GARDINER MILL COMPANY
Gardiner
1880: The mill along with most of the town of Gardiner destroyed by fire.
February 21, 1884: "The Gardiner mill company has made extensive improvements in its booming facilities the past fall."
& "The Gardiner mill company has shut down all its logging camps working in spruce timber, the demand for that kind of lumber being particularly light." (The Coast Mail)
& "The Gardiner mill company has shut down all its logging camps working in spruce timber, the demand for that kind of lumber being particularly light." (The Coast Mail)
September 10, 1885: "Sherman Gamble is engineering a pile driver, on Smith river, where the Gardiner mill company is having a new boom built." (The Coast Mail)
May 21, 1886: “The Gardiner mills are running fifteen hours a day now. Three schooners are waiting for lumber with which to load for southern California.” (The Drain Echo)
October 15, 1886: “The mill company have received, by Steamer Arago's last trip, a new automatic engine, and blower for the slab pit, both will be placed in position next week.” (The Drain Echo)
November 5, 1886: “The mill is shut down this week for a few days for repairs.” (The Drain Echo)
December 17, 1886: “The Mill at this place is shut down, the wharves are full of lumber and no vessels. Several schooners are due but cannot get into port owing to the rough weather and fog.” (The Drain Echo)
December 24, 1886: “The mill at this place is running again.”
“Schooner Jennie Wand was towed to sea last Sunday, loaded with lumber for San Pedro. The schooner Neptune was towed in, and will load for the same place.” (The Drain Echo)
“Schooner Jennie Wand was towed to sea last Sunday, loaded with lumber for San Pedro. The schooner Neptune was towed in, and will load for the same place.” (The Drain Echo)
January 28, 1887: “The Gardiner Mill Co., has two mills with a combined capacity of 25,000,000 feet yearly. For the past two years they have run but one mill. During 1886 the one mill sawed 13,000,000 feet of lumber and 5,000,000 laths. This lumber is mostly shipped to California ports. There are about 60 men employed in and around the mill. Connected with the mill is about a mile of boom of capacity to hold 6,000,000 feet of logs.” (The Drain Echo)
February 4, 1887: “The saw mill has shut down owing to stormy weather. Schooners have not been able to get in or out of port, and the wharves are full of lumber.” (The Drain Echo)
February 18, 1887: "The G. M. company's mill will soon resume work." (Roseburg Review)
April 22, 1887: “The mill at this place was shut down a few days last week, having new patent lever head blocks put on the big saw carriage.” (The Drain Echo)
August 12, 1887: “The Gardiner Mill Co. are having their logs towed from Mill creek. They are also receiving a fine lot of logs from Schofield, and Providence creeks.” (The Drain Echo)
August 26, 1887: “The saw mill is running short handed.”
“A good chance for sawmill men now.” (The Drain Echo)
“A good chance for sawmill men now.” (The Drain Echo)
December 2, 1887: “The Gardiner Mill Company are making some improvements in their mill property. The mill and wharf are now lighted by the Brush electric light. This fills a long felt need, and is far ahead of the one-candlepower light.” (The Drain Echo)
January 6, 1888: "The leading industry of Gardiner is the extensive saw mill business of the Gardiner Milling Co. under the management of W. F. Jewett, a young man of business ability, capital and energy. The mill at this point is among the leading ones of the state and does an extensive business, there being probably 300 families who gain more or less of their support through this enterprise in its various departments. The thriving settlement along the Smith river and Camp and Mill creeks mostly engaging in the logging business, The annual output of this mill is in the neighborhood of 13,000,000 feet, with an addition of 4,000,000 lathes. The major part, by far, of this amount is shipped direct to San Pedro, California, to supply the Los Angeles market, an occasional vessel sailing for San Diego or the Sandwich Island. The company have an office at San Pedro and the mill is kept busy filling orders, all its output in fact being disposed of as fast as produced. During the year just past 38 vessels, with and average capacity of nearly 400,000 feet were loaded at this mill. The largest being the W. F. Jewett, partly owned by the company, and operated in its interest having a capacity for 700,000 feet of lumber. This is the largest three mast schooner engaged in the trade which was built expressly for this trade." (Roseburg Review)
October 19, 1888: "The fine sawmill of the Gardiner Mill Co. at Gardiner, in Douglas county, near the mouth of the Umpqua river, was totally destroyed by fire last night. Also the schooner Una was burned to the water's edge." (Weekly Oregon Statesman)
December 29, 1893: “Ed Lucas, head sawyer at the Gardiner saw-mill, will soon move to Grays harbor, so we are informed.” (The West)
December 21, 1899: "Wm. Merchant, for many years a clerk in Gardiner Mill Co. store has ceased his labors with that firm and moved his family to Marshfield. Our smiling friend, Mr. Seal is clerking in the Gardiner Mill Company store." (The Plaindealer)
November 27, 1900: "The Gardiner Mill Company have their mill and store here. The mill has a capacity of 120,000 feet daily. The equipment consists of two batteries of eight boilers a double circular and pony circular, a Stearns gang and a big edger. The gang is kept exclusively cutting on wide lumber. The bulk of the lumber is shipped to San Pedro. The Gardiner Mill Company have four schooners carrying lumber between the mill and Southern ports. From two to three million feet of spruce is cut annually, which is marketed in San Francisco. A small shingle mill is connected with the plant. This is a recent innovation, and is purely to supply the local demand. The company get their supply of logs from Smith river, a tributary of the Umpqua, and from their own railroad logging camp situated on Schofield creek, the road being about two miles long. A locomotive and one logging engine, in addition to the ox team, is used to get out the timber. Yellow fir logs are worth $5 per thousand feet.--- Oregon Timberman." (Coquille City Herald)
August 22, 1902: “A terrible accident occurred at the Gardiner Mill Co's. Logging camp on Smith River Monday morning, by which a young man named Frank Sanford lost his life.
