Category:Daily Eugene Guard (1918)

From Lane Co Oregon

DEATH AND INJURY IN THE EUGENE GUARD

Thomas Jefferson Evans 7-23-1895 Death John E. Cartwright 10-28-1896 Death Van Sycle boys 11-10-1896 Drowned George Shaub 2-22-1897 Head crushed probable death Mr. Hopkins 6-3-1897 Foot crushed by log Alec Lewis 1-3-1900 Stabbed by Marcellus Arnel Vern Hines 2-27-1900 Cut off two toes of right foot with axe Frank Taylor 3-23-1900 Lever threw him about 8 feet against a timber John Higgins 4-18-1900 Death Hit by falling tree Otto Fredrickson 5-3-1900 Death from boiler explosion Otto Anlauf 5-3-1900 Death from boiler explosion Herman Rudolph 5-3-1900 Injured and burned from boiler explosion David Kauble 8-1-1900 Death Wound around shaft Charles Holt 8-7-1900 Death crushed under water sled Glen Anderson 8-29-1900 Struck on head by tree Sam O'Brien 10-30-1900 saw cutoff portion of muscle upper right arm sawed James Miller 11-19-1900 Back hit by sapling rebounding

paralyzed at waist P. V. Crawford 2-1-1901 Death Julian 2-26-1901 Entangled in mill shaft Walter Boggs 5-7-1901 Dislocated wrist fell from bicycle Louis Reninger 6-6-1901 Thrown to round in runaway Williams 11-7-1901 Death from boiler explosion John Stinnett 11-8-1901 Drowned Uncle Johnny Diamond 2-1-1902 Death R. A. Duff 4-22-1902 Fell off log boom crushed head between logs J. G. Nowles 7-7-1902 Death fell under freight car wheels Indian Squaw 9-13-1902 Death thrown and dragged by horse Frank R. Jones 9-22-1902 Small toes cut off by saw Mrs. Harriet Cowgill 9-23-1902 Death thrown from buggy Samuel M. Stiers 11-7-1902 Crushed by log Mike Kelly 4-3-1903 Deathrun over by hay wagon Earnest boy 7-6-1903 Death dragged to death by horses Allen Burrill 9-28-1903 Deathhit on leg with sledge gangrene John Thompson 11-12-1903 Death hanged himself Fred Long 1-6-1906 Death crushed by log L. P. Fawver 5-26-1906 Deathcaught on shaft S. J. Jones 5-30-1906 Death struck in stomach by slab George Drury 6-4-1906 Death Wesley J. Wycoff 7-28-1906 Death struck on head by crank of windlass Harvey LaJoie 8-15-1906 Shot in right leg with pistol Fred Jones 8-15-1906 Axe severed right toes Ed Cooper 9-13-1906 Ends of two fingers cut off by gearing Hugo Hallin 9-13-1906 Three toes cut off by truck wheel William Allingham 9-13-1906 Death Charles Briggs 9-15-1906 Typhoid fever(Death) Jasper Wilkins 1-24-1907 Death Tubercular Peritonitis Albert McPoland 3-13-1907 Death struck by falling tree

John Downs 3-19-1907 Struck in face with board by Fred Shepard Jack Burnett 5-2-1907 Death drank Jamaica Ginger resulting in death Harry Hanson 6-5-1907 Arm sawed off W. L. Butler 6-14-1907 Shot and killed by John Ford Alfred Drury 7-11-1917 Death Paralysis George King 7-23-1907 Struck across back by line Charley Anderson 7-23-1907 Sprained ankle jumping from high springboard John Jacobson 7-23-1907 Struck in head by large limb Ralph Buchanan 9-5-1907 Struck head on brace over carriage track Charles Crowley 9-21-1907 Shot and killed by Bert Nunn W. G.(Bert) Nunn 9-23-1907 Shot and killed by Charles Crowley Mrs. Madsen 10-9-1907 thrown out of buggy in runaway Nelson Coffey 10-29-1907 Caught in cable on donkey drum Charles King 11-12-1907 Death injuries received near Fischer's mill A. Almasi 12-12-190? Log jumped out of chute striking him J. W. Wheeler 12-12-1907 Log jumped out of chute striking him Alexander Seavy 1-31-1908 Death L. S. Hill 2-24-1908 Dragged in runaway Fred Brockman 2-24-1908 Dragged in runaway Mrs. E. M. Bower 3-30-1908 Buggy wreck in runaway J. C. Goodale 4-1-1908 Death Edna Yarnell 4-2-1908 Drowned Dau. of Rev Kinman 4-8-1908 Burned to death Mrs. A. C. McGee 11-30-1908 Death Lawrence Melvin Bond 11-30-1908 Accidently shot by Lee Smith Samuel R. Scott(Pioneer) 3-8-1909 Death W. N. Bucknum 3-8-1909 Death T. A, Rathbun 3-13-1909 Struck in face with timber Arthur Kirkland 3-13-1909 Struck on back of head by large timber John Hughes 4-8-1909 Death crushed by large log James Madison Stafford 4-16-1909 Death Abel Trotter 4-20-1909 Death H. C. Perry 6-4-1909 Scalp cut about 7 inches in runaway F. Smith 6-7-1909 Drowned J. Jensen 6-15-1909 Toes mashed

J. C. Royer 6-17-1909 Death, killed by falling limb John Mathews 8-28-1909 Accidently shot by Virgil Clover John W. Nettleton 9-9-1909 Death wound around shaft Edward McDonald 10-26-1909 Drowned in log drive E. G. Hurst 11-26-1909 Shot in Rt arm and Lt hand by Al Seekatz Paul King 12-3-1909 Death log rolled on him Rev. Levi Day 12-4-1909 Struck by flying piece of slab wood Charles Jones 12-20-1909 Whirled around revolving cog wheel Herman Bucholtz 12-30-1909 Explosion of gas in closed cylinder head Ethel Sidwell 1-4-1910 Struck head on frozen ground T. C. Bell 5-4-1910 Death crushed by log G. H. Franklin 5-17-1910 Death Crushed by carriage in mill J. I. Macy 6-11-1910 Death Mrs. Arthur Huckaby 7-25-1910 Cut on knee in runaway F. M. Young 11-25-1910 Arm mutilated in planer rolls George Macy 2-13-1911 Suicide chloroform J. Elmer Yarnell 2-16-1911 Death La Grippe Clarence Phipps 2-20-1911 Death accidently shot by Harvy Sutherland Clarence Grubb 4-17-1911 Accidently shot by companion Mr. Cox 5-2-1911 Accidently shoots self through foot with 22 Miss Ella Clark 6-2-1911 Drowned Bryan Shirey 8-11-1911 Drowned Raymond Perdew 10-19-1911 wounded by glancing bullet at target practice Donald McCloud 11-15-1911 Death accidently shot with shotgun by playmate Ralph Newton 11-18-1911 Drowned on log drive William Bundy 12-13-1911 Run over by hand car B. F. Carter 12-26-1911 Suicide carbolic acid Mrs. Sagers 1-17-1912 Arm broken in runaway John Petroff 1-20-1912 Death accidently shot self Mr. Adams 4-3-1912 Dragged in runaway William Churchill 5-13-1912 Death

John D. Walker 6-24-1912 Death hit in head with piece of wood from blast Claud Witt 8-30-1912 Fell on axe J. C. Brattain 9-5-1912 Death Mr. Bridge 11-9-1912 Load of lumber fell on him Mr. Simms 11-9-1912 Crushed between car and post Michael Sherman Workman 12-25-1912 Death carcinoma Harry Carsaw 12-28-1912 shot through finger and scalp by Mrs Deadmond Sarah Phiena Spores 12-28-1912 Death George Hall 12-30-1912 Death accidently shot by M C Broom Fred Barr 1-30-1913 Death crushed between logging car and mill dock Harlund McFerrin 3-1-1913 Caught leg in dust conveyor Mrs. Sarah Armitage 3-3-1913 Death(Pioneer) Alexander Haworth 4-8-1913 Death drawn into gears of sorting table Abe Kelly 6-23-1913 Slightly wounded by James Chapman Miss Ioma Drury 10-2-1913 Fell from buggy R. Wise 11-26-1913 Log rolled against knee breaking bone William Dial 12-15-1013 Arm broken Miss Ruth Earnest 2-20-1914 Fell on railroad trestle Charles Philips 3-23-1914 Horse fell on him and dislocated ankle Columbus Cole 5-4-1914 Death Y. D. Hensill 8-19-1914 Run over by wagon William Hoffner 8-24-1914 Flat car wheel busted leg and bruised both legs Hubert Dean 9-10-1914 Woodsaw he was driving passed over chest (Death) John Mathews 10-8-1914 Log rolled on hand crushing fingers Mrs Josie B. Abrams 11-5-1914 Death (Pioneer) Willard McGee 11-5-1914 Death @Pioneer) Mrs. Anna Churchill 11-28-1914 Death J. B. Duff 4-19-1915 Death Mrs. America B. Cochran 4-19-1915 Death (Pioneer) Haggert Tronsen 4-22-1915 Drowned, boat capsized Charles Cole 4-22-1915 Drowned, boat capsized Leston Craighead 5-4-1915 Drowned Dale Thomas 8-20-1915 Choked to death on iron ring Albert Walker 9-15-1915 Death(First Spfd Mayor)

Arthur Ham 10-6-1915 Both legs almost broken W. A. Redmon 11-24-1915 Load of lumber fell on him, perhaps fatally Mildred Spores 12-18-1915 Knocked unconscious by runaway horse Edward Bradley 12-24-1915 Death wood fell from conveyor hitting his head Bert McKibben 1-1-1916 Foot injured by mill machinery Samuel Taylor 1-20-1916 Death Francis Frost 1-22-1916 Death Walter Spores 3-14-1916 Death aged 38 heart failure Henry Royer 3-31-1916 Attacked with whip and club by Mrs Geo Walker D. A. Holland 4-5-1916 Load of 6x6 timbers fell on him James Lane Tollman 4-15-1916 Death William H. Beardon 5-3-1916 Fell from load of hay Robert McDonald 5-4-1916 Cow attacked motorcycle dislocated elbow W. C. Myers 5-12-1916 Cut Rt foot with axe W. K. Zumwalt 5-19-1916 Fell from top of barn bruises & gash on leg Mr. Baxter 5-19-1916 Death J. R. Bucknum 5-23-1916 Death Lost in mountains while hunting 18 Yrs ago Melvin Fenwick 6-9-1916 Run over by disc when horses bolt Mrs. Nelson Kester 6-27-1916 Attacked by chicken gashed hand with talons Fred Shepard 6-2?-1916 Burned when gasoline lamp explodes Adolph Weber 6-27-1916 Burned when gasoline lamp explodes N. F. Newhouse 7-3-1916 Axe cut foot Mrs, B. F. Titus 8-25-1916 Death Mrs. John Spores 8-26-1916 Auto accident severe hip injury Ole Carson 9-26-1916 Tree limb crushed him (Death) Clay Whitaker 10-2-1916 Slab came loose hitting head George Spores 10-30-1916 Fell from gravel wagon knocked unconscious Francis Piquet 11-22-1916 Death crushed by falling tree Milton Bally 1-13-1917 Scalded when boiler pipe burst later died

John W. Kitchen 1-17-191? Death Mrs. Frank Burch 1-17-1917 Death John Hammersley 1-29-1917 Death ate up by hungry wolves Les Fisher 3-26-1917 Caught ankle between two logs Floyd Martin 5-2-1917 Death kicked in head by horse Mrs. Roy Palmer 5-25-1917 Buggy ran into ditch bruised and lip torn J. W. White 5-28-1917 Burned when film in projecting machine caught fire

PIONEER INDEX and EARLY SETTLERS

1-14-1898 Days when settlers of Lane County were few 3-9-1898 Uncle Johnny Diamond of Coburg 6-23-1899 Some incidents in the early settlement of Lane County 2-1-1902 Pioneer Uncle Johnny Diamond died at Coburg 1-31-1908 Death of pioneer Alexander Seavy 11-30-1909 Pioneer Mrs. A. C. McGee dies 3-8-1909 Pioneer Samuel Scott dies at Harrisburg 4-16-1909 Pioneer of 52, James Madison Stafford dies 1-23-1912 The early history of Springfield 5-13-1912 Pioneer of 1851, William Churchill dies 9-5-1912 Pioneer bank president J. C. Brattain dies 12-28-1912 Pioneer, Mrs. Sarah Spores of Coburg, dies 3-3-1913 Pioneer of 47, Mrs. Sarah Armitage, dies 11-5-1914 Pioneers Mrs. J. B. Abrams and Willard McGee dead 2-10-1917 Tales of Pioneer days by Thomas H. Hunsaker 2-17-1917 Tales of Pioneer days by Thomas H. Hunsaker 2-24-1917 Tales of Pioneer days by Thomas H. Hunsaker 3-3-1917 Tales of Pioneer days by Thomas H. Hunsaker 3-10-1917 Tales of Pioneer days by Thomas H. Hunsaker 3-17-1917 Tales of Pioneer days by Thomas H. Hunsaker 3-24-1917 Tales of Pioneer days by Thomas H. Hunsaker

First airoplanes flew over Marcola Oregon on the Mohawk Saturday august 2, 1919, being two planes flying Salem to Eugene.

List of men working in Mill 3 yard of the S.P. tie mill Aug, 1910 Charles C. Irish George Allison Frank Briggs Thomas Ball William Chriss I. R. Christy George Dougherty Clint Frazier

Alba Frazier Pearl Wallace Tony Shavik Thomas Hanson S. C. Higinbotham L. Hammersley Louis Jones George Kreuts A. J. Pierce Henry Riggs T. L. Robinson Guy Redding Ralph Redding

S. P. Mill # 3 yard Feb. 1911 Charles C. Irish George Allison Frank Briggs Clint Frazier Alva Frazier Ed Farry S. C. Higginbotham C. Higinbotham Gus Johnson S. C. Kitts C. L. Lansing J. D. McDaniel V. McDaniel H. McDaniel J. D. McLeod J. W. Redding J. H. Simpson Ed Strand B. C. Kellogg A. McKenzie

Marcola M. W. A. Hall burned September 13, 1920

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8‑9‑1917

Mitchell Wilkins And Daughter Pinned Under Car

    Mr. and Mrs Mitchell Wilkins and Daughter, of Coburg, had a narrow escape from death Monday when the car they were driving from Coburg to Newport went over a grade on the Alsea Mountain.  Mr.  Wilkins and little daughter were pinned under the machine when it rolled over, and Mrs.  Wilkins was thrown about 15 feet and she and the little girl received some minor bruises.  Mr. and Mrs.  Herbert Stoneberg who were following them in another car went to their rescue and took them to Newport.  The car was badly damaged.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8‑13‑1917

SPRINGFIELD NEWS

    John Tomseth, former Booth Kelly Mill superintendent of this city, arrived Saturday  morning from Weed California, en Route to Spokane Washington, on business.

    He states owing to the lack of male help at Weed where he is superintendent, that they are employing forty women in the sash and door factory, taking the place of the young men who have gone to war.

Winberry

    Roy Humphrey's slashing caught fire accidentally and he had quite a fire.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8‑17‑1917

SPRINGFIELD NEWS

    A man called the human fly, climbed the front of the

I.O.O.F. building Wednesday evening at eight o'clock, following a small collection from the crowd which had gathered to witness the performance. The object of this performance, is to test the wonderful strength of his hands, and mind, which eliminates all fear. He had set the task of climbing the Woolworth building in New York as being the supreme test.

Marcola M. W. A. Hall burned September 13, 1920

The Morning Register 9—25—1917 NARROWLY ESCAPES M ISHAF

MABE 1. L. Kelly, rural carrier for the Mabel route, today narrow] mishap. While awaiting the Wendling train at this etatiox Kelly attempted to turn hes automobile around in the narrow-i--u-..~--~—~ ~ struck a telegraph pole crushing the rear wheel. Had the pole. not been encountered the auto, containing about six people, would have toppled off the grade and into an excavation, a sheer drop of 12 feet.

The Morning Register 6—9—1918

MILL CG4PANY TO GIVE LUM~R FOR NEW SCHOOL

In exchange for the acre lot upon which the school house a.t Mabel in district No. 64 is located, the Coast Range Lumber Company of that place will give the school district a two acre lot and donate the lumber with which to build a new and larger school building, according to information given to E. 3. Moore, county school superintendent. The school building at Mabel is quite near the mill pond of the lumber company and it is dangerous for the children to play there, besides the company desires the property owned by the school district for a number of improvements contemplated. The two—acre lot to be given the school district in exchange for the smaller lot is in a better location. The new building to be erected will be modern and will have three rooms. The old building has only two rooms, but the district occupies a smaller building in addition, for the primary grade. The lumber company will cut the stumps from the new lot and furnish all the lumber that is needed in the erection of the new building except the doors, window sashes and other things that the mill does not make. It is expected to have the new structure ready for occupancy by the time the new term opens next fall. Superintendent Moore says the district will not have to vote a special tax for this improvement as it has some money left over from last year besides quite a sum from the 0. and C. tax money.

