Continued Growth Dramatizes
PP&L's Faith In Area Economy
Pacific Power & Light Co. ap
parently has no doubts about the
economic future of Douglas County-
If it has any. it is plaving for
some pretty high stakes on an un
certainty. This year, the company is pour
ing more than a million dollars
into improvements and additions
to the electrical system in the
county.
Millions Invested
Actually, the amount is $1,114,
000. Last year, the companv in
vested $2,112,318 . in the county,
raising to more than $12 million
the amount spent by PP&L and
its predecessor California Oregon
Power Co. in the last decade.
This is aside from the $35,323,264
spent to build the tremendous
North Vmpqua hydroelectric proj
ect of eight power stations.
The big project this year for
PP&L is the creation of a loop to
substantially improve dependabil
ity of service during emergencies,
such as storms. It is designed to
reduce the period of outages for
customers by setting up alternate
power sources. The hope of the
company is that in such times of
disruption, the customer will be
barely aware power was off.
The loop now under construction
is from Winchester to Oakland. It
will cost $145,000. Just completed
was a line from Dixonville to Look
ingglass. at a cost of $185,000, plus
$183,000 for the new Roseburg sub
station. Automation Planned
Later this year, the company ex
pects to install remote and automa
tic seclionalizing equipment which
will permit operations to be per
formed more quickly from the Dix
onville control station. At present,
an employe has to be called out of
bed or off some other job to man
ually do the switching to isolated
trouble spots.
Also on the construction sched
ule soon is a new, modern office
structure on the corner of SE Oak
Ave. and Kane St. PP&L's cus
tomer service office, temporarily
located in the old Oerding Hard
ware building, is the place of co
ordination of activities to Pacific
Power employes.
This is, however, only one of
component parts needed to main
tain a modern power facility in the
county.
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TOKETEE POWER HOUSE is one of the first of eight plants built on the North Umpquo
River and one of PP&L's major system power production faciliites. The compony has in
vested more than $55 million dollars in North Umpqua River power developments to pro
duce a generating capacity of 208,700 kilowatts.
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ACTIVITY HEAVY At 8 o' clock each morning, PP&L's service center on Diamond Lake
Boulevard teems with activity as crews load their trucks with all the materials, tools and
equipment they expect will carry them through their doy's work. On the other side of
the warehouse, a power pole rig is hitched to a compony service truck which will soon
roll out to one of the company's jobs.
WORK IS SHOWN under way on a giant tower by men of
PP&L. Frequent sumrrer and winter storms keep PP&L line
crews busy in their efforts to maintain service to county
customer. A prc-g'am of providing olternate loop circuits
and sccfionalizing sw-'ches is currently beinq insfolled to
speed restoration of service in case of moor interrupt-
Prineville Folks
Elkron Guests
By MRS. C. W. HENDERER
Mrs. Allen Blake and children
of Elkton, spent last week visiting
in Prineville at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Woodard.
Mrs. Vcnola Riley and son of
Eugene were weekend guests at
the parental Arley Marsh home.
Blake Allen and Kathy Allen of
Lokeview arc housogucsts this
week at the Allen Blake home.
Jack Brooks is home on a two
week leave from the Navv and will
:be assigned to duty in Japan. He
I w as formerly stationed in Vallejo,
! tahf. ,
! Mr. and Mrs. Ora Elm of Port
land were weekend guests at the
! home of their son in law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Anderson.
Sue Beckley has returned home
from San Francisco where she
spent week with her sister, Ann.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whitfield and
son of Reedsport were weekend
guests at the parental John Leven
hasen home.
Mrs. Gladys Stewart spent last
weekend in Reedsport at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Lois Bow
man.
The Three Links Club of the Re
bekah Lodfie held a successful
downtown baked food tale Satur
day and made t profit of $33.30.
Out on the Diamond Lake High
way is PP&L's service center, with
its array of warehouses, garages
and offices where materials and
supplies are dispatched for deliv
eiy to the company's construction,
maintenance and repair projects.
Inventory Big
The average inventory value of
stock on hand at any one time is
$46,000. About $360,000 worth of
stock is processed each year.