The men were going out to work in the morning and were riding on the logging train as they frequently did, when Sanford and another man fell from the car. The latter was not hurt but Sanford fell in front of the car and was fatally injured. Both legs were cut off and he was badly hurt about the breast. He lived only a short time.
Sanford was about 23 years of age. His parents reside on lower Ten Mile. News of the accident was sent to them at once and the body was taken down there for burial.” (The West)
The men were going out to work in the morning and were riding on the logging train as they frequently did, when Sanford and another man fell from the car. The latter was not hurt but Sanford fell in front of the car and was fatally injured. Both legs were cut off and he was badly hurt about the breast. He lived only a short time.
Sanford was about 23 years of age. His parents reside on lower Ten Mile. News of the accident was sent to them at once and the body was taken down there for burial.” (The West)
September 12, 1902: “Coos Bay News: H. C. Noble returned last week from Gardiner, where he had charge of the building of a large log boom for the Gardiner Mill Co. The boom was built on Smith river, and 1060 piles were used in its construction. Under the superintendence of Mr. Noble a strong, substantial boom was constructed, at much less cost than was anticipated by the owners, who are well pleased at the manner in which the work was done.” (The West)
September 26, 1902: “The Gardiner Mill Co's., mess house is now in charge of Mrs. Newkirk. Mrs. Henderson is off for a rest after a five year term in the same place.”
& “The mill is running full time every day. In the temporary absence of T. W. Angus, Mr. Brownell, Supt., is at the lever as head sawyer.”
& “Scott Morris is doing a shift as head sawyer on the shingle saw. This pair of head sawyers is a good one 'to draw to.” (The West)
& “The mill is running full time every day. In the temporary absence of T. W. Angus, Mr. Brownell, Supt., is at the lever as head sawyer.”
& “Scott Morris is doing a shift as head sawyer on the shingle saw. This pair of head sawyers is a good one 'to draw to.” (The West)
September 26, 1902: “The Mill Company's new boom, three miles above town, is nearing completion, and will be ready to catch the logs coming down Smith river this winter.” (The West)
October 3, 1902: “The G. M. Co. is materially enlarging their wharf. We have been told---unofficially---that an electric light plant is to be installed in the mill.” (The West)
October 3, 1902: “T. W. Angus has returned from Portland and has been dropping 2x12s, 20 to 30 ft. long, from the saw at a rate equal to Mr. Brownell. These are the bete noir of the planer crew as about a quarter million feet were finished up as flooring. Mr. Ricker at the gang and pony saw has cut his share of this plank order.” (The West)
October 3, 1902: “The Gardiner Mill Co's addition to their wharf is moving along. The new addition will be 350 by 40 ft., giving room for 1,000,000 of more feet of lumber and a berth for another schooner. It will also enable them to run the mill more steadily in the event of a shoaling or rough bat for a month or two.” (The West)
November 28, 1902: “The schooner Lily sailed in over the bar yesterday---23---after a delay outside of six days. She carried her usual cargo of merchandise for the merchants. She brought also a new planer for the Gardiner Mill Co.” (The West)
December 12, 1902: “The mill has now a new planer room 18 x 90 feet. A new flooring planer will be in operation soon. It is a Keystone and a beauty. One will be run on 4 in., one on 6 in. flooring while the big planer will run on dimensions orders.” (The West)
December 19, 1902: “Mr. Ricker, the gang sawyer, has had serious trouble lately with boils on his hands. He is however, better today and was in his place with both hands bandaged.” (The West)
December 19, 1902: “The mill stopped on Thursday of last week for repairs on slab elevator which got badly 'buckled.' All was ready by Monday and the screaming of the edger is heard in the city.” (The West)
March 6, 1903: “The longest log ever sawed in the Gardiner mill, was cut last Saturday. It measured nearly eighty feet in length and about three feet in diameter. The timbers from it were used in making chutes for hauling piles on decks of the schooners.” (The West)
July 17, 1903: “The Gardiner saw mill resumed operations Monday after a week's shutdown while putting in some new machinery.” (The West)
October 9, 1903: “Gardiner is the busiest town of its size in Oregon. The mill is running full time and will probably do so all winter. We are informed that a dynamo will be put in and the mill lighted so that full time can be made.” (The West)
October 16, 1903: “The mill Co. is building an addition to the mill. On the ground floor will be installed their dynamo. The upper story will be used as a filing room. We presume that the addition after addition will be made as long as money lasts.” (The West)
October 30, 1903: “The mill Co. came near having what might have been a disastrous fire on Friday night of last week. The wooden air pipes from the blower to the firepit caught fire and had not the night watchman discovered it a great loss might have occurred.” (The West)
October 30, 1903: “The dynamo and filing room annex is progressing rapidly. The electric plant is expected soon and then there will be light.” (The West)
October 30, 1903: “Mill runs on full time, employing about 70 men.” (The West)
November 20, 1903: “The storm of last Thursday night, the 10th, played many pranks. The Gardiner mill lost 14 feet from one smokestack. We are glad to report that no serious harm was done.” (The West)
