WINTON LUMBER COMPANY:

An Inventory of Its Company Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Winton Lumber Company, creator.
Title:Company Records.
Dates:1894-1962.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, financial and stock records, statistics, reports, contracts, legal papers, income tax returns, and related records of a logging and lumbering conglomerate operated by three generations of the Charles J. Winton family. They document the Winton timberland holdings, lumbering and milling operations, and other investments, primarily during the 1920s and 1930s, in California, Oregon, western Canada, and elsewhere.
Quantity: 70.0 cubic feet (70 boxes, including 64 volumes).
Location:See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseHISTORICAL NOTE

The Winton company records consist of the business records of a privately-owned lumber company operated by three generations of the Charles J. Winton family, and its affiliated and subsidiary companies. The Wintons had financial interests in lumber companies in Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, California, Oregon and Canada. They were also principal stockholders of several oil companies in the southwestern United States and in Canada, which were supervised through the Minneapolis office but run locally.

Charles Joel (C.J.) Winton came to Wausau, Wisconsin from Addison, New York, in 1883. In 1899 he and his brother David Nelson (D.N.) Winton, bought the Thief River Falls (Minnesota) Lumber Company. From Minnesota their operations spread to Idaho and California where their holdings, bought from the Oregon and California Railroad in the early 1900s, formed the basis of the Winton Timber Company. This company was succeeded in 1925 by the Winton Oregon Timber Company, which conducted the actual logging operations on these lands. In 1923 the Winton Lumber Company was incorporated to conduct their Idaho milling and logging operations. In the early 1920s, the Wintons started their Canadian operations with Eagle Lake Spruce Mills in Giscome, British Columbia, and The Pas Lumber Company at The Pas, Manitoba.

In addition to these main companies, the Wintons also owned or were associated with many smaller forest products companies and affiliated interests.

After the death of D.N. Winton in 1930 and of C.J. Winton, Sr., in 1934, the company was operated as a partnership by Charles Joel Winton Jr., his brother David Judson Winton, and their cousins John Norton Winton and Robert Craine Winton. The third generation includes David Michael Winton and Charles Joel Winton III.


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Minneapolis office files give an overview of headquarters operations, tie together the various Winton activities and branch offices, and illustrate their relationship with other lumber and wood-using companies that were not Winton subsidiaries. The files also contain data on the family's investments and finances, and on their participation in Minneapolis civic, cultural, social, and political life. Primary correspondents are Charles J. Winton and his brother David Nelson Winton, C.J.'s sons David Judson and Charles J., Jr., Ben and Walter Alexander, Walter Bissell, D. Clark Everest, Walter Rosenberry, and Hubert J. Forester.

The five main Winton companies represented in the collection are the Winton Lumber Company, which operated primarily in Martell, California; the Winton Timber Company (Ore.) and its successor, the Winton Oregon Timber Company; the Eagle Lake Spruce Mills (B.C., Canada); and The Pas Lumber Company of The Pas, Manitoba, and later Prince George, British Columbia. Their records document purchase, valuation, and logging of pine lands in Oregon, Idaho, northern California, British Columbia, and Manitoba; sale of logs and lumber; taxation and finances; logging contracts and timber exchanges with other companies; operation of logging camps; forest management and yields; personnel management and worker benefits, especially by The Pas Lumber Company; state and federal regulations concerning lumbering operations in the U.S. and Canada; and the Tillamook fire (1933) in Oregon and subsequent salvage operations by the Wintons and others, especially through the Trask-Wilson Committee.

The collection further contains records of 30 other Winton-owned or Winton-operated companies, files on Sustained Yield forestry, files on tariffs on imported lumber, and files relating to 12 miscellaneous lumber, timber, railroad, paper, and other companies.


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These documents are organized into the following sections:

Minneapolis Office Files
Thief River Falls Lumber Company
Winton Timber Company
Winton Oregon Timber Company
Eagle Lake Spruce Mills Limited
Eagle Lake Sawmills, Ltd.
Winton Lumber Company (Delaware)
The Pas Lumber Company
Other Winton-Owned or Winton-Operated Companies
Miscellaneous Companies


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Winton Lumber Company Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 9910

Processing Information:

Processed by Bonnie Palmquist, 1974.

Catalog ID number: 990017304570104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseMINNEAPOLIS OFFICE FILES

