TUALATIN MILL COMPANY
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Washington County - Tualatin
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May 26, 1893: "Incorporated.---The Tualatin Mill company, with a capital stock of $10,000, today filed corporate articles, as did also the Coal Creek Improvement company, of Portland, with a capital stock of $15,000." (Evening Capital Journal)
March 9, 1894: "The Tualatin Mill Company has recently bought a tract of timber from C. Molsted. The grove is on the banks of the Tualatin river above the obstruction known as the 'Big Drift.' This will probably be removed this summer if help enough can be mustered to do it. Mr. Molsted heads the subscription paper with $100. Others of the neighbors are invited to come forward and help. The drift once removed, a clear channel will be maintained to the Oswego Steel and Iron Company's dam." (Hillsboro Independent)
March 23, 1894: "The storm of last week was not an unmixed evil. A great drift that has been accumulating in the Tualatin river on its lower course for ten years was taken out by the high water. The Tualatin Mill company wanted the river clear for floating logs and had commenced to cut the drift anchors. This had proceeded far enough so that the flood did the rest. A fine body of timber now has an outlet to the market." (Oregon City Enterprise)
March 8, 1895: "T. S. Sutton and T. S. Wallan are still putting logs in the Tualatin river for the Tualatin Mill Company. Others will commence logging along the river." (Hillsboro Independent)
January 16, 1896: "Chas Cawrse and family have moved into one of Mr. Rowell's vacant houses and is logging for the mill company at Tualatin." (The Hillsboro Argus)
November 20, 1896: "The Tualatin milling company suffered a loss of $800 worth of logs this week, by high water." (Newberg Graphic)
April 27, 1899: "Chas. F. Casteel, who on April 17, lost an arm in the Tualatin sawmill, has sued the Tualatin mill company for $8,000 damages, alleging the accident was due to negligence on the part of the mill owners. J. T. Whalley, of Portland, is Casteel's attorney. Casteel lost his right arm below the elbow and he is helpless as a provider for a very large family." (Hillsboro Argus)
April 27, 1899: "Sheriff Bradford went down to Tualatin Tuesday and served a copy of the complaint in the case of Casteel vs Tualatin Mill Co., suit for $8,000 damages." (The Hillsboro Argus)
July 20, 1899: "The case of Charles F. Casteel vs. the Tualatin Mill Company, for damages for broken leg by reason of defective machinery, has taken on a new phase, which is explained by the following entry of the clerk, made last Monday morning: 'Received from John T. Whalley, attorney for plaintiff, in the case of Casteel vs. Tualatin Mill Company, a corporation, $150 as a retender to defendants for the amount paid by them to plaintiff, without the consent of plaintiff's attorney, in settlement of this case.' " (The Hillsboro Argus)
January 23, 1903: "The Tualatin Mill Company has filed a suit in the East Side Justice Court against J. B. Tillotson for $77.55, for lumber purchased. Costs are asked for." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
July 14, 1904: "J. W. Miller of Tualatin, who has a tract of land at that place has sued the Tualatin Mill Company for damages in the sum of $200. In his complaint he says that the company built a skid road across his land in 1892, without his aid or consent, and the logs, or skids, yet remain in the ground. The case is filed in the Circuit court." (The Hillsboro Argus)
September 23, 1904: "James Jamison, a teamster in the employ of the Tualatin Saw Mill company, while hauling 1,800 feet of lumber to Oregon City last week, met with a serious accident. The brake of his wagon failed to hold while descending a steep incline near Stafford, causing his team to run away, the result being the death of the wheel horses and narrow escape of himself from instant death. He sustained a fracture of the leg, besides deep cuts and lacerations elsewhere on the body, but is expected to recover unless complications arise during convalescences." (Hillsboro Independent)
June 22, 1906: "The Tualatin Mill Company of Tualatin, have a large force of men at work near the old Mohrmann place putting saw logs into the river to be rafted down to the mill. A small tug boat is used as motive power in bringing the timber down the stream." (Hillsboro Independent)
February 28, 1908: "The Tualatin Mill Co. is engaged in erecting cottages in that place for sale or rent to those desirous of locating there, besides quite a number completed and occupied, at the present time, seven or eight more are under construction and will be ready for occupancy shortly." (Hillsboro Independent)
June 4, 1908: "The steam sawmill belonging to the Tualatin Mill company, located about one-half mile east of Tualatin, was destroyed by fire last week. The loss is about $8000, with no insurance. It will be rebuilt." (The Hood River Glacier)
November 29, 1910: "The funeral of John L. Smith of Tualatin Mill company will be held in Tualatin Wednesday at 10 o'clock." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
December 1910: "D. L. Smith, president of the Tualatin Lumber Co., Tualatin, Oregon, died at Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, November 26, as a result of injuries received from the breaking of a cable at the mill. Mr. Smith was about 48 years of age." (The Timberman, v.12)
December 1, 1910: "Card of Thanks.
We desire at this time and in this manner to express to our many kind friends our sincere appreciation of their many acts of kindness, for the beautiful flowers, and other expressions of sympathy in our great bereavement in the death of our son, brother and father, the late John L. Smith, of Tualatin, Or.
We desire to thank particularly the officials and employes of the Oregon Electric, the Tualatin Brick & Tile company, the Tualatin Mill company, the local lodge of the Woodmen of the World, and our other many kind and sympathizing neighbors and friends. The Smith Family." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
We desire at this time and in this manner to express to our many kind friends our sincere appreciation of their many acts of kindness, for the beautiful flowers, and other expressions of sympathy in our great bereavement in the death of our son, brother and father, the late John L. Smith, of Tualatin, Or.
We desire to thank particularly the officials and employes of the Oregon Electric, the Tualatin Brick & Tile company, the Tualatin Mill company, the local lodge of the Woodmen of the World, and our other many kind and sympathizing neighbors and friends. The Smith Family." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
January 1911: "Tualatin Mill Co., of Tualatin, is erecting a dry lumber shed." (The Timberman, v.12)
July 14, 1912: "Ambrose D. Smith, of Tualatin, has been sued by Mrs. Vienna Smith for divorce, $1500 cash to get the divorce and $15,000 alimony. She says Smith's interest in the Tualatin Mill company is worth at least $30,000. She asks an injunction against Smith transferring the property until the suit is settled.
Mrs. Smith says Smith caused her to cook for a logging crew, and live on a scow. She says he allowed her to visit the Lewis and Clark fair a portion of one day, while he made frequent trips. The complaint also accuses another woman. The case will come before the term which convenes Monday morning." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
Mrs. Smith says Smith caused her to cook for a logging crew, and live on a scow. She says he allowed her to visit the Lewis and Clark fair a portion of one day, while he made frequent trips. The complaint also accuses another woman. The case will come before the term which convenes Monday morning." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
December 26, 1912: "Albert Zimmerman, of Tualatin, has sued the Tualatin Mill Company for $334.89, money due for labor performed at the mill. The suit was filed in circuit court." (The Hillsboro Argus)
June 24, 1916: "Corporation changes filed: By Caroline Smith as secretary for the Tualatin Mill Company." (Morning Oregonian)
June 24, 1916: "Articles of Incorporation: Dissolution certificate by the Tualatin Mill company of Tualatin." (The Oregon Daily Journal)