do the logging. Jeff Guine, Reece Watkins, Ed. Cox, Bill Gedney and Victor Cox went to work on the job Monday morning. Mr. Jones moved a donkey engine in to work yesterday.
The contract calls for the timber to be moved within three years.” (The New Era)
Ed. Jones, Foster logger, has the contract to do the logging. Jeff Guine, Reece Watkins, Ed. Cox, Bill Gedney and Victor Cox went to work on the job Monday morning. Mr. Jones moved a donkey engine in to work yesterday.
The contract calls for the timber to be moved within three years.” (The New Era)