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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1928)
PAOE EIGHT MRDFORD MATL TRTBUNE, MKDFORD. ORKOON. MONDAY. DKCKMBEIl 31, 1928. 3500 Carloads of "Crater Quality Lumber" Shipped by Owen Oregon Mill During 1928 Z ) 't - - ; , . f "m : ' 1 ; " ' n r inr" ''iy-ri&'':'tF f rr ' '- " ! j My? Wv kP R, . . yfsrr - ; " w v Jm i : Top rom left to right) Latest lr view of Owen Orcgon't Medford mill and plant. View of mill pond with burner and mill In background. Middle Row (left to right) Section of logging railway in the Owen i logs. View of Owen Oregon logging train entering Medford; this logging road owned and operated by the Owen Oreoon company extends f.om Medford to Butte Falls and Into the timber beyond. Lower row room at Butte Falls can. p. Bill Stewait. railway superintendent, beside giant Sugar Pine. (Above) View of Camp No. 1 and railroad track. Oregon timber tract near Butte Falls, and power wheels used in hauling (left to right The "Jammer" in action loading logs on cars. Dining OWEN CO. WIL L ) iHinitlK by .Miiy 1. Thin will I niHKe tho kiln total IS. Tlut iilmil rlosud iluwn Doit in bur iii fur two BUILD 6 NEW LUMBER KILNS James' H. Owen Manager, Says Future Looks Bright! i -- Battery ' of 18 Dry j Kilns to Be Installed i Rogue Pears Sent toi Trade in East. ! sfv4i. : '' " -- ! V v . , Tlio, Owgu Ort'Kon l.unilii'r com yaH)", uicraU:)K tin- larcrnl Indus trial )lsit In Bo. Urvfton. nnil onnuf tlio lliwlul inorirnly pgulpiioil ' mills or the land, vlewa i'.U. "with nana optimism n ml promuMMH n : couragltiK." iiccordltiR lo jumps II. Owen,' gcnurul maiiRKpr. 1'niU'i' pronoot condltloua. tbv fulmo Is brlKbt. he saya. The plans (or lV'it), as far as tlu local plant la concornod. have not born abapod, pr:cpt Unit In the KPrlni; a battery nf six dry Kilns fill be built, and will be ready for u i" o.ii.;. Iiii-. .... .. ...j f. I ,iami:s ii. ol:v .MniinKor null 'ltv rrtitlriit nf (wcn-(rm l.umlM'r oiii-' P'lliv. under uIhmi iihln illrc,tln. ! MhU iuni'i-ii Iiiim jtrmvn lo Ih ww .o''ltp hum liMMirtiiiii (if hi. ktuil, Inn tlx I'tirlflc ixmikU i woka to make repiilra to tho I mill, and will resiiiup operation, j : .Monday, January 7. Purlin tlur' in 1 1 and auniniMr, t ho plant opor-i ntod upon a nine hour ilny. The Own plant In l:'8 nKrntpil ateml jler, euiployvd more uipu, than Ih-i nvriKKo snwmlll In the North-1 't'8t. - : The Owoii-Orcon plunt In thls rlty, Htiiiun ami I'li-i'tvli'ally opi'V-j iilwl with every labor anvlng do-' vlee known to Huwinllllutt, wua! vIhIIimI laHt Hiiuiinnr by sovimiiI 1I11I- ; eiintlnns of lumbermen. The pro-! posed new mill of the I'MwhiiI IlinoH Lumber eompany of Chli-ui;!!. ' one of the liirKeat . lumber eon-! corns In the world, will be model-1 lei soinewhat after the loenl plant. : Pacific ooahI urebltet-ls luivu Htiiil-j led It ua n model of mill construe-; Hon. Crater Quality Brand The plno proiluotx of lite eoneeni. uro known mittoiiHlly, iiiiil lies marked tho opculnu; of a new triitlo tetrllory for tho Owim-Ori'i;on company, In tho Kouthwest. I'blK ImiiitlcH Arlitina, New Mexico, i western Tcxuh. , Oklahomii. anil i riirta of Kansns, atatea ami see-1 lions, in which the bulk of I tic, fir output Is now sold. All the lum ber products of the company arc until under tho truilo alomin of i "t'rater tjuiillty 1.111111101." Amoiw tho siilea of the company In I'.i'.'S, cttiKsllleil as exceptional, was the shipment of timbers for use of hrltlKO construction in Texas, lie- ports from Kood will business emls-' sarles of tho company received In J Poremhor from tho Bunt Invest trndu hell, show 11 dt'Ki ee of sat-! Isriietlon, with the Oweu-Oie-ion , lumber. I The Owen Orunon company tlur tnu tho holidays sunt out 150 bb-ves ' of Itomie Klvor Bose pears to tholr I trade. 