PolitiFact | Seneca Jones

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Aaron Jones founded Seneca Jones sawmill in Eugene in 1954. The company continues to operate several wood products-based businesses in the Eugene area.

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Seneca Jones
stated on March 2, 2014 in newspaper ads:

Seneca Jones Timber Co., aiming to increase logging and allay fears that old growth will be cut, says mills have shifted to second-generation trees. An ad from the company asks: "Do you know that most all mills in Oregon have retooled over the past 20 years?"

By Dana Tims • March 14, 2014

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