CRANE, H.E. SAWMILL
Swan Lake
March 26, 1920: "Three carloads of sawmill equipment, a complete milling outfit, purchased by H.E. Crane near Eugene, are on the way and should arrive in a few days. The cars will be sent over the Strahorn road to the mill site in the Swan Lake district and it is expected to have the plant up and running within 30 or 40 days after arrival.
The mill will have a daily capacity of 40,000 feet. Mr. Crane controls about 15,000,000 feet of timber in the Swan Lake district that will be manufactured as rapidly as possible.
There is much activity in lumbering in the territory along the Strahorn line and a number of mills are being built, or enlargements made on old ones. It is estimated that the Strahorn road will handle 2,000 carloads of lumber this season as the combined output of the mills in the territory it serves." (The Evening Herald)
The mill will have a daily capacity of 40,000 feet. Mr. Crane controls about 15,000,000 feet of timber in the Swan Lake district that will be manufactured as rapidly as possible.
There is much activity in lumbering in the territory along the Strahorn line and a number of mills are being built, or enlargements made on old ones. It is estimated that the Strahorn road will handle 2,000 carloads of lumber this season as the combined output of the mills in the territory it serves." (The Evening Herald)
April 13, 1921: "E.C. Wright, who was superintendent of the Crane saw mill which burned in Swan Lake valley last season has purchased the Weston mill at Hildebrand.
Before coming to the Crane mill, Mr. Wright has years of lumbering experience in the fir belt of the upper Willamette valley." (The Evening Herald)
Before coming to the Crane mill, Mr. Wright has years of lumbering experience in the fir belt of the upper Willamette valley." (The Evening Herald)
October 11, 1921: "The State Industrial Accident commission has filed suit in the circuit court against Hunter E. Crane, alleging violation of Section 19 of the Workmen's Compensation act, because Crane failed to pay the sum of $195.70 to the state under the act. Crane is alleged to have employed workmen to dismantle and erect sawmills and machinery during the period from March to August, 1920, making no return under the compensation act." (The Evening Herald)