T h e N o r t h C o a s t T im e s E a g l e ,
F r id a y y J A u g u st,
An Interview With Buster Rogers
" B e fo re 1914 a l l o f
t h i s h e r e was h e a v y t i m b e r
from B anks and B uxton
c le a n th ro u g h to th e
c o a s t , and th e y lo g g e d
a l l o f th a t o ff in about
50 y e a r s ; l o g g in g and
f i r e b u rn e d i t o u t t o ­
g e th e r.
"T he m i l l w e n t o u t
i n S e p te m b e r o f 1 9 5 7 ,
and t h e y s t a r t e d t o d i s ­
m a n tle t h e m i l l so m etim e
i n ’ 5 9 , and t h e n i n '6 0
t h e y h ad i t a l l c l e a n e d
u p . And t h e n a f t e r t h e y
g o t p r a c t i c a l l y a l l t h e o ld
o l d g ro w th o u t , w e l l th e n
th e y s t a r t e d t o t r u c k
t h e s m a ll p a t c h e s and
s tu ff.
T h e re was a l o t
o f c o r n e r s w h a t th e y f e l l
and b u ck e d b u t t h e y d i d n ' t
h a v e l i n e en o u g h d u r i n g
th e h ig h le a d d ay s to
r e a c h b a c k . Maybe
t h e r e 'd b e 30 t o 40 lo g s
b a c k i n t h e s p a c e th e y
d i d n ' t h a v e l i n e enough
t o r e a c h s o t h e y j u s t moved
o f f and l e f t i t .
" S in c e t h e y g o t
t o u s i n g c a t s and l o g g in g
t r u c k s and e q u ip m e n t,
th e y c le a n e d a l l o f t h a t
o u t.
B ut i t ' s b e e n o n ly
t h e l a s t 10 t o 12 y e a r s
t h a t t h e y 'v e r e a l l y g o t
i n t o l o g g in g t h e s e c o n d
g ro w th . B e f o r e t h a t when
th e y g o t i n t o a p a t c h
o f s e c o n d g ro w th , w hy,
t h e y 'd j u s t lo g r i g h t
t h r o u g h i t , w o u l d n 't
e v e n o f th o u g h t a b o u t i t .
M h en th ey h ad t h e o ld
g ro w th h e r e you c o u l d n 't
e v e n h a r d l y g i v e an y o f
t h e s e c o n d g ro w th t i m b e r
aw ay ."
"W hat h a p p e n e d t o
V e rn o n ia a f t e r t h e m i l l
p u l l e d o u t?
" W e ll, p e o p l e s t a r t e d
t o m oving o b t and i t
d ro p p e d down t o p r e t t y
n e a r l i k e i t was d u r i n g
th e d e p r e s s io n .
Now
t h e o l d e r p e o p le who
a re r e t i r e d have s t a r t e d
t o m o v in ' i n h e r e t o
make a r e t i r e m e n t tow n
out of i t .
S in c e t h e
o l d e r p e o p le s t a r t e d t o
m o v in ' i n , m ore y o u n g e r
p e o p le moved i n b e c a u s e
th e y c o u ld g e t r e n t i n
h o u ses c h e a p e r in th e
v a lle y h e re th a n o u t
a ro u n d P o r t l a n d o r
H ills b o ro o r o u t in th e r e .
P e o p le from C a l i f o r n i a
s t a r t e d t o c o rn in ' i n
h e r e ; th e y s t a r t e d g i v i n '
b ig p r ic e s f o r th e p l a c e s ,
and now i t ' s c l e a n o u t
o f re aso n .
The c o u n ty
has ra is e d th e v a lu a tio n
o f t h e p r o p e r t y and i t ' s
j u s t t a x i n g t h e p e o p le
to d e a th , p r e tt y n e a r ly ,
to keep th e ta x e s p a id
up.
I t ' s l i k e t h a t from
w hat I can f in d o u t p r e t t y
n e a r a l l o v e r t h e U n ite d
S t a t e s ."
"H ow 's t h e lo g g in g
g o in g h e r e now? A re t h e y
s t a r t i n g to c u t th e seco n d
g ro w th p r e t t y f a s t now?"
"Yup. Y eah . T h e y 'r e
g e t t i n g p r e t t y w e ll
c l e a n e d o u t on t h e s e c o n d
g ro w th ."
"Have you h e a r d an y
o f th e s e s t o r i e s th a t i f
t h e y d o n 't s t a r t s lo w in g
down p r e t t y so o n t h e y 'r e
g o in g t o ru n o u t o f t r e e s ? "
" W e ll, y e a h , a fe w , n o t
n o t t o o m any.
