May 7, 1969

All that remained of a log cabin and a fruit storage house Saturday was a chimney after fire, apparently set by juveniles, destroyed place located on High Heaven Road Friday night. Cabin, hand-built in 1937 by the Rittland family, was periodically being used by Boy Scout Troop 260 (Camp Smith, below the site, known as the County Boy Scout camp, was not involved in a fire as many persons initially were told).
Property was sold to Charley Metzger around WWII, who later sold it to Willamette Valley Lumber company which deeded it for Boy Scout use. Firemen answered the call about 10:30 after person on Peavine Road five miles away spotted the blaze. Two cars of young people were seen leaving the scene, one car was checked out, but the other car was not found.