The Morning Register 1-6—1918

MARCOLA MAN SENTENOEL

Foss 0. Maple gets a light term for embezzlement

Afl4ITS HE TOOK ~ON!Y FR~4 POST OFFICE TO MEET HIS DEBTS, INTENDING TO REPAY IT

Foss C. Maple, former postmaster of Marcola was sentenced Thursday by federal judge Bean, in Portland to serve 60 days in the inultnomah county jail when he pleaded guilty to charges of embezzlement of $290 and the opening of a letter which passed through his office. Leniency was extended to the prisoner on recommendation of the federal attorneys. Though sentenced to serve 60 days on each of the counts alleged against him, it was decreed by the judge that the two terms are to be run concurrently. It was shown that Maple has a wife and four children under 12 years of age. who will be dependent on two of his brothers, both of whom are registered men, one in clasa 1. He formerly conducted a drug store at Marcola, and explained that he took the $290 from money order funds to help him meet personal debts, intending to repay the amount. He failed in business before repayment was effected, it was shown.

The Morning Register 2-2~—l9l8

MARCOLA SEES AIRPLANE

Sky Visitor Plainly Visible For Five Minutes

I4ARCOLA Ore, Feb, 22- Wednesday morning, just at daybreak, an airplane was seen here skimming along in a southerly direction. So plainly did it stand out against the cloudless sky that those that saw it could distinguish its upper and lower portions and its brilliant light. It was distinctly visible for a period of about five minutes.

4—21—1918

MARCOLA Ore. April 20.— One of the boilers at Fiechers mill blew up last Saturday, but nobody was hurt. Mrs. Vera Black has been appointed by the government to enroll the boys for the working reserve force. All the boys over 16 years of age in high school have enrolled, some of the boys who are not yet 16 years of age are anxious to enlist also. Much interest is being shown in this project.

The Morning Register 7-5-18

BAD FIRE SPREADING IN T~BER ABOVE WENDLING

quite a serious forest fire, and with but few men on hand to fight it is raging in the timber on Mt. Nebo, eight miles a~ve Wendling, and men were rushed up there from Eugene last night to endeavor t~ stay its progress. According to N. J. Skinner, the fire warden for the Booth Kelly Lumber Company, the fire is spreading to good timber and the wind of yesterday afternoon and evening probably caused it to spread faster. A large ma,jority of the men em~1oyed in the camps of the Booth Kelly Company up that way were in Eugene celebratthg the fourth of July when the fire broke out. A call was sent down from the camps during the day and Mr. Skinner located as many of the men as he could and sent quite a number back on the afternoon train to help fight the fire, and more will be sent up this morning. It is evident that the telephone leading to the camps in the vicinity of the fire have been burned out, as Mr. Skinner was unable to reach any of the camps by wire yesterday afternoon or during the night. The Morning Register 7—6—1918 Wendling Timber Fire Under Control

N. J. Skinner, fire warden of the Booth Kelly Lbr. Company, reported last night that the bad fire in the timber in the Mt. Nebo district above Wondling, has been placed under control and that logging operations will be resumed in the camps in that locality today. All the loggers were out fighting the fire and they have succeded in staying its progress, according to Mr. Skinner. Until the amount of damage done by the fire is checked up, the company is not prepared to announce the extent of the loss.

The Morning Registor-9-2l-l9l8 George H. Kelly, well known former Eugene lumberman, has been promoted from Major to Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel Kelly has been attached to regimental headquarters in France with the 20th engineers in charge of getting out lumber supplies from the French forests. Trench props, cordwood, railroad ties, piling and e~olaior are among the products of the little lumber units that are scattered about Southern & Southeastern France. The various sawmill units under command of Colonel Kelly have made splended records, filling army needs in remarkable time. Colonel Kelly told of an intereting experience of the former commander of his regiment, Colonel Mitchell, who was detached and sent to the front with fighting forces. Colonel Mitchell with his whole staff came upon the headquarters of a German general and staff, and complacently walked in and took possession. It was situated in a fine house in a little town. the Germane it is said, had not yet put their boots on that morning. A full larder and every kitchen convenience were discovered. Colonel Mitchell, with true Southern hospitality, put his cook in charge and kept open house all day, feeding the men who came that way. The Morning Register —5—7—1919 For exceptional work as head of the forestry dept. of the United States Army in France, Lieutenant George H. Kelly has been awarded the medal of the Legion of Honor. Today(April-lO), Marshal Petain came down and presented the medals to those on the list who remained in the service of supplies and expressed great disappointment that you were not here to meet him in person

The Morning Register 10—24—1918

MOHAWK LUMBERMEN ARE PATRICTIO*_ F. S. Apger, secretary of the L.L. L. L. at Donna, who was in Eugene yesterday on business, reports that all the lumbermen and loggers employed by the Mohawk Lumber Company there are patriotic and have done remarkably well in buying bonds. Mr. Apger Saturday received a telegram from colonel Dis~ue, in charge of the spruce division of the army urging that the lumbermen and loggers buy more bonds, and Monday morning in two hours Mr. Apger obtained subscriptions amounting to $1100, making a total of $1500 among the men.

The Morning Register 9—28-1918

TOO X(~H FOOD WASTED IN LOGGING CAMPS

Wastage of food in the logging and lumber camps of the Northwest has assumed such proportions that a commission has been appointed to impose corrective measures. As a result of a survey of camps it is said that a saving of $ 5,465,000 a year is possible. General disregard of food conservation in the camps is charged. To end thi8 food wastP, the logging and lunibercamp conservation commission has been formed, with Captain Thorfinn Tharaldsen, representing the spruce division, as director, S. C. Bratton is the Oregon commissioner, E. L. Pennock will serve for Washington and W. H. Weber is the Idaho Commissioner. This commission is an independent body, working directly with the food administration in Washington. STARTL ING DISCLOSURES YiA~ The investigation, it is said, has shown that with labor scarce, camp operators are using the mess as an indirect method of bidding for men. Camp cooks are instructed to go as far as they like in catering to the men. This has resulted in camps offering two to four kinds of meat and three to six different pasteries at a meal. One camp is reported as using only bread made from wheat flour and feeding substitutes to hogs, while another is reported to have an enormous supply of substitutes on hand and no wheat flour, this having been used in making white bread. Still another camp showed that for each pound of meat served there had been three—fourths of a pound of sugar consumed. The pounds per man per meal consumed in the camps, according to the report, far exceeds that of any other industry in the country. The average is double the garrison ration of the army. A tabulation by the investigators shows that, assuming 100,000 men are fed in the industry in the three states and that a saving of half a pound per man per meal can be effected, it will result in an annual saving of 27,525 tons of foodstuffs, worth $ ~,46~,ooo. STANDARD MESS PROPOSED Wastage is due partly to careless buying and storage. Table wast5is the principal loss, however. Too many varieties of food and too great quantities are used. Plate wastecould be eliminated, says the report, by serving smaller portions. It is the intention of the commission to arrange, if possible, for a standard mess. This would prevent competition among operators of camps. It is not the purpose of the commission to stint the men in camp, but to curtail extravagance and keep cooks and the mess within reasonable limits.

The Morning RegiBter 11—25—1913 SPEEDER WRECK ABOVE WENDLING Dr. George J. Fanning physician at Wendling while returning home from a trip to camp 16 above there on a speeder during a heavy fog about 6:15 Wednesday evening, was thrown from his machine when it collided with another speeder which appeared around the bend in the road. The occupants of the other machine jumped, escaping injury, but the speeder still on the track hit Dr. Fanning’s machine, breaking it up and throwing the doctor off. He was cut across the back of his head and 8uffered several severe bruises. He was brought down that night to Eugene to have his wound dressed.

The Morning Register 1—16—1919

WENDLING Ore. Jan 14.- The dance which was to have been held in the Wendling ball on January 11 was postponed on account of so much sickness in town. Camp 9 above Wendling, closed Saturday night indefinitely, on account of shortage of men due to the “flu”. Gladys Stolberg, who is ill with the “flu”, is improving now. Dwight Langtry has the “flu” and is unable to attend school this week. W. W. Wilcoxen was brought down from camp 9 cn Saturday night suffering from the “flu” 2—2—1919

Wendling Ore. Feb. 1.— The women who were employed at the Booth Kelly planer have been replaced by men.

5—1—1919

Wendling Ore. Feb. 28.— Frank Wilcoxen was badly injured while working at camp No. 16 on Tuesday when a branding hammer struck him on the head. Mr. Wilcoxen, was unconscious for several hours, out is improving now. Camps Nos. 16 and 18 are closed down on account of deep snow which prevents the engines from getting through. John R. Butler has moved his household effects to Junction City. Mr. Butler was formerly the foreman of the Oregon Tie and Lumber Company at Wendling, and Mrs. Butler was the timekeeper.

The Morning Register 5—2—1919

DONNA Ore. March 1.— George Roberts has been absent from school this week on account of sickness caused from inhaling gas from an engine they have in the barn for the purpose of chopping and grinding grain.

The Mohawk Lumber Company is building and erecting a new water tank for fire protection at the planning mill, bunk houses and cook house.

On account of the storm Wednesday the woods crew of the Mohawk Lumber Company suspended work at noon. Donna has a moving picture show every Thursday evening, which is well patronized. The late train Saturday evening is very convenient for tho8e who work. One can start to Eugend from here at 6:15 and return about 11 F. N. Fred Titu8 failed to make his regular daily “jitney” trip from Marcola to Eugene via Donna Wednesday on account of high water.

The morning Register 4—26—1919 NAN AND HIS WIFE DROWN IN CREEK NEAR WENDLING

A. V. West and his wife were drowned in Mill creek, a quarter of a mile above Wendling, yesterday afternoon between 5 and 6 o’clock. The body of Mr. West has been recovered but that of his wife was still in the water at a late hour last night. As E. B. Miles, chief engineerof the mill of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company, was walking down the logging railway above Wendling about 6 o’clock he met the little son of Mr. and Mrs. West. The boy was crying and when asked what was the matter replied that his father and mother had coth fallen into the creek. “ They are in that hole”, he said, pointing to a wide place in the creek known as the “ swimming hole” and used as such in the summer time. Mr. Miles ran to town for assistance and it was not long until the remains of Mr. West were recovered. A large number of men searched for Mrs. West’s body for a long time late into the night but without success. Coroner Branstetter was notified and he will investigate the drowning. From the best information received by the coroner the couple were fishing and Mrs. West slipped off of a spring board into the deep water. Mr. West ~umpod in after her, to save her. They had left Wendling a short time before with their fishing rods, taking their little boy with them. Mr. West and his wife formerly lived in Butte Montana, and the latter had arrived at Wendling only two or three days ago from that city. Mr. West had been at Butte for some time, returning here about a month ago and went to work as night fireman for the Booth Kelly Lumber Company at Wendling; previous to going to Butte he had been in and around Eugene for a number of months and was in trouble about some sheep, but was acquitted at a trial in circuit court here. He was a veterinary, but had no license to practice in this state, say the other veterinaries here. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Geiger in Eugene

The Morning Register 10—17—1920

WENELING Ore., Oct. 1~- The Joiiy Neighbors club met in the 4-L hail Thursday afternoon for their regular meeting. A jolly time was spent in needle work and visiting, after which delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses, Mrs. A. Tidd, Mrs. G. Wilson, Mrs. Wagoner, Mrs Pratt and Mrs. Trexier. The ladies of the 3—La held their regular session in the hall Tuesday evening and plans were: laid to join the 14-La in a Halloween party the 30th of this month. The Ladies Union met at the church Tuesday afternoon to tie comforters. there was a large attendance.

10—24—1920

Wendling Ore., Oct. 23.— The needle club met with Mrs. Grover Sumner Thursday afternoon, the rooms were tastefully decorated with draperies of Haloween designs and pumpkins and black cats shaped out of card board. Lelicious refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Hickithier, Wagoner, Lowning, Miles, and Godlove. Everyone present had an enjoyable afternoon. Besides the members present several guests were invited. The invited gueste were Mrs. Hickithier, Mrs. Wagoner, Mrs. Roach, Mrs. Hays, Mrs. Be~lsh, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Godlove, Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Abeen, Mrs. Crandall, Mrs Tidd, and Mrs. Trexler.

The Morning Register, 7—12—1921

WENDLING MAN BEATEN UP TERRiBLY AND ROBBED

F. ~. Shepard Victim Of Three Thugs

Fred W. Shepard, pool hail owner of Wendling, was beaten up and robbed by three men late Sunday night and it was thought for some time that he would die from his injuries, but last reports indicated that he will recover. The thugs stole a Buick car belonging to H. W. Strong, 1190 Hilyard St., as it stood in front of the Christian church in Eugene last night between 8 and 9 o’clock and evidently drove it immediatly to Wendling, for the assault and robbery ocoured about 10:30. The car was abandoned near the road 150 yards from Shepard’s place of business. According to the story told by Shepard to Deputy Sheriff 3eorge Cronet, who went to the scene of the assault and robbery early yesterday morning, one man came to his store and asked to buy a ~uart of oil for the engine of his car, stating that the machine was about 150 yards down the road. Shepard took the oil and the man asked fo another quart. He got the second one and put it in the engine and as he stooped over trying to locate the place where the oil is poured in he was struck on the back of the head, Shepard said he turned around and faced the three men, all of whom pounced upon him and began beating him with clubs. He says he fought them for a minute or two but they soon knocked him out. The clubs, some of them stained with blood, were found by the deputy sheriff on the ground. Shepard says he was robbed of about $40 which he carried in his pockets and thinks the men took 4~o from the store. Shepard regained consciousness some time afterward and his son, instead of telephoning to the sheriff, drove all the way to Eugene to tell him of the assault. The sheriff sent Deputy Croner up to investigate. Shepard was found to be in bad shape but the cluba were not very heavy and his skull probably was not fractured.

The Morning Register, 7—13—1921

INJURIES TO WENDLING MAN WHO WAS ROBBED SERIOUS

No trace of the three men who slugged and robbed F. W. Shepard, Wendling pool hall owner, has yet been found, according to District Attorney C. N. Johnston and Deputy Sheriff George Croner who were at Wendling yesterday making further investigation of the crime. The officers found that Shepard had not fully recovered his senses and his story of the assault and robbery is not yet entirely clear. His injuries are said to be quite serious. He was terribit beaten over the head with a number of clubs in the hands of the thugs. The officers have several theories upon which to work. One is that Sheparda assailants are residents of that locality who knew that he kept money on his person and in his place of business, and another is that it was the work of Eugene youths who after stealing the car from the street in front of the Christian church drove to Wendling for a lark and hatched their plans to rob the old man after they reached Wendling. It is said that they left a clue in the car which might lead to the discovery of their identity. The Morning Register, 9-3—1921 Harold J. Wells yesterday began suit in circuit court against F. W. Shepard, seeking a judgment in the sum of $106.18 alleged due the Imperial Candy Company of Seattle for goods sold to the defendant, together with the legal rate of interest from February 9, 1921. Shepard is in business at Wendling. Wells and Wells are attorneys for the plaintiff.

The Morning Register 3—20—1921

L. L. L. L. MIN~4UM WAGE SCALE R~AINS AT $3.60

The minimum wage scale of The Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen will remain at $~.60 per eight-hour day, according to an agreement reached at a special meeting of the board of directors of the organization in Portland during the week. Action on a proposed reduction of wages in the lumber industry was deferred to the regular meeting of directors in May. The readjustment of transcontinental freight rates on lumber to give Northwest lumbermen an even break with southern p-me manufacturers in competition for eastern and middle western trade was held essential to a revival of the industry in Oregon and Washington. The directors also iient on record as favoring any movement which would promote building construction and indorsed the local ~build a homed campaign which is to culminate with a building material exposition at the auditorium in May. The board of directors consisted of 12 employers and an equal number of employes. Both elements agreed that the lumber industry has set the pace in the downward trend of prices. The minimum wage of the Legion was reduced from $4.40 per day to $3.60 per day in December, and prior to that time a majority of the mills in the Northwest had been paying in excess of the scale. The price of lumber was shown to have dropped 50 per cent during the last year. The Fidalgo Lumber and Box Company of Anacortes Washington, and The Defiance Lumber Company of Tacoma were expelled from membership in the Legion on charges alleging that they had refused to pay the minimum scale to workmen. Permission to operate the mills at Coos Bay at less than the Legion scale was refused oy the directors. According to Norman F. Coleman, president of the Legion, more than 40,000 loggers and lumbermen are unemployed in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and production at the mills has fallen to about 50 per cent of normal.

The Morning Register l2-l~ ~l92l WENDLING HAS TI~EE CLUBS First Camp Cookery Organization in County

The public school at Wendling has the first Camp—Cookery club ever organized in Lane county with Arnold Collier, principal of the schools there, as club leader. Nineteen of the boys and girls of the village have signed the roll of the club, according to J. G. Swan, county club leader, who with H. C. Seymour, state leader, visited the schools of the Mohawk valley the latter part of the week. A home making club has also been organized among the school girls of Wendling, with Miss McClay, one of the teachers, as leader, and a sewing club is underway, but no leader has yet been selected. Mr. Swan and Mr. Seymour visited the Marcola and Donna schools Thursday. That evening and Friday afternoon were spent at Wendling. At the evening meeting the citizens in general attended and took part and much interest in club work was evidenced. Mr. Seymour showed moving picture films of club work and scenes on the campus of 0. A. C. Mr. Collier, the principal there, is very enthusiastic over the club work, said Mr. Swan, and it is largely through his efforts that there is so much interst in it at Wendling. Mr. Swan characterizes the Wendling school as one of the most proficient he has ever visited and Mr. Seymour expressed himself of the opinion that it comes as near being a model school as any in the state.