I d o n 't
s e e w h e re t h e y c a n f i g u r e
on k e e p in g en o u g h t i m b e r
g ro w in g t o k e e p t h e
l o g g e r s a g o i n ' t h e way
t h e y 'r e lo g g in g i t o u t , '
'c a u s e i t t a k e s a b o u t
50 y e a r s t o g e t a new c r o p
c r o p ."
"And you t h i n k
t h e y 'r e c u t t i n g f a s t e r
th a n t h a t ? '
" I t h i n k s o . W e ll,
o u t t h e r e on (highw ay )
47 you know , a s y o u come
to th e to p h i l l , t h a t 's
w h e re I s t a r t e d t o punk
and w h i s t l e o u t t h e r e
i n 1 9 1 8 . W e ll, t h e y f i n i s h
f i n i s h e d up i n t h e f a l l
o f 1 9 2 5 , and t h e y 'r e
g e t t i n g t h a t p r e t t y w e ll
c u t o u t i f i t ' s an y s i z e
at a ll.
I n e v e r th o u g h t
th a t I 'd see th a t
g ro u n d o u t t h e r e lo g g e d
tw ic e , b u t I h ave.
I
w as 17 y e a r s o l d when
I s t a r t e d w o rk in g i n t h e
lo g g i n g cam p. When you
t a k e and f i g u r e t h a t i t
t a k e s a t l e a s t 50 y e a r s f o r
f o r a t r e e b i g en o u g h
to h a r v e s t, t h a t 's h a lf a
c e n t u r y , and you t a k e
t h e way t h e y ' r e l o g g i n g ,
how c a n t h e y k e e p a
g r o w in ' t h a t f a s t ?
I
d o n 't t h i n k t h a t ' s
p o s s i b l e t o d o ."
"How do t h e y t r e a t
t h e la n d when t h e y l o g —
s tr e a m s and t h i n g s ? '
" W e ll, t h a t ' s a n o t h e r
th in g . A f te r th e y c u t
t h e o l d g ro w th t i m b e r
o f f — b e fo re t h a t , th e re
was a l o t o f t h e s e c a n ­
y o n s and d r a w s , y o u know ,
w h e re s t r e a m s o f w a te r
come dow n, w i n t e r and
summer— and now, a f t e r
t h e y c u t t h e o l d g ro w th
o f f , t h e r e ' s j u s t an y
am ount o f them d r i e d up
a f t e r t h e s e c o n d g ro w th
s t a r t e d t o grow and t h e
w a t e r 's n e v e r come b ac k
in .
T h e r e 's no s i g n o f
any w a te r l e f t . "
" W h a t's i t d o , j u s t
ru n o f f r e a l q u ic k ? "
"Y ea, y ea
"Y eah , y e a h ."
W r i t e r 's n o t e :
B i l l S m ith , f o r e s t e r w ith
C r o w n - Z e l l e r b a c h 's
C l a t s o p T re e F arm , s a y s
Crown i s r e f o r e s t i n g i t s
la n d s a t a r a t e e q u a l
w ith c u t t i n g .
— M ic h a e l
S ro u fe
A T horeauvian E xperience
A MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS
An I n t i m a t e P o r t r a i t o f
le o n a r d an d V i r g i n i a
W oolf
L.
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By G e o rg e S p a t e r and
Ia n P a rso n s
H a r c o u r t , B r a c e , J o v a n o v ic h
P u b lis h e rs
By Leon E d e l
L ip p in c o tt P u b lis h e rs
C lo th
$ 1 2 .9 5 .
P a p e rb a c k
$ 5 .9 5
In h is in tr o d u c tio n to
th e f i r s t o f th e s e v o l­
u m es, Q u e n tin B e l l q u o t e s
h i m s e l f from a n o t h e r
p re fa c e o f y e t a n o th e r
an d p r e v io u s w ork on
B lo o m sb u ry ; 'H a v e n 't
you had en o u g h ? " One
w o u ld t h i n k s o . T h e re
h a s b e e n h i s own tw o -
v o lu m e n a r r a t i v e o f h i s
A unt V i r g i n i a 's l i f e .
H er l e t t e r s and h e r d i a ­
r i e s h a v e b e e n com ing
o u t in annual i n s t a l l ­
m e n ts .
L e o n a r d 's f i v e
v o lu m e a u to b io g r a p h y
h a s b e e n o u t many y e a r s .
T h e re h a v e b e e n l i t e r a r y
c r i t i c i s m s la c e d w ith b i ­
o g ra p h ic a l d e t a i l .