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144.J.11.1B1Ws back to back by David J. Winton, 1971. 1 volume.
Privately published reminiscences of the Winton family and the Winton companies.
Stillwater Land Company (Whitefish, Montana), 1919-1931. 3 folders.
The Stillwater Land Company did business with the Northwestern Lumber Company (Minneapolis), a Winton subsidiary operating in Montana. Includes deeds, letters, telegrams, some balance sheets (mainly 1919-1926), and papers pertaining to a lawsuit between John Sorte and the Northwestern Lumber Company (1925-1926); Hubert J. Forester, Henry Good, John C. Sorte (St. Paul), C.L. Doebner (St. Paul), Somers Lumber Company (Somers, Montana), Northwestern Lumber Company (Minneapolis).
David J. Winton: personal, 1924-1928. 2 folders.
Black Hills Utilities; McGovern, Cassady & White (investments, Chicago); David N. Winton; Southwestern Stores, Inc.; Minnesota Loan & Trust Company (Minneapolis); Northland Securities Company (Minneapolis); Old National Bank & Union Trust Company (Spokane); Eagle Lake Spruce Mills; Treasury Department; Wausau Sulphate Fibre Company (Wausau, Wisconsin), First Minneapolis Trust Company; Mason Fibre Company; Alexander Stewart Lumber Company contract.
Mason Fibre Company (Laurel, Mississippi), 1925-1927.
Organizational meeting minutes, financial condition reports, and a report on W.H. Mason's "Process of Exploding Wood." Hubert J. Forester, W.S. Rosenberry, Feather River Lumber Company (Delleker, California).
Hanson and Barzen Milling Company (Thief River Falls, Minnesota), Rosewood Farm, 1927-1929.
Correspondence deeding Rosewood Farm to Hanson and Barzen. Hubert J. Forester, Math Barzen, Theodore Quale.
Barzen agreement, 1929-1934.
Correspondence regarding agreement between David N. Winton, Charles J. Winton, and Math Barzen. Hubert J. Forester, Montana and Dakota Grain Company.
1929 files:
Office files: A-C, 1929.
G.A. Church Investment Company (Seattle, Washington), Cronwall & Company (Chicago), American Trust Company (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho), Baker White Pine (Baker, Oregon), Business Economic Digest (New York), Cameron Timber Tract (Idaho).
Office files: D-F, 1929.
H.S. Dewey (Grand Rapids, Michigan), E.W. Decker (Minneapolis), Charles S. Elms (San Francisco), First Minneapolis Trust Company, Hubert J. Forester, lumber prospects in Mexico, Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, early Winton Company history.
Office files: G-J, 1929.
Gold Par Mining Company (Spokane, Washington), S.O. Johnson, East Oregon Lumber Company, insurance.
Office files: K-M, 1929.
Minnesota Loan and Trust Company, McGowan, Cassady & White (investments, Chicago); Mason & Stevens (forest engineers, Portland, Oregon), logging, Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, Southwestern Stores, Wausau Sulphate Fibre Company, Merrill & Ring Lumber Company; Lane, Piper, Jaffray, Investments (Minneapolis).
Office files: N-S, 1929.
Old National Corporation (Spokane, Washington), Northwest Bancorporation (Minneapolis), Steuben Company (Minneapolis), Smith and McIntosh Lumber Yard (Kellogg, Idaho).
Stock transfers and exchanges, 1929.
Southwestern Stores, Black Hills Utilities Company, Montana-Dakota Power Company, Hope Mining Company (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho).
Office files: S-T, 1929.
Laura Sullivan, timber tracts.
C.J. Winton correspondence, 1929.
C.J. Winton, Jr., correspondence, 1929.
D.J. Winton correspondence, 1929. 2 folders.
Hammond Lumber Company (Portland, Oregon), Oregon Lumber Company, Flora Company (logging railroad), Ralph Budd (President, Great Northern Railway), Masonite Company.
D.N. Winton correspondence, 1929.
R.C. Winton correspondence, 1929.
Timber lands in Mexico.
1930 files:
Stocks and bonds, loans, sales, and transfers, 1930.
Wells-Dickey Company (investments, Minneapolis), Minnesota Loan and Trust Company (Minneapolis); McGowan, Cassady & White (investments, Chicago); American Trust Company (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho); Old National Corporation (Spokane, Washington).
Laura Sullivan, 1930.
Hubert J. Forester, The Corporations Auxiliary Company (Waukegan, Illinois), Communist Party efforts to organize lumber workers.
Timber Holdings and Lumber Company, 1930.
Charles Elms (San Francisco), Clover Valley Lumber Company, Eastern Oregon Land Company.
David J. Winton correspondence, 1930.
D.D. Rosenberry, Old National Corporation (Spokane, Washington).
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144.J.11.2F21931 files:
Office files: A, 1931.
American Taxpayers League, Ben Alexander, northern lumber production statistics, Walter Alexander Company (Wausau, Wisconsin), Flora Logging Company, arrangements for appraisal of Winton properties.
Abbott Hospital (Minneapolis), 1931.
Statements of income and expenses; Charles J. Winton was a trustee of the hospital.
Office files: Ba-Bn, 1931.
Better American Association (state income tax), Schuyler B. Bissell, Eugene N. Best, Blake School (Minneapolis), Badger Ginseng Company, Klamath District lumbering operations, Dierks Lumber & Coal Company (Kansas City).
Walter H. Bissell (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1931.
Eagle Lake Spruce Mills stock, Ontonagon Fibre Company, Marathon Paper Mills Company.
Bissell & Mentges (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1931.
Investments.
Office files: Bo-Bz, 1931.
Fred C. Brown, Business Center Realty Company.
Office files: Ca-Cn, 1931.
Canadian Manufacturers' Association, Canadian Forestry Association, Clover Land Company, J.C. Cavill (Red Lake Indian Agency), Chatham Phenix Corp. (Chicago), Canadian Bank of Commerce (Prince George, British Columbia), Eagle Lake Spruce Mills.
Office files: Co-Cz, 1931.
Corporation Trust Company (Wilmington, Delaware and Minneapolis), Corporation Service Company (Wilmington, Delaware), Fred C. Brown, The College of Idaho (Caldwell, Idaho), article "Ominous Outlook for Timber and Lumber Industries" for American Forests.
Canada Life Assurance Company, 1931.
Life insurance on David J. Winton.
A.W. Clapp (St. Paul), 1931.
Tax and legal matters.
Office files: D, 1931.
The Dinner Club of Minneapolis, Frank E. Davis Fish Company (Gloucester, Massachusetts), Dierks Lumber & Coal Company (Kansas City, Missouri).
Office files: E, 1931.
Grace Evans.
D. Clark Everest (Rothschild, Wisconsin), 1931.
Marathon Paper Mills Company (Rothschild, Wisconsin), Longview Fibre Company, stock holdings in lumber products companies, paper prices.
1% excise tax file, 1931.
Removal of excise tax on lumber imported into Canada.
Office files: F, 1931.
First Securities Corporation (Minneapolis), First National Bank (Minneapolis).
First Union Trust & Savings Bank (Chicago), 1931.
Investments.
Hubert J. Forester, 1931.
Minneapolis office accounts and examination of The Pas Lumber Company.
Office files: G, 1931.
General Motors Corporation (lumber purchases), General Bronze Corporation, Flora Logging Company, General Mills.
Charles S. Gilbert (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1931.
Regarding accounts and lumber company stock holdings.
Office files: Ha-Hh, 1931.
Rev. Henry G.C. Hallock (aid to China missionary work), S. Heller Elevator Company (household elevator), Hanson & Barzen Milling Company (Thief River Falls, Minnesota).
Office files: Hi-Hz, 1931.
Finger Lumber Company (Manitoba?).
Office files: I-J, 1931.
Incorporated Investors (Boston, Massachusetts), Infant Welfare Society (Minneapolis).
Office files: K, 1931.
Kreutzer & Company (Wausau, Wisconsin, investments), Kalman & Company (Minneapolis investments), Charles R. Knox, Mabel Knapp.
John H. Koehler (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1931.
Timber lands and lumber industry.
Kolliner-Newman Manufacturing Company (Stillwater, Minnesota), 1931.
Jacob R. Kolliner.
Office files: L, 1931.
Lowe, Justus & Co. (Minneapolis); municipal bond investments.
Lee, Higginson & Co. (Minneapolis), 1931.
Longview Fibre Company (Longview, Washington), 1931.
D.C. Everest.
Office files: Ma-Md, 1931.
Matson Navigation Company, A.L. Mattes, Marquette Trust Company.
Masonite Corporation (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1931.
James P. Gillis, Ben Alexander, Hubert J. Forester (Minneapolis office), Matthew P. McCullough, Celotex Co., Masonite Corporation (Laurel, Mississippi), Ridgewood Masonite Corporation.
Masonite Corporation financial and operating statements, 1931.
Timber Holdings and Lumber Company, 1931.
Charles S. Elms (San Francisco), Marathon Paper Mills, Pelican Bay Lumber Company, Lasson Lumber and Box Company.
D.J. Winton, 1931.
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144.J.11.3B31932 files:
Officers, 1932.
Winton Lumber Company, The Pas Lumber Company, Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, Prince Albert Lumber Company, Winton Oregon Timber Company, Siskiyou-Minnesota Timber Company, Schermerhorn Winton Oil Company, Canisteo Corporation.
Office files: A, 1932.
American Gas Construction Company, American National Securities Company.
Abbott Hospital statements of income and expenses, 1932.
Walter Alexander Company, 1932.
Siskiyou-Minnesota Timber Company (beetle infestation), Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, Ben Alexander.
Office files: Ba-Bn, 1932.
Willamette and Columbia River timber merger, Laird Bell.
Bissell & Mentges (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1932.
Office files: Bo-By, 1932.
Bulolo Gold Dredging Company (Vancouver, British Columbia), Eagle Lake Spruce Mills.
Office files: Ca-Ch, 1932.
China Child Welfare; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company; Chase, Harris Forbes Corporation (Chicago); Canadian Lumberman's Association.
Canadian Bank of Commerce, 1932.
Eagle Lake Spruce Mills.
A.W. Clapp (St. Paul), 1932.
Tax and legal matters.
Office files: Co-Cr, 1932.
Consolidated Investment Corporation of Canada, College of Idaho (Caldwell, Idaho), Committee for the Consideration of Inter-Governmental Debts.
Office files: D, 1923.
Frank E. Davis Company (Gloucester, Massachusetts), Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, Rev. James Duer (Clinton, Iowa).
Dog file, 1932.
Purchase of a Labrador retriever.
Office files: E, 1932.
Martin Egan (New York), Grace Evans.
D.C. Everest (Rothschild, Wisconsin), 1932.
Marathon Paper Mill loan, Lawrence Leather Company (South St. Paul) regarding process for tanning of leather.
Office files: F, 1932.
R.J. Flanagan (Minneapolis), Western Pine Association, Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, First Minneapolis Trust Company, Prince Albert Lumber Company.
Hubert J. Forester, 1932.
Memos on loans involving The Pas, Winton, Prince Albert, and Eagle Lake lumber companies; cost of maintaining salesmen.
Office files: G, 1932.
Gamble Skogmo, Inc., General Mills, Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways, Dr. Franz Groedel (Bad-Nauheim, Germany).
General Control Corporation, 1932.
Perry Peterson; correspondence regarding stock offered in General Control Corporation.
Charles S. Gilbert (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1932.
Winton Oregon Timber Company, John Koehler, Siskiyou-Minnesota Timber Company, Yawkey-Bissell Company, Marathon Paper Mill.
Office files: H, 1932.
H.G.C. Hallock, Hans Heckne (Thief River Falls), Hennepin County Sportsman's Club, Hammond Lumber Company, Insull properties, Hudson's Bay Mining Company, household finance, hunting trip to The Pas.
Office files: I-J, 1932.
A.B. Jackson, Harrison R. Johnson, Investment Management Service (New York), International Checkwriter Company (Chicago), Janney Semple Hill & Company (Minneapolis), Insull Utility Investments (Chicago), International Match Corporation.
Institute of Paper Chemistry (Appleton, Wisconsin), 1932.
Westbrook Steele, General Timber Service, Inc. (St. Paul).
Carl W. Jones and Helen Winton (Minneapolis), 1932.
Kolliner-Newman Manufacturing Company (Stillwater, Minnesota), 1932.
Max Kolliner, Judge Robert Kolliner.
Office files: K, 1932.
Herbert Knox (Peru, Vermont), Kiplinger Washington Agency.
J.H. Koehler (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1932.
Eagle Lake Spruce Mills.
Office files: L, 1932.
Long-Bell Lumber Company, Ayres D. Lundy (Chicago, engineer).
Longview Fibre Company (Longview, Washington), profit and loss statements, 1932.
Office files: Ma-Mc, 1932.
John R. McDonald (Bemidji, Minnesota), A.L. Mattes, Prince Albert Masonic Temple Company.
Marathon Paper Mills Company (Rothschild, Wisconsin), 1932.
D.C. Everest, Ewing-Everest Pulp Company, Maratan process for tanning leather.
Marathon Paper Mills Company statements and balance sheets, 1932.
Matt P. McCullough, Brooks & Ross Lumber Company (Schofield, Wisconsin). 1932.
Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, The Pas Lumber Company, Siskiyou-Minnesota Timber Company.
Masonite Corporation (Chicago), 1932.
S.B. Bissell, Ben Alexander, James P. Gillis, Matthew P. McCullough, D.C. Everest, C.C. Yawkey.
Masonite Corporation financial and operating statements, 1932.
Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association, 1932.
Office files: Me-Mo, 1932.
Minneapolis Club, Montreal Trust Company, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Pas Lumber Company (American tariff on Canadian lumber).
Office files: N-O, 1932.
Walter Newton, Olaf Neset (Thief River Falls), Otter Tail Power Company, Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, Northern Bible Society, National Economic League (Boston).
National Lumber Manufacturers Association (Washington, D.C.), 1932.
Wilson Compton, Institute of Paper Chemistry, Western Pine Association, General Homes, Inc., lumber tariffs.
Northwestern National Bank (Minneapolis), 1932.
Northwest Bancorporation (Minneapolis).
Ontonagon Fibre Company (Ontonagon, Michigan), 1932.
Aytch Woodson, The Steuben Company (Minneapolis).
Office files: Q-R, 1932.
Axel Roselund (Gibbs, Idaho), Quetico-Superior Council.
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144.J.11.4F4John F. Ross (Schofield, Wisconsin), 1932.
Hubert J. Forester, The Pas Lumber Company, Eagle Lake Spruce Mills.
Walter S. Rosenberry, 1932.
Personal correspondence with C.J. Winton.
Office files: S, 1932.
Shevlin, Carpenter & Clarke Company (Minneapolis), Salvation Army, Westbrook Steele (Institute of Paper Chemistry), Schermerhorn-Winton Company, A.O. Smith Corporation (Milwaukee), Shaw, Kirkebride & Company (New York), Charles W. Sexton Company (Minneapolis), Henrik Shipstead, Six O'Clock Club (Minneapolis).
Office files: T-U, 1932.
Title Insurance Company (Minneapolis), James B. Templeton (Minneapolis); Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, subsistence gardens in lumber industry.
Tariff clippings, 1932. 2 folders.
Office files: W-Y, 1932.
R.C. Winton, D. Knox Winton (Hinsdale, Illinois), Western Exploration Company (Silverton, British Columbia), J.P. Weyerhaeuser Jr., Western Pine Association (Portland, Oregon), Willston Academy (Easthampton, Massachusetts).
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Minneapolis), 1932.
C.J. Winton, Jr., correspondence, 1932.
C.J. Winton Mariposa cruise, 1932.
C.J. Winton, Jr., July-December, 1932.
Mosinee Paper Mills.
David J. Winton, correspondence, 1932.
Correspondence regarding lumber tariff and operations of the Minneapolis office.
Office files: Y, 1932.
Sumner Young, Yenching University (Peiping, China), Cyrus C. Yawkey (Wausau, Wisconsin), YMCA (Minneapolis), Japanese naval strategy.
1933 files:
Office files: A, 1933.
Mary Grace Anderson (Wausau, Wisconsin), American Houses, Inc. (New York).
Abbott Hospital (Minneapolis) statements of income and expenses, 1933.
Walter Alexander Company, 1933.
Masonite Corporation, Wausau Southern Lumber Company, Ben Alexander.
Office files: B, 1933.
T.E. Brennan Company (Milwaukee), Laird Bell (Chicago), Basin Livestock Company (Judith Basin County, Montana), Walter Bissell.
Office files: C-D, 1933.
Canadian Bank of Commerce (Winnipeg), Edward Decker (Minneapolis, information on banking situation), Canisteo Corporation.
D.C. Everest (Rothschild, Wisconsin), 1933.
Industrial control; current economic conditions in lumber and paper industries.
Office files: F, 1933.
Edwin Fitch (Madison, Wisconsin, Ph.D. thesis on lumber tariff).
Hubert J. Forester, 1933.
Foster Creek Lumber and Manufacturing Company (Stephenson, Mississippi), 1933.
A.J. Glasow, Southern Pine Association.
C.S. Gilbert (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1933.
Office files: H-J, 1933.
Hubert J. Forester, Carl Jones, B.F. Harris Company, Ltd, Canadian lumber situation at The Pas.
Office files: K-L, 1933.
Alis Kuechel (Bad-Nauheim, Germany), political conditions in Germany, Longview Fibre Company profit and loss statements, estate of Jacob Kolliner.
Marathon Papers Mills (Rothschild, Wisconsin), 1933.
D.C. Everest.
Masonite Corporation (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1933.
Ben Alexander, James Gillis, Masonite v. Celotex lawsuit.
Masonite Corporation financial and operating statements, 1933.
Matthew P. McCullough (Schofield, Wisconsin), 1933.
Office files: M-P, 1933.
S.H. McVitty (Salem, Virginia), Northwestern Townsite Company, Northwestern National Bank (Minneapolis).
Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association, 1933.
Mosinee Paper Mills Company (Mosinee, Wisconsin), 1933.
Aytch Woodson.
National Lumber Dealers Association (Washington, D.C.), 1933.
W.F. Shaw, Wilson Compton, American Forest Products Industries.
Red Collar Line, Inc., (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho), 1933.
Walter S. Rosenberry, Fritz Jewette, Lafferty Transportation Company, Potlatch Products, Inc.
John F. Ross (Schofield, Wisconsin), 1933.
Flora Logging Company; banking situation in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Walter S. Rosenberry (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho), 1933.
Schermerhorn-Winton Company.
Wage schedules and salary lists, 1933.
Office files: W-Y, 1933.
C.C. Yawkey, Westminster Church (Minneapolis), Western Pine Association, genealogical information on Winton family, Yale University School of Forestry.
C.J. Winton, Jr. personal correspondence. 1933.
D.J. Winton personal correspondence, 1933.
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144.J.11.5B51934 files:
Basin Livestock Company (Judith Basin County, Montana), 1934.
R.N. Pierson.
Federal Housing Act, 1934.
Federal Housing Administration.
Office files: H-L, 1934.
Home building, log contracts, Liberal King Mining Company, T.J. Humbird (Spokane, Washington).
Lumber Code, 1934.
S.R. Rosenberry, David Winton, R.C. Winton.
Masonite Corporation (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1934.
Ben Alexander, James Gillis.
Masonite Corporation financial and operating statements, 1934.
Marathon Paper Mills Company (Rothschild, Wisconsin), 1934.
National Lumber Manufacturers Association (Washington, D.C.), 1934.
Wilson Compton, S.V. Fullaway (Western Pine Association).
H.C. Reynolds, wood distillation, 1934.
William Mason, D.C. Everest.
Office files: R-W, 1934.
James B. Templeton, J.P. Weyerhaeuser, George Lindsay White Pine name case.
J.N. Winton and C.J. Winton, Jr., 1934.
Estate of Knox Winton.
D.J. Winton, 1934.
Hubert J. Forester.
1935 files:
Office files: A-K, 1935.
Ernest Dolge (lumber strike), Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Inland Empire, graduated corporation tax, Kinzua Pine Mills Company (Kinzua, Oregon).
Longview Fibre Company (Longview, Washington), 1935.
D.C. Everest, General Fibre Box Company.
Marathon Paper Mills Company (Rothschild, Wisconsin), 1935.
D.C. Everest, Menasha Products Company.
Masonite Corporation (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1935.
Walter Bissell, Jr., James Gillis, Ben Alexander, Hormel Corporation (corporate housing).
Masonite Corporation financial and operating statements, 1935.
Montana-Dakota Utilities, 1935.
Minnesota Northern Power Company; mergers.
J.D. Mylrea (Rhinelander, Wisconsin), 1935.
John Schroeder Lumber Company (Ashland, Wisconsin), Thunder Lake Lumber Company.
National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1935.
Wilson Compton, American Forest Products Industries, Western Pine Association.
National Lumber Manufacturers Association publicity committee, 1935.
T.M. Knappen.
American Forest Products Industries, 1935.
H.G. Uhl (Minneapolis), Wilson Compton, Timber Engineering Company (TECO, Washington, D.C.).
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144.J.11.6F6Ontonagon Fibre Corporation (Ontonagon, Michigan), financial and operating statements, 1935.
Survey project for industry, 1935.
John W. Watzek, Jr.
Office files: T-W, 1935.
Western Pine Association (Portland, Oregon), John Tennant, Western Exploration Company (Silverton, British Columbia).
Winton family correspondence, 1935.
Winton Oregon Timber Company, Siskiyou-Minnesota Timber Company, The Pas Lumber Company, Spokane International Railway.
1936 files:
Char-Tex, Inc. (Minneapolis), 1936.
Record orders, cost analysis, and correspondence of a drug company.
Dalkena Lumber Company (Dalkena, Washington), 1936.
Correspondence regarding proposed sale to Winton Lumber Company.
Fiduciary Counsel, Inc. (Chicago), 1936.
Includes newsletters on estate planning.
Hubert J. Forester, 1936.
National American Wholesale Lumber Association, corporate liability under tax laws.
A.C. Horner, timber connectors, 1936.
Timber Engineering Company (TECO).
Office files: D-M, 1936.
Genrich & Genrich (Wausau, Wisconsin, attorneys), Max Kolliner, David Mason (Portland, Oregon), Downtown Liability Company (Minneapolis), Koehler Trust.
Longview Fibre Company (Longview, Washington) profit and loss statements, 1936.
Masonite Corporation (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1936.
Masonite Corporation tenth anniversary, 1936.
Masonite Corporation financial and operating statements, 1936.
Marathon Paper Mills Company (Rothschild, Wisconsin), 1936.
Office files: M, 1936.
Montana-Dakota Utilities, Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association, Mosinee Paper Mills Company reorganization.
National Lumber Manufacturers Association (Washington, D.C.), 1936. 2 folders.
Wilson Compton, trailer manufacturers.
National Lumber Manufacturers Association publicity, 1936.
Correspondence and news releases written during D.J. Winton term as head of publicity.
Timber Engineering Company (TECO) and American Forest Products Industries, 1936.
H.G. Uhl, Edward M. Harris.
Ontonagon Fibre Corporation (Ontonagon, Michigan) operating statements, 1936.
Office files: N-W, 1936.
National Association of Manufacturers, Northwestern National Bank & Trust (Minneapolis), Red Lake Indian Mills (Redby, Minnesota), Forest Lumber Company (Kansas City, Missouri).
John F. Ross (Schofield, Wisconsin), 1936.
Correspondence regarding death and estate of Ross.
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144.J.11.7B7Western Pine Association (Portland, Oregon), 1936.
S.V. Fullaway, Jr., West Coast Lumbermen's Association.
D.J. Winton, 1936.
D.J. Cowling (Carleton College), Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association, Social Security, U.S. forest policy.
1937 files:
Office files: A-C, 1937.
Katherine Carr estate, F.P. Champ, F.L. Crowe (Spokane, Washington), Basin Livestock Company, Clover Land Company, Minnesota-Montana Realty Company, Canadian Manufacturers Association.
Char-Tex, Inc. (Minneapolis), 1937.
Char-Tex Sales Company agreement to take over Char-Tex, Inc.
Office files: G-J, 1937.
Genrich & Genrich (Wausau, Wisconsin attorneys), Ermina Husted, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, International Lumber Company (International Falls, Minnesota).
Longview Fibre Company (Longview, Washington), 1937.
General Fibre Box Company.
Marathon Paper Mills Company (Rothschild, Wisconsin), financial and operating statements, 1937.
Masonite Corporation financial and operating statements, 1937.
Includes a summary of earnings from 1927 to 1935.
Masonite Corporation (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1937.
Matt P. McCullough (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1937.
Hubert J. Forester.
National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1937.
Rate case against carriers request.
National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1937.
Information on small homes and demonstration homes sponsored by the organization.
National Lumber Manufacturers Association (Washington, D.C.), 1937.
Wilson Compton, Theodore Knappen.
Ontonagon Fibre Corporation (Ontonagon, Michigan), financial and operating statements, 1937.
Patman-Robinson Price Discrimination Act, 1937.
Includes Federal Trade Commission decision in the Goodyear Case; checklist of possible effects of the Robinson-Patman Act; Wilson Compton, Western Pine Association (Portland, Oregon).
Timber Engineering Company (TECO) and American Forest Products Industries, 1937.
Includes financial statement for TECO, Harry G. Uhl, I.N. Tate.
Office files: R-T, 1937.
J & W Seligman Company (investments, New York), The Timberman (Portland, Oregon), Southern Pines Industry Council (New Orleans, Louisiana); Ramstad Livestock Company (Long Beach, California), Strutwear Knitting Company (Minneapolis), Sunshine Mining Company (Yakima, Washington).
Townsend-Skinner and Company (New York), 1937.
Reports on available money supply.
Transportation Association of American (Chicago), 1937.
Donald D. Conn, six hour work day.
United States Forest Service, 1937.
C.M. Granger (Washington, D.C.).
Office files: W, 1937.
Matthew P. McCullough (Wausau, Wisconsin), Gilbert Hyatt (Washington, D.C.), Chester M. Wright (Washington, D.C.), Western Exploration Company (Silverton, British Columbia), International Falls, Minnesota labor situation.
Western Pine Association (Portland, Oregon), 1937.
S.V. Fullaway, Jr., tables of softwood lumber prices from 1840 to 1925.
Office files: W-Y, 1937.
West Coast Lumbermen's Association (Seattle, Washington), Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, YMCA departmental reports.
1938 files:
Office files: A, 1938.
Walter Alexander Company, Ben Alexander, D.H. Ankeny, Hamm's Brewing Company, Atlantic Greyhound Corporation.
Office files: B, 1938.
Minneapolis Better Housing Committee, Glenn Bronson (Grand Rapids, Michigan), C.H. Brown (Minneapolis investments), Martin Brommeland (Giscome, British Columbia), Bigelow, Webb & Company (Minneapolis, importance of natural gas to iron mining industry), Baird Brothers Carpets (New York), Western Exploration Company, Business Center Realty Company (Minneapolis).
Office files: C, 1938.
Canadian National Realty, Clover Land Company, Crane Company (Chicago), Martha R. Carr (Chicago), Commerce Clearing House, Inc. (Chicago), Char-Tex (Minneapolis), Canadian Manufacturers Association.
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144.J.11.8F8Deussen-McKinley oil royalty, 1938. 2 folders.
Alexander Duessen, L. Parker McKinley, concerning oil royalties in Texas, New Mexico, and Louisiana.
Office files: D-F, 1938.
Dominion Bank (Winnipeg, Manitoba), Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company (Wausau, Wisconsin), Anne Winton Dodge (Wayzata, Minnesota), Electro Manganese Corporation (Minneapolis).
Hubert J. Forester, 1938.
First National Bank and Trust Company of Minneapolis, 1938.
Fiduciary Counsel, Inc. (Chicago), 1938.
Includes newsletters on estate planning.
Office files: G-J, 1938.
George L. Gardner (Portland, Oregon), Somers Lumber Company (Somers, Montana), Johnson Machine Works (Tacoma, Washington).
Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Jones, 1938.
Correspondence regarding stock of Helen Winton Jones.
Joel Foundation (Minneapolis), 1938.
Correspondence regarding the establishing of the Joel Foundation by D.W. and C.J. Winton and Helen Winton Jones.
Office files: K-L, 1938.
Harold E. Wood & Company (St. Paul, investments), Canadian Pulp and Paper Association (Montreal), Lumbermen's Credit Association (Chicago), Kansas Pipe Line & Gas Company, Sam A. Kolliner (Stillwater, Minnesota).
Longview Fibre Company (Longview, Washington) profit and loss statements, 1938.
Marathon Paper Mills sale of 1,000 shares common, 1938.
McKinley & Company (New York), Fiduciary Trust Company (New York).
Marathon Papers Mills (Rothschild, Wisconsin), 1938.
Menasha Products Company (Menasha, Wisconsin), Swift, Henke & Company (Chicago), Wisconsin Valley Trust Company (Wausau, Wisconsin), McKinley & Company (New York), Riter & Company (New York).
Marathon Paper Mills statements, 1938. 2 folders.
Office files: M, 1938.
George S. May Company (Minneapolis), A.C. McClurg & Company (Chicago), Matthew P. McCullough (Schofield, Wisconsin), Marsh-Wells Products, Inc. (Dover, Ohio).
L. Parker McKinley (New York), 1938.
Marathon Paper Mills financial condition, Charles J. Winton.
Masonite Corporation stock sale, 1938.
Masonite Corporation financial and operating statements, 1938.
Masonite Corporation (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1938.
Ben Alexander.
L.A. Mathey and Company (New York), 1938.
Harry Brunie Company, R.N. Elliott, D.H. Ankeny.
L.A. Mathey and Company (New York), statements, 1938.
Office files: M, 1938.
S.H. McVitty, Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis Club, "Minneapolis Plan," Mosinee Paper Mills (Mosinee, Wisconsin).
Office files: N, 1938.
A.S. Nicholson (Toronto, Canada), National Association of Manufacturers (New York), Hotel Nicollet (Minneapolis), National Battery Company (St. Paul), Northwest Airlines, Inc. (St. Paul), Northwest Bancorporation.
National Lumber Manufacturers Association (Washington, D.C.), 1938.
Wilson Compton, James G. McNary (McNary, Arizona), Theodore M. Knappen.
Northern Pine Manufacturers Association, 1938.
W.A. Ellinger (Minneapolis), The Pas Lumber Company.
Office files: P, 1938.
Walter S. Rosenberry (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho), Potlatch Forests (Lewiston, Idaho), Pelican Bay Lumber Company (Klamath Falls, Oregon), Princeton University, Reserve Investing Corporation, Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
John F. Ross estate, 1938.
Bird, Smith, Okoneski & Puchner, Lawyers (Wausau, Wisconsin), The Pas Lumber Company, Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, Winton Oregon Timber Company, Siskiyou-Minnesota Timber Company, First American State Bank (Wausau, Wisconsin).
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144.J.11.9B9Office files: S-V, 1938. 2 folders.
Stein & Roe (Chicago), Tilden Bros. & Grannis (Chicago, investments), United Business Service (Boston), Riter & Company (New York), St. Paul Union Stockyards Company, Sontag Home Insulating Company, Safe Cabinets, State Street Investment Fund, Vermiculture Company of America (Minneapolis).
United States Forest Service, 1938.
James C. Evenden (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho), James W. Girard (Washington, D.C.), Harold Wood (St. Paul), Tygard Valley Homesteads (Elkins, West Virginia).
Townsend-Skinner Company (New York), 1938.
D.H. Ankeny (St. Paul).
Transportation Association of America (Chicago), 1938.
Office files: W, 1938.
Wells-Dickey, Western Exploration Company, Western Pine Association, Chester M. Wright (labor letters), Japanese buying of iron ore.
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Minneapolis), 1938.
Helen S. Winton, 1938.
American Committee for Non-participation in Japanese Aggression.
David J. Winton, correspondence, 1938.
Community Congregational Church (Wayzata, Minnesota), YMCA.
C.J. Winton, Jr. correspondence, 1938.
YMCA, Minneapolis Foundation, Shawmut Company (Duluth, Minnesota), Westminster Church (Minneapolis), Boy Scouts of America, Abbott Hospital, North East Neighborhood House, Western Exploration Company.
C.J. Winton, Sr. estate correspondence, 1938.
J.N. Winton correspondence, 1938.
1939 files:
Office files: B-C, 1939.
Barrett Association (New York, investments), Martin Brommeland (Prince George, British Columbia), George R. Carr, Clover Land Company.
Char-Tex, Inc. (Minneapolis), 1939.
Canadian income tax correspondence, 1935-1939.
Office files: D-F, 1939.
Dominion Bank (Winnipeg, Manitoba), Mrs. Grace Ross Evans, Winton trust tax matters, First American State Bank stock.
Deussen-McKinley royalty matters, 1939.
L. Parker McKinley, Alexander Deussen.
Deussen-McKinley royalty income, 1939.
First National Bank and Trust Company (Minneapolis), 1939.
Correspondence regarding various Winton trust matters, Willow Run and Stony Lake Timber Company (Canada).
Fiduciary Counsel, Inc. (Chicago), 1939.
Includes report on economic effects on rearmament of various companies.
Hubert J. Forester, 1939.
Prince Albert Lumber Company.
Office files: G-J, 1939.
Helen Winton Jones, Ermina Husted (Seattle, Washington), Inland Empire Refineries (Spokane, Washington), Investographs, Inc., (Rochester, New York), Joel Foundation (Minneapolis).
Sidney Houston (St. Paul), 1939.
Correspondence regarding investment services.
Office files: K-L, 1939.
J.M. Kolliner (Chicago), Lumbermen's Credit Association (Chicago).
Longview Fibre Company (Longview, Washington) profit and loss statements, 1939.
Office files: M, 1939.
George F. May Company (Minneapolis), Matthew McCullough (Chicago), S.H. McVitty (Salem, Virginia), Moody's Investors Service (Chicago), Minneapolis Foundation.
Marathon Paper Mills (Rothschild, Wisconsin), 1939. 2 folders.
L.P. McKinley (New York), D.C. Everest, Swift, Henke & Company (Chicago).
L.P. McKinley (New York), 1939.
Marathon Paper Mills. Alexander Deussen.
Masonite Corporation (Wausau, Wisconsin), 1939.
Northern Pine Manufacturers Association, 1939.
W.A. Ellinger.
Office files: N-P, 1939.
Northwest Airlines, Inc. (St. Paul), Princeton University, Cliff Puttrick (The Pas, Manitoba), Nicollet Hotel (Minneapolis).
Office files: R, 1939.
Greyhound Management Company (Chicago, formula to eliminate carbon monoxide), Riter & Company (Chicago), Sam Robertson (Minneapolis), Remraf & Company (Los Angeles).
Royalty income, oil, 1939.
Office files: S-Z, 1939.
Roland Schmid (Minneapolis), Edward E. Wandry (Minneapolis), Harold E. Wood & Company (St. Paul), Weyerhaeuser stock, Maxson Corporation, YMCA, United States Forest Service.
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144.J.11.10F10Sontag Home Insulating Company (Lakefield, Minnesota), 1939. 2 folders.
Includes articles of incorporation and papers relating to dissolution; Lakefield Farmers Lumber Company (Lakefield, Minnesota).
Townsend-Skinner & Company (New York), 1939.
R. Dana Skinner, W.W. Townsend.
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Minneapolis), 1939.
C.J. Winton, Jr., 1939.
C.J. Winton, Sr., estate, Princeton University, North East Neighborhood House, wills, American Committee for Non-participation in Japanese Aggression, Minneapolis Charter Union.
D.J. Winton, 1939.
J.N. Winton, tax cases.
1957 files:
Office files: A-B, 1957.
Arthur Altschul (New York), George A. Barton (Minneapolis), Business Week Magazine, Fred J. Baker.
Office files: C-D, 1957.
Mrs. Olivia Coan (London, England), John Corson (Washington, D.C.), Walter O. Davis, John Cowles (Minneapolis), Mr. and Mrs. E.S. Decker (Minneapolis).
Office files: E-F, 1957.
Rowland Evans, Jr. (Chevy Chase, Maryland, D.J. Winton son-in-law); notes on Katherine Winton will.
Economics, 1957.
Correspondence and printed materials on lumber situation and general economic conditions.
Office files: G-H, 1957.
James Ganske (St. Paul), F. Peavey Heffelfinger (Minneapolis), John M. Hlavacek (White Plains, New York), Nancy Horner (Hopkins, Minnesota), Paul Holmer (Minneapolis), Harvard Business School.
Office files: I-L, 1957.
R.D. Longyear (Minneapolis), Henry Leiberman (New York), Dr. Arnold Lowe (Westminster Church, Minneapolis).
Office files: M, 1957.
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company (New York), S.H. McVitty (Salem, Virginia), Mendota Lumber Company (Mendota, Minnesota).
John F. Martin (Modesto, California), 1947-1957. 2 folders.
Correspondence between D.J. Winton and John Martin (United Lumber Company, Modesto, California) from 1947 (when he started working for the Wintons) until 1957; mostly concerns running of the lumber yard.
Memos, handwritten, 1954-1957. 3 folders.
Among the Wintons and their office managers and personnel.
Office files: N-R, 1957.
Croil Hunter (St. Paul), Walter S. Rosenberry (Washington, D.C,), "Northstar" (D.J. Winton boat), Princeton Club of New York.
John M. Rosenberry (Martell, California), 1947-1957.
Correspondence regarding Winton Lumber Company office affairs.
Office files: S-W, 1957.
DeWitt Wallace (Pleasantville, New York), Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser (Tacoma, Washington), Jim Wyer (care of Winton house and cars), College of St. Thomas (St. Paul, Minnesota), Center for Continuation Study (University of Minnesota), Woodhill Country Club (Wayzata, Minnesota).
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144.J.12.1B111958 files:
Office files: A-B, 1958.
Cliff Anderson (Martell, California), Allen C. Brown (Rhinelander, Wisconsin), Red Lake Indian Mills (Redby, Minnesota), financial policies of Winton Lumber Company (Anderson file), Charles Bell (General Mills), list of officers of Winton Lumber Sales Company.
Office files: C, 1958.
Corporation Trust Company (New York), Canadian Forestry Association (Prairie Provinces Division), College of Agriculture (Berkeley, California, bulletin "Relative Cost of Making Logs from Small and Large Timber", 1922), Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Manufacturers Association, survey by Forest Genetics Research Foundation.
Office files: D-H, 1958.
Mrs. Joel E. Ferris (Spokane, Washington), stock transfers.
Office files: I-L, 1958.
Mrs. Charles A. Cleveland (Thirza Jones, New York), Gordon T. Lough (Edmonton, Alberta), IBM training course, biography of Helen Winton Jones, life insurance program for employees.
Office files: M, 1958.
John H. Martin (Modesto, California), Matthew P. McCullough (Chicago), Marsh & McLennan (Minneapolis).
Office files: N-O, 1958.
C.D. Orchard (Victoria, British Columbia), National Lumber Manufacturers Association.
Northern Pine Manufacturers Association (Minneapolis), 1958.
Office files: P-S, 1958.
Sam Robertson (Minneapolis), John Rosenberry (Sutter Creek, California), E.J. Schermerhorn (Tulsa, Oklahoma), profit sharing plans, including General Mills.
Timber Engineering Company (TECO, Washington, D.C.), 1958.
Includes silver anniversary report.
Office files: T-W, 1958.
John Bene (Vancouver, British Columbia), Wood Conversion Company (St. Paul), Western Pine Association.
David Michael Winton and J.N. Winton, Jr., 1958.

