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CLOUDY Temp: 61 °F Wind: WNW at 5 mph Monday, September 29, 2003 SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion - Politics AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map EXTRA HomeLife Magazine Joy Magazine Tempo A & E RogueValleyAutoFinder RogueValleyHomeFinder Real Estate Showcase Wellness Connection Newspaper in Education Prime Times Outdoor Journal Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People CLASSIFIEDS Find a Car Find a Home Find a Job Find Everything E SOUTHERN OREGON Automotive Communities Entertainment Publications Recreation Calendar ABOUT US FAQ What's New Advertise Home Delivery Classified Ad Employment Contact Us Media Kit Email Story to a Friend September 7, 2003 Longtime logger Harold Hanscom dies building road By ANITA BURKE Mail Tribune An Eagle Point man who had worked in the woods for more than half a century died Saturday while building a road for a logging operation in the Elk Creek area. Harold Eldon Hanscom, 75, died when his D9 Caterpillar tumbled down a steep embankment after a roadway he was building gave way, Jackson County sheriff’s Capt. Joe Puckett said. The accident on Elk Creek Road near Flat Creek was reported about 8:30 a.m. Crews from Jackson County Fire District No. 4 and Mercy Flights responded along with a deputy and found Hanscom dead, Puckett said. Hanscom was working in a privately owned area known as Small Rock. He was employed by his nephew’s logging company, HM Inc., of Eagle Point. Advertisement Hanscom’s bulldozer tumbled about 600 feet down the slope and he was tossed from the rolling machine, the sheriff’s report said. Hanscom had a long history as part of a logging family. He and his older brother Harry started Hanscom Brothers Inc. right after World War II. Logging was king of Oregon’s economy and the business surged. In 1980, the brothers started Slash Utilization Corp., a chipping operation that could turn logging slash into marketable chips, mulch and fuel, the Mail Tribune reported at the time. Ed Hanscom, Harold’s nephew and Harry’s son, started HM Inc. in the mid-1980s. Ed Hanscom’s brother, Larry, also owns a logging outfit, LWH Enterprises. The four — two sets of brothers from two generations — often worked together, as reported in a Mail Tribune feature story in May about salvaging burned timber. They were salvaging Boise timber burned in the Timbered Rock fire near Trail last summer. As contract loggers, commonly called gyppo loggers, Ed oversaw two logging sites while Harold ran a bulldozer, Larry manned a log loader and Harry showed journalists how it all worked. "I’m proud of what we do," Harry Hanscom said then, noting that his family helped settle the area. Reach reporter Anita Burke at 776-4459, or e-mail [email protected] . Printer Friendly Version Email Story to a Friend Subscribe Archive: Click to Search Mail Tribune Home Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life Opinion - Politics | AP News | Archives | Site Map E Southern Oregon | Classified Copyright © 1997-2003 Mail Tribune. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions Website Feedback A D V E R T I S E R S SPECIAL SECTIONS Rogue Valley Auto Finder Rogue Valley Job Finder --> Rogue Valley Home Finder Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Tempo Real Estate Showcase Food for Thought Hike of the Week Wellness Connection Outdoor Journal Moving to Southern Oregon? Volunteer Openings Prime Times