.6 The Newt-Review, Roteburg, Or. Thur. Feb. K, 1955
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ic-Spirited Community
By PAUL JENKINS
Drain's first settler. Warren N.
Goodell, obtained a donation land
claim which included the present
town's location, in 1847. Later the
claim was purchased by Jesse Ap
pleuate who. in 1860, sold it to
cnaries vram.
are so thoroughly satisfied to lie page. Its 4.51 students, 18 full-time
where they are, to live in Drain, i teachers, one hali - lime music
There may be other nice towns in teacher (her other duties are at
which to live probably are the high school), three cafeteria
But what of it. THEY live in Drain workers and two custodians staff a
and are glad they do. building of 18 classrooms, a multi-
Thev do live in a cood town, purpose room which includes a
I The Deoole. there have made it so. I cafeteria, music, health and con-
n was the latter who donated 60 i They have developed, gradually I ference rooms, kitchen, library,
acres to the O&C railroad for a ! but surely, a spirit of cooperation I two teachers supply rooms, a gym
townsite when that road was con- j which, its energies well directed, and its dressing rooms. An aver
structcd through the area to Rose-1 has contributed tremendously to age of 300 children patronize the
hurg in 1872. u&C officials named j the town's economic and spiritual cafeteria daily. The school's prin
the town in the donor's honor. growth. When something needs do- j cipal, Anton Bryant, is proud of it.
Drains economy always nas.ng, it is done, iney worn ai n, aim so u everyone eie
I with their own hands when neccs-1 Drain's mayor, Ernie Whipple, is
Isary. Thus they have provided a lumberman nationally recogniz
I parks, playgrounds, public swim;ed in his field. The town's cham
pool and a city hall, contributing ber of commerce is surprisingly
iheir nwn funds and labor. A fine energetic. It works hard (for
Aurirniiiire wh e it wn pnvironmrni it is for their chii i urain all year around, men ceie-
imnnriant. ihui has olaved a much dren. too Elmer Winslow, chief Ibrates once annually with a ban-
smaller part in Drain's prosperity of police, reports that it has been
through the years, than has been 'over two years since the juvenile
been integrated with that of saw-
milling, the community being anie
to boast (and support) two mills
even in the town's infancy, each
capable of cutting 10,000 board feet
court has had a case of delinquen
cy. That's something, in this day
and age. and didn t result acci
dentally. Drain is a good place for
kids.
Drain has a fine high school, and
the ease in most other Douglas
County areas. Its present status as
a lumber center has been eurncd
through the years.
The town has. and always has
liml a norumi.-llllv Its Cltl7fn
kv. hwn smipo hm mm. recently has romnleted a snlendidimav he they just like Drain,
placcnt is a much better t e r m. elementary unit, appraised at $300,-1 explanation which at least is un
They are complacent because llicy 1 000, which is pictured on t h l s 'derslandable.
quet which has become noted for
the calibre of the speakers ap
pearing there. How these are se
cured I wouldn't know, but govern
ors, brass-hat men in the business
world, noted writers and bigwigs
in general seem to hurry there at
the chamber slightest bidding. It
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BUILT IT THEMSELVES The Drain City Hall is another monument to the city's
Tiercs local prida. Appraised at $67,000, it wot constructed largely from donated ma
terials and work of the citizens.
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BURNERS, such as thess "dot the landscape with a fiery glow at night, attesting the
lumber activity which supports Drain. These are at the Smith River Lumber Co.
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EDUCATIONAL UNIT The City of Drain has port of elementary sctiool age activities. An ex
shown some of its brightest civic spirit in its sup- amplt is the expanded Dram Elementary School
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above- The town is particularly active in promot
ing grade school athletic and recreational events.
(All pictures on this page by Paul Jenkins).
ELMER WINSLOW
. . . police chief
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TH STEADY STREAM of logs that comes into Drain form
the raw material for the community's economy, the lumber
Worth Of United States
In Land, Buildings Revealed
WASHINGTON tfi Uncle Sam , public Tuesday by the Senate Ap-
owned 407,900,000 acres, or about I propriations Committee.
21.4 per cent of the land area of Federally owned land consisted
,. , , . , . , of about 3a7, 200.000 acres in the
the continental United States, as of 1,i1ii- ,irt,,:n tnr ,i.ii, c(
was listed, and about 50,700,000
last June 30. The government also
had 38-1,916 buildings.
I hese and other statistics on fed
eral real property were contained
a new inventory report pre
pared by the General Services Ad
ministration. The report was made
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acres acquired by purchase, do
nation or other means since 1789.
This was figured at about $2,369,
000.000. Total real property holdings and
buildings, after certain exclusions,
consisted of 11,777 installations in
every state and the District of Co
lumbia. These cost 32W billion dollars.
Over 20 billion dollars worth of
real property holdings, or til. 9 per
cent of the total, were in the hands
of the Defense Department.
However, the Post Office Depart
mo nt led in the number of installa
tions with 3.086.
An installation was defined as
beim? usually a single office build
ing or Post Office, a national bank,
a military reservation or a hydro
electric project. When an installa
tion spread across state bound
aries, the portions in each state
were reported separately.
The total federal land holdings
were approximately equal to the
area of all the states east of the
Mississippi River except for Wis
consin, Georgia, Michigan and
North Carolina.
By states the holdings ranged
from over 61 million acres in Ne
vada to about 6,000 in Connecti
cut. California had the most installa
tions 903. New York had 679,
Texas 545 and Michigan 505.
The cost of federal property in
California also topped all the states
at $31,791,000,000. Washington State
was next with $2. 245.000.000 and
Tennessee was third with $1,945,-000,000.
industry. Two trucks are shown bringing logs in to be
dumped In the Holmes Lumber Co. millpond.
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LUMBER AND LOGGING, os in most other oreos of the
county, form tha basic induslnej for Drain', tconomy.
Above is a typical scene of the area ot the Holmes Lun-facr
Co. sawmill. The mill sav.s out approximately 35,000
booed feet a doy.
Eisenhower Signs Bill
For Flood Damage Repair
WASHINGTON UP President
Kisc nhowi-r has signed a bill
Kivins a break to new-home own
ers needing federal loans to repair
flood damage.
The new law cancels, in cases
of disaster, the prohibition against
j issuance ot home repair loans by
' the Federal Housing Admtnistra
; tion on residents less than six
i months old.
I me oui was designed to provide
relief to home owners in new
i housing subdivisions, chiefly in
i California and olher Far Western
o 'tales, which were inundated by
'flood watr.
ERNEST WHIPPLE
. . . Drain's mayor
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whom the town was
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HOMfc Or PIONEER I his is the home of Charles Drain offer
named. Mrs. Chorles D. Drain still lives in the picturesque old houe
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SOLID INDICATION of the civic spirit of Droin it this public swim pool. Few other
towns of comparable size can support such a monument to civic spirit. It adjoins a
city pork and playground and cost about $200,000. Materials and work were donated
by the people of Drain. The town also has one of the finest baseball parks in the
tote.