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4 Th Newt-Review, Roteburg, Orf . Man, Feb., 27, 1961
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ELKTON NURSERY is one of Douglas County's most
prized possessions. The big nursery supplies seedlings in
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commercial quantities to government and private timber
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Elkfon Forest Nursery Is Result
Of Cooperation Between Agencies
Some 20 million tree seedlings
will be started this spring at the
Oregon Forest Nursery on the
Umpqua, River near tlkton for
the purpose of reforesting denuded
lands to establish new forests.: .
The demand .for tree stock has
brought this 108-acre nursery to
near capacity since Its cutublish
mcnt late in 1957. A four-year rota
tion o all but. eight acres of this
land is used to produce these two
year old, root-pruned tree seed
lings. Mostly Fir Grown ?
Douglas Fir is the primary spe
cies grown, representing around 65
per cent of tlie production, with
Ponderosa -pine next at about 20
per cent, the other conifers at 13
per cent and hardwoods at 2 per
cent. Private landowners, both
large and small, will plant nearly
eight million of these tree seed
lings. About six million will be
utilized bv the U. S. Forest Serv
ice while some five million have
been ordered by the Bureau of
Land Management. The state For
estry Department will take anoiner
one million to supplement siocn
from their northern nursery.
The nursery was established
through the efforts of the Douglas
County Court, the slate and the
U. S. Forest Service. The county
purchased the site and leased it to
the state with an option to pur
chase while the Forest Service ad
vanced the major part of the funds
for development under the con
servation reserve program of the
Soil Bank Act. '
Cost $200,000
The cost of development, exclu
sive of the site, was around $200,
000. This includes the preparation
of the land, Installation of the irri
gation system, refrigeration plant
for storage of about three million
trees, 'combined machine storage
and garage, residences for the
nurseryman as well as other improvements.
water lor irrigating tne nursery
is pumped fom the Umpqua Riv
er which borders the nursery site.
Domestic water is provided by an
eight-inch cased well that is 65
feet deep and tests out at 1,200
gallons per hour. One of the prime
features of the site is the sandy
silt loam soil which permits year
round operation on the ground. The
mild climate rs ideal in that It is
neither too hot nor too cold for nur
sery production. Then to, the site
is isolated so as to not be subject
to contamination from outside
sources.
The one contributing factor for
the increased demand for trees is
the fact that tree farm burners
have found it to their financial ad
vantage to plant areas immediately
following logging rather than wait
for natural seeding to come in or
the site being taken over by brush.
NIGHT DEPOSIT
The South Umpqua Slate Bank
of Canyonville has installed a new
deposit installation to allow depos
its both day and night. It is a
mechanical envelope receiver.
UMPQUA PROGRESS
Douglas County began taking shape as an entity in 1851.
It was on Jan. 24 of that year that Oregon's territorial
legislature created Umpqua County, naming it after the
Umpqua River which runs through it. But that name pasted
only a year. On the following Jan. 7, the legislature changed
the name to Douglas and pared off part of the former
Lmpqua County. Douglas County was left with only the
eastern part of the former Umpqua County. A part of it
was added to Coos County in 1853, and another part was
returned to Douglas County in 1862 to give an outlet to the
sea at what is now Reedsport. When the whittling was clone,
Douglas County had 4,991 square miles. .
The new county was named after Stephen A. Douglas, the
great Democratic politician and presidential candidate, who
won lasting fame in his debates with Abraham Lincoln.
Douglas was a strong supporter of Oregon's bid for stale
hood. .' . , :
Extension Office
Established In '17
The Douglas County Extension
office was established here in 1917.
Although growth was slow, it has
offered a steady helping hand to
the farmer and his family all these
years.
The office was established here
originally in order to aid in the
nationwide drive to increase agri
cultural production necessary dur
ing the First World War.
The Smilh-Leever act of 1914
made available federal funds to be
used in a cooperative endeavor with
counties and states to bring , new
methods and discoveries from state
agriculture experiment stations
out to the nation's farmers.
It was designed to include agri
cultural production, 4-H club ac
tivities and home economics. In
this way the whole farm family has
received help in almost all farm ac
tivities.
Douglas County's extension serv
ice has grown from a two-man
operation to the seven agent and
two full-time secretaries now work
ing at the office.
J. Iloland Parker is countv di
rector in charge of the office. Par
ker came to the local office in
1926 as an assistant and took over
the management in 1933. Other
agents in the office are Wavne D,
Mosher, primarily responsible for
livestock and crop matters; Rob.
ert F. Bradley, extension forest
er; Wanda Foree and Frank von
Borstel, 4-H Club agents; Mary
Fletcher and Data Hochhaltcr arc
home demonstration agents.
ORDINANCE EYED
The Keedsport City Council Is
working on an ordinance which
would provide the city with a
pound and a part-time dog control
officer.
HQMEilVlPROEMENT
Thrifty Homer
SAYS . . .
"SAVE AT
SUITERS"
SEE US FOR PLANS
MATERIALS & FINANCING
FOR ANY BUILDING OR REMODELING
"SAVE AT SUITERS"
Quartz May Be A New Industry
For Myrtle Creek Community
Some 33 air miles east of Rose
burg lies what may be a booming
industry in the next couple of years.
At least that's what Roy Rannels,
Riddle, believes, if everything goes
according to plan. Rannels is co
owner of a silica deposit on Quartz
Mountain with his nephew, Gerald
Hannels of Aurora. .
There are numerous uses of Sil
ica in existance today. Oregon
alone uses 250.000 tons of the met
al every year in its industries.
