HULL SHINGLE COMPANY
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Lane County - Lane
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March 20, 1917: “George Hunter and family are in their cottage on Lake Tsiltcoos. Mr. Hunter is building the shingle mill at Lane.” (The Eugene Daily Guard)
April 7, 1917: "The Hull Shingle company of Eugene, incorporated by W. D. Hull, E. R. Bryson and R. S. Smith, with capital stock of $10,000, for the purpose of engaging in shingle, lumber and logging business." (Statesman Journal)
April 10, 1917: “More lumber arrived from the north Thursday for the new shingle mill at Lane.” (Morning Register)
July 19, 1917: “The Hull shingle mill at Lane is now ready for operation and is an up to date plant and a credit to the community.” (Eugene Daily Guard)
February 15, 1918: “A large raft of cedar logs from Montgomery Bros. On Fiddle creek arrived at the Hull Shingle mill, with three others on the way. Several rafts of logs from Austin Bros. Camp on Maple Creek were received at the mill during the past week.” (The West)
February 15, 1918: “Twenty-one persons from Fiddle Creek attended the entertainment and dance at the Lane Shingle mill last Saturday. They all report a splendid time.” (The West)
May 10, 1918: “W. D. Hull, manager of Hull Shingle mill at Siltcoos went to Seattle last week after sawyers and packers to work in the mill. He came back Tuesday accompanied by several shingle weavers who have taken employment there.” (The West)
June 28, 1918: “The Hull Shingle Mill at Lane, closed down last Friday. It is uncertain when the mill will start up again as the new freight rates make the business unprofitable under present conditions.” (The West)
November 29, 1918: “Earl Miles, Will Austin and Will Scott are putting cedar into the creek for the Hull Shingle Company.” (The West)
May 2, 1919: “The Hull Shingle Mill at Lane has been sold to O.L. And Ira Foreman of Gardiner.
The new proprietors have taken possession and expect to start up the mill in a few days.
The sale includes two donkey engines and one and one-half miles of railroad.
The mill was shut down last summer and has been idle since that time. (The West)
The new proprietors have taken possession and expect to start up the mill in a few days.
The sale includes two donkey engines and one and one-half miles of railroad.
The mill was shut down last summer and has been idle since that time. (The West)