December 25, 1903: “Al Davis and F. F. Boyd, San Francisco electricians, are here to install the electric plant in the mill. The plant came up via Coos Bay and was brought over from Empire on the Hunter yesterday.---Gazette.” (The West)
January 5, 1904: “The dynamo has been installed and the mill here is now lighted by electricity.” (Roseburg Review)
January 8, 1904: “The mill will run on 10 hour time after a day or two as sufficient lights will then be in position.” (The West)
January 8, 1904: “Mr. Al Davis of San Francisco is busily engaged completing the electric light plant. The plant consists of a 17 horsepower Sturtevant engine a 11 ¼ Killowatt Westinghouse dynamo, 110 volts, 4 arc lights and 200 16 and 32 candle lights. The Mill Co. may put on a circuit to the store.” (The West)
January 9, 1904: “The Gardiner mill is installing an electric light plant.” (Roseburg Review)
January 20, 1904: “We understand that the Gardiner Mill Co. will soon install electric lights in their store.” (Roseburg Review)
February 10, 1904: “The mill shut down here last Tuesday evening and a large force of men are now at work installing some new machinery and doing repair work Mr. Hinsdale informs us that the mill is closed for two weeks.” (Roseburg Review)
February 19, 1904: “The mill will start on Wednesday after a two weeks shut down for extensive repairs and some improvements. A new steam set has been installed and some minor improvements have been made.” (The West)
April 15, 1904: “The mill will shut down soon for some repairs and improvements---a new slip and an improved log hauling device put in. A new steam kicker will also be installed.” (The West)
May 20, 1904: “P. A. Brownell, superintendent of the sawmill, met with a serious accident at the mill Tuesday. While handling a large log with a cant-hook it toppled over and fell on him, crushing him to the floor. He sustained a broken rib and other internal injuries, which will necessitate his confinement to the bed for some time. He is now under the care of Dr. Alex Patterson and it is to be hoped he will speedily recover.” (The West)
May 29, 1904: "W. F. Jewett, general superintendent of the Gardiner Mill Company, arrived last Friday from San Francisco. He will spend the summer here." (Weekly Coast Mail)
August 11, 1904: “The mill is running full time, adding 80,000 to 100,000 feet a day to its annual output. Its full fleet is kept busy keeping the wharves clear.” (The Drain Nonpareil)
September 8, 1904: “The Gardiner Mill Co. are renewing the log boom leading to the mill haulway. The old boom has done good service for the past quarter of a century. The waterfront is steadily shoaling and the new piling is being driven outside the old boom in line with the 44 foot extension of the mill wharf.” (The Drain Nonpareil)
September 22, 1904: “Delbert Elliff, an employe at the sawmill, was quite badly injured several days ago from being caught by the carriage, crushing and tearing loose a portion of the muscles of the leg. He was placed in the Gardiner Hospital, and it is hoped will recover as early as can be reasonably expected.” (The Drain Nonpareil)
October 21, 1904: "The mill shut down Wednesday for the remainder of the week, that some needed repairs might be made." (Gardiner Gazette)
October 28, 1904: "The mill resumed operations Tuesday afternoon, after being shut down since Wednesday noon of last week." (Gardiner Gazette)
December 15, 1904: “The sawmill at Gardiner lately reduced its work force, and a number of men were thrown out of employment.” (The Drain Nonpareil)
January 5, 1905: “The mill has been closed down this week but logs are coming down the river, and a raft was towed in this morning. Sixteen hundred logs are reported in the Smith river boom. It is expected that the mill will resume operations in a few days.” (The Drain Nonpareil)
January 6, 1905: “The mill has been closed down this week but logs are coming down the river and a raft was towed in this morning. Sixteen hundred logs are reported in the Smith river boom. It is expected that the mill will resume operations in a few days.” (The West)
February 17, 1905: "Jos. Perrilard, band-saw filer for the Gardiner Mill Co., has been indisposed for a number of days, from rheumatic or similar trouble, and has resorted to the use of crutches, though still on duty at the mill." (Gardiner Gazette)
March 1, 1905: "It is reported that the Gardiner Mill company will build a telephone line from Gardiner to Coos bay, the line to extend along the beach." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
March 3, 1905: "Carl Lawson received an injury to his back by being struck by a piece of timber while at work in the mill Monday, causing him to give up his work for at least a few days." (Gardiner Gazette)
March 10, 1905: “Carl Lawson received an injury to his back by being struck by a piece of timber while at work in the mill Monday, causing him to give up his work for at least a few days.” (The West)
March 23, 1905: “The Gardiner Mill Co. have purchased two new logging engines and started a new camp.” (The Drain Nonpareil)
May 11, 1905: “The mill closed Monday evening, for the purpose of placing some new saws, it is said.” (The Drain Nonpareil)
June 8, 1905: “The big donkey which the Lily brought up on the last trip for the Gardiner Mill Co., was taken to Scottsburg Wednesday. This is the largest engine of the kind in the company's camps.” (The Drain Nonpareil)
July 6, 1905: “The Gardiner Mill Co., has under construction one of the largest scows that has been built on the Umpqua.” (The Drain Nonpareil)
March 19, 1908: "The steamer San Gabriel, Captain Green, arrived in and will loads lumber for San Pedro. The cargo will be received from the Gardiner Mill Company.
