Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-21
POLK'S BUSY SAWMILLS
Editor Cornwall Tells What He Sees
Along Dallas and Falls City
Railroad.

are given in the May number Of his
publication, as follows:
The Voget Lumber Company. Of
Falls City, are cutting about $4,000
feet daily, their cut being handled by
the Falls City Lumber Company.
Q. Earhart purchased the Oberer-
Meyer sawmill at Black Rock, in Polk
County, at receivers sale, April 90
The capacity Of the plant will be en-
larged.
The Dallas Planning Mill, Dallas,
presided over by Frank J. Coad, re-
ports running steadily on local busi-
ness They may conclude to install
l2-inch inside moulder later in the
season.
Captain W. q. Newsom, Rainier.
Oregon, contemplates installing an
electric light plant at Falls City, and
will probably also install a small mill
toeut lumber for his intended improve
ments. The Captain has purchased
the water power at Falls City.
The Dallas Lumber Company has
added two additional engines to their
camp on the LaCreole Creek. The
mill is cutting about 10000 feet daily,
This mill has about ESQ to 800 million
feet tributary to the mill and is able
to use the LaCreole Greek very eco
nomically to float their logs.
The Willamette Valley Lumber
Company, Of Dallas, under the man.
agemcnt Of George I. Gerlinger, looks
prosperous. The mill is cutting about
10000 feet daily, but complains in
common with other mills, about the
scarcity of cars. A new sawdust bin
and new office are some of the latest
additions to this plant.
The Polk County Mill & Lumber
Company, Of Black Rock, are cutting
about $4,000 feet every day. The tim
ber at this mill is fine, soft yellow fir,
and is being converted into ties and
railroad timber. This concern also
cuts alder and maple. The company
has recently installed a Washington
Iron Works engine in their camp.
The George W. Gone Lumber Com
pany, Of Black Rock, is advantage
ously located in good body Of tim
Der, and is making speciality Of
railroad material. The mill is cutting
about $4,000 to 10000 feet daily. The
output goes largely to the Southern
Pacific Railroad. Mr. Cone has built
a very smart mill, we'll designed for
the business, and is making a success
of his enterprise.
The Charles X. Spaulding Logging
Company, Of Newberg, are the owners
of about 175,OOO,OOO feet of choice
stumpage on the Salem, Falls City &
Western Railroad, This body joins
tract OF 700, ,OOO,0 900 feet owned by this
company on the Luckiamute River.
The company is operating logging
camp on the s. F. G. & w., and are
hauling their logs to Newberg, a dis
tance of 38 miles.
Salem, Falls City & Western Rail-
road has recently added twenty-four
new forty-one-foot cars Of 10000
pounds capacity and three box cars to
it's equipment, giving it total OF sixty
two cars, two geared and three direct
locomotives. A modern machine shop
equipped with the most modern tools
is being installed. The car repairing
and rebuilding shop is we'll equipped
and admirably fitted for the purpose.
The physical condition of the roadbed
is excellent. An extension is now
projected into the Siletz basin. The
road is under the management OF
Louis Gerlinger, Jr., who is certainly
entitled to a great deal Of credit for
the manner in which he has handled
his road. There are longer roads
than the Salem, Falls City & Western,
but none are better managed.
The Falls City Lumber Company, OF
Falls City, is operating two mills, the
capacity of mill No. 1being $4,000 feet
daily, and the capacity Of mill No. p
40 900 feet daily. This company is
installing three 66x16 boilers, with
Dutch oven settings, and a pair OF
1922 q. S. & G. engines. The con-
tract for the installation Of the power
nlant was awarded to the Zimmerman
Wells Brown Company. In the plan
ing mill a Berlin resaw and Diamond
iron Works horizontal resaw, nave
been installed. A sorting table 70
take the lumber from the fume, and a
4o-foot trimmer will also form part OF
tho new improvements. 1t is the inten-
tion to dismantle the planning mill now
located at the present terminus OF tne
apme from mill No. 1, and connect
this fiume with the planning mill OF
mill No. 2. By this means it will con-
eeptrate the product and save labor.
Artists have no trouble in securing
models The famous beauties have
discarded corsets and have become
models in face and form since taking
Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea. 30