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Pioneer legend Nettie Connett Wikffl
tough ‘queen of moonshiners’
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by SHA KO S S E S K IT
For The PoM
She co u ld sp it fa s te r than
a speeding b u lle t
She dressed lik e a logger
and was the fir s t w om an in
the s ta te c o n v ic te d of b re w
in g m oonshine
She was a c ra c k shot
N e a rly e v e ry deer h u n tin g
season she w a lke d o ff w ith
the p rize in Sandy's big
buck contest, though the
ga m e w a rde n was a lw a ys
suspicious
And she could stand on
her head -n o hands on a
b a r stool in a co n d itio n of
in e b r ia t io n th a t w o u ld
re n d e r an o rd in a ry m an too
d ru n k to w a lk
She w as N e ttie Con
n e t t - p a r t le g e n d , p a r t
k in d ly g ra n d m o th e r, p a rt
rin g ta ile d ra s c a l—and the
m ost fa m o u s c itiz e n of
A im s
N ew spaper
re p o rte rs loved her Just
when th in g s got d u ll, N e ttie
w o u ld com e to town d ra g g
ing a dead v a rm in t of some
so rt and pose, gun in hand,
fo r a tro p h y p ic tu re
She died in 1964 at the age
of 84 and a ch u n k of c o lo rfu l
h is to ry w ent w ith h e r The
T ro u td a le H is to ric a l Socie
ty g a th e re d frie n d s and
n e ighbors of N e ttie last
m o n th to re m in is c e about
h er
“ She re a lly put A im s on
the m a p ," says 83-year-old
C la ra B a ke r, who has live d
in the r u r a l c o m m u n ity
since 1921
T u c k e d n e x t to th e
M u l t n o m a h - C la c k a m a s
C o u n ty lin e and penned in
on tw o sides by the Sandy
R iv e r and the B u ll Run
rese rve . A im s was an ideal
backwoods re tre a t fo r N e t
tie and those who shared
h er d im o p inion of the 18th
Site lease
clears p a th
fo r Skipper
A 20-year a irp o rt lease
has been issued to C o u n try
S q u ire A irp a rk fo r a “ c le a r
z o n e " and “ a p p ro a ch s u r
fa c e " on p u b lic land at the
w est end o f the e x is tin g
ru n w a y near Sandy
The lease a u tho rize s A r
t h u r S k ip p e r , o w n e r -
o p e ra to r of the pu b lic-u se
a ir p o r t,
to k e e p th e
15 74 a c re area c le a r of
o b s tru c tin g ve g e ta tio n
E x is tin g tim b e r in the
lease area w ill soon be sold
to S kip p e r The lease w ill
enable C o u n try S quire A ir
p a rk to m eet F e d e ra l A via
tio n A d m in is tra tio n sa fe ty
re q u ire m e n ts
A n n u a l re n ta l fo r the
fir s t th re e y e a r te rm is
•MO,
A second lease co ve rin g
the sam e area in under con
s id e ra tio n by the B u reau of
l^ in d M an a g e m en t
T h is lease w ould a llo w
S k ip p e r to use the c le a r
zone fo r the p ro d u ctio n of
o rn a m e n ta l sh ru b s
The
a g ric u ltu r a l lease w o uld
re q u ire an a d d itio n a l p a y
m en t o f f a ir m a rk e t re n ta l
v a lu e
Park info
site open
for calls
The Stale P a rk * C am p
s ite In fo r m a tio n C e n te r
opened fo r the ye a r on
M a rc h I, a c c o rd in g to
F ra n k I) S tiles P o rtla n d
re g io n a l p a rk s s u p e rviso r
S tiles said the <e n ter w ill
be s ta ffer! f »etween 8 a m
a nd 5 p m
fro m M onday
th ro u g h F rirta y u n til the
l^ tb o r h a y weekend next
S eptem ber The fa c ility is
lo ca te d in the Region I
H e a d q u a r te r« , 3554 SE
«2nd Avenue, P o rtla n d
The to ll free n u m b e r 1«
1 win 452 NWI7 P o rtla n d and
out of sta te reside n ts m ay
d ia l (5 o i) r m 7488
Clerks on duty are able to
p ro vid e in fo rm a tio n on
c a m p s it e
a v a ila b ilit y
w ith in the S ta le P a rk s
system In addition reser
ra tio n ran rellatio na ra n tie
handled at the Center tad
not reservation applies
lions whwh must be pro
(eased a the «peciflr park
for which they are re .