The four-masted schooner Caroline, which has been tied up here for over a month, has received orders to load a cargo of lumber from the wharf of the Gardiner Mill Company for San Pedro." (Morning Oregonian)
The four-masted schooner Caroline, which has been tied up here for over a month, has received orders to load a cargo of lumber from the wharf of the Gardiner Mill Company for San Pedro." (Morning Oregonian)
October 30, 1908: "The tug Gleaner, new and built at Price & Co.'s Bandon yards, left for San Francisco Monday in tow. The Gleaner is a 100-foot vessel built of cedar at a cost of about $45,000 for the Gardiner Mill company. Her machinery consists of a compound condensing vertical marine engine, with cylinders 14 and 20-inch stroke and one single and Scotch marine boilers, with a steam pressure of v160 pounds. She will be equipped with a Shaw & Spiegle towing machine and fire pump." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
April 15, 1909: "The tug Hunter arrived here this morning from Gardiner, Or., after a stormy voyage, to go on the ways at Supple's yard for general overhauling before proceeding to Puget Sound to engage in towing.
The Hunter belongs to the Gardiner Mill Company and for years was engaged in towing lumber droghers to and from the company's mill, but was replaced the other day by a larger and more powerful tug." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
The Hunter belongs to the Gardiner Mill Company and for years was engaged in towing lumber droghers to and from the company's mill, but was replaced the other day by a larger and more powerful tug." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
October 23, 1909: "Word was received here this afternoon that the schooner Lilly, running between San Francisco and Gardiner went ashore off the north spit of the Umpqua River Bar yesterday evening. The bar was rough and she was caught by a heavy swell. Captain Bottzer and the crew held her well until she lost her rudder. She had a cargo of freight from San Francisco and was to have taken a cargo of lumber from the Gardiner Mill Company.
She has so far not sprung a leak and it is thought she will in a day or two be washed over the spit inside the bar without great damage further than the loss of her rudder,
The Lilly is owned by a stock company and Captain Cornwall hold the bulk of the stock. She was built in San Francisco in 1882, has a gross tonnage of 142, is 102 feet long and 28-foot beam. She carried a crew of six men and has for years running out of Gardiner." (Morning Oregonian)
She has so far not sprung a leak and it is thought she will in a day or two be washed over the spit inside the bar without great damage further than the loss of her rudder,
The Lilly is owned by a stock company and Captain Cornwall hold the bulk of the stock. She was built in San Francisco in 1882, has a gross tonnage of 142, is 102 feet long and 28-foot beam. She carried a crew of six men and has for years running out of Gardiner." (Morning Oregonian)
October 30, 1909: "The damage to the Gardiner Mill Company schooner Lilly, which went on the beach north of the Umpqua bar a week ago, was slight. She was washed over the spit safely into the river and is at her dock at Gardiner, where she will be repaired. Her rudder was lost and she has sprung a small leak." (Morning Oregonian)
March 28, 1910: “O. B. Hinsdale, of Gardiner, is in town today, attending to the Gardiner Mill Company's big $5,000 tax contribution to the expenses of Douglas county.” (The News-Review)
May 4, 1910: “A large force of men will be employed by the Gardiner Mill Company, during the summer in the woods on Camp Creek.” (The News-Review)
May 29, 1910: "O. B. Hinsdale, connected with the Gardiner Mill Company, was in the city yesterday to view a boiler built for the steamer Eva, owned by himself and associates. The Eva was launched here 14 years ago and has been running out of Gardiner." (Sunday Oregonian)
January 19, 1911: “Today W. F. Jewett, of the Gardiner Mill company, tendered the use of his big warehouse of Mr. Schilling as temporary quarters to resume business. This will be fitted up at once as temporary hotel quarters.” (The News-Review)
March 20, 1911: “F. Jones has resumed his freighting to the logging camps at Camp Creek for the Gardiner Mill Co.'s supplies for that place.” (The News-Review)
March 24, 1911: "The mill of the Gardiner Mill Company will be generally overhauled this season. A patent burner 30 feet in diameter and 100 feet high is now being built to care for the refuse from the mill." (Morning Oregonian)
March 25, 1911: “The Gardiner Mill Company's mill was closed today for the purpose of inspecting the boilers.” (The News-Review)
August 31, 1911: “Messrs. Bartlett, Henderson and Van Zile, of North Bend and Marshfield have finished plastering the new mess house of the Gardiner Mill Company, and returned to Coos County, they did a fine job, covering five thousand square yards of surface with two coats of plaster in eleven days.” (The News-Review)
October 28, 1911: "The new mess house of the Gardiner Mill company has opened under the management of Mrs. Coldwell. It is a fine and commodious building and will be quite a boon to the company's employes."
