10144575A PATROL

The old Spalding Mill on Spalding Avenue is shuttered now. Steve Bushnell said he worked at the mill for 30 years, like his father before him. "In the mid-80s, the place started going downhill," he said. "You can't keep anything from getting stolen, now. If you lock it up, they get into that too." Since federal timber payments have ceased in Josephine County and other parts of Southwest Oregon, the tax-base has shrunk. In Grants Pass, the county seat, shoplifting and other property crime are up, and law enforcement personnel numbers are down.

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The old Spalding Mill on Spalding Avenue is shuttered now. Steve Bushnell said he worked at the mill for 30 years, like his father before him. "In the mid-80s, the place started going downhill," he said. "You can't keep anything from getting stolen, now. If you lock it up, they get into that too." Since federal timber payments have ceased in Josephine County and other parts of Southwest Oregon, the tax-base has shrunk. In Grants Pass, the county seat, shoplifting and other property crime are up, and law enforcement personnel numbers are down.