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ommission LountvrlanmnqL Controls Haphazard Growth From the earliest days of pio-jlaw, these do nor apply to farm or neer settlement until World War i logging operations). Douglas Coun II, the slow, leisurely growth ofjty now has no operative building Douglas County did not necessitate a comprehensive independent plan ning agency. There were plenty of "wide open spaces" to act as buffer zones between areas of va rious activities, even if these were inharmonious. - . During the past IS years,' how ever, the rapid population growth and intensive land use develop ment forced upon residents an awareness that some direction and assistance to orderly development was necessary to stop chaotic and haphazard growth patterns. , Such patterns1 invariably result in in creased costs of government and public services, public school dif ficulties, traffic and safety prob lems, high utility costs-and lower ing of iproperty values. ' The Douglas County Court be came aware of the ever-increasing public demand for a planning agency, and in 1954 the Douglas County Planning Commission was created. Over the years, the serv ices of the commission have ex panded to the point of providing code. Building permits are neces sary, but are only used for stalls ucai purposes. , Some of the activities and com pleted projects of , the Douglas County Planning Commission in re cent years include: . , '- ' 1. Partially completed land use field maps for 152 square miles League of Oregon Cities to be used locally. Map showing a proposed park site in the portion of the blast area,' which obordered on the South Umpqua River. 13, Assisted League' of Oregon Ci ties with its Reedsport study. -,14 . Assisted Newton Creek with in formation concerning neighborhood park development, and furnished Park Committee, with large sacle maps oi the arqa to be included 2. Completed 84 sauare miles of I in the district. base and contour maps. , ,. - I 15. Presentlyjvorking with a sim- 3. Completed colored land use j ilar committee to-create a small maps for 42 square miles. downtown park for1 the City of , 4. Reproduced books of ' Cole Roseburg., . . - - - . Study of Water Shipping and dis- 16. Assisted land owners in plat tributed them' to milk throughout ting and development , of several the county.'-.- '.'..- . new subdivisions. , ' "',.. 5. Worked with city of Reedsport 17. Issued building permits to all and governor s Industrial adviser parts oi tne couniy Diamond Lake-To Sea Road Is Dream Of County Court By MRS.' ARTHUR SELBY j the completion of Douglas County's r.: a t i- .i,. c. i.iu : Part of the program," he reported. way has long been the dream of! ",e reas '" h's highway members of the Douglas County ' ?re 'n"nv-lhe V,mpqlu R'ver wa Court, the IL S. Forest Service,! lersnei covers all of Douglas Coun tho Rnroa.i ni Pnhlio Rniu mH ty except a small district comoris- the majority of the residents of Camas Valley. It is the long Douelas Countv . est r,ver ln America which rises county Judge V. T. Jackson says . ,,u "v"" wwiuui the dream is nearing realization "After many years of planning and working, we can begin to see Dunn Bradstreet Lists 1096 County Businesses Douglas County has 1.096 busi nesses listed in Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book for 1901. The-total is based on a physical count of the edition. It lists those manufacturers, wholesalers and re to inform industry of industrial ad-J 18. Furnish maps and data to pub-1 tailers who seek or grant commer- vantages tc. be found in Douglas County. 6. Worked with Roseburg 'and Myrtle Creek chambers , of commerce- to interest retired people in Douglas County. ' y 7. Compiled a new building and zoning ordinance. The new build ing ordinance, which is for regis- aid to nearly all parts of the coun ty, both rural ana uroan. " ' I nntu iWa ai-oao that or, ni-A0nl. The principle of countywide plan- " r na ic nnt a ni vstprinilS nr KPCre- . . U .. - ., . tration and statistical purposes onlv, cocers the entire county, while the zoning ordinance covers ning is not a mysterious or secre tive activity. It is merely, on a larger scale, the same kind of or ganized direction that an individ ual or a group would apply to the operation of a household, busi ness, farm, church, or school. A central agency is necessary for planning on a countywide scale be cause of the vast number of prop erty owners whose needs and de sires should be integrated into an harmonious and mutually benefici al pattern. Land use zoning is a highly use ful tool of planning. Its intelligent annlieation Drovides individuals. associations, and public agencies 8- New citv maps for Oakland, Carivonville and Myrtle Creek. 