The Morning Register 9—6—1921

ROW RESULTS IN ARREST OF W. GODDARD OF MABEL

As a result of a row at the dedication exercises at the aviation field yesterday afternoon William Goddard a logger of Mabel, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Croner later in the day on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. He is accused of drawing a knife on John Hileman, of Marcola. The arrest was made immediatly after Goddard and Hileman had engaged in a fist fight on Willamette street in front of the hotel Smeed in which Hileman inflicted severe punishment upon Goddard, as an aftermath of the row at the aviation field. According to Deputy Sheriff Croner and John Goddard, a brother of the accused, the trouble dates back from the time of William Goddard’s arrest about two years ago for a statutory crime against John Goddard’s step—daughter. Croner and John Goddard said that the girl married him to prevent him from being sent to the penitentiary an~ to give a name to their child, and the understanding was they say, that he was not to molest them. Since that time Mrs. Goddard has been living at John Goddard’s place. Yesterday afternoon at the aviation field William Goddard approached the car in which his brother and family, his wife and child and John Hileman were sitting. According to bystanders William Goddard began to curse his brother and Hileman and demanded that he be allowed to take his child away. He accused Hilenian of paying attention to his wife. in order to avoid further trouble Goddard’s wife took the baby and accompanied him a short distance to another car containing some friends. Goddard returned shortly afterward and renewed his cursing and abuse and soon had his knife in hand ready to attack Hileman but John Goddard stepped in between the two. The wrangling continued for half an hour or more until Hhleman was induced to leave the grounds with his car to avoid further words. However, this did not end it. Afterward William Goddard, while in the office of Attorney W. B. Jones, saw Hileman walking on the opposite side of the street. Pulling off his coat, he ran down stairs and accosted Hileman. Words ensued and they mixed. Goddard caine out second best with a bad cut under one eye. Deputy Sheriff Croner then appeared and placed him under arrest. He had not given bond late last night and was still in jail.

The Morning Register l—l~-l922

~EXLLIN3 Ore.. Jan. i4.— Friday evening the Camp cooking Club of Wendling, held its first regular meeting at the homestead cabin of its club leader, Arnold L. Collier. At 4 O’clock the members left the school house and with the roll and rations for two days hiked to the above mentioned cabin. After the evening meal every member received an Initiation each of which was different and the night was spent with two club members standing guard every hour. On Saturday the club made a hike to the old S. P. No. 2 mill pond where sports on the water were indulged in. This club is the first of its kind organized in Lane County and is a wide—awake club, having for Its name, WThe Bunyoneers~. It was organized aoout a month ago by the state club leader, H. C. Seyniore of the 0. A. C. and county club leader, J. G. Swan. Besides Mr. Seymore and Mr. Swan, who are honorary members, the àlub consists of the following boys: James Howard, president; Rollie Roach, Vice— president; Edward Cox, secretary; Cordie Barber, Cecil Ireland, walter Wicks, Harold Taylor, Louie Sauer, Harold Howard, Gordon Keatz, James Douglas, Paul Pratt, John Sauer, Everett Keeler, Teddy Barber, Beryl Crow, Kenneth Harkina, Marvin Doraey. The next club meeting will be at the 4-L hall January 21 and will be a vaudeville show, the door recipta~of which are to go into a fund to send members of the club to the suu~ner school at 0. A. C.

The Morning Register 7—7-1922

HUGE 8MM ILL OF THE BOOTH KELLI CO. GOES UP IN ~4OKE AND FLAMES

Other Units Of Plant And All Town Buildings Saved The big sawmill of the Booth Kelly Lumber Co. at Wendling was totally destroyed oy fire yesterday afternoon and it was with difficulty that the çlaner and other units of the plant as well as the whole town were saved. Had the wind been blowing toward the planer and the town instead of the other way the loss would have been several times as great, say officials of the company. The estimated loss is between $175,000 and $200,000 and the company carried insurance equal to 90 per cent of the value of the plant. A. C. Dixon, manager of the company said last night that plans are being made to rebuild the mill as soon as the ground is cleared. He said that arrangements will soon be made to put on a third shift at the Springfield mill so that none of the 60 men employed at the Wendling plant will be idle long. None of the logging crews will be laid off, he said. Mr Dixon said that it will probably take 6 months to rebuild and it is expected to have the new plant in operation soon after the first of the year 1923. The fire started between 8:50 and 9 o’clock under the main saw point. It was discovered two or three ILinutes after James Guard, the millwright, had been at that point on his regular rounds of inspection, and the flames spread so rapidly that almost the entire mill was enveloped before water could be obtained although the plant was excellently equipped with fire fighting apparatus and there was plenty of water. Clark Fisher, engineer first discovered the fire and it was so far advanced at that time that it was impossible to smother it. The origin of the fire is unknown but it is presumed, say employee of the plant, that it started from a spark from a loose pulley, a hot box or something of that kind. It started in such a manner and such a place as that which destroyed the company’s mill at Springfield about 12 years ago. An indication of the rapid spread of the fire is the fact that the men had no time to remove on of the electrically driven timber cranes and it too was destroyed together with half a million or more feet of lumber on the sorting tables, and a big horizontal resaw that had not yet been erected and which stood outside the mill. The six dry kilns were damaged to the extent of from one third to one half of their value. A section of dock about 100 feet s.luare was burned. The Southern Pacific Co. ran a special train from Springfield soon after the fire started, bearing the full crew of the lumber company’s mill at that place together with hose and chemical carte to help combat the flames. The Eugene Fire Dept’s pumping engine was sent up and assisted materially in saving the town. The Eugene firemen, as well as manager Dixon and other officials and employee of the company here made a record run to Wendling and numerous other Eugeniane, hearing of the blaze, drove hurriedly to the scene to render what assistance they could. The Eugene firemen, with the big pumper, got into action irnmediatly after arriving at Wendling, pumping huge volumes of water from the mill pond for the protection of the planer and other units of the lumber plant and the nearoy buildings of the town. A large number of lines of hose were previously laid by the mill crew and everything possible was done to stay the flames in the mill but, like the fire in the Springfield mill, it seemed to spread aa If’ gunpowder had been sprinkled throughout the plant. The crew were all in their places when the daze was discovered, the men having returned to work the first time since last Saturday when a few days layoff was taken for the fourth of July festivities as is the custom of the Booth-Kelly Company. The planer, the machine shop, and the lumber on the docks were au saved, but had the wind oeen olowing the other way there would have been no hope of saving these,.. said manager Dixon. The Wendling miii. was erected in 1900 by the Booth Kelly Co. At that time it was an entirely modern lumber plant and it has remained so to a certain extent by the addition of the latest pieces of machinery from time to time.

Some of the machinery was electrically driven and the company was gradually electrifying the whole plant. The mill had a close call in 1910, when the entire town burned, having caught from a nearby forest fire that swept over the mountain and down upon the cluster of buildings. In 1917 the planing mill adjoining the sawmill burned down and it was replaced by a larger and better plant, which is now standing. A number of wachaen wire placed on duty at the ruins last night and with lines of hose already etreched, they will be able to cope with any blaze that might oe caused should the wind come up and scatter embers about. Most of the women and children in the town, realizing the danger of the situation, packed up their household effects in automobiles and moved out of danger while other women remained behind and served coffee and cool drinks to the employes of the company and the outside firemen who were so valiantly fighting to save the town. The Eugene firemen say that it was one of’ the hottest fires they ever fought even though they reached there after the mill was gone.

The Morning Register 7—14-1922

)iAROOLA Ore. July 12- Marcola sent a large crowd of men to help fight fire when the Booth Kelly mill at Wendling burned last Thursday. Marcola men and farmers of the vicinity were the first on the job, being there about two hours before the fire engine came. They did not leave the fire until it was well under control. The business men of Marcola left their work to help fight, and many of the small boys helped carry water for the men to drink while fighting.

The Morning Regiater 12-29-1922

MILLS AT WORK AGAIN

Planers And Logging camps In Operation And Springfield Flant Starts Jan. 1

The Booth Kelly planing mills and the logging camps have resumed operations after a short vacation for ~hristmaa but the sawmill at Springfield will not begin operations again until January 1 or 2, said A, C. Dixon, manager, yesterday. Repairs are being made at the Springfield plant and the saws will begin to revolve just as soon as this work is completed. Numerous large orders ahead necessitated the cutting of the vacation period shorter than usual this year. The planing mill at Springfield was started up again Tuesday and the one at Wendlirig Wednesday. The logging crews resumed work Wednesday. Mr. Dixon said that the company now has a crew of l0O~ men at work erecting the new sawmill at Wendling. They now have half a dozen millwrights at work on the plant and will add more from time to time. Machinery is arriving steadily and is rapidly being set up. When work was first started on the new plant it was thought that it might be in operation by March 1, but the date now depends upon the arrival of machinery, said the manager.

The Morning Register 5—l1-~l923

MENEFEE LUMBER CQ4FANI STARTS NI9HT SHIFT

With the installation of new equipetnent a night shift is to be put on at the plant of the L. B. Menefee Lumber Company, which operates at Wendling, according to H. J. Babcock, manager of the plant, who was a business visitor here yesterday. The present plant has a daily capacity of about 4o,ooo and the output will be doubled with the starting of the night shift according to the manager. about 20 additional men will be added to the payroll for the operation on the increased basis, the manager reports. The night shift will start about June 1, Mr. Babcock reports. A new donkey engine is now being shipped to the )tenefee camp at Wendling which when installed will provide three engines for the~ operations of the concern.

The Morning Register 11—22—1922

LODGEFOLK HOLD FROLIC

Modern Woodinen Social Great Success

MAROCLA Ore, Nov. 20— The Marcola Modern Woodmen of America gave a free entertainment in charge of Yrs. GoBaler, oracle of the R. N. A., anda moving picture show of the head camp at Rock Island Ill., to one of the largest crowds ever congregated in the city of Marcola, in connection with the pie social and old time dance. There was a $5 gold coin in one of the pies. Frank 14. Purcell, of Marcola, was the lucky one, paying $2.75 for the prize pie. There were three of the best speakers in Lane county on hand. Herman Mason of the committee in in charge, who claimed to be one of them, introduced Rev. Straube, of Eugene, who made a few snappy and fraternal remarks. He was followed by Attorney Howard M. Brownell, consul of Eugene camp, who gave one of the greatest fraternal talks ever delivered inMarcola. Following this, Rev. Straub sold 34 great big pumpkin pies for $72.20. All enjoyed a fine evening and went home saying ~Hurrah” for the M. W. A. Shoot Sunday, November 26th.

The Morning Register 5—29-1923

BOOZE CASE APPEALED

Hall and McDonald Found ~uilty In Court

Earl Hall and William R. McDonald, arrested a short time ago at Marcola on a charge of possession of liquor were foung guilty by a jury in the Eugene Justice court yesterday afternoon. Howard 14. Brownell, their attorney immediately gave notice of appeal to the circuit court. These two young men were arrested at a dance by deputy sheriffs. They were with a nimber of other men and while they admit there was drinking, they deny that they had liquor. Only four jurors were empaneled in the case. Eight names were drawn but as none of the others could be found it was agreed to try the case with four. Those on the jury are B. 0. Beeman, I. J. Eates, E. !. ~uimby and mrs. J. G. Stevenson. The Morning Register 1O.-50—l925

COURT TRIAL AT MARCOLA

James Wilson of Marcola, was tried and acquitted in the justice court here yesterday on acharge of assault and battery upon W. W. Weight, also of that place. The trial was held before Justice of the Peace J. S. Churchill in the I. 0. 0. F. hail and attracted a large crowd, according to Attorney Howard 14. Brownell, who defended Wilaon. Weight charged that Wilson struck him in the face and knocked him down. Wilson admitted it but claimed that it was in self-defense, Weight having attacked him first. The trouble arose over a family matter. H. T. McCullough,deputy in the office of istrict Attorney Johnston, prosecuted the case.

The I~ornirig Register 1—10—1924

RUNAWAY ANIMAL CAUSES INJUY TO LAD

As a result of in~uriee sustain~d when he was dragged several hundred yards by a cow, John Hoistrom, nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoistrom of Marcola; was brought to the mercy hospital yesterday. Reports from the hospital last night were that the lad, although painfully brMieed was not in a dangerous condition, although he was unconscious for several hours after being orought here. The boy was leading the cow and had tied the halter aroung his waist. A dog scared the cow which started to run dragging the lad over the rough ground and cutting several deep gashes in his head.

The Mornirg Register 4—24—1924

BLAZE L~STROYS HQ~E Little Girl Is Burned In Blaze At Marcola

In a fire which destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Pollet at Mar~ola early yesterday morning, Pauline, five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Follet, sustained burns aoout the hands and face as wee as being severely bruised. Three other children were also on the second floor of the’house when the fire started as the reult of the dropping of a lamp on the stairway by Mrs. Pollet Mr. Follet ran up the stairs through the flames and rescued the children. They were forced to drop to the ground a distance of 10 feet from the rear porch of the house. ~r. and Mrs. Pollet were slightly burned in the blaze. The family are now here at the home of Mrs. Pollet’s brother, Weslie Pennington, Eight avenue West.

The Morning Register 6-20—1924

MAROCLA HEARS MATHIS

Klan Lecturer Making Converts In County

R. C. Mathis, national lecturer for the Ku Klux Klan, who is making his headquarters in Eugene for a few weeks, lectured last night at Marcola. Wednesday evening Mr. Mathie spoke before an audience at Pleasant Hill in the tent being used by Teddy Leavitt, the evangelist. A large number of Lane county men are bigning up for membership in the Klan as a result of Mr. Mathis’ work, it was reported at the local head~uarters yesterday.

The Morning Register 5-2O~-l925

WENDLING Ore. May 19.- The Wendling Pig Club, under the leadership of Arnold L. Collier, superintendent of schools, was host at a dinner party Wednesday evening in the 4—L hail. Covers for 56 were laid in one end of the hail on a very clever arrangement of a table in the shape of a hollow square. The center was banked with maiden hair fern and wild iris, while the centerpiece was a 60 pound roasted pig decorated with fruit and flowers. The carving was done by A. W. Oliver of the Oregon Agricultural College st Corvallis, who was a special guest at the dinner. After the dinner, which consisted of three courses, toasts were given by Mr. Oliver, Misses Bernice Spencer and Lauretta Zahm,. club leader and president of the girls Cooking club; ~isses Elsie Lawrence, and Alvirs Bowers, club leader and president of the girls Sewing Club; Edward Cox and Jack Arnold, cluc leader and president of the ~amp Cooking Club, James Howard, president of the Pig Club, acted as toastmaster. After the dinner, dancing was enjoyed until a late hour.

The Morning Register 6-5-1925

WENDLING STAGE WRECKED

SFRIN&FI!LD Ore. June 4.- The Wendling stage, in attempting to pass a load of hay at the corner of fifth and F streets this morning, ran into the bank along the street at that place and lost both front wheels. The huge car, loaded with 24 passengers narrowly missed turning over. No one was injured, and as the bus was coming in, the passengers were forced to walk to the street car.

