Farr's Rainbow Ranch
Gladys Farr stands beside old iron stove
which used to burn wood but now erupts
with cascade of bright petunias. In back­
ground is "picnic house" which provides re­
treat from surprise showers.
Combines Fish, Flowers
Six ponds filled with frisky,
fighting rainbow trout grown
in the cold mountain water of
Whiskey creek, await the visi­
tor to Dee and Gladys Farr’s
Rainbow Ranch" just off the
Loop Highway 8 miles east of
Sandy.
And for those — should there
be any — who take no joy in
landing a fifhting fish, there
are cres of beauty. There is
so much loveliness, in fact,
that it is hard to absorb it all
in one visit. There are the
acres of rolling lawns. The pic­
nic tables under the tall trees.
And the wonderful little "pic­
nic house" with its big fire­
place, stove and electric plate
that makes Oregon’s constant
threat of showers no deterrent
to picnicking.
And of course there’s a sink
with running water and drain
board where the fisheman can
clean his fish.
Dee Far not only grows
rainbow trout
he even
grows the fishing poles with
which to catch them. In one
of the many gardens is a big
clump of Oriental bamboo from
which he cuts his poles.
Old Church
The picnic house, the Farr’s
say. was once a church and the
trout pool nearest it a shivery
baptismal pool in its pre-trout
days. There was a little old
log cabin on the hillside where
the preacher lived, too, and
when the Farr’s took over the
spent many long hours clean­
ing and renovating the cabin,
only to have it go up in flames
two years ago.
With the cabin went Dee’s
hatchery, which he has not yet
rebuilt. He’s been buying his
young trout the last two years,
but he says he likes hatching
his own and is going to build
anew.
A tour of Gladys Farr’s love­
ly "Colonial Gardens” is a
treat to remember through
many a long gray winter. The
color that flames in the mag­
nificent dahlias has to be seen
—neither words nor black-and-
white photos can give more
than a hint of their beauty.
Nor is it possible tp put into a
brief story even the names of
the many, many flowers that
bloom in all the gardens, the
woodsy grottos and fern-laced
nooks.
Bird Nook
As one crosses the first arch­
ed bridge that leads to the gar­
dens there is the old, old stove
that
bursts with petunias.
There’s a nook where a color­
ful flock of ceramic birds
perch on twisted and weath­
ered boughs while tall blossoms
create a living composition of
form and color.
In the next pool a pair of
white swans preen their fea­
thers and come at Dee’s call.
"Pretty Boy” and “Honey"
were 10 months old when the
Farrs bought them two years
ago. They have not yet ma­
ted, but the Farrs think they
will be mature enough to start
nest-building and egg-laying by
next year.
The path leads on to a wood­
sy gotto where the natural
beauty has been enhanced only
by clearing and the addition
of a few bright begonias, placed
artistically among the fern and
moss.
Kiddies Corner
For the delight of the little
folk the path leads to a "kid­
dies corner” where elves fish
in a tiny pool, where the houses
are scaled for the wee people
who could well inhabit the
island in a tiny pool where
small trees grow and the flow­
ers are the miniature kind.
The path leads next to the
pond where Dee’s big brood
trout swim in sunlit waters that
are fed by a mountain spring
which comes over a 75-foot
solid rock fall. This spring
furnishes the drinking water
for the ranch, too.
A
stately
dogwood,
its
springtime white changed to
bright
seed-clusters
now,
guards the brood-trout pool
where trout up to 24 inches
long cavort.
Past the pool Dee has built
a wishing well, fed from yet
another mountain spring.
Then there’s "Fort Apache"
which Dee built from a pic­
ture of the historic old fort.
Made of little "logs,” the fort-
is equipped with horsemen,
stagecoach and pack train.
Farrs’ Own Chuch
Another "little building" that
is unique in the garden is the
model of the little white
church where the couple attend-
ed Sunday school and church
when they were young and
where they said their wedding
vows.
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Vol. 25
TWELVE PAGES
SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1963
State Sets
NewSpeeds
For Sandy
There are new speed limits
posted on the Mt. Hood Loo^
highway in the city of Sandy,
a result of the State Speed
Control Board's spring study
of traffic in the area.
The board found that the
speed designated in the areas
under investigation was less
than is reasonable under the
conditions found to exist upofl
the county road or city street,
or sections thereof, for which
a greater speed is designa­
ted.”
Following an affirmative vote
by the Sandy city council the
state board designated a speed
of 40 miles per hour from a
point 20 feet west of Univer­
sity avenue to a point 50 feet
west of Bluff road; a speed of
30 miles per hour from a point
50 feet west of Bluff road to a
point 200 feet east of Ten Eyck
road, except that between a
point 50 feet east of Bruns
street and a point 50 feet west
of Cherry street, the designated
speed of which shall be 20
miles per hour during the hours
cf school crossings.
A 45 miles per hour speed
was set from a point 200 feet
east of Ten Eyck road to the
east city limits of Sandy at
Langensand road and from
the east city limits of Sandy
at Langensand road to the
east city limits of Sandy to
0.16 mile east of Langensand
road.
s new w
and mediani-
cal drawing rooms are going up, as this pic­
ture shows. Superintendent Charles Croston
Judge Howeiler
Suffers Stroke
Judge George Howeiler suf­
fered a light stroke the morn­
ing of Saturday, Aug. 17. He
was taken to Gresham General
hospital where he said to be
making a good recovery. How­
ever he is not able to have
visitors.
