NTDMG012 Guide to Craig Mountain Lumber Company records Craig Mountain Lumber Company records Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen; updated by Sara Szobody. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 1980, 2021
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-04-26. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Craig Mountain Lumber Company records Craig Mountain Lumber Company MG 012 73 cubic feet 1909-1956 Business records of Craig Mountain Lumber Company, Winchester, Idaho; also material on the Craig Mountain Railway Company, the Winchester Townsite Company, and the Oxbow Ranch. English

The papers of the Craig Mountain Lumber Company are contained in twenty-eight large file boxes; in addition there are twelve shelves of journals and ledgers. Material relating to subsidiary companies, the Craig Mountain Railway, Winchester Townsite Company and Oxbow Ranch Company, are also found in this group.

Among the items included in this collection are blueprints of buildings and machinery, insurance claims for injured personnel, monthly and yearly financial statements, contracts, notices of stockholders' meetings, articles of incorporation, and railway rules and regulations. There are also two files detailing Craig Mountain Lumber Company's application for a $250,000 loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1934. Another interesting portion of this group is the ten years of correspondence between Northwestern Lumber Company and Craig Mountain Lumber Company, the former trying to sell its Nez Perce and Lewis County timber holdings to the latter.

In 1909 a group of Wisconsin pioneers began construction of the Craig Mountain Lumber Company and sawmill in Lewis County, Idaho. Locating its head office in Spokane, the company was organized under the laws of the state of Washington and on March 17, 1909 the Articles of Incorporation were filed in Olympia. On July 4, 1910 the first log was sawed, and, as the trees were cut, a new town was built. Alex Kaline, a prominent citizen of the nearby community of Winchester, and later a state senator, moved his post office and store to the new site; the two towns consolidated and established themselves on the present site of Winchester, about 40 miles southeast of Lewiston.

The mill was not only the largest in northern Idaho, but since expensive and up to date machinery was installed, it was also the finest of its class. It had one of the largest stocks of shop and factory plank in the Inland Empire and the Craig Mountain Cork Pine it produced was much in demand in the lumber markets of the East. The mill was equipped with two single cutting band saws and had a capacity of 120,000 board feet every ten hours (the normal working day). From the mill the lumber was taken to the drykilns, then to the planers, after which it was graded and shipped. In 1910 the mill employed 270 men who worked a ten hour day for between 25 and 75 cents an hour.

For many years the town's only source of water and electric light was furnished by the lumber company. Service was provided through the company's subsidiary the Winchester Townsite Company which also provided houses for lumber company employees.

In September 1909 the Craig Mountain Lumber Company began construction of a six mile railroad to transport its lumber to Craig Junction where it could be transferred to the Camas Prairie Line. Service on the new railway began in January 1911; the passenger and freight train ran twice daily. In 1921 Craig Mountain Lumber Company Railway was incorporated under the laws of the state of Idaho and became Craig Mountain Railway.

During World War I the I.W.W. attempt to unionize the mill workers failed. In 1919, with 30 million board feet of lumber in the yard and another million feet in the pond, and no market for their product, the mill shut down. It reopened in 1922, but the depression of the 30's hit Winchester hard and in December 1930 the mill was again forced to shut down; it did not reopen until January 31, 1935. In 1950 the Craig Mountain Lumber Company, under the management of W.C. Geddes, sold out to the Hallack and Howard Lumber Company of Denver, who, in turn, sold out to Boise-Cascade in 1960. In March 1965 Boise-Cascade announced that its timber was now located too far from the mill to be economically transported and the mill was shut down for good.

The material in this group was sorted according to type of material rather than by the individual company concerned. Where is was deemed practical or useful the material within an individual series was separated by company.

Collection is open for research.

The descriptive inventory of the Records of Craig Mountain Lumber Company in the University of Idaho Library was prepared by Judith Nielsen, September 1980.

[Description of Item], Craig Mountain Lumber Company Records, MG 012, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.

Historical sketch drawn from The Highlands of Craig Mountain. Anniversary Edition. [Craigmont, Idaho, Highland High School, 1970].

