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CONSTRUCTION . WORK such os this.wasq familiar, scene in I960 and 1961. as Rose
burg struggle to recover . from, the . devastating.-Aug. .9, ,1959, explosive truck blast.
This prefabricated structure was the first Farm Bureau Cooperative building to go. up;
after the tblast. -.";.
Building Permits Totaled Nearly
$5.8 Million In County Last Year
Slightly more than 5H million
dollars in building permits were
issued by Douglas County and its
12 incorporated cities during 1960.
The actual total came to $5,
797,882 with the Douglas County
Planning Department leading the
way with $2,521,800 building per
mils issued. The City of Rose
burg' issued permits during 1960
totaling $2,513,722.
The county planning department,
which issues permits for all build
ing not within incorporated 'cities,
reported that permits for 1980 in
creased by $1,823,642 over 1959.
The largest single month during
I960 was in July with $543,429 in
permits isued. In that month the
largest permits of the year. $369,
000, was issued to Cloverdale
Homes Incorporated, I federally
financed housing project just out
side Roscburg.
Corporation Cits Permit
The Thalman Aircraft Corp. in
October received a permit for
J250.00O from the county Planning
Department to rank as the high- j
cm Millie pijvuiB peiiim insiicu
for the year. The Garden Valley
Shopping Center permit of $200,
000 in February also ranked high.
Rating second only to the Clover
dale Homes project for public per
mts taken out was the Douglas
County Fairground additions which
totaled $200,000.
Permits issued fon dwellings
built during I960 totaled $908,924
with addilions and garages total
ing $478,137. The department is
sued 26 permits for commercial
enterprises with a monetary value
of $428,555. Five industrial permits
amounted to $380,500. Public build
ings, mostly schools and the Fair
grounds additions, totaled $323,756.
ROSEBURG '
Building permits for the city of
Roseburg in 1960 hit a total of
$2,513,722, or about $163,000 less
than in 1959. .
Although the total valuation of
permits issued was slightly less,
the valuation of new commercial
construction was up more than
$250,000.
Building Inspector Oliver Eggel-
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ston reported the city issued 17
permits for new commercial con
struction I for a total valuation of
$953,200. The total for 1959 was
$706,309.
. Permits for dwellings in 1960 hit
$484,134, as compared to $436,074
in 1959.
Eggleslon said the total valua
tion of the permits issued was
down because of the heavy num
ber of repair permits issued in
1959 after the August blast.
He said the big jobs for which
permits were taken out this year
were for the United States Nation
al Bank, $311,000; Fullcrton IV
Klcmenlary School, $290,000; the
YMCA building, $235,000; Fir
Grove Elementary School, $180,
000; Byrd's Market, $98,000; t h e
state Employment Office, $84,000;
the Roseburg City Hall, $82,000;
and the Church of the Nazarenc,
$75,000.
SUTHERLIN
i Sutherlin reported a total value
for building permits issued in I960
of $215,100. Of this figure $20,000
was for new residences. $18,050
for repairs and alterations, $104,-
450 for new business and offices,
$11,000 for industrial, $60,700 for
churches and non-profit groups,
and $900 for miscellaneous build
ing. '
WINSTON
Winston reported a total of $115,
360 in building permits issued in
1960. The largest single permit is
sued was for $20,000 for construc
tion of a service station. A break
down of the total shows six homes
buiit at a value of $52,200; altera
tions and addilions amounting to
$12,135; four new commercial
structures valued at $34,000; ad
ditions to commercial buildings,
$4,575; . garages, $2,850; and a
church' valued at $9,600.
CANYONVILLE
Canyonville building permits In
1960 totaled, an estimated $121,055
which, according to city recorder
Mrs. Ralph GooctcU, is rougnly
twice as much as in any olhcr
year.
Of the 17 permits issued by the
city, largest building in size and
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valuation was the Canyonville Bl
hie Academy gym estimated at
$70,300. Only one home was built
with a value of $11,785. Additions
and remodeling 'to houses totaled
$13,434, while, commercial con
struction totaled $31,428 and gar
ages came to $2,200.
MYRTLE CREEK
Myrtle Creek reported $73,765 in
building permits issued during
1960. Repairs and remodeling tot
aled $35,465, with new commercial
construction coming to $38,300.
I.argesl permits were issued to the
California-Pacific Utilities Co., ($24,
300; and Warren's Studio & Ca
mera Shop, $14,000.
REEDSPORT
Rccdsport reported 14 building
permits issued with a monetary
value of $129,000. Eleven permits
for dwellings totaled $94,000, with
two duplex apartments coming to
$25,000 and one motel valued at
$10,000.
RIDDLE
Riddle issued permits in 19G0
totaling $50,700. Myrtle Realty ob
tained four permits for four resid
ences at a combined building cost
of $43,000. Sam Humphrey Sr. took
out a $5,000 permit for construction
of a laundrctle. Alterations and ad
ditnns to existing buildings totaled
$2,700. ...