quested
The I I M ate (M ik s th a t
accept reservations have
approxim ately 1 we* cam p
sites There are enother
2 ton sites
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A m e n d m e n t-th e one th a t
g a m e w a rd e n tr ie d fo r
p r o h ib it e d m a n u fa c tu r e
ye a rs to c a tch her
He
a n d s a le o f a lc o h o lic
couldn t p ro ve it but yo u 'd
beverages
sw ear th a t deer had been
A c c o r d in g
to
her
dead tw o d a y s ," W oodw ard
o b itu a ry , w ritte d by Sandy
laughs
Post e d ito r E liz a b e th H a rt
B u t ju s t
w h e n sh e
m a n , C o n n e tt a n d h e r
t h r e a t e n e d to b e c o m e
s m a ll son m oved to A im s in
p r e d ic ta b le , she w o u ld
1910 “ I loat m y h u s b a n d ,"
s trik e out in a new direc
N e ttie once said. "
he
tio n When the notion took
d id n 't d ie I ju s t to ld him to
her. she w ould have her
get lost because he d id n 't
h a ir fixe d , get dressed f it to
tre a t m e rig h t "
k ill and tu rn up at a fa n cy
But N e ttie d id n 't lack fo r
a ffa ir a c tin g lik e a p e rfe ct
c o m p a n io n sh ip A proces
lady
"S he ca m e to o u r w e d
sio n
of
m a le
" w in e m a k e rs ’ cam e and
d ing and I d id n ’t even know
h e r," says A lla n B a ke r
went at N e ttie 's ranch
N e ig h b o rs sh o o k t h e ir
"A n d th a t’s the sam e
heads at the goings-on up
w om an who once to ld me
the road
th e re was no p oint in ta k in g
By 1920, she was known
a bath before you w ent to a
as “ Queen of the M oon
d a n c e ." adds C la ra B a ke r
sh in e rs " Revenue agents
“ She said you w ere going to
w ere awed when they ra id
get a ll s w e a ty d a n cin g
ed h er e la b o ra te s till Con
a n yw a y ”
cealed 10 feet u n derground
“ She ch ew ed to b acco ,
behind a door covered w ith
you k n o w ," adds lo n g tim e
fe rn s, they estim a te d it
C o rb e tt r e s id e n t B ob
cost $1,500 to b u ild
It
K e rs la k e " A n d we trie d to
boasted a 90-gallon copper
w a tch h e r s p it You never
s till and p ip e d -in w a te r
could You could see w hat
When the law caught up
she h it, but when she sp it it
w ith N e ttie and she d id a
cam e out o f the c o rn e r of
s tin t in ja il, she kept a good
h er m ou th lik e a b u lle t "
a ttitu d e
“ I d ra n k som e of her
“ S h e d id th e m o s t
m oonshine It was OK as
b e a u tifu l needlew ork when
fa r as m oonshine g o e s ,"
she was in ja i l , " re ca lls
adds K e rsla ke
A lle n B a ke r "She never
N e ttie m e llo w e d in her
ca lle d it ja il, though She
la te r ye a rs and even took
s a id sh e w a s in th e
tho show ing people p ic
M u ltn o m a h H otel "
tu re s of her g ra n d c h ild re n
N e ttie a lw a y s m ix e d
But sh< was s till a tough
m y th and fa c t In her la te r
ac* ' i fo llo w , a cco rd in g to
ye a rs she cla im e d to have
nursed dozens of neighbors
and raised bunches o f o r
phans
“ I d o n 't r e m e m b e r
a n y th in g lik e th a t," says
C la ra B a k e r “ Oh. she was
good to help out when we
The re s id e n tia l b u rn in g
w ere ra is in g m oney fo r the
season began M a rc h I. and
school and th in g s B ut I
ru n s th ro u g h June 15
d o n 't re c a ll h e r n u rsin g
If a person doesn't have a
anyone M o stly, the kids
p e rm it, stop by the Sandy
were sca re d o f her
fir e sta tio n and one w ill he
C e rta in ly , if N e ttie had
issued
been a m ovie, she'd had
T hey a re fre e of ch a rg e
been ra te d R
a n d a re is s u e d f o r a
“ H e r p r o fa n ity w as
life tim e at an address
tre m e n d o u s,” re c a lls lo n g
I f one has lost a p e rm it,
tim e Sandy resident and
o r fo rg o tte n the p e rm it
R e y n o ld s H ig h S c h o o l
te a che r Bob < B u c k ) Wood
w a rd , who was a v e rita b le
innocent on the d a y he
w a n d e re d in to a Sandy
ta v e rn w ith his fa th e r in
la w and w a tched N e ttie
d rin k and cuss and stand on
her head on a b a r stool
"S h e 'd w in the contest
fo r the biggest deer in San
dy n e a rly e v e ry y e a r Just
a fte r daw n she'd com e in to
tow n w ith a big buck The
T ro u td a le re s id e n t Y e rn
R a th m a n He re c a lls a day
when he fo llo w e d N e ttie
th ro u g h
th e
tim b e r ,
c la m b e rin g o v e r fa lle n logs
and c u rr in g th ro u g h brush
to inspect a lo g g in g job
"S he was 70 o r so I was 24
and I c o u ld n 't keep up w ith
her "
T o w a rd the end of h er life
N e ttie had a b rush o r tw o
w it h r e s p e c t a b ilit y
A
C la c k a m a s
C o u n ty
m e d ica re p la n was nam ed
fo r
her
S h e h a u le d
tru c k lo a d s of g ra n ite fo r
use at the e n try w ay of
G resham s h o sp ita l
But she re m a in e d a h a rd
d riv e r and th a t is w hat k i l l
ed her
“ She had m o re a c c id e n ts ,"
re c a lls A lla n B a ke r "S he a
be g o in g h o m e d o w n
M einig H ill ( IN Sandy i and
ro ll one of h er old ca rs rig h t
o ve r the sid e - m aybe 4oo
feel and sh e ’d c ra w l back
out She was p ro b a b ly a l i t
tle in e b ria te d , w h ich is why
she su rv iv e d ”
But an a u to a ccid e n t
c la im e d N e ttie at last The
way the s to ry goes, most
people in Sandy knew when
N e ttie was d riv in g in town
and w atched fo r her
But the d a y ca m e in 1964
when an u n in fo rm e d non
local I».«, h e r b roadside as
N e t t ie w e n t b a r r e lin g
th ro u g h a stop sign She
died fiv e m on th s la te r
Legends d o n ’t die easy
(ollettr Little, left, and Mike Hamrick took advantage of some of the nice weather last week and got in some exercise
at Sands Elem entary.
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