 Winchester (Idaho) Lumber Logging Lumber trade Logging railroads Idaho Blueprints Although the blueprints are numbered consecutively, they are organized by subject. There is also some correspondence concerning the prints in the folders. The blueprints are arranged in numerical order by blueprint number. Unlisted numbers indicate blueprints that are lacking. Sawmill Side elevation of power plant 1 1 Double diamond edger 1 2 Front elevation of sawmill 1 3 Log slip 1 4 Rear elevation of sawmill 1 5 Hot water heater 1 6 Shaving vault 1 7 Grate bar 1 8 Sawing floor plan 1 9 First floor 1 10 Resaw elevations 1 11 Fire brick 1 12 Stirling boilers & furnace 1 13 Power house 1 14 Hammer dogs 1 15 Burner conveyer 1 16 Prescott bank mill 1 17 Sawmill Machinery floor plan 1 18a Side elevation 1 18b Sorter 1 19 Colby air cooled burner 1 20 Valve operation 14" steam feed 1 21 Geary water tube boiler - vertical baffling Foundation plan 1 22a Front & sectional view 1 22b Side elevation 1 22c Machinery for resaw installation 1 23 New boiler Machinery elevations 1 24-a Trimmer feed & lumber return 1 24-b Extension furnace - front view 1 24-c Wood furnace - front view 1 24-d New starter sheds at sorter 1 24-e Bolt cutting machinery July 22, 1930 1 24a Charles C. Moore & Co. blueprints Stack breaching & stack screen 1 24b-a Piping for new boiler 1 24b-b Correspondence March 19, 1923 - June 30, 1923 1 24b-c Planing Mill Planning mill construction 1 25 Planning mill floor 1 26 Sheds. Nine foot band mill table 1 27a Sheds. Dry lumber shed 1 27b Blower system 1 28 Planning Mill 1 29 Engine room 1 30 Mill Pond Drainage area of Lake Lapwai showing watershed above reservoir 1 31a Transverse of Lake Lapwai 1 31b Proposed mill pond 1909 1 31c Land required for mill pond right of way and depot April 1909 1 31d Dry Kiln Loading shed 1 32a Longitudinal section 1 32b Crank shaft & discs for 7 X 10 engine 1 32c Hussey dry kiln doors 1 33 Hydraulic lift Cross section of kiln #7 1 34a Equalizer for hydraulic lift 1 34b Internal fam 1 34c Winchester Townsite Profile of Algoma Street 1 36 Map of Winchester 1909 1 38 Cottages For Bank of Spirit Lake #1 1 39a For Bank of Spirit Lake #2 1 39b For Bank of Spirit Lake #3 1 39c Six room house 1 39d Plat of acre tracts 1911 1 41 Logging Heisler Axles 1 42 Location logging chute 1 43 Logging railroad Lapwai Lake to station 1 46 Logging railroad surveys Two oversized items from MG 012, Box 1, Folder 47 rolled in Mylar and placed in box at pillar in southwest corner (03/14/2018). 1 47 Miscellaneous Portable grain bin 2 48 Y.M.C.A. Building 2 49 Holdings of Craig Mountain Lumber Company Timberlands in Nez Perce County 1912 2 50a Grid map of the area 2 50b Location of Craig Mountain Lumber Company Buildings Plan of water system 1910 2 51a Survey 1910 2 51b Soil map 1917 2 51c Western Pine Manufacture's Association standard patterns 2 52 Plant water system 2 53 Craig Mountain Railway Company Map showing located line from Northern Pacific Junction (Station 0+00 to Station 290+00) May 1909 2 54a Map showing right of way required for terminal purposes June 1909 2 54b Maps showing rights of way across private property 2 54c Railroad track scale ca. 1900 2 54d Summary of costs 2 54e Track statement 2 54f Standard plan of pile bridge 2 54g Map showing located line in Section 6-T.33 N.-R.2.,W.B.M. February 1913 2 54h Map showing additional land for railway crossing December 1911 2 54i Main line: Station 0+00 to Station 149+00 June 1917 2 54j Craig Junction June 1917 2 54k Catholic spur June 1917 2 54L Main line: Station 149+00 to Station 295+9.03 January 1917 2 54m Main line and Lapwai Branch 1917-06 2 54n Main line and Lapwai Branch. West leg of wye October 1921 2 54o Round house at Winchester 2 54p Nez Perce County Map 2 55a Lewis County Map 2 55b Lewis County map 1936 2 55c Map: Northern Alberta Land Districts 1919 2 55d Proposed county road 2 57a Map of proposed county road 1911 2 57b Proposed change of W.A. Williamson Road 1909 2 57c Proposed Lewis & Clark Highway 1922 2 57d Martin General Agency Map of Craig Mountain Lumber Company November 1920 2 58 Township maps 2 59 Topographical maps 2 60 Map showing Craig Mountain reservoirs in Indian Forest Reserve August 1912 2 61 Box factory 2 62 Rattlesnake mill 2 63 Planer bunk conveyor 2 64 Standard pattern blueprints M. Blumberg 2 65a North Side Lumber 2 65b Tisdale Lumber Company 2 65c Parshelsky Brothers 2 65d Harlem Lumber Company 2 65e J.A. Melnick Company 2 65f Glenwood Standard Moundings 2 65g Hussey-Williams Company 2 65h F.W. Horstkotte, Engineer May 1919 - August 1948 Blueprints and specifications for work at Craig Mountain Lumber Company. 