& "The Southern Pacific right-of-way man, C. H. Marsh, is in Gardiner this week buying a right-of-way through the Gardiner Mill company's properties. He informs us that he is having little trouble in securing this from the property holders, as most every one is anxious for a railroad." (The Coos Bay Times)
& "The Southern Pacific right-of-way man, C. H. Marsh, is in Gardiner this week buying a right-of-way through the Gardiner Mill company's properties. He informs us that he is having little trouble in securing this from the property holders, as most every one is anxious for a railroad." (The Coos Bay Times)
December 1, 1912: "The supply of logs now in the booms of the Gardiner Mill Company being sufficient to run the mill for several months, all the company's logging camps will be closed for the Winter in a few days. The late freshet was a great benefit in this section to logging operations, as practically all the logs above tidewater were floated into the booms. The Gardiner Mill Company has about 16,000 logs in its booms on Mill Creek and Smith River." (The Sunday Oregonian)
February 22, 1913: "The Gardiner Mill Company is building a shop at its sawmill with woodworking machinery for turning out all kinds of house building material." (Morning Oregonian)
March 8, 1913: "After a shutdown of about three months, all the logging camps of the Gardiner Mill Company resumed operations March 3. More timber will be logged this year than ever before in the history of lumbering on the Umpqua and Smith Rivers and tributaries. About 150 men will be employed in the four different camps, and the machinery used will consist of two locomotives and 10 donkey engines." (Morning Oregonian)
October 6, 1913: "The Gardiner Mill Company expects to shut down tonight for a month or six weeks, during which they will overhaul the boilers, put in new concrete foundations and make other improvements. They have been running steadily for about two years and cut about 100,000 feet per day." (The Coos Bay Times)
March 12, 1914: "The schooners Sadie and Lily, with lumber from the Gardiner Mill Company's plant, were towed to sea yesterday forenoon and sailed for San Francisco and San Pedro." (Morning Oregonian)
June 10, 1915: “The saw mill has been shut down for the past three weeks owing to the fact that there is too much lumber on the wharf. The steamer San Gabriel, which has been carrying the lumber between Gardiner and San Pedro, has been on the dry dock at San Francisco undergoing repairs, consequently there is no means of transporting the lumber to California. The San Gabriel is expected in within a few days and the mill will resume operations as soon as there is room on the wharf.” (The Evening News)
June 30, 1914: "Judge Bean forfeited 4500 acres of land near Gardiner, Douglas County, belonging to the Gardiner Milling Company, to the Government with the proviso that the company buy it back in six months for $2.50 per acre. This was one of the 45 cases involved in the Oregon and California land grant case, two-thirds of which have already been settled. The Gardiner Milling Company is one of the oldest companies in the state. It began the purchase of the land involved in May 1877, and bought additional tracts from time to time until March 19, 1900, at prices ranging from $1.75 to $4 an acre. Permission to repurchase the land was granted under the act of Congress of August 20, 1912. Special Attorney Husted was in charge of the case for the Government." (The Coos Bay Times)
July 16, 1914: "The schooner Louise loaded with lumber from the Gardiner Mill Company's plant sailed today for San Francisco." (Morning Oregonian)
August 21, 1914: "Charles Roach, an employe of the Gardiner Mills company of Gardiner, lost his right arm when he accidentally fell against a fast revolving saw while operating the carriage. He is about 23 years old, and had been employed in the mill but three days." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
August 31, 1914: "Word has been received here that a safe in the office of the Gardiner Mill company at Gardiner has been blown open and that $6000 has been stolen.
The safe was looted in the company store on the wharf.
The robbers have the advantage of several hours' start over the officers, who are making thorough search for them." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
The safe was looted in the company store on the wharf.
The robbers have the advantage of several hours' start over the officers, who are making thorough search for them." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
November 1, 1914: "W. F. Jewett, superintendent of the Gardiner Mill Company, at Gardiner, and reputed to have been worth $2,000,000. died at Roseburg October 28." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
November 1, 1914: "The mills of the Gardiner Mill company at Gardiner, and the Keona Mill company at the latter place, have been closed. It is understood that the closing of the institutions is merely temporary and that they will reopen within a short time," (The Oregon Daily Journal)
April 10, 1915: "The Gardiner mill is now running full time to fill orders received for lumber. The San Gabriel is loading with lumber this week for California and the Caroline is expected to take on a cargo for California points." (Port Umpqua Courier)
May 22, 1915: "The mill closed down Saturday afternoon until Monday for the reason, we were told, that the wharves were so congested with lumber that there was no room for more until it could be removed." (Port Umpqua Courier)
June 5, 1915: "A large raft of lumber broke loose from its moorings at the mill wharf Saturday night and was carried by the high tides to a point near Barrett's Landing, where it brought up against the mud flats. The raft is said to contain 100,000 feet of lumber, and was to have been taken up to Jack France slough for the railroad company. The raft was gotten off the mud the next day without any material loss." (Port Umpqua Courier)
June 22, 1915: "The steamer San Gabriel arrived Tuesday from San Francisco, loaded with freight, after being in dry dock in that city three weeks undergoing repairs. She sailed Saturday for San Pedro loaded with lumber for the Gardiner Mill Company." (Morning Oregonian)
May 28, 1916: "The Gardiner Mill Company's steamer San Gabriel arrived in Port yesterday, with a general cargo of freight for the stores in Gardiner and Reedsport, including 200 tons of cement for the Umpqua draw bridge. She will load lumber for San Pedro." (The Sunday Oregonian)
June 3, 1916: "Following a lengthy conference with Sheriff George Quine, Thomas Sweek and C. B. Montague, Federal officers, left for Portland this afternoon with 456 quart bottles of whiskey which was confiscated Sunday from the warehouse of the Gardiner Mill Company at Gardiner.
