MEDFORD Af ATT. TRIBTJNE, MEDFORD, OREGON", TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1933.
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Expansion Will Increase Present Large Annual Payroll
Glimpse of tbe Timber Product Company's staff, taken last year. Slnoe this photo was taken the number of men employed has not been materially reduced. Many men connected with the extensive logytnj and trucking operations of the Timber Products Company are not Included In
this group photograph of the company's Med ford organization.
IMPORTANCE
Prult raising has ben a principal
industry of the Rogue River valley
since early In the present century,
but until the year 1018 practically
all of the boxes used In the packing
and shipping of Jackson county fruit
were shipped In from outside dis
tricts, many coming from California
and quite a large quantity being
shipped In from the Klamath Basin
by a circuitous route, being hauled
as fur south as the base of Mt.
Shasta.
Jackson county, then as now, con
tained a large stand of pine timber
of excellent quality for the manufac
ture of quality fruit boxes, and many
cltl&ens were willing and anxious for
tho opportunity of converting It Into
a finished product. In the spring of
1918 the Tomlin Box company was
organized and a small amount of box
making machinery was Installed In
the building on North Fir street,
which is now occupied by the poul
try division of Swift & Company,
which was then known as the Kore
nlck building.
Lumber was purchased from many
small sawmills then located or soon
after built In various sections of the
valley. Local fruit packers were ex
tremely loyal to this new Industry
and It was not long before Jackson
county products were being carried
to market in containers manufactured
by local labor from local raw ma
terials. A box factory located close
to the packing plants, closely, In
touch with local problems, sympa
thetic and well acquainted with
southern Oregon changing conditions
was of distinct advantage, and delay
ed deliveries and shook shortages,
which before that time, had been
quite common, were practically elim
inated. For several years the operation of
the factory was limited to the manu
facture of boxes for local consump
tion only and the factory remained
Idle many months of the year. To
lengthen, If possible, the operating
season, an effort -was made to pro
cure business outside the immediate
valley and boxes were' soon being
manufactured for shipment to fruit
districts In California and northern
Oregon. As the variety of containers
manufactured broadened the operat
ing season of the small plant was
materially lengthened and the plant
was soon furnishing box shook s for
many different commodities In many
different seasons and giving needed
employment to local residents during
many months of the year.
It was soon evident that the orig
inal quarters' were too small for this
growing Industry and a small tract
of land .was purchased adjacent to
the Southern Pacific tracks at the
end of North Central avenue. The
first unit of the present box factory
was built and additional machinery
installed. By this time the require
ments of the box faotory were such
that additional raw material was
needed and In 1921 "a small sawmill
was built to convert Jackson county,
logs into lumber for the box factory.
Additional land was purchased ad-
Joining the factory site and a mod
ern seasoning yard was laid out for
the proper handling of the products
of the new mill and necessary planing
mill machinery was Installed for the
milling of the upper grade lumber
produced by the sawmill for ship
ment to eastern markets.
This sawmill operated steadily dur
ing the cutting seasons until It was
destroyed by fire in the fall of 1926.
the box lumber produced being con
sumed In the growing box factory
unit and the other grades of lumber
being shipped to almost all of the
eastern Industrial centers. During
this time In addition to the lumber
produced In the sawmill, considerable
lumber was being purchased from
other southern Oregon sawmills and
additional units were added to the
box factory and new machinery was
installed until the box factory be
came one of the principal operations
of Its kind on the Pacific coast.
Immediately after the sawmill fire,
construction of a new mill was start
ed and the mill was completed In
time for the 1927 cutting season.
The new sawmill, which waa built on
the original site. Is modern In every
particular and equipped with the lat
est and most up-to-date sawmill ma
chinery. This mill has operated every
year since that time, setting up an
enviable record In efficiency, capac
ity and the quality and manufacture
of the lumber produced.
The original plant site has grown
from a few acres until It now covers
an ra of almost 30 acres, and mar
kets have been expanded until the
products of the mill and factory are
shipped to most of the states of the
union and several foreign countries.
From an original seasonal operation
of a few months the operating seson
has been expanded until year around
employment la given many men and
the sawmill, box factory, yard and
woods operation represents one of the
largest payrolls In this part of the
state. Many Industrial boxes are
manufactured and fruit boxes and
vegetable crates are shipped Into al
most all of the principal producing
sections of the country.
In 1939 the name, Timber Prod
ucts Company, was adopted as more
Indicative of the varied business of
the company which manufactures, !n
addition to boxes and crates of al
most every description, pine factory
lumber and selects, cut stock of vari
ous kinds, pine and fir finish (um
ber and dimension, timbers, plank,
lath and almost all Items manufac
tured by western milling operations.