2 66 Insurance 1910-1948 The material in this series includes accident reports, inspection reports, insurance schedules, and fire losses. Accident Reports 1926-1928 Reports of injuries sustained by employees of the Craig Mountain Lumber Company, as filed with the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, contain the initial report of the injury, the employer's supplemental report, and correspondence relating to the employee's claim for compensation.Nos. 1-29 3 1 Accident Reports 1928-1929 Reports of injuries sustained by employees of the Craig Mountain Lumber Company, as filed with the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, contain the initial report of the injury, the employer's supplemental report, and correspondence relating to the employee's claim for compensation.Nos. 30-54 3 2 Accident Reports 1929-1930 Reports of injuries sustained by employees of the Craig Mountain Lumber Company, as filed with the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, contain the initial report of the injury, the employer's supplemental report, and correspondence relating to the employee's claim for compensation.Nos. 55-79 3 3 Accident Reports 1930-1934 3 4 Accident Reports 1935-1937 3 5 Accident Reports 1936-1940 Reports of injuries sustained by employees of the Craig Mountain Lumber Company, as filed with the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, contain the initial report of the injury, the employer's supplemental report, and correspondence relating to the employee's claim for compensation.Nos. 140-179 3 6 Accident Reports 1939-1942 Reports of injuries sustained by employees of the Craig Mountain Lumber Company, as filed with the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, contain the initial report of the injury, the employer's supplemental report, and correspondence relating to the employee's claim for compensation.Nos. 180-219 3 7 Accident Reports 1942-1943 Reports of injuries sustained by employees of the Craig Mountain Lumber Company, as filed with the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, contain the initial report of the injury, the employer's supplemental report, and correspondence relating to the employee's claim for compensation.Nos. 220-249 3 8 Accident Reports 1944-1947 Reports of injuries sustained by employees of the Craig Mountain Lumber Company, as filed with the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, contain the initial report of the injury, the employer's supplemental report, and correspondence relating to the employee's claim for compensation.Nos. 250-289 3 9 Accident Reports 1947-1948 Reports of injuries sustained by employees of the Craig Mountain Lumber Company, as filed with the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, contain the initial report of the injury, the employer's supplemental report, and correspondence relating to the employee's claim for compensation.Nos. 290-324 3 10 Accident Reports 1948-1949 Reports of injuries sustained by employees of the Craig Mountain Lumber Company, as filed with the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, contain the initial report of the injury, the employer's supplemental report, and correspondence relating to the employee's claim for compensation.Nos. 325-348 3 11 Medical Service Bureau 1949-1953 Contracts. 3 12 Inspection Reports 1910-1920 3 13 Insurance Schedules 1920-1929 3 14 Boiler & Fly Wheel 1919-1922 3 15 Farm Buildings 1930-1934 3 16 Fire Loss Claims 1921-1932 3 17 Workmen's Compensation 1949-1956 3 18 Financial Papers Included in this series are tax receipts, monthly and yearly balance sheets, checks and bank statements for the Craig Mountain Lumber Company, the Craig Mountain Railway and the Winchester Townsite Company, the latter two being wholly owned subsidiaries of the lumber company. Some financial material regarding the Oxbow Ranch Company is also included. Tax Records 1927-1948 Winchester Townsite Company Notice of taxes due 1927 4 Craig Mountain Lumber Company Notice of taxes due, Lewis County 1927-1948 4 Notice of taxes due, Idaho County 1927 4 Notice of taxes due, Nez Perce County 1927 4 Personal Property tax notices undated 