1 llronltnir cnnl'! by the hundreds 1 were also mailed, which advertised ! tbe scenic cburuis and pears. , At tho top of llin cards was a colored photoRrnph of C'riiter Lake. On olio side of the main body of the card was a picture of a fine stand of limber In tho l.ultc Falls district. On the other was a pie-tun- of ti Kusilu Hlvcr valley orch urtl. Tho printed mailer on tho caril road : "tlrceltiigs from tho Owen OreKon l.umtier Co.. hi tho ltncun lliver Valley, whenco como the famous Hose Tears, and Crater Quality Lumber." The caul was designed by .Man ager .1. II. Owen. The Owon-Orouon company has been a substantial factor In the in dustrial lilo of the community. Hu skies the main plant. It operates tho Metlforil lc:ghiK railroad, and two loKiiltiK ramim. In tho ltmto Kails sect Inn, where the company has extensive timber lioldlnKS. 40 NEW BUSINESS 'tral: Dutch Ovcn, Kust Main; Jones liroceiy. South Central: : tory. South (irape; ColrlK Iruj I Walker's Dance 1'nvlllon, Chllders' ICIovciieaf Service Station, South Store. West Main. ' bnlldiuK: lleck Sign company: 1 lllvcrsldc; Snbiu and Kindt Auto, I Stuto Theatro, South Central; company. North Itlversidc: Ti l I Sandwich Shop, North Unrtletl ; i angle Service Station. West Main: U'ortuc Cup. South Kront; Orange I Rc-lnn. Queen of Drinks, South ; Lantern, North Holly: Sanlt'ortl-' Itlversidc; Uiollo Service Lalioru-. KLAMATH FALLS. l-opumtloll of Klnnialh falls ulul l'elicull City neorlni; 11. IH'O mark. The Tomlin Box Factory 1K1.MI-: Ol' IM.Wt imh stihi:s tOuntiuued from 1'nt-e Three.) Tent Medford Tent & Awnlim Works. Wood rroilucts -- Trowbridge Cabinet Works: Stlllninn Cabinet Works, lloaey Producers -W. D. Haines. Phoenix: John Hicnncr, Centrul Point; Lester Hamilton. Table Hock; A. K. Illldrcth. Hmto Falls: John lloligans. Medford: P. U. Lofland, Central Point: Manklns & Hell. Medford: Heo. W. Nichols. Ashland; 11. A. Owens. Medl'nrd: 1. M. Phllhrook. Kimlo Point: Ste wart Honey emniwny. Medford: Xanier Wldmer, Medford : Mark V. Wrlahl. Medford; C. It. Zlmroor. Modloru. ltctlecting an unusual activity In the establishment of new business concern.i in Medford during 1!"S. approxlinalelv 40 new business houses were opened, reiire.senllni; a largo niinibcr of various lines of endeavor. A recent survey lncluileil ilio fol lowing new establishments: Col year Motor Stiles. Kast'Matn; Mill llu's Uulles' Itreaily-lo-Weiir. Fast Matn: Hronby's Jewelery. Fast Main: Lincoln tirocery. West Sixth street: Skags. No. 2. West Main: SliKligle Stutllo. Medford building: Hurelson's Heady-to-Wenr. South Central: Montgomery-Ward, South Central: Music Hox Radio Shop, Fast Main; Witham Super-Service. South Riverside; Adrienno Stew ard tla Store. North Central: West Side Variety, West Main: Rosenberg's lkillar Store. North Central: Cloverleat Sorvlce station. South Riverside: Van's Oakery, West Main; Dunlop Tire Agency, South Riverside: Jackson Cleaner-, Klghth street; Oregon Tailors. South Riverside: Medford Motor company." South Riverside: Kcon omy Shoe Store. North Central: Fthelwyn Hoffman Shop and Town and Country Shop. In Cooley build Ins; Clndurella Shop, South Ccn- I V"" . i'i --Si. A. " . ! : .wui - mntz 1 The Tomlin box factory bail Hk lurgcst business In Its ItlMory ilnrlng Hm past year. In addition :o supplying IcrhI psi'klmc honsot with boxen ne'.'s.nr,v fur their rtv.ttd bicaklua crop. aipmximately 7.MI oin of liimlsT 11 ml box shook were wilt outslile of Mnlfnnl. clitofly to I he fruit dilricts of Oillfof. ;ila. Nearly S.0110.000 hoxen were useti for Hh s'ar nod apile crow In .lai ksoii county olnnc. Wj While fibre boxes have cut In 011 wooden boxes in some illrrs-ii.ms. tlx- uooilcn box tins proved lu bo Hie only contalnor sallfsi'lory for exixirt tnnle ami ns u result. Hie wmxlc-i hn, ln;lntry lias more I linn le-ltl Its trail. Tlie Tomlin IVn e-iniUny Is ii'tnnlisl as tine of Hie niot successful ronc-rnsi of the kltitl on the Pnrlfln const, nnil nmler tho skillful illnxtlon of Its pres'tlcut. .luhn 'loinlln anil secretnn Hoyd Hurt, brtllinnt future for It b rrcdlctctl. )
