COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL January 13, 2016
POLICE
BLOTTER
Cottage Grove Retrospective
A look back at Sentinel stories from 30 and 60 years ago
Jan. 12, 1956
Half-century sees progress speeding up
Jan. 15, 1976
CG Depot goes off the track
Moody House Moving of Eugene spent most of
Monday relocating Cottage Grove's old Souther Pa-
cifi c depot from its longtime 9th and Main street loca-
tion to the city's regional park north of I-5 Connector
Road. City Manager Phil Kushlan said reconstruction
work on the depot will begin as soon as an acces road
or path can be provided. Volunteer workers will be
trying to restore the building.
CITY BEAT
Selections from the City's
Friday Update
Cottage Grove Youth
Advisory Council
In early December, the Cottage
Grove Youth Advisory Council ap-
plied for a Youth Tobacco Elimination
Project grant from the American Lung
Association of Oregon.
The Cottage Grove YAC was the
only youth group in Lane County that
qualifi ed to be awarded a $750 grant to
participate in the Youth Tobacco Elim-
ination Project. The grant is awarded
to assist raising community awareness
about the threat tobacco poses to youth
and advocate to improve tobacco relat-
ed policies in the community or at the
state level.
As part of the grant, the YAC will
Some people refl ect old age by living
in the past. None of us will fi nd it con-
venient to die when the time comes, and
yet if you are 50 years old you have wit-
nessed the period of the greatest mate-
rial progress in the known history of the
world. If you would care to pause at the
beginning of 1956, you might refl ect that
the electric light is just a little over a half
century old, the successful automobiles
has not reached the age of 50. Neither has
the wonder drugs, the modern medical
care, and like the automobile, the fl ying
machine did not much more than come
of age in the 50-year period. Radio is
an outgrowth of wireless telegraphy and
television is the child of radio, all under
50 years of age. Moving pictures are not
much past the half century mark and talk-
ing pictures are about 30 years old.
In 15 years we have passed the atomic
age and are in the age of the hydrogen
bomb. Material progress may even be
more rapid in the next 50 years, but that
sort of progress is hard to realize with
our limited knowledge. In comparing 50
years with about 6,000 years of known
history and several thousand years before
this, the brief period equals about a sec-
ond in history.
What brought about these thoughts?
receive training on youth advocacy,
media literacy, policy change, tobacco
issues and communicating with deci-
sion makers in addition to funds for
use in efforts to reduce tobacco use.
The YAC is planning efforts to as-
sist in educating the public about the
City’s recently adopted tobacco and e-
cigarette ban in parks and conducting
a survey and education pieces during
park events.
Sockball Fight
The Cottage Grove Youth Advisory
Council held a Sockball Fight at the
Cottage Grove Armory on Dec. 18.
According to City Manager Richard
Meyers, The YAC felt the event was a
success and hopes to make it an annual
event. They are already gathering
ideas for next year’s event. About
30 people were at the event and the
age of participants ranged from seven
to undisclosed grandparents. In pre-
paring for the Sockball fi ght, the YAC
collected about 190 pairs of socks do-
nated by community members. The
socks were used in the fi ght and then
The other night when the snow storm
had put our electricity on the blink, we
sat by candle-light and refl ected just how
dependent modern man is on the mod-
ern day conveniences and how short the
time had been since man was using the
candle to light with and the fi re-place to
heat with and was wholly unacquainted
with the convenience of running water in
the house. And the time had not been very
long as history goes.
After all there are a few people living
among us who know how to rough it, that
is, live like our ancestors, but there we sat
pretty helpless. There was no electricity,
there was no furnace heat and the house
was cold except for the fi re-place. The
candle might have been romantic in its
day, but it was a poor substitute for the
modern electric light and reading was
out. We might have turned on the radio
the radio for entertainment, except the ra-
dio was powered by electricity and we did
not dare get thirsty, because it would have
meant a trip to the creek through the snow
because our water system was off on ac-
count of the electric pump. All the worries
brought about by the crisis did not center
on the immediate future for we wondered
what in the heck to eat for breakfast since
the only cook stove we had was electric.
cleaned, sorted, and refolded. Then 55
pairs of warm, thick cotton socks were
donated to Beds for Freezing Nights
and 133 pairs of other socks were do-
nated to Community Sharing.
'Hello, I am from the
IRS'
Members of the community have
been receiving phone calls from some-
one purportedly from the IRS stating
that this is the fi nal notice and it is ur-
gent to receive a return call or the IRS
will be fi ling a lawsuit against them.
The City of Cottage Grove says this is
a scam. The IRS will not initiate con-
tact through phone, email, text or so-
cial media. They use mail. The City
suggests not to provide personal infor-
mation to any person that contacts you
over the phone, by email, text or social
media.
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Cottage Grove Police Department 24-
Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504
Jan. 3
Jan 6.
Unauthorized Use of Ve-
hicle, Dorena Lake
A caller advised that his
vehicle was stolen within the
last 10 minutes of placing
the call. The caller was trans-
ferred to the Lane County
Sheriff’s offi ce.
Welfare Check, HWY 99
A caller requested a wel-
fare check on her daughter
at the location. The caller
advised that the daughter
abruptly left work yesterday
at Bi Mart stating she didn’t
know when she would be
back. She also advised that
there are odd messages and
postings on Facebook that
are unlike what her daugh-
ter would post. The subject
is possibly driving a white
Subaru Legacy. The subject
was entered as a missing
person.
Jan. 4
Criminal Mischief, N 9th
St.
A reporting person advised
of a person that appeared
to be trying to get into mail
boxes from the post offi ce
side. There was damage to
the rear door, but it is un-
known if the damage is old
or new.