4 Tax receipts 1917-1957 4 Canceled notes (unnumbered) June 1930 - June 1933 5 Monthly balance sheets and yearly audit reports 1910-1947 Monthly balance sheets and yearly audit reports 1910-1930 6 Monthly balance sheets and yearly audit reports 1931-1947 7 Miscellaneous financial material 1929-1942 Appraisement of loans 1929 8 Reorganization plans 1929 8 Report of operations 1929 8 Oxbow Ranch financial material 1934 8 Madden account 1934 8 Capital stock value 1932 8 Correspondence with Reconstruction Finance Corporation 1935 8 Miscellaneous ledger sheets 1935 8 Eastern Oregon Lumber Survey; financial condition and cost analysis December 1941 8 Eastern Oregon Lumber Survey; composite balance sheet and operating statement March 31, 1942 8 Timber holdings 1914-1948 Appraisal, by General Appraisal Company January 1935 8 Interstate Commerce Commission Orders and Publications undated 8 Classification of income, profit and loss and general balance sheet accounts for steam roads 1914 8 Classification of train-miles, locomotive-miles and car-miles for steam roads 1914 8 Condensed classification of operating expenses of steam roads 1914 8 Index to the classification of operating expenses of steam roads 1920 8 List of corporate names of common carriers 1926 8 Rules governing monthly reports of railway accidents January 1922 8 Various I.C.C. mimeographed "Orders" changing or adding to previous regulations 1935-1948 8 Report 13425 In re trans-continental freight bureau February 3, 1923 8 Canceled checks and bank statements 1909-1937 Canceled checks and bank statements 1909-1926 9 Canceled checks and bank statements 1911-1937 10 Craig Mountain Railway - Canceled checks and bank statements 1938-1949 11 Winchester Townsite Company - Bank books 1909-1915 11 Craig Mountain Lumber Company - Bank books 1911-1918 11 Vouchers 1911-1949 Craig Mountain Railway Company 1911-1914 11 Craig Mountain Railway Company 1915-1924 12 Craig Mountain Railway Company 1925-1930 13 Craig Mountain Railway Company 1931-1937 14 Craig Mountain Railway Company 1938-1945 15 Craig Mountain Railway Company 1946-1949 16 Freight Records 1922-1949 Report of settlement of charges on freight interchanged 1922-1926 16 Settlement sheets 1922-1947 17 Shipping Orders 1941-1947 18 Shipping Orders 1948-1949 19 Freight Bills 1933-1949 19 Northern Express Company. Freight Bills undated 19 Prairie Lumber Company. Sales slips 1925-1929 19 Winchester Townsite Company 1924-1933 Accountants report for fiscal year ended June 30, 1924 20 Accountants report for fiscal year ended June 30, 1925 20 Balance sheets 1929 20 Balance sheets 1930 20 Balance sheets 1931 20 Balance sheets 1932 20 Balance sheets 1933 20 Capital Stock Value undated 20 Bank of Winchester 1929 Report of examination March 27, 1929 20 Oxbow Ranch 1930-1935 Farm lease April 20, 1930 20 Articles of Incorporation December 1930 20 Balance sheets 1931 20 Financial reports 1932 20 Record of marks & brands February 9, 1932 20 Financial reports 1933 20 Financial reports 1934 20 Financial reports 1935 20 Audit by LeMaster, Cannon & Daniels May 31, 1935 20 Correspondence with Rosebush Ranch Co. January 1934 - April 1935 20 Winchester Box Company 1946-1948 Tax notices 1946-1948 20 Craig Mountain Lumber Company 1927-1928 Monthly inventories 1927-1928 20 Craig Mountain Railway Company 1914-1942 No Excess Service Reports (Interstate Commerce Commission form 8) 1935-1949 21 Rules governing monthly reports of railway accidents 1922 21 Interstate Commerce Commission. Accident Interpretation Bulletin. Nos. 1-3 1930-1931 21 Interpretation of Rules governing monthly reports of railway accidents March 1934 21 Orders regarding the reporting of railway accidents 1932-1949 21 Accident reports 1927-1937 Instructions and rulings with reference to transportation of mails by railroads 1929 21 Railway-mail pay - Interstate Commerce Commission Reports. no. 9200 December 1919 21 Railway-mail pay. Interstate Commerce Commission Reports. no. 9200 1928 21 Report of railroad mail service performed 1920-1932 21 Report to the Public Utilities Commission, State of Idaho 1917-1946 21 Report to the State Board of Equalization 1913-1945 21 Daily Balance sheets 1922-1924 21 Railway Express Reports 1939-1942 21 Agents Daily Ticket Report July 1923 - June 1924 21 Notebook: Cross section notes of railroad as built, checked and approved by Jas. E. Fleming. (Book 17) undated 21 Time Return and Delay