1919

The Doty Lumber and Shingle Company was formed in Lewis County Washington. After many years of developing a lumber company. Mr. Doty partnered with G. A. Onn in 1904, who was a proprietor of a shingle mill.  Mr. Doty became the president and manager of the new company, with G.A. Onn taking the vice president roll and over seeing the shingle mill.  The lumber and shingle mill had a large daily capacity and built eleven miles of logging roads to handle the three hundred men and conduct the business of the logging with steam-powered mills.The town of Doty also had with a hotel, stores and homes for the many lumbermen. Dry kilns were built and the Chehalis River was dammed to provide a pond for storing the logs.  The town of Doty was so successful it had its own Western Union Telegraph Office and its own water and light plants. Here is an example of some of the script that the loggers used as money, just like the coal miners of West Virgina used. Mr. Doty and Mr. Onn ran this lumber and shingle mill until August 20, 1910, when it was sold to W. B. Mersereau. Doty was one of the largest shingle mills in those days. Today, about 250 people reside in or around the Town of Doty. It has a general store, post office, fire department, and two churches and I bet if you ever get up to visit this area, you will see a lot of history and maybe if you look hard enough, you may even see a BigFoot. Logging and farming are the industries that most of the residents rely on for income in this part of the North West.

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is the Silk of the Stored on the Print or the Boar,

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in that there The Service on the Stalk of Cork a Shored!!

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played at Weight of hard Corn to tack the Reins of palm`d,

cart the Harness to that Face and blubber Rump the roast,

in Speaking of the Talk shows Sup`t as the dinner Glove!!

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should the Bank of Walk and rank Drum the anchors Chlorine,

brush that Ankle to the knee is the Balls Wait,

did the Powder of the Sym. Bull rinsed a Wash ate Creased.

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a Pickle plumb with Rote Tore read that Elephant on stoned,

than to a Theme of Introduced the Audience A bone,

that dial of Dial on dial the Dial Microphone and Comb!!

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pigeon Whole to Flight of Crow the Paints On hard Where stores.

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the dog said cat the Elk spoke Moose and geese began to duck,

as the Pond did the Lake a street to Touch the start,

Jack Tar Hotel brought the Lobby and the Congress`d.

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the radio on KOIT made KFRC a plane,

the Heir Waves Scotch the bureau knocked 'cause Vodka Marched a Pinion,

on the Pole of toy Lets lock the Wah Upon the Men Yun.

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a Trailer shook to Floor boards stall And Hooves that did the Tum bull,

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met goes Tonk ka the Key brake Cage Be Cause that All is Sundries,

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does Once the Cleaner Grips Does that just shake the Daters??

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for my Grandmother to that learn was Silverware and thunder,

the Arm of love The Rifles sub. that Aim sewn tents to Cadillac,

a big Swing door to Coup decor a Gift that brights the lighter`d by.