It Is used as. silicon metal, fer
rosilicon and other silicon alloys
and as flux in smelting basic ores.
foundry mold wash and foundry
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Abrasivtt Us Planned
Rannels plans on crushing it to
several different grades and sell
ing it for abrasive uses. j
itanneis, who is lemi-u, na
spent many years of his life in
this type of work. In 1950, he ex
ploited Nickel Mountain for the
iianna Nickel Co.
Since he first slaked claims on
Quartz Mountain, in 1957, he has
made much progress in developing
it. ,,
Development work at present
consists of access roads, discov
ery cuts, a pit in the talus on the
northwest slope of the mountain,
and some 39 claims staked out.
The main body of silica is about
3,000 feet wide and crops out main
Iv between 4.900 feet and the top
of the mountain at 5,530 feet. Sil-
icified rock is also exposed at
various places in Quartz Creek, a
short distance to the northeast.
The area between Quartz Creek and
Quartz Mountain is covered by ex
tensive slide debris, much of which
is relatively pure silica rock.
Purity Important
Extent of purity is important in
the respective uses. The purity of
the Quartz Mountain silica runs
from 97 to 88.5 per cent. Rannels
believes if the deposit was pro
duced in quantity they could furnish
the needs of the entire state.,
Thus far. $40,000 has been spent!
in developing the deposit. Several:
people in the Riddle area are in
terested in the silica. Rannels j
states, and are running tests on it..
If they decide to go ahead on it, !
they will invest another $250,000. i
The state Department of Geology i
ran a test on a 450-ton sample of
the ore at the Hanna Nickel Smelt-:
inff Co. in 1958-59 at Riddle. Its
findings were released recently in
a lead article puDiisneo in uie
Ore-Bin, its official publication. .
' 60 ACRES CULTIVATED
In Days Creek proper is located
the ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Dur-
nin Swingley on which are 103 acres,
60 acres of which are under cul
tivation, and each year more pas
tuie of sub-clover is added. Swing
leys have 100 ewes, 1 Columbia
buck and 1 Suffolk buck.
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QUARTZ MOUNTAIN t .The picture shows the rocky formations atop the 5,650-foot
peak located about 20 miles .northeast of Tiller, Oitil 1957, this general orea was in
accessable except by trail, but access roads now reach it from both the South Umpqua
and Little River areas. The Rannels silica mine is located on the mountain. A number of
caves, as yet not mapped, lie within the rnining claims. A lookout on the mountain has
been abandoned. "
Myrtle Creek's Chamber Of Commerce
Works Hard To Promote Fall Festival
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One of the most active chambers
of commerce in Douglas County is
found at Myrtle Creelc.
, And one of its biggest projects
each year is the Myrtle Creek Fall
Festival. . The festival combines
community fun with promotion of
the city as a good place to shop.
Merchants join with organiza
tions of the town in setting -up
booths along the main streets in
which they can display the latest
products. The organizations find it
a perfect chance to raise funds for
worthy causes.
Activities Many
This is the core of activity, but
the chamber pulls all stops to
bring people of southern Douglas
County into town. It stages con
tests in which big prizes are award
ed. It sponsors a parade in which
cash prizes are given, and it di
rects a contest among southern
Douglas County's prettiest girls to
select a queen of the festival. Danc
es and games round out the activ
ity. '
The festival has gained such
stature in the Mardi Gras spirit
that it is achieving rank with Suth
erlin Timber Days, Yoncalla Ro
deo, Roseburg Rodeo and the coun-J
ty fair as a traditional highlight
of the gala summer season. !
I This is Ihe big effort for the I
j Chamber of Commerce each year,!
but it is far from the only one.
I You can be sure that any commun
I ity project will draw the strong in
(terest and active participation
from the chamber.
PRUNES PLANTED
Six miles from Days Creek on the
Tiller-Trail highway on a hill over
looking the South Umpqua River is
the ranch owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Wright. The Wright ranch has
283 acres of which 65 is planted in
grain. Ray raises between 40 and
,50 head of cattle of which part
are Angus and part are hercford.
Ray recently planted 10 acres of
i prunes on his properly near the
Vernon Lamm home.
Feline Fanciers One
Of Three State Groups
A rather new organization and
one of three of its type in Oregon
is the Feline Fanciers of Oregon.
The group, composed of Douglas
County members.- started in the
Roseburg area about three years
ago. It is a member of the Ameri
can Cat Fanciers Association with
headquarters in Austin, Tex.
Purpose of the club in addition
to being a special interest group
is to acquaint the public with the
various types of cats and their
care. One of the projects conduct
ed annually is a cat show, this
year held at the, -fairgrounds in
Roseburg.
A future project is construction
of a cat shelter at the Douglas
County Humane Society on Del Rio
Road. Materials have been donat
ed and purchased and plans drawn
for the structure.
For a GROWlNfj COMMUNITY
Running Water brings us health
And other things worth more than wealth.
Without it-we would thirst and smell,
Our homes might burn or wouldn't sell.
It irrigates sweet peas and roses,
Washes necks and ears and noses;
At the movies cools the air
For the lovesick, spooning pair.
Running Water puts out fires,
Sprinkles the lawn and never tires;
Bathes the babe, his pants and gown;
Makes insurance rates go down.
Flushes toilets, fills the tub
For dirty clothes, aye, there's the rub;
Wets our whistles, keeps us clean,
Makes the vegetables green." ,
These things Running Water brings
Alike to common men and kings;
And so from birth clear to the end
Running Water is man's best friend.
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