"Following his stint in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1936, ...Sidney Keiken decided to higtchkie from his Mill City, OR CCC camap to Eugene. ...built a portable mill in Noti...Blue Ox Lumber Company.... got a draft deferral in WWII because he was a head sawyer and military needed lumber...Got in on the housing boom after the war... bought a site in Sutherlin and built a stud mill in 1946 L & H Lumber.... ran for state office in 1950 ...lost to Judge V T Jackson...built up the democratic party... built a mill in Arcata, CA and cut 2nd growth Redwoods....Polio prevention...campaigned for JFK and attended inaugural ball
Location
Umpqua Trapper Fall 2026 Vol. LXII No. 3
Source Reference