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The Morning Register 7-29el92~ ~y George H. Godfrey

i. SHADY mivi UP THE ENOHANT lit MOHAWK VALLEY TO WEELIit

Family Outing For Sunday i. logged with Jewott Six; Total Milage For Round Trip I. 47, Alond Winding Wooded Road With Big New Booth Kelly Kill At End Of Trip

An ideal’ family drive, abounding in cool green spots to spread the picnic dinner is offared the Sunday motorist in the 47 mile jaunt to Wendling and return. The road itself winds through one of the prettiest little valleys in this part of the country, and at Wendlinj which is just 23.~ miles from Eugene, is one of the most up—to—date electrically driven sawmills in the Vest. This plant is now open to public inspection. TM road is just a bit rough in spots, but it is being carefully worked, and in a week or so will be nearly perfect. These rough spots were ironed out however, ~ the smooth—running Jewett Six in which this trip was made • Driven ~ H. J. Bringle, of Bringle and Culkine, Jewett dealers. TM oar ‘cradled’ all the bumps, and lived up to its slogan, • try to pass it on a hill’ whenever the oppertunity presented itself. Leaving Eugene with the speedometer set at zero, the main highway south leading out Eleventh Avenue east to Franklin boulevard was followed to the county bridge at a left turn at milage ~.8. Springfield is reached at 4 miles and the highway out Fifth street to the left is followed. And it cases as a word of welcome to drivers who go through Springfield that at last the main street there has been repaired, and all the holes filled up. BRIDGE REPLACED WITH FILL At 5.~ a fill has been made on the road to replace a rickety bridge that used to bump maxw a head on the top of the oar, and at 5.6 a right turn is made. Here the road stretches out, with only a few well-cupped turns, so smooth that it is a delight to drive over. Fey and grain fields flank either side, and every half mile or so, an attractive farm residence is seen. TM Wendling branch of the Southern Pacific railroad i. crossed at 7.4, and here the real pleasure of the drive begins. From now on the road runs like a pleasant lane between rows of firs, oaks, maples, and thick brush. It is even shaded a good share of the way, thus making a cool drive indeed. A perfect macadam road is enjoyed until Hayden Bridge is reached at 8.6. Here the motorist will want to stop, for this spot is known as one of the most scenic on the whole scenioally famous McKenzie river. Above, the river tumbles down over an expanse of grass covered rocks, the stream banked on either side by thick green brush, gnarled oak trees, and straight stately firs. Below the bridge, the water runs smooth and deep, and it is along here that some of the greatest catches ‘of the justly famous , fighting McKenzie trout have been made. ASLU’:IS ~.1ttflED If a fishing pole is oarried, it might be well to try a oast here, and even if the angler is unsuccessful, everyone will enjoy wading in the cool water, or basking for a few minutes in the sun along the bank. TM road up the McKenzie valley turns to the right here, while the Wendling highway turns left over the railroad. Here it narrows down until there is little more than room for a;single machine, but it is still smooth and gently rolling. This is one of the prettiest parts of the drive, for after going for a distance of about a mile, the wooded hills come into close view. The second growth fire, which in ma~ places have grown together to form a solid wall of deep blue—green would make ideal Christmas trees, for each is thickly branched clear ta the ground. At 10 miles the railroad is again crossed, and at 10.7 a picturesque little church, that brings in the mind instantly that old favorite bymn ‘The Little Brown Church In The Vildwood’, and a model farm home are seen, the church on the right and neat residence on the left of the road. Along here, glimpsed through the trees, grain and hay fields roll away, first on one side and then on the other. FI* PICNIC GRWND One of Eugene’s favorite sites is reached at 11.5, Here at the Stafford school house is a large grove of tall fir trees of the first growth, and a hundred yards from the road the swiftly running little Mohawk river dashes by. TM space beneath the trees is cleared, level and clean, an ideal place for a ‘spread’. A pump supplies plenty of fresh water. TM little school house, shown in the illustration, is long

remembered aga inst its background of towering trees • It almost seems that one hears the happy shouts of the children as they play tag amoung the forest giants, and it is easy to Imagine the older bolder boys playing SHookyu to take a swim in the creek. Along here the citified folk may begin to absorb that feeling that comes With being out in the natural outdoors. Pheasant and quail are occasionally seen winging their way over the feilds, and on this trip a whole brood, mother bird and all, went scampering up the road, to scatter on either side.. Poultry raising is one of the leading agricultural sidelines up this valley, and at i4.4 a neat chicken ranch is seen on the righr side of the road. Pen after pen of white leghorns peck away in apparent perfect contentment, and one interested in fowls might stop and glean a few pointers on the care of the birds. At .14.6 a left turn is taken, and just as the railroad is crossed a deserted sawmill ore into wiew, with its fltae stretching back into the hill like an anchor that is keeping the plant from running away. ROOt ORUS1ER AT DONNA Donna, which is commonly known by its postoffice mae, Mohawk, is reached at l~.2 miles from Eugene. This was once a thriving little mill city, but the plant has been shut down for. some time now, and only a few of the houses are occupied. The town shows some signs of activity though, for it has a neat general store, and several small tie mills, sake it their shipping point. Here also is located a rook crusher that has provided materials for the road from this point to Wendling. This material itself is quite interesting for it has been found that when ground and spread on the road, the action of rain upon it forms a natural cement, which makes an excellent road— until, of course ohuokholes appear. From Donna on, the road is soon to be worked down smooth by .oarifying mnd resurftoing, but just when this work will be under way or completed is unknown. it was not bad to travel over on this trip, and no grades where gear shifting were encountered. For a part of this stretch the road runs along a side hill, presenting to the right a meaningful view out across the valley to rising hills on the other side, and offering on the left a grass covered tree-dotted slope. MLROOLA l8.~ K ILlS AWL! The Marcola hill is reached at l8.~, and topping this rise the little city comes into view. The main support of the place is the Fischer sawmill, although the country about is also quite extensively cultivated. The town itself has been rather sadly treated in the last year or two, for a couple of disasterous fins have left ugly gaps in its main street. The prosperity of the place is shown however, by a • bag row of looker garages, that stretch half way down one side of the center street. Marcola also has a nicely e4uipped garage, and two small sevioe stations where motorists can stock up • At the edge of town, a sharp turn that keads onto a bridge must be made in order to get to Wendling. The road to Mabel, when there is also a modern sawmill, goes straight ahead, and the town is but three miles away. Wendling is 4.2 tiles from here and although the road is just a bit ohuok—boley, it is very pleasing to drive over. flNtI1~ END OF R~D Wendling is first glimpsed when the motorist is about a mile and a half from the town. The sawmill is seen nestling down at the foot of a zeiss of hills that enclose it on three sides. Wendling is’The End Of The Line’ for the Southern Pacific, and at first glance it seems that the railroad must run right into a hill and stop. But the Booth Kelly Liber Oc. has a railroad, which, following the creek, winds baok into the hills mam~ tiles after logs to feed the big mill here and at Springfield. The road into Wendling is being worked at present, and a giant ‘cat’ pulls a soarifier that tears up the gravel along there • Where this has been freshly done, the going is rough, but this lasts only a short distance • The town proper is reached at ~ This little city has often been described as a model sawmill town. Its neat bungalows all painted white or cream, strech away in uniform rows, all nearly the same size. The mill is the center of the town, and nearby are the bunkhouse, the cookhouse, store and barber shop. £ large I. K. 0. A. hall with an excellent gym floor, pool tables, and bowling alleys has also been provided for

the men. BIG MILL NW RUNNI~ An hour or more may now be spent examining the brand new sawmill here. this plant, which was only put into operation about a month or so ago, is capable of cutting 200,000 feet of lumber a day. It is electrically driven, every unit of machinery having its own motor. Over 200 of these are now working in the mill proper and in the planing mill. An overhead runway is provided for spectators use during working hours, but on Sunday it is possible to go through the plant thoroughly. The best way to realize the working of the plant is to follow a log from the time it is dumped with a big splash into the large mill pond, until it comes out as smoothly planed lumber ready for shipping. The log enters the ‘bog well’, is drawn up on the rack, from where it is placed on the carriage. Here the work begins, for the log now becomes several slabs, some of which go to the edger, others to the slash gang, the outside barky portions to the slab cutter, and the larger timbers out to the timber chute. From the slash gang and from the edger the lumber now goes to the air trim saws, ftst whirling circular saws operated by compressed air that are controlled by a touch of the finger. Here all the bad spots are trimmed out of the boards, and they are then sent out on sorting tables, to be sent again to a smaller air trim, or to resaw or rip saws, which in turn send them again to tables. From here they are taken out to the automatic stacker that loads thee on oars for the dry kilns, or the boards are stacked up and transported by monorail out into the yards for storage, or to railroad oars for loading for shipment. PLANT COVERS MAN! ACRES A combined crane and monorail system encircles and criss-orosses the huge plant, which covers several acres, and in this way the bulk of the lumber transportation is handled. A ‘straddle—bug’ and several Rood tractors also are used in handling lumber about the yards. Several hundred men are employed at Wendling, but perhaps the most interesting of them are the auto-gypsies. These are men with ftmilies, who have started out for the summer in their oars to stop to work until they get a little money ahead- then on to another place. About a dozen such parties are camped on a pretty spot on a hill, and license plates from ma~ states are seen. en their various makes of oars. A large proportion of workmen here own their oars and like Maroola, the town has a long row of automobile lockers. It is well to pick one of the maw pretty picnic spots near Wendling for the ‘spread’ and to wait untill twilight for the drive back. This return trip, taken just at sundown, is truly enohsnting. In the west, the sun makes a beautiful picture as it dips behind the hills at the tSr end of the valley, and the’ trees along the road cast a cool shade that gives just the proper tang to enjoyable driving. The Jewett Six hummed sweetly along in this atmosphere, and it is under such driving conditions that the worth of a trusty oar is most appreciated. It is then that the thought occurs to the motor—owning ftmily, ‘how did we ever get along without a cart’ 009MG ROAD TAKEN Coming back along the winding road, a little variety can ce injected into the trip by taking the Ooburg road back, instead of turning back into Springfield. The Springfield road, which turns to the left, is reached at 4l.~, and the road to Ooburg, which turnes to the right, is encountered at 44.~ . When coming into Eugene over the big bridge at Ferry street, an àpportunity to visit Eugene’ s auto park is also at hand. This is just behind Skinners Butte, and is ideally, located on the bank of the river. To see the great variety of tourist tents just as darkness is ftlling, to notice the oontentment of the trvelers, is quite enough to give anyone ‘road fever’, and to instill a craving’ for such a life, for a time at least

From The Corvallis 3asette Times ~y 1. 0. Oowgill

As Told In The Eugene Morning Register 9-9-l92~

TONN OF WENLLIN) IDEAL PLAON TO LIVE

No Mayor and NoPeace Officers Needed There

FOUR-L’S ARE IN CHARGE

No Poor Are There For Everybody ks Job; Good Wages Are Paid And Everybody }kppy

On a bright sunny day in August, between hills on all sides, can be seen the little town of Wendling Oregon, nestled along the banks of the big mill pond— near the confluence of the McKenzie and Mohawk rivers, some 20 miles South-East from Eugene, the county seat of lane County. No mayor rules here, nor chief of police, for there are no thieves to break in and steal, doors are not locked, day or night, as its a peaceful town; no poor here, for everybody has a sob, good wages are paid, as this little burg is ruled by the Four L’s and all are members of this national union of Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen- no I. V. We’s or Russian Reds are permitted entrance ‘to this lumbermans’ paradise. Within a little less than one year’s time from the big fire, which occurred July, 6, 1922, or, in other words the new mill was in full opera~ion June of l92~. No miracle about it, except that all hands turned to, the morning after the big fire, and began removing debris, burning the refuse in big bonfires, scraping the mortar from old bricks that might be used again in the new structure- the most modern and up—to-the-mists lumber manuftcturing plant, bar none, in the entire Northwest. EVERITEIIB ELECTRICAL ‘ Everything is electrical in this plant’ said N. 0. Neilson, the superintendent, when showing the operations to the writer, ‘ and whats more,’ he said, ‘ I think I am safe in saying that we have installed, here the only air—tapering device in any mill this side of the sound, or at least I snow of none in Portland, or on the sound.’ ‘ Watch it work- don’t you see when the nigger throw• that heavy log onto the saw carriage, that little thin edge peice of steel, about 10 inches or so high, push itself up close to the log, and so maneuver the log that the grain is always with the edge of that band saw? That means the boards all come out straight grained, and the core of the log is s~are on sides and ends, do you get the idea? ‘ We are working today on some big timbers for the Southern Pacific L~silway Co., to be used in building a new dredge, I understand, At any rate that particular log, which took a block and tackle to help the ‘nigger’ throw it onto the saw carriage is, I should judge from here, about 80 or 90 feet long and will make a lot of big timbers. ‘When running full time, with a full force of men, we saw upwards of 200,000 feet of lumber per day.’ FIRE PROTECTION ADEQUATE All through this till are not only hanging on posts the ordinary fire extinguishers chemical— but overhead are pipes carrying water, which, if ocoassicn demands, at a certain heat, flood the entire plant, or part of it with water from their own system of water works. The plant generates its own light and power; is ejuipped with general electric devices all through it. The very logs are lifted from the mill pomd to the saw deck by steel oables, operated by electric-hydraulio power. At the unloading dock, at the head of the mill pond, a huge steel crane, operating steel cables, which are slipped under a oarload of logs and at the moveing of a small lever the whole lot of logs on the oar is tossed into the mill like you would throw a sack of Sal from a truck into a grocery store.

9-9-l92~

flye £brsms is superintendent of logging operations in the different camps, and his head scaler C. Taylor, is authority for the statement that they turn out 80 carloads of logs each day. Part of the logs are fore the till at Wendling and the balance go to the mill at Springfield. The company operates seven locomotives, three between the camps and Wendling, the others in switching in the yards.

AMOJERN SAWMILL The Booth Kelly Lumber Company with its general offices in Eugene, where its shipping yards are located and the mills at Wendling and Springfield, is one of the:institutione that has made Oregon lumber known in the South, as well as the East, where its high grades are used in buildings where big beams are required, and here in the West, its output if too well known to need further comment. A word or two about that ‘nigger’ in the woodpile you have read a bout in times past. It is nothing more than a row of long steel bars, bent near the top, each’ about five feet in length, which poke up through the log deck at the side of the saw oarriage, and move up and down, at the will of the head eawyer, and its prongs or horns, so to speak, take hold of the biggest logs and toss them onto the saw carriage, with their prongs or saws grab Mr. Log and hold him fist as be passes along the edge of the big saw, and comes out at the other end in the shape of boards. or timbers, as the oase may oe. These are dumped onto endless shams and belts, always moving, moving along, while men seperate the good from the bad, each plank or beam always moving, moving along, finally gets to the dry kilns in the rear of the plant. Mind over matter, you oall it? The master mind here, the head sawyer makes or breakes a lumber company and that is why this particular mind draws a daily wage that some ten receive by the week

The Morning Register 1—15—1924

FATAL ACCILENT IS AVERTED

WENDLING Ore., Jan. 11.- A fital accident was narrowly averted Wednesday morning by ,the presence of mind displayed by Mr • and Mrs. Vociridge. While standing with her back toward a hot stove, Mrs. Woolridge’s dress suddenly caught fire and the flames ran right up her back burning the entire back of her dress off, up to her waist. Mr. Woolridge tried to smother the flames with his hands, burning both hande quiti badly, and then snatching a rug threw it around his wife and so finished putting out the flares. Mrs. Woolridge was not burned a particle though the fright proved quite a shock as she has not been well for some time. Dr. J. R. Harvey was called to camp 51 Thursday afternoon to attend Jack Jcyoe who was suddenly taken very ill with the flu that seems so prevalent at this time. Mr. Joyce is an engineer on the Booth Kelly railroad and had taken his engine to the camps in the morning as usual. Dr. lkrvey brought him to his home.

Wednesday 2-6-1924

A wind and rain storm that came at noon Friday did some damage in town by blowing out window lights and clowing down doors. It was a real storm for a few minutes, accompanied by quite a shower of hail. Friday 4-18-1924

A fire at the Menefee tie mill caused some excitement Thursday,.. however~ it was later learned that there was no damage done. ~—25-1924

WENt&I*) Ore, May 16- The Rinkey4ink club entertained the teaohers on a p ionic Friday evening after school as a farewell to the teachers. The Booth Kelly Lumber Ccntpany has given the men a 40 cent out in their wages, which is not very pleasing to the men. The prioe of lumber has dropped so that the out in wages is probably necessary to prevent a shut down. Bert Neebeth, switchman on one of the Booth Kelit log trains, had the misfortune to get one eye knocked cut Tuesday morning, near camp 54, by the lever of a switch that was thrown by an approaching train as he reached to turn it. ,—16-l924 A filling log caught the right arm of N. L. barnum, an employs of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company at Wendling and fractured it. He was taken to the Eugene hospital yesterday for treatment. Be is 59 years of age. Leonard Boggs, of Maroola, sustained a oroken shoulder yesterday when he slipped from a log and fell into the water while floating a string of logs for the Menefee Lumber Company at Vendling. lie is 21 years of age and is married.

The Morning Register 7-20-1924

FIRST SAWMILL IN THE UNITED STATES EREOTEL ABOUT 500 YEARS AGO

WASHINGTON, July 19- The tsroentenary celebration of the ereotion of the first sawmill in Aáerioa would be in order now if it were possible to determine precisely the place and time of its erection, says the research &areau of the Stional Lumber Manufacturers association. The claimants of the honor are communities in Main, New York, and Virginia, and the assigned dates vary from 1620 to 1651. York, Maine, maintains that the first sawmill in New England, if not in the world, was built there soon after 1625. Saco, Maine, declares that lumber was manufactured there in 1623, though whether by hand or saw is nØ known. It is known that artisans were sent to Virginia in the spring of 1620 to set up sawmills for that colony, but there is no reoord of their actual existanoe. Manhattan claims the honor on the ground that the Thatch West Indies company erected three sawmills there in 1623. At least two other sawmills were built in New York before 1651. MAINE CLAWS HONCR I South Berwiak, Maine,•maintains that the honor is its, alleging that the mills were erected there in 1625, but this seems doubtful. However, it seems oertain that whether the first sawmill in Amerioa might have been erected a real lumber industry was first established in Maine and probably dates from the erection of a till at Berwick in 1631. And one authority, John!. Hobbs, maintains that this is the first sawmill in Amerioa of which the date of construction is certain. He says that there also was erected the second sawmill in 1654 and ‘here in 1650 was built the first gang sawmill in the continent if not in the world.’ tha the other hand, Bolls Industrial History of the United States says that the first sawmill ereoted in New England was on Salmon fills river near Portsmouth, New lkmehire, and as built soon after the land in that region was granted Mason and Gorges in 1631. However, according to Defebaugh’s History of the Lumber Industry in America, it is recorded in volume 1, page 108, of the New lkmshire Provincial Papers that the first j. £ttempt at settlement at the mouth of the Piscataqia river was made about the year 9 1625, but that in 1651 there were only three houses in all, that side of the country adjoining unto Pieoata4ua river. This settlement, known until 1655, as Stawberry Sank, became the present city of Portsmouth. It seems evident that there was no sawmill on the west side of the Salmon Falls river of what is now New liemehire for in 1655 the inhabitants of Strawberry Sank in a petition to the general court at Boston asked to be set apart as a township to be called Portsmouth. and made this statement:’Whereae there is much benefitt by sawmills in other townes in this river and adjacent townes there is none in this towne, but only one which was never perfeoted nor like to bee.’