Unauthorized Use of Ve-
hicle, Taylor Ave.
A caller advised that her
roommate took her vehicle
without permission and
wrecked it. The caller is
willing to press charges. The
subject was transported to
the police department pend-
ing charges.
Scenic Bikeway
Committee meeting
Jan. 7
Death Investigation, Birch
Ave.
A woman in her 60s was
found unconscious and not
breathing after not be-
ing seen for several days.
The caller was escorted to
South Lane Mental Health
Services to meet with her
counselor due to her behav-
ior on the scene. The body
was released to Andreason’s
Funeral Home.
will hold its annual banquet on Satur-
day, Jan. 16 at Emerald Valley in Cre-
swell with the social hour starting at
5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m.
City Manager Richard Meyers at-
tended a meeting of the State Scenic
Bikeway Committee in Salem this
week. The manager is a member of the
committee representing the League of
Oregon Cities and the interest of cities
in the Scenic Bikeway program. The
committee reviewed proposed scenic
bikeways and reviewed policies for the
operation of the Committee. Oregon
is the fi rst in the nation to have a Sce-
nic Bikeway program. Since creating
the program a number of other states
have started programs. The Scenic
Bikeway program has nearly 1,000
miles of scenic bikeways designated
in the state.
Chamber of
Commerce Annual
banquet
Native American
cultural events at the
Library
The public is invited to Native
American cultural events Jan. 16 and
23 at the Cottage Grove Public Li-
brary. Nez Perce Elder and the Great-
Great Grandson of Chief Joseph, Roy
Hayes Jr., will present storytelling,
drumming, singing and other cultural
aspects of Pacifi c Northwest People.
Native items are on display all month,
and events will include crafts such as
beading and leatherwork, and Native
American fl ute music featuring local
fl ute makers, musicians and dancers.
Events will be each Saturday from
noon-3 p.m.
The events are free and everyone is
welcome.
The Annual Chamber of Commerce
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tially dragnetted leftists trying
to fi nd evidence against Harry
Bridges and other persons of in-
terest. Doyle essentially ordered
Bancksy to expose himself as a
spy by testifying against Bridg-
es; if he didn’t, Doyle would get
him fi red. Bancksy, quite natu-
rally, fi gured he was as good as
fi red anyway if he let his cover
be blown, so he declined — and,
true to his word, Doyle got the
governor to intervene and have
him fi red.
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Doyle carried out other op-
erations to suborn perjury us-
ing either cash bribes or threats
throughout Gov. Martin’s term.
By the end of it, though, he’d
forged for himself such a ter-
rible reputation that, according
to a Department of Labor in-
vestigation in 1939, he’d “taken
so much money from so many
people” in bribes and payments
for illegal services that any tes-
timony he might have been able
to offer would be useless.
Nor was Doyle the only rogue
agent Martin’s administration
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employed. Convinced that what
he faced was nothing less than
a threat to the very existence of
the American way of life, Mar-
tin was hiring almost anyone as
a “special police” agent.
“My brother was appointed
Special State Police Offi cer sev-
eral months ago by you,” wrote
William Schmitz of Portland in
1937. “My brother has no right
to have this power, as he is irre-
sponsible, inclined to be rattle-
headed and is just as apt as not
to shoot somebody for no just
reason.”
Another “special agent” was
stripped of his badge after he
was caught using it to shake
down an Italian businessman,
whom he subsequently was
prosecuted for pistol-whipping.
Meanwhile, Martin seemed
completely oblivious to how all
this was playing with the public.
In 1938 he started gearing up for
his re-election campaign. But
by this time, most Oregonians
— and not just the union mem-
bers, either — had had enough,
and Henry Hess had emerged
as a strong opponent had aris-
en in the Democratic primary.
The aging ex-governor Oswald
West, who was still playing Karl
Rove to Martin’s George W.
Bush, realized that getting his
guy re-nominated was going to
be no mean feat. He engineered
a clever gambit in which he en-
couraged conservative Republi-
cans to switch parties to help.
This would likely have
worked, but at the last minute
came some direct intervention
from the very top. On May 18,
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two days before the election,
several members of President
Roosevelt’s “brain trust” re-
leased endorsements of Hess.
Roosevelt himself, as was his
wont at such times, remained
coyly silent on the matter, other
than to publicly deny Martin’s
campaign claim that the presi-
dent had told him, during a tour
of the Bonneville Dam, “You
and I make a good pair.”
Two days later, Martin was
defeated in his primary. Bitterly
and petulantly he blamed every-
thing on malicious conspirators
and envious pinko-libs: “Hess,
… that son-of-a-bitch Elton
Watkins … and Dave Beck of
the International Teamsters …
hatched their conspiracy … to
buy off the candidates then run-
ning against me so as to concen-
trate the labor vote … and the
subversive elements in the state
headed by the so-called Com-
monwealth Foundation, against
me,” he said, in a conference
just after his defeat.
(Sources: Murrell, Gary. Iron
Pants: Oregon’s Anti-New-Deal
Governor. Pullman, Wash.:
WSU Press, 2000; Murrell,
Gary. “Hunting Reds in Or-
egon,” Oregon Historical Quar-
terly, winter 1999)
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. To contact him or
suggest a topic: fi nn2@offbe-
atoregon.com or 541-357-2222.
Douglas G. Maddess, DMD
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In the election, Hess in turn
was defeated by Republican
Charles Sprague. After four
years of strident squabbling
between Martin’s furtive au-
thoritarianism and the alleg-
edly communist trade-unionists,
as far as most voters could see
the Democratic Party was split
between crazy socialists and
paranoid fascists. The damage
would linger for decades.
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