MEDFORD CORPORATION
Jackson County - Medford
May 6, 1937: "The Medford Corporation (Owen-Oregon Company) this week paid their current and back taxes amounting to $58,513 to the tax collection department of the sheriff's office. General Manager James H. Owen presented the check. It was one of the largest tax payments of the year in this county." (The Central Point American)
March 16, 1939: "Logging operations on a larger scale than last year will start Monday, March 20, on properties of the Medford Corporation according to an announcement by James H. Owens, manager.
This long awaited announcement means that about 75 men will go to work in the woods on Monday, and by April 1, the crew will be enlarged to 100 men. The railroad will employ 40 men during the season, and when the mill in Medford starts, which will be as soon as logs are in the pond, about 310 men will be employed. The total number of men to be employed during the season will be in the neighborhood of 450 men, Mr. Owen said.
'Our payroll will be about $55,000 a month during the season,' Owen said. 'It has been about $15,000 a month up until now with the planing mill, shipping and maintenance crews but will jump to $40,000 immediately.'
The cut this year will be also larger than last year Owen said, if present plans materialize.
'Last year we cut 38,000,000 feet,' Owen said, 'but this year we plan to cut 45,000,000 to 50,000,000 feet. Representatives through the east are optimistic about the future of the lumber market, but of course we can't be positive about how the market will be.'
'We will employ practically out entire old crew,' said Mr. Owen. 'There will likely be a few new men go on, but most of the crew will be from previous year.' --- Medford News." (The Central Point American)
This long awaited announcement means that about 75 men will go to work in the woods on Monday, and by April 1, the crew will be enlarged to 100 men. The railroad will employ 40 men during the season, and when the mill in Medford starts, which will be as soon as logs are in the pond, about 310 men will be employed. The total number of men to be employed during the season will be in the neighborhood of 450 men, Mr. Owen said.
'Our payroll will be about $55,000 a month during the season,' Owen said. 'It has been about $15,000 a month up until now with the planing mill, shipping and maintenance crews but will jump to $40,000 immediately.'
The cut this year will be also larger than last year Owen said, if present plans materialize.
'Last year we cut 38,000,000 feet,' Owen said, 'but this year we plan to cut 45,000,000 to 50,000,000 feet. Representatives through the east are optimistic about the future of the lumber market, but of course we can't be positive about how the market will be.'
'We will employ practically out entire old crew,' said Mr. Owen. 'There will likely be a few new men go on, but most of the crew will be from previous year.' --- Medford News." (The Central Point American)
October 17, 1940: "Don Henry Anderson, 19, of Medford, was confined in Community hospital today with painful but not serious injuries he suffered when the 1937 Chevrolet coupe he was driving collided with a Medford Corporation logging train at the Crater Lake highway crossing at Eagle Point about 1:30 p.m. last Monday.
Young Anderson sustained a broken nose, several bashed out front teeth, face cuts, a sprained shoulder and numerous bruises, hospital attendant reported today. He was resting fairly easy.
The locomotive, operated by Engineer Ellis M. Clark of Central Point, ripped off the entire right side of the automobile, police said; then came to a complete stop 12 feet beyond the point of impact. The automobile was practically a total loss after the wreck, police said.
Anderson, who was brought to Medford in the Perl ambulance, was quoted by a hospital attendant as saying 'I don't know how it happened.'
Police said a clear view of the railroad tracks from the highway could be had for quite a distance." (The Central Point American)
Young Anderson sustained a broken nose, several bashed out front teeth, face cuts, a sprained shoulder and numerous bruises, hospital attendant reported today. He was resting fairly easy.
The locomotive, operated by Engineer Ellis M. Clark of Central Point, ripped off the entire right side of the automobile, police said; then came to a complete stop 12 feet beyond the point of impact. The automobile was practically a total loss after the wreck, police said.
Anderson, who was brought to Medford in the Perl ambulance, was quoted by a hospital attendant as saying 'I don't know how it happened.'
Police said a clear view of the railroad tracks from the highway could be had for quite a distance." (The Central Point American)
January 30, 1941: "Charles Mark Taylor, a resident of Central Point and an employe of the Medford Corporation for the past 16 years, died last Thursday, Jan. 23, in a local hospital. He was 46 years old.
Mr. Taylor was injured January 4 in the Medford Corporation yard by a lumber carrier machine that knocked him down and partially ran over him. He was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. He was employed by the lumber company as a tally man." (The Central Point American)
Mr. Taylor was injured January 4 in the Medford Corporation yard by a lumber carrier machine that knocked him down and partially ran over him. He was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. He was employed by the lumber company as a tally man." (The Central Point American)
October 23, 1941: "Central Point people were shocked and saddened by the accidental death of Chester Booth at the Medford Corporation Wednesday evening about 6:30 o'clock. Mr. Booth was alone on the mill pond and at first it was thought he had fallen into the pond and was drowned, but when taken from the pond there was no water in his lungs and from a bad gash on his temple it is thought he fell and struck his head, causing his death." (The Central Point American)
October 30, 1941: "B. L. Nutting, manager of Medford Corporation, announced today a curtailment of production in the company's sawmill, planing mill and shipping department that will affect 125 employes. The new schedule will go into effect Monday morning.
The sawmill, which has been running 60 hours a week or 12 hours a day, will be reduced to 40 hours a week, and the night shifts in the planing mill and shipping department will be eliminated, Mr. Nutting explained. The planing mill and shipping department have been running night and day shifts of 40 hours per week each, the new schedule putting these departments back on only the 40 hours per week day shift, he stated.
Mr. Nutting said the company was forced to cut down on production because of the present depressed market condition in fir lumber, and that the new schedule would obtain until market conditions improved." (Medford Mail Tribune)
The sawmill, which has been running 60 hours a week or 12 hours a day, will be reduced to 40 hours a week, and the night shifts in the planing mill and shipping department will be eliminated, Mr. Nutting explained. The planing mill and shipping department have been running night and day shifts of 40 hours per week each, the new schedule putting these departments back on only the 40 hours per week day shift, he stated.
Mr. Nutting said the company was forced to cut down on production because of the present depressed market condition in fir lumber, and that the new schedule would obtain until market conditions improved." (Medford Mail Tribune)
September 15, 1942: "Word was just received that Lowell Blackford was just coming out from the anesthetic uses while undergoing an operation to have four toes removed caused by the accident he was in at the Medford Cooperation August 31. His arm which was broken in two places is in good condition and he is able to move his fingers. His foot was in frightful condition. The lumber carrier over turned on him pinning him under. He gave instruction to the men to get the hoist and lift the machine. His wife has been with him in the hospital all the time." (The Central Point American)
June 20, 1950: "The Medford Corp., a lumber mill employing about 400 workers, reached an agreement with the AFL lumber and sawmill workers Monday, averting a threatened strike.
The two sides agreed upon a 10 1/2 cent hourly increase, retroactive to June 1. The union earlier had demanded a retroactive date of May 1, and, later, of May 16.
The settlement was reached by the local union, independently of the Klamath Basin Council, which had been handling negotiations." (Herald and News)
The two sides agreed upon a 10 1/2 cent hourly increase, retroactive to June 1. The union earlier had demanded a retroactive date of May 1, and, later, of May 16.
The settlement was reached by the local union, independently of the Klamath Basin Council, which had been handling negotiations." (Herald and News)