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Expand/CollapseTHIEF RIVER FALLS LUMBER COMPANY

C.J. and D.N. Winton bought the Thief River Falls Lumber Company from Patrick and James Meehan in 1899. It operated in the northwestern portion of Minnesota, especially the Red Lake Rapids area. The company dissolved in 1919.


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144.J.12.1B11Articles of incorporation and other legal documents, 1894-1900.
Includes agreements with J.J. Crowe and J.G. Ballard; Neal Brown, Thief River Falls Boom Company.
Purchase agreement, 1899.
Land purchases, 1899-1901.
Red Lake Rapids, Minnesota.
Miscellaneous statements, 1899-1905.
Includes wholesale price lists (1899), log statements (1900-1901), shipping statements (1903-1905), balance sheets (1899, 1904) and assets and liabilities (1900).
John O'Day and C.E. Winslow, 1899, 1905.
Correspondence with General Manager John O'Day of the Thief River Falls Lumber Company and correspondence regarding the estate of C.E. Winslow.
Miscellaneous accounts, 1899-1900.
Logging contracts, 1900-1911.
Contracts with Anna Kretschmer, Red Lake Transportation Company, George Lydeck, John Eden, A.J. Dwyer, Patrick Sullivan O.J. Gray, J.A. Irvine, Northland Pine Company.
Annual statements, 1901-1908. 8 folders.
Trial balances, 1903-1905. 2 folders.
Timber agreement, 1908.
Between J.A. Irvine, J.B. Kolliner, and Thief River Falls Lumber Company.
Quit claim deed, 1915.
Margaret Anderson.
Dissolution of company, 1919.

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Expand/CollapseWINTON TIMBER COMPANY

The Winton Timber Company was incorporated in Wisconsin in 1901 as a general logging and lumbering firm by Charles J. Winton, Judson M. Smith, and Charles S. Gilbert. The company later received licenses to operate in Oregon (1903), California (1911), and Minnesota (1913). In 1901 the company acquired a 23,000 acre timber tract in Oregon from the Oregon and California Railroad Company and acquired several more Oregon and California tracts over the next two years, boosting its acreage to 39,500,000. The company existed until December 1925, operating largely in Oregon and California. At that time it was formally dissolved and all its assets, properties, and liabilities were transferred to the newly-created Winton Oregon Timber Company, a Delaware corporation.


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144.J.12.2F12Oregon land deal:
Contract between Oregon and California Railroad and Andrew B. Hammond and C.J. Winton, 1901.
Cruises and maps, 1901-1903.
Cruise reports on Tualatin and Trask rivers, township plats, maps of Tillamook County, Oregon.
Articles of incorporation, 1901.
Also includes list of capital stockholders and licenses to do business in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Oregon.
Hammond's reply in Oregon and California Railroad case (USA v. O & RR Co. et al.), undated.
Tax receipts, Tillamook County, Oregon, 1901-1908.
Corporation taxes, Oregon and California, 1905-1914.
Maps, 1901.
Three letters from George Andrews enclosing maps of railroad lands.
Sugar Pine lands, 1902-1911. 3 folders.
Letters, deeds, agreements, and abstracts; patents from State of California to Thomas Barlow Walker; agreement between Central Pacific Railroad and Winton Timber Company. E.S. Howe,
Warranty deeds, 1901-1902. 2 folders.
E.S. Howe; Dolph, Mallory, Simon and Gearin (Portland, Oregon), Astoria Company.
Expenses and fire report, 1903-1907.
Andrew B. Hammond, Astoria Company, 1904 fire in Tualatin-Trask area.
Sale of Kilches Tract to W. C. Slattery, 1909.
Warranty deeds, 1910-1913.
Neal Brown, Wausau Sulphate Fibre Company.
Oregon and California Railroad land titles, 1911.
Neal Brown, W.S. Burnett, Wausau Southern Lumber Company.
Judge Wolverton's opinion in Oregon and California Railroad case, 1911.
Deeds and option, 1913-1914.
Quit claim deed, Andrew B. Hammond to Charles J. Winton, et al., options to W.C. Slattery.
Expenses, 1913-1916.
Establishment of Winton Timber Company:
Certificate of legal existence (Oregon), 1903.
Amendment to articles of incorporation, 1917.
Increasing capital stock from $250,000 to $500,000.
Carey and Kerr (lawyers), 1914.
Opinion on legal title to lands in Oregon.
Washington and Yamhill counties, 1916.
Detailed descriptions of land of A.B. Hammond and Winton Timber Company.
W. Charles Slattery option, 1913-1914. 3 folders.
Correspondence regarding Slattery's attempt to purchase an Oregon timber tract for a syndicate of French investors; Andrew B. Hammond, W.C. Gellibrand, Jacob Mortenson, Oregon Forest Corporation, Trask-Tualatin lands.
Sugar Pine lands:
Concerns the original holdings of the Winton Timber Company in Siskiyou County, California.
The lands were deeded by the company to its stockholders in 1912 to circumvent a California statute prohibiting a corporation from owning California land in excess of 5,000 acres.
Sugar Pine deeds, 1912, 1919.
Sugar Pine lands, 1921-1928.
Includes an assessment to the United States Forest Service for a fire road; Hubert J. Forester.
Sugar Pine matters, 1922.
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144.J.12.3B13Financial and operating records:
Valuation, 1913-1929. 4 folders and 1 volume.
Financial and statistical data and correspondence regarding valuations of Winton Timber Company. The volume contains testimony of A.B. Hammond and G.B. McLeod in a 1912 court case regarding lands transferred from the Oregon and California Railroad Company to the Winton Timber Company, in which the two companies were defendants.
Balance sheets, 1903, 1909-1915, 1925.
The 1903 report contains a brief financial history of the company.
Hammond-Winton account, 1914-1925. 10 folders.
Red River Lumber Company (1918-1919), Hammond Lumber Company tax settlement (1921), and certificate of withdrawal from business in Oregon (1926).
Capital stock tax return, 1925.
Interest paid to C.J. Winton, et al., 1915.
Stockholders proxies, 1911.
Grazing leases, 1915-1924.
Quiley lease (1915), Peterson-Rider Company (1919), George A. Tebbe (1920), Lichen Bros.
Hegardt and Clarke survey, 1913.
For a proposed logging railroad route in Washington, Yamhill, and Tillamook counties, Oregon.
Cruise report, 1915.
Lacey selling agreement, 1917.
Agreement between A.B. Hammond, Winton Timber Company, and J.D. Lacey to sell lands in Oregon.
Proposed sale of Trask lands, 1914.
A.B. Hammond.
Fire loss in Oregon, 1919.
Concerns fire in Upper Tualatin area, Hammond Lumber Company.
Sale to Yawkey and Alexander, 1920.
Special warranty deed to Leigh Yawkey Woodson and Walter Alexander for stock in Winton Timber Company.
Flora Logging Company, 1922-1932. 6 folders.
Correspondence and contracts, fire at Flora Logging Company; Hammond Lumber Company, G.B. McLeod, C.A. Gilbert, Hubert J. Forester, Veazie & Veazie (Portland, Oregon).
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148.E.1.6F14Volumes:
1. Tax and land records, Sugar Pine lands.
2. Tax and land records.
3. Tax and land records.
4. Ledger, 1901-1922.
5. Ledger, 1923-1925.
6. Journal, 1901-1922.
7. Journal, 1923-1925.

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Expand/CollapseWINTON OREGON TIMBER COMPANY

The Winton Oregon Timber Company was incorporated in 1925 in Delaware, its object being the assumption of all the assets, properties, and liabilities of the Winton Timber Company. The change was made to eliminate the Wisconsin income and inheritance tax obligations of the Winton Timber Company. The company was capitalized at $500,000 and was authorized to carry on the same general timber land management, logging, and lumbering activities as its predecessor. It managed its western lands throughout the 1920s and 1930s although 300,000 acres were destroyed in the Tillamook fire of August 1933. The company's activities slowed in the 1940s and it was dissolved in 1947, after selling off its last remaining timber tracts.


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144.J.12.4F15Establishment of Winton Oregon Timber Company:
Organizational file, 1925-1926.
Correspondence regarding the organization of Winton Oregon Timber Company, warranty deed form Winton Timber Company; judgment in favor of Hammond and Winton against Oregon and California Railroad; C.S. Gilbert, Aytch P. Woodson.
Certificate of incorporation, 1925.
Correspondence regarding the organization of the Winton Oregon Timber Company, dissolution of the Winton Timber Company, and certificate of legal existence (Oregon).
First National Bank (Minneapolis) guaranty, 1926-1927.
Trask-Tualatin cruise, 1927.
Correspondence regarding Bowen and Brown cruise on Trask River tract, George B. McLeod, H.C. Patton.
Assignment of judgment, Oregon and California Railroad case, 1922.
Proposed sale to Keith and Cronwall, 1929.
Proposed sale of timber lands to Central Coal and Coke Company and Great Northern Railway, Ralph Budd, Inman-Poulsen Lumber Company.
Annual meetings:
Annual meetings, 1929-1939.
Includes special meeting to increase stock (1932), special meetings (1933), special meeting for stockholders (1935) regarding reduction of subscriptions pledged by stockholders because of 1933 fire.
Liquidation meetings, 1947.
Correspondence and subject files:
Letters, telegrams, memos, and reports related to office management and operations, stock holdings, and land and timber resources. The main correspondents are H.C. Patton, Hubert J. Forester, George L. Gardner, and C.S. Gilbert.
Correspondence, 1928. 2 folders.
George B. McLeod, fire losses, Alexander Stewart Lumber Company, 1913 valuation of Trask-Tualatin tract.
D.J. Winton correspondence, 1930.
Correspondence, 1931.
C.S. Gilbert, 1931.
Correspondence regarding Gilbert's position as secretary of Winton Oregon Timber Company, Mabel Green.
Hammond Lumber Company: G.B. McLeod, 1931. 2 folders.
Correspondence regarding Hammond-Winton interests in Oregon, W.S. Burnett, Wheeler Timber Company, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, Inman-Poulson Lumber Company, Davis merger plan.
Correspondence, 1932.
Correspondence regarding House Revenue Bill which would discriminate against stockholders in companies dealing in natural resources, Aytch P. Woodson, John F. Ross.
C.S. Gilbert, 1932.
Hammond Lumber Company: G.B. McLeod, 1932. 3 folders.
Correspondence regarding proposed Trask River power plant, report on potential water power in Trask River Basin, Oregon; timber taxes, forest fires.
Correspondence, 1933.
Charles J. Winton, Hubert J. Forester.
Hammond Lumber Company: G.B. McLeod, 1933.
David T. Mason, Lumber Code, tax reductions.
D.J. Winton correspondence, 1933-1938.
Aytch P. Woodson, Ben Alexander, Ida Mortenson, Siskiyou-Minnesota Timber Company, Winton reforestation policy.
Mrs. Mabel Green v. Winton Oregon Timber Company, 1933-1934.
Correspondence regarding lawsuit brought by Mrs. Green over preferred stock offer and corporate control, Veazie & Veazie.
Correspondence, 1934.
Hammond Lumber Company, Trask-Wilson Timber Committee.
G.L. Gardner loan, 1935-1942.
G.B. McLeod, H.C. Patton, W.S. Burnett.
Correspondence, 1935.
Hubert J. Forester, includes summaries of logging companies and logs scaled.
Hammond Lumber Company: G.B. McLeod, 1935.
F.R. Olin.
Correspondence, 1936.
George L. Gardner, Hubert J. Forester.
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144.J.12.5B16Hammond Lumber Company: G.B. McLeod, 1936.
George L. Gardner, H.C. Patton, strike conditions.
Correspondence, 1937.
Corporation Trust Company, George L. Gardner.
Hammond Lumber Company: G.B. McLeod, 1937.
George L. Gardner, H.C. Patton, history of option on Unit 12 of Trask-Willamette.
Correspondence, 1938.
Hammond Lumber Company: G.B. McLeod, 1938.
Hubert J. Forester, H.C. Patton, worm infestation, logging conditions.
Correspondence, 1939.
Hammond Lumber Company: G.B. McLeod, 1939.
H.C. Patton.
Fire, 1939.
H.C. Patton, fire on company's Oregon lands.
Correspondence, 1940.
H.C. Patton.
Correspondence, 1947-1948. 2 folders.
Liquidation matters, H.C. Patton, R.H. Walker, timber cruise (Portland, Oregon).
Tillamook burn:
The Tillamook fire started on August 14, 1933, and continued until August 25, destroying more than 300,000 acres of virgin timber in Tillamook, Yamhill, and Washington counties, Oregon. Companies affected by the fire proposed a merger to consolidate the salvage operation. The Trask-Wilson Timber Committee, headed by David J. Winton, studied the feasibility of the merger and coordinated efforts to solve common problems.
Pictures and information, 1933-1938.
Correspondence, 1933. 3 folders.
Correspondence and minutes of meetings of owners regarding merger to salvage burned timber, John Philip Weyerhaeuser, George B. McLeod, Laird Bell, J.W. Blodgett, Jr.
Salvage file, 1934.
Reports and correspondence, 1934.
Includes a report of Brown and Brown regarding deterioration of timber following fire and a report on forest insect conditions in Oregon and Washington; Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
D.J. Winton report, 1934.
Reports and map, 1934.
Includes Tillamook burn survey (January 16, 1934) and reports of W. Henry Thomas and Lloyd R. Crosby (March 16, April 17, 1934).
Thomas and Crosby correspondence, 1933-1934.
Merger, April 1934.
Liability of Crossett Western Company, 1934.
Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association, Hubert J. Forester, Minneapolis truckers strike.
D.J. Winton personal correspondence, 1933-1934.
Laird Bell.
Proposed sale by Hammond, Oregon Mesabi, and Winton Oregon companies, 1934.
George L. Gardner.
Trask-Wilson Committee:
George B. McLeod correspondence, 1934.
Merger meetings, 1934.
Laird Bell, Hubert J. Forester, James B. Templeton (lawyer, Minneapolis).
Agreements, 1934.
Executive meetings, 1934.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan, 1934.
Forest Service, 1934.
Deterioration of timber and fire protection.
Office expenses, 1934.
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144.J.12.6F17D.J. Winton correspondence, 1934.
Oregon Mesabi Corporation, John Philip Weyerhaeuser, Aubrey Watzek, J.W. Blodgett, Laird Bell.
Taxes and cost figures, 1934.
Wilson River truck road, 1934.
F.R. Olin, George B. McLeod.
Ratification from owners, 1934.
John Philip Weyerhaeuser, George B. McLeod, Calvin Gentress.
Job applications, 1934.
Article 10 conferences, 1933-1934.
Report on forest conservation conferences held October 1933 and January 1934.
Timber applications, 1934.
Lumber Code Authority, 1934.
George B. McLeod, J.D. Tennant, W.B. Greeley (West Coast Lumbermen's Association).
Common carrier rates, 1934.
George B. McLeod, Aubrey Watzek, R.F. Ricker (Weyerhaeuser Timber Company).
New Tillamook Burn Committee, 1934.
Bylaws and articles of incorporation of Associated Logging Company, Tillamook Burn Association agreement, John Philip Weyerhaeuser, C.W. Stimson.
Contracts:
The Winton Oregon Company leased or sold its timber to various logging companies.
The contract files contain correspondence relating to sale and lease contracts and to timber trades.
Maps, 1919-1940.
Showing lands owned by Winton Oregon Timber Company; Fire Patrol Association map showing of burned areas.
Rough drafts of contracts between Edward Murphy and Flora Logging Company, 1934.
Stimson Lumber Company:
George B. McLeod and Stimson sale, 1930.
Stimson timber trade, 1930-1932.
Stimson contracts, Units 6 and 13, 1936-1939.
George B. McLeod and H.C. Patton.
Payments on contracts, 1939.
Glenn Bailey's reports on logging and logging camps, 1939.
Sale of Unit 6, 1940.
H.C. Patton, W.S. Burnett.
F.A. Bletz contract, 1940.
T.H. Mills.
Aberdeen Plywood Company timber sale, 1944-1946.
Hart, Spencer, McCulloch and Rockwood; T.H. Mills, Harland M. Woods (judge).
Trask-Willamette Timber Company:
Contract, Units 11-12, 1934-1939. 5 folders.
W.S. Burnett, H.C. Patton, W.H. Pancoast, George B. McLeod, George L. Gardner; Carey, Hart, Spencer and McCulloch (Portland, Oregon).
Payments on Units 11 and 12, 1935-1937. 2 folders.
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144.J.12.7B18Glenn Bailey's reports on logging and logging camps, 1935-1939.
Financial statements, 1937-1938.
George B. McLeod, Hubert J. Forester.
Payments on Unit 6, 1939.
Coats Lumber Company:
Contract, 1936-1946.
W.R. Coats, T.H. Mills, George B. McLeod.
Payments on contract, 1937-1947.
Glenn Bailey's reports on logging, 1937-1940.
Deposit trust agreement, 1942-1947.
Coats Lumber Company deposited $5000 with the Winton Oregon Timber Company under a trust agreement. Hubert J. Forester was trustee.
Cruise sheets, 1946.
Sale of timber, 1946-1947. 3 folders.
Correspondence regarding sale of timber to Coats Lumber Company and the settlement of delinquent taxes, includes maps; Hart, Spencer, McCulloch and Rockwood.
Final settlement of taxes, 1947.
A & R Timber Company:
Payments under contract, 1939-1941.
W.H. Pancoast.
Glenn Bailey's reports on logging, 1939-1940.
South Fork Logging Company contract, 1939-1943.
Successor to A & R Timber Company; T.H. Mills, F.A. Beltz, United States War Production Board.
Steward Logging Company contracts and payments, 1940-1941.
Includes lawsuit against.
Flora Logging Company:
J.C. Flora, Hubert J. Forester, George B. McLeod, H.C. Patton.
Contract file correspondence, 1928-1932.
Correspondence regarding exchange of timber, 1930-1931. 2 folders.
Exchange of timber lands between Flora Logging Company and the Hammond-Winton interests.
Sale No. 4, 1930-1931.
Contract files: 1931-1935.
Carleton and Coast Railroad.
Deeds held in escrow, 1932-1933.
Carleton and Coast Railroad.
Flora deal, 1934.
Oregon-Mesabi Corporation, George L. Gardner.
Contract No. 5, 1931-1933.
Options on Units 6, 11, 12, and 13, 1938.
Contract regarding trackage, 1934-1937.
Carleton and Coast Railroad; Carey, Hart, Spencer and McCulloch (Portland, Oregon).
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144.J.12.8F19Contract No. 5, amended, 1934-1939.
Between Hammond-Winton interests and Flora Logging Company; George L. Gardner, W.H. Pancoat; Carey, Hart, Spencer and McCulloch (Portland, Oregon), forest fire in logging camp.
Glenn Bailey's reports on Unit 6, 1937-1939.
Proposed negotiations, Chehalem, Units 6 and 13, 1935.
Includes map, Stimson Lumber Company, F.R. Olin.
Negotiations prior to contract, Unit 6, 1935-1937.
George L. Gardner, J.D. Tennant; Carey, Hart, Spencer and McCulloch.
Contract, Unit 6, payments, 1937-1939.
Proposed contract on Units 6, 11, 12, and 13, 1938-1940.
Trask-Willamette Company, W.S. Burnett.
Proposed Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan to Flora and Trask-Willamette, 1938.
W.S. Burnett.
Flora and Trask-Willamette contract, 1938.
W.S. Burnett.
Authority to sell lumber to Flora and Trask-Willamette, 1938.
Deed to Flora of "to boot" lands, 1939.
W.S. Burnett.
Filing claim in receivership, 1939-1940.
Winton Oregon Timber Company claim against Flora Logging Company; Carey, Hart, Spencer and McCulloch.
L.H.L. Lumber Company agreement, 1943-1949.
T.H. Mills.
Financial and operating records:
Federal income tax returns, 1925-1947. 3 folders.
Oregon income tax returns, 1929-1947.
Minnesota income tax returns, 1931-1947.
Real estate taxes, 1934-1939.
On Hammond-Winton lands in Oregon and Washington.
Taxes, Washington County, Oregon, 1939.
Adjustment on taxes on Tillamook Burn, George B. McLeod, H.C. Patton.
Money and credit tax returns, Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1932-1942.
Capital stock tax returns, 1933-1945.
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144.J.12.9B20Tillamook County tax contract, 1939-1947. 3 folders.
T.H. Mills, W.S. Burnett, O.K. Tittle.
1933 fire loss for income tax returns, 1934-1940.
W.S. Burnett, Hubert J. Forester, H.C. Patton, Oregon-Mesabi Corporation.
Trask-Wilson Timber Committee, 1934.
Correspondence regarding reporting fire loss on income tax returns.
Questionnaire regarding March 1, 1913 valuation, 1936.
Valuation papers to McCullough tax case, 1952.
Includes papers (1914-1943) used in tax protest case filed by Matt McCullough's wife against the U.S. Treasury Department in 1944.
Gift to Joel Foundation, 1951-1952.
Correspondence regarding IRS disallowment of tax deductions for stock given to Joel and Elizabeth Foundation.
Proposed agreement regarding tax assessment, 1933.
Agreement with lawyers to fight school tax assessment.
Annual reports, 1926-1947.
1927, 1930, 1933 missing.
Annual reports to state of Delaware, 1926-1947.
Annual reports to state of Minnesota, 1936-1947.
Annual reports to state of Oregon, 1926-1947.
Stock transfer book, 1934-1947.
Re-subscription of preferred stock, 1933-1938.
Retirement of preferred stock, 1940.
Includes balance sheet for 1936.
Sale of shares, 1941.
Correspondence regarding Hammond Trustees' decision to take tax loss and deed their share to Winton Oregon Timber Company; includes trial balance (1941), dividends paid (1925-1930); George M. White, Matthew P. McCullough.
Miscellaneous files:
Fire patrol dues, 1934-1946.
H.C. Patton, Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (Portland, Oregon).
Corporation service management, 1933.
Proposal to form a management service for the Winton companies; includes information on Weyerhaeuser Company's General Timber Service, Inc.
Lease file, 1934-1938.
Includes leases to Tillamook Chapter of Izaak Walton League (1934), state of Oregon right-of-way permit (1938), and United States for CCC camp (1935).
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph easement, 1943.
Proposed West Coast merger, 1932-1933.
L.C. Hammond, Stevens and Bruce (consulting foresters, Portland, Oregon).
Proposed sale to Gerlinger, 1934.
George B. McLeod, Chehalem Timber Company.
C.H. Dahl, Trask house property, 1940-1943.
Correspondence regarding easement to Tillamook County across property sold to Dahl; T.H. Mills, H.C. Patton.
Northwest Loggers Association reports, 1937-1940.
Oregon reforestation classification, 1942-1943.
Estate of Katherine M. Carr, 1940.
Includes will of Jacob Mortenson.
Quit claim deeds, 1940.
In states of Washington and Oregon, H.C. Patton.
Hammond quit claim deed, 1941.
W.S. Burnett.
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144.J.12.10F22Volumes:
1. Minute book, 1925-1941.
2. Minute book, 1936-1947.
3. Ledger, 1925-1932.
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148.E.1.7B214. Ledger, 1937-1947.
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144.J.12.10F225. Journal, 1925-1926.
6. Journal, 1931-1936.
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148.E.1.7B217. Journal, 1937-1947.
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144.J.12.10F228. Capital stock book.
9. Preferred stock book.
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148.E.1.7B2110. Hammond-Winton ownership (Trask-Tualatin lands).
11. Brown and Brown, cruise, Hammond-Winton lands.
12. Brown and Brown cruise, Tillamook County.
13. Brown and Brown cruise, Tillamook, Washington and Yamhill counties.
14. Brown and Brown report on Trask Timber Company holdings.

