10A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL April 13, 2016
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of their trespassing and give
them an amount of time in
which to clean up the area and
fi nd another place to be.
In the weeks since the effort
began, Branstetter said CGPD
has contacted most of the illegal
campers, and he added that po-
lice have seen progress in clean-
up efforts there despite the litter
that remains.
“The campers have been cor-
dial and understanding so far,
but we don’t want to get com-
placent,” he said. “The camps
are big enough that we don’t
want to just go in there and tell
everyone to leave, or there’s a
good chance they’ll leave a lot
of trash behind. It’s too much
physical material for us or the
property owners to have to deal
with.”
Branstetter said both camps
have existed for a while, with
one of the northern campers
having reportedly lived there for
over three years.
“They’re common knowledge
among folks without a house in
the area,” Branstetter said. “Ev-
erybody seems to know every-
body.”
He said that as long as prog-
ress toward cleanup remains,
police will be understanding
toward the situation, though the
campers risk citations or arrest
for trespassing if they remain.
Branstetter said that the
camps can be a dangerous place
to be, with the risk of victimiza-
tion high for those who reside
there. But for Chief Shepherd,
the simple fact that the camps’
residents are trespassing is rea-
son enough for their eviction.
“It’s illegal to camp on pri-
vate property,” Shepherd said.
“Not one of these people has
permission to be there, and the
landowners want them off. It’s
against the law, and they’re
committing a crime.”
Shepherd countered the no-
tion that the residents are being
evicted in response to any other
illegal acts they may be commit-
ting or the perception of them in
the community.
“We’re not trying to clean up
Cottage Grove’s crime problem
by kicking these people out of
their camps,” he said. “But it’s a
simple fact that you can’t camp
in the City.”
Branstetter acknowledged that
the future of many of the camps’
residents remains unclear.
“They have to go somewhere,”
he said, a sentiment echoed by
Shepherd.
“Everyone needs a place to
go,” Shepherd said. “But you
can’t just go to a place and trash
it. There needs to be a solution,
but it’s not a police department
issue; it’s a community issue.”
vote for a president since before
1907, when the franchise was
still tied to land ownership in a
few eastern states.
power, badge and salary.
Baldwin was a teacher and so-
cial-hygiene activist from back
east who moved to Portland
with her husband, a dry-goods
merchant, in the late 1890s. As
a volunteer with the Travelers’
Aid Society, she soon developed
a sterling local reputation as a
strong, effective, compassion-
ate advocate for young women.
Meanwhile, the Lewis and Clark
Centennial Exposition was com-
ing to Portland, and Mayor Har-
ry Lane was worried about out-
of-town swindlers and human
traffi ckers rolling into town and
preying upon the young women
working at the fair.
Baldwin threw herself into the
work, checking out newspaper
ads that seemed to promise big
paychecks for light work, catch-
ing statutory rapists and human-
traffi cking operators (they called
them “white slavers” back then)
and getting “fallen women” and
“unwed mothers” the help they
needed. She also earned a repu-
tation for fair dealing among
saloon and brothel proprietors,
with whom she often worked to
keep underage girls away from
their businesses.
In 1908, having worked for
three years as a volunteer sup-
ported by local charities, Bald-
win put the touch on the Port-
land City Council to create the
“Women’s Auxiliary to the Po-
lice Department for the Protec-
tion of Girls,” and hire her to
run it. She laid out her case in
very rational, logical terms …
and then, in mild tones, closed
the deal with mic-dropping fi -
nality:
“We notice that there was
$5,030 used this year for the
dog pound, and an additional
$1,000 is asked for 1908,” she
remarked. Wouldn’t the city
consider allocating just half that
amount, she added, “for practi-
cal, positive protection for the
growing girlhood of the city of
Portland”?
It certainly could. In fact,
what choice did it have?
Next week’s Sentinel will
feature an interview with one
of the former residents of the
southern camp, who will share
her experiences with home-
lessness in the Cottage Grove
area and her plans now that
the camps are no longer an op-
tion.
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It was only then that the fron-
tier doctors and coroners dis-
covered the truth: “Charley”
was short for “Charlotte,” not
“Charles.”
The truth slowly emerged: Or-
phaned as a little girl, Charlotte
had run away from the orphan-
age and dressed as a boy to dis-
guise herself. The disguise had
opened so many doors for her
that she’d never switched back.
In 1868, “Charley” was regis-
tered to vote in the Presidential
election that elected Ulysses
S. Grant. If she cast that vote,
as she most likely did, she was
probably the fi rst woman to
Lola Baldwin
First sworn policewoman in
U.S. history
There is some dispute as to
whether Lola Baldwin was re-
ally the fi rst policewoman; it
comes down to one’s defi nition
of “police offi cer.” She didn’t
wear a uniform or walk a beat.
But in 1908, when Baldwin was
offi cially hired by the Portland
Police Department, it was the
fi rst time a city P.D. had sworn
a woman in and given her police
(Sources: Myers, Gloria. A
Municipal Mother. Corvallis:
OSU Press, 1995; blog of Dr.
Kimberly Jensen of Western Or-
egon University at kimberlyjen-
senblog.blogspot.com; archives
of The New York Times, 1879-
1880)
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.
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