OLSON-ROSS LUMBER COMPANY
White City
August 24, 1953: "William Smith, about 55, of Central Point, died in the pond at the Olson-Ross Lumber Company mill at White City Friday night.
A fellow workman, returning from the mill, failed to see him and called for help. His body was recovered shortly before midnight." (The News-Review)
A fellow workman, returning from the mill, failed to see him and called for help. His body was recovered shortly before midnight." (The News-Review)
September 21, 1956: "Lloyd Asamson, 43, of Eagle Point, a night shift employee at Olson-Ross Lumber company at White City, was injured about 8 p.m. yesterday when he was struck in the face with an iron bar as he was trying to remove a knot from the gang saw.
He was taken by Medford Ambulance Service to Sacred Heart hospital, where he was treated for a nose injury and bruises." (Medford Mail Tribune)
He was taken by Medford Ambulance Service to Sacred Heart hospital, where he was treated for a nose injury and bruises." (Medford Mail Tribune)
November 20, 1956: "Andrew J. Smith, 55, of Medford, was struck on the head by a board from an edger machine yesterday while working at the Olson-Ross Lumber company plant in White City.
He was taken by Medford Ambulance service to Rogue Valley hospital, where his condition is reported 'fair.' The accident occurred about 8:15 a.m." (Medford Mail Tribune)
He was taken by Medford Ambulance service to Rogue Valley hospital, where his condition is reported 'fair.' The accident occurred about 8:15 a.m." (Medford Mail Tribune)
October 17, 1957: "A new $350,000 log barker unit started operations today at Ross Lumber company and Olson-Ross Lumber company, firm officials announced.
Addition of the log barker, they said, increases the level of utilization of each log reaching the firms. The machine will also produce between five and six carloads of chips a day, worth about $1000 on the current market, according to Frank T. Olson and Thomas G. Ross.
The chips will be shipped to Publishers Paper company in Oregon City and to Fiberboard Products in Antiock, Calif., to be used in paper and board manufacture.
Olson and Ross also announced that about 300 mill workers in two shifts will start a seven-hour day instead of an eight-hour day. They will continue to work a five day week, they said.
The two companies previously planned to cut each shift to three days a week, they said, in order to conserve the firms' timber supplies in the face of a depressed lumber market.
The companies' log decks, which at present contain about 25 million board feet of logs, will be increased to about 27 million board feet in the next two weeks, they said. Snow in the mountains id expected to stop log deliveries then. Last year, the firms began winter operations with 32 million board feet in their decks." (Medford Mail Tribune)
Addition of the log barker, they said, increases the level of utilization of each log reaching the firms. The machine will also produce between five and six carloads of chips a day, worth about $1000 on the current market, according to Frank T. Olson and Thomas G. Ross.
The chips will be shipped to Publishers Paper company in Oregon City and to Fiberboard Products in Antiock, Calif., to be used in paper and board manufacture.
Olson and Ross also announced that about 300 mill workers in two shifts will start a seven-hour day instead of an eight-hour day. They will continue to work a five day week, they said.
The two companies previously planned to cut each shift to three days a week, they said, in order to conserve the firms' timber supplies in the face of a depressed lumber market.
The companies' log decks, which at present contain about 25 million board feet of logs, will be increased to about 27 million board feet in the next two weeks, they said. Snow in the mountains id expected to stop log deliveries then. Last year, the firms began winter operations with 32 million board feet in their decks." (Medford Mail Tribune)
January 22, 1958: "Olson-Ross Lumber Company of White City was the only bidder for a tract of timber offered for sale by the Medford District of the Bureau of Land Management on January 16. The tract, which contains an estimated 5,605,000 board feet of Douglas fir and other species, is located on Wasson Canyon near Little Butte Creek.
Total bid was $135,737.35." (Herald and News)
Total bid was $135,737.35." (Herald and News)
December 14, 1958: "In Jackson county, Olson-Ross Lumber company of White City purchased a tract containing 1,482,000 board feet in the Prospect area for $46,026.40." (Medford Mail Tribune)