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2 The Newi-Rcview, Roseburg, Ore. Mon Feb., 27, 1961 Californiu-Oregon Power Co. dyer IsBiggest County Tuxp In period where, unfortunately, a work shortage problem exists rot only in Douglas County but throughout the United States, some idea of the community value which California Oregon Power Co, ex ercises is reflected in unglamor ous payroll and investment sta tistips. In I960, Copco's payroll for per sons working in Douglas County totals $891,304.54 obviously one of the largest in the county. In the decade from 1950 through 1960 the concern's expenditures for plants and facilities in Douglas County was $72,857,171.99, with $1. 284,750 of that sum coming in 1960 alone. Large Taxpayer The power firm is also Douglas County's largest taxpayer, with $719,167.76 bolstering the county's economy in 1960. An area which extends 21 miles, from Diamond Lake to a mile west of Soda Springs, contains the eight hydroelectric plants which now form the North Ump qua Hydro Electric Project. Since the completion of the Tokutee duin and power plant in 1950 another six plants have gone into operation, delivering power into the California Oregon Power Co. system. The system cost an estimated 50 mil lion dollars. It includes: The Tolketee plant, with three generators, 42,500 kilowatts, in op eration since 1950; Slide Creek, with one generator, 18.000 kilowatts, in operation since 1951; : Soda Springs, with one genera tor, 11.000 kilowatts, in operation since 1952; Fish Creek, with one generator, 11,000 kilowatts, in operation since 1952; Clearwater Creek, with one gen erator, 11,000 kilowatts, in opera tion since 1952; Clearwater No. 1, with one gen erator, 15,000 kilowatts, in opera tion since 1953; Clearwater No. 2, with one gen erator, 26,000 kilowatts, in opera tion since 1953; Lemolo No. 1, with one genera tor, 29,000 kilowatts; l.emolo No. 2, with one generator, 33,000 kilowatts. The i'lsli Creek plant utilizes water from Fish Creek, and Clear water plants No. 1 and 2 both use water from the Clearwater River, while the other five plants obtain their water from the North Ump qua River. ( Power Plant Built long before the beginning of the North Umpqua Hydro Elec tric project, the Winchester dam on the North Umpqua River close to U.S. Highway 99 has a small power plant primarily pumping water which supplies the City of lioseburg and adjacent areas. With the exception of the Toketee plant, all are single generator plants of the outdoor type, auto matic and having remote control from the Toketee plant. The To ketee plant contains three genera tors, and it's the only power house in the system, the rest being class ified as outdoor plants. Among other major expenditures are an addition to the Dixonville substation, $618,000; Garden Val I,.,, ,Mihitin :.sn ami- Line No. 20, $450,000; Myrtle Creek Service uemer, ai,vau; i.me riv. iu, ic construction, $45,000. t i , : I ' i , f . I f 'torn." 1 i "I t 4 1 . 2 v- " i - l 'lit ' u, W COPCO SERVICE CEaWTER or Trl-City is located on two ocres east of the Riddle inter change with .Highway 99.. The 40-by-80 concrete building serves as a warehouse and crew quarters. The truck storage is a 27-by-33 concrete building, with an equal sized covered storage area. Copco crews working from this service center take care of all power line distribution, construction, operation and maintenance for Myrtle Creek, Riddle, Canyonville, Days Creek and Tiller. Custom Weighing Offered Jute., v-fi f,j'A 1 ' -Jt-' 1 j..''"- ft&ti ' '' -StU'i"::0 LIVESTOCK WEIGHING Depot Is a new business in the Umpqua area. It was established by Don Evans as one of the few weighing stations in the county. (See page 4, other in dustries section) Five Churches Serve Canyonville Area; Methodist- Group Is Oldest Five churches located in Canyon ville serve the area. Three of the five are less than 15 years old. At least two more attempted to atari during the boom years of the early Fifties and failed. Oldest in the area is the Can yonville Methodist church whose large white building and steeple form a hilltop landmark almost 100 years old. It was in 1858 that the first Methodist pastor was as signed to serve Canyonville, but it was 1876 before the building was dedicated. It has been continuous ly served by Methodist pastors .. J u , 'i )v. v j; ... 