DRAIN
Drain issued eight permits dur
ing 1960 which totaled $38,300. Sev
en of the permits were for remod
eling of houses. One permit for
$22,500 was issued for construc
tion of a store.
OAKLAND
' Oakland reported $14,000 in new
construction during 1960.
GLENDALE
Glcndale reported issuing four
permits which totaled $5,000. Three
carports came to $2,500 while one
addition to an existing structure
also totaled $2,500.
YONCALLA, ELKTON
Yoncalla and Elkton both report
ed that only minor building had
been done during 1960 with no
records kept of the value of the
construction.
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Vicinity Since 1946
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Melrose
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proved the county can produce
wine grapes as successfully as the
wine country of California.
Doerner, because of a heart con
dition and the maze of red tape
imposed by the government, quit
producing wine in 1950, but his Mel-
Texaco Has
New Station
On Harvard
. When. A. J. (Budl Ellison took
over as consignee for the Texaco
Co. in Roseburg in 1942, the local
plant, located on Garden Valley
Blvd., was serving a total of six
retail outlets. Today the business
has increased that number to 19
service stations ranging over the
county from an areu north of Rice
Hill southward to the Glendale
area.
Six tank trucks and two pickuDs,
operated by four employes now
serve the retail outlets and offer
home fuel oil delivery to the area.
Ellison is a native of Douglas
County, and son of a prominent
pioneer family. He first went to
work for the Texaco Co. in 1938,
becoming tbe local consignee four
years later. He operated a service
station before joining Texaco.
Much of the firm's business is in
serving the logging industry.
Most recent of the firm's retail
outlets was constructed on Harv.
are Ave. last year. During the
summer season the company tank
trucks move into the Diamond
Lake area to serve customers in
the resort and logging operations
mere.
' Ellison reports that the present
temporary slump in the lumber in
dustry, particularly in plywood op.
erations, has brought about a cor-
responding decrease in business
this year. That fact, however, does
not prevent him from being onti
mistic for the future. He predicts
the expanding economy for Doug
las County as population increase
over the nation creates demand
for more timber and timber pro
ducts. ' .
Umpqua Area Gets
Pair Of New Industries
A new business started at Ump.
qua is the Umpqua Livestock
Shipping Depot. U was started
by a young man on Ms place
just west of the Umpqua Store.
He is also a state brand inspector.
His is the only such yard in
uougias county.
Prune dryers are another Indus
try in the district. ,The largest
dryer is owned and operated by
Henry and Roadman. Here they
also dry walnuts, and recently, a
very profitable crop of cones (fir,
pine, and others) was added. They
are dried and thrashed for the
seed. They are brought in from
California, Washington and Ore
gon. This, of course, is a seasonal
business and operates mostly in
the fall as crops ripen. At peaks
they may employ 10 to 15 men.
The modern dryers use oil and
most of the heavy work is done
automatically. By the old methods,
most farmers had their own dry
ers, as it was not possible to han
dle all the crops at a few places.
Now most of the drying is done
at one central location.
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McKAY'S MARKET
Wines
Market
rose wine is still on the market.
He had a store of 30,000 gallons
built up when he quit. He still has
about 13,000 gallons left which he
says should be enough for another
13 years at tne rale of about 1.000
gallons a year at which he sells it.
The important, point, tnough, is
that Douglas County wine grapes
are good.
Father Moves to County
This was discovered by Doer
ner s father, who came to the coun
ty from Bavaria, a rich wine pro
ducing country in Germany. He
was drawn to the county by a job
building a bridge at Winchester in
1898. He settled on a farm about
five miles from Melrose. It already
had a house on it which was built
in 1876. His son still lives in it.
The elder Doerner always drank
wine with his meals, so he decid
ed to grow his own grapes and
make his own wine. (His son. in
cidentally, is a teetotaler.) He had
some European varieties sent up
from Lainornia, mostly Ziniandel,
Riesling and Savignon and planted
about an acre of cuttings.
The result was exceptional. Some
of the varieties carried natural su
gar of 28 per cent.
Doerner's father used the grapes
for his own wine and it wasn't
until 13 years after his death in
1923, that the idea of a winery for
general sales came into being.
The idea became reality in 1935
after Congress passed a bill in
which farmers were allowed to sal
vage fruit by making it into wine.
Experience Helps
The second generation Doerner,
A. H., decided to draw on his
father's wine making experience
to take advantage of the plan.
The winery thrived as Doerner
pushed sales throughout southwest
ern Oregon. He made only one
kind of wine, containing the juices
of the three types of grapes his
father started with. The result was
a light grape wine which was nei
ther too dry nor too sweet.
Despite increasing his acreage
of grapes to 6 Mi for production of
as mucn as b.aoo gallons a year
his stock was completely wiped out
during World War II. He said in
one month, he sold 1.400 gallons
and received orders from all over
tne stale.
After the war, however, the de
mand dropped off as the pressure
of California wine promotions push
ed into uregon.