Working with the Roseburg dis
trict personnel is a separate com
ponent, the power department,
which is responsible for mainten
ance and expansion of all facilities
that bring power into the Douglas
County distribution system.
With the big staff of the com
pany, it spent $1,305,462 on pay
rolls in 1962, Its tax payments
amounted to $824,014. of which
$772,217 was in property levies. I
The bulk of the property tax:
paid goes into school districts of
the county. The other tax pay
ments are franchises or business
occupation tax levies paid to cit
ies. Roseburg, for example receiv
ed $27,407 in the 1961-62 fiscal year.
Tixii Hiavy
As the county's biggest taxpayer,
COPCO and PP&L have poured
$6,903,443 into taxes in the last
decade, reports Manager Phil Qui
senberry. Quisenberry reports that custom
ers of the company are now using
five times as much electricity as
they did 20 years ago. He says the
average rate of 10,000 kilowatt
hours annually per family is more
than double the national average.
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Local News
Bradley Young of Portland has
arrived here to visit Steve Tyson
at the home of the Rev. and Mrs.
Alfred S. Tyson on SE Kane St.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Long have
returned to their home in this city,
following the holiday weekend at
Susan Creek Park.
Mrs. J. L, Brook will return
to her work as assistant society
editor of the News-Review Tuesday,
following a week vacationing with
her mother at Lake Tahoe.
Mrs. F. L. Critttnden of this
city is in Belvedere, Calif., visiting
at the home of her son and daugh
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, James
Crittenden and family.
Don Hill of San Francisco has
arrived in Roseburg to enjoy a
vacation visiting at the home of
his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
J. V. Brenner, and family, on W.
Cardinal.
The F. S. Club will meet Wed
nesday at a 1 p.m. potluck dinner
at the home of Mrs. J. B. Patrick,
179 SE Jlouck Ave. Those attending
are asked to bring their own table
service.
Mr. and Mrs.' Al Ehrensing and
sons. Keitn. uaryi ana ureg, nave
returned to their home on SE Res
ervoir Avenue, following a vaca
tion trip to Glacier National Park
in Western Montana. Ehrcnsing re
turned to his work with Roseburg
Lumber Co. this morning.
Roseburg's Mrly Players will
hold a rummage sale on SE Jack-1
son St. July 12-13. Those having ;
rummage to donate are asked to
leave it at the building or to call
OR 3-8179 or OR 2-3553. The sale
will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
both days.
Mrs. L. A. Dillard of this city
has left for San Jose, Calif, to as-;
sistin the care of her grandchil
dren, while her son and daughter-!
in law. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DM-'
lard, attend summer sessions of
study. Mrs. Thomas Dillard plans
to teach this coming school year
and her husband plans to do post
graduate study in hospital man
agement.
Mr. and Mrs. Lton Hambrick
and children, Pamela and Brad
lev, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Fiksdal, spent last weekend
in Albany visiting Mr. and Airs.
Palmer Kiksdal and daughter, Le
ona. Bert and Palmer Fiksdal are
brothers. After returning home the
Hambricks went on to the coast
for a day. Pamela went with her
parents while Bradley stayed home
with his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Kiksdal.
David Cotllne, 16, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Gosline of this city,
was the only Roseburg musician in
the High School Summer Music
session at the University of OreRon
the last two weeks, playing first
chair in the top band, "The Sym
phonic Band." Seven Roseburg
young people made the top band.
David will be a senior (his fall.
He plays the saxophone. David was
the only one from Roseburg award
ed a special certificate for out
standing muslanship.
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COURT AND CATS
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Johnson County Probate Court
had a matter before it Friday in
volving an W.OOO claim and 46
cats.
Mrs. Florence Baker asked the
money from the estate of Mrs.
Clara B. Murlin, who was the
original owner of the felines. .She
sought payment for care of the
cats since 1957.
GOOD DEED BACKFIRES
I)NDON (UPD Gerald Kllis,
a 52-year-old tour guide, said to
day he was fired because, while
crosting the English Channel, he
grabbed the ship's loudspeaker
and announced. "Don't have the
tl M lunch. It's not worth It."
"It is not fair," Ellis said. "I
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