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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL January 28, 2015 Cottage Grove Retrospective BIRTHS A look back at Sentinel stories from 40 and 80 years ago Jan. 16, 2015 Jan. 31, 1935 5A To Jessica Kittell of Creswell and Damien Henderson of Springfi eld, a son. Stolen car, moonshine captured here A story of a girl friend loaning her brother’s car for a trip from Portland to Cottage Grove was told by a woman member of a party of four who were apprehended here Tuesday with a stolen car and a half gallon of moonshine. There were two men two women in the car, non married to any one of the others. The pres- ence of the moonshine was explained by its alleged presence in the car when the car was borrowed from the sister of the man who owned it. Presumably the occupants of the car had not dis- covered the presence of the liquor. The woman who claimed to have borrowed the car also claimed she brought the party here for the purposed of borrowing mon- ey from a relative, who is a well-known resident on Coast fork. None of the four had any money. State offi cer Koepke took the quartet to Eugene for return to Portland. Jan. 19, 2015 To Tiffany Griffi n of Cottage Grove, a son. Jan. 23, 2015 To Kandice and William Kelso of Creswell, a son. $ PUUBHF ( SPWF 4 FOUJOFM Our Community Newspaper Jan. 30, 1975: Fun in the snow — The snowfall last saturday night offered South Lane residents, both young and old, an opportunity to play in the snow and show off their artistic abilities. since 1889 Subscribe and $AVE POLICE BLOTTER Jan. 19 Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504 Jan. 21 Jan. 22 erty included a fi ve-gallon gas tank ($14) and a 4D cell battery ($190). Criminal mischief, Anthony Ave Drug — contraband seized, Row River Rd Suspicious condition, N 11th St The caller said that her car was keyed at her residence. The offi cer reported that the word “hi” was scratched into the hood and “fag” was scratched into the driver’s-side door. The reporting person said that a staff member found drug contraband in a room at the lo- cation. Offi cers seized a set of digital scales, one glass pipe and several syringes. Theft, Gateway Blvd Explosive device, E Washing- ton and S 16th St Caller said that she heard someone tapping at the window of her RV. She also said that she recently left Oakridge due to a stalker. When asked about the stalker, she could not give any information. A patrol of the area was negative. A reporting person said that a bicycle was taken from in front of the location. It was a 29” Kryptonite mountain bike val- ued at $300. The reporting person heard a loud explosion near the loca- tion. Offi cers, who also heard the blast, canvassed the area but were unable to locate the source of the explosion. Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Runaway juvenile, N 19th St Caller said that her daughter never came home from school the previous day and has not heard from her. The case was taken as a runaway. Mental, S 5th St Theft, S 6th St Caller said that the theft oc- curred at the location in the last couple days. Stolen prop- Caller said that she is a men- tal health patient; she is hearing voices and needs them to stop. Offi cers transported the caller to the ER for evaluation. Burglary, N 9th St Caller stated that her home was broken into within the last hour while she was gone. She believes that her daughter may have done it because the caller kicked her out approx. a week ago due to her drug use. The stolen property is a Playstation 4 valued at $500. Jan. 25 Theft from vehicle, S River Rd A person at the station re- ported the theft of two sets of car keys and a Macbook laptop ($600-$700) from his vehicle at the location at an unknown time. Suicidal subject, S 10th St A reporting person said that a female at the location was talk- ing about killing herself. The subject was recently released from Johnson unit and needs to go back. Suspicious condition A complainant at the station reported she could smell a pos- sible campfi re inside the wom- en’s restroom at the location; she could not see any smoke or fl ames. Offi cers checked the lo- cation and found a small, extin- guished fi re inside. O FFBEAT Continued from page 1A The express car As you boys all know, the express car is where the good stuff is. Oh, sure, you can fi nd some good cash and securities and other valuables in the mail car, but the real money in a train robbery is in the express car — if you pick the right train. And you’d better be abso- lutely sure