FIRST MILL AT URIC

It seems reasonably certain that the first sawmill in New England was built at lork Maine, soon after 1623 and the second on Salmon Falls river, in what is now South Berwiok township, Maine in 1651, or the year following. These mills were doubtless of the type which prevailed for the succeeding 200 years. They were driven by water power, and the sawing machinery consisted of an upright saw in a frame driven by a oonnecting rod frca a crank attached to one end of the water wheel shaft. The log was moved against the saw by a pawl and rachet gear driven by the same power as the saw in tim. with it, though probably it was moved by hand in some of the older mills. This form was known as a sash or gate saw. The next. advance was simply the introduction of several improved saws into the sash, this was the gang saw which in various improved forms is still in use. The next improvement was the mulay saw, a single saw also, but so much more powerful. and rapid that the 2000 or 5000 foot output of the sash saw was increased to 5000 to 8000 feet a day.

These were the major improvements until the adoption of steam as a motive power and the perfection of the circular saw for cutting logs.

PLYMOUTH HAL NO KILL

Notwithstanding that Plymouth was the first permanent English colony in New England, it did not have a aswmill until about 1640, the exact date being unknown. The first sawmill in Plymouth colony of which satisfactory record exists was probably tuilt on Third Herring Brook, in the town of Soituafe, in 1657. The authotity for its establishment, showing the interesting conditions on which the grant was made, was as follows: ‘At a full town meeting of the town of Soituate, November 10, 1656, free liberty was this day granted to any man or men of the town to set up a sawmill upon the Third Herring Brook, as near North river as convenient it may be, on these conditions, namely that in oase any of the townsmen do bring any timber into the mill to be sawed, the owners of the mill saw it, whether it oe in hoards of planks, before they saw any of their own timber, and they are to have the half for sawing of the other half, and in case any man of the town, that doth not bring any timber to the mill to be sawed, shall want any boards for his own particular use th. owner of the mill shall sell him boards for his own use, so many as he shall need, for the country pay, of three shillings and six pence an hundred inch sawn; but in oas the men of the town do not supply the mill with timber to keep it at work, the owners of the mill shall have liberty to make use of any timber upon the ccmon tc saw for their benefit. The said sawmill to be built within three months of this date, otherwise this order to be void. This mill was destroyed 20 years. later by Indians.

EARLY MILLS IN MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts did not develop, her lumber industry as fist as did Maine, but a number of sawmills seem to have been erefled within the territory of the Massachusetts Bay colony between 1640 and 1630. It is probable that Manoheeter had a mill as early as 1644. In Andover a mill was probably erected in the same year, when a timber cutting privilage was granted to encourage the erection of one. It is probable that Reading had a sawmill prior to 1630, while Charlestown probably had a sawmill, as well as a gristmill, in 1643. Antedating all these, hawever was a water mill erected in Lcrchester in 1653, although it is not absolutly certain that it was a sawmill. Conneotiout was not fir behind Massachusetts in the adoption of power for converting l~ge into boards and planks, for it is reported that the younger Winthrop, afterwards governor of Conneoticut, brought a millwright to New London and put up a sawmill in 1651. Others were built near llirtford in 1671 and 1680, and before the close of that century there was a considerable number in what is now Connecticut. SAWN ILLS FCLLCWED SETTLER

After about 1650 the sawmill almost immedimtly followed settlement in any portion of New England, though by, that time many were in operation. It is interesting to know that the sawmill was established in the Amerioan colonies long before it was in England. The driving of a saw by power was an invention dating back to the remote past, and there are antiquarians who claim to have discovered evidences of the use of the sawmill in Egypt in about the time of the Exodus. It is alleged that Germany had ‘sawmills in the fourth century, but it is certain that from the middle of the fifteenth century on, the sawmill was a coon institution in !urop.. The firet one erected in England was supposed to have been built in 1665, at which time hundreds of them were in use in New England, but this mill was torn down to gratify a popular pre~udic. which insisted that such an institution would take the bread out of the mouths of the working people. As late as 1767 a sawmill was destroyed by an English mob.

The Morning Register 7-26-1924

DONNA FOREST FIRE IS BURNING GREEN TDIiBER CREW OF 50 IS FIGHTING The fire near Donna was burning in green timber last night, according to H. C. Auld, who returned to Eugene during the evening with F. 1.. A.ruaitage of the United States employment bureau here, they will go back to the scene this morning. The sire started Thursday evening about 8 o’clock in some logged off timber, owned by the Mohawk Lumber Company. Over 1000 acres were burned over before the flames reached the edge of the green timber. A crew of about 50 men, including some from the rock crusher on the Mohawk highway, are fighting the fire, according to Mr. Auld. The main efforts of the crew are directed toward saving the equipment of the Mohawk Company. The email trestles on the company’s logging railroad were burned Thursday but by hard work in a stiff wind that drove the flames at terrific speed, the fighters were able to save eight other bridges on the road, and three and one half miles of track. Three donkey engines owned by the company were also saved by back firing around them. HAS LITTLE !Q~UIP~ENT

The crew has very little equipement to fight with, Mr, Auld said last night. One of the largest bridges, 500 feet long and 52 feet high, was threatened oy the fire, and the men, with nothing but one water bucket one tobacco can and one vegetable can to carry water in, were able to save it, although it caught fire a nomber of times. The blaze is now in the green timber owned by the Mohawk Company but, according to Mr. Auld, is running along the ground and is not burning much timber. With all the fighters trying to save the railroad, it has been imposaicle to keep the flames out of the uncut timber. The men will probably start tomorrow however, to backfire, in order to get the fire under control. The road crew will go back to their jobs Monday, }lr. Auld stated, for by that time the company will be able to get the fire fighters to the section.

The Morning Register 7—50—1924

BLAZE ON AULL PROPERTY IS BROUGHT UNLER CONTROL

With the burning areas surrounded with over three miles of fire lines, about the only forest fire in Lane county, on the Mohawk Lumber Company land near Donna, was under control last night. There is no fire outside the lines, according to H. C. Auld, who returned from Donna yesterday evening. With the exception of burning two small trestles, the blaze has done practically no damage, Mr. Auld said. The jreen timber through which it has burned has not been harmed, the flames passing swiftly along the underbrush. Monday it was reported in Eugene that the fire was not in so good control as it was Saturday, but according to Mr. Auld this was because the fire lines had not been completed, and the outcome was in doubt. He said that about one half mile of line has yet to be dug today. The fire fighters have been working under Alec Lewis of Donna. Supplies for the men have been taken in on a homemade speeder over the company’B logging railroad.

The Morning Register 4-1—1924

LI~UCR SALE IS CHARGE

Alex Kennedy and Laurel Koone Are in Jail

Alex Kennedy and Laurel Rooris were arrested at Lonr~ yesterday afternoon on a charge of the sale of liquor and are now in the county jail. Deputy Sheriffs Rodney Roach and Van Svarverud made the arrest on warrants issued out of Justice of the Feace JSBBC G. Wells’ court. It is charged that the sale of the liquor was made Sunday but the names of the curchasers are not given. The men will probably be arraigned in the justice court some time today, it was stated yesterday after their arrest.

The Morning Register 4—8-1924

RUM SELLERS ARE FINED

Alex Kennedy and Laurel Koons, young men arrested at Donna on the night of March 51 on a charge of the sale of intoxicating liquor, decided to enter a plea of guilty and yesterday were taken before Judge Jesse G. Wells, of the justice court, where the formality was gone through with. TheJudge fined them each $400 and sentenced them to serve four months in jail. These men were arrested by Deputy Shertffs Rodney Roach and Van Svarverud on evidence furnished by special agents.

The Morning Register 2—21—1925

TWO ~N AR! S~NT~NCEL

~. M. Hodges and S. F. ~ourley of the Mohawk valley, who were indicted by tile grand jury on a charge of setting up a distillery and who had pleaded guilty, were sentenced by Judge Skipworth of circuit court yesterday to pay fines and to serve terms in the county jail. Hodges was fined ~5OO and sentenced to serve six months, while Gourley’s sentence was a fine of $500 and a teni. of four months in rail.

The Morning Register 6-74-1925

DONNA Ore. June~ 5- The Helping Hand club of Donna has oeen invited to atend a picnic at Stafford school house grounds on June 26 by the Sunshine club of larnell. Mrs. Ralph Crinshaw is mourning the loss of her pet pig, he was smothered to death a few nights ago. Will Seavey and Silas Yarriell went fishing Tuesday in the McKenzie and came home with six large salmon

The Morning Register 11—26—1924

MILL WORKERS ARE HURT

H. B. Carney of Springfield, employee of the Menefee Lumber Company of’ Wendlirig was admitted to Eugene Hospital for treatment of an eye, as was James Paddock of Marcola who got a peice of steel in his eye.

The Morning Register 1-17—1925

MILLWORXER IS INJURED

Edward 8pa, employee of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company at its Wendling sawmill, is in critical condition at Eugene Hospital, as a result of a fall yesterday afternoon. Physicians say he may die. Mr. Spa, who is about 25 years old, fell from the crane in the mill yard about 25 or 50 feet to a pile of lumber. He fractured a collar bone quite badly, but that is the extent of the injuries so far as bones are concerned, the shock of the fall was said to be intense.

The Morning Register 1—25—1925

MOHAWK HIGH WINNER

The Mohawk Union High School basketball team Friday night defeated the Cottage Grove team in a fast game by a score of 52 to 15. The lineup and individual scores were as follows,- Wicks 6— Con 14— Johnson 0 $tolberg 10— Roach 2. Substitutions were- Taylor, Glass, and Bartell.

The Morning Register 2—5-1925

CLD PLATES ARE USED

Wendling Man Fined For Violating Auto Law

Lloyd Heiser of Wendling paid a fine of $25 in police court yesterday for for having 1922 license plates on his automobile. The 1922 plates are the same color as the ones issued this year and the casual observer would not notice the difference but the eagle eye of a local traffic officer noticed that while mud covered the plates and all but obliterated the letters and figures, the hyphen that has been used on plates of 1924 and 1925 was missing and Heiser was arrested. He first pleaded not guilty and said a friend switched the plates on him, but later pleaded guilty and paid the fine. The Iworning Register 10—4—1924

WILLIA)t DI~K~RT IS JAILEL ~ SPECIAL IWIESTIGATOR

Ten Gallons, Meant For Eugene Sale Said Found In Automobile Of Man Arrested

William Dickert, who has a homestead near the Thomas place, four miles soove )~iabel, was arrested yesterday afternoon near his home by a special investigator employed by District Attorney Johnson. Ten gallons of liquor were found in Dickert’s car, according to the officer, and Dickert locked in the county jail. The automobile was confiscated. Charges of transporting and possessing liquor will be placed against hut. The booze was said to have been on the way to Eugene, and intended for Saturday night sale. Five empty barrels of 52 gallon capacity and part of a moonshine still were found on Dickert’a place, it was stated. They were destroyed.

10-5-1924

W. R. Lickert, arrested near Mabel Friday night on a charge of unlawful possession of liquor, pleaded guilty in Justice of the Peace Wells court yesterday, and received the maximum sentence of a fine of $500 and six months in the county jail. Ten gallons of moonshine was found in Lickert’s car, according to the arresting officer, a. special investigator in the employ of the district attorney’s office. The Morning Register 1—29—1925

TWO JAPANESE ARE F1N~L

Liquor Found At Their Homes At Mabel

RAIL KALE a~ SHERIFFS REVEALS EXISTENCE OF SAKE, BEER, AND WINE

Sheriffsdeputiea, led by chief deputy Van Svarverud, raided the Japanese colony at Mabel yesterday afternoon and arrested three men on a charge of unlawful possession of liquor. Y. Koto and Y. Kaysmashima late in the afternoon pleaded guilty in Justice of the Pease H. c. Wells’ court and were fined ~tl5O each. 0. Shnaiyu, who was also arrested promised to come to Eugene later. He said ho could not very well come westerday as his wife had just presented him with an heir. The officers stated that they found about five gallons of sake, a mild Japanese intoxicant, home made beer and wine. Gordon S. Well. prosecuted the case in iuetice court. an interpreter, a Japanese student at the university, was sent for before the case could proceed, as the two men in court could not understand and speAk but little English.

The Morning Register 7—26—1925

COAST RANGE PROPERTY G~S FOR TAXES

New Suit Filed In Circuit Court By Credit Service Company, Other Sales Slated

Enough e~uipement of the Coast Range Lumber Company of Mabel, was sold at sheriff’s sale yesterday to pay back taxes for 1922—25—24, which totaled $14,394,41. T. T. Bennett of Marshfield, representative of H. M. Alexander, president of the Pacific CoaBt Steamship Company, bid in a planer, logging locomotive and a few smaller items of machinery. About 50 attended the sale, which was held by ~arl Luckey, deputy sheriff. Next Saturday another tax claim against the property will be met by further sale. This time a donkey engine, back in the logging woods, will be put up. Promise that still more property of the company will have to go under the sheriff’s hammer to meet outstanding obligations was contained in another suit filed yesterday against the lumber concern by the Credit Service company of Portland, which asks judgenient running into thousands of dollars. Items listed in the complaint are: $4146.21 alleged due the Standard Oil Compay for goods; $10,777.77 alleged due Wadhame and company for goods and $1077 .B0 alleged due the same concern on a note; Three notes of 4608.05 each alleged due Stewart Brothers, and $577.95 alleged due the same concern for goods; three notes of $588.56 each, alleged due Hofius I~quipement company and $49~.6~ alleged due the same company for goods.

The Morning Register 1—28—1926

MABEL MILL TO HE SOLD

The property of the Coast Range Lumoer Company at Mabel will be sold at sheriffs sale February 26 and 27, according to Earl Luckey, deputy sheriff in charge of that work in the office of Sheriff Taylor. A first mortgage for more than $255,000 held by the Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings bank of Chicago, and a second mortgage for more than $515,500, held by the Collar Portland Lumber Company, were recently foreclosed and order of the sale of the property was entered at the time the decree was given by Judge Slcipworth. The property to be sold consists of a large sawmill, 7000 acres of timber land, eight and a half miles of logging railway and practically the entire town of Ma~e1. The Morning Register 5-8-1925 (~riday)

MAR~OLA~ HitS BAL BLAZE Large House Containing Three Families Burns

MARCOLA Crc. May 7- Buck ~ueen’s house here occupied by Mr. queen and his family and two other families, was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon. The fire started from a defective flue and burned so rapidly that the people of the town, who turned out in large numbers, were unable to extinguish it with the limited means at hand. A bucket brigade was formed and the other buildings nearby were saved. The family occupying the upper story of the house lost all their household good8, but the other family saved some of theirs. There was no insurance.

The Morning Register 5—lO-.1925

YiARCOLA HLS RECITAL

Fupils Of Miss Ruby Baugh And Mr. Chancy Appear

MAROOLA Ore. May 9— the piano students of Miss Ruby Baugh and the violin students of Thurman Oha~ey will give a music recital at the high school on Thursday evening, May i4 at 7:15 . The following will performPILNO.’ Jaunita Edwards, Hazel Miller, Lloyd Garrison, Nya Titus, Viola Garrison, Ida McBride, Delbert £dwards, Leslie Newhouse, PIANO DUET— Jaunita Edwards and telbert Edwards, Viola Garrison and Lloyd Orarrison. VIOLIN- Donna Nicholson, Lucille Jones, VOCAL SOLO- Nya Titus The Morning Register 5—10-1925

Marcola forges Ahead

MARCOLA Ore. May 9- The past few days have witnessed nwuerous changes in Marcola’s main street. One of the shops recently constructed is now occupied by a tailor shop and pressing parlor, under the management of Frank Mason; This establishment was opened for business this week. Up to date methods are being employed and will satisfy~a need for such a business in thi, community. H. A. Brauner, formerly of Eugene recently purchased the meat market owned by Mr. •Saulsoury and eon, has now taken charge of his shop and will effect several changes. At present the interior is being remodeled and refinished. Mr. Brauners family has moved to Marcola. The new oarber shop which will soon house Mr Covalt’s establishment is nearing completion. In addition to the barber shop this new building has also a bath and shower room.

MARCOLA Ore. May ~ At a meeting of the Marcola school board the following constituted the grade school faculty for next year. Old members who will return include Mrs. Morris, Mrs. Edwards, and Miss Neva Workman. Mr. Chancy will occupy the position of principal, the only new member elected at this time was Miss Ruby Tivins. Mrs. Morrow will have charge of the school at Fischer’s camp.