9. Planned a street numbering system for. Oakland, Canyonville and Tri-City Fire District as re quested by local officials. The commission is presently working on a revised street numbering sys tem for Myrtle Creek. . 10. Created two new zoning dis tricts and is in the process of crea ting several more. 11. Furnished maps as requested by the city of Roseburg which were used by the League of Oregon Cities in making a planning study for the city. These maps together with land use information saved lie at cost 19. Considered proposals to dedi cate or' vacate streets and roads. 20. Assigned house numbers' out side Roseburg city limits! . 21. Compiled and- published a booklet entitled "Character of Douglas County" especially for use of prospective new residents, companies, industrial committees, etc. . v Four Cities Rank Among 1 ,000 to 2,500 population FouV of Douglas County's 12 in corporated towns are in the 1,000 to 2.500 population group. They are Canyonville 1.089. Drain 1.052, Sutherlin 2.452 and Winston 2.395. Canyonville showed an increase in population in a decade of 26.5 per cent; Drain, a loss of 8 5 per cent; Sutherlin a gain of 10 per cent; and Winston was nnt incor porated in 1950. cial credit, but it does not include some of the service and profession al businesses such as beauty and barber shops, security dealers and real etale broker. Therefore, the figures for. total business would be higher than quoted. The book credits Roseburg with 488 businesses, Myrtle Creex with 93, Reedsport with 81 and Suther lin with 78. leaving the boundaries of the coun ty. Ihe eastern part of this water shed is owned by the federal gov ernment, being the Umpqua Na tional Forest. It contains about a million acres most of which is cov ered by merchantable timber, an estimated 32 billion feet. The al lowable cut is about 300 million board feet per year. The timber sales are managed on a sustained yield basis. The cutover land is seeded and replanted by the U.S. Forest Service. Rotdt Nttdtd In order to carry on an orderly marketing of this timber, there must be roads and more roads. Judge Jackson of the County Court explained the Importance and value of the Diamond Lake Highway to Douglas County "The North Umpqua river running as it does, cuts right through the heart of the timber. It runs through rug ged country and rough terrain. The entire watershed on both sides of the river slopes rapidly to. the in the reference book is a Dun & river. The new highway being built Bradstreet credit report including the history of the business, a des cription of what the business does and how it does it, a financial section which usually includes the latest financial statement and rec ord of how the business pays its bills. along the river "in the bottom of the canyon as so suuaica uiai an the adjacent timber on both sides of the river can be brought down grade to the highway." The judge, continuing says: "Pre vious to our present road program. the upper pari oi uus national ior- Mon Feb., 27, 1961 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 3 t'V i. .,-.. .!-"', ... w If'" W. 4VV 'Ut? - ' t A 1 V A M. f.WI - f jr. v ( ? "i FOREST SERVICE shelter obove is typical of deluxe over night accomodation available to travelers by foot or horse back on early trails in the county's forests. mills in the western valley have had no chance to compete. "The completion of this road will make it possible for all the nation al forest timber to come down hill to market from the top of the Cascades to tide water on a water grade." Other Bnfit Noted This Diamond Lake Highway has other benefits besides the market ing of timber. It is being built all the way to state standards, having a ju-iooi Dase ot rock. 22 lect wide pavement with 4-foot shoulders. With the completion, much tourist travel is cxpecteC. The road is right along ihe side of the river nearly all tho way. Besides the great recreation area of Diamond Lake, there is the 320-acre Susan early 20'i although timber had I who honored bills of the trustee very little or no value. There were I Of the original seven mS many people who believed this of this comlni tee Tonly two of man hurt a prnf fnfnrn Fni munui.i,-. . WV V narrow road on east around the i Hog Back to the boundary where it again stoppea. District Formtd A movement was started in'mjiio t Hiif..t H0nhfB In fnrm . tnnnial rnrf m" ee .at. 9'Wcrent times district in order to raise funds to promote a North Umpqua road. After one failure and much work. a district was finally organized and called the North Umpqua-Diamond Creek Slate Park and numerous Lake Highway Improvement Dis- The reDorts are used both to est timber could only be reached narks orovided bv the Forest Serv-! trict. The members of the board of evaluate credit risks of businesses i by roads from Eastern Oregon and i ice and Douglas County along the : truestces were appointed