OREGON BOOM AND TIMBER COMPANY
Winchester
April 25, 1904: "Barring unforeseen accidents, inside of the next 60 days, a sawmill with a daily capacity of 35,000 feet, will be in full operation at Winchester.
Today the Oregon Boom and Timber Company, the concern that will own and operate the sawmill, put a force of 20 men to work raising the dam at Winchester, building cribs and a boom and doing other work preparatory to carrying on a general sawmill business. Next week another force of men will be sent up the river to cut logs, and start them down the stream to the boom that is being prepared for them at the dam. Out of these logs will be cut the material from which the sawmill will be built." (Daily Capital Journal)
Today the Oregon Boom and Timber Company, the concern that will own and operate the sawmill, put a force of 20 men to work raising the dam at Winchester, building cribs and a boom and doing other work preparatory to carrying on a general sawmill business. Next week another force of men will be sent up the river to cut logs, and start them down the stream to the boom that is being prepared for them at the dam. Out of these logs will be cut the material from which the sawmill will be built." (Daily Capital Journal)
September 22, 1904: "George A. Steel, a prominent member of the new saw milling company at Winchester, returned Monday night from Michigan where he went to look after extensive business interests. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter who have been spending the summer in California. The family resides at Winchester where Mr. Steel gives his personal attention to directing the building operations of the Oregon Boom & Timber Co's. new sawmill at that place." (Roseburg Plaindealer)