Report of Engine and Train Employees 1928-1948 22 Time Roll and Distribution of Labor reports undated 23 Record of earnings for twenty-one individual employees undated 23 Balance sheets and Abstracts of Local Freight Forwarded 1924-1928 24 Train Car Reports 1946-1949 24 Per Diem Reports of cars received from Camas Prairie Railroad December 1941 - May 1949 24 Craig Mountain Railway Lumber Company 1949 Daily Reports 1949 24 Legal Papers 1909-1957 Craig Mountain Lumber Company 1909-1946 Agreement of trustees to purchase land from sinking fund account 1916-1918 25 Camas Prairie Railroad contract and related correspondence 1913-1946 25 Deed of Trust releases 1917-1936 25 Designation of M.D. Smiley as trustee under deed of trust December 8, 1939 25 Government priorities on power falling equipment 1942 25 Mortgage bond release deed from First Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago. Notice of appointment of successor trustee undated 25 Notices of annual stockholders meetings 1924-1929 25 Personal bond insurance policies: Maryland Casualty Co., Continental Casualty Co., American Surety Company of New York, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland undated 25 Stockholders proxies 1909-1924 25 Dahlin, Emil 1936 Letter from Emil Dahlin to Olaf Gardner (i.e. Garten) June 15, 1936 25 Letter from Emil Dahlin to Olaf Gardner (i.e. Garten) July 27, 1936 25 Letter from Carl Dahlin to Olaf Garten June 14, 1936 25 Letter from Hartvig Dahlin to Olaf Garten June 29, 1936 25 Letters of Guardianship (Emil Dahlin was declared an incompetent) undated 25 McCann, Joseph P. 1916-1919 Correspondence with Craig Mountain Lumber Company regarding the payment of taxes on his timber land 1916-1919 25 Northwestern Lumber Company 1911 Abstracts of title: Conveyances to Craig Mountain Lumber Company undated 25 Abstracts of title: Conveyances to Northwestern Lumber Company undated 25 Contract between Northwestern Lumber Company and Union Trust & Savings Bank, Spokane July 3, 1911 25 Minutes of Meeting of Board of Directors (form) undated 25 Minutes of Meeting of Stockholders (form) undated 25 Warranty deed, Northwestern Lumber Company to Union Trust & Savings Bank, Spokane 1911 25 Oxbow Ranch Company 1931-1936 Correspondence with Herman Siemsen, tenant 1931-1933 25 Lease agreement with Herman Siemsen April 30, 1934 25 Wheat allotment contracts 1933-1936 25 Rosebush, Judson G. 1911 Power of attorney granted him by Barbara J. McNaughton Rosebush undated 25 Power of attorney granted him by Eleanor T. McNaughton undated 25 Letter of Guardianship granted him for Virginia G. McNaughton, a minor April 30, 1934 25 State Forester Franklin Girard 1941 Letter to W.C. Geddes concerning disposal of slash January 14, 1941 25 Letter from W.C. Geddes in reply January 17, 1941 25 Viking Automatic Sprinkling Company, Seattle 1955-1956 Correspondence between Viking and Hallack & Howard Lumber Company (successors to Craig Mountain Lumber Company) regarding the installation of a sprinkler system in the electric shop 1955 25 Blueprint showing the location of sprinklers undated 25 Invoice for installation of the sprinklers January 31, 1956 25 Winchester Townsite Company, ltd. 1915-1944 Notices of stockholders meetings 1915-1924 25 Abstract sheets. Nez Perce County August 12, 1942-December 14, 1944 26 Abstract sheets. Lewis County October 15, 1942 26 Craig Mountain Lumber Company 1909-1931 Articles of Incorporation March 17, 1909 26 Amended Articles of Incorporation April 28, 1931 26 By-laws undated 26 Certificate of increase of capital stock April 4, 1910 26 Craig Mountain Railway Company 1909-1922 Articles of Incorporation September 21, 1921 26 Protest to Interstate Commerce Commission of the tentative valuation July 25, 1922 26 Inventory of property to be transferred from the Craig Mountain Lumber Co. to the Craig Mountain Railway Co. undated 26 Description of Craig Mountain Ry. Co. Main line rights of way through sections 4 & 5. T 33 N.R. 2 W. Boise Meridian and section 32, T.34 W.R. 2.W Boise Meridian undated 26 Description of Right of Way of Craig Mountain Ry. Co.'s Lapwai Branch in Section 5 T.33 N.R. 2.W. Boise Meridian undated 26 Description of Craig Mountain Ry. Co.'s Terminal grounds at Winchester, Idaho Section 5, T.33 N.R. 2.W and Section 32, T. 34 N.R. 2W Boise Meridian undated 26 Before the Secretary of the Interior. Two items dealing with Craig Mountain Railway Co.'s