'i:s. 4t rj i it i -'I I ' LIVE BROADCASTING STUDIOS and business office of KPIC, Channel 4 television, Roseburg, is located at. 1840 NE Stephens St., across from the Safeway grocery store. KPIC began broadcasting network television from its transmitter on Mt. Rose in April, 1956. KPIC Is Doughs County's Only Television Station KPIC television, Roseburg, has aerved Central Douglas County I with major network television since! April 1, 1956. Originally, KPIC was a satellite' station of KVAL.-TV. Channel 13, F.ugene. However, two years alt er the station first went on the air, KPIC began local live-studio programming aUo. It began local news coverage in August of I960, j The station is now an affiliate! of OreRon Triangle Television, the1 other two stations being KV'Al, and KCBY in Coos Bay. KPIC's basic network affiliation is NBC-TV wilh the addition of features from the other networks, 1 Aaron Roe, station manager, slates KPIC broadcasts with 5.000 watts and reaches approximately 17.000 homes. With full and part time employes, the station has 11 people on its payroll, A new transmitter to bring a more consistent, clearer picture coverage to its viewers is being in stalled now at the transmitting sta tion atop Hose Mountain, 1.000 feet above Roseburg. The total cost of installing the new equipment will run to over $:,0,000, Boo explain ed. KPIC's business offices and live broadcasting studios are located at 1810 NE Stephens St., Roseburg. ever since. Present membership is 65. The Rev. Don Campbell, serv ing the Myrtle Creek Methodist church as well, is the pastor. Both intermediate and Senior MYF meet Sunday evenings. Shafftrs Stop Second oldest, and equally color ful, is the Canyonville (Jospel Tab ernacle, located on Main St., a member of the Assemblies of God, organized in 1923 after the Rev. A. M, Shaffer and family stopped here to harvest prunes and stayed to harvest souls. A chupel was built in 1924 which served for almost 30 years beforo the present chapel was built. Sixty members and over 100 young peuple of Can yonville Bible Academy make up the congregation served by the Itev. Warren Cornelius. Regular Sunday morning ami evening serv ices, Wednesday evening prayer meeting and Thursday evening prayer meeting and Thursday eve ning Christ's Ambassador's (young people) are regularly scheduled. The Church of Christ on present West Fifth street (former First Street) of Canyonville, first met in the John Irwin home in 1948. About 75 members belong to (his denomi nation with Milton Anderson, evan gelist, in charge. Regular Sunday morning and evening services, Wednesday evening junior and sen ior Bible studies and Thursday morning' Ladies Bible classes con sist of the work of the church noted for its vocal interpretation of old fuvonte hymns, SO In Congregation Organisation of the First South ern Baptist church of Canyonville followed the organisation of the church in the entire Northwest in 'early 1950. Some 50 members sup-! port the church-to date, with Ihei Itev, Russell Harris just elected the new pastor of the church. The church was built in a cooperative effort by members in the Ander- sun Addition of Canyonville. Plans to enlarge and add to the building are on this next year's agenda. : Regular Sunday morning services and Sunday rxcninj Training l'n- Uon and services as well as Wed- 'nesday evening prayer meeting are! UMPQUA BASIN The Hundred Valleys of the Umpqua have been beckon ing new residents at an ever-increasing rate in the last few years, and with those new residents has come a new vigor. This vigor is. the key to the tremendous progress of the last decade and the even greater advances expected in the next decade in the basin enclosed by the boundaries of Douglas County. .. The desire for better things and the willing efforts to achieve them have led to untold improvements and prom ises of many more. Advances Come These advances have come in the form of better high ways, greater use and protection of natural resources, greater citizens' interest in everything from flowers to de linquent children and vastly improved services from pri vate enterprises. i The forces which has led to this growth of industry and population are good climate, vast raw material and the breath of nature on every side. It's a county with elbow room, and the kind of elbow room which is apparently here to stay. Unlike the areas which developed into sprawling