McCULLOM LUMBER COMPANY
Keno
October 4, 1924: "McCollum's mill on the Klamath River, shut down some time ago, has reopened to saw 4,000,000 feet of fir and dimension stock." (American Lumberman)
March 23, 1925: "C. E. Randell was in town from McCullom's mill Thursday getting repairs for the donkey which he is using in logging for McCullom. Randall tore the drum from the machine. As soon as it is repaired Randall will start dredging the mill pond in preparation for the season's run." (The Evening Herald)
April 1925: "Geo. McCollum & Son, Keno, has erected a burner." (The Timberman, Vol. 26)
April 6, 1925: "McCollum's mill, located on the Klamath River below Keno, will start operations between the middle and the latter part of this week. A repair crew has been at work for some time, and it is thot that two or three days more will suffice for the completion of the overhauling.
Erection of a burner thirty feet in diameter at the bottom and twenty at the top is completed, and a hoe scaper is being built at the White Pelican Iron Works which hitched to a gasoline donkey, will be used to dredge the mill pond, and a capacity of 40M per shift.
The mill is a double circular, with fifty two inch saws. According to several experienced lumbermen, the McCollum mill will cut the finest logs of any mill in the county the coming season. Lumber from the mill is trucked to Klamath Falls as soon as it is sufficiently dried for shipment. The trucking will probably be done by the Oregon-California Truck company." (The Evening Herald)
Erection of a burner thirty feet in diameter at the bottom and twenty at the top is completed, and a hoe scaper is being built at the White Pelican Iron Works which hitched to a gasoline donkey, will be used to dredge the mill pond, and a capacity of 40M per shift.
The mill is a double circular, with fifty two inch saws. According to several experienced lumbermen, the McCollum mill will cut the finest logs of any mill in the county the coming season. Lumber from the mill is trucked to Klamath Falls as soon as it is sufficiently dried for shipment. The trucking will probably be done by the Oregon-California Truck company." (The Evening Herald)
April 6, 1925: "Two men were sufficiently ill with influenza at McCollum's mill for them to leave camp for several days. Jack Drury has been under the doctor's care here during the week, and Ernest Buck went to his home in Jacksonville to remain until his condition is improved." & "Grant Walters will commence his fourth season as millwright at McCollum's mill when that plant starts manufacturing lumber this week. Walters has been doing repair work on the mill for some time." (The Evening Herald)
May 2, 1925: "Dredging is progressing on the mill pond of the McCollum Lumber Company. A hoe scraper and donkey is being used. The pond was filled with sediment that large logs would drag the bottom. The work will be completed in about one week." (The Sacramento Bee)
August 1925: "McCollum Lumber Co. has a 35,000 capacity sawmill operating at Keno (postoffice Klamath Falls). This mill is located on the Klamath River and Klamath Falls-Ashland highway, logging is done by trucks over the highway. Geo. McCullom is owner." (The Timberman)
April 7, 1927: "McCollum's mill, four miles south of Keno, gave preliminary turnover in the mill Tuesday and will be running full force by the end of the week.
The McCollum mill, including the force which will be put to logging in the woods, will employ around thirty men." (The Klamath News)
The McCollum mill, including the force which will be put to logging in the woods, will employ around thirty men." (The Klamath News)
April 28, 1927: “Jimmie Andrews of the McCollum mill visited the school Monday.” (The Malin Progress)
May 10, 1928: "The George W. McCollum Lumber company, located on the Klamath river six miles below Keno, started operating for 1928 about the first of April.
The company plans to cut in the neighborhood of eight million feet this year, perhaps more, perhaps less, depending upon the condition of the market, it was announced recently.
The company logs with motor trucks, timber for this years cut coming from along the Klamath river south of the mill.
The entire output of the plant is hauled to Klamath Falls by motor truck. Some of the box is sold locally and some of the shop and better is milled here before being shipped to the East.
George W. McCollom is owner and manager of the company." (The Klamath News)
The company plans to cut in the neighborhood of eight million feet this year, perhaps more, perhaps less, depending upon the condition of the market, it was announced recently.
The company logs with motor trucks, timber for this years cut coming from along the Klamath river south of the mill.
