JENSEN SHINGLE MILL
Wheeler
October 7, 1913: "J. A. Jensen installed an electric dynamo in his shingle mill this week to furnish light for his plant during the coming winter months when the days will grow shorter and thus permit him to run full time." (Tillamook Herald)
September 9, 1915: "Mr. F. B. Sturgis, leasee of the Jensen shingle mill at Wheeler has been busy the last three weeks getting the mill in running order. Operations will be commenced next Monday and a full crew of men will be employed. No new improvements have been added to the mill as yet, although Mr. Sturgis has several such improvements in mind, permission from the railroad company being necessary in order to make such alterations or improvements.
Mr. J. A. Jensen, owner of the mill, has been engaged with a crew of men cutting cedar bolts and preparing them for rafting for immediate delivery to the mill.
A dam on the Zimmerman creek has been built, from which creek a long six inch pipe line has been laid, furnishing water to both the Bailey and the Jensen mills. As the water supply ran very low during the last month, an investigation was made which resulted in the building of the dam, which took about three days to construct. Ample water at all times is now assured, with very strong pressure.
The capacity of the Jensen mill is about 90,000 shingles per day, the entire working crew numbering about 12 men." (Wheeler Reporter)
Mr. J. A. Jensen, owner of the mill, has been engaged with a crew of men cutting cedar bolts and preparing them for rafting for immediate delivery to the mill.
A dam on the Zimmerman creek has been built, from which creek a long six inch pipe line has been laid, furnishing water to both the Bailey and the Jensen mills. As the water supply ran very low during the last month, an investigation was made which resulted in the building of the dam, which took about three days to construct. Ample water at all times is now assured, with very strong pressure.
The capacity of the Jensen mill is about 90,000 shingles per day, the entire working crew numbering about 12 men." (Wheeler Reporter)
September 23, 1915: "The Jensen Shingle Mill, which has been leased to F. B. Sturgis, has received a thorough overhauling during the past several weeks. Mr. Sturgis, the new manager of the mill, fired up the boilers this week for the first time in the past year. Everything about the mill is now in good running order and it is expected that cutting operations will be started in a very few days.
The crews which Mr. Sturgis has working in the woods are getting out a considerable number of cedar bolts and with the supply of cedar logs which are in the North Fork of the Nehalem, and which will come down with the first freshets, the mill will have sufficient logs to keep operations throughout the Winter will give employment to 12 to 15 men and will mean considerable to Wheeler." (Wheeler Reporter)
The crews which Mr. Sturgis has working in the woods are getting out a considerable number of cedar bolts and with the supply of cedar logs which are in the North Fork of the Nehalem, and which will come down with the first freshets, the mill will have sufficient logs to keep operations throughout the Winter will give employment to 12 to 15 men and will mean considerable to Wheeler." (Wheeler Reporter)
October 21, 1915: "Lack of cedar bolts has compelled the Jensen mill to shut down for a short time."
"Two carloads of shingles were shipped from the Jensen Mill to Portland during the past week." (Wheeler Reporter)
"Two carloads of shingles were shipped from the Jensen Mill to Portland during the past week." (Wheeler Reporter)
October 28, 1915: "The Jensen shingle mill resumed operations yesterday after having been shut down for a couple of weeks." (Wheeler Reporter)