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Expand/CollapseEAGLE LAKE SPRUCE MILLS LIMITED

Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, Limited, was incorporated by David N. Winton and Charles J. Winton in 1923, under the 1921 Companies Act of British Columbia, to acquire the properties and operations of the Giscome Lumber Company at Giscome, British Columbia. It was capitalized at $600,000 and was licensed to engage in the general logging and lumbering business. Its capital increased periodically, reaching $1,300,000 in 1928. The company carried on a general logging and milling business in the spruce-rich Giscome area until September 1932 when it was sold to Donald Sellers McPhee (Sinclair Mills, British Columbia) and Albert Roy Spurr (Prince George, British Columbia) who organized the firm of Eagle Lake Sawmills, Limited to take over the properties and operations. The company maintained an inactive existence until 1939, in which year Eagle Lake Sawmills, Limited purchased the 50,000 shares of its own stock theretofore owned by Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, Limited, at a price of $40,000.


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144.J.13.1B23Organizational files:
Minutes, 1923-1939. 3 folders.
Giscome Lumber Company, 1917, 1920-1923. 4 folders.
Correspondence, timber cruises, and options to purchase Giscome Lumber Company; includes a prospectus. Thomas Noud, W.K. Nichols, A.C. Frost.
Insurance policies, 1922-1923.
Organization file, 1923. 2 folders.
Includes map (1916), correspondence regarding liquidation of Giscome Lumber Company, and report on town of Giscome and physical plant.
W.K. Nichols correspondence, 1923. 2 folders.
Letters and telegrams regarding purchase of Giscome Lumber Company. David N. Winton, W.F. Hein, labor conditions in Eureka, Montana.
A.C. Frost and B.F. Harris correspondence, 1924.
Regarding dispute of ownership of lumber at Giscome.
Annual meetings, 1930-1939. 2 folders.
Correspondence and subject files:
Letters, memos, telegrams, and reports relating to the accounting systems, personnel, equipment, and eventual closing of the mill. The main correspondents are W.K. Nichols, W.F. Hein, and V.V. Church.
Correspondence, 1929. 3 folders.
Hubert J. Forester, D.G. Swenson.
D.G. Swenson correspondence, 1930.
Swenson was auditor at Gibbs, Idaho.
Correspondence, 1931.
Regarding shutdown of plant at Giscome, includes report of store department and logging prospects. Giscome Women's Institute.
D.G. Swenson correspondence, 1931.
Hubert J. Forester.
D.J. Winton correspondence, 1931.
Regarding shutdown of plant, tariff problems in general, and economic conditions. D.D. Rosenberry.
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144.J.13.2F24Correspondence, 1932.
Regarding closing of office at Giscome, selling of store inventory. Giscome Women's Institute.
D.J. Winton correspondence, 1932.
Shutdown of mill.
C. Gobbi accident, 1932.
Accident in which Gobbi broke his leg hauling wood for the company, and resulting decision of Workmen's Compensation Board. Charles W. Sexton Company (insurance, Minneapolis).
Robertson, Douglas and Symes correspondence, 1932.
Correspondence with law firm regarding liquidation of Eagle Lake Spruce Mills.
Winton Lumber Sales Company correspondence, 1932.
Hubert J. Forester.
Correspondence, 1933.
Giscome Women's Institute.
Correspondence, 1935.
Includes letter to stockholders regarding valuation placed on Eagle Lake sawmills.
Logging and timber:
Canadian National Railway leases, 1923-1926.
W.K. Nichols, Charles W. Sexton Company (insurance, Minneapolis), G.M. Russell (Canadian National Railways), Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
Royalties on logs, 1924, 1932.
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, 1925-1933.
Correspondence regarding agreement between Eagle Lake Spruce Mills and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway transferring ownership and operation of certain branch trackage and sidings to the former; W. F. Hein, Canadian National Railways.
Willow River timber, 1928.
Correspondence, maps, and cruise report of 1911 along Willow River, W.K. Nichols.
Fire protection, 1929.
Charles W. Sexton Company (insurance, Minneapolis), W.K. Nichols.
Locomotives, 1929.
Correspondence, pictures, and specifications for logging engine, W.K. Nichols, Lima Locomotive Works (Lima, Ohio).
Logging costs, 1929-1930. 2 folders.
D.C. Swenson.
Daily logging reports, 1929-1930. 2 folders.
Sawing reports, 1929-1930.
Dry kilns, 1930.
Correspondence and reports on experimental dry kilns, W.K. Nichols.
Cruising reports, 1930-1931.
V.V. Church.
Timber sales correspondence, 1930-1932.
D.D. Rosenberry.
Timber and logging, 1931.
Sale of logs in Eagle Lake, 1932.
Correspondence regarding contract with Willow River Lumber Company for purchase of logs, J.A. McDougall, V.V. Church.
Contracts:
Thomas Noud contract, 1923-1926. 3 folders.
Hubert J. Forester, W.F. Hein, W.K. Nichols.
McLean Lumber Company (British Columbia) contract, 1928.
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144.J.13.3B25Financial and operating records:
H.J. Forester audit, 1925-1926.
Annual statements, 1924-1932. 2 folders.
Includes manager's reports for 1926, 1928, 1929.
President's reports, 1930.
Monthly statements, 1929-1931. 3 folders.
Estimated balance sheets, 1930.
Balance sheets, 1932. 2 folders.
Balance sheets reflecting liquidation of company, 1933, 1935, 1937.
Summary statements, 1931.
Cash statements, 1929-1930. 2 folders.
Past due accounts, 1931.
Notes and cashiers entries, 1931-1932. 6 folders.
Income tax returns, Dominion and provincial, 1924-1929, 1932-1938. 2 folders.
Annual reports to Canadian government, 1924-1938.
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144.J.13.4F26Canadian Bank of Commerce, 1931-1932.
Charles J. Winton Jr.
Man reports, 1930-1931.
Daily reports of lumber orders on hand, 1930-April 4, 1931. 2 folders.
Stockholders information:
Stockholders notes and contracts, 1923-1930.
Agreements between Eagle Lake Spruce Mills and B.G. Nelson, E.E. Schau, C.A. Benton, V.V. Church, J.A. McLeod, and Neil Lyons (employees). Hubert J. Forester, W.K. Nichols.
Stock sale and tax position, 1923-1940. 2 folders.
Stockholders agreement and correspondence regarding tax write-offs and company dissolution. Robertson, Douglas, and Symes (Vancouver, British Columbia).
Stockholders records, 1923-1933.
Capital stock increases, 1924-1928.
W.K. Nichols' stock, 1924-1931.
Stockholders guarantees, 1924-1932.
Includes agreement to First Minneapolis Trust Company, Canadian Bank of Commerce.
Stock in Mountain Manufacturers Sales, 1927-1930, 1933.
Stock assigned to W.K. Nichols was surrendered when he left the company.
Includes trial balances for January, February, and May 1930.
Issuance of preferred stock, 1928. 2 folders.
Hubert J. Forester.
Special meetings, August 22, September 12, 1928.
J.B. Gagnon stock, 1929-1938.
Correspondence between Jack Gagnon and David Winton regarding value of stock bought when Gagnon was an employee.
D.D. Rosenberry stock, 1930-1931.
After W.K. Nichols resigned in August 1929, D.D. Rosenberry functioned as manager at Eagle Lake and The Pas. The stock was given to him so he would have a financial interest in the company's success.
Reduction in capital stock, 1930-1931.
Robertson, Douglas, and Symes (Vancouver, British Columbia).
New stock certificates, 1931.
Liquidation:
General correspondence, 1932.
Correspondence and telegrams regarding negotiations with McPhee and Spurr to purchase Eagle Lake Spruce Mills; D.D. Rosenberry, Hubert J. Forester, V.V. Church.
Capital stock, 1924-1931.
Payments on notes, 1924-1932.
Correspondence regarding payment on notes to Robertson Lumber Company, Canadian Bank of Commerce, and First National Bank of Minneapolis.
Assessment on stockholders, 1931-1938.
C.J. Winton, Jr.
Mortgage release, 1932.
Correspondence regarding mortgage release granted by Eagle Lake Spruce Mills to Clara Corinne Alexander on her house in Prince George, British Columbia.
Chattel mortgage, 1932.
Correspondence and agreements between Eagle Lake Spruce Mills and Alex Brown (store mortgage) and Karl Anderson.
Insurance correspondence, 1932.
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144.J.13.5B27Agreements, 1932.
Correspondence and agreements between Eagle Lake Spruce Mills and D.S. McPhee, A.R. Spurr, A.B. Robertson, Isabel Brown.
Bulk sale waivers, 1932.
Correspondence regarding waivers needed to enable Eagle Lake Spruce Mills to dispose of its property.
Assessment (Walter Alexander Company), 1937.
Timber licenses, 1932-1933.
Correspondence regarding abandonment of timber licenses to Canadian government.
Canadian National Railways, 1932-1933.
Correspondence regarding agreement with Canadian National Railways to return steel from spur track.
Machinery, 1932-1934.
Correspondence regarding selling of various pieces of machinery (locomotives, cash registers, caterpillar equipment), Tyee Machinery Company, Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia), Vancouver Machinery Depot.
Assessment (Robertson, Woodson and Yawkey), 1932-1936.
Assessment (Wintons), 1932-1938.
Assessment (Ross and McCullough), 1932-1938.
Includes a letter from Hubert J. Forester to Matthew P. McCullough (June 25, 1938) explaining how stock loss was taken for Eagle Lake Spruce Mills.
Assessment (Winton, Evans, and Koehler estates), 1932-1938.
C.J. Winton, trustee, 1932-1933.
Assignments from Prince Albert Lumber Company to C.J. Winton, Jr., regarding obligations of Eagle Lake Spruce Mills.
C.J. Winton, trustee, 1938-1939.
Correspondence regarding wind-up on Eagle Lake Spruce Mills indebtedness.

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Expand/CollapseEAGLE LAKE SAWMILLS, LTD.

The Winton-controlled Eagle Lake Spruce Mills was sold in 1932 to Roy Spurr and Don McPhee, who changed its name to Eagle Lake Sawmills, Ltd. However, Eagle Lake Spruce Mills retained extensive stock holdings in the new company, finally selling the stock to Spurr and McPhee in 1939. The correspondence is largely between Spurr and David J. Winton.


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144.J.13.5B27Annual meetings, 1932-1938.
Correspondence, 1932.
Don McPhee.
Correspondence, 1933.
Don McPhee, W.F. Hein.
Correspondence, 1934.
Regarding operations of mill and general economic conditions in the logging industry; W.F. Hein, Don McPhee.
Correspondence, 1935.
Correspondence regarding Spurr's offer to buy out stockholders; Hubert J. Forester.
Correspondence, 1936.
Salaries, general management of office.
Correspondence, 1937.
Logging conditions and general management of mill; Hubert J. Forester, W.F. Hein.
Correspondence, 1938.
Logging and general management of mills; W.F. Hein, Hubert J. Forester, Walter S. Rosenberry.
Correspondence, 1939.
Includes list of records of Eagle Lake Sawmills that were destroyed.
Statements:
Financial statements, 1934-1937.
Annual statements, 1933-1937.
Balance sheets, 1935-1938. 4 folders.
Includes some logging and sawing reports.

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Expand/CollapseWINTON LUMBER COMPANY (DELAWARE)

The Winton Lumber Company (Delaware) was formed in 1923 to take over three existing companies which the Wintons had either bought into (Rose Lake Lumber Company) or had organized (Winton Lumber Company-Idaho and Winton-Rosenberry Company). The Winton-Rosenberry Company was formed to take over the St. Joe Mill, bought from the Milwaukee Land Company.