The entire output of the plant is hauled to Klamath Falls by motor truck. Some of the box is sold locally and some of the shop and better is milled here before being shipped to the East.
George W. McCollom is owner and manager of the company." (The Klamath News)
April 26, 1929: "Purchase of the retail lumber yard of the Sixth Street Lumber company was announced last night by George McCollum, owner of McCollum's sawmill. Plans for improvement of the yard and the installation of a planer and re-saw equipment and construction of new buildings were also made. Purchase price was not given.
R.P. and E.O. Ellingson, owners of the Sixth Street Lumber company, retain the manufacturing plant of the Sixth Street Lumber company and will continue in the manufacturing end of the business.
Mr. McCollum purchased the lumber yard, including two dry sheds, one 20 by 80 feet and one 30 by 60 feet in size, five acres of land, trucks and approximately $10,000 worth of lumber on hand in the yard.
The dry sheds will be moved together and will be increased from the present combined size to a building 60 feet wide and 350 feet long. Work will start immediately. A planer shed 60 by 70 feet in size with ample room for all planer and re-saw equipment under the roof will also be built, starting immediately.
A new store and office building where building material will be stored and sold will also be constructed at the yard plant.
The Sixth Street Lumber company will continue to re-manufacture lumber and make mouldings, finish lumber, siding, and sash material.
The retail lumber yard is located on South Sixth street just beyond the city limits. Mr. McCollum is also owner of the McCollum sawmill, 18 miles west of Klamath Falls, on the Klamath Falls-Ashland highway. He will haul lumber from his mill to the retail yard, where it will be finished and put in stock. All forms of retail stock will be kept on hand, he stated." (The Klamath News)
R.P. and E.O. Ellingson, owners of the Sixth Street Lumber company, retain the manufacturing plant of the Sixth Street Lumber company and will continue in the manufacturing end of the business.
Mr. McCollum purchased the lumber yard, including two dry sheds, one 20 by 80 feet and one 30 by 60 feet in size, five acres of land, trucks and approximately $10,000 worth of lumber on hand in the yard.
The dry sheds will be moved together and will be increased from the present combined size to a building 60 feet wide and 350 feet long. Work will start immediately. A planer shed 60 by 70 feet in size with ample room for all planer and re-saw equipment under the roof will also be built, starting immediately.
A new store and office building where building material will be stored and sold will also be constructed at the yard plant.
The Sixth Street Lumber company will continue to re-manufacture lumber and make mouldings, finish lumber, siding, and sash material.
The retail lumber yard is located on South Sixth street just beyond the city limits. Mr. McCollum is also owner of the McCollum sawmill, 18 miles west of Klamath Falls, on the Klamath Falls-Ashland highway. He will haul lumber from his mill to the retail yard, where it will be finished and put in stock. All forms of retail stock will be kept on hand, he stated." (The Klamath News)
June 25, 1929: "While only a small concern as compared to others of its kind, the McCollum sawmill, located on the Ashland-Klamath Falls highway above Keno, has the reputation of high grade lumber.
The mill here is a single band affair and cuts 50,000 feet a day, employing a crew of 40 men. Sawyer T.J. Buffington has the reputation of getting a big daily output from his equipment, and his success is said to be partly due to having as saw filer, one of the best men on the coast, William De Bow.
McCollum mill is owned and operated by George McCollum, Bert Robinson, and Nelson Ward. About the plant are located in the neighborhood of 200 persons.
Guy Johnson keeps a small but well stocked store at McCollum mill and he is enjoying a large patronage. There is no school at this point, the children being carried in buses to Keno to receive instruction." (The Klamath News)
The mill here is a single band affair and cuts 50,000 feet a day, employing a crew of 40 men. Sawyer T.J. Buffington has the reputation of getting a big daily output from his equipment, and his success is said to be partly due to having as saw filer, one of the best men on the coast, William De Bow.
McCollum mill is owned and operated by George McCollum, Bert Robinson, and Nelson Ward. About the plant are located in the neighborhood of 200 persons.
Guy Johnson keeps a small but well stocked store at McCollum mill and he is enjoying a large patronage. There is no school at this point, the children being carried in buses to Keno to receive instruction." (The Klamath News)