SILVER FALLS TIMBER COMPANY
Silverton
July 18, 1913: "Silver Falls Timber Co., is rushing work on the bridge creek branch to beat the band. They are calculating to start hauling out logs next month." (The Silverton Journal)
January 1, 1914: "The Silver Falls Timber Co. laid off all their men and shut down camp before Christmas---nothing doin til spring." (The Silverton Journal)
March 28, 1916: "Jacob Mortenson, president of the Silver Falls Timber company and M. C. Woodard, secretary of the company were in Silverton the first of the week in the interest of the big mill that is to be built here this summer." (The Capital Journal)
November 7, 1916: "The blowpipe work which is to be installed by the Silver Falls Timber company in its new sawmill now under construction in this city, was awarded to the Silverton Blowpipe company, Saturday. Three complete systems will be installed, one for the sawmill, planer and filing room. Material is now being turned out for construction of the systems." (Statesman Journal)
January 2, 1917: "The new plant of the Silver Falls Timber Co. is nearing completion, the management expect to open with a day shift within the next month, and early in the summer to begin working a 24-hour shift steadily.
The new plant of the Silver Falls Timber Co., located about a quarter of a mile northwest of the Silverton Lumber Co. mill, will have a capacity of 250,000 feet daily and will be one of the most completely equipped on the Pacific coast.
The Silver Falls Timber Co. is backed by eastern capital. It has been in the logging business for some time, and has a standard gauge railroad extending thirty miles up the Abaqua. This road is being extended at the rate of two miles a year, tapping immense bodies of timber in the Abaqua basin which it is estimated would run a mill of 100,000 feet capacity for 200 years.
Although the present outlet for the manufactured products of the mill is over the Silverton branch of the Southern Pacific, there are suggestions of a rail connection to Portland by the way of the line of the Silverton Timber Co., which would shorten the haul considerably." (Statesman Journal)
The new plant of the Silver Falls Timber Co., located about a quarter of a mile northwest of the Silverton Lumber Co. mill, will have a capacity of 250,000 feet daily and will be one of the most completely equipped on the Pacific coast.
The Silver Falls Timber Co. is backed by eastern capital. It has been in the logging business for some time, and has a standard gauge railroad extending thirty miles up the Abaqua. This road is being extended at the rate of two miles a year, tapping immense bodies of timber in the Abaqua basin which it is estimated would run a mill of 100,000 feet capacity for 200 years.
Although the present outlet for the manufactured products of the mill is over the Silverton branch of the Southern Pacific, there are suggestions of a rail connection to Portland by the way of the line of the Silverton Timber Co., which would shorten the haul considerably." (Statesman Journal)
March 1, 1917: "The Silver Falls Lumber company will start its newly constructed big mill at Silverton on March 12." (The Santiam News)
January 16, 1918: "Henry Hooker, who was arrested Tuesday at the Silver Falls Lumber company at Silverton, is being held in the county jail for investigation. He drew attention to himself be declaring he would rather fight for Germany than for the United States, it is said. He also failed to register under the draft act. He says he is not of age, and this point is being investigated by Sheriff Needham. If he is of age he will be turned over to the federal authorities." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
November 8, 1920: "By-products of the sawmills of the Solver Falls Timber company are to be ground up in a pulp mill to be erected here and operated in connection with the timber industry. The pulp will be shipped in white sheets to paper mills on the coast. It is planned to utilize the water power of North Mill creek, where over 1000 horse power can be developed." (The Evening Herald)
December 1, 1939: "Silver Falls Timber company sawmill will close down next week and will remain closed until well after the holidays, H. W. Preston, sales manager, said in answer to inquiry Wednesday night. The night shift closed down the last of the week.
The night shift, Mr. Preston explained, is an emergency crew which is only put on when business is heavier than can be handled by the day shift. It will be down until business warrants putting it on again, he added.
The planer and sales departments will continue to run to approximately the holiday season when they will close down, but will open again immediately following the first of the year.
Preston said there was some shortage of logs at this time but that the local mill had some on hand which it would save for the present.
The close-downs leave approximately 200 men idle during December and until the sawmill day shift again opens. Around 50 men were employed on the night shift." (Statesman Journal)
The night shift, Mr. Preston explained, is an emergency crew which is only put on when business is heavier than can be handled by the day shift. It will be down until business warrants putting it on again, he added.
The planer and sales departments will continue to run to approximately the holiday season when they will close down, but will open again immediately following the first of the year.
Preston said there was some shortage of logs at this time but that the local mill had some on hand which it would save for the present.
The close-downs leave approximately 200 men idle during December and until the sawmill day shift again opens. Around 50 men were employed on the night shift." (Statesman Journal)