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144.J.13.6F28Organizational files:
Rose Lake Lumber Company:
Agreements, 1909-1916.
Between O'Neil, Irvine and Company and Page and Devlin (1909); A.J. Devlin, D.N. Winton, and C.J. Winton, including trial balance for 1910; O'Neil, Irvine and Company and C.J. and D.N. Winton (1910); Page and Devlin Investment Company guarantee to furnish timber (1913); note of Page and Devlin Investment Company (1914).
Certificate to do business in Minnesota, 1913.
Statements of assets and liabilities, 1911, 1918, 1920.
Comparative statistics, 1912-1927.
Statistics on a variety of logging and lumbering outputs and on sales over the entire period, analyzed year-to-year.
Wage scales, 1916-1927.
Includes comparative statement (1916-1919) on hours needed to manufacture 1,000 board feet of lumber.
Sale to D.N. and C.J. Winton by J.A. Irvine and J.J. O'Neil. 1917.
Shoshone Lumber Company logging contract correspondence, 1917-1922. 2 folders.
E.L. Carpenter, D.V. Eames.
Keeler and McManiman contract, 1919-1923.
Potlatch Lumber Company agreement, 1920.
Covers east fork of Emerald Creek; includes J.W. Cook's report on Emerald Creek, with pictures.
Cameron Lumber Company timber option, 1918.
Cameron Lumber Company contract with Rose Lake Lumber Company, 1916-1930. 4 folders.
C.M. Crego, John W. Roach.
Income tax appeal, 1922-1927. 3 folders.
Correspondence regarding income tax appeal for calendar years 1918 and 1919; Hubert J. Forester, D.G. Swenson; Clapp, Richardson, Elmquist, Briggs and Macartney (St. Paul).
Winton Lumber Company (Idaho):
Articles of incorporation, 1918.
Includes list of stockholders, bylaws, minutes of first directors and stockholders meeting; guaranty to Old National Bank (Spokane, Washington).
Certificate to do business in Minnesota, 1918-1920.
Includes increase in capital stock from $600,000 to $900.000.
Assignment by O'Neil and Irvine to Winton Lumber Company, 1918.
Includes agreement between Milwaukee Land Company and O'Neil, Irvine and Company and subsequent to assignment to Winton Lumber Company.
Potlatch Lumber Company agreement, 1919.
Milwaukee Land Company agreement, 1919.
Covers the 12 forties at Bovill.
Agreements, 1918.
With Edwin Coman, Rupp-Holland Logging Company, W.S. Rosenberry, H.A. Scharf, G.T. Morken.
Blackwell Lumber Company contract, 1920-1922.
Correspondence regarding Blackwell Lumber Company (Coeur d'Alene) contract to sell lumber to Winton Lumber Company; W.H. Miner, Menasha Woodenware Company (Menasha, Wisconsin), First Wisconsin Trust Company.
Winton-Rosenberry Company:
Milwaukee Land Deal stockholders agreement, 1920.
Includes cruisers' reports on land involved with the St. Joe Mill.
Comparative statistics, 1920-1926.
Statistics on a variety of logging and lumbering outputs and on sales, analyzed year to year.
General correspondence, 1920-1925. 4 folders.
Walter S. Rosenberry, E.D. Sewall, Milwaukee Land Company.
Organizational file, 1923.
Formation of Winton Lumber Company (Delaware), Pine Waste Products, Inc.
Establishment of Minneapolis sales office, 1923.
Copies of guaranty: miscellaneous, 1913-1930. 2 folders.
Correspondence and guaranties for Winton Oregon Timber Company, Basin Livestock Company, Winton Lumber Company (Idaho and Delaware), Rose Lake Lumber Company, Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, Prince Albert Lumber Company, The Pas Lumber Company, Steuben Company, B.F. Harris Company, Limited (Winnipeg), Young Lumber Company.
Annual meetings, 1931-1939. 7 folders.
No files for 1934-1935; includes special meeting of 1936.
Correspondence and subject files:
Includes letters, memos, telegrams, and reports relating to office management and operations. During the 1930s much of the correspondence concerns the United States economic situation, general business outlook, unemployment, and labor problems. The main correspondents are Walter S. Rosenberry at the Gibbs (Idaho) office and Hubert J. Forester in the Minneapolis office.
Report of Foremanship Conference, 1927.
Conference conducted by Idaho Vocational Education Department on the role and problems of foremen in efficient production.
Stock agreement with J.B. Stricker, 1927.
Dividend rate on preferred stock, 1928-1931.
West Coast Lumbermen's Association, 1929-1930.
Analysis of Douglas fir costs and sales returns.
Coeur d'Alene Mill Company, 1930-1931.
United States forest bill, 1930-1931.
Correspondence regarding support of bill to include certain Idaho lands in the national forest system; R.C. Winton.
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144.J.13.7B29Correspondence, 1931.
General correspondence on office affairs, insurance, company store, unemployment, fire protection; includes list of wholesale prices (1928-1931) on selected foods (April-June) and report by Great Northern Railway Company regarding timber (October-December). D.G. Swenson, Western Pine Association.
Harnesses, 1931.
Harrison Mill, 1931.
Correspondence regarding sale of mill machinery and tax write-off.
Sales office, 1931.
Correspondence regarding reduction in salesmen's salaries; quota requirements and bonuses.
Sales office correspondence, 1931.
Includes newsletters; J.N. Winton, A.K. Southworth (Chicago, Illinois), C.J. Harris (New York City), A.G. Wygant (Austin, Minnesota), C.M. Stapleton (Storm Lake, Iowa).
D.B. Swenson correspondence, 1931.
Auditor at Gibbs; income some balance sheets.
Underwriters' inspection reports on fire protection, 1931.
Correspondence, 1932.
Winton Employees Aid Association, Clearwater Timber Company, Sunshine Mining Company (Yakima, Washington).
Jones bill, 1932.
Correspondence regarding efforts to defeat the Jones bill (United States Congress) which would equalize foreign exchange by imposing an automatic tariff on any country going off the gold standard; R.C. Winton.
Kendall bill, 1932.
Correspondence regarding support of Kendall bill (United States Congress) prohibiting importation of goods manufactured by convict, forced, or indentured labor, R.C. Winton.
Timber and company mergers, 1932.
Correspondence and statistics on proposed Winton Lumber Company merger with West Coast Fir Timber.
Sales office, 1932.
Newsletters, correspondence regarding salesmen's salaries, quota requirements, bonuses.
Winton Employees' Aid Association notebook, 1932-1939.
Fees collected and disbursements.
Correspondence, 1933. 4 folders.
Regarding office matters, economic conditions, deeding of land to the United States government (January-March), bank holiday (January-March), comparative price list in company store (January-March), buying of Idaho White Pine (October-December); Winton Employees Aid Association, Four L Association, Western Pine Association.
At Lumberman's Lloyds, 1933.
Correspondence regarding termination of membership in At Lumberman's Lloyds (Eau Claire, Wisconsin insurance).
Proposed Idaho merger, 1933.
Proposed merger with Rutledge Timber Company (controlled by Weyerhaeuser interests); includes map of St. Joe National Forest, Laird Bell (Chicago, lawyer), Clearwater Timber Company.
Quota allotment, 1933-1934.
Relates to "Code of Fair Trade Practice of Western Pine Industry in Accordance with National Industrial Recovery Act" which governed how much lumber could be cut by each company; includes lumber production of Winton Lumber Company (1920-1933); S.V. Fullaway, David T. Mason, Western Pine Association.
Correspondence, 1934.
Regarding office matters, buying of Idaho White Pine, riot insurance, labor conditions, United States Lumber Code Authority.
D.J. Winton correspondence, 1934.
Correspondence regarding West Coast Division of Lumbermen's Association, general economic conditions, J.N. Winton.
Lumber purchases, 1934.
Correspondence regarding purchases from Weyerhaeuser interests.
S.J. MacDonald correspondence, 1934.
Auditor at Gibbs, Idaho.
Estate of Conrad Craft v. Winton Lumber Company, 1934-1935.
Correspondence regarding accidental death of Craft at Gibbs, Idaho; Charles W. Sexton Insurance Company (Portland, Oregon).
Correspondence, January-September, 1935. 3 folders.
Regarding office matters, wages and labor conditions, production costs, a possibility of a Winton-Weyerhaeuser merger (January-March), Idaho state tax valuations (April-June); Potlatch Forests, Inc., American Taxpayers League.
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144.J.13.8F30Correspondence, October-December, 1935.
Correspondence, 1936. 4 folders.
Office matters, strikes, wages, buying Idaho White Pine; Southern Pacific Company, National Association of Manufacturers, Potlatch Forests, Inc.
Labor situation, 1936. 2 folders.
Correspondence and news clippings regarding labor strike in lumber camps; Potlatch Forests, Inc.
Sale of Ethel L. Betts stock to D.J. Winton, 1936-1939.
Correspondence, 1937. 4 folders.
Includes list of Winton Lumber Company stockholders (April-June); J.N. Winton, Industrial Employees Union (old Four L Association), Red Collar Line and Rafferty Transportation, International Woodworkers Association.
Correspondence, 1938. 4 folders.
J.N. Winton, C.J. Winton, Jr., Milwaukee Land Company, S.A. Woods Machine Company, Great Northern Railway Company.
Fatal accident of Pete Gaboury, 1938.
Correspondence regarding insurance in accident at St. Maries, Idaho.
Correspondence, 1939. 2 folders.
J.N. Winton, C.L. Billings (Potlatch Forests, Inc.), S.V. Fullaway, Jr. (Western Pine Association).
Retail business at Gibbs, Idaho, 1939.
Correspondence regarding salary of sales manager, A.G. Wygant.
100 years of lumbering (Coeur d'Alene Press), May 2, 1940.
Special newspaper section commemorating 100 years of lumbering in Idaho and containing several pieces regarding Winton properties and operations.
Labor contract, 1941.
Working agreement between Winton Lumber Company (Gibbs, Idaho, plant) and International Woodworkers of America-CIO.
National War Labor Board, 1944-1945.
Mimeographed releases and some correspondence regarding wage scales, disputes, and job reclassification.
Diaries, 1941-1942. 2 volumes.
Author unknown; concerning labor situation at logging camps.
Timber and logging:
Series includes correspondence, timber cruises, logging costs, and reports on logging and logging conditions; Walter S. Rosenberry, W.M. Keeler, and J.N. Winton are primary correspondents.
Cut by species and value per million, 1907-1931.
Statistical breakdown of Coeur d'Alene stumpage cut each year.
Woods statements, 1927-1931. 2 folders.
Final report (1927), quarterly reports (1928), monthly reports (1929); only a few reports for 1930 and 1931, including a summary of operations at Emerald Creek Camp (1922-1928).
Timber and logging, 1931.
Correspondence regarding timber costs and stumpage prices.
Timber and logging, 1932.
Deedings to Bovill lands to United States; report on Steamboat Creek; logging costs.
Timber and logging, 1933-1935. 3 folders.
Milwaukee Land Company.
Canyon Creek logging, 1935.
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144.J.13.9B31Timber and logging, 1936.
Milwaukee Land Company.
Thorn Creek (Idaho) timber, 1936.
Correspondence, cruises, and report.
Timber and logging, 1937. 2 folders.
H.J. Forester.
Cruising, 1937.
Correspondence and general information on how cruising is done, and formulas for estimating timber; James Girard (United States Forest Service).
Lost Block timber, 1937-1939.
Correspondence regarding logging costs of northern Idaho timber owned by United States Forest Service; Ohio Match Company, Potlatch Forests, Inc.
State timber, 1937.
Correspondence regarding buying timber from state of Idaho on Pack River; Northern Pacific Railway Company.
Timber and logging, 1938. 2 folders.
Includes a proposal to pick up deadhead logs on Coeur d'Alene Lake.
Timber and logging, 1939. 2 folders.
Copper Creek, Eagle Lake.
Copper Creek file, 1939.
Eagle Creek logging correspondence, 1937-1939. 2 folders.
Correspondence regarding logging rates, truck depreciation, and logging costs; H.J. Forester, Milwaukee Land Company, Pack River timber.
Eagle Creek logging statements, 1939.
Fishhook Creek, Northern Pacific Land Company, 1939.
Gibbs timber and logging, 1941-1945. 2 folders.
Logging contracts:
Contract between Winton Lumber Company (Delaware) and Winton-Rosenberry Company, 1924-1926.
Fernwood Lumber Company, McGoldrick Lumber Company.
Slattery Modoc proposal, 1925.
Concerns tract of land in Modoc County, California.
Fernwood Lumber Company contract, 1925.
Agreement to sell timber to Fernwood Lumber Company and to haul the logs for them.
Contract with George W. Davenport, 1932-1937.
Contract for retail sales with Davenport (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho).
Keeler and McManamin contract to cut state timber, 1933.
Snook and Sons contract to cut timber, 1935-1938.
Purchase of logs from Weyerhaeusers, 1935.
Includes contract with Potlatch Forests, Inc., for White Pine.
Eagle Creek logging contract, 1935-1937.
With Milwaukee Land Company to cut timber in Shoshone County, Walter S. Rosenberry, J.N. Winton, Potlatch Forests, Inc., W.M. Keeler.
Eagle Creek pole contract, 1937-1943.
Among Winton Lumber Company, Milwaukee Land Company and Carney Pole Company to cut poles; C.B. Sanderson.
Pack River timber contract, 1937-1939. 2 folders.
Correspondence regarding conveyance of Northern Pacific's Pack River (Idaho) timber to Winton Lumber Company and Long Lake Lumber Company; Walter S. Rosenberry, J.W. Girard, G.H. Plummer.
Miscellaneous contracts, 1936-1943.
Agreements include logging, milling, sale, booming, and stumpage purchases.
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144.J.13.10F32Financial and operating records:
U.S. corporate income tax returns, 1915-1929. 5 folders.
Includes Rose Lake Lumber Company, Winton Lumber Company (Idaho), and Winton Lumber Company (Delaware).
Idaho income tax returns, 1932-1942. 2 folders.
Annual statements, 1939-1944. 3 folders.
Monthly statements, 1925-1935. 8 folders.
Includes some combined balance sheets, and balance sheets for Rose Lake (1925-1927) and Winton Lumber Company store (1927, 1929-1935).
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144.J.14.1B33Monthly statements, 1936-1946. 11 folders.
Includes miscellaneous logging statements (1937), and letter to D.J. Winton on New England blowdown and Winton Company experience with burned timber in 1911 (1938). No files for 1940, 1942.
Notes and cashiers entries, 1931-1938. 9 folders.
Includes information on charges by non-Federal Reserve banks (1931); no file for 1936; Hubert J. Forester, Walter S. Rosenberry, Potlatch Forests, Inc. (1937), J.F. Bonneville (1937-1938).
Comparative statistics, 1918-1926.
Miscellaneous statements, 1927-1931. 3 folders.
Includes Traffic Department reports, cost of operating salesmen's cars; sales staff costs, combined sales statement of Rose Lake, Gibbs, and St. Joe; income statements; annual statement of Northwest Indemnity Exchange, Winton Lumber Company store; precipitation chart for Coeur d'Alene (1914-1931).
Monthly sales statements, 1928-1929. 2 folders.
Combined and comparative sales statements (except January and December 1928 and March 1929).
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144.J.14.2F34Daily reports (Gibbs Mill), 1931.
Weekly order reports, 1928-1931. 2 folders.
Logging statements, 1929-1931.
Investment file, 1932-1933. 2 folders.
Correspondence regarding government bonds held by the company; Walter S. Rosenberry, C.J. Winton, Jr., R.C. Winton, Hubert J. Forester.
Wholesale order received, 1926-1929.
Comparative statements by month and year for White Pine and Spruce.
Past due accounts, 1929-1931.
Wage scales, 1929-1937.
For Eagle Lake, The Pas, and the Minneapolis office; also, George A. Hormel and Company straight time arrangement (1937).
Preferred stock retirement, 1928-1931.
Walter S. Rosenberry, Hubert J. Forester, A.W. Clapp (St. Paul).
Stock sheets, specials, etc, 1930.
Statements of indebtedness, 1930-1931.
Statements of debts of various Winton companies to banks and individuals.
Budget account, 1933.
Comparison of expenses from 1914 to 1932.
Weekly letters, 1934-1935. 2 folders.
Written by W.S. Rosenberry to Minneapolis office; covers activities at Gibbs, including orders, logging, U.S. Lumber Code Authority, labor situation, etc.
Reports on stock transfers to Corporate Trust, 1937-1956.
Bookkeeping and accounts, 1938.
Hubert J. Forester, J.F. Bonneville.
Comparison of shipments, 1943-1946. 4 folders.
Idaho lands:
When the Winton Lumber Company ceased doing business in Idaho, it deeded much of its land to the state and federal governments. Land was also given to the North Idaho Junior College at Coeur d'Alene.
Donation of Idaho land to United States, 1926-1946.
Correspondence and warranty deed to lands that became part of the Coeur d'Alene National Forest.
Deeds and abstracts, remaining Idaho lands, 1949-1963. 2 folders.
Correspondence and deeds pertaining to land deeded to John S. Rosenberry.
Sale of Gibbs store to Lee Legore and Rex Stanton, 1945.
Sale of Gibbs to Northwest Timber Company, 1946.
Correspondence and contract on liquidation of Gibbs mill and related properties and the end of business in Idaho; John S. Rosenberry, Milwaukee Land Company.
Winton Memorial Park, 1949-1953.
Land originally given for a park at Coeur d'Alene was given instead to North Idaho Junior College and a memorial plaque was presented to the college in memory of Charles J. Winton, David N. Winton, and Walter S. Rosenberry.
St. Joe Boom Company, 1949.
Correspondence regarding selling stock in St. Joe Boom Company (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho); John S. Rosenberry.
Martell files:
After the Idaho operations had ended, the Winton Lumber Company transferred most of its business to its Martell, California, office.
Correspondence, reports, memos, statements, and contracts relative to the Martell office and its Diamond Springs division. The principal correspondents are George M. White, R.J. Ball, and F.J. Baker.
Reorganization, 1942.
Correspondence regarding values of Amador Lumber Company and legal opinion on its merger with Winton Lumber Company; Hubert J. Forester, G.A. Youngquist.
First National Bank note, 1942-1947.
Correspondence regarding loan to Amador Lumber Company before its merger with Winton Lumber Company; Hubert J. Forester, C.J. Winton, Jr.
Statements, 1943-1945.
Army-Navy "E" award, 1944-1945.
Correspondence regarding award for excellence in production of war materials for U.S. Navy; G.T. Morken (Martell, California), Richard R. Tryon (American Forest Products Industries), J.T. McDonald Logging Company (Sutter Creek, California), Amador Central and Southern Pacific Railroad.
Pledged stock file, 1941-1942.
Concerns Prince Albert Lumber Company dissolution and its delivery of The Pas stock to Winton Lumber Company; The Pas (Manitoba), Amador Lumber Company.
Pond certificate of necessity, 1945.
Correspondence regarding log pond addition.
Exchange of timber with U.S. Forest Service, 1943-1947.
Correspondence regarding "screen timber" used along highways.
Agreement with Pacific Minerals Company, 1949.
Allowing Pacific Minerals Company to build a wood chipping plant at Martell to utilize wood waste; R.C. Winton, Carl S. Walker.
Critchfield patent file, 1949.
Correspondence regarding "locking joint construction" used in joining wall boards together in building construction.
Construction and maintenance projects, 1950.
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144.J.14.3B35Labor and wages, 1937-1964 (bulk 1940s). 5 folders.
Correspondence, agreements, labor union contracts, minutes of negotiating meetings (1955), information on employee training program, some printed matter.
Allen Timber Company purchase, 1950-1951.
Correspondence regarding proposed purchase; J.R. Rosenberry.
New necessity certification application, 1951.
Correspondence regarding national defense necessity certificate for tax purposes.
Forestry tax revision, 1943-1945.
Correspondence concerning study by David T. Mason regarding the valuation of Martell timber for IRS to bring it in line with the recently adopted Bailey Amendment; Hubert J. Forester, David T. Mason, T.H. Mills.
Quaker Industries contract, 1951.
Edgerton Bros. Lumber Company, 1949-1953.
Correspondence regarding proposed purchase of the company.
Timber propositions, 1953-1961.
Miscellaneous proposals to Winton Lumber Company, including history of Ontonagon County (Michigan) paper industry; confidential cost report on logs and lumber, West Coast Lumbermen's Association; Burns-Yaak Lumber Company (Spokane, Washington).
U.S. Forest Service timber propositions, 1953-1960. 2 folders.
Cal-Ore Lumber Company, 1955-1956.
Correspondence regarding proposed purchase.
Proposed Placerville-Winton merger, 1956.
Correspondence regarding possible merger with Winton Lumber Company and Placerville Lumber Company (California), owned by H.E. West and sons.
Garibaldi timber, 1956-1959.
Correspondence and timber survey regarding proposed timber purchase.
Meiss timber sale correspondence, 1957.
Correspondence, 1958. 3 folders.
General correspondence regarding Martell office, dedication of Camp Winton (Boy Scout camp in California), John S. Rosenberry, R. Kearns.
George M. White, C.F. Anderson, and Ray Francis, 1958.
Memos, reports, and correspondence of Martell office employees.
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144.J.14.6F36Annual and directors' meetings, 1958.
Warren A. Carleton reports, October-December 1958.
Weekly plant reports from plant manager C.F. Anderson to Minneapolis.
Letters to directors, 1958.
Contains information on general business conditions.
Teletype messages, 1958.
Labor and wages, 1958.
Labor agreements and correspondence regarding California "right to work" laws; Union Lumber Company (San Francisco).
Fred J. Baker (comptroller) memos, 1958.
Fred J. Baker activity reports, 1958.
D.J. Winton and C.J. Winton, Jr., memos, 1958.
R.S. Kearns correspondence and reports, 1958.
Weekly Martell plant reports to Minneapolis office.
John T. Rushton weekly reports, 1958.
Reports on new plant construction progress.
Wayne G. Miller's memos, 1958.
Weekly data on sales company activities.
Insurance and inventories, 1958.
Timber and logging, 1958.
Includes five year logging plan.
Equipment, 1958.
Correspondence regarding statements, 1958.
Notes and cashiers entries, 1958.
Income forecasts, 1958.
Quarterly and annual projections at Martell, broken down by revenue source.
Capital and maintenance expenditures, 1958.
1957 cost projections for 1958; R.S. Kearns, W.G. Miller.
Production schedules, 1958.
R.S. Kearns.
Lumber realizations, 1958.
Diamond Springs Division:
Correspondence regarding general plant business, 1958.
J.J. Becker.
J.J. Becker reports, 1958.
Weekly operating reports.
Capital expenditures and costs, 1958.
Forecasts, 1958.
Inventory and statements, 1958.

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Expand/CollapseTHE PAS LUMBER COMPANY

The Pas Lumber Company, Ltd., was incorporated in 1919 to take over the properties of the Finger Lumber Company, Ltd., purchased that year by the Wintons. Property consisted of small White Spruce timber in Saskatchewan and a large mill complex at The Pas (west central Manitoba) on the Saskatchewan River. In 1938 the company built a second mill complex at Reserve, Saskatchewan, 100 miles southwest of The Pas. In 1954 the company acquired a small planing mill in Prince George, British Columbia, which they used to plane green lumber purchased from local sawmills. In about 1957 they expanded the British Columbia operations, constructing a sawmill and acquiring timber licenses near the Parsnip River (about 80 miles north of Prince George). In 1958 the company's Manitoba and Saskatchewan operations were liquidated - timber resources in those provinces were fast dwindling - and the British Columbia operations became the sole lumbering and logging interests of the company.


