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Mail Tribune 100, June 8, 1922 By Alissa Corman Jun 08, 2022 12:00 AM A A News from 100 years ago The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago June 8, 1922 BIG PINES LUMBER COMPANY ROBBED OF SMALL CHANGE For the second time this week the office of the Big Pines Lumber company has been entered and burglars have endeavored to find something of value in the vault. The first occurrence of this kind came on Sunday night when the intruders entered through the office door and opened the vault, which is never locked. They secured about $5 in nickels and dimes. The office door was locked last night and the key was on the inside. A truck standing in the driveway next to the office gave the culprits a footing and they stood on it and broke the glass in the window of the lavatory after which they loosened the window catch and climbed in the window. The vault was unlocked as usual, as the company always banks all of its cash before closing hours, the small safe door beyond the large door of the vault was also unlocked, and the cash drawer behind the safe door was locked. This the thieves jimmied open and took what cash they found, which was as before stated, a small sprinkling of nickels and dimes, not to exceed $5. Every convenience is made for the burglars at the office of this accommodating concern and nothing is locked securely. The vault is merely for fire protection to documents, checks and negotiable paper held by the concern. The management requests that uninvited guests kindly clean their feet before entering, as last night, when the stepped down from the window into the lavatory, they soiled the wash bowl. DICK POSEY TO GIVE POEMS MONDAY P.M. Have you planned to spend Monday evening, June 12, with Dick Posey, the southern Oregon poet? He will be at the Baptist church, to read his latest poems, on Roxy Ann and other Rogue Rive valley points of interest. He has invested these places with a romance in rhyme, which will cling to them for all who hear him. Mr. Campbell, or “Dick Posey,” is giving a series of these evenings along the coast starting in Rogue River valley and working north. Let it not be said as one said of old, “A prophet is not without honor save in his own country,” but let us recognize and appreciate the genius belonging to our own people and thus encourage the development of such powers. — Alissa Corman; [email protected]