application for permission to extend the railway through Indian Lands in Nez Perce County 1909 26 Deeds of Trust 1909-1932 Craig Mountain Lumber Company to First Trust Savings Bank and Augustus S. Peabody, trustees August 2, 1909 26 Craig Mountain Lumber Company to Judson G. Rosebush and C.S. Dickinson, trustees May 1, 1911 26 Craig Mountain Lumber Company to First Trust Company of Appleton (Wisconsin) and C.S. Dickinson, trustees May 1, 1923 26 Craig Mountain Lumber Company to First Trust Company of Appleton and R.S. Powell, trustees May 1, 1932 26 McCann Land Company 1954 Hallack & Howard Lumber Company vs. McCann Land Company. Brief on legal questions involved, and related correspondence between Hallack & Howard Company and the attorney firm of Worthwine & Dworshak 1954 26 McNaughton, Eleanor T. 1954 Legal document consisting of her will, a codicil to the will, and the decree settling the final account of her estate January 29, 1943 26 Northwestern Lumber Company 1909-1926 Contract with Craig Mountain Lumber Co. re: lands belonging to Thomas and Florence Patton and A. Wiese and Helen Hammer 1926 26 Amended complaint in the case Northwestern Lumber Co. vs. Ignace Eneas et al. re: condemnation of land to construct a dam and reservoir for storing logs July 1, 1909 26 Reconstruction Finance Corporation 1934-1935 Loan Application. Drafts July 23, 1934-September 28, 1934 26 Pledge agreement - bonds December 24, 1934 26 Pledge agreement - stocks. Craig Mountain Railway Co. January 10, 1935 26 Pledge agreement - stocks. Craig Mountain Lumber Co. January 10, 1935 26 Pledge agreement - stocks. Winchester Townsite Co. January 10, 1935 26 List of creditors and amounts due undated 26 Letters to creditors and agreements signed by creditors 1934 26 United States Department of Agriculture. Forest Service 1953 Timber Sale Contract Form December 15, 1953 26 Proposed additions to Title 7. Forest Service Manual December 15, 1953 26 United States Department of Labor undated Judgment against Craig Mountain Lumber Company in regard to a 40 hour work week with overtime pay undated 26 United States Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs 1954 Timber sale stipulations 1954 26 Winchester Townsite Company 1909-1945 Articles of Incorporation September 30, 1909 26 Amendment of Articles of Incorporation March 21, 1945 26 Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation undated 26 Certificate of Incorporation, Domestic October 20, 1909 26 By-laws undated 26 Agreements 1927-1941 Sale of Boyd House July 29, 1929 26 Vollmer Security Co. & Craig Mountain Lumber Co. Sale of timber June 28, 1940 26 Bank of Winchester. Legal agreement to protect stockholders August 5, 1929 26 Lumber and Sawmill Worker's Union. Supplemental agreement on paid vacations October 4, 1941 26 Model timber contract undated 26 North Coast Dry Kiln proposal for remodeling of kilns September 12, 1927 26 Railway Rules and Regulations 1910-1950 Publications 1910-1950 26 Unemployment Compensation 1936-1937 Publications 1936-1937 26 Correspondence 1908-1956 The Craig Mountain Lumber Company correspondence, 1908-1950, was easily separated by subject; that of the Hallack & Howard Lumber Company, 1950-1956, consists mainly of invoices and related letters and was arranged alphabetically. Craig Mountain Lumber Company 1909-1946 A.A. Hunter 1909-1932 The correspondence in this folder contains such items as a letter from Cascade Lumber Company accepting Hunter's resignation from the firm, a letter from Farm and Fireside describing how to clean a straw hat, names of lumber companies in the Peace River District, Alberta, and brochures from several insurance companies. There is a handwritten letter from Art Williams to Mrs. Hunter (January 5, 1932) and another, possibly to A.A. Hunter, with the salutation "Dear Brother" and signed "Olive" (November 10, 1931). 27 1 Craig Mountain Railway 1927-1945 Among the items in these two folders are circular letters and orders from the Interstate Commerce Commission. In July and August of 1927 there is an exchange of letters with McClarin & Hart Warehouse Co. and the Camas Prairie Railroad dealing with a run away car. From 1931 to 1936 most of the correspondence deals with disputes over per diem rules, demurrage, and car hire charges; the American Short Line Railroad Association figures prominently in this exchange. The legislative program of the American Short Line Railroad Association for the years 1944 and 1945 is also included. 