MYRTLE POINT SHINGLE CO.
Catching Creek
November 13, 1919: "The Myrtle Point Shingle Co. which was brot into existence less than a year ago, is today entering upon a new stage of their career that promises big things in the way of development on Catching creek.
They have recently erected and equipped a new mill about six miles from town which is equipped with thoroly modern machinery and will be capable of a much larger output than the old mill while at the same time reducing the overhead expense and also the fire risk---a big item in mill business of any kind. This is accomplished in the new mill by a system of conveyors that keeps the sawdust and refuse constantly cleared away instead of allowing it to accumulate about the machines.
A store building has also been completed and a stock of goods will be put in to supply not only the needs of the employees but also, others living nearby, and a large dance hall has also been built for the employment of the workers and their families and friends after working hours are over.
Nor is that all. Several houses also been put up so that married men working in the mill may have their families there and live at home instead of having to board at the mill camp, which will make living conditions for the workers about as ideal as can be found anywhere.
Messrs. Spencer & Peel are to be congratulated on the progress they have made since the first mill was started up last spring, building up a large and permanent industry from a very small beginning, and giving employment, all told, to quite a number of men in the community as well as making a good market for much timber that hitherto was a drug on the market.
Myrtle Point shingles are today going all over the United States in car lots and this helps to put Myrtle Point on the map in a commercial sense.
In this, then, as well as in many other ways, this section is rapidly coming to the front in a way that will ultimately mean much for the development of the country, for with the timber cleared off many more acres will soon be under cultivation and the farming interests will increase along with the development in other lines." (Southern Coos County American)
They have recently erected and equipped a new mill about six miles from town which is equipped with thoroly modern machinery and will be capable of a much larger output than the old mill while at the same time reducing the overhead expense and also the fire risk---a big item in mill business of any kind. This is accomplished in the new mill by a system of conveyors that keeps the sawdust and refuse constantly cleared away instead of allowing it to accumulate about the machines.
A store building has also been completed and a stock of goods will be put in to supply not only the needs of the employees but also, others living nearby, and a large dance hall has also been built for the employment of the workers and their families and friends after working hours are over.
Nor is that all. Several houses also been put up so that married men working in the mill may have their families there and live at home instead of having to board at the mill camp, which will make living conditions for the workers about as ideal as can be found anywhere.
Messrs. Spencer & Peel are to be congratulated on the progress they have made since the first mill was started up last spring, building up a large and permanent industry from a very small beginning, and giving employment, all told, to quite a number of men in the community as well as making a good market for much timber that hitherto was a drug on the market.
Myrtle Point shingles are today going all over the United States in car lots and this helps to put Myrtle Point on the map in a commercial sense.
In this, then, as well as in many other ways, this section is rapidly coming to the front in a way that will ultimately mean much for the development of the country, for with the timber cleared off many more acres will soon be under cultivation and the farming interests will increase along with the development in other lines." (Southern Coos County American)