T h e re
have been b io g ra p h ie s o f
v a r i o u s h a r d - c o r e B loom s­
b u ry and s id e - s h o w
B lo o m sb u ry p e r s o n a g e s .
E ven C a r r i n g t o n h a s h ad
h e r d a y . Why a r e th e y
s t i l l p u ttin g fo r th th is
s t u f f . . . a n d why a r e we
s t i l l e a g e r ly re a d in g i t ?
T h e re a r e a t l e a s t
tw o e a s y a n s w e rs .
O ne,
we p r o b a b ly h a v e n 't had
enough.
As Leon E d e l m akes
r e s o u n d in g l y c l e a r i n h i s
ito re g r a c e f u l s t u d y , t h e s e
p e o p le , t h i s c o l l e c ti o n
o f p e r s o n a l i t i e s and t a l ­
e n t , h e ld t o g e t h e r by
lo v e and f r i e n d s h i p s
fo rm ed i n c o l l e g e - a g e
t i m e s , h e l d much o f t h e
p ow er i n t h e p o l i t i c s and
t h e l i t e r a t u r e and t h e
a r t w o rld s o f E n g la n d .
T hey w e re f o r e m o s t. T hey
changed th in g s .
They
w ere i n t e l l i g e n t and p e r ­
c e p t i v e and t h e y to o k
th e m s e lv e s and t h e i r w ork
s e rio u s ly .
Leon E d e l , c o n s i d e r e d
by many t o be t h e c u r r e n t
M a s te r o f t h e B io g ra p h y ,
t a k e s t h e s e f a c t s and
w e av es a t e l l i n g w h o le .
He lo o k s a t m ore th a n
t h e i r p r i v a t e l i v e s ; he
a s s e s s e s t h e p u b l i c im­
pact of th e ir liv e s , th e ir
3y Leon E d e l , J u s t i n K a p la n ,^
A l f r e d K a z in , D o r is K e a rn s
T h e o d o re R o s e n g a r te n ,
B a r b a r a Tuchm an, G e o f f r e y
W o lff
E d i t e d by M arc P a c h t e r
New R e p u b lic B o o k s /N a tio n a l
P o r t r a i t G a lle ry
C lo th
$ 9 .9 5 .
i d e a s , t h e i r a r t . How c a n
we n o t b e f a s c i n a t e d by
s u c h h a r d an d s u c c e s s f u l
w o rk e rs.
The s e c o n d a n sw e r i s
p r o v id e d by t h e S p a t t e r /
P a r s o n s b o o k . New m a t e r i ­
a l h as been u n e a rth e d .
M ore s o u r c e s a r e a v a i l a ­
b l e th a n b e f o r e — among
th em 84 l e t t e r s from L y t t o n
S tr a c h e y t o L e o n a rd W o o lf.
C o r r e c t i o n s c a n be made
o f e r r o r s i n L e o n a rd
W o l f 's a u t o b o i g r a p h y . I
fo u n d t h e c o r r e c t i o n s
p e d a n t i c and n e e d l e s s
(L e o n a rd s a i l e d f o r C e y lo n
i n O c to b e r , n o t i n Novem­
b e r , e t c . ) . The book i s
p r i m a r i l y a r e w o r k in g
o f much o f t h e m a t e r i a l
fo u n d i n L e o n a r d 's
i
A u to b io g r a p h y , w i t h t h e
sam e h e a v y r e l i a n c e on
a c c o u n t s k e p t by him
o f e x p e n d i t u r e s and
in c o m e .
I t is not a
p a r tic u la rly g ra c e fu l
W ho reads the Tim es E agle?
Nobody! Yet.
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P H O N E FOR R E S E R V A T IO N S
b y B a r b a r a F re e m a n
TELLING LIVES The B io g r a ­
p h e r 's A r t
In in te r v ie w s w ith
V e rn o n ia -a re a o ld e r
p e o p le a r e b e in g g a t h e r e d
f o r a h i s t o r i c a l re c o rd
o f th e re g io n .
For in ­
f o r m a ti o n c a l l J a n e l l e
W ig g in s a t t h e V e rn o n ia
F reedom n e w s p a p e r, 715
B r id g e S t r e e t , V e rn o n ia
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In th e f i r s t is s u e
we p u b l i s h e d a s t o r y
a b o u t how f a s t t h e f o r e s t s
o f O reg o n a r e b e in g lo g g e d .
H ere i s a s i m i l a r s t o r y
from B u s te r R o g e rs who
w o rk ed h i s e n t i r e l i f e
i n t h e woods a ro u n d
V e r n o n ia .
He was a
w h i s t l e p u n k , among o t h e r
j o b s , w i t h t i m b e r com pan­
ie s .
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