C. McC. JOHNSON SAWMILL
Douglas County - Reedsport
March 21, 1918: "C. McC. Johnson, now located at Reedsport where he is operating a sawmill, is attending to business matters in Bandon today." (Western World)
May 3, 1918: "Johnson sawmill 50,000 capacity, nearing completion here." (St. Helens Mist)
June 27, 1918: "Johnson mill ships first car load of lumber." (The Hillsboro Argus)
December 6, 1918: "Reedsport, the city of sawmills, claims to have received the first commercial order following the closing of government work in spruce, white cedar and fir lines. The order came to the C. McC. Johnson mill. The mill is asked by a Seattle lumber company to hurry out an order of 2,000,000 feet of fir, to be shipped by rail." (The Athena Press)
March 18, 1920: "Tuesday night some unknown, miserable miscreant entered the Johnson mill and cut the large driving belt which drives the saw of the mill in five different places. The cutting was not noticed until noon of the following day, when one of the workmen discovered that the belt was working in a peculiar manner, the cuts being made in such a manner that the belts held together until the discovery. If the belt had parted while workmen were near it there would probably have been someone badly injured if not killed. The motive of anyone doing such a dastardly act is beyond conjecture, as there had not been any trouble at the mill with anyone and no complaints had been made against the management, as far as known. Mr. Johnson is considered one of the best men in this section in the treatment of his employes, and has no enemies that he or anyone else here is aware of. The mill closed down Tuesday afternoon until the damage was remedied." (Roseburg Review)
1923: From the Directory of the lumber industry (Pacific Coast): Johnson (C. McC.) Lumber Co., Reedsport; camp address, same; 1 side; daily output, 100 M; 4 donkey engines; 2 high leads; commissary; machine shop; air compressor; 150 men; manager, C. McC. Johnson; superintendent, N. Anderson; purchasing agent, J. W. Reeder; 3 miles s. g. track; 56 lb. rail; 1 geared locomotive; fuel used on locomotive, oil; maximum grade, 5 per cent; 4 logging trucks." (Directory of the lumber industry, 1923)
February 11, 1926: "Johnson sawmill interests buy 50,000,000 feet of Wade timber near Gardiner." (Central Point American)
October 26, 1928: "The C. McC. Johnson sawmill at Reedsport will saw the lumber necessary in construction of the pulp mill south of Empire, and the run, which will amount to 900,000 feet." (The Oregon Statesman)
November 1926: "C. McC. Johnson Lumber Co., Reedsport, has built a 300-foot extension to the loading dock and installed a new Stetson-Ross fast-feed planer and matcher in the sash and door department." (The Timberman)