Sheriff Quine said tonight that the liquor taken to Portland would be used as evidence against Zimmerman & Co., of San Francisco, who will be arrested on a charge of violating a Federal statute in connection with shipping whiskey into Oregon labeled as beer. The Consignment consisted of 19 separate shipments of 24 quarts each of whiskey labeled as beer.
Another illicit shipment of liquor which the officers seized at Gardiner was lost through the carelessness of a deputy Sheriff employed to guard it. Sheriff Quine says inferior whiskey has been sold at Gardiner recently for as much as $3 a quart.
In addition to having beer substituted for whiskey by the San Francisco wholesalers, Sheriff Quine says it was the plan of those implicated in the affair to use 'dummies' in receiving the liquor upon its arrival at Gardiner." (Morning Oregonian)
Sheriff Quine said tonight that the liquor taken to Portland would be used as evidence against Zimmerman & Co., of San Francisco, who will be arrested on a charge of violating a Federal statute in connection with shipping whiskey into Oregon labeled as beer. The Consignment consisted of 19 separate shipments of 24 quarts each of whiskey labeled as beer.
Another illicit shipment of liquor which the officers seized at Gardiner was lost through the carelessness of a deputy Sheriff employed to guard it. Sheriff Quine says inferior whiskey has been sold at Gardiner recently for as much as $3 a quart.
In addition to having beer substituted for whiskey by the San Francisco wholesalers, Sheriff Quine says it was the plan of those implicated in the affair to use 'dummies' in receiving the liquor upon its arrival at Gardiner." (Morning Oregonian)
June 5, 1916: "Jack Imhoff, of Gardiner, who was arrested there a few days ago in connection with the raid on the warehouse of the Gardiner Mill Company and the confiscation of 456 quart bottles of whisky, was indicted last night by the grand jury on a charge of selling whisky. Imhoff was arraigned later before Judge Hamilton and entered a plea of not guilty to the charge, and in default of $700 bail was remanded to jail.
Sheriff Quine will leave for Portland this week to testify before the Federal Grand Jury, presumably in connection with the complaint which is contemplated against Zimmerman & Co., of San Francisco, who shipped whisky labeled beer." (Morning Oregonian)
Sheriff Quine will leave for Portland this week to testify before the Federal Grand Jury, presumably in connection with the complaint which is contemplated against Zimmerman & Co., of San Francisco, who shipped whisky labeled beer." (Morning Oregonian)
June 23, 1916: "The Gardiner Mill Company's three-masted schooner Louise arrived off the bar yesterday from San Pedro and was towed into port by the tug Gleaner, She is loading lumber at the mill dock. The steamer San Gabriel is on drydock in San Francisco, under going repairs and inspection." (Morning Oregonian)
June 23, 1916: "The Gardiner Mill Company's camps are running full blast employing 80 men. New logging roads have been built to haul the logs to the river and operations will be pushed this summer. The mill is running full time again and with the arrival of lumber carriers a steady run is assured." (Morning Oregonian)
June 24, 1916: "The Gardiner Mill Company's four masted schooner Caroline arrived off the bar yesterday and was towed into port by the tug Gleaner, She has completed a successful cruise from Puget Sound to the Hawaiian Islands under charter, with a cargo of lumber. She is here to load lumber for San Pedro and will be maintained on this run permanently." (Morning Oregonian)
July 1, 1916: "The San Gabriel, the Louise and the Caroline, three ships belonging to the Gardiner Mill Company, are in port at Gardiner. It is the first time in a number of years that the three vessels have been in that port at the same time." (Morning Oregonian)
July 2, 1916: "The Gardiner Mill Company's steamer San Gabriel, and the three-masted schooner Louise, crossed out today in tow of the tug Gleaner. They each have a full cargo of lumber, bound for San Pedro." (The Sunday Oregonian)
August 21, 1916: "After considerable delay, an agreement was reached on Saturday and a contract was signed for the construction of a road from the town of Gardiner to a connection with the Willamette-Pacific railroad, one and one-half miles distant. The Gardiner Mill company has taken the contract to build the road for $13,500, completion to be made by May 1 next. The road is to be planked." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
September 6, 1916: "Shipments of lumber reported by the Gardiner Mill Company for the month of August: San Gabriel, August 9, 480,000; San Gabriel, August 21, 465,000 feet.