The Morning Register 6—20—1925

MARCOLA FAM ILl HkS NARROW ESCAPE FRC1~ DEATH

YARCOLA Crc. June 19- A fire which started about 5:45 this morning from the blaze of an oil stove, completely destroyed the house which was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. C. W. $kinner and their three children. The fire had gained such a headway when it was discovered that it was only by dashing through tha flames that the family was able to make their escape. Mr. Skinner received burns about the head and one foot was badly blistered, and one of the small children sustained severe burns about his body. They were taken to Wendling, where they received medical treatment. Mr. Skinner had arisen early to light the stove and had then returned to bed, thus a large portion of the dwelling was enveloped in flameB before anyone was aware of it and help could be sununoned, consequently no household effects or clothing could be saved. The house was owned by W. H. Sullivan, of Marcola, and was insured. The Skinner family is at present occupying a furnished house bel’onging to Mr. Sullivan and aid ~ being extended to them oy the community in an effort to alleviate their distress. The Morning Register 7—29—1925

JOHN G. FOLOLIS SEIOUSLI INJURED AT MAROCLA

John 0. Pololis, railroad worker, was injured, perhaps fatally, when he jumped from a speeder-when itexp)~oded at Marcola yesterday rrorning. He was taken to Eugene hospital where he was found to be suffering from a fractured pelvis. He w~e described as ceing in a very serious condition ~y the attending physician. Mr. Pololis is employed by the Southern Pacific company and was going along the tract on the speeder when it exploded. He jumped from the car and struck the rocks and gravel along the roadway. He was not burned by the explosion but the fall into the ditch caused his injuries. The reason for the explosion could not be told by the injured man. No indication that the machine was to blow up was noted before the explosion occured, he said.

The Morning Register 1l—2l—l9’~5

TWO MEN INJURED SAKE WAY,SAME FLAGE

Victims of the same kind of an accident, occuring in identically the same place 24 hours apart, W. E. Hampton and Clarence Farmeeteer, both of Marcola, are in the same ward at the Pacific Christian hospital and are seiouely injured. Mr. Farmneteer fell from the dec~c in the Miller sawmill lumber yard late Wednesday and arrived at the Pacific Christian hospital early thursday morning. He tumbled 12 or 14 feet to the railroad tracks and suffered internal injuries besides sundry bruises. Thursday night Mr. Hampton fell from the same spot on the deck, hit the railroad tracks in approximatly the same place, and arrived at tha Pacific Christian hospital early yesterday morning. They were placed in the same ward and their cots are neighboring. The Morning Register 12-5-1925

MARCOLA Ore. Dec. 4— Henry Landers, who is employed at Roberts’ mill was painfully injured at his work yesterday, asa result of catching his hand in the edger. MAROCLA Ore. Eec. 4.- Coming as a euprise to their. many friends in Marcola was the marriage of Nya Titus to Clifford Boggs at noon December 1. The young couple are very well known in this community and will make their home here.

The Morning Register 5—13—1925

FARIWIERS LIVE LONGER

Residents of rural districts and small towns of Oregon live to be older than the people of Portland or the medium sized cities, according to a bulletin issued by the Sears— Roouck agricultural foundation, which finds 29 per cent more deaths a hundred thousand of population in places of more than 10,000 population than in those of less than 10,000. Twice as many city residents die from appendicitis as country people. Tuberculosis and diphtheria also take a bigger toll in the city. The open spaces appear an insurance against cancer and diabetes. Heart disease, bronchitis and pneumonia kill more in the cities. The crowded streets witness more deaths from suicide and homicide as well. For some unknown reason however, scarlet fever and influenza are a greater menace in the country. The bulletin points out that these figures are remarkable because of the fact that rural dwellers take such little pains with their sewage aiaposal, and water systems.

The Morning Register 5-14-1925

L033 INC FIRMS WARNED

Spark Arresters Must Be Installed Now

Logging outfits must have spark arresters installed on their donkey engines by May 15, Friday, or chance arrest and fine, according to Frank M. Hooker, law enforcement officer of the state forestry board, here yesterday. Operators of sawmills located in or near timber must be similarly equipped by Friday, he also declared. May 1, and not June 1, was the date designated by the state for installation of spark arreatera, he declared, so those not having them now are in violation of the law. No alashings may be burned after Friday, May 15, according to Mr. Hooker.

The Morning Register 6-6—1925

CHARLEI BRUOE INJURED

WENDLING Ore, June 5 . - Char lay Bruce of Booth Kelly machine shop was knocked unconcious Thursday, at 4:15 p. m. when a fire extinguisher which he was about to refill, blew up. The cap hit him just back of the ear while the tank itself flew 30 feet. Mr. Bruce and R. C. Carrett have been filling the chemical fire extinguishers which hang in every building in Wendling. They were working on the extinguishers of the cook house when one which was warm exploded as Mr. Bruce was emptying it. Mr Bruce is at home today and will be at work tomorrow.

WENDLING Ore, June 5.— Everett Willoughcy, while operating the horizontal resaw today at 1:30, was dragged into the machine up to his shoulder, when his glove caught on a splinter. He pulled his arm back out and escaped with only a bruised arm and hand. Wendling had a very bad record for accidents during the last 6 months of 1924. Springfield and both camps had a better record. Up to the present Wendlirig’s record has been better but the two accidents this week may put Wendling behind again for the first six months of 1925.

The Morning Register 6-25-1925

TIMBER FIRE RE~ORIEL

Firø in the timber near the Booth Kelly camp 55 at Wendling yesterday caused logging operations to be suspended in order that the men might fight the blaze is the report made by Faye Acrams, logging superintendent, to local B. K. officials. There is danger of the fire spreading, said local members of the company, and precautions are being taken to avert a larger blaze. With the dry condition of the timber and warm weather,fear of forest fires is being expressed by lumber and forestry men. The Booth Kelly blaze started accidentally at about 9 o’clock ye8terday morning. WENDLING Ore., June 24- The wrestling bout between Ray Cactle, camp 35 Wend 1 ing and George ~. Barnes of Kelso Washington, has beon postponed today on account of the fire which broke out anew at 2 a. m. today. Faye Abrams left at 2 a. m. for the woods and could not be reached today. Scotty Aitken, safety first representative of the national safety council, who came down from the woods thiB morning said the fire seemed to be on the increase. Ray Castle phoned the telegram to Wendling at noon today asking Barnes not to come. No date has been set at this time.

The Morning Register 8—7-1925

Advances have oeen made in logging machinery so rapidly during the last 40 yeares that all there is left to invent is a machine to cut logs, according to a wil known Bend logging man, who is quoted in newspapers there. But, if there is no machine to cut logs, a “Rubber Man”, unrelated to monkeys, has been evolved which handles one end of a cross-cut saw and is said to have advantages over a human partner. “The Rubber Man” has been in use by the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company fallers for the laBt six years. It is a simple contraption designed to take the place of an absent partner. It is nothing more nor less than the inner tube from an automobile attached to an iron stake driven into the ground near the butt of the tree to be cut down. The handle is taken off one end of the saw and a steel hook attached to the blade. The free end of the ruboer is fastened over the hook and the faller goes to work on the other end of the saw. He pulls against the tube and the tube pulls the saw back at the end of each stroke. By regulating the legnth of the tube and the distance of the stake from the tree it is possible to get a full leflgth stroke the same as would be obtained with another man on the saw. A very light cut can be made when the faller pulls the saw toward himself. On the return stroke the tube is powerfull enough to permit him to ride on the saw for all he is worth and the big cut is made with the tube doing all the work. E. F. Wasco, working with a”rubber man” as his silent partner, has topped off all records for falling in all Brooka—Scanlon logging camps for three months straight. His checks for the three months being, $275.88, $244, and ~248.74 . This is at the rate of $7 a thousand feet of timoer cut. Some fallers say that a “Rubber Man”, is not as good as a good partner, but is oetter than a poor one. Tha advantage of being able to get along with the silent “Rubber Man”, is also cited as an advantage in favor of the inner tube partner.

The Morning Register 10—30—1925 MAN KILLED BY BLAST Fred Thatcher, 64 was killed by a blast of giant powder in camp 35 of the Booth Kelly LDr. Co. 15 miles above Wendling about 9 o’clock yesterday morning but his dead body was not discovered until late in the afternoon. Mr. Thatcher was working acme distance from the other men at the camp. He was priming the blast holes in a stump when the puwder in some manner unknown was accidently exploded. The ~en in other parts of the camp came upon his body as they were quitting work. One son, C. F. Thatcher worked in the same camp.

The Morning Register l0—3l~l925 WENDLING MAN RESIGNS

WENDLJING Ore. Oct., 30- R. M. Lornbecker, master mechanic, Booth Kelly Lbr. Co., Wendling plant, resigned and has accepted a position with the Menefee Lumber company. Mr. Dornbecker is moving his family to Dallas. Mr. Lornbecker became master mechanic following the resignation of Arthur Stourt, who became superintendent of Dallas Steel and Iron works. Mr. C. A. Hoeflein , who has oeen assistant master mechanic, becomes master mechanic. Mr. Hoeflein has been with the Booth Kelly Lbr. Co. for several years.

Wendling Ore. Oct. 30- The Booth Kelly Wendling plant has received this week two new yard machines. One a Fordeon tractor with special equipment for hauling and pushing lumber trucks and the other a Cerlinger carrier. The congestion in the yard has been a source of much loss of time and labor so that these new machines will bring the equipment up to the high standard of the rest of the mill. Another source of inconvenience now is lack of water. Logsrolled off the cars at the unloading rig do not have water enough to float. Rain would help and is much needed as it was this summer.

The Fcrning Register 12—9—1925

FREAK TREE DESCRIBED

Four—L Bulletin Features Log Found At Mill

Springfield Ore. Eec. 8— A freak tree in which one tree is surrounded by another is described in the December issue of the 4—L Bulletin received here today. The log was found at the Booth Kelly mill here and a cut sent to Portland for examination. Photographic reproductions of the log are printed in the Bulletin. The larger tree is 4~ inches in diameter, and the smaller one enclosed in it is

15 inches in diameter. About 150 years was necessary for the two trees to grow together, it is estimated by Richard ~. Yckrdle, junior forester with the Pacific Northwest forest experiment station, who wrote the story of the freak tree for the 4—L Bulletin. - The Morning Register 12-15—1925 CAR ER IVEN BY WENEL ING MAN IS LAMA3EL

WENDLING Ore. Dec. 12— A serious accident was narrowly averted ~y F. F. Foster, secretary of the Wendling 1. M. C. A., Friday while on his way to Eugene when in turning a corner at Donna he lost control of his car and was turned into a bank. The right front wheel of the machine was broken end the car received other slight damages.

The Morning Register 2-28-1926

LUMBER PLANT IS SOLE

Coast Range Company holdings go under Harmuer

All property of the Coast Range Lumber company at Mabel, was sold by ~arl Luckey, deputy sheriff, at sheriff’s sale yesterday to the Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings bank of Chicago for $256,062.85 The bank was plaintiff in a forclosure suit against the company in the cir3L~~it court and a judgment was recently entered against the company in the circuit court and a judgment was recently entered against it in favor of the bank. The Dollar Portland Lumber Company of Portland holds a second mortgage against the company for $315,000. The personal property of the company was sold for ~15,00O and the other property including 8000 acres of land, logging railway, the ~ritire townsite and the ‘rill went for $241,062.96 . It is reported that arrangements will soon be made to operate the plant, but Deputy Sheriff Luckey said he received no definite information on the subiect.

The Morning Register 5-4-1926

SAWMILL WILL BE SOLD

OshKosh Plant Goes Under Hammer May 14

The mill of the OshKoah Lumber Company above Mabel on the 1~ohawk will be sold at sheriff’s sale Friday May. i4, at 2 p. m. , according to announcement by Earl Luckey of the sheri±~f’e office yesterday. The sale is to take place on an execution given to the state industrial accident commission, which sued for money alleged due as fees for state accident insurance for the employee of the company.

The Morning Register 9-4—1926

LUMBERMAN ACCUSED OF ISSUING BAD CHECK

H. R. Cain of the OshKosh Lumber Company was arraigned in the ~ustioe court yesterday on,a charge of obtaining money and goods under false pretenses and will be given a hearing in that court next Friday, it was announced. Oain was arrested upon complaint of issuing a check for $116.50 when he had no funds in the bank to cover the sum. He is alleged to have given the check to the Eugene Foundry and Machine company.

The Morning ReEister 5—17—1926

FREAK ACCIDENT OCCURS

Two Men Injured in Same Manner

Two accidents with the same tool injured little fingers on the right hand of two men, but the mishaps occurred exactly 24 hours apart, Local medical history sheets revealed yesterday. Monday morning L. Landers employed at the C. M. miller lumber Company at Marcola, unloading a pair of heavy tongs from a car, let the tongs slip. His little finger and another member on the right hand were severely bruised and crushed. No bones were broken. Yesterday morning J. N. Mills, taking Mr. Landers place temporarily, lifted the same tongs from the same car, let them slip accidentally and much in the same way lost the end of his little finger on the right hand. The finger was amputated just below the second joint. Both rLen were sent to the city for surgical attention. These accidents recall two other mishaps at the same lumber company’s yard a month or more ago, when two men fell from a loading deck in the same place and were similarly injured, and the accidents were 24 hours apart also.

The Morning Register 6—1—1926

14 ILL WORKER IS HURT

Vernon Spores, 20 of Mohawk was severely injured yesterday morning while working in a sawmill at Marcola, when struck over the eye by the crank from a gasoline engine. Mr. Spores may not lose the eight of’ the eye, although the wound is dangerous, it was stated by Er. E. L. Zimmerman who attended. The injured man came to the city for treatment.

The Morning Register 8-22-1926

LIQUOR CACHE FOUND

E. X. Seward of Marcola is in the county jail because he was too conspicuously active around a certain brush pile yesterday. In the brush, Roy Kizer and Melvin Turnbull, deputy sheriffs, found 10 one—half gallon fruit jars of moonshine. Seward is charged with illegal possession o liquor. The Morning Register 10—17—1926

CARL C. RED4AN GETS FiRST NEW MO~L IN STATE

Carl C. Redman of Marcola has the honor of owning the first Willys-Knight 70 DeLuxe automobile delivered in Oregon, receiving the car from the Johnson Motor company here Wednesday, according to members of the auto firm. Although the first car of the kind in the state was delivered during the past week, sales are heavy and many will be delivered in the near future. The WillysKnight does not put out yearly models-, it was explained, but the new 70 DeLuxe lathe latest in the Willya-Knight line.

The Morning Register 8-19—1926

FOUR-L TO CELEBRATE

Laoor Day To Be Observed At Wendling

Springfield Ore. Aug 18— The labor day celebration put on by the Four—L at wendling may be a ~4isappcintment to certain persons, but- this will be more than offset by the additional pleasure to others, according to the report of the ohtirmani~-T, ~. N. Dillard. R. C. Richardson, Clayton Barber, and L. W. McKinnon, attended the meeting of the general committee at Wendling last evening. Neptune is the chief of those to be disappointed, in that there are to be no swimming and diving contests. Others who may, perchance be a trifle disappointed, are those who had hoped to indulge in log rolling or in the lumber piling contest held in former yeara.~~ Those who will be immensely pleased will be the majority, however. These will be all the roughs of Lane county who are to be allowed to compete in the great log raft rail. To the man who manages to stick on the raft until the last, in spite of all the rough tactics of his opponents, will be given a $15 prize. This will not be easily won, however, as already two prize fighters of note here signified their intention of entering the contest. Another feature will be the exhibition of tree topping to be put on by Tex Knight, who will also be in charge of the fights. Sixteen to eighteen rounds of boxing and wrestling are being scheduled. There will be two troving pictures, one of which is expected to feature the freakish Chaplin: olack face comedy stunts: and, last but not least, a Charleston contest for youngsters up to 19 years of age. Some of the kids up there, Mr. MeKinnon declares, have practiced up so long that they can’t even walk any more. And all these attractions are to be free. The new Booth Kelly offices and store at Wendling may be open for the inspection of the public at that time. The Morning Register 2—2—1927

MOUNTAINEERS PROTEST AGA INST U. S. AGENTS WORK

DEERHORN, Ore. Feb 11.— 8. H. Putnam placed a line of traps this winter in the region between Lea burg and the Booth Kelly camps, on finding that a good many fur-bearing animals as well as varmints were to be found there. Shortly afterward government trappers came there spreading poiBon~. Apparently their poison baits were ~ffective, for all kinds of fur—bearing animals, as well as NvarmintaW and many °protected~ birds seem to have nearly disappeared since that time. It is Mr. Putname belief that this system of promiscuous poisoning is the true reason that fur—bearing animals have disappeared so rapidly. He also feels it an injustice to the licensed trapper that these men should be allowed to string poison along the trap lines.

9—6—27

C. W. Cellers came in first in the fat men’s race. In the 100-yard dash, open to all, Roy S. Hech was first and S. Morgan was second. CATCHER NA ILS P IG Clair La}4ere, Wendling catcher, proved his catching ability when he captured the greased pig which was turned loose auioung the crowd of those who wanted the little squealing porker.~ the prize was the pig himself. Lyle Smith and Conrad Baker made up the team which won first honors in the three—legged race, and Bob Zahm and Herschel Hardiety were the second runners across the line; all the boys live in Wendling. H. C. Cook, Eugene toBser, won the singles championship in horse—shoes. In a game featured largely by mud and with the contest largely depending who could slide the best and still retain a perpendicular position, Cottage Grove players won from the Wendling baseball team by a score of 6 to 5. BOXERS GO ROUNDS At the 4—L hall three boxing matches and two wrestling bouts kept the audience entertained during part of the afternoon. Ike Lorsey, Wendling, put the sleeping medicine on the brow of’ Johnny Sauer, also of Wendling, in the second round. They are 155 pounders. The bout was clearly one-sided from the first bell. Melvin Fisher was given the decision over Roy Severson at the end of four lively rounds. They are in the i4~ pound class. Elmer Smith took a decision over Lloyd Severeon after four rounds in which it was difficult to tell which would be the winner. This was the best go of the program. George Mall took a decision over LlOyd Barnett, and Alex Nisson, who has held flyweight honors in the east, downed Max Lake of Springfield in two good wrestling matches. A free motion picture and dancing in the evening filled in the program untill midnight. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lonavan won a barrel of flour for bringing the largest family to the picnic. They brought eight children to the big event.