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144.J.14.6F36Pictorial booklet, 1954.
Early years:
Maps: town site of The Pas, Manitoba, 1908. 2 items.
Agreement with Finger Lumber Company, 1919.
Agreement to buy Finger Lumber Company by C.J. and D.N. Winton and Alvin Robertson and to operate it as The Pas Lumber Company, Ltd; agreement listing stockholders of Finger Lumber Company; minutes of directors and stockholders meeting of Finger Lumber Company (December 10-11, 1919).
Finger Lumber Company proposal, 1919.
Correspondence and telegrams regarding Wintons' proposal to buy Finger Lumber Company; includes trial balances of Finger Lumber Company; report on town of The Pas and Finger Lumber Company; Willis H. Miner, A.L. Mattes.
Organizational file, 1919. 2 folders.
Correspondence and telegrams regarding buying of Finger Lumber Company and equipment; Mississippi and Rum River Boom Company, Menasha Woodenware Company (Menasha, Wisconsin), A.L. Mattes, Willis H. Miner, J.B. Coyne (barrister, Winnipeg).
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144.J.14.5B37Cash reports, 1919.
Steamboat purchase, 1919-1930.
Correspondence and telegrams regarding purchase of a steamboat and subsequent decision to build one at The Pas; Lawrence Budreau, Union Iron Works (Minneapolis), Tomlinson & Mitchell (Winnipeg); Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba Railroad (Bemidji, Minnesota), Peter Eberhardt.
Insurance, 1919.
Ryan Agency (Winnipeg).
Agreements, 1919-1921.
Agreement between Wintons and Menasha Woodenware Company transferring The Pas stock to Menasha to hold until full cash payment for Finger Lumber Company interests is made, A.L. Mattes.
Correspondence, 1923.
A.L. Mattes.
Red Deer Lumber Company:
Shaw Bros. limits, 1915-1920.
Correspondence regarding timber status on parcels of Manitoba and Saskatchewan timber land limits acquired by The Pas Lumber Company; includes timber cruise reports; A.L. Mattes, Hubert J. Forester.
Correspondence, 1921-1928. 3 folders.
Regarding purchase of Red Deer Lumber Company by The Pas Lumber Company; includes maps and cruise reports. Some letters note depressed logging conditions in the United States; W.K. Nichols; U.S. Farm Land Company (Winnipeg), D.D. Rosenberry, Hubert J. Forester, Montreal Trust Company.
Annual meetings, 1931-1938, 1940.
Includes minutes of 1931 stockholders as well as correspondence, notices and resolutions from other stockholders and directors meetings.
Correspondence and subject files:
Contain letters, memoranda, telegrams, and reports relating to office management and operations at The Pas. They also contain information on the labor situation in Canada, Communist interests in community life, log brands, English business, snowmobiles, and wood briquettes. The main correspondents are D.D. Rosenberry, George M. White, George Doern, and Hubert J. Forester.
Correspondence, 1931. 2 folders.
Includes setting up new office accounting system, economic conditions in the lumber industry. C. Puttich.
D.J. Winton correspondence, 1931.
D.G. Swenson correspondence, 1931.
Swenson was Auditor; includes audit reports for 1930-1931.
Correspondence, 1932. 2 folders.
Includes analysis of boarding house costs; lumber industry conditions.
D.J. Winton correspondence, 1932.
Largely concerned with weakness of business conditions and the short-term outlook.
Winton Lumber Sales Company, 1932.
Correspondence, 1933.
Office routines, relief measures, J.N. Winton.
D.J. Winton correspondence, 1933.
Includes English lumber embargo.
English business, 1933-1934.
Correspondence regarding special sizes and grades of cut lumber needed for English market, R.C. Winton.
Correspondence, 1934. 2 folders.
Canadian labor situation, logging camps, office management; July-December folder contains weekly letters from D.D. Rosenberry; J.N. Winton.
Lumber trimming and marking machinery, 1934.
Correspondence, 1935. 2 folders.
Logging camps: undulant fever outbreak, safety, labor situation, Russian labor; government health insurance plan in Manitoba; snowmobiles.
Northern Pine Manufacturers' Association correspondence, 1935.
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144.J.14.4F38Correspondence, 1936. 3 folders.
Includes sleigh logging, Community Club established by company, inspection of grain doors; Alexander Koroleff (Canadian Pulp & Paper Association), Northwest Tie and Timber Company (Stillwater, Minnesota), Marathon Paper Mills (Rothschild, Wisconsin), P.W. Dowler (American Federation of Labor).
Northern Pine Manufacturers' Association correspondence, 1936.
Correspondence, 1937. 3 folders.
Concerns machinery, Communist interest in community life, Winton Community Club; Alexander Koroleff, Powell Equipment Company (Winnipeg).
Snowmobiles, 1937.
Alexander Koroleff, Arps Corporation Snow Bird (New Holstein, Wisconsin).
Northern Pine Manufacturers' Association correspondence, 1937.
Correspondence, 1938. 2 folders.
Alexander Koroleff, E.H. Roberts, B.F. Harris, Winton Community Club.
Assistant Manager, 1938.
Correspondence regarding suggestions for a man to fill this position at The Pas; Alexander Koroleff.
Hogged fuel, 1938.
Correspondence regarding building power plants at Flin Flon and Dauphine, Manitoba, using products of wood conversion; George T. Morken.
Power project, 1938.
Proposed power plant for the city of The Pas, George T. Morken.
Wood briquettes, 1938.
Correspondence regarding information for possible purchase of wood briquette-making machine; Wood Briquettes, Inc. (Lewiston, Idaho).
Marking imported lumber, 1938.
On November 26, 1938, a presidential proclamation ended the law requiring lumber entering the U.S. from abroad to be stamped with country of origin.
Reserve general correspondence, 1938.
Regarding the opening and operating expenses of Reserve logging camp.
Correspondence, 1939. 2 folders.
Regarding camp and sawmill operations; W.J. Patterson (Premier, Regina, Saskatchewan).
Air mapping, 1939.
Correspondence and photographs; Abrams Aerial Survey (Lansing, Michigan).
Snowmobiles, 1939.
Breakdown of snowmobile at The Pas, Arps Corporation.
Investment in Amador Lumber Company, 1941-1942.
Correspondence and transfer of funds from The Pas Lumber Company to purchase stock in Amador Lumber Company; Mrs. John F. Rose.
Correspondence, 1945.
To and from R.C. Winton regarding timber tracts in British Columbia.
Proposed merger with Winton Lumber Company, 1950-1953.
David T. Mason.
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144.J.14.7B39Correspondence, 1958. 2 folders.
Regarding closing of The Pas plant, disposition of company houses, contribution to Winton Swimming Pool at The Pas, liquidation of The Pas Lumber Company, Ltd., and Reserve Lumber Company.
Letters to directors, 1958.
Regarding liquidating operations and property at The Pas and continuance of the Prince George plant.
Liquidation meetings, 1958.
Matthew P. McCullough, C.J. Winton, Jr.
Timber and logging:
Logging statements, 1919, 1925-1931.
Lumber over-run, 1931.
Regarding estimated cost from tree to railroad car; Hubert J. Forester, D.B. Swenson.
Timber and logging, January-June, 1931.
Contains a variety of statistics and financial figures on corporate timber holdings and logging activity.
Logging statements, 1932-1937.
Sustained yield, 1933.
J.D.B. Harrison (Dominion Forest Service, Canada), E.H. Finlayson (Department of Interior, Canada).
Timber and logging, 1933-1934. 2 folders.
Includes conditions in logging camps.
Logging, 1934.
Correspondence and weekly reports for logging camps; trial balances; D.E. Kennedy.
Timber exchange with province of Saskatchewan, 1934-1937.
Includes cruising expenses; E.H. Roberts (Department of Natural Resources).
Timber and logging, 1936.
B.F. Harris Company, 1936-1939.
Sale of timber to B.F. Harris Company (Winnipeg); Bruce F. Harris.
Carrot River timber and road, 1936-1939.
Correspondence and cost estimates on building a road to open up Man River timber tract; H. Wolpert, D.E. Kennedy, E.H. Roberts.
Timber and logging, 1937.
Tie contract with More, Hett & Sibald, 1937.
Pulpwood logging and chipper for The Pas, 1937.
Alexander Koroleff, Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company, Carthage Machine Company of Canada, Northwest Paper Company (Cloquet, Minnesota).
Logging statements, 1937-1938.
Reserve logging statements, 1937-1939. 2 folders.
Includes operating costs for camps.
Logging, 1938.
Correspondence, reports on shortages, and sawing instructions; D.E. Kennedy, D.D. Rosenberry, C. Puttich.
Logging statements, 1938-1939.
B.F. Harris Company: third scale, 1939.
Correspondence regarding scaling a small piece of timber purchased from The Pas by Harris; D.D. Rosenberry.
Logging correspondence, 1939-1940.
D.D. Rosenberry, George Doern.
Timber and logging, 1939.
Includes correspondence on sawing instructions and cut-to-length stock; R.C. Winton.
Lumber stocks: grades, 1939.
Logging statements, 1939-1940.
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144.J.14.8F40Logging statements, 1940-1945.
Reserve: sawmill incentives, 1953.
Correspondence regarding bonus pay plan for increased production; George Doern.
Saskatchewan Royal Commission on Forestry:
The commission investigated the forest resources and industries of Saskatchewan following World War II. Its report (1947) recommended that forests and logging operations remain under government control, under the Minister of Forestry, and encouraged a program of forest conservation and regeneration.
Correspondence, 1945-1947. 2 folders.
Institute of Paper Chemistry, George Doern, R.C. Winton.
Forestry testimony, 1946.
Transcript of proceedings at public hearing at Saskatoon.
Report: Growth and Reproduction of White Spruce on Cut-Over Areas of The Pas Lumber Co. in Northern Saskatchewan, 1938.
Report: Cut-Over and Burned-Over White Spruce Lands, Northern Saskatchewan Survey, 1940.
Report: Budget Determination for The Pas Working Circle, Saskatchewan, 1940.
Statement to Royal Commission by David J. Winton, May 15, 1946.
Saskatchewan government working papers, 1945-1946.
Information on timber berths, speech by George M. White.
Saskatchewan government correspondence, 1946. 3 folders.
Correspondence regarding Royal Commission on Crown Timber; announcement of new sawmill by The Pas Lumber Company; George M. White, J.L. Phelps (Minister of Natural Resources (Regina), H.J. Peddie (Department of Natural Resources, Regina).
Saskatchewan government agreement with The Pas Lumber Company, 1946.
Saskatchewan government correspondence, 1947.
Regarding contract with The Pas Lumber Company. The Pas was awarded first district prize and grand provincial prize in the planing mill category for their efficient use of forest resources, George M. White.
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144.J.14.9B41Financial and operating records:
Wholesale trial balance, 1929.
Daily cash report, 1930.
Daily order reports, 1930.
Monthly statements, 1931. 4 folders.
Statements, 1932-1939. 7 folders.
1937 missing.
Statements and statement correspondence, 1958.
Balance sheets, 1930-1931. 2 folders.
Renegotiation, 1946.
Correspondence regarding renegotiation of contracts with Canadian Department of Reconstruction and Supply in connection with wartime profit levels; includes balance sheets (1940-1945).
Notes and cashiers entries, 1931-1939. 7 folders.
1936 and 1938 are missing.
Notes and cashiers entries, 1958.
Includes lists of liquidating dividends paid to stockholders.
Daily reports, 1931. 2 folders.
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144.J.14.10F42Daily reports, Plant B, 1931.
Production reports from one of the plants (perhaps the planing mill) making up the mill complex at The Pas.
16 1/2 % distribution file, 1932.
Correspondence regarding company decision to make a 16 1/2% dividend distribution to shareholders.
Investment file, 1932.
Hubert J. Forester.
Tax and royalty reduction, 1932-1933. 2 folders.
Regarding reduction in taxes for timber owners; B.F. Harris.
1932 taxes and ground rentals, 1933.
Correspondence regarding reduction in taxes and cancellation of cutover timber berths.
Fiduciary Trust Company, 1933.
Investments for The Pas Lumber Company; D.M. Spencer.
Investment file, 1933.
Tax and royalty reduction, 1935.
Wage and labor file, 1930-1958. 4 folders.
Correspondence regarding wage scale, labor relations, labor problems in the 1930s, labor shortage during war years, lists of wages paid; Shevlin-Clarke Company, Great Lakes Lumber Company; George Doern.
Annual report, 1957.
Includes report on Prince George operation.
Income forecasts, 1954-1958.
Correspondence and graph on projected income of The Pas and Reserve and Prince George plants.
Appraisal figures of The Pas plant, 1937.
Sawmill production statements, 1938.
Reserve opening, 1936-1938. 2 folders.
The opening of plants A and B at Reserve, Saskatchewan; includes logging and operating expenses for 1937-1938; D.D. Rosenberry.
Saw, 1935.
Correspondence with various companies on different types of saw used in lumber camps.
Diesel tractor purchase, 1935.
Machinery purchase, 1936.
Rental of diesel cat equipment, 1937.
Machinery purchase, 1939.
William H. Zeigler Company (Minneapolis), Mereen-Johnson Machine Company (Minneapolis).
Foreman Club minutes, 1937-1938. 2 folders.
Meetings held to discuss problems facing foremen in operation of lumber camps and mills.
Reserve: weekly production reports, 1937-1938.
Production schedules, 1958.
Stock files: 1924-1941. 4 folders.
Correspondence regarding company stock holdings of D.D. Rosenberry, R.C. Winton, C.J. Harris, J.B. Stricker, J.A. McDonald, C. Puttrick, D.E. Kennedy.
Canadian National Railway leases, 1924-1956.
Searle Grain Company (Winnipeg), Northern Elevator Company (Winnipeg), Beaver Lumber Company (Winnipeg), Monarch Lumber Company (Winnipeg).
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144.J.15.1B43Company benefits:
The Pas Lumber Company started a hospital and doctor coverage plan for employees, as well as an innovative pension plan for hourly workers and a severance pay plan. The company pioneered many employee benefits theretofore unknown in the Canadian lumber camps.
Medical and hospital contracts, 1941-1958.
Great West Assurance Company, George Doern, Marsh and McLennan (Minneapolis).
Severance pay and pension plans, 1949-1959. 4 folders.
Correspondence and statements regarding pension benefits and severance pay given to employees who stayed with the company until operations ceased.
Pension plan correspondence, 1945-1952. 3 folders.
Regarding the inception, implementation, and mechanics of the pension plan; Marsh and McLennan, National Trust Company (Winnipeg), George M. White.
Pension plan: retirements, 1947-1962. 4 folders.
Pension refusal cards, 1947.
Correspondence and refusal cards of employees who elected not to join the pension plan.
Employee lists, 1946-1955.
Correspondence with insurance carriers and lists of employees showing length of service and pension benefits.
Pension plan; severance plan; service awards, 1958.
George M. White, T. Hasker, National Trust Company (Winnipeg).
Community involvement:
The Winton family underwrote a program to bring a community coordinator to The Pas to encourage education in the community. They also encouraged Frontier College Toronto to send two of its laborer-teachers, who worked with the men during the day and taught classes at night; many of the instructors under this program were Rhodes scholars.
The Pas: adult education, 1937-1939. 2 folders.
Correspondence regarding Winton sponsorship of an educational program under the direction of the Canadian Association for Adult Education; E.A. Corbett (director, CAAE), Esther Thompson, H.R.C. Alison, Susan Rosenberry.
Winton Community Club, 1939.
Frontier College, 1938-1939.
E.W. Bradwin.
Scholarships: The Pas and Reserve, 1958.
Correspondence regarding scholarships offered by The Pas Lumber Company to its employees' dependents and to children of the community's citizens.
Charitable organizations, 1958.
T. Hasker, George M. White, George Doern.
The Pas Lumber Company (British Columbia):
After the liquidation of The Pas Lumber Company in Manitoba in 1958, the company continued at Prince George, British Columbia.
Fort St. John Lumber Company (British Columbia), 1952-1956. 2 folders.
Correspondence and contracts, cost estimates, assets, and operating expenses; G. Gordon Moore, George M. White, D.T. Broderick Lumber Company, Inc. (Pittsburgh).
Sale of Pasoil stock to Reserve Lumber Company, 1953.
Correspondence regarding tax break in transferring stock in Pasoil (Canada) to Reserve Lumber Company (United States); Hubert J. Forester.
Imperial Lumber Company, 1957-1959.
Correspondence and contract regarding purchase of logs from Imperial Lumber Company; George M. White, Quality Spruce Mills (British Columbia).
C.J. Winton weekly reports, 1957-1958.
Give an overall view of daily activities of office and sawmill.
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144.J.15.2F44Babine Lake sale, 1958.
Correspondence and contract regarding sale of logs to Tweedsmuir Lumber, Ltd. (British Columbia); C.J. Winton, Star Planing Mills, Ltd.
Incentive plan, 1958.
Correspondence, 1958. 2 folders.
George Doern, George M. White.
Labor, 1958.
Notes and cashiers entries, 1958.
Smallmill advances, 1958.
Accounting, statements and forecasts, 1958.
Fred J. Baker.
Parsnip (Peace) River, 1958.
Correspondence regarding timber license and location of sawmill, George M. White.
Production schedules and inventories, 1958.
Fred J. Baker.
Costs, 1958.
B and B Sawmills contract, 1958-1960.
Correspondence regarding default on contract with McLean Forest Products (British Columbia), George M. White.
Willow River Sawmills, Ltd., 1959-1961.
Correspondence and contract, William Madill, George M. White, Pat McLane.
Banking of excess cash, 1959-1960.
Tabor Creek log contract with Tabor Creek Sawmill, Ltd. (British Columbia), 1962.
Nielson Sawmill option correspondence regarding contract, 1962.
George M. White, John Dittman.
Duplicate minute book, 1919-1949. 1 volume.