The steam schooner San Gabriel, of the Gardiner Mill Company, arrived in port Sunday afternoon from San Pedro with a cargo of merchandise for local merchants. The sailing schooner Louise arrived Saturday from San Pedro, after a trip of 21 days, and is loading lumber at the Gardiner mill dock." (Morning Oregonian)
The steam schooner San Gabriel, of the Gardiner Mill Company, arrived in port Sunday afternoon from San Pedro with a cargo of merchandise for local merchants. The sailing schooner Louise arrived Saturday from San Pedro, after a trip of 21 days, and is loading lumber at the Gardiner mill dock." (Morning Oregonian)
December 19, 1916: "The sawmill of the Gardiner Mill company at Gardiner, at the mouth of the Umpqua River, was destroyed by fire last night. The loss is $100,000, according to the estimate of the owners. The fire started at 7:45 o'clock. Rain prevented the flames from spreading to nearby buildings. The mill was erected in 1890." (The Oregon daily Journal)
December 23, 1916: "Monday evening (December 18th) about 7 o'clock the citizens of Gardiner were startled by the alarm of fire sounded by the whistle of the Gardiner mill, given by the watchman John Piertz. At first alarm many rushed into the streets in an endeavor to locate the cause of the alarm, and for a few minutes it was impossible to locate the fire. Then all at once flames burst through the roof and sides of the mill building, and in less time than it takes to write these lines the whole building was a mass of flames. The few who reached the mill before the flames burst out were unable to do anything to check the fire, and had to make a hasty retreat to save themselves from being burned with the building.
John Piertz, who is employed as night watchman, discovered the fire first near the end of the edger in the mill, which did not appear much larger than his hand. He rushed to get the hose to quench the flames, but before he could get water on the fire it had gained such headway that he could do nothing but to save himself and sound the alarm. It is supposed by some that the fire originated from a heated boxing near the edger, and by others that a spark may have come from the incinerator.
As soon as it became evident that nothing could be done to save the mill, attention was turned to the saving of the dock and the lumber piled upon it. The tug Gleaner, which had been in use during the day pumping water for use in the boilers of the mill, had steam up, and in a short time four lines of hose were throwing streams of water from the pumps of the tug onto the lumber and dock, being assisted in the work by the steamer San Gabriel, which had been loading lumber at the dock during the day and also had steam sufficient to work her pumps, which was soon connected with hose and throwing streams of water on the fire. By hard and unremitting work of those who were engaged in fighting the fire back from the dock, and the wind being in their favor, the dock and lumber were saved, which were estimated to be worth $10,000.
Mr. O. B. Hinsdale, the superintendent of the Gardiner Mill Co., states that the loss will be in the neighborhood of $100,000, there being no insurance on the property. The mechanics and carpenters working in the mill lost all their tools, amounting to several hundred dollars.
This is the third mill to burn in Gardiner. The first one was located above the Gardiner Mill Company's store, and was burned down in July, 1880, when the town was nearly destroyed by fire, leaving but five houses standing. The next mill to be built was located on the site of the mill burned Tuesday evening and that was destroyed in the same manner in October, 1888. Then followed the last structure, which was started in 1888, sending out the first cargo of lumber in 1889.
At the present time the Gardiner Mill Company, who owned the mill, have not decided upon any plan of action regarding the rebuilding of their plant, and probably will not until their annual meeting, which the Courier is informed will be held in January, when the matter will likely be taken up and some definite action taken. In the meantime the citizens of Gardiner will be watchfully waiting." (Port Umpqua Courier)
John Piertz, who is employed as night watchman, discovered the fire first near the end of the edger in the mill, which did not appear much larger than his hand. He rushed to get the hose to quench the flames, but before he could get water on the fire it had gained such headway that he could do nothing but to save himself and sound the alarm. It is supposed by some that the fire originated from a heated boxing near the edger, and by others that a spark may have come from the incinerator.
As soon as it became evident that nothing could be done to save the mill, attention was turned to the saving of the dock and the lumber piled upon it. The tug Gleaner, which had been in use during the day pumping water for use in the boilers of the mill, had steam up, and in a short time four lines of hose were throwing streams of water from the pumps of the tug onto the lumber and dock, being assisted in the work by the steamer San Gabriel, which had been loading lumber at the dock during the day and also had steam sufficient to work her pumps, which was soon connected with hose and throwing streams of water on the fire. By hard and unremitting work of those who were engaged in fighting the fire back from the dock, and the wind being in their favor, the dock and lumber were saved, which were estimated to be worth $10,000.
Mr. O. B. Hinsdale, the superintendent of the Gardiner Mill Co., states that the loss will be in the neighborhood of $100,000, there being no insurance on the property. The mechanics and carpenters working in the mill lost all their tools, amounting to several hundred dollars.
This is the third mill to burn in Gardiner. The first one was located above the Gardiner Mill Company's store, and was burned down in July, 1880, when the town was nearly destroyed by fire, leaving but five houses standing. The next mill to be built was located on the site of the mill burned Tuesday evening and that was destroyed in the same manner in October, 1888. Then followed the last structure, which was started in 1888, sending out the first cargo of lumber in 1889.