megalopolises in other parts of the country, Douglas County is doing something about retaining its natural beauty and resources without retard ing greater industry and resulting population. Agriculture Still Important But its industry isn't all new either. Long before timber, mining and recreation became so important to the county, agriculture was almost THE source of the economy. The timber boom didn't end that important industry. It still stands second in dollar volume. It is a natural part of the county's character because conditions are ideal -for the thousands of sheep and cattle and crops. And it's also an industry which continues to progress. This all adds up to making the Umpqua basin a land with a future. . , Farm Store Is New a 1 aT) 71. J jJL-T , V ' .1. ;,smrlTy " " 'nut iiiiWiyhMa;Wit'- DOUGLAS COOPERATIVE warehouse was one of the first buildings to go into the heart of the blast area in Roseburg. Also built was the main store building and a ware house. (News-Review Photo) ' Farm Bureau Co-Op Was Among 1st Buildings Rebuilt Following Blast Stand ley Ranch v,.' r,iri - - ....w. r-.j,.- .r 1r,.nitr( iifcriii, 4 Cover Pictures An Invitation coupltd with the pastoral btauty of a Douglas County countrysida ara th cov er pictures on the front page of this stction. At top, Harold Raaumt, man ager of th Rowburg Chambar of Commtrct, displays th slo gan which Indicatas lift can ba swttt in Douglas County. It's only a ftw minutes from a lliimy off ic In town to th con tained ascitamant of a fishing straam or the sylvan quiat of th woods. Evan the shttp, who populate th countrysid in graattr num bars than in any othar county of Oragon, find HSa "living is asy." offered for all friends of the denomination. Also nreuni7ed In 195.1 And also presenting a new pastor this month is the Seventh day Adventist Church of Canyonville. When the Myrtle Creek church got loo big (o hnlil rhuri-h member fit thn area, those in the Canyonville-Kid-dlc Days Creek area decided to build their own church at Canyon ville. At first, they met In a small building on the I.ctllanc ranch and then, tur several years, they rent ed the Methodist Church before their own building on U. S. 99 north of town was completed in the fall of 111 58. Membershin of 1?fl 1 activ In the church which also maintains its own school of which Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Crooker are the teach ers. Services include Sabbath School and worship services at the regular hour Saturday morning and Wednesday evening prayer meet ing. Klder Harry Dans is the new pastor to serve this church as well as the Myrtle Creek and Ulendale churches. i MasTaM SPARKLING SILO This is one of the new landmarks at the Standley Ranch near Glide. It was built in 1953 as a storage place for the immense amount of silge used at the ranch. . Standley Ranch Large Operation One of the large, successful ranches in the Glide area is owned and operated by Air. and Mrs. Oliver P, Standley. " ,' One hundred fifty acres of the i 1.800-acre ranch, are in bottom land producing grass and legume ! hay, consisting of alta fescue, or-! chaikl grass, meadow foxtail and i rye grass mixed, with one of three legumes, ladino clover, sub-clover and lotus. The Standleys harvest 250 tons of hay and 200 tons of silage per year, men tne sneep ana cattle are grazed on these same fields in late summer, winter and spring. Alost of the remaining land has been burned off and seeded for permanent pasture. Most of the hay land is irrigated which gives a full 12 months' use of the land. At present, the Standlevs have 800 head of sheep and 125 head of reeder cattle. Willi SJO.OOO invested j in equipment, they can hiaintain' the ranch wilh a minimum of hired I help. Two sons, aged 9 and 12, lake care of the irrigating during tho' summer. Standley started manag-! ing this ranch in 1947 for his fa-1 ther, Adrian J. Standley. Later. ! he and his wife purchased (he ; property. By HAZEL S. MARSH The Douglas County Farm Bu reau Cooperative Exchange is one of the first business plants in the city's devasted area to be restored following complete destruction by the blast of Aug. 7, 1959. On Sept. 10 last fall they opened for business in the new structure which replaced, the former ram bling frame building in which the business had grown from its meag er beginnings in 1921. At that time with no capital, no appreciable