4A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL November 2, 2016
O PINION
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dirty little secrets
Sentinel’s fi rst
endorsement
The Cottage Grove Sentinel’s em-
ployee/editor decided to endorse Jake
Boone for Mayor.
Looks like there is a fi rst time for
everything. My problem with it is that
the editor apparently saw no confl ict
or appearance of impropriety by pub-
licly supporting his buddy. Mr. Boone’s
past statements and actions concerning
marijuana use and sale are very trou-
bling. He seems to have an agenda to
promote pot sale in our town, including
his prior role in managing one of the
marijuana shops here.
I fully understand that recreation
marijuana sale and possession is now
the law of the land in our state. But
as far as the U.S. government is con-
cerned, this is still against federal law.
I want our town to be known as the
“Covered Bridge Capitol” of Oregon
and not the “Pot Capitol” of Oregon.
I am supporting Jeff Gowing for
Mayor. He is a standout citizen with
common sense, Army veteran and hard
working City Councilor. Please join me
in voting for Jeff Gowing as our next
Mayor.
George Zajic
Cottage Grove
You are being deceived! There are so
many dirty little secrets behind Mea-
sure 97. The measure is a product of
unions, namely the Oregon Education
Association and SEIU. No wonder the
measure states funds from this atro-
cious hidden sales tax will go to educa-
tion, health care and seniors.
Employees in these fi elds are mem-
bers of the two unions. And per usual,
they are using education, health care
and seniors to play on your emotions.
More importantly, passing the measure
does not change the state constitution.
This means the legislature can actually
use the funds for anything and they are
already reviewing their options.
There is a twist in the language of
Measure 97 that, if passed, new taxes
can be imposed by a simple majority
of the legislature and not a vote of the
people. Also, Oregon does not have the
lowest corporate tax rate in the country.
Oregon’s 2016 corporate tax rate is 7.60
percent. North Carolina, North Dakota,
Colorado, Mississippi, South Carolina
and Utah have lower rates than Oregon
(www.taxfoundation.org).
A state study of Measure 97 has es-
timated at least 38,000 private sector
jobs will be lost if the measure passes
and a minimum 12,000 public sector
jobs will be created. This does not bode
well for the business community in Or-
egon. Finally, Measure 97 creates a tax
upon tax. The proponents of Measure
97 are lying to you and I for one want
to believe Oregon voters are smarter
than that. Vote no on Measure 97.
No housing, what
future?
It is really simple. Consider the cur-
rent path of a lack of affordable hous-
ing. What kind of community will we
have fi ve, 10, 20 years from now?
Charles Ames
Cottage Grove
Pam Duffy
Cottage Grove
Offbeat Oregon History
Bootlegger’s liquor buy ended in dramatic murder
BY FINN J.D. JOHN
For the Sentinel
I
t was well after 8 p.m. on the night
of April 16, 1922, around 82nd
and Division in Portland, and Albert
Bowker was getting nervous.
His 49-year-old brother, Frank,
had left downtown Portland at 7 p.m.
in a touring car with a slim, charis-
matic 24-year-old man named Russell
Hecker. Hecker had a contact, known
to him only as “Bob,” who had dozens
and dozens of cases of Johnny Walker
Black Label for sale at $85 a pop. So
Frank had scrounged up all the money
he had, borrowed another $600 from
his housekeeper, tucked his .38 Special
into his pocket, and gone with Hecker
to go get it from the backcountry barn
where it was all stashed.
They’d all planned to meet up an
hour later, after Bob had his money and
Frank had his whisky, at 82nd and Di-
vision. But now, as the night dragged
on past 9 p.m., Albert was starting to
worry that things might have gone
sour.
They had.
The next morning, about the same
time Albert Bowker was fi nally realiz-
ing he would have to go to the police,
Hecker’s brother’s business partner
was probably thinking the same thing.
Hecker had borrowed the car from him
the night before for a quick run out to
the outskirts of East Portland and had
never returned.
But at 9 a.m., young Russell himself
poked his head in the door, looking
freshly scrubbed if not very well rest-
ed, apologizing for keeping the car late.
The car, he said, was parked a couple
blocks away, near Second and Pine.
Relieved, the car’s owner sent one
of his salesmen to retrieve the car and
take it to a tire shop. Upon arrival, the
salesman couldn’t help noticing the
seat cushions looked a little funny, as
if they’d been replaced with brand-new
ones. The rubber fl oor mats looked
new, too, and that was particularly
noticeable because the rest of the car
was — well, drenched with blood. The
interior, the running boards, even the
undercarriage.
Hecker was soon in custody, and the
police had many pointed questions to
pose to him; but he’d spent the morning
getting advice from his father and his
attorney, and both had told him to keep
his mouth shut, so he did.
However, Police Chief Leon Jenkins
did manage to learn, from Hecker’s fa-
ther, the location of the body. Hecker
had dumped the body, wrapped in a hop
sack and weighted with rocks, over the
rail of the bridge across the Calapooia
River at the end of what’s now Queen
Avenue, in Albany.
The investigation revealed the ap-
parent rendezvous point for the whisky
Vote pro-life
I want to encourage all voters to
consider the sanctity of life in decid-
ing how to vote this year. Abortion and
doctor-assisted suicide deny the unique
dignity of human life. It seems espe-
cially dangerous for governments to be
invested in such evils.
Most people want and trust doctors
to heal and provide comfort. Women’s
health care does not include helping
them kill their own babies. People for-
get that the baby is actually, another
buy: a lonely stretch of road between
Gladstone and Oregon City. Witness-
es said a touring car had come there
around 7:30 and parked just off the
highway, tucked back into some trees.