At the present time the Gardiner Mill Company, who owned the mill, have not decided upon any plan of action regarding the rebuilding of their plant, and probably will not until their annual meeting, which the Courier is informed will be held in January, when the matter will likely be taken up and some definite action taken. In the meantime the citizens of Gardiner will be watchfully waiting." (Port Umpqua Courier)
December 24, 1916: "Since the burning of the Gardiner Mill Company's plant at Gardiner, the populace, which was for the greater part dependent upon employment furnished by the company, is likely to be sorely distressed before it recovers from the situation,
O. B. Hinsdale, manager of the concern, is pessimistic about reconstruction. The company owns the district to the extent of a considerable portion and besides has 25,000 acres of timber and 10,000 acres of logged-off land, besides their vessels and the tug Gleaner.
The company was started about 65 years ago by Captain Nowlin, who died about a year ago in San Francisco at an advanced age. W. F. Jewett, the junior partner, died several years ago. Captain Nowlin, a millionaire, said before his death that the profits he made from lumbering at Gardiner were the basis of his large fortune. He established distributing yards in California when he first commenced shipping lumber from the Umpqua River.
The originator of the business was a man who took pride in starting young men in business, and he placed W. F. Jewett in the managing department many years ago. Captain Nowlin had a record of having helped many worthy young men to a start in life, and, in relating his experiences in that line of philanthropy, said he made only one mistake.
The mill recently burned was the second the company had lost, the first having been destroyed in 1888.
People understanding the lumber wealth in that district do not believe the lower river will be without a sawmill for any great period." (The Sunday Oregonian)
O. B. Hinsdale, manager of the concern, is pessimistic about reconstruction. The company owns the district to the extent of a considerable portion and besides has 25,000 acres of timber and 10,000 acres of logged-off land, besides their vessels and the tug Gleaner.
The company was started about 65 years ago by Captain Nowlin, who died about a year ago in San Francisco at an advanced age. W. F. Jewett, the junior partner, died several years ago. Captain Nowlin, a millionaire, said before his death that the profits he made from lumbering at Gardiner were the basis of his large fortune. He established distributing yards in California when he first commenced shipping lumber from the Umpqua River.
The originator of the business was a man who took pride in starting young men in business, and he placed W. F. Jewett in the managing department many years ago. Captain Nowlin had a record of having helped many worthy young men to a start in life, and, in relating his experiences in that line of philanthropy, said he made only one mistake.
The mill recently burned was the second the company had lost, the first having been destroyed in 1888.
People understanding the lumber wealth in that district do not believe the lower river will be without a sawmill for any great period." (The Sunday Oregonian)
January 2, 1917: "According to a report, the sale of the holdings of the Gardiner Mill Company, including many thousands of acres of timber along the Umpqua, may be closed before long." (Coquille Herald)
July 8, 1917: "The County Court has formally accepted the new road extending from the town of Gardiner to the junction of the Umpqua River and the Willamette-Pacific Railroad. The road was constructed by O. B. Hinsdale, manager of the Gardiner Mill Company, at a cost of about $13,000." (The Sunday Oregonian)
August 11, 1917: "Mary H. Jewett, Wilson H. Jewett and O. B. Hinsdale are incorporators of the Gardiner Boom Company, which has been organized to carry on the business of the old Gardiner Mill Company on the Umpqua. The company has closed its woodyard in Gardiner and will ship in wood from Coos Bay mills in carload lots." (Morning Oregonian)
October 31, 1917: "W. H. Jewett returned here tonight from San Francisco, where he completed negotiations for the purchase of approximately 10,000,000 feet of spruce and fir logs from the Gardiner Mill Company.
Mr. Jewett has also leased the site of the Gardiner Mill Company's plant, which was destroyed by fire. As soon as the necessary plans can be completed. Mr. Jewett says he will erect a modern mill. Construction of this mill will give employment to several hundred men." (Morning Oregonian)
Mr. Jewett has also leased the site of the Gardiner Mill Company's plant, which was destroyed by fire. As soon as the necessary plans can be completed. Mr. Jewett says he will erect a modern mill. Construction of this mill will give employment to several hundred men." (Morning Oregonian)
March 3, 1918: "John Tinkum Henderson, early resident of this state, died at Gardiner, Or., February 21.
In the Fall of 1874 he moved his family to the lower Umpqua, where he was employed by the Gardiner Mill Company, having full charge of the company's logging operations, locating camps and establishing boundaries of their timber holdings.
He held this position for 25 years." (The Sunday Oregonian)
In the Fall of 1874 he moved his family to the lower Umpqua, where he was employed by the Gardiner Mill Company, having full charge of the company's logging operations, locating camps and establishing boundaries of their timber holdings.
He held this position for 25 years." (The Sunday Oregonian)
June 20, 1920: "The topmast schooner Lilya, familiar figure years ago in the lumber trade between Oregon ports and San Francisco, was sold yesterday by the Gardiner Mill Company to a Los Angeles firm. The vessel will be used in moving picture work in Southern California." (The Oregon Daily Journal)