The truth be known the three big sawmills, Fruit Growers, Lassen Lumber and Red River could have never existed without immigrant labor. While it was fairly well known the mills hired Italians, Mexicans and Scandinavians there were also the Filipinos.

In the fall of 1922 Fruit Growers hired 125 Filipino men to work in the box factory. Fruit Growers found to them excellent workers. They were housed in the dormitories like everyone else. It should be noted that Lassen Lumber had a designated housing for the Italians. Red River housed the Italian and Mexican employees and their families in what became known as Old Town.

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Note: At Hilt, Fruit Growers had a Italian section that had been established by the previous owner.