by the and to review risks, rate and cov- consequently all sales from this I route, I governor. A tax of 2- mills was erage for fire and other types of j part of the forest have gone most- The building of this Diamond levied each year, collected and de insurance, ly to Klamath Falls mills. Our 'Lake highway was started in the posited with the state treasurer ly of Glide. The other 'original members were, A. C. Markers, Napoleon Rice, F. B. Lane J W. nuiiipnreys ana u A. Lockwood. Other residents served on the coin- iiimee ai omerent times. The district was dissolved h t. lslaUve action at the 1953 session and money remaining was turned over to the General Road Fund of Douglas County. LEASE TAKEN Don Young has taken the Ieasa on the Chevron service station at Central and State streets in Suth erlin. : with information as to the !hhest the city much time and money. best, and most profitable use of land. Some regulation of land use is necessary to prevent encroach ment of activities that might great ly diminish usefullness of adjoin ing properties. . Good planners believe in allow ing the greatest freedom in use of land as long as those uses do not deteriorate the usefulness of other properties. At the present time, zoning out tide of incorporated cities in Doug las County is confined to those areas in which a majority of resi dents petition specifically for zon ing, and provided the areas are at least two square miles in size. Countywide zoning would provide more uniformity and prevent the patchwork pattern of use now ex isting. Lane County has county wide zoning and it is proving an aid to growth and prosperity in that area. Businesses and indus tries have settled there because they know what will develop in 12. Assisted the city of Roseburg following the blast by furnishing I city maps to workers, similar data j to the Association of Washing ton Cities, compiled the names of property owners in blast area, and 1 copied many maps made by the County Enjoys Mild Climate If any one word can describe the weather in Douglas County, it is lemperaie. So temperate is the climate in : general for the county that winter days showing temperatures below j 20 degrees are rare. In the sum-1 mer, temperatures above 90 are also unusual. ' The median temperatures in the r ,- , . "s11-111"11 aim iimauiicu pica, ul their surroundings as a result of I n,e county are aDout 55 degrees. . . ihe extremes recorded since Many counties as weU as all wea(ner information has been tak-1 cities, have building codes. (By,en from im ,re 6 bdow zero in: I Roseburg in 1S88 and 109 in the , same area in 1946. Wind Velocity Low At Roseburg, the hub of the coun ty, the wind velocity is one of the lowest, if not the lowest; average' in the nation. Due to the location of the city in the shadow of the Coast Range, its average rainfall is much : lower than in adjacent coastal re gions and the Willamette Valley. temperatures are mild during the average winter due largely to the; protective influence of the Cascade Range. . Snow is relatively rare.; Some years, no measurable snow-! fall is recorded. Precipitation in the county is not uniform, however. Lower precipi tation follows a general line from1 Drain in the north to Riddle in the south. Rain at! Riddle averages about 24 inches a year: Roseburg Humane Society Started In '53 Douglas County Humane' Society, a non-profit organization, was or ganized in 1953 for the purpose of helping prevent cruelty to animals and to children. Finances and moral support were given by the parent organi zation, the Oregon Humane So ciety of Portland, during the or ganizing of the Douglas County So ciety, but it is now supported through contributions, sale of dogs, a county contribution of S275 per month and memberships. Member ships sell in three classifications: j about 38 and Drain about 46. Life, regular and associate, all at a designated fee depending upon classification. Shelter Maintaintd The society maintains a shelter on Del Rio Road, about one mile West of the Roseburg Rod and Gun Club, on property belonging to Margaret Alancy. Mrs. Maney also runs the shelter and has serv ed in that position since the opera tion of the shelter was started. Businessmen from all over Doug las County contributed a generous amount of materials and some money for erection of the shelter in 1956. At present, the society only has facilities for caring for dogs but hopes to establish quarters for cats sometime in the future. The Feline Fanciers of Oregon have indicated they plan to construct a cat shelter sometime soon. Society spokesmen state that such facili ties are desperately needed be cause of an overpopulation of cats. A dog control officer canvasses the county, picking up stray and unwanted dogs, returning them to the dog shelter. The animals are kept for a period of five days, the time required by law in order that the owner can claim the dog. Aft er that period of time, the stray is placed in another home or if it proves to be an undesirable pet, 1 it is put to sleep. In 19M), the so-1 cicty handled an average of 133! rourteen garden clubs, totaling dogs a month i 308 members, compose the Ump- One policy of the county organ!