Some time thereafter, neighbors heard
a shot. The blood trail started a few
hundred feet south, apparently drip-
ping from the chassis of the car.
Farther south, the attendant at a ser-
vice station in St. Paul remembered the
car coming in for gasoline. The atten-
dant had seen blood between the driv-
er’s fi ngers when he removed his gas
cap, and he was shaking so badly he’d
dropped the cap. It had rolled under
the car, and when the attendant ducked
down to retrieve it, he’d noticed more
blood dripping off the running boards.
Perhaps understandably, the attendant
hadn’t asked any questions — or dared
to peek into the fl oorboards of the back
seat where the lumpy, crimson-stained
hop sack lay — but he remembered the
visitor well.
At the Albany Hotel, they remem-
bered him, too, but by the time he was
signing the guest register there, the
person — not the woman’s body. That’s
science. Let’s support both mother and
baby.
A good government protects people’s
lives and allows them to thrive. I urge
you all to vote pro-life all the way up
and down the ballot starting with the
presidency. Mother Teresa is not run-
ning, so we need to vote for Trump.
Kathleen Rackleff
Cottage Grove
body was gone and he’d cleaned the
blood off his hands. He checked in
around 2 a.m., took a bath, wrote a let-
ter to his father, bought some cigarettes
and left for Portland before dawn the
next day.
In court, Hecker fi nally told his full
story: On the drive to Baker’s Bridge,
Frank Bowker had been awful compa-
ny, waving his .38 around and talking
like a big-shot gangster. On the way,
he’d suggested they simply play the li-
quor buy like a stick-up — rob “Bob,”
keep the money and the booze too. “It
means $1,200 or $1,400 to you,” he
added, “and he can’t do anything with
this gun in his face.” But Hecker had
told him no, a deal was a deal.
Then, Hecker claimed, when they
arrived at the rendezvous point and
he tried to signal “Bob” with the car’s
spotlight, Bowker had freaked. “Are
you double-crossing me?” he yelled,
and out came the .38 again, and from
three feet away, in the dark closed in-
terior of a touring car on a chilly April
Please see OFFBEAT, Page 10A
Ten strategies for preventing prostate cancer
BY JOEL FUHRMAN, M.D.
For the Sentinel
cruciferous vegetables per week
were 41 percent less likely to
develop prostate cancer.
Eat lots of cruciferous
vegetables.
Reduce consumption of
animal protein.
Cruciferous vegetables (broc-
coli, kale, bok choy, arugula,
caulifl ower, brussels sprouts,
cabbage to name a few) contain
phytochemicals that stimulate
the body to detoxify carcino-
gens. Men who consumed three
or more half-cup servings of
It is widely recognized that
a high consumption of animal
protein has been linked to a
greater risk of prostate cancer,
in part because it raises levels of
a growth factor called IGF-1 in
the blood. For prostate health,
limit or avoid animal products
to less than two servings per
week. Plant protein, however is
protective – legumes, and spe-
cifi cally minimally processed
soy products, are associated
with decreased risk of prostate
cancer.
sweet potatoes, winter squash
and corn was also found to be
inversely related to prostate can-
cer.
mend routine PSA screening.
Confi rm adequate vitamin
D levels with a blood test.
Folic acid is the synthetic
form of folate, one of the B vi-
tamins. Similar to breast cancer,
folic acid supplementation has
been associated with increased
risk of prostate cancer, whereas
food folate is associated with
decreased risk Get natural fo-
late from green vegetables and
beans instead of synthetic folic
acid from supplements.
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Accumulating research shows
that insuffi cient vitamin D levels
are associated with an increased
risk of several cancers, includ-
ing prostate cancer. Since it is
unlikely to get adequate vitamin
D from sun exposure throughout
life without increasing the risk
of skin cancer, the safest way
to obtain vitamin D is through
supplements.
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Do not rely on PSA screen-
ing as a method of “early de-
tection” to prevent prostate
cancer.
Eat lots of tomatoes.
A study of over 40,000 men
revealed that those who con-
sumed the most tomato-based
foods (including cooked toma-
toes and tomato sauce) reduced
their total risk of prostate cancer
by 35 percent and their risk of
advanced prostate cancer by 50
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Eat plenty of Allium and
yellow/orange vegetables.
Allium vegetables – onions,
garlic, leeks, shallots, scallions,
and chives – have organosulfur
compounds with anti-cancer ef-
fects, and are associated with
reduced prostate cancer risk.
Consumption of orange vegeta-
bles including carrots, pumpkin,
About 70 percent of men with
elevated PSA do not actually
have cancer, and many scien-
tists believe that PSA screening
does not reduce prostate cancer-
related deaths. In fact, the U.S.
Preventive Services Task Force,
the American College of Preven-
tive Medicine and the American
Cancer Society do not recom-
Avoid supplemental folic
acid.
Avoid dairy products.
There is substantial evidence
indicating that men who avoid
dairy products are at a lower
risk for prostate cancer. One
study that spanned 41 countries
reported a strong correlation be-
tween per capita milk consump-
tion and prostate cancer deaths.
Exercise at least three hours
a week.
Exercise, particularly en-
durance-type exercise such as
walking, running, cycling and
swimming, are effective forms
of disease protection. In one
study, men who reported vig-
orous activity for at least three
hours per week had a 61% lower
risk of death from prostate can-
cer.
Supplement with zinc.
Men who consumed the most
zinc (15.7 mg daily) were shown
to have 74% reduction in risk
of death as compared to men
who consumed lower amounts.
Zinc from plant foods is not al-
ways effi ciently absorbed by the
body, however, it is important
to supplement with a multivi-
tamin and mineral supplement
that does NOT contain folic
acid.
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