The Mcrnin~ Register 11—13—1927

BIG BEAR IS TRAFFEL

WENDLING Ore. Nov. 12.— A 150 pound black bear, a coon and a mink were caught Friday by S. 0. Reed and A. 9. Ostrander of Wendling on their trap line eight miles above the city. The trap 8 were set in an endeavor to catch a cougar that had been seen in the neighborhood. The bear which was caught by the right front paw was killed when shot in the head by a 22 rifle, and carried by the men four miles to the railroad and brought to Wendling on the logging train. The fur was in excellent condition.

Wendling Dre. Nov. 12.— The women of camp 55 surprised Mrs. Fete Cornacchia by gathering ar her home at 11:30 a. m. honoring her with a birthday luncheon served at the home of Mrs. tan Bell. Those who enjoyed the oirthday luncheon were: Mrs. Fete Corr~acchia’a little son, Marcell, and daughter Josephine, }rs. Los Ledmond, Mrs. Archie Brooks, Mrs. Walter Folly, Mrs. Alfred Fi~uet, ~re. Lawrence Stevens, Mrs. John Spores, Mrs. Even Troxel, Mrs. John Putnam, Mrs. Chassie Neet, Mrs. Real Broc1~an, Mrs. Clarence Warden, Mrs. Dan Bell, Mrs Walden Hileman, Mrs. Frank Apger, Mrs. Toni Davis, and~ Mrs. George Glenn. WENDLING HIiS REVIVAL 1-25-1928

A revival campaign conducted by Rev. H. A. Brooks is in progress in the Bible Standard chapel at Wendling, of which Rev. Bert McIntyre is the pastor. The service are attended by enthusiastic gatherings, almost filling the ouilding. The song sovice which is conducted by Miss Kelsey with Miss VanLusen at the piano is arousing great interest. According to announcements these services will continue every night. In the course of his message Mr. Brooks stated that Christ in dying on the cross became a curse for us, taking our sin upon himself thus lifting the penalty of its curse and setting us free, if we will accept His pardoning grace. “Nevertheless~ he said, “man, like the old colored woman in the South, who, when she was jnfo~,xjed that the war was over and she was free, decided that she would rather remain a slave. COSTS ~l TO GET DOG 5-1—1928

WENELING Ore. Feb. 29.- Dog licensee are intended to be worn by the dog and not by the dog owner. Doctor ~. R. Harvey of Wendling was given this information at the cost of $1. Dr. Harvey had purchased a license for his valuable police dog Bismark, but the license was carried in the owner’s pocket. Monday while the doctor was c~usy at the Eugene hospital, some couragous member of the Eugene police force seized ~ismark as he was guarding his master’s car and placed the dog in the pound because he wore no license. The Doctor was forced to return to Wendling without his dog, believing that he had been stolen. Tuesday, when he returned to Eugene, Dr. Harvey learned that his dog was in charge of the police. The owner of the dog was identified in a spectacular way, the doctor honked his horn while parked in front of the police station and the dog who recognized the horn on his masters car, broke the chain that had been put on him and ran to the car. The fine paid was Ii dollar.

The Morning Register 12-20-1927

TWO CHILDREN DIE IN MARCOLA BLAZE

Two small children of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hoke of Marcola, were burned to death yesterday afternoon when fire, believed to have started from a heating stove, destroyed the family home at this lumber town, 20 miles northeast of Eugene. Valiant efforts to save the lives of the children were made, but the flames drove the rescuers back and the charred bodies of the children were found after the flames had practically destroyed the entire building. The bodies were burned almost beyond recognition. The dead are Charlotte, 4 ~cnths old, and Robert, 2 years. The two children with a sister, Evelyn, 3, were alone in the house when the fire broke out, according to accounts of the tragedy received here last night. Evelyn managed to escape from the house uninjured. CHILDREN IN BED The two tots were asleep in the bedroom. Mrs. Hoke had placed the babe in a crib and the boy on the bed before going to a neighbor’s house to borrow a sad iron about 2 o’clock when the children fell asleep. She closed the stove up tight and and left. Evelyn was left seated at the window playing. Mr. Hoke was in the garage in back of the house working on the family automobile and George Hoke, grandfather of the children, was in the woodshed, also near the house. Non of them saw the fire in time to reach the room where the two youngest children lay. The crib in which the babe lay was nextto a window in the bedroom, but the teriffic heat from the burning dwelling made it impossible to reach it. Evelyn first noticed the fire and ran from the building. She called to her father that the house was on fire, but he apparently did not hear her. NEIGHBORS ARE CALLED When Mr. Hoke noticed the blaze he called out to attract the neighbors and Mrs. Hoke and the neighbors, with whom she was visiting, went to his assistance. Mrs. Hoke had only been gone a few minutes when the blaze was noticed. When they arrived they found the house a maBs of flames. The house was of frame conetuction, finished on the exterior with shingles, and was dry as tinder. Other men were attracted to the scene and workmen from the Fischer Lumber Co. plant manned the company’s hose line in an attempt to save the structure and the lives of the children. Much water was poured on the bedroom where the children were known to be, but the efforts of the fire fighters were to no avail. Reports from Marcola indicate that the house was built of lumber in which there was much pitch. It was of flimsy construction. The house was erected by Mr. Hoke in spare time about two years ago. Two walls were left standing when the fire was finally extinguished. In the refuse and ashes between them the charred bodies of the two babes were found. They had apparently died where they lay. They were probably overcome by smoke before the flames reached them. Clarence V. Simon, deputy coroner, who investigated said, Another stove was in the citchen and it was impossible to say for certain whether the fire started from the heater in the living room or the kitchen stove. Clothes were hanging on lines around the kitchen stove and it is possible that the fire started there. The heating stove was hot when Mrs. Hoke left the house, it was said, but she closed it up and thought no more about it. When the fire was put out the heater was found to have exploded. Belongings of the family were cottpletely destroyed with the house, except for a few oedcloths saved by the elder Mr. Hoke from a small annex to the building which he occupied. Survivers were taken to Wendling last night where they will be taken care of by relitivee. In the meantime, officials of the lunioer Co. and employees were taking steps to help them. The family came to Marcola about four years ago from Idaho; Mr. Hoke is an employe of the Miller Lumber Co. In addition to the three children in the house, a boy, Burton, was at school when the sire broke out. The fire is the second one in the Hoke family in the last two months, as relatives lost their home a short time ago, but managed to save most of the furniehings.(The house was located next to the Christian Church.)

The Merning Register 1—7—1928

BRIDGE IS DYNAMITED

Old Hayden Span Destroyed By Explosives

The old Hayden bridge , the oldest span in the county, was dynamited yesterday afternoon and the county officials and others who witnessed it say it wee a very successful operation. Thirty ‘five sticks of dynamite were placed on the structure and when the spark was communicated to the charge of explosive there was a loud roar, the old span trenibeled for a second and sank into the river. Most of the cridge floated down stream but a portion of it lodged on the East bank and some of the material will be taken ashore and a test made of its durability after having been used for 54 years. This bridge had stood longer than any in the county and it is said that the heavy timbers were still in pretty good condition. Just how strong they are will be determined when a test is made of some of them in the part of the bridge that lodged on the bank. The new steel bridge has been in use for a number of weeks. Many of the employee of different offices in the courthouse accompanied the members of the county court and egineering and bridge forces to the scene of the explosion.

The Morning Register 4-10—1928

BRIL3ES WILL BE BUILT

Three small bridges will be built on the Mohawk road at once, according to announcement by Clinton G. Hurd, county commissioner, who was in that locality yesterday. One of the spans will ~e above Mabel near OshKoah, on the right hand fork of the road, and will be aoout 48 feet long. Another one will be above Mabel and a third will be across the irrigation ditch a short distance above Hayden bridge. The last named has been In a. dangerous condition for a lond time, being narrow and at a bad angle. Cars have often run into the railing of this bridge and bad accidents have been narrowly averted.

The Morning Register 6-27-1928

Marcola Ore. June 26.— 0. 0. Irish and Stude Sutherland called at the Pacific Christian hospital Monday, Mr. Irish reports that his eon Charles, who had his skull fractured Saturday, is slowly improving.

The Morning Resister 5—26—1928 DEERHCN FCLK FEAR FIRE CUT OF CONTROL

With flames flaring high at times as if they had reached tree tops, accompanied by blasts, which were taken as an indication of an attempt to check the progress of the blaze, residents od Deerhorn last night were afraid thet a slashing fire of the Booth Kelly Lumber Co. on the ridge above Deerhorn had swept out of control. No word o~ the fire becoming unmanageable had been received by A. C. Dixon, manager, or H. A. Dunbar, secretary of the compay, here last night, however, they Delive that the blaze is under control. Slashing fires have been burning in the Booth Kelly cuttings for several days, it was reported from Deerhorn, but not until last night did the fire become large. The flames were visible after dusk and at times seemed to r.each tree tops. BLASTS ARE HEARD A number of blasts were also heard at Leerhorn and residents there belived that this indicated that the blaze was being fought. Blasting is a common method of checking the spread of fire. The company officials here said they belived there was little danger of the blaze spreading. State law reiuires them to burn over areas cut during the past year, and they have been doing that during the past few days. Last night they started a fire in the cuttings around camp 55 and it is possible the flames this fire added may have made Deerhorn people belive it was spreading. The blasts, Mr. Dixon be lives may have been caused by ignition of forgotten blasting powder. The Morning Register 5—27—1928

WENDLING Ore. May 26.- Mildred, 15—months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lomaschosky narrowly escaped being drowned Saturday afternoon when she fell into the creek just back of their home and was rescued by Crlo Cummings who rendered first aid before the arrival of Dr. J. R. Harvey.

Professor J. V. Dull of Mohawk Union High School and Mrs. Lull, are leaving for their vacation; they will spend most of the summer at their aununer home near Albany.

Erwin Byers, broke his arm just above the right wrist Saturday afternoon while cranking the garden tra~tor. The arm was set by Dr. J. R. Harvey.

The Morning Register 5-50—1928

• WENDLING Ore. May 29,- Melvin Fischer, in company with Riley Swafford, had a slight accident Sunday morning. Turning the corner at the bible standard chapel as they were returning from church, a punctured tire caused them to run into a pile of lumber nearby. Melvin sustained a badly bruised wrist and Riley a lacerated face when the windshield was broken. The Morning Register 6-1-1928

Billy DeMacon, of camp 58, who was badly scalded more than a week ago, while playing with a toy steam engine , is recovering nicely from his injuries.

Billy Shackelford was thrown from a swing in the school yard, while playing Friday, sustaining severe bruises on his nose and head. 6-22-1928 A group of campfire girls left early this morning for an outing on the McKenzie. They took a logging train up to camp 57 where they will hike down to the river where they will establish their camp and fish. Robert Zahni and Otis Neet two pioneer boys are acting as guides, Mrs. Earl Bailey is chaperon, they will probably return Friday.

The Morning Register 6-.5-.l928

LIQUOR CAUSES ARREST

Earl Brigga, 22, V. Z. Scott, 20, and Charles M. McOlain, 24, were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Jess Daniel late last night in the Marcola district and brought to the county jail on a charge of possession of intoxicating liquor. All three of the young men are engaged in some form of timber work in the district. Briggs gives his address as Donna and the other two live on the Marcola road. 6-5-1928 Earl Briggs, charged with possession of liquor, pleaded guilty in ~uatice Wells’ court yesterday and was fined $150. W. Z. Scott, charged with the same offence, entered a plea of not guilty and will be tried later.

7—21—1928

DONNA Ore. July 19.- Adolph Cook of Portland who formerly lived in Mohawk and taught at Stafford school 55 years ago visited with friends and attended the Stafford school reunion picnic Sunday. 9-6—1928

DONNA Ore. Sept 5.- Alex Lewis, fire warden, has been busy looking after the fires that have been burning near the Parker mill and the Mohawk Lumber Co. cuttin~s.

5—5-1929

BROTHERS ARE CM&RGED ~ ITH ENTERING DONNA MILL AND TAKING HOSE, BELTING

On a charge of burglarizing the Mohawk Lumber Company sawmill at Donna and stealing between $400 and $500 worth of hose and belting. Kent and Lionel Landers, both of Marcola, were arrested at Portland last night and held for Lane county authorities The report of the burglary of the mill was received by Sheriff Harry L. Bown yesterday. The bar had been jimmied from one of the mill doors and the lock forced. It is alleged that the men loaded the loot into a big car and drove immediatly to Portland. Their arrest took place when the two attempted, it is said, to dispose of the hose and belting to a Portland junk company. The brothers confessed entering the mill and taking the property, according to word received by Sheriff Bown from Portland authotities. The sheriff will leave for Portland today to bring the two back here to face charges.

The Morning Register 6—15-1928

Marcola Ore. June 14.— 5Wild Cat Pete,N vieited in person at Marcola Wednesday evening, and gave a very interesting talk and demonstration on wrestling at the Marcola show house. He was assisted by Kerby Wade of Marcola. Mr. Schroll, S. P. agent at Marcola has purchased a Dodge sedan from Mr. Wright.

6—22-1928 (Fri)

While picking wild blackberrie~ near Millers mill Wednesday, Mrs. Sam Eastburn fell through a trestle and was badly injured. Both bones were broken just above the ankle joint. 6—27—1928 (Wed)

0. 0. Irish and Studs Sutherland called at the Pacific Christian hospital Monday. Mr. Irish reports that his 60fl Charles, who had his skull fractured Saturday, is slowly improving. 8-28-1928 (Tues.)

Harve LaJoy had both bones broken in his right attn Saturday while cranking his car. 10—2—1928

MARCOLA MAN IS BURNED

Springfield Ore. Oct 1.— E. C. Simmons of Marcola is suffering from severe burns which he sustained Saturday afternoon while burning brush. A small bottle of gasoline which he carried with him became ignited and exploded enveloping him in a sheet of flames. His hair was badly singed,. and his upper chest and both arms bur~,ød~dóeply. He was brought to Springfield where medical attention was supplied by Dr. V. C. Rebham.

10-5-1928

MR. AND MRS. BOGGS CELEBRATE AT Y~AR0OLA

?~arcoia Ore. Oct 4.- A family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Eoggs Sunday, September 50, at which all 10 children were present. Those in attendance were, Mr. ana Mrs. Walter Bogga and family, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Boggs and family of Marcola, Mr. and Mrs Arthur Lott and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Serflin and Mr. and ~rs. Henry Whitall and daughter all of Eugene; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Boggs of Harrisburg, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Orowley and son of Portland, Mr and Mrs. Howard Bogga, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Boggs and daughter and Miss Edna Boggs all of Portland. Other relatives were Grandma Root, Nettle Niel and daughter Ethyl Neilson, baby Neilson and Mrs. R. L. Garrison.

11—13—1928

E. L. CR135 OF MAROOLA, FATALL~ INJURED

E. L. Cries, sawmill employee of Marcola, who was seriously injured several days ago, died last night at the Pacific Christian hospital. Cries was hurt when he fell in front of a logging oar.

The Morning Register 8~29—1928

TWO FIRES REPORTED

Two fires were burning in timber areas east of Eugene, according to word received here last night. One is located on Camp Creek and one is belived to be near Millers mill near Marcols. The Damp creek fire wac burning yesterday morning a mile and one—half from the Booth Kelly Lumber company cutting, according to H, A. Dunbar, company official here. M. J. Skinner, who has charge of fire patrol work in that part of the county, was in that region last night and was belived to be on Camp creek blaze.

~-5O—1928

UPPER DAMP CREEK Ore., Aug. 29.- One of the largest fires in this part of Lane county is burning at the head of Camp creek. It originated on the Bob Stephens place and soon spread to the Booth Kelly timber. It is reported that over 1000 acres have already been burned over. Camps are being established and a large crew of men are being put to work.

8-51-1928

B • K • ~.• EN TRY ING TO SAVE LCGG ING OUTF IT

The fire situation in the Deerhorn section of the McKenzie had not materially changed up to last night, except that the blaze south of the Deerhorn ranch was under control and most of the men who had been out fighting had returned to their homes; six or eight being left to watch the fire trails. The blaze on the north slope, which started on upper Camp creek, was still burning and the Booth Kelly empioyes were working hard to save their logging equipement. A third blaze south of Mrs. 14. Y. Browns farm which was thought to have been out several days, broke out again last night and crossed the fire trails by burning roots underbround. It was spreading to a considerable extent last night, word was sent here. Twenty five men will be sent out this morning to fight this olaze it was stated. Most of the men of this community who have been fighting the fires are pretty well exhausted, some of them having been on duty constantly for 60 hours. A hundred or more men are trying to build fire trails on the north slope to check the blaze there but unless rain falls soon it is not likely that they will succeed very well, according to predictions from that section.

9-14-1928

WENLLING Ore. Sept. 13.— Roscoe Allen of camp No. 37 who seriously injured one of his eyes, while engaged in fighting forest fire, returned to the Eugene hospital recently. It is feared that the vision may be permanently impaired.