To further the use of local prod
ucts and In an endeavor to furnish
as much employment as possible dur
ing the present business recession, a
new department has been added for
the wholesale and retail sale of lum
ber and building materials. A mod
ern shed has been constructed and
anyone Interested in building, re
modeling or repairing will find a
complete line of all articles needed,
together with facilities which assure
prompt and efficient service.
It would be hard indeed to find a
more truly local Industry than the
Timber Products Company. Locally
owned and operated, It Is engaged In
logging, transporting, cutting and re
manufacturing southern Oregon pine,
cedar and fir timber Into the many
Items for which It Is well suited for
shipment to the many points where
It is consumed, thereby creating much
local employment at a time when It
is sorely needed.
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Up to the ml nut
1933 Pattei.ua at
K. D. ROSS CO., 22 8. Grape.
FIRE PREVENTION
LECTURE SERIES
PLAN IN
In a program extending from March
1 to March 10, the United States for
est service and the state forest serv
ice will conduct a lecturing campaign
in the county, covering all phases of
fire prevention, according to an
nouncement made today.
George W. Griffith, representative
of the U. S. forest service, and W. P.
Fuller of the state forest service, will
made their headquarters here for that
time, and will show motion pictures,
many of local scenes and Interest
never shown here previously, they
stated.
The lectures and pictures will be
given at service clubs, schools and
granges throughout tbe county, with
out any charge.
Included among the motion pic
tures will be three reels of "What
Price Fires," showing recreation use
of forest, damages, etc.; one reel of
"The Singing Reel," a fishing picture;
a reel of "Tlmber-r-r," a Ponderosa
Pine logging picture; "Fair Play In
the Forest," one reel presenting vari
ous uses of the forest, one reel of
"Forest Fires," methods of locating
and putting out the fires and "For
est Fire or Game," a reel showing
the relation of green forest to fish
and game; and "Oregon's Coast High
way," a reel of scenic pictures of re
cently completed highway.
Included among the places to be
visited are Applegate Grange, Copco
Forum luncheon program, Talent,
Phoenix, Eagle Point, Sams Valley,
Lake Creek and Jacksonville Granges,
and Klwanls and Rotarlan noon
luncheon meetings at Ashland.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 38. (AP)
The senate bill to extend the mora
torium to water users on construc
tion payments on federal Irrigation
projects was passed today by the
house. It goes to the president.
Rangers To Give
Talent Program
At the next meeting of Talent
Grange, the forest rangers will put
on a program of movies and a lec
ture. According to Mr. Robinson, the
Orange lecturer, the program Is
quite Interesting and educational,
and all members are urged to attend.
The movies are free.
BRITISHERS CHALLENGE
GAR WOOD FOR RACE
LONDON. Feb. 28 (AP) The oyal
motor yacht club, acting for H. Scott
Paine, today cabled a challenge to
Detroit for the Harmaworth trophyt
premier motor boating prize held by
Gar Wood.
A Cordial Invitation
MJ E cordially invite the people of Southern
W Oregon to inspect our new RETAIL LUMBER
9 and BUILDING MATERIAL YARD which
has just been completed. The construction of this
new addition to our properties expresses our confi
dence in the early recovery of business prosperity and
the future of this city and valley.
Timber Products Company
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All Southern Oregon Will Be Interested in This
Wednesday, March 1st. will Mark the Opening of
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Offering the Most Complete Stocks and the Last Word in Service
Large Assorted Lumber Stock
The most complete stock of pine, fir and cedar lumber in Southern
Oregon is now available for your inspection including the finest of select
pine finish, in both clear and knotty types, fir lumber in all standard
sizes and patterns, and logs available for special cutting on quick notice
if required. Our stocks include cedar shiplap, flooring and dimension
lumber, particularly adapted to poultry house and rabbitry construction.
Our stock is large for your convenience, made up of quality merchandise
and manufactured in Jackson County.
Complete Stock of Quality Building Materials
For your further convenience in building or remodeling, we will offer
a diversified stock of standard brand building materials, including the
following:
LATH DOORS
PLASTER WINDOWS
CEMENT SASH
LIME PLASTERBOARD
ROOFING INSULATING MATERIALS
METAL LATH PLYLOCK
BRICK
MOULDINGS
OAK FLOORING
Super Perfect White Cedar Shingles
OUR STOCK will feature the white cedar shingles as manufac
tured by the Depoe Bay Cedar Shingles Co. from the best shingle timber
available In this state.
We have personally inspected the product of every shingle mill In Oregon
and part of Washington and assure you that the Depoe Bay SUPER
PERFECTS are superior in every respect to any other shingle available
in these districts.
It good business for yon to inspect these shingles before buying.
End of North Central Ave.
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