WILLARD CASE LUMBER COMPANY
Rainier
March 31, 1905: "The streets are again full of teams with lumber from the Willard-Case lumber mill." (The Columbia Register)
April 28, 1905: "Willard Case, of St. Louis, president of the Willard Case Lumber Company, of that city, and also of the Wilson-Case Lumber Company, of Rainier, expects to visit this section of the Coast next month." (The Columbia Register)
May 18, 1906: "The Willard-Case Lumber Company is rushing work in its camp and saw mill and, when in July, the present timber is exhausted, they will move camp nearer town, they employ lots of men and this company is one of the stand-bys to Rainier." (The Columbia Register)
July 23, 1909: “Rainier.---The big plant of the Willard Case Lumber company has closed, and as soon as a small lot of planing is finished, the task of moving the plant to Kalama will begin. The company had intended to finish cutting out their timber at this place, but owing to some legal tangle with local parties, have concluded to raft their logs from here to Kalama.” (The Glendale News)