Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-04-19
.LUMBERMEN VISIT POLK
ON EXCURSION
BY LOCAL MILL MEN.
Inspect Plants at Dallas, Falls City
and Black Rock; Banqueted
i'm Salem.

bermen came, saw and conquered. A
jolly bunch of practical, Woodworking
business men, out for a half holiday,
these sawmill owners threw dull care
to the winds and made the most of
their brief vacation. For the residents
of Polk County they had the glad
hand and cheerful word, and our
people, in turn, overlooked no oppor-
tunity to add to the pleasure of their
visit.
The Oregon and Washington lum-
bermen came into Polk County, Sat
urday afternoon, as the guests of the
Willamette Valley Lumber Company,
the Falls City Lumber Company, and
the Spaulding Logging Company. Ar
irving in Salem from Portland in the
forenoon, brief business session was
held in the Board of Trade rooms in
the Capitol City. The meeting ad-
journed at noon, and the lumbermen
were then taken across the Willamette
River bridge to West Salem in auto
mobiles, which had kindly been
placed at their disposal by the enter
tainment committee. Here they
boarded the palatial motor car of the
Salem, Dallas and Falls City railroad
and a quick run was made to Dallas,
where an elaborate lunch had been
prepared at the Hotel Gail.
An hour was spent in Dallas in
greeting friends and visiting the great
plant of the Willamette Valley Lum-
ber Company. The party then board
ed the car and was soon in Falls
City, where an impromptu. but high
ly pleasant and hospitable reception,
was rendered them by local business
men. Forty minutes were spent in
looking over the live lumber town and
in visiting the plant of the Falls City
Lumber Company, where every cour-
tesy was shown the visitors by G. A.
Griswold and F. S. Belcher, members
of the company owning the plant and
who had accompanied the excursion
from Portland. Many expressions of
sympathy were heard for Manager W.
T. Grier, who had left Falls City early
in the morning to drive to Salem to
meet the excursionists and had met
with runaway accident in which he
sustained a broken ankle. Mr.. Grier
is a popular member of the oregon
and Washington Manufacturers Asso-
citation, and his absence, under such
painful and distressing circumstances,
from the reception given his brother
lumbermen in his home town was a
cause of deep regret to all.
Only twenty minutes were spent at
Black Rock, but in this brief period
of time the excursionists managed to
see much of the extensive logging and
milling operations in progress at that
place.
Late in the afternoon, the return
run was made to Salem, where
luncheon was served in the Board of
Trade rooms. C. N. Macarthur,
Speaker of the last House of Repre-
sentatives, and now private secretary
to Governor Benson, presided as toast
master. Happy and entertaining talks
were given by Chief Justice Moore of
the Supreme Court, Judge r. S. Bean
of the Federal Court, and number
of the visiting lumbermen.
The excursionists united in declar-
ing that their trip into Polk County,
afternoon, was one of the
most pleasant events in the history of
their association. The work of de-
velopment in the sawmill and timber
industry along the line of the new
railroad was a revelation to most of
them, as was also the superb service
by the railroad company it's
self. The lumbermen also expressed
deep appreciation of the courtesfes
shown them by the entertainment
which consisted of George
T. Gerlinger, secretary and manager
of the Willamette Valley Lumber
Company; Graham A. Griswold, sales
manager of the Falls City Lumber
Company, and ]. p. Keating, sales
manager of the Spaulding Logging
Company. The members of the ex-
cursion party were:
A. M. Hagan-Booth Kelley Lumber
Company.
A. B. Wastell- Whitney Company,
Limited.
F. C. Knapp-Peninsula Lumber
Company.
E. D. Kingsley-Western Oregon
Company.
r. A. Cowden-Silverton Lumber
c. A. Wilson-Clark-W Wilson Lum-
Der Company.
Robert Shaw-Curtis Lumber Com
pany.
L. L. Lewis-Booth-K h-Kelley Lumber
Company.
A. r. Baker-Curtis Lumber Com
pany.
David Davis-Oregon Timberman.
F. S. Belcher-Falls City Lumber
Company.
a. Pease-Jefferson Mill Company.
L. S. Hill-Brown Lumber Company.
Roy wassam-Spaulding Logging
Company.
w. T. Jacobson-western Cedar
Company.
T. J. Gerth-o. R. & N. Photo
grapher.
c. o. Shumway-Sheridan Lumber
Company.
F. A. Elliott-spaulding Logging
Company.
E. B. Hazen-Bridal veil Lumber
Company.
Grant Holt-spaulding Logging
Company.
George T. Gerlinger-Willamette
Valley Lumber Company.
@. A. GriswoId-Falls City Lumber
Company.
II. L Kinney-Leona Mills Lumber
Company.
George NJ Cornwali-Publisher
Oregon Timberman-"
+. w Ottman-Great Western
Lumber Company.
W. B. Plue-Rainier Door Com
pany.
r. D. Dyer-Clatsop Mn Company.
r. c. TounE-West Side Single and
Lumber Company.
e. W. MISUNDERSTANDING Ore
gon & Washington Manufacturers