27 2-3 Employee Related Material 1943-1949 The items in this folder include time sheets for December 1949 and January 1950 for T. Censky, Walter Dugger, H. Geddes, M.E. McCall, and John Mardahl; the April 12, 1944 letter of resignation of A.W. Bailey; a letter of complaint stating that one or two employees who worked on Memorial Day were not paid time and a half; several publications on the 1943 income tax; Public Law 68 (78th Congress, 1st Session) "An Act to Provide for the Current Payment of the Individual Income Tax," June 9, 1943; and a pamphlet entitled "Disputes Before the War Labor Board," April 1944. 27 4 Northwestern Lumber Company 1916-1926 Shortly after its incorporation in 1907 the Northwestern Lumber Company purchased over 13,000 acres of timber land in Nez Perce and Lewis Counties, Idaho. On February 26, 1916, W.C. Hammer, Secretary of the Bondholders' Protective Committee of the Northwestern Lumber Company wrote a letter to C.P. Lindsley of Craig Mountain Lumber Company offering this land for sale. Correspondence between Hammer and E.H. Van Ostrand, president of Craig Mountain, and occasionally a third party, continued until a mutually agreeable price was reached in 1925. In 1926 there is some correspondence relative to clearing the Northwestern title to the land before finalization of the sale. 27 5 Osburn and Oxbow Ranches 1930-1931 The only material in this folder consists of a few invoices, deposit slips and notices of insurance premiums due. 27 6 Reconstruction Finance Corporation 1934 This folder contains the correspondence relating to the application for a $250,000 loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation dated July 29 to December 31, 1934. A copy of the application is found with the legal papers in box 26; other material is contained in box 8. Papers in the War Department Folder (box 28) indicate this loan was repaid in 1942. 27 7 Other 1927-1950 Insurance, supplies, transportation, and other concerns. 27 8 Hallack and Howard Lumber Company Correspondence 1950-1956 27 9 Miscellaneous 1911-1959 This material has been arranged under either the person concerned or the company involved, i.e., the lumber company or the railway. A.A. Hunter undated A.A. Hunter undated The items contained in this folder are invoices for materials Hunter used in building his own house. Also included is a sheet of instructions for making blueprints. 28 1 Craig Mountain Lumber Company undated Land Holdings #1 undated There are seven books, approximately 5" x 8" and two books, each 91/2" x 12" which show the amount of each type of wood and the logging conditions of each section of land owned by the company. 28 2 Land Holdings #2 undated This folder contains typed sheets giving estimates of timber on various tracts of land and plat maps showing the types of timber and describing logging conditions. There is also an envelope containing thirteen official plat maps, each approximately 191/2" x 161/2". 28 3 Minutes of Meetings 1947-1948 Includes Railway (Rwy.) and Box Company (B.C.) 28 4 Personnel undated This folder contains a list of lumber company employees by age, a four page speech dealing with regulations on mining and a map of Idaho showing the location of unemployment service centers 28 5 War Department Material 1943-1945 The material in this folder, dated between 1943 and 1945, deals with the renegotiation of war contracts. Pamphlets, financial statements and some correspondence are included. 28 6 Craig Mountain Railway 1911-1959 General 1923-1934 Idaho. Legislature. 17th Session. House of Representatives. House Bill 142; Freight claim for lost grocery shipment; Employees in Service (May 1933); Questionnaire on short line railroad problems (1933); Freight overcharge claims (1934) 28 7 Distribution Sheets January-October 1915 28 8 Interstate Commerce Commission Reports 1926-1932 Excess earnings reports. 