VALLEY SAWMILL COMPANY
Glendale
August 17, 1929: "Articles of Incorporation were recently filed at Salem with the state corporation commissioner for the Valley Sawmill company by C. Hagen, Nels E. Stuvland and J. O. Lystul, incorporators.
This new company will operate the old mill on McCullogh creek about two miles from Lystul siding. This mill has been operated for short periods at various times during the past ten years by at least a half dozen different concerns. Prior to 1918 this mill was operated intermittently by a company of which two of the present incorporators were the principal owners." (The News-Review)
This new company will operate the old mill on McCullogh creek about two miles from Lystul siding. This mill has been operated for short periods at various times during the past ten years by at least a half dozen different concerns. Prior to 1918 this mill was operated intermittently by a company of which two of the present incorporators were the principal owners." (The News-Review)
August 20, 1929: "Oscar Webber was underneath a locomotive boiler making some repairs Friday at the Valley Sawmill company's mill on McCullough creek, when a member of the Crotalidae family came on the job, probably just on an inspection trip. But whatever the reason, Webber didn't stop to find out as the place was suddenly too crowded for him to be entirely comfortable. So Webber moved pronto, as it were---'anon,' as the poet would say---leaving the large rattlesnake alone and in brief possession of all space underneath the locomotive.
Now there is one member less of the reptilian family as the snake forfeited its life because of his presumptuousness." (The News-Review)
Now there is one member less of the reptilian family as the snake forfeited its life because of his presumptuousness." (The News-Review)
August 29, 1929: "Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Lystul motored to Grants Pass Saturday on Business. The Valley Sawmill company of which Mr. Lystul is one of the owners started its mill on McCullough creek last week. This company is a new firm recently organized and has had a crew of men at work getting the mill in shape to operate for the past few weeks." (The News-Review)
August 31, 1929: "To be skinned out of ones pants may sound like a figure of speech or like something funny, but this is what literally happened to 'Curly' Nelson, Friday, and it was no joke either, that is, so far as Nelson was concerned.
Nelson, who is a Fernvale resident employed at the Valley Sawmill company's sawmill on McCullough creek, stepped inside the trimmer to make some minor adjustment without taking the precaution of stopping the machine. His trouser leg caught in a portion of the revolving mechanism which instantly wound and tore the entire garment right off of Nelson, who in turn had a very narrow escape from serious personal injury. But the pants were 'goners.' Luckily for Nelson he had removed his shirt and was working without one, so he saved that. A kind-hearted workman living nearby loaned Nelson a pair of pants, so it wasn't necessary for him to go home in a barrel." (The News-Review)
Nelson, who is a Fernvale resident employed at the Valley Sawmill company's sawmill on McCullough creek, stepped inside the trimmer to make some minor adjustment without taking the precaution of stopping the machine. His trouser leg caught in a portion of the revolving mechanism which instantly wound and tore the entire garment right off of Nelson, who in turn had a very narrow escape from serious personal injury. But the pants were 'goners.' Luckily for Nelson he had removed his shirt and was working without one, so he saved that. A kind-hearted workman living nearby loaned Nelson a pair of pants, so it wasn't necessary for him to go home in a barrel." (The News-Review)
October 18, 1929: "Orin Tracy, and employe of the Valley Sawmill company on McCullough creek, broke his left arm Monday evening while trying to put a belt on a revolving pulley. Tracy was showing another workman at the mill how to put a belt on when his arm became caught in the revolving machinery." (The News-Review)
December 19, 1929: "Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cornell, who have been residing this past summer at the Valley Sawmill company's mill on McCullough creek moved back to their ranch near Myrtle Creek Tuesday. The Valley Sawmill company closed their mill for the winter last week." (The News-Review)