The Morning Register 12—9—1928

YOHAIK UNION HIGH S~HCCL

I4arcola Ore. Eec 8.- H. A. Rydell, teacher of ~ohawk High School has returned to school after an illness which lasted a week. Last Wednesday night th Mohawk Union High School girls played the local town team basketball, and the local team won 26 to 21. The lineup was as follows: Mohawk Locals E. Wojniak L. Ruthefan Hilma Healy lone Pratt Ida McBride Dora Hall Inez Sacre !. McDonald E. Paris V. ~askey Reva Neet Mae Hileman

Yiss Finley- ‘Do you know what the little mouse does?’ Buzz Estee— NNaw~ Miss F. *Thatls right* Going down town in a fourth aven~a car the other day, June11 Hopkins arose from his seat and gave the bell strap a sharp pull. The conductor angrily exclaimed: N Here don’t do that, you’re ringing the cell at both ends of the car”. N Thats all right, sir”, was the reply, “I want both ends to atcp”.

Dale Hardisty— NGirle were harder to kiss in your time weren’t they Grandpa?N Grandfather— NWell maybe, but it wasn’t so blame dangerous, the ol’ parlor sofa wasn’t apt to smash into a tree jest about the time ye got all puckered up.N The ~iorning Register 7—11-1929

WENLLI~G MEN FISH

Large (?) Catch Is Made By Party At Coast

Weridling Ore.., July 9— A party of B—K company employes at Wendling have returned from a fishing trip to the coast. They went after Nbig game, but the barracuda smelled the Wendling angle worm and woulden’t bite, although that is the bait used by the natives to catch them. To prove to the skeptics at the mill that they made a big catch, it was suggested that the catch be weighed in before starting back, but having forgotten to bring scales, the owner of the car took the scales from a sunfish he had caught and weighed the lot on them. They were glad that they let the barracuda go as had they landed him the boat would have been overcrowded; anyway the boys might have lost their hook, sinker and bobber had he become mad. Before the next trip to the coast is made, an angle worm farm will be started to furnish ample worme for the catch, so as not to run short. The boys will take turn—about watching the farm, but a high picket fence no doubt will be used to keep the “bait” within bounds.

WENEL ING Ore. 9—l~—1929- The fire near camp 40, Booth Kelly lumber company, did not burn out the camp, as reported. When the water supply ran out the night before last, residents of the camp gave up all hope for their buildings, but ~ railroad engines arrived just In time to provide water and save the situation.

The Morning Register 3—~-l929

OLD SAWMILL IS BOUGHT

MARCCLIA Ore. March 2.- The Fir Land Lumber Company has purchased the old Carpenter mill at Hyland, one mile from Marcola. Clarence Belknap and Mr. Jacobson has charge of the mill at the present time and Mr Johnson and Bieghler have opened up a logging camp back of the McCornack ranch near Mabel. Clifford Large and Pink Jacobson are opening up a logging camp above the old OshKosh mill and are putting in a plank road. They have It planked as far as the old mill now.

~— 10— 1929

MARCOLA Ore. Mar. 9.- Millers’ logging engine ran away on Friday evening just before quitting time and went into the ditch. Floyd Ayers and C. M. Miller jumped before the engine left the track. No one was injured. The Morning Register ~-2O—l929

The Dog Circus that showed at the Marcola theatre on Sunday night was well attended. What might have been a very serious accident happened on the highway ~uat out of Marcola Saturday evening. L. Z. ~een and little grand daughter Vivian were wa1kiri~ on the side of the road when the Belknap car and the Spicer car collided. Mr. ~een was thrown to the ground and somewhat badly bruised. Little Vivian was not hurt. Both cars were badly damaged. The Marcola people are thinking of having signs placed on each side of the town as there are so many small children going to and from school; unless there is a speed limit, some one will be hurt.

The Morning Register 4—2—1929

I4ARCOLA Ore., April 1- Floyd Ayers purchased the logging truck owned ~y Earnest Mabe and is hauling logs to the Belknap mill at Hyland. Dick Landers has sold his 10 acres of land located about one and a half miles from Maroola on the Fischer’s mill road to a man from the south. Mr. Landers is yet undecided as to where he will go; he may remain In Marcola for the summer. ~.r. G. .0. Redman is bookkeeper for the Fischer lumber Co . Miss Lola Scott Is a clerk at the Price store. Menery Schwind Jr., who has a poultry ranch near }arcola is very busy these days as he has about 700 baby chicks to look after at the present time.

The Morning Register ~-25-l929

MILL PROPERTY IS SOLD Railroad and 1~achInery Taken over At Marcola Plant

Personal property of the C. M. Miller Lumber Company plant at Marcola, which has been suspended for some time~ was purchased yesterday at sheriff’s sale ~y the first National Bank of this city. The sale included considerable mill equipment with a standard giage railroad of two miles and rolling stock. The real property of the concern will be sold at sheriff’s sale starting at 1 F. M. today. The sale was conducted yesterday oy Frank Reid, deputy eheriff.

The Morning Register 10—6—1929

FOREST BLAZE NEAR CAMP 40 BACKFIRED

The fire which sprang up near Booth Kelly camp 40 above Wendling three days ago after lying *deadN for several weeks was under absolute control Thursday a~orning, it was reported to Irvin L. Custer, Register correspondent at Wendling. Fifty men joIned in the fight to stop the flames, but in spite of their work the fire had such a gcod start that it advanced over a front of several miles. No green timber was in the path of the blaze, and the most serious menace was to logging trestles, from which the fire was kept by strenuous work. Many of the men were backfiring and watching the conflagration Thursday, while some of them had been released but were available in the eventuallity that the fire spring up again. A forest fire burned through that region several weeks ago but had been checked after much difficulty and was apparently safe. It was abandoned to srnoulder in roots and logs. A strong wind early this week whipped the coals into flame unwatched by patrolmen. The Morning Register 10-30— 1929

WENDLING Ore. Oct. 29- The Ladies Aid of the Wendling Methodiát Church held a meeting at the community house Tuesday afternoon. During the meeting Mrs. Boise Cook took suddenly ill and was taken to the doctors office for treatement. The last report stated that she was very ill with acute indigestion. Boise Cook Jr., who is attending college at Corvallis was home Sunday to visit his parents. Miss Hazel Mull from Eugene, but a former resident of Wendling, was with Yr. Cook. Darwin Neal, who formerly drove the Wendling school bus, was a Wendlirxg visitor Monday evening. ‘Jiggs’ now drives stage for the Southern Pacific Company. His run Is from Eugene to Bend. Oamp 40 has decided to give up its picture shows due to the fact that so many have been transferred to other camps and the camp will close in a short time to be moved over to camp 3. Oamp 2 is starting its picture shows just as camp 40 is closing. J. L. Andrewa brought a big coyote into Wendling Tuesday afternoon that he had caught in a trap up above the town a little distance. It has been stated that there are timber wolves in the mountains above camp 40. The cattle that have been running on the logged off land around here have been taken out. Most of them are in good shape after the eutnmer on the range. The white faced cattle seem to be fatter than the other kinds.

The Morning Register 11-12—1929

TRIP TO SEA’ITLE ENDS LISASTEROUSLY

Wendling Ore. Nov. ii.- Friday evening, Jim Lemera and Jack Gold left Wendling on Jim’s motorcycle for Seattle. They made good time for the first three miles and then they hit for the fences and trees. An unknown driver side swiped them and forced them off the road. He kept on going and didn’t stop to see if anyone was hurt or not. Neither of the boys was injured other than scratches and slight bruises; The machine however, was badly mashed up when it came in ôontact ~,ith a fence post, throwing the fellows off. Jack Gold was handling the machine and Jim Dertere was riding in the side car.

The Morning Register 6—29—1929

POSSESS ION IS CHARGED

On a charge of possession of liquor two men were arrested yesterday in a car near Marcola and lodged in the county jail by L. L. McBride, special prohibition officer. Alex Kennedy and ~Red~ Woods were the men arrested. The arreäting officer reports that a quart of ~moon~ and a sack of bottled beer was found in the car. Later a search of the Woods home revealed 10 gallons of beer mash and aome bottled beer, the deputy says.

VENISON FOUND; TWO HELD

Eeuipped with three rifles and three hounds, “Reds Woods and Alex ~(ennedy were arrested yesterday cy Rodney Roach, deputy state game warden, in, a car on the road near Marcola. Later a search of the Woods home near Marcola was made and some venison was found. The charge against Woods will be possession of venison, the game warden says.

The rorning Register 11—24-1929

Earnest Mabe has nearly completed his building near his service station. There will be six living roonc in the back and the front will be used for a lunch counter and cofectionaty.

The Morning Register 12—3-1929

HUSBAND SHOOTS WIFE AND THEN TAKES OWN LIFE AT HQ.~E AT :~ARCOLA

As the result of a’ tragic domestic quarrel, Eugene Hood 27 is dead and his wife Lollie Hood 21 was in a seious condition at the Pacific Christian hospital and a little seven—months old infant is left fatherless. Hood shot his wife twice through the abdomen shortly after midnight Saturday at their home at Marcola and then turned the 44-calicre pistol on himself, one bullet went through his head and the other lodged in his chest. He died at once. Mrs. Hood although seriously hurt was able to go to the home of her mother, ~..rs. Lettie Fisher, nearby and gasp out the story of the tragedy. The couple had been married for about three years. . Hood had been a resident of the )4arcola district for about five years and was employed as a blacksmith at the Fischer Lumber company. An examination of the pistol by the coroner showd five cartridges fired. Only four shots were accounted for so it is belived the fifth empty cartridge may have been fired some time before t~he tragedy. Hood is survived by three orothers and two sisters as follows: L. L. Hood, Texas— H. S. Hood, Texas— Oscar Hood, Redmond Ore.— Mrs. R. T. Baughtney, Marcola— and Mrs. F. T. Jackson S. Carolina. Dr. R. F. ~‘ortensen of Sprin;field who is attending Mrs. Hood, reported late Monday afternoon that she was seriously hurt but had a good chance of recovering. The Morning Register 12—17—1929

J. S. CHURCHILL LIES AT MARCOLA

MARCOLA Ore. Leo. 16.— J. S. Churchill passed away at his home at Marcola early Monday at the age of 84 years. His eon Howard of Cakland Cal., and his son—in—law Mr. Doane of Crow, were at his bedside at the time of his death. Survivere, include, Mrs. Bert Deane, Crow- Ollie Arthur, Calif.— Howard Churchill Cal— Raymond Churchill, Portland- Carl Churchill, unknown. Mr Churchill came to Marcola about 28 years ago and was active in the community. He was for a number of years bookkeeper for Fischer Bros. Lbr. Co., for a time Poetmasterof Marcola, was a member of the 1.0.0.?. Lodge, and Illahee Camp at Marcola. He was a teacher, and taught at Stafford school many years ago.

The Morning Register 9—15—1929

HUGE BURNIN8 TREE FALLS ON FIVE MEN ENGAGED IN MAKING TRA IL

Death and injury were added to the destructive toll of Lane county’s forest fires yesterday when a huge burning tree fell on five fire—fighters laboring on the fire front above Mabel, fatally crushing 3. H. McCubbina of Eugene and injuring more or less severely the four other men. THE LEAD AND INJURED;

John H. MoCubbins, 44, of eighth avenue west, Eugene, fatally crushed. John Kinnman, Mabel, firefighter, fractured shoulder blade. L. C. Casterline, Mabel, firefighter, fractured elbow and wrist. 3. 0. Kramer, Mabel, firefighter, burns and bruises. Alvin Peoples, 229 Seventh avenue west, firefighter, bruises and burns.

Thus the Lane county forest fires, which were still raging on a dozen fronts yesterday and have swept over thousands of acres of forest lands, began taking a toll of human suffering which brought the seriousness of the situation forcibly to public attention. The death of Mr. McCubbine, which occurred at lO~4~ yesterday morning, an hour after he was crushed, was the second death in Oregon in the current fire situation. The Eugene man was one of a groups of ‘workers who were building a fire trail to stem the tide of the fire which has been burning for several days in the forest land northeast of Mabel. The five men were working together, and because of the flames and smoke were unable to see the tottering tree which was a huge torch above them. Some one working nearby saw their danger, and called out to them to get behind trees, but he was too late. The tree fell on Mr. McCubbins, crushing him in a flaming mass of limbs, while portions of it struck the other fighters. The injured were extracted from the flaming tree by other workers. Mr. McCubbine back was broken, his right leg was crushed from hip to knee, he was crushed,bruiaed and burned in many places. A telephone call was sent to Eugene for a doctor and an ambulance. A litter was made of old canvas and poles; he was carried for a quarter of a mile, whed he died. Dr. Ben Bell of the Eugene hospital staff who rushed to the scene of the accident, met the men carrying the body out of the forest to the ambulance. The injured were treated, sonic at Mabel and others at the Eugene hospital. The body of Mr. McOubbins was brought to Eugene by ambulance. Mr. YcCuobins was propietor of a rooming house here and was well known in the city. 01t was the narrowest escape I ever had, and I have been working in the woods for many years,0 declared 3. 14. Kinnmen, who came to Eugene last night for treatenient of a broken shoulder blade. “ The tree toppled down on top of us before we knew it almost; I jumped, and a heavy limb caught me on the shoulder, carrying me to the ground.0 The fire near mabel is one of the worst in the state and has burned through miles of green timber. 9-14-1929 ALVIN PEOPLES LIES AT H~4E AFTER MABEL TRAGEDY Alvin Peoples, 18, one of the firefighters who were struck by a burning tree aoove Mabel Thursday, was found dead in the bead at his home here at ~:3O o’clock yesterday afternoon. Although only slightly injured in the crash of the tree which cost the life of John H. YcCubbins, it was declared by C. V. Simon, deputy Lane county coroner, that undoubtedly Mr. Peoples death was the result of his experience in the ourning woods. The body of the youth was found by his mother, Mrs. Harry Aebele, when she went to his room last evening. The young man had apparently died during the early part of Thursday night, after he had come to Eugene oy motorcycle following the accident. Members of the family did not know that he had come home, and although they called to him yesterday through the door of the room, had not gone in, believing he wa~ still at Mabel fighting fire. The cause of death is unknown; on the body of Mr Peoples was found only a few scratches.., these being on the arm and on his side; not even his hair had been singed.

The Morning Register 6-29-1929

POSSESSION IS CHARGED

On a charge of poas~ission of liquor two men were arrested yesterday in a car near l4arcola and lodged in the county jail by L. L. McBride, special prohibition officer. Alex Kennedy and 0Red0 Woods were the men arrested. The arresting officer reports that a. quart of 0moon~ and a sack of bottled beer was found in the car. Later a search of the Woods home revealed 10 gallons of beer mash and some bottled beer, the deputy says.

VENISON FOUND; TWO HELD

Equipped with three rifles and three hounds, 0RedM Woods and Alex Aennedy were arrested yesterday by Rodney Roach, deputy state game warden, in a car on the road near Marcola. Later a search of the Woods home near Marcola was mede and some venison was found. The charge against Woods will be possession of’venison, the game warden says.

The Morning Register 11—24-1929

Earnest Mabe has nearly completed his building near his service station. There will be six living rooms in the back and the front will be used for a lunch counter and cofectionaty.

The Morning Register 12—3—1929

HUSBAND SHOOTS WIFE AND THEN TAKES OWN LIFE AT HQ4E AT MARCOLA.

As the result of a tragic domestic quarrel, Eugene Hood 27 is dead and his wife tollie Hood 21 was in a seioua condition at the Pacific Christian hospital anda little seven—months old infant is left fatherless. Hood shot his wife twice through the abdomen shortly after midnight Saturday at their home at Marcola and then turned the 44—calibre pistol on himself, one bullet went through his head and the other lodged in his cheat. He died at once. Mrs. Hood although seriously hurt was able to go to the home of her mother, i~rs. Lettie Fisher, nearby and gasp out the story of the tragedy. The couple had been married for about three years. Hood had been a resident of the Maroola district for about five years and was employed as a blacksmith at the Fischer Lumber company. An examination of the pistol by the coroner showd five cartridges fired. Only four shots were accounted for so it is belived the fifth empty cartridge may have been fired some time before t~he tragedy. Hood is survived by three brothers and two sisters as follows: L. L. Hood, Texas— H. S. Hood, Texas- Oscar Hood, Redmond Ore.— Mrs. R. T. ~.ughtney, Marcola- and Mrs. F. T. Jackson S. Carolina. Dr. ~. F. Mortensen of Springfield who is attending Mrs. Hood, reported late Monday afternoon that she was seriously hurt but had a good chance of recovering. The Morning Register 12—17—1929

J • S • CHURCHILL LIES AT }4ARCOLA

MARCOLA Ore. Dec. 16.- J. 5. Churchill passed away at his home at Marcola early Monday at the age of 84 years. His son Howard of Oakland Cal., and his son—in—law Mr. Deane of Crow, were at his bedside at the time of his death. Survivers, include, Mrs. Bert Deane, Crow— Ollie Arthur, Calif.- Howard Churchill Cal— Raymond Churchill, Portland- Carl Churchill, unknown. Mr Churchill came to I4arcola about 28 years ago and was active in the community. He was for a number of years bookkeeper for Fischer Bros. Lor. Co., for a time Foetmasterof Maroola, was a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge, and Illahee Camp at Marcola. He was a teacher, and taught at Stafford school many years ago

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