28 9 Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Orders & Inventory Forms undated In 1917 the Interstate Commerce Commission inventoried the Craig Mountain Railway. The items in this folder contain instructions and forms to be filled out before the inventory was started. A copy of the valuation report is also included. The valuation was protested and in 1920; 1922 and 1923 there are several letters dealing with the protest. Two of the exhibits submitted are also included: A. Drawing showing the railway in relation to the town of Winchester and the lumber company. B. Drawing showing the Craig Mountain Railway main line from Station 0+00 to Station 295+90.3 28 10 Interstate Commerce Commission Miscellaneous Material 1917-1949 Authority for Expenditure & Register, 1917-1949; Securities issued or assumed at the close of June 27, 1920 (Special Report Series no.29); Depreciation of Steam Road Property. (Depreciation Section Series no. 2) 1921; Reports to I.C.C. of the disposition made of securities, 1923, 1924. (four reports). 28 11 Letters from Collectors 1959 Collectors of railroad memorabilia request timetables, passes, switch keys, etc., but do not appear to have been answered by J.C. Hood, the General Superintendent of the railway. Letters were received from the following: C.B. Cobb, John F. Gillette, David B. Goodwin, Louis Hemick, H.H. Hoover (representing the National Railway Historical Society), W.A. Miles and Albert Remaly. 28 12 Retirement Information ca. 1940 This folder contains various blank forms including Statement of Service, Employment Relation Questionnaire, Election of Joint & Survivor Annuity, Designation or change of beneficiary, Application for Annuity, and Request for Service and Compensation Data Under the Prior Service Program. Also included are Prior Service Program Instruction Circulars 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8; and a pamphlet entitled "Regulations Governing the Collection of Prior Service Records," 1940. 28 13 War Production Board 1942-1943 Controlled Materials Plan, General Instructions. (Nov. 2 and Nov. 14, 1942); Controlled Materials Plan Class B. Product List. (December 21, 1942); War Production Board, CMP Reg. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and other similar circulars of rules; Production Requirements Plan Circular letters. (1942, 1943); Railroad's Inventory Reports, (June 30, 1942 - June 30, 1943). 28 14 Madison Lumber Mill 1913-1917 This folder contains a list of railway cars and their contents from 1913-1917, plus a four-page alphabetical list of names. 28 15 Nez Perce Yard (Prairie Lumber Company?) 1911-1921 Operating revenues. (1911-1921); Income statement. (1911-1921); Profit and Loss statement. (1911-1921); Inventory. (1915-1917). 28 16 Prairie Lumber Company, Nez Perce, Idaho 1918-1926 In 1918 the Ramey Lumber Company was purchased by Craig Mountain Lumber Company and reorganized as the Prairie Lumber Company with E.H. Van Ostrand as president, T. Censky as vice president, W.F. Seatz as secretary and A.A. Hunter as treasurer and manager; Hunter was the only salaried officer, the others also served as officers of the Craig Mountain Lumber Company. The company continued until 1926 when it sold out to the Madison Lumber Company. This folder contains the By-laws of the Prairie Lumber Company, minutes of the stockholders and directors meetings from 1918 to 1926, and balance sheets for 1918, 1920-1925. 28 17 Journals and Ledgers 1909-1960 Craig Mountain Lumber Company 1909-1960 Alphabetical ledgers undated Oversized Bills Payable 1909-1938 Oversized Cash Books September 1909 - November 1960 Oversized Land sale contract record undated Oversized Lumber shipments 1952-1957 Oversized Minutes of Stockholders' meetings 1909-1950 Oversized Minutes of Trustees' Meetings 1916-1958 Oversized Order book. March-April 1929 1909-1938 Oversized Craig Mountain Railway Company 1910-1950 Delivery receipts December 1930-October 1950 Oversized Cash Receipts and Disbursements June 1910-September 1914 Oversized Agent's Cash Book, Winchester November 1917-January 1933 Oversized Agent's Cash Book, Craig Junction April 1918-December 1932 Oversized Demurrage Record Book 1927-1939 Oversized Record of Freight Received September 1910-July 1915 Oversized Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Valuation. Reports and valuations 1917-1922 Oversized Hallack & Howard Lumber Company 1926-1948 Production data, shipments, weather 1926-January 1948 Oversized Journal 1949 Oversized Oxbow Ranch Company undated Proceedings undated Oversized Stock book undated Oversized Prairie Lumber Company 1918-1926 Daily journal from Nez Perce Yard 1918-1926 Oversized Stock book undated Oversized Winchester Townsite Company 1922-1938 Ledger 1922-1938 Oversized Minutes of Board of Directors meetings undated Oversized Stock book undated Oversized Tax record undated Oversized