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144.J.15.2F44Addison Drilling Company:
Correspondence, 1938-1939. 2 folders.
Letters and telegrams regarding the formation and operation of a drilling company for the Addison Oil Company; H.A. Sherman, T.R. Parker.
Statements and miscellany, 1939-1944.
Financial statements (1939-1943), balance sheet (1944), notice of annual meeting (1939).
Minute book, 1938-1946.
Addison Oil Company:
Major correspondents are H.A. Sherman and C.W. Tomlinson.
The Addison Oil Company was formed in 1936 to develop gas and oil leases in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. It merged with the Kenwood Oil Company in 1944.
Organizational file, 1936.
Correspondence regarding organization of the company; Bowen, Best, Flanagan and Rogers (lawyers, Minneapolis).
Stockholders lists, 1937.
Stockholders meetings, 1937-1938.
Subscription call, 1938.
Addison Oil secured "Knight lease" (New Mexico) from Gulf Oil Company and issued capital stock to finance drilling operations.
Correspondence, 1936-1938. 3 folders.
Regarding oil wells and well production, office expenses, royalties, prospective oil leases, statements, and related matters; C.J. Winton, Jr.
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144.J.15.3B45Apple-Franklin correspondence, 1938.
Regarding payment to S.A. Apple and wife to acquire oil rights to their share of Franklin lease.
Correspondence, 1939.
Regarding oil leases, production, and financial matters.
Wirt-Franklin purchase, 1936-1937. 2 folders.
Purchase of properties of Wirt-Franklin Petroleum Corporation with Schermerhorn Oil Company taking one-quarter interest and the incorporation of Addison Oil Company to take the balance; includes forecasts of profits and balance sheet for 1937.
Miscellaneous, 1939. 2 folders.
Leases, 1937.
Correspondence regarding West-Franklin lease, Dunn lease in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, and Trout lease in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
Apple-Franklin Shell contract, 1937.
Correspondence and out put calculations regarding property leased by S.A. Apple and operated by Shell Petroleum Company.
Knight lease, Lea County, New Mexico, 1937-1938.
Correspondence, telegrams, geological report.
New oil propositions correspondence, 1937.
Maljamer area, 1939.
Correspondence regarding various wells in the Maljamer area near Artesia, New Mexico.
Royalties correspondence, 1937-1939. 2 folders.
Annual reports, 1939-1941.
Accountants' reports, 1937-1944. 2 folders.
Statements and balance sheets, 1937-1939. 3 folders.
Include Hubert J. Forester audit (1937).
Notes on cashiers' entries, 1937-1939. 3 folders.
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144.J.15.4F46Cause of low profit in 1936, 1937.
Correspondence and explanation of low profits in first year of operation; C.J. Winton, Jr.
Agreement with J.B. Schermerhorn, Inc., 1937.
Agreement to sell stock in Addison Oil Company to Schermerhorn.
Computation of depletion, 1938.
Correspondence regarding oil depletion allowance; Hubert J. Forester.
Addison-Kenwood merger, 1944-1946.
Correspondence, reports, inventories and merger proposal.
Minute books, 1936-1944. 2 volumes.
Includes articles of incorporation (July 30, 1936), charter (July 31, 1936), authority to do business in Oklahoma (September 23, 1936).
Stock certificate book, 1936. 1 volume.
Amador Central Railroad:
The Amador Central Railroad was originally incorporated in 1904 as the Ione and Eastern Railroad but was reorganized in 1908 and renamed Amador Central Railroad Company. It was a feeder line about 14 miles long connecting with the Southern Pacific Railroad, running between Markell and Ione (Amador County), California. The Winton Lumber Company entered into an agreement with the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Amador Central Railroad in 1941 whereby Winton and the Southern Pacific jointly loaned the Amador money to refurbish its tracks to enable it to carry Winton lumber. It bought up the Amador Central's stock in 1947.
Correspondence, 1941-1943. 2 folders.
Correspondence and agreements with Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Amador Lumber Company, and Winton Lumber Company; C.D. Lafferty (Southern Pacific Railroad), J.N. Winton, Thomas H. Mills.
Correspondence, 1944-1945. 2 folders.
Regarding operation of railroad and obtaining of materials needed to repair track during war years; George M. White, George T. Morken, Hubert J. Forester, Thomas H. Mills.
Correspondence, 1946-1947. 2 folders.
Regarding rail car hire, Hubert J. Forester, R.J. Ball, George T. Morken; Moran and Mielke (lawyers, San Francisco).
Correspondence, 1957-1958.
Regarding statements, directors' meetings, and forecasts; R.J. Ball, F.J. Baker.
Shipments, 1941-1945.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1943-1944.
Application for loan.
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144.J.15.5B47Reconstruction Finance Corporation correspondence, 1943-1944.
George T. Morken, Thomas H. Mills, George M. White.
Miscellaneous computations, 1943-1946. 2 folders.
Financial statements and worksheets, mostly analyzing the financial position of the company.
Diesel locomotive, 1944-1946.
Correspondence regarding comparative operational costs of steam and diesel locomotives; George M. White, Thomas H. Mills.
Sale of roadbed, 1945-1946.
Correspondence regarding sale of Amador Central properties to Winton Lumber Company; R.J. Ball, George M. White, Moran and Mielke.
Certificate of necessity, 1945-1946.
Correspondence regarding advisability of obtaining a War Production Board certificate of necessity for tax purposes. The certificate declared the company to be a provider of vital wartime goods/services and provided a federal tax advantage; George Morken, Hubert J. Forester.
Leases, deeds, etc., 1945-1948.
Amador Lumber Company:
The Amador Lumber Company (a Delaware corporation) was incorporated by Winton interests in 1941 to acquire timber property and establish a logging and lumbering operation in Amador County, California. The Winton Idaho properties were at the time facing depletion, and the company turned to California seeking new timber resources. It acquired about 20,000 acres of Sugar and Ponderosa Pine timber in Amador County (in the Sierra Nevada foothills) from the Amador Timber Company, and built a mill complex at Martell. In 1942 it also acquired about 12,000 acres of pine stumpage in the Forest Blue Creek area in adjoining Calaveras County from other lumber interests there. In December 1942 the Amador Lumber Company was merged into the Winton Lumber Company and its corporate existence thereupon ceased.
Financing, 1940-1941.
Correspondence regarding methods to set up and finance Amador Lumber Company; Best, Flanagan and Rogers (lawyers, Minneapolis), J.N. Winton, Hubert J. Forester, John B. Baird (St. Paul).
Purchase of Amador County timber (from Amador Timber Company), 1940-1941. 2 folders.
Correspondence and telegrams; Best, Flanagan and Rogers; F.J. Solinsky, Jr., J.N. Winton, Hubert J. Forester.
Quality study:
Working papers, 1940.
Reports on cruises.
Correspondence, 1940-1942.
George M. White, James W. Girard (U.S. Forest Service), J.R. McDonald (cruiser).
Cat Creek, 1940-1942.
Reports on cruises.
Computations, 1941.
Summaries of timber and logging conditions and percentages by areas involved.
Sawmill construction, 1940-1942. 2 folders.
Correspondence regarding sawmill construction and the difficulties encountered during war years; George T. Morken, Klamath Iron Works (Klamath Falls, Oregon).
Mayo Properties Association, 1941-1951. 2 folders.
Mayo Properties Association bought a $280,000 note on Amador Lumber Company; G. Slade Schuster (Rochester, Minnesota), Donald Brown (Rochester, Minnesota).
Calaveras timber contract drafts, 1941.
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144.J.15.6F48Calaveras timber, 1942. 4 folders.
Correspondence, legal memoranda, and financial statements regarding purchase of Calaveras timber from Brown Brothers Lumber Company and Calaveras Land and Timber Corporation; Frank Solinsky III, Hubert J. Forester, George M. White, T.H. Mills, Frank J. Solinsky, Jr.
C.A. Lyford's report on Brown Bros. Lumber Company, 1942.
Correspondence and two reports on proposed merger and timber holdings.
Brown Bros. purchase working papers, 1942.
Union agreement, 1942.
Between Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local Union No. 2927 (Martell) and Amador Lumber Company.
Depletion, 1942-1948.
Computations used for depletion allowances.
Minute book, 1941-1942. 1 volume.
Baldridge Logging Company:
The Baldridge Logging Company was incorporated in 1934 by the Winton interests along with Jack Baldridge and Lew Mills. It was organized to acquire and log (Jack Baldridge did the actual logging) 125 million feet of timber from two other partners who wished to cease business. It was a small outfit, operating in Hobart, Washington. Its name was changed to Skagit-Linn Logging Company in 1942. Primary correspondents are Joel Baldridge, Lewis Mills, and John N. Winton.
Organizational file, 1934-1937.
Correspondence and agreement between Wood and Iverson, Inc. and Baldridge Logging Company conveying timber land and logging off activities and equipment to the latter; H.T. McCullough.
Minute book (copy), 1934-1942.
Correspondence, 1934-1939. 8 folders.
Regarding logging, insurance, strike situation in logging camps (1935), company operations and finances; includes timber hauling agreement with Pacific Coast Railroad Company (1938); Hubert J. Forester, R.C. Winton, Clayton Peele.
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144.J.15.7B49Balance sheets, 1935-1941.
Statements, 1934-1939. 5 folders.
Includes some logging statements.
Calaveras timber:
In 1942 the Winton Lumber Company entered a joint timber cutting agreement with the Calaveras Land and Timber Corporation (Grand Rapids, Michigan), whereby the Winton Company would exchange cash and other assets for a joint interest in the Calaveras Corporation's extensive pine, spruce, cedar, and fir stumpage in the northern part of Calaveras County (California). The Michigan company did not have the financial resources to operate the properties itself. The relationship persisted through about 1962. Many of the contracts to this timber operated by the Winton Lumber Company were initially negotiated by the Amador Lumber Company, which was merged into the Winton Lumber Company at the end of 1932.
The primary correspondents are F.J. Solinsky, Jr., F.J. Solinsky III, and James Rowland Lowe (president of Calaveras Land and Timber Corporation). In general the correspondence files document the continuing Winton-Calaveras timber contract negotiations; reconciliation of the accounting procedures used by the two companies in their Calaveras accounts; timber cruises; legal disputes; sales and operating figures relating to Calaveras; and policy meetings between officials of the two companies.
Correspondence and miscellaneous files:
Calaveras-Brown cooperative proposition, 1938-1940.
Negotiations with Brown Brothers and Calaveras Land and Timber Corporation to acquire Calaveras timber; Walter S. Rosenberry, James W. Girard (U.S. Forest Service), Allen Brown, Mason and Bruce (Portland), Bruce Hoffman.
Correspondence regarding Calaveras timber, 1939-1941.
Correspondence, meeting memoranda, cruise reports regarding timber tracts and negotiations with Calaveras Land and Timber Corporation.
Correspondence regarding contracts, 1942-1946. 2 folders.
Regarding contracts between Winton Lumber Company and Calaveras Land Timber Corporation spelling out timber cutting rights; Hubert J. Forester, T.H. Mills.
Winton-Calaveras joint purchase correspondence, 1942-1949.
Correspondence and timber cutting contracts, 1942-1958.
R.J. Bell, George M. White.
Correspondence, 1947.
Regarding logging road, timber cutting; H.L. Stanton, R.C. Winton.
C.J. Winton, Jr., correspondence regarding contracts, 1947-1949. 2 folders.
Correspondence, 1948-1949. 3 folders.
Correspondence regarding logging policy, plant inspection, logging reports, contract provisions, and scaling and accounting of jointly owned timber; 11th annual report of Calaveras Land and Timber Corporation; legal opinion of contract; Rollin Rodolph and Company, R.C. Winton, H.L. Stanton, Carl S. Walker; Fowler, Youngquist, Ferber, Taney and Johnson (lawyers, Minneapolis).
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144.J.15.8F50Notes and minutes of meetings, 1949-1951.
Information from periodic meetings of Winton and Calaveras officials.
Calaveras road and right of way, 1949-1951.
Correspondence regarding logging road and use of it; Stockton Box Company (California), R.S. Kearns.
Correspondence, 1950. 4 folders.
Correspondence regarding accounting procedures, especially the "Seidman Formula" for reconciling the depreciation schedule adopted by Calaveras and Winton; sales and operating statements; continuing contract negotiations; Rollin Rodolph & Company; Carl S. Walker, George M. White.
Cuneo correspondence, 1949-1952.
Regarding dispute between Winton Lumber Company and Cuneo family over title to timber rights on Calaveras County timber land owned by the Cuneos; Fowler, Youngquist, Furber, Taney, and Johnson; R.S. Kearns.
Correspondence, 1951. 2 folders.
Includes stipulation of facts in Calaveras-Winton court case (a demand for arbitration to determine whether any new joint timber purchases by the two companies automatically come under the terms of their existing contracts).
Correspondence, 1952.
Annual reports of Calaveras Land and Timber Corporation (1947-1948, 1950-1952).
Contract files:
Contract and option terminating on December 31, 1941, 1941-1942. 2 folders.
Correspondence regarding timber cutting option between Calaveras Land Timber Corporation, Brown Bros., and Winton Lumber Company; Allen Brown, H.L. Stanton (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Hubert J. Forester.
C.J. Winton, Jr., original contract file, 1941-1942.
Working papers and contracts regarding original 1942 timber cutting contract between Winton and Calaveras.
Offer to Brown Bros. of August 2, 1942, 1942-1943. 2 folders.
Correspondence and computations regarding Brown Bros. sale of its Calaveras timber to Amador Lumber Company; T.H. Mills, C.A. Lyford, Allen Brown, Hubert J. Forester.
Contract drafts, 1942.
Timber cutting options and contract to Amador Lumber Company from Brown Bros. and Calaveras Land and Timber Corporation.
Proposed 1943 sale, 1943-1944.
Correspondence regarding proposed Winton Timber Company sale contractor with Associated Lumber and Box Company; H.L. Stanton, Dave Mason, T.H. Mills.
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144.J.15.9B51Calaveras-Winton timber exchange, 1945. 2 folders.
George M. White, H.L. Stanton, R.C. Winton, George T. Morken.
Pope Lane exchange and Folsom purchase, 1950-1951.
George M. White, R.S. Kearns.
Financial records:
Logging costs, 1941-1942. 2 folders.
Cost breakdowns on Calaveras operations.
Accounting examples, 1941-1943.
Accounting policies and methods under timber cutting contract to Amador Lumber Company prepared by Robinson, Nowell and Company (San Francisco); timber realization figures (1942).
Accounting statements, 1942, 1947-1950. 5 folders.
Includes balance sheets and other accounting statements, worksheets, and correspondence.
Conversion Fund files, 1950-1959. 3 folders.
Correspondence and accounting statements regarding conversion fund with Calaveras Land and Timber Corporation. The conversion fund was an accounting statement indicating profit realization on Winton conversion (into lumber products) of Calaveras Corporation's timber.
Cruises, 1940-1941.
Working papers from timber cruises in Forest Blue, Bear Creek, and Middle Licking areas.
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144.J.15.10F52Quality cruise working papers, 1940-1942.
Correspondence and cruise reports; George M. White, James Girard.
Canisteo Corporation:
The Canisteo Corporation was formed in 1929 as an investment trust for members of the Winton family. It was liquidated in 1937. However, a tax case before the Minnesota Supreme Court was not settled until 1941.
Contract between C.J., D.N., and R.C. Winton, 1929.
Miscellaneous papers, 1931-1932.
Includes correspondence, balance sheet, notices of annual meeting.
Balance sheets, 1930-1933. 3 folders.
Many 1932-1933 statements missing.
Annual financial reports, 1930-1935.
Includes annual report to stockholders (1930).
Annual report to Delaware, 1930-1939.
Federal tax returns, 1929-1937.
Minnesota tax returns, 1933-1941.
Includes tax dispute with State of Minnesota (settled in 1941).
Fiduciary Trust Company, 1934-1937.
Regarding custodianship account.
City Bank Farmers Trust Company (New York), 1935-1936.
Correspondence regarding establishment of a custodianship account for investment purposes; includes statement of securities.
Assignments, 1937.
Assignments by R.C. Winton and C.J. Winton, Jr.
Dissolution file, 1937-1940.
Correspondence and lists of securities held.
Journal, 1929-1937. 1 volume.
Ledger, 1929-1937. 1 volume.
Minute book, 1929-1937. 1 volume.
Includes certificate of incorporation and authority to do business in Minnesota.
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144.J.16.1B53Stock certificate book, 1929-1937. 1 volume.
Eureka Exploration, Inc.:
Eureka Exploration, Inc., was formed in 1948 by the Winton interests. It was in partnership with E.J. Longyear Company (Minneapolis), Chief Consolidated Mining Company (Eureka, Utah), and Gold Fields American Development Company (London and New York). The partnership financed an ore drilling and exploration venture near Eureka, Utah, in an attempt to discover gold, silver, and other valuable metals.
Correspondence, 1948-1951. 2 folders.
Includes reports of drilling activities (1951).
Articles of incorporation, maps, 1948-1949.
Includes subscription agreement and some minutes.
C.J. Winton, Jr., trustee, 1948-1949.
Concerning stock subscriptions.
Taxes (federal and Minnesota tax returns), 1948-1950.
Invoices (E.J. Longyear Company), 1948-1950.
Periodic expense statements submitted to Eureka Exploration, Inc.
Stock certificates issued, correspondence, 1948-1950.
George Crosby (Minneapolis), D.H. Ankeny.
Final report on exploration, 1950.
Capital stock certificate books Nos. 1 and 2, 1948-1949. 2 volumes.
Preferred stock certificate book, 1949-1950.
Common stock book, 1949.
B.F. Harris Company, Ltd.:
C.J. and D.N. Winton were officers, along with B.F. Harris, and controlling stockholders in this lumber company headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and incorporated in 1923.
Organizational file, 1923-1928.
Articles of incorporation, bylaws, and minutes of directors' and stockholders' meetings (1924-1928).
Annual statements, 1923-1927.
Hubert J. Forester audits, 1925-1928.
P.L. Howe Lumber Mills:
In October 1921 the P.L. Howe Lumber Mills (Eureka, Montana) owned by P.L. Howe, was insolvent. D.N. Winton was called in by a consortium of major creditor banks in St. Paul and Minneapolis to determine if the company could be reorganized and operated profitably. The company evidently was reorganized with W.K. Nichols, a Winton plant manager from Saskatchewan, in charge of operations.
Correspondence, 1921.
Between W.K. Nichols and D.N. Winton regarding management of the company. Nichols left the Ladder Lake Lumber Company to manage the plant at Eureka, Montana.
Financial records, 1921.
Includes annual report, wage schedule, miscellaneous cash statements, trial balance (December), and daily reports.
Kenwood Oil Company:
Kenwood Oil Company (Tulsa, Oklahoma), incorporated in 1929, was formerly known as the Schermerhorn-Winton Company, an oil property exploration and development company operating in the southwest. On December 31, 1944, it merged with the Addison Oil Company. The merged entity retained the name of Kenwood Oil Company.
Consolidation with Addison Oil Company, 1944.
Correspondence and working papers.
Ringling oil properties (Oklahoma), 1944-1947.
Correspondence regarding prospective purchase of property; C.W. Tomlinson, Rockland Oil Company.
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144.J.16.2F54Currie lease (Texas) correspondence, 1947-1948.
H.A. Sherman.
Statistics and work papers, 1942-1954.
Regarding stock valuation.
Annual reports, 1941, 1945-1958. 2 folders.
Accountant reports, 1941-1942, 1945-1948, 1951-1952. 2 folders.
Kamloops Lumber Company:
The Wintons bought the Kamloops Lumber Company (Kamloops, British Columbia) (incorporated 1931) in 1946 and operated it (beginning in March 1947) as the Kamloops Division of The Pas Lumber Company. The mill burned in 1948, and it was decided not to rebuild. The remaining physical property was then sold to K.A.W. Long, and all assets were liquidated at the end of 1948. The company was formally dissolved in 1953.
Minutes, 1931-1953.
Original purchase file, 1946-1947. 2 folders.
Correspondence regarding purchase of Kamloops Lumber Company, including its balance sheets; correspondence regarding purchase contract and a dispute with the former owners over various accounts; agreements with Winton Lumber Sales Company and The Pas Lumber Company; Hubert J. Forester.
Sale of Kamloops Division, 1948-1950.
Correspondence and memorandum of agreement regarding sale to K.A.W. Long after the mill burned in 1948.
Miscellaneous tax material, 1930-1946.
Financial statements, 1937-1948.
Income tax returns, 1940-1952.
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142.D.15.869 Stock certificate book, 1946. 1 volume.
Stock book, 1931-1946. 1 volume.
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144.J.16.2F54Ladder Lake Lumber Company, Ltd.:
The Ladder Lake Lumber Company was formed in May 1914 in Toronto, Canada. The original stockholders transferred their shares to D.N. and C.J. Winton and Alvin Robertson two days later. The company conducted a general logging and lumbering business at Big River, Saskatchewan, with W.K. Nichols as general manager. The Ladder Lake Lumber Company finished logging all its timber licenses in 1922 and assigned all of its remaining assets to the Prince Albert Lumber Company in 1923 and went into liquidation.
Contract, 1920-1921.
Correspondence regarding contract between Big River Lumber Company (Toronto) and Ladder Lake Lumber Company; R.G.O. Thomson.
Sale of town site, 1921-1932.
Correspondence regarding land titles and transfer (1925) of Ladder Lake town site lots to Big River Development Company, Ltd.; Louis Campbell, Alvin Robertson.
Tax correspondence, 1919-1921.
W.K. Nichols, Hubert J. Forester.
Tax information, 1915-1924. 2 folders.
Includes depreciation tables (1915-1918), business profits war tax (1919), tax-related correspondence and financial statements for years 1920-1923; C. Puttrick.
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144.J.16.3B55Annual statements, 1918-1919.
Minute book, 1914-1922. 1 volume.
Lumber Milling Company:
The Lumber Milling Company was incorporated in June 1951 in Spokane, Washington, and two weeks later the original stockholders transferred their shares to R.W. Winton, E.C. Gabler, R.V. Ring, and Winton Lumber Sales Company. The Winton Lumber Sales Company operated this firm as one of its wholesale suppliers. It was not financially successful and was dissolved in 1953.
Organization and dissolution, 1951-1953.
Includes correspondence and financial data; George M. White.
Statements, 1951-1952.
Income tax, 1951-1952.
Minutes, 1951-1953.
Stock certificate book, 1951. 1 volume.
J. T. McDonald Logging Company:
The J.T. McDonald Logging Company operated in Sutter Creek, California. The company had a logging contract with the Winton Lumber Company in Martell, California from 1941 until it was purchased by the Winton Lumber Company in 1948.
Correspondence, 1941-1951. 8 folders.
Concerns contracts (including one with Amador Lumber Company, 1941), fire clauses (in logging contracts) and costs, logging rates, internal management of the company, and its sale to the Winton interests; Truman Collins, R.J. Ball, T.H. Mills, Frank Solinsky, George Flanagan, Hubert J. Forester.
Financial and operating records, 1942-1947. 2 folders.
Miscellaneous cost information, balance sheets, manufacturing and labor costs.
Statements, 1945-1948. 2 folders.
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144.J.16.4F56Northwestern Lumber Company:
The Northwestern Lumber Company was incorporated in 1901 and operated in Kalispell, Montana, near the Stillwater River. Winton interests acquired control in 1906 and directed the company's affairs up through its 1926 dissolution. It was affiliated with the Somers Lumber Company (Montana) and the Stillwater Land Company (Montana).
Correspondence and miscellaneous records, 1901-1927. 5 folders.
Includes articles of incorporation (1901); legal agreements with the Wintons and others; timber options; miscellaneous account; tax correspondence (1919-1923); deeds; and liquidation and dissolution papers (1924-1927).
Statements, 1906-1908.
Annual statements including lumber inventories.
Income tax returns, 1923-1926.
Stock book, 1912-1916. 1 volume.
Pelican Bay Lumber Company:
The Pelican Bay Lumber Company operated in Klamath Falls, Oregon. H.D. Mortenson was president and D.N. Winton was vice-president.
Correspondence, 1929-1937. 7 folders.
Concerns economic conditions and the management and finances of the company. Mortenson is the principal correspondent.
Annual financial statements, 1912-1946. 4 folders.
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144.J.16.5B57Pasoil, Ltd.:
Pasoil, Ltd., was incorporated by the Wintons in 1950 to permit The Pas Lumber Company to operate petroleum and natural gas leases in Alberta, Canada. The controlling stock was owned by The Pas Lumber Company. In 1958 the company's interests were sold to Kenwood Oil Company and Schermerhorn Oil Corporation, both of Tulsa.
Organizational file, 1950.
Hubert J. Forester.
Trust agreement, 1952-1958.
Agreement with Schermerhorn Oil Company and Kenwood Oil Company.
Government reports, 1951-1959.
Annual report submitted to the Canadian Secretary of State.
Sale to Kenwood, 1958.
Includes appraisal report on Crown 16 lease; Frederick J. Baker.
Notes and cashiers entries, 1958.
Income record, 1958.
Records of crude oil produced and money received.
Liquidation correspondence, 1958-1960.
George M. White.
Duplicate minute book, 1950-1958.
Common stock certificate book, 1950-1953.
Stock ledger book, 1950.
Preferred stock certificate book, 1950.
Prince Albert Lumber Company, Ltd.:
The Prince Albert Lumber Company, Ltd., was incorporated November 19, 1905, in Saskatchewan, Canada, as a limited stock company. The object of the company, in addition to general saw-milling business, was to acquire and hold shares in other companies of like nature. The company engaged in manufacturing lumber from 1905 until 1919. Fire destroyed much of the company's timber in 1911 and 1919, and considerably shortened its life. In 1927, the Prince Albert Lumber Company (Delaware) was organized to succeed and take over properties and assume liabilities of the parent company on the same basis. It was liquidated in 1941.
Organizational and reorganizational files:
Memorandum of association, 1905, 1919-1920.
Includes list of stockholders; correspondence regarding agreement with A.G. Puchan (Toronto); C. Puttick.
Duplicate certificate of title to land, 1909-1927.
Reorganization, 1927-1928.
Hubert J. Forester.
Removal from Minnesota, 1937-1938.
Prince Albert was never authorized to do business in Minnesota and because of its costs it was moved to Illinois and then to Delaware.
Big River town site sale, 1921-1924.
Hubert J. Forester, W.F. Hein.
Annual meetings, 1920, 1931-1940.
Correspondence, 1931-1941. 5 folders.
Hubert J. Forester, R.V. Ring.
Stock information:
C.J. Winton stock, 1919-1921.
Correspondence regarding acquisition of stock; index of financial accounts; C. Puttick, Hubert J. Forester.
Gilbert stock, 1919.
Correspondence regarding exchange of lands between W.C. Gilbert's Winton Timber Company and the Wintons' interest in Gilbert Land Company.
Ross stock, 1920.
Correspondence regarding stock exchange with John D. Ross estate.
Sale of stock, 1920-1922.
Correspondence regarding stock exchanges; information on value of Ladder Lake Lumber Company, Prince Albert Lumber Company, and The Pas Lumber Company.
Recapitalization, 1939-1941.
To simplify its complex capital structure, and to secure some tax benefits, the company exchanged its preferred and common stock for common stock and reduced its capital.
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144.J.16.6F58Financial records:
Annual statements, 1912-1941. 4 folders.
Includes correspondence (1931) to find timber value as of 1913.
Annual reports to state of Delaware, 1927-1940.
Cancelled notes, 1920-1921.
Bookkeeping entries, 1938-1941.
Includes correspondence.
Bond issue, 1940.
A bond issue was considered in order to keep funds in American banks.
Income tax returns, 1925-1942. 5 folders.
Tax correspondence, 1918-1924. 3 folders.
Tax dispute, 1932-1938.
Correspondence regarding tax for 1932, which was disputed by U.S. government.
Correspondence: income tax case, 1938-1941.
Regarding income tax case concerning tax loss from Eagle Lake Spruce Mills; Hubert J. Forester.
Capital stock taxes, 1933-1943. 2 folders.
Correspondence regarding capital stock taxes and capital stock returns.
Capital stock refund, 1938-1940.
Liquidation and dissolution files:
Liquidation, 1941.
Plan for liquidation and letters to stockholders regarding settlement of stock in company.
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144.J.16.7B59Agreement with Winton Lumber Company, 1941.
Prince Albert agreed to assume a share of note of Amador Lumber Company guaranteed by Winton Lumber Company.
Dissolution, 1941-1944. 2 folders.
Correspondence relating to liquidation process and some resistance from stockholders; Hubert J. Forester, R.V. Ring; Best, Flanagan & Rodgers (lawyers, Minneapolis); Fowler, Youngquist, Furber, Taney and Johnson (lawyers, Minneapolis).
Liquidation, Pas valuation, 1943-1945.
Correspondence regarding tax suit over valuation of The Pas stock.
Volumes:
Bylaws, 1905. 1 volume.
Minute book, 1905-1927. 1 volume.
Minute book, 1921-1941. 1 volume.
Journal, 1925-1927. 1 volume.
Ledger, 1925-1926. 1 volume.
Stock transfer sheets, 1927-1939. 1 volume.
Stock book, 1939. 1 volume.
Stocks exchanged in recapitalization.
Stock book, 1939. 1 volume.
Stock book, 1906-1920. 1 volume.
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144.J.16.8F60Ledger, 1927-1941. 1 volume.
Journal, 1927-1941. 1 volume.
Journal and ledger, 1939-1941. 1 volume.
Reserve Lumber Company:
Reserve Lumber Company, Ltd., was organized in 1941 to take over properties in Saskatchewan of The Pas Lumber Company. Because of a change in Canadian tax regulations, it never became an operating company. The company was disincorporated in 1941 (?) and a successor company, Reserve Lumber Company, was organized in 1952 under Nevada law to hold investments in the United States for The Pas Lumber Company.
Reserve Lumber Company, Ltd. (Saskatchewan):
Chronological file, 1941-1951.
Correspondence regarding annual reports, capital stock, and corporate status; accounting statements.
Reserve Lumber Company (Nevada):
Organizational file, 1952-1953.
Includes minutes and bylaws.
Stock transfers, 1952-1954.
Correspondence, 1955-1959.
Notices of meetings; stock information; F.J. Baker, G. M. White.
Income tax, 1953-1958.
First National Bank agreement, 1956-1958.
Agreement with First National Bank of Nevada (Reno) to act as agent.
Schermerhorn-Winton Company:
The Schermerhorn-Winton Company was organized in 1929 to develop oil and gas properties in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. Its name was changed to Kenwood Oil Company on May 1, 1941. The two major correspondents are H.A. Sherman and C.W. Tomlinson.
Annual meetings, 1935-1939.
Correspondence, 1929-1933. 8 folders.
Regarding oil ventures and leases, oil production, banking situation, oil production, regulations; minutes of first directors' meeting (June 27, 1929); C.J. Winton, Jr., J.B. Schermerhorn, John R. Van Derlip.
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144.J.16.9B61Correspondence, 1934-1949. 10 folders.
Includes minutes of special July 23, 1934, board of directors' meeting; report on oil production and oil reserve (1938).
Financial records:
Balance sheets; oil production summary, 1930-1937. 8 folders.
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144.J.16.10F62Balance sheets; oil production summary, 1938-1939. 2 folders.
Notes and cashiers entries, 1937-1939. 3 folders.
Lifting and operating cost, 1937.
Income tax returns, 1930-1936.
Correspondence regarding income tax returns.
Annual reports, 1938-1940.
Accountants reports, 1929, 1932, 1937.
Investment file, 1931-1933.
Includes Oklahoma Geological Survey by C.W. Tomlinson (1928); correspondence regarding various investments.
Lease files:
Healdton and Wildcat Jim properties, 1933-1934, 1936. 2 folders.
Correspondence regarding Coline Oil Company properties in Oklahoma.
C.W. Tomlinson contract, 1933-1936.
Correspondence regarding contract to have him search for properties for Schermerhorn-Winton.
Kansas Gas & Gasoline Company, 1934.
Correspondence regarding purchases of gas wells from Flynn Oil Company; assignment of gas and oil leases (1929).
Oklahoma leases, 1934-1935, 1937-1939.
Correspondence regarding Ada, Funk, Spears, and Kloh leases; breakdown of expenses and profits (1933-1934); Noble and Roger Mills counties, Oklahoma.
Kansas gas fields, 1935-1939. 2 folders.
Correspondence regarding Otis gas fields in Rush County, Kansas.
Wells in Cooke County, Texas, 1935-1939.
Correspondence regarding Hess, Kessler, Haverkanmp, and Fisher lease in the Muenster area.
Kloh statistics, 1935-1937.
Correspondence and preliminary study of pumping efficiency.
Raizen Bros. lease correspondence, 1936.
Kloh lease correspondence, 1936.
Ector County, Texas, 1936, 1938-1939.
Correspondence regarding Addison area; Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company lease in McCamey area.
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144.J.17.1B63Kansas leases, 1936-1939.
Correspondence regarding Hunter well, Rooks and Ellis counties, Hass well, Moore lease, Strong well.
Amerada lease, New Mexico, 1939.
New oil propositions, 1937-1939. 4 folders.
Correspondence regarding various propositions, including West-Franklin (1937), Wildcat Jim (1938), Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company (1939).
Stock book, 1929.
Siskiyou-Minnesota Timber Company:
The Siskiyou-Minnesota Timber Company was organized as a Delaware corporation in 1929 to take title to about 7,000 areas of Sugar Pine lands that were owned individually by the shareholders of Winton Oregon Timber Company (formerly Winton Timber Company). These lands in Siskiyou County, California had been deeded to the shareholders in 1912 by the Winton Timber Company to circumvent prevailing California tax laws. The shareholders were given pro rata shares in the Siskiyou-Minnesota company which simply held the lands until they could be sold. The company sold the remaining acreage to the Long-Bell Lumber Company (Missouri) and went into liquidation in 1944.
Organizational files:
Maps, undated.
Deeds to C.J. Winton, Jr., 1929.
Correspondence regarding deeding of Sugar Pine lands by owner to C.J. Winton, Jr. to be held in trust.
Abstract of title, 1929.
Abstract of Sugar Pine lands under title examination.
Special warranty deeds, 1929.
Deeds assigning lands to the Siskiyou-Minnesota Timber Company from shareholders.
Organizational file, 1929-1930.
Correspondence with landowners regarding warranty deeds transferring ownership.
Correspondence regarding incorporation, 1928-1929.
Correspondence regarding deeding of lands to Winton Oregon Timber Company and incorporation of the new company.
Stock valuation, 1929-1945.
Correspondence regarding March 1, 1913, valuation on Sugar Pine lands.
Annual meetings, 1930-1941.
Correspondence, 1931-1945. 5 folders.
Includes timber sales and bug infestation (1931-1932), land taxes (1933-1934), delinquent taxes (1935-1936), possible sale with Carl Phelps (1935-1936); M.M. Morgan, J. Brookins, Kesterson Lumber Corporation (Klamath Falls, Oregon), Glenn Bailey.
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144.J.17.2F64Financial and land sale records:
Income tax returns (U.S.), 1929-1946. 2 folders.
California income tax returns, 1929-1944.
Minnesota income tax returns, 1933-1947.
Annual reports to Delaware, 1929-1945.
Capital stock returns, 1933-1945.
Money and tax credit returns, 1935-1942.
Reports to Corporation Trust Company, 1934-1949.
Includes stock transfer sheets.
Cruise and Bailey reports, 1922-1941.
Correspondence and timber cruise reports of Sugar Pine lands and correspondence with Fruit Growers Supply Company (Los Angeles) regarding timber purchase.
Proposed sale to Buschow Lumber Company, 1925-1935.
E.T. Merrill, F.J. Buschow (Kansas City, Missouri).
Fruit Growers Supply Company sale, 1929-1941.
Correspondence regarding its purchase of 4520 acres of timber.
J.F. Kimball, 1931.
Correspondence regarding proposed sale of land to Kimball; Fruit Growers Supply Company; Aytch Woodson.
Long-Bell note and contract, 1944-1946.
Correspondence regarding purchase by Long-Bell Lumber Company of remaining 2590 acres.
Lichens Bros. (Walker, California), 1925-1935.
Correspondence regarding grazing leases.
Liquidation, 1946-1959.
The company was in final liquidation in 1946; the 1959 correspondence refers to a stock certificate returned by Luisa Ross.
Volumes:
Stock book, 1929. 1 volume.
Minute book, 1929-1945. 1 volume.
Includes corporate records and certificate of incorporation.
Ledger, 1929-1946. 1 volume.
Journal, 1929-1946. 1 volume.
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144.J.17.3B65Skagit-Linn Logging Company:
The Skagit-Linn Logging Company was organized in 1934 as the Baldridge Logging Company and changed its name to Skagit-Linn Logging Company in 1942. It operated in Linn County, Oregon and went into liquidation in 1946 with final liquidation in 1955.
1943 refinancing, 1943-1947.
Includes statements for June 1945 and December 31, 1947; Hubert J. Forester.
Income tax, 1942-1947.
Liquidation, 1945-1955. 2 folders.
Hubert J. Forester, A.G. Wygant, L.H. Mills.
Minute book, 1942-1943.
This is a copy.
Sustained Yield:
Sustained Yield was a plan conceived by David T. Winton in 1927. It sought to sustain permanent forest industries and to stabilize the economies of the dependent communities. This was a cooperative plan between the U.S. Forest Service and private companies which required the companies to cut their own timber at a rate that would keep the forest productive. In turn, the companies were assured that they could buy National Forest timber at a fair price. The Cooperative Sustained-Yield Unit Agreements with Forest Owners and Operators (S.250), the formalization of the proposal, became law in 1944. The Wintons were interested in a sustained yield plan for their Martell, California, operation.
Sustained yield materials, 1940-1950. 6 folders.
Includes discussion of how Bill S.250 was passed in Congress (1944) and plans for Mokelumne River Circle (1944-1946). Robert C. Winton is a principal correspondent. P.D. Hanson (assistant regional forester, San Francisco), James Girard (U.S.F.S.), Frank Solinsky III, Bruce Hoffman, Edwin F. Smith (forest supervisor, Placerville), T.H. Mills, David T. Mason, S.B. Shaw (regional forester), F.A. Thompson (regional forester, San Francisco), Carl Walker.
Tariff:
The Tariff Revenue Act of 1932 taxed imported lumber. In 1938, a successful effort was made to have the tax on Canadian White Spruce lifted.
Cost questionnaires, 1929-1931.
Costs of manufacture from Eagle Lake Spruce Mills and Winton Lumber Company; copies of letters from D.G. Swenson.
Statement of facts, 1931.
Booklet submitted by Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, The Pas Lumber Company, and B.C. Spruce Mills in support of reduction of tariff rate on spruce lumber.
Briefs submitted by Shevlins, 1937.
A brief in support of H.R. 7045, a bill to amend the Revenue Act of 1932.
James T. Clark, 1937-1938. 2 folders.
Correspondence with Clark, a Washington, D.C. attorney, regarding exemption of Northern White Pine, Norway Pine, and Western White Spruce from excise tax; reduction in tariff rate; and assurance of entry of imported lumber free from marking requirements. A.A. Rahn, Shevlin & Clarke Company.
Definitions of Western White Pine for customs, 1938.
Correspondence and printed material (including hearings on H.R. 9682 and 7045) regarding the difference between Western White Spruce, found only in Canada, and spruce grown in the United States; C.W. Baker.
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144.J.17.4F66Legislative history, 1938-1941. 2 folders.
Committee hearings and Congressional Record excerpts regarding the Revenue Bill of 1938.
Wausau Southern Lumber Company:
C.J. Winton was a director of the Wausau Southern Lumber Company (Laurel, Mississippi).
Correspondence, 1932-1935. 4 folders.
Includes operating statements (1932), balance sheets (1933-1935), correspondence regarding oil leases on cut-over lands (1935) and liquidation (1932). S.B. Bissell.
Log reports and trial balances, 1925.
Annual statements, 1926, 1932-1939.
United Lumber Yards (Modesto, California):
Correspondence, 1958. 2 folders.
Regarding home sales, accounting, office personnel; Edgar A. Walter, John H. Martin, Fred Baker, Dei Jay Trucks.
New lumber yards, 1957-1958.
James Foster.
Project authorization, 1956-1958.
Various capital expenditures for buildings, remodeling, and trucks; John H. Martin.
Weekly reports of J. Foster and J. Martin, 1958.
Daily happenings in office and lumber yards and reports on housing market.
Directors' letters and meetings, 1958.
Minutes of director's meetings and correspondence with directors relating to meetings.
Sales performance, 1958.
Monthly reports of individual salesmen.
Notes and cashiers entries, 1958.
Accounts receivable, 1958.
Statement correspondence, 1958.
Income forecast, 1958.
Home financing, 1958.
Burnett Lumber Company and Merced Lumber Company, 1958.
Officers of Merced Lumber Company (Modesto, California) and Burnett Lumber Company (Tulare, California) were employees of United Lumber Yards.
Includes 1958 directors' minutes of the two companies and covering correspondence.
U.S. Wholesale Supply Company accounts receivable reports, 1958.
United Home Acceptance Corporation, 1958.
Correspondence and reports on delinquent accounts of a company organized in 1957 to hold second mortgages on houses built by United Lumber Yards; Fred J. Baker.
United Realty Corporation, 1958.
Correspondence regarding housing starts and houses built by United Lumber Yards and sold by United Realty Company; includes house plans.
Winton Moulding and Trim Company:
Correspondence, 1958.
Correspondence, forecasts, and inventories of this Martell, California, company.
Winton Lumber Sales Company:
Winton Lumber Sales Company was incorporated in 1931 in Minnesota to sell the products of the Winton companies. It maintained a New York office and eventually a California office. St. Paul Distribution Yard, Inc., Winton Distribution Yard, Inc., and Winton Lumber Wholesale Distributors, Inc. were subsidiaries. Main correspondents are R.C. Winton, John Rosenberry, and J.F. Shiely.
Correspondence, 1933-1937. 7 folders.
Concerning sales procedures, office operations and expenditures, business and economic conditions, selling costs and commissions, and related matters. Includes balance sheets (1933; March 31, 1934), correspondence on measurement of dressed lumber (1935) and on subsistence homesteads (1934); Red River Lumber Company, Hubert J. Forester, Timber Engineering Company (Washington, D.C.), R.V. Ring, A.K. Southworth, C.J. Harris, Long-Bell Lumber Company (Longview, Washington).
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144.J.17.5B67Correspondence, 1938-1939. 2 folders.
Includes memorandum regarding psychology of selling and use of expense accounts (1939).
Correspondence, 1958.
Regarding sales statistics, personnel changes; includes price lists.
Annual statement, 1943.
Lumber purchase contract (Martell), 1944-1945.
Correspondence and contracts regarding trade discounts by Winton Lumber Sales Company; H.J. Forester.
Kamloops Lumber Company, 1947-1951.
Correspondence and balance sheets regarding a loan made by Kamloops to Winton Lumber Sales Company.
Audit reports, 1951-1952.
Also includes audits of Winton Lumber Company and subsidiaries.
Canadian licenses, 1951-1958.
Correspondence regarding license to do business in Canada, copies of the Companies Act (1951-1957), revoking of license (1958).
Salaries, 1953-1954.
Correspondence regarding determination of salaries and profit-sharing for salesmen.
New office building, 1955.
Correspondence and blueprints, Jonas Apter Company; The Clinton Corporation.
St. Paul distribution yard, 1958.
Correspondence, accounts receivable, etc.
Mountain Sawmills, Inc. (Custer, South Dakota), 1958.
Wayne Miller, F.J. Baker.
Financial records, 1958.
Accounts receivable, past due accounts, income forecasts.
J.F. Shiely's reports, 1958.
To D.J. Winton summarizing current activities and status of Winton Lumber Sales Company.
Winton Distribution Yards, Inc., 1958.
Correspondence regarding purchase of St. Paul yard by Winton Distribution Yards, Inc., a California company.
Winton Lumber Wholesale Distributors, Inc., 1958.
Correspondence regarding yard at Downey, California; name change to Winton Distributing Yard, Inc.; F.J. Baker.
California Office:
Correspondence, 1958.
Regarding liquidation of sales office at Sacramento.
Financial, 1958.
Accounts receivable, income forecast, statements.
J.M. Rosenberry's reports; F.J. Baker's memos, 1958.
Weekly memos summarizing activities and status of Winton Lumber Sales Company (California).
Winmar, Inc.:
Winmar, Inc., was incorporated in 1946 to acquire the patent for and to manufacture anchor hoists for boats. The Winton Lumber Company backed the venture financially and subcontracted the manufacturing and marketing. The corporation was dissolved in 1949 and its inventory and other assets were finally liquidated in 1952. The product name was changed from Anchor Hoist to Anker-Hyst during 1947.
Correspondence, 1946-1952.
Correspondence regarding patent, organizing the company, marketing the product, and corporate dissolution and liquidation; John H. Martin.
Income tax returns Federal and Minnesota, 1946-1952.
Annual statements, 1946-1951.
Corporate record book, 1946-1949. 1 volume.
Articles of incorporation, stock certificates, minutes, and notice of dissolution.
Winton-Nichols Lumber Company:
Winton-Nichols Lumber Company (Thief River Falls, Minnesota) was incorporated in 1913 by D.N. and C.J. Winton and Wallace K. Nichols to carry on a general lumbering business. It was liquidated in 1929. C.A. Nason and Wallace K. Nichols were the chief correspondents.
Articles of incorporation, 1913.
Includes stock subscription list and state of Minnesota charter.
Increase of capital stock, 1915.
Special meeting of stockholders to increase capital stock to $45,000.
Dissolution, 1918-1930.
Includes amendment to articles of incorporation, minutes of special meetings, correspondence regarding dissolution and incorporation of Bovill Logging Company. The Bovill Logging Company was formed to handle some condemnation proceedings in the state of Idaho.
Correspondence, 1914-1938. 3 folders.
Regarding company finances, dissolution, stockholders; Hubert J. Forester, Minnesota Montana Realty Company, Ferdinand Hincik (Goodridge, Minnesota), S. Brandon, O.O. Hafdal (Hazel, Minnesota); Theodore Quale (Thief River Falls, Minnesota).
Income tax returns, 1925-1928.
Deeds, 1902-1923.
Deeds, mortgages, mechanics' liens dealing with Knox's addition to Red Lake Rapids, part of Thief River Falls; Hanson & Barzen Milling Company, Radium Dairy Association (Radium, Minnesota).
Thief River Falls and Goodridge yards, 1913-1928.
Deeds to land in Thief River Falls and Goodridge, Minnesota; Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Thief River Falls), Northland Townsite Company.
Holt, Minnesota yard, 1916-1926.
Deeds and abstracts for lumber stock and yard properties purchased in 1926 by C.L. Sandberg.
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142.D.15.869Volumes:
Voucher and general journal, December 1920-February 1926. Part of 1 volume.
In volume with cash and bank journal.
Cash and bank journal, January 1921-February 1926. Part of 1 volume.
In volume with voucher and general journal.
Cash and bank journal, 1926-1929. 1 volume.
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142.D.16.170Bank register, 1915-1922. 1 volume.
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144.J.17.6F68Young Lumber Company:
The Young Lumber Company was incorporated in 1915 with offices in Minneapolis. It was sold to the F.H. Carpenter Lumber Company in 1929.
E.C. Tillotson note, 1921-1925.
Cancellation of note by Tillotson to D.N. and C.J. Winton giving stock in Young Lumber Company as security.
Annual statement, 1928.
Correspondence, 1929-1935.
Regarding sale to F.H. Carpenter Lumber Company; various financial transactions; minutes of meetings regarding liquidation; Alvin Robertson.
Deeds, 1930-1935.
Correspondence and deed to various properties owned by Young Lumber Company; Minnesota Montana Realty Company, Alvin Robertson, Mary Ward Klandrud (LaCrosse, Wisconsin).

