COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JULY 19, 2017
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Cottage Grove Retrospective
A look back at Sentinel stories from 30 and 60 years ago
Logging and water skiing at Dorena '27 & '57
JULY 18, 1927 Old Logging
Camp Site Cleared Away
Culp Creek - Rujada, the
once bustling base of logging
operations against the mighty
giants of the forest, the former
camp site of J.H. Chambers,
one of the best known and
most popular lumber operators
in western Oregon, the Brown
Lumber company, the Western
Lumber & Export company and
last but not least the Anderson
& Middleton Lumber compa-
ny, has been cleared of its old
logging buildings and there re-
mains only the government na-
tional forest buildings, a house
for the logging superintendent,
a few sidings and the stumps of
the denuded forest to mark the
passing of the industry deeper
into the canyons where still re-
main the giant fi rs.
Last spring as the cut on the
private holding of Anderson
& Middleton lumber company
was completed and equipment
displaced, orders were given for
burning all the old camp build-
ings, including offi ce, depot,
cookhouse and bunk houses,
and one evening this spring the
god of fi re held diabolical sway
and the old camp melted into
ashes.
The old logging camp build-
ings, some twenty or thirty,
were not particularly displeas-
ing during the earlier period
of logging operations, but, as
the years slipped by and as the
time drew near when logging
interests would of necessity dig
deeper into the extended wood-
land, these buildings suffered
neglect and presented a run-
down appearance that brought
the clean-up order.
At Rujada, the government
buildings suitable for offi cials
in charge and for men and
necessary equipment that the
interests of the government in
protection of forests from dev-
astation from fi re might be ad-
equate, have been kept up and
a pleasing picture to the eye is
presented as one slips down the
mountain grade just this side of
the station under protection of a
four-break set.
On and up the canyon wind-
ing its devious way on curve
and angle over skeleton-legged
bridges stretches the extended
POLICE BLOTTER
steel of the logging road still
deeper into the dense domain
of the national forest, where
the battle of man against the
product of nature will again be
waged.
JULY 18, 1957 Water Ski-
ers Slate Program Sunday Af-
ternoon at Dorena
Some of the thrills and skills
of the increasingly popular
sport of water skiing will be
demonstrated Sunday at the sec-
ond annual show of the Tri-Pass
Ski club. The program will be at
Baker Bay on Dorena lake from
2 to 4 p.m.
“It’s a Skier’s World” is the
theme for this year’s exhibition.
There will be comedy acts, pyr-
amids, fl ying saucer rides, spe-
cialty demonstration of a skier
on 14-inch shoe skis, barefoot
skiing acts and passes showing
the grace and fun of the new
sport.
Nils Norman of Eugene, who
recently placed in the All-Ore-
gon Water Skiing competition
at Medford, will make the thrill-
ing kite-jump. He zooms off the
club’s 20-foot long ramp, 10
feet above the water and, with
the aid of a giant bright red kite,
soars 40 to 50 feet in the air, be-
fore gliding to the surface. The
jump requires delicate balance
and skilled maneuvering, as the
kite’s width is 16 feet.
Ted Carter is director of the
show. He reports that admission
will be 50 cents per person. The
admission will be collected at
the entrance to Baker Bay, on
Dorena road. Cars will then
park in the picnic and resort
parking lots.
The show will be given out-
side the Baker Bay harbor so
spectators on the west peninsula
will have a fi rst class view of
the show.
Attending the big event will
be Leah Pullen, queen of the
Cottage Grove rodeo. Also at-
tending will be Miss Eugene of
1957, Dorreen Morrasch, and
Miss Springfi eld, Doris Pilas-
czynski. The girls will be intro-
duced to the crowd.
The Tri-Pass organization
uses its own tow boat, but pick-
up boats will be provided by the
Cottage Grove Boat club. Fitz
Fitzgerald and Don Nixon are in
charge of the boats for the show.
CAPITOL BEAT
News from the state legislature
and around Oregon
•
A Springfi eld woman
was arrested after being seen
towing at least two young
children in a little red wagon behind her car around a
busy round-a-bout. The children were uninjured and
placed with a family member after being removed by
the Department of Human Services.
From around the state
•
The most popular news story of last week had Oregon
residents ‘eeling’ sick of headline puns after a truck
full of hagfi sh (cited as eels) was involved in an ac-
cident, spilling its load all over U.S. 101 on July 14.
The clean-up effort was still underway last Saturday.
The investigation into the crash is still pending.
•
University of Oregon’s Darren Carrington II might
not be able to follow in his father’s NFL footsteps
after being dismissed from the Duck’s squad. Car-
rington, who was reportedly arrested for DUI July
1 was released by coach Willie Taggert at the start of
last week.
•
Several mountain lion sightings have been reported
throughout the valley including the latest in Lebanon.
The big cat also known as a cougar and more rarely, a
puma, was spotted on Mark Slough Trail around 9:30
a.m. The sighting comes after online rumors of a bear
in Cottage Grove and additional mountain lion sight-
ings in Tigard and Clackamas County.
Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504
July 12
July 10
A man was seen at Northwest Credit Union walking through
A road rage incident occurred on Main St. and a driver re-
ported that an individual in the other car menaced him with a the drive-up ATM wearing clear plastic gloves and attempt-
ing to get cash from the machine.
machete.
•
The Senate has deferred
its vote on the proposed
health care bill after Senator John McCain announced
he would be recovering from surgery. The bill has
garnered protest from various groups who note the
possible legislation would harm those most depen-
dent on Medicaid.
From around the nation
July 11
A domestic disturbance was reported on 6th St. when a
house guest started a fi re at an unknown location in the
After a vehicle was almost hit pulling out of Walmart, the
individual called the police saying they were being tailgated. house and the home fi lled with smoke. This was the result of
They called back to disregard the incident when it turned out an argument and both parties were separated.
that the person in the other car was a friend.
July 13
•
Lawyers for President Donald Trump noted last week
that individuals reportedly involved in the Trump
Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. were cleared
by the Secret Service. However, the Secret Service
fi red back noting that Trump Jr. was not under Se-
cret Service protection at the time of the meeting and
that the agency had not screened any individuals the
younger Trump may have met with at the time.
•
Maryam Mirzakhani, the only woman to win the
Fields Medal for her work in mathematics died on
Saturday, July 15 at the age of 40 from cancer.
An individual reported that her ex-boyfriend refused to leave An unknown customer punched out a lottery machine early
in the evening at a location on Main St.
her location on 6th St. and was banging on the windows in
an attempt to enter.
July 14
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A man was found to be in possession of meth on Main St.
A suicidal subject was reported on the Row River after a
man was seen walking into the woods with a knife threating
to harm himself.
Two people were charged with theft after Walmart had video
of them stealing plants from the front of the store.
July 15
A man was seen in the middle of Birch St. convulsing and
bleeding from his head.
A Walmart employee called the police after pictures she had
developed depicted possible child abuse.
July 16
Two calls were made to the police after a woman walking
her dog near the railroad track appeared to be intoxicated
and stumbling.
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