SWEDE BASIN LUMBER COMPANY
Swede Basin
October 11, 1912: "H. B. Eaton, who has been hauling lumber from Schmidt Bros' saw mill on Evans creek to Rogue River during the past season, has completed his contract there, and has brought the engine and trailers to Grants Pass and will commence hauling from the Swede Basin mill, that mill having cut more lumber than its present tractor can haul.
This will give the Swede Basin mill two big outfits for bringing its cut to this city, the immense engine that has been doing duty all summer has hailed in its load of four great trucks each loaded with ten thousand feet of lumber in the rough, or forty thousand at each trip, completing a trip every other day. The new outfit that will now assist in getting the product of this mill to market will consist of the engine and four trailers, each trailer with a capacity of five thousand feet. The distance to the mill is about twenty miles, and the outfits require a day for the trip each way." (Rogue River Courier)
This will give the Swede Basin mill two big outfits for bringing its cut to this city, the immense engine that has been doing duty all summer has hailed in its load of four great trucks each loaded with ten thousand feet of lumber in the rough, or forty thousand at each trip, completing a trip every other day. The new outfit that will now assist in getting the product of this mill to market will consist of the engine and four trailers, each trailer with a capacity of five thousand feet. The distance to the mill is about twenty miles, and the outfits require a day for the trip each way." (Rogue River Courier)