you do pick the right train. You want to pick a train that’s carrying payroll cash, or maybe a big shipment of gold bullion. There’s nothing more disappointing than going to all the trouble of robbing a train and fi nding out it’s the wrong one. Here’s another pro-tip, gents: If you stick up a train, and knock on the door of the express car, 6 and the express clerk opens it, that means you got the wrong train. Shake his hand and walk away. There’s no loot in the car: guaranteed. You see, the good things in life don’t come easy. The fact is, the more loot is in that express car, the harder the clerk will fi ght to keep you out. To get into the car, you’re going to have to use your dynamite like a can opener, and after that you’re probably going to have to use it to encourage the clerk to give up. And even then, it’s not a sure thing, as my good friend Mr. X did when he knocked over the Oregon & California Fast Express in Octo- ber 1901, just north of Saginaw; remember that job? X picked a good one; there was a lot of loot on board, but he didn’t have enough dynamite with him. The clerk wouldn’t give up, and he didn’t have enough dynamite to change the fellow’s mind. Fi- nally poor Mr. X had to slink off into the bushes south of Eugene with a couple hundred bucks fi lched from the mailbags, and half of the mail clerk’s boiled- egg dinner. How much gold was on that train? I don’t know, but they gave that clerk a $1,000 bonus for defending it, so you can bet your bottom dollar it would’ve been plenty. Moral of that story is, bring enough dy- namite. Have a yegg on your team Another thing you’d better bring, if you’re gonna go after the big score, is a good box man — a yegg. That’s because get- ting into the express car is only the fi rst step. There will be a world-class safe inside that car with the goods inside, and usu- ally the express clerk won’t even know the combination to it. You’re gonna have to get into it, and do it fast before the bulls show up. You need a yegg on your team, a box man who knows where to drill the safe. And the smart yeggs who work train boxes use dynamite to get into ‘em. Keep your dynamite warm One more tip: Keep in mind that dynamite doesn’t work when it’s cold. Don’t make the same mistake my colleague Mr. Z made back in November 1906 — tying a few sticks of dynamite to the tracks on a lonely stretch -day weather forecast THURSDAY Jan. 29 FRIDAY Jan. 30 37° | 56° 35° | 55° Sunny Partly Cloudy SATURDAY Jan. 31 SUNDAY Feb. 1 43° | 57° 44° | 58° Mostly Cloudy Showers MONDAY Feb. 2 TUESDAY Feb. 3 42° | 54° 43° | 55° Light rain Rain FENCING AND GATE PRODUCTS LANDSCAPE AND BUILDING MATERIALS Open 7 days a week! 79149 N. River Road 541-942-4664 E R O T R E S NOW OPEN EVERY W EDNESDAY AND F RIDAY FROM 10 AM -4 PM We need volunteers for the ReStore ~ a few hours each month! Will you help? Habitat Offi ce and Warehouse 2155 Getty Circle ~ Unit #1 in the Cottage Grove Industrial Park South on Hwy 99 past the High School ION S T A N O D S AL W AY ! ME WELCO Call 541.767.0358 for more information Email info@habitatcg.org near Hood River and lurking in the bushes to wait for the explo- sion to stop the train. You probably never heard about this job, because it didn’t happen. The train just ran over the dynamite and kept on go- ing, and some kid found the squashed-up sticks of blooey a few days later. Remember, dy- namite freezes at 45 degrees. If you’re going to try something like this, wait for a warm sum- mer night to do it. If you’d like to learn more secrets of the professional train robbers, send your check or money order for $19.95 to “Course No. B-101: Dynamite- Enhanced Train Robbing Tech- niques,” c/o Prisoner No. 7215, Oregon State Penitentiary, Sa- lem, Oregon. Do it today, and start enjoying the exciting lifestyle of a suc- cessful train robber tomorrow! Sincerely, BLACKIE DuQUESNE April 1, 1916 (*All the train robberies men- tioned in this column are real events from Oregon history, but Blackie DuQuesne is a fi ctional character from E.E. Smith’s classic pulp novel, “The Sky- lark of Space.” However, the ‘advice’ he gives in this column would have stood an aspiring train robber in good stead back in the 1910s. Sources for info on the train robberies themselves came from back issues of the Portland Morning Oregonian, Oregon Journal and Bohemia Nugget, and from Oregon State Archives.) Finn J.D. John teaches at Or- egon State University and writes about odd tidbits of Oregon his- tory. For details, see http://fi nn- john.com. 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