- ou District No. 16, Federated zation is to destrov all sheep-kill- Garden Clubs, ing dogs immediately. It believes I- Umpqua Di.-trict. a member of that no cure can be rendered to 1 the National Federation of (.ar a dog of that nature. I den Clubs, was formed m 1954 fmit Spytd ! with Mrs. C. J. Bielman of Suth- Another policy is that all female erlin as director. Purposes -of the dogs must be spayed before being ; clubs are to encourage the beau placed in a new home. The reason i tification of their respective com- for such a Dolicv is to curb the I munities. teach the art ot better In the eastern part of the countv. with the buildup of the Cascades, annual precipitation ranges from 70 to 74 inches, ln the west, near the coast, the average is about 108 inches a year; The growing season in the coun ty extends from about April b to Nov. 13. Example Shows Mildness An example of temperature and precipitation is the 1960 weather chart by month compiled by the i Roseburg Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Weather Bureau. By months, the aver ages were: January 33.1 to 47.7 degrees and 3.65 inches of precip itation: February 33.5 to 53.2 and 6.25; March 39.3 to 59.6 and 6.46 inches; April 40 to 63.6 and 2.44 inches;' May 43.2 to 66.3 and 3.8 inches; June 47.6 to 81.1 and no precipitation; July 53.7 to 89 and no precipitation; Argust 51.1 to 82.4 and .67 inches; September 47 to 80.1 and .65 inches: October 42 to 66 8 and 1.53 inches: November 37.2 to 55.2 and 8.38 inches: De cember 34.9 to 46.7 and 2.26 inches. Area Garden Clubs Fourteen In Number increasing dog population and the number of sheep-killing docs, The Humane Society not only deals with dogs and cats, hut in vestigates cases of cruelty to oth gardening and to practice conser vation of our natural resources. Club projects include hospital tnerapy in the local hospitals and nursing homes, giving 411 scholar- er animals, namely cows and hors- j ships, promoting essay and poster es. The organization is not loo ac- i contests in the schools and the live in caring for children but has sponsoring of garden information investigated cases of parents being , service by telephone or direct cruel to children. contact by club member. The President of the organization is; Umpqua District sponsors a gar Sen. Al Flegel of Roseburg. who den program twice weekly over has been responsible for much ! radio station KRNR and a weekly state legislation regarding human 1 horticultural column in The News Ideais. ' Review. POWER FOE? PROGR ESS... and faith in the future V-1 ' . '. :iV;. ADDITION TO Dixonville Substation $618,000.00 7 j;y y j :i. ; ; ) GARDEN VALLEY SUBSTATION $80,000.00 k til I- An adequate supply of electric power is essential to tht growth and prosperity of any area. By the same token, investments in expansion of facilities by an investor owned, tox-poying company such as COPCO show faith In the) future of the area it serves. Measured in these terms, The California Oregon Power Company has shown its faith in Douglas County and its people by very substantial investments over the past fen years investments which have guaranteed an adequate power supply for home, farm, and in dustry and which have contributed in many other ways to the area's economy. PLANT INVESTMENT t - 1 " ' 'AV ! LINE 20 $450,000.00 TAXES From 1950 through 1960, COPCO , invested $72,857,171.99 in plants and facilities in Douglas County. In 1960 alone, $1,284,750.00 was Invested for the facilities pictured on this page. At the same time paid by COPCO the County's largest taxpayer made a substantial . contribution to schools and various government services. In 1960 alone, COPCO paid $719,167.76 in Douglas County taxes. -mm I. fM -'i"n lSM , 1 ti 1 ---h r im '.S'C rat J-- L ,M:i. COPCO IS PEOPLE ... And people mean PAYROLLS. In 1960, COPCO's payroll to its people working in Douglas County (and living, and spending their income with local businesses) totalled $891, 304.53 certainly one of the largest single payrolls in the county. In these and dozens of other ways, COPCO will continue as o "partner in progress" with the people of Douglas County working for mutual benefit in an orea in which it has great faith for the future. . MYRTLE CREEK SERVICE CENTER $91,750.00 - v- , '-' .'- "V -T LINE 12 RECONSTRUCTION $45,000.00 (Bp THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY A WESTERN COMPANY OWNED AND OPERATE!) BY WESTERN PEOPLE