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144.J.17.6F68Daly and Winton Company township maps, approximately 1898.
From Wisconsin (Wausau?); some are annotated with land owners' names.
Bemidji Lumber Company, 1907-1915.
Minnesota charter (1907); stockholders' guarantee to C.J. and D.N. Winton; correspondence regarding contract for Cut Foot timber purchase from U.S., and sale to Northland Pine Company; International Lumber Company, Thief River Falls Lumber Company.
Mica Creek Timber Company, 1916-1918.
Contracts with Rose Lake Lumber Company (1916) and St. Maries Lumber Company (1917); stockholders agreement; trial balance (March 31, 1917); St. Maries Lumber Company notes; liquidation statement; J.A. Irvine, J.J. O'Neil.
Tri-State Cedar Company, 1913-1914.
Contract with National Pole Company and miscellaneous correspondence, J.J. O'Neil, Jacob Kolliner.
D.N. Winton, trustee, 1915-1919.
Agreement and notes concerning purchase of stock in Mahlum Lumber Company; repurchase option.
North Canada Lumber Company stock purchase, 1922-1923.
Correspondence regarding stock; balance sheet (September 15, 1922).
North Western Railroad Company, 1914.
Contract with D.N. Winton, et al, with Soo Line Railroad; mineral rights reservations and maps; Daniel Shaw, F.D. Brandenburg, H.W. Protzeller.
Ramstad Livestock and Realty Company (Poplar, Montana), 1916-1920.
Correspondence, financial statements for 1917, 1919, 1920.
Memorandum of agreement (Winton family). 1924.
Between C.J., D.N., D.J. and C.J. Winton, Jr. regarding endorsing notes.
Tomahawk-Kraft Paper Company balance sheet, 1925-1926.
Wausau-Sulphate Fibre Company balance sheet, 1925-1926.
Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Company correspondence, 1931.
C.C. Yawkey, Ontonagon River power project, Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company.
Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Company financial, 1926-1926.
Operating and sales statements for 1926, 1929, 1933, 1936.
The Steuben Company correspondence, 1930-1935.
Correspondence (July-December 1935); minutes of special board meeting (December 3, 1935); Char-Tex, Inc.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Cutover lands.
Forest management - United States.
Forests and forestry - Economic aspects.
Forests and forestry - Measurement.
Forests and forestry - Taxation.
Forests and forestry - Valuation.
Logging.
Lumber camps.
Lumber trade - British Columbia.
Lumber trade - Canada.
Lumber trade - California.
Lumber trade - Credit ratings.
Lumber trade - Finance.
Lumber trade - Idaho.
Lumber trade - Management.
Lumber trade - Manitoba.
Lumber trade - Montana.
Lumber trade - Oregon.
Lumber trade - Saskatchewan.
Lumber trade - United States.
Lumber trade - Washington.
Petroleum industry and trade - Oklahoma.
Pulpwood industry.
Tillamook Burn, Or., 1933.
Timber - Grading.
Wood products.
Persons:
Alexander, Ben, 1894-1944, author.
Alexander, Walter, 1849-1926, author.
Bell, Laird, 1883-1965, author;
Bissell, Walter H., 1858-1933, author.
Forester, Hubert J., 1891- , author.
Mason, David Townsend, 1883-1973, author.
McCullough, Matthew P., author.
Nichols, Wallace K., author.
Rosenberry, Walter S., author.
Winton, Charles Joel, 1862-1934, author.
Winton, Charles Joel, 1899- , author.
Winton, David Judson, 1897-1981, author.
Winton, David Michael, 1928- , author.
Winton, David Nelson, -1930, author.
Winton, Robert Craine, 1895- , author.
Winton family.
Organizations:
Addison Drilling Company (Santa Fe, N.M.), author.
Addison Oil Company (Minneapolis, Minn.), author.
Amador Central Railroad Company (Jackson, Calif.), author.
Amador Lumber Company (Martek, Calif.), author.
Baldridge Logging Company (Hobart, Wash.), author.
B.F. Harris Co. (Winnipeg, Man.), author.
Canisteo Corporation, author.
Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, ltd. (Giscome, B.C.), author.
Eureka Exploration, inc. (The Pas, Man.), author.
Kenwood Oil Company (Tulsa, Okla.), author.
Ladder Lake Lumber Company (Big River, Sask.), author.
Lumber Milling Company (Spokane, Wash.), author.
Marathon Paper Mills Company (Rothschild, Wis.), author.
Masonite Corporation, author.
Northwestern Lumber Company (Kalispell, Mont.), author.
Pasoil, ltd. (The Pas, Man.), author.
Pelican Bay Lumber Company (Klamath Falls, Or.), author.
Prince Albert Lumber Company (Prince Albert, Sask.), author.
Reserve Lumber Company (Reserve, Sask.), author.
Schermerhorn-Winton Company (Tulsa, Okla.), author.
Siskiyou-Minnesota Timber Company, author.
Skagit-Linn Logging Company (Portland, Or.), author.
The Pas Lumber Company (The Pas, Man.), author.
United Lumber Yards (Modesto, Calif.), author.
Winton Lumber Sales Company (Minneapolis, Minn.), author.
Winton Moulding and Trim Company (Martell, Calif.), author.
Winton-Nichols Lumber Company (Thief River Falls, Minn.), author.
Winton Oregon Timber Company, author.
Winton Supply Company (Granville, Wis.), author.
Winton Timber Company, author.
Eagle Lake Sawmills, Ltd. (Giscome, B.C.)
First National Bank and Trust Company of Minneapolis.
Kamloops Lumber Company (Kamloops, B.C.)
National Lumber Manufacturers Association.
Northern Pine Manufacturers' Association (U.S.)
Northwest Bancorporation.
P.L. Howe Lumber Mills (Eureka, Mont.)
Western Pine Association.
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Places:
Minneapolis (Minn.)
Document Types:
Diaries.
Photographs.

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