LEBANON LUMBER COMPANY
Linn County - Lebanon
April 29, 1912: “Dennis O'Brien, a logger, was drowned in the Santiam river near Foster Saturday, while working on the log drive of the Lebanon Lumber Company. The body was recovered. This makes the second drowning since the log drive started above Foster a few weeks ago. The body of Fred Sloan, the first man drowned, was recovered a few days ago. The accident that caused O'Brien's death happened about 200 yards from where Sloan fell into the river.” (The Brownsville Times)
November 1, 1912: "Nellie McDaniels of Lebanon versus the Lebanon Lumber company. Her husband, Warren Daniels, who was employed as a ratchet tender by the lumber company in its sawmill at Lebanon, was accidentally killed on January 4 of this year by being struck by a canting gear, which Mrs. McDaniels alleges in her complaint was defective.
She asks for damages to the amount of $25,000. J. R. Wyatt of Portland and Weatherford & Weatherford of Albany appear for Mrs. McDaniel." (Albany Weekly Democrat)
She asks for damages to the amount of $25,000. J. R. Wyatt of Portland and Weatherford & Weatherford of Albany appear for Mrs. McDaniel." (Albany Weekly Democrat)
November 1, 1912: "The jury in the case of Nellie McDaniel vs. Lebanon Lumber company was sent to Lebanon this afternoon by automobile to view the property of the defendant company. Court will be reconvened tonight at 7 0'clock." (Albany Weekly Democrat)
November 15, 1912: “Twenty-four of the thirty men employed in the lumber mill of the Lebanon Lumber Company went on strike Tuesday and the mill is idle. The cause of the strike was the notice given by the managers that beginning with this week the wages of the men would be cut to $1.60 for 10 hours labor. The men have been getting from $1.75 to $2.00 a day.” (The Brownsville Times)
November 22, 1912: “The Lebanon Lumber Co., after a two days shut down, concluded to restore the former wage scale, last week, when all or about all of the hands returned to work. – Lebanon Tribune.” (The Brownsville Times)
August 1, 1913: “Carson Kendig left Wednesday for Lebanon where he has accepted employment as planerman in the Lebanon Lumber Company's saw mill.” (The Brownsville Times)
September 22, 1915: “Fire last night practically destroyed the plant of the Lebanon Lumber Co. The loss is conservatively placed at $100,000. The origin of the blaze has not been definitely decided by the officials of the company.” (The Evening News)
September 24, 1915: “Fire last night destroyed nearly all of the Lebanon Lumber Company's plant entailing a loss of $100,000 covered by only $27,000 insurance. The origin is not definitely known. P. M. Scroggin, of Scroggin & Washburn, proprietors, said that he believed the fire started from combustion in the dust collector in the mill, as considerable dry material had been cut during the past week.
The entire mill was reduced, a small electric light plant, the dry kiln and the roof of the concrete boiler room. A barn and some lumber in the yard was saved. The electric light plant was used to light up the mill.
'Our loss will reach any way $100,000 and it may go more,' said Mr. Scroggin. Asked whether he would rebuild, he said: 'It's entirely too early to say anything about that now. I haven't the slightest idea what we will do.” (The Brownsville Times)
The entire mill was reduced, a small electric light plant, the dry kiln and the roof of the concrete boiler room. A barn and some lumber in the yard was saved. The electric light plant was used to light up the mill.
'Our loss will reach any way $100,000 and it may go more,' said Mr. Scroggin. Asked whether he would rebuild, he said: 'It's entirely too early to say anything about that now. I haven't the slightest idea what we will do.” (The Brownsville Times)