Spokane Daily Chronicle, "Milwaukee Plans Five New Towns," May 1, 1908
The Timberman,
"Acreage of Members of the Coeur d Alene Timber Association," January, 1910
Railway Age,
"Milwaukee Land Company Purchases, $12 million," April 22, 1910
House Committee
Investigation,
"Milwaukee Land Company took Homestead Lands," May 18, 1910
The Anaconda Standard,
"Milwaukee Land Company files Report of $15 Million in Assets,"
May 22, 1910
Billings Daily Gazette,
"Two New Towns for Montana," July 24, 1910 -- Ubet and Piedmont.
Ads for Warden and Tiflis Lot Sales,
January 3, 1912
The North Woods,
"Chief Forester Scents Danger," August, 1912
The Anaconda Standard,
"Charters is Name of New Town," August 25, 1912
US Congress, "Report on the
Lumber Industry," Milwaukee Land Co Ownerships pp 101, 104,105 205,
January 20, 1913
Anaconda Standard,
"Three More Townsite Sales Held at Livingston," May 25, 1913
-- Winifred, Suffolk, Heath
"Milwaukee Land Co installs Electric Light
Plants for Geraldine, other Northern Montana Towns," Commercial
West, October 14, 1914
American Lumberman,
"Milwaukee Land Co, Vast Timber Holdings in North Idaho," August 9,
1919
Aerial Age, "Summary of Congressional Investigation," March
1, 1919, "Spruce Railroad" and John D. Ryan.
Aerial Age, "John D Ryan Before Congressional Investigating
Committee," November 10, 1919
The Evening Herald (Klamath
Falls, OR), "Timber Deal Closed," November 23, 1922
The Chehalis Bee-Nugget,
"To Build Mill Near Salkum," March 2, 1923 Mill site bought from
Milwaukee Land Co.
Billings Gazette,
"Cold Weather Delays Log Drives in West," April 24, 1924
Chehalis Bee-Nugget,
"Hydroelectric Power Development on the Cowlitz," December 11,
1925
The Chehalis Bee-Nugget,
"Milwaukee Company Secures Solid Body of Timber on Winston,"
January 21, 1927 -- trade with Weyerhauser
Spokesman Review,
"RR Plans Three Tree Farms," January 17, 1945
Railway Age, "The Milwaukee Plants a Crop of Future Traffic,"
September 3, 1951
Financial World,
"Northwest Rails Should have Good Year," July 11, 1952,
Compared to the NP/GN oil booms, "the timber holdings of the
Milwaukee Land Company may prove more valuable in the long run."
1958 "Overview of the Milwaukee Road Timber
Holdings," Proceedings of the Annual Western Forestry
Conference, 48,23
Thompson v. United States
(1962) 308 F.2d 628, litigation over former Milwaukee Land
Company land, describing how Milwaukee retained mineral rights
Spokesman Review, "Railroad Subsidiary Sets Sale, Spokesman Review,
$179 million bid from ITT Potlatch," October 12, 1980
Tri City Herald, "Milwaukee to Sell Olympic Forest," January 13,
1981
"Chicago
Milwaukee Corp.'s Milwaukee Land Co. unit sold..."
Chicago Tribune, January 7, 1989,
"Chicago
Milwaukee Corp.`s Milwaukee Land Co. unit sold about
31,500 acres of timberland in Washington state to John
Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. for $23.8
million.
"Chicago Milwaukee To Sell
31,500 Acres Of Timberland," Chicago Tribune,
June 14, 1988, Chicago Milwaukee Corp. announced
Monday that it intends to auction off 31,500 acres
of timberland in Washington that is owned by its
subsidiary, the Milwaukee Land Co. Lawrence
Adelson, general counsel to the railroad, said the
decision to sell the merchantable timber was
triggered in part by a recent strengthening in world
timber demand, most notably among the Pacific Rim
countries and in Europe.
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