6A — THE OBSERVER
TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2020
STATE
Bruce the Moose moves from
OSU to new Corvallis Museum
By Bennett Hall
Corvallis Gazette-Times via Ap
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Photo by Mark Graves/The Oregonian via AP
A group of mothers stand arm-in-arm outside the federal building and Justice Center in
downtown Portland on Saturday, July 18, during another night of protests.
Portland protesters gassed
after sett ing fi re at courthouse
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Pro-
testers outside Port-
land’s U.S. courthouse
set a fi re in the building’s
entryway early Monday in
yet another night of con-
fl ict with federal agents
who repeatedly tear gassed
the demonstrators to drive
them away, offi cials said.
Authorities over the
weekend erected large
fences around the building
to keep away the pro-
testers who have been on
Portland’s streets daily
since the police killing of
George Floyd in Minne-
apolis nearly two months
ago.
But video online showed
protesters taking down the
fencing and a statement
from Portland’s police
department described the
protesters’ tactics as they
repeatedly headed toward
the courthouse and were
repelled by federal agents
who emerged from inside.
Hundreds of protesters
were at the scene Sunday
night into early Monday
morning and at one point
“dozens of people with
shields, helmets, gas
masks, umbrellas, bats, and
hockey sticks approached
the doors” of the court-
house until federal offi cers
came out and dispersed
them, the Portland police
statement said.
The protesters later lit
a fi re at about 1:30 a.m.
Monday within the por-
tico of the courthouse,
said Portland police, who
stressed their offi cers were
not involved in any crowd
control measures, did not
fi re tear gas and “were not
present during any of the
activity described.”
Other people added
wood and debris to the fi re
to make it larger, and fed-
eral agents came out of the
courthouse, “dispersed the
crowd and extinguished the
fi re,” the statement said.
The violence happened
as local and state leaders
expressed anger with the
“We haven’t asked them here. In
fact, we want them to leave.”
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, speaking about federal
agents in the city
presence of the federal
agents, saying the city’s
protests started to ease
just as the federal agents
started taking action on the
streets of Portland.
Speaking on CNN’s
“State of the Union,” Dem-
ocratic Mayor Ted Wheeler
said federal offi cers “are
not wanted here. We hav-
en’t asked them here. In
fact, we want them to
leave.”
Top leaders in the
U.S. House said Sunday
they were “alarmed” by
the Trump administra-
tion’s tactics against pro-
testers in Portland and
other cities, including
Washington, D.C. House
Judiciary Committee
Chairman Jerrold Nadler,
D-New York, Home-
land Security Committee
Chairman Bennie G.
Thompson, D-Mississippi,
and Oversight and Reform
Committee Chairwoman
Carolyn B. Maloney,
D-New York, in a letter to
the inspectors general of
Department of Justice and
Department of Homeland
Security called on fed-
eral inspectors general to
investigate.
President Donald Trump
has decried the demonstra-
tions, and Homeland Secu-
rity Secretary Chad Wolf
labeled the protesters as
“lawless anarchists” in a
visit to the city last week.
Late Saturday, Portland
police said protesters broke
into the building of the
Portland Police Association
labor union that represents
offi cers, setting dumpster
fi res and moving fencing.
Oregon Attorney Gen-
eral Ellen Rosenblum sued
Homeland Security and
the Marshals Service in
federal court late Friday,
alleging that unidentifi ed
federal agents grabbed
people from Portland’s
streets “without warning
or explanation, without a
warrant, and without pro-
viding any way to deter-
mine who is directing this
action.”
Rosenblum said she
was seeking a tempo-
rary restraining order to
“immediately stop federal
authorities from unlawfully
detaining Oregonians.”
It was not immediately
unclear whether anyone
was arrested or detained
during the protest that
started Sunday night.
CORVALLIS — Bruce
the Moose fi nally has a
new home.
The majestic stuffed
animal, for many years
the beloved mascot of
the Horner Museum at
Oregon State Univer-
sity, languished in obscu-
rity after OSU closed the
Horner in 1995.
But thanks to the
Benton County Historical
Society, which acquired
the Horner Collection
from OSU in 2008, Bruce
is making a comeback.
First the big guy
got a meticulous res-
toration from a profes-
sional conservator, and on
Wednesday, July 15, he
took up residence in his
new digs: the lobby of the
new Corvallis Museum at
411 SW Second St.
Getting him there was
no small challenge.
Standing 6 feet tall at
the shoulder and just over
8 feet from hoof to ant-
ler-tip, Bruce is a beast to
move, and the historical
society turned to a com-
pany with expertise in spe-
cialty transportation to
handle the job.
On Wednesday
morning, a fi ve-man crew
from the Portland offi ce
of Suddath Relocation
Systems used a pallet jack
to maneuver the moose
from the society’s Phi-
lomath storage facility
into the back of a moving
truck. Even with his rack
temporarily removed, it
was a tight fi t — Bruce’s
ears nearly scraped the
ceiling.
Heavy nylon straps held
Photo by Andy Cripe, Mid-Valley Media, via AP StoryShare
Conservator Tom Fuller, top, with assistance from Gal-
lagher and Tolonen, installs the antlers on Bruce the
Moose on Wednesday, July, 15, in the lobby of the new
Corvallis Museum.
“He’ll be in the middle looking
out to greet people when they walk
in.”
Mark Tolonen, exhibition curator
Bruce’s mounting pedestal
securely in place, but there
was still some concern that
he might tip over during
the 5-mile drive to his
new address in downtown
Corvallis, so a couple of
movers rode in the back of
the truck to catch him if he
started to fall.
He arrived intact at
his destination, although
there was a moment of
drama when he wobbled
precariously going over
the museum threshold,
prompting gasps of alarm
from the small gath-
ering of onlookers. But
the movers were ready
for trouble and held the
museum’s star attraction
steady as they eased him
into place at the foot of the
main staircase.
Jo Anne Trow, a
member of the society’s
board, watched the pro-
ceedings with a big smile
on her face.
“Oh, my,” she said.
“He’s home.”
Exhibition curator
Mark Tolonen said the
iconic moose will pro-
vide a focal point for the
new museum while also
serving as a connection to
the past.
“He’ll be in the middle
looking out to greet
people when they walk
in,” he said. “The com-
munity has so many fond
memories of the Horner
Museum, and he was
kind of the mascot of the
Horner Museum.”
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