Doerner Quits
Finally, in 1953. Doerner's health
the pressure of competition and
government intervention added up
to me decision to quit. He even
talked nis son, Kay, present coun
ty commissioner, out of the idea
of continuing operation. "There's
no money in a little winery to
day," lie says.
But he's proved that the sandy
clay soil on south slopes provide
plenty of heat and moisture to
grow grapes which make good
wine. The proof is the Melrose
wine which appears on store
shelves in the Roseburg area.
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Oregon Residents Hosts
To 6 Million I ourists In '60
Oregon and its residents were
hosts to more than six million tour
ists during 1960. ; '
A survey compiled by the state
highway department's Traffic En
gineering Division reveals a rec
ord number of tourists visited the
state during I960 showing a gain
of more than 400.000 over the 1959
centennial year 'influx of 5.973,152.
The snrvcy further reveals out-of-state
visitors add?d approxi
mately $170 million to the state's
economy during the current year.
as compared with $150 million dur
ing 1958.. '
Doing Its part in attracting to
Oregon these visitors was the Trav
el Information Division of the Ore
gon State Highway Department. Al
though advertising was directly re
sponsible for more than 145,000 in
quiries, the Travel Division's ef
forts to bring visitors to Oregon
were by no means limited to this
single field.
Tours . Arranged
Tours were arranged for writers
and editors of nationally-circulated
magazines such as Holiday, Sun
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siderable oil exploration in the last decade. This rig at
Camas Valley was the latest.
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set and Mademoiselle, and for trav-,
el editors of several metropolitan!
newspapers. !
In addition, releases and special:
stories were distributed to morei
than 900 outlets, and thousands of-,
photos were supplied to editors and:
free-lance writers throughout thej
nation, me eauonai suppon it-,
ceived through cooperation with
writers and editors is an increas
ingly valuable supplement to the
division's advertising campaign.
The division also maintained Ore
gon exhibits in many of the na
tion's major travel shows in con
junction with the Pacilic North
west Travel association. Plans are
being made for the division to par
ticipate in shows at Chicago, Oma
ha, Dallas, Kansas City, Minneapo
lis, Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle
and Portland during 1961.
New literature will.be another
feature of the coming year.. Bro
chures covering such widely sep
arated activities as skiing and rock
hounding are scheduled for release
in 1961, along with a pamphlet on
the location and identification of
has been the center of con
PROOF OF
PROGRESS!
Pictured here are three
new business buildings we have
been privileged1 to construct
in Roseburg during the
past year. Here is
proof that Roseburg and
Douglas County are moving steadily,
surely forward to greater
growth and prosperity.
We thank those whom we have been
privileged to serve with
quality construction . . .and
pledge ourselves to maintain the
highest standards of quality
and service as we continue
to move ahead.
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CONTRACTOR
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Oregon wild flowers.
Oregon's invitation to "Relax in
a State of Excitement" will appear
in 71 newspapers and a score of
magazines throughout the United
States and Canada as the 1961 tour
ist season approaches. .
This coming year, the Travel In
formation Division's message will
reach a greater visitor potential
than ever before. A record $400,000
travel budget was approved recent-,
ly. by the Oregon Highway Com
mission, and expanded advertising
coverage is planned for major pop
ulation centers in me Last and
Midwest. Use of possibly 30 tele
vision and radio outlets, in addi
tion to newspapers and magazines,
will insure complete coverage in
the West.,
Among the several, publications
added to the division's invitational
advertising program are the Saturday-Evening
Post and The New
Yorker. Others include the New
York Times and the Chicago Trib
une. . -
Also scheduled for color insei
tions are 24 magazine and news
paper "regulars," including Sun
set, Holiday, Coronet, Redbook, Na
tional Geographic, San Francisco
Chronicle, San Francisco Examin
er, Los Angeles Times, Los Angal
es Examiner, Oakland Tribune, Se
attle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle
Times and Tacoma News-Tribune.
News Publication Set
One of several new items on the
division's expanding list of services
is the bi-monthly publication of the
Oregon Travel News Bulletin. First
released in November of this year,
the bulletin is designed to inform
interested Oregoni', of the di
vision's activities Cs to dissemin
ate bits of travel nws.
The November bulletin noted,
among other things, the Oregon
Chamber Executives' unqualified
support of the travel division's "40
Million For One Club" program,
inaugurated during 1960. The pur
poses of this program are to im
press upon all Oregonians the eco
nomic importance of the tourist in
dustrythe state's third largest
and to assist Oregonians in hcirr;
better hosts, to the end that visit
ors will have added vacation en
joyment and will stay longer in
Oregon. '
$40 Million More
It is estimated, from figures in
the Traffic Division's survey, that
if Oregon's 1960 tourists had stay
ed one extra day they would have
spent an additional $40 million
thus the name "40 Million For
One."
The Travel Information Divi
sion's continuing efforts to expand
Oregon's tourist business have been
at least in part responsible for the
industry's steady growth. When the
division was created 25 years agn
the visitor industry brought in $35
million today the figure is five
times as great, and still growing.
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