facilities and very lit tle business experience in the fields which they represented, the con sumer's cooperative was born from the vision of the late George Burt, V. E. Chase, H. E. Haslit and Fred Goff. C. E. Bannins. now retired and living at Watsonville, Calif., is the line of merchandise carried before only living member of the group the blast. who organized on April 12, 1921 the The approximate cost of recon cooperative which opened for busi-,slruction of the buildings to date the Board and is currently serving in that capacity. The present location was pur chased in 1927 from the Apple Growers Association, which dis banded at that time. During the forty years since its inception, the Cooperative has grown by "trial and error," by team work and by cooperative effort, states Manag er A. J. Townsend; until now it is a consumer's cooperative which ranks with the best in America. There are 1,728 paid-up common stockholders and 600 partially paid up members. The business has 16 employes. The last inventory of the present stock of merchandise amounted to $122,000. Additional goods are be ing installed daily to complete the stock to the status of the $180,000 ness in rented quarters on Win Chester Street. They confined their activities to supplying feeds for poultrymen and dairymen. The first year's gross sales were only a few thousand dollars. This was made up of purchases by the few original members. Dave Busenbark was one of the first to join the group of organizers, and he served as president of the Board of Directors from 1935 to 1952. He is still a member of the board. Arthur Marsh, who also be came a member of the Board of Directors in the early days, fol lowed Busenbark as President of rs $185,000. This includes the beau tiful new split level main building bordered by Washington, Spruce, Douglas Streets and the railroad and the 60-by-154 cement block building across Spruce Street now used as a warehouse storage for carload lots of grain, fencing, irri gation supplies, etc. Following the blast with com plete destruction of buildings and stock, the Co-op carried on in tem porary quarters south of town to accommodate its members with necessities. In March 1960 they opened the new warehouse on Spruce Street with an increased line of goods and finally in Sep tember were ready in the main building with a more complete line of merchandise. Quicksilver Mine Had War History . Sea Cover, (Other Industries) Probably the best known quick silver mine in Oregon is the Bon anza located east of Sutherlin. It 1 is said that this mine and the ad joining mines were discovered in the 1860s. i In 1935 H. C. Wilmot acquired the property from J. W. Wenzel and associates. In 1937 Wilmot put in a furnace plant and his under ground work opened up high-grade ore. During World War II the price of quicksilver jumped to $200 per 76-pound flask, thus causing much activity at the Bonanza opera tions. The mine continued to operate after the war but declining prices forced it to shut down in 1949. At the present time the mine is being dismantled and equipment will be shipped to Ecuador where the firm plans to establish a new operation. Future plans for the Sutherlin operation are at present undecid ed. The property still holds a sub stantial tonnage of low-grade ore and could resume operations it there were a sufficient guarantee that a good price would hold for a sufficient period of time. mm 1 ESSENTIAL TO Without Labor There Is No Progress DOUGLAS COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL AFL-CIO Salutes the Umpqua Basin Brothtrfcood of PoinUrt, Decora tort, and Poptr Ha no. on of America Local 1475 Jtfurntymtn Barbtr International Union of America Local 902 American Federation of Star, County and Municipal Employe Local 263 Offico Employe! International Union Local 11 United Stl Workers of Amenta Local 5074 . Amalgamated Moot Cuttart and Butcher Workman Local 324 United Brotherhood of Carpenter ond Join re of America Local 1961 Glaiitrt and GJaii Worker Local 740 International Hod Carrier, Building ond Common Laboron' Union of America Local 1400 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workori Local 659 Hot! ond Restaurant Employ ond Bartndri' International Union Local 293 5ht Metal Workeri International Association Local 332 Retail Clerks International Association Local 201 :m- rb&rr llsf rep kJkaitiV