Mrs. Howeiler has returned
and says the Justice court is
functioning as usual. All leg­
al matters are being handled
by the law fim of Robertson,
Wills, Bartels and McEachern.
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No. 34
Acres of Wildflowers
Blossom at Snowline
By PETE WINGLE
Ranger at Zig Zag
Throughout the days of late
summer and early fall visitors
to the alpine regions of the Mt.
Hood National Forest will be
delighted with an impressive
and colorful display of wild­
flowers. Lush meadows just
below the snowline offer acres
of solid or assorted colors
changing in hue and brilliance
as each fl.wer blooms in its
season.
The peak of the blooming
period has been reached and
will last on into September,
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for use by October.
(Sandy Post photo)
The Oregon Liquor Commis­
sion turned down the request
of Chet and Edith Parker for
a permit to serve mixed drinks
in the proposed cocktail lounge
and restaurant which they had
planned to build just east of
Sandy.
Mrs. Parker said last week
that if they were denied a
liquor license they would not
build the restaurant.
A spokesman at the license
division said the concensus of
the liquor commission was that
there was not sufficient de­
mand in the area at the pres­
ent time to warrant issuance
of such a license.
He stated further that the
commission had taken into con­
sideration the objections of
homeowners in the immedi-
ate area. Among those ap­
pearing at the hearing last
week to protest issuance of the
license were Mrs. Charles Cro-
ston, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
O’Harrow and Clyde Suther-
land.
Chamber’s Position Told
Marv
Prestwood,
Sandy
Area Chamber of Commerce
president attended the hearing
to present the Chamber’s view,
which was to approve the type
restaurant and cocktail lounge
that was proposed, without par­
ticularly endorsing the persons
who proposed to build it, as
they were not well known to
members of the Chamber.
Appearing at the hearing as
favoring the granting of the
license were Mrs. Florence
Schmitz for the Business and
Professional
Women,
Ed
Gesch, who farms just west of
the Parkers’ property, and
John Hillyard, who appeared
as a character witness for the'
Parkers.
A Sandy city official stated
that the commission does not
issue such licenses until per-
have built their restaurant and
sons operating a restaurant
proved over a period of a year
or more that they will oper­
ate a bona fide restaurant serv­
ing the quality meals that will
build a clientele who come pri­
marily to dine rather than fo
drink.
The liquor commission al­
lows persons who have been
refused a license to apply for
one again in six months if they
wish to do so.
beckoning the wild flower en­
thusiasts and color photograph­
ers to come and enjoy a day’s
outing in the Mt. Hood area.
These Alpine meadows are
easily accessible to motorists
and hikers. Local Forest Serv­
ice personnel can direct visitors
to the most colorful wild flow­
er locations.
Within the Mt. Hood Nation­
al Forest there is a vertical
difference in elevation of al­
most 10,000 feet which accounts
for the great variation to be
found in the wild flowers. In
a climb from the lowest to the
highest point in the forest, you
would find plants which rep­
resent four of the seven recog­
nized life zones of North Amer­
ica.
These four zones, beginning
with the lowest, are the Transi­
tion, Canadian, Hudsonian and
Arctic-Alpine zones.
Zones Differ
Each zone has its own condi­
tions of climate, moisture, tem­
perature, and soil, to which
only certain plants are adapt­
ed. A change of 1000 feet of
elevation has a similar effect
on plant life as moving 400
miles north continuing until
the white, barren snow cover­
ed slopes of the high altitudes
or the arctic cicle is reached.
It is in the Hudsonian and
Arctic-Alpine zones that the
wild flowers are now in bloom.
Here, in elevations above 5000
feet, snow banks are late in
melting and the summer grow­
ing season is limited. Nature
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Pigeon Racing Found Exciting Sport By Junior Club Members
Pigeons may be "dirty birds"
cai boys: Verlin and Ted ing them or allowing them to
when they mooch a living ana Struttman, Scotty and Jo h n get cold and die.
roost in barns and belfries, but Winchester, Russell Cain, Dav­
Racing pigeons have to be
a good racing pigeon can bring id Knoll and of course J1 m trained to develop their sense
a boy more satisfaction than Knoll. There’s room for new of homing. When the young
any other pet a going, accord­ members, Jim says. In fact if birds are strong enough J 1 m
ing to Jim Knoll who has 55 any boy would like to become first turns them out and lets
racers.
a member and can’t get his them fly above the house and
It takes a lot of hard work own pigeons, Jim says he will around the area.
to put your birds in top shape,” give him a pair to get him
They come back into a one­
says, Jim, who is president of started.
way trap door which they can
the Sandy Racing Pigeon club.
Clubs Buy Stations
enter only from the outside.
But when you race them and
Each pigeon racing club — The birds are taught to use this
your bird comes in first, or at there are only five of these trap door by putting them
least high, and you've done it junior pigeon clubs in Oregon through it several times. Then,
all yourself, it really gives you —buys ten stations from which when they are outside and get
a feeling you’ve accomplished to race pigeons. A survey com­ hungry they start looking for
something."
pany maps these stations with­ a place to get in and remem­
Jim says he's raised chicR- in an accuracy of 1/60 mile. ber about the trap door. If they
ens, cows and pigs, but only The Sandy club's first station go in by themselves once, then
from the racing pigeons has he is at Government Camp, its they will always go In.
found this great feeling of ac­ second at the 89 mile post.
Some Poor Trappers’
complishment.
Some birds, however, are
The 10th station (500 miles) is
It’s
very exciting,”
he Minidoka, Ida.
poor "trappers” and will come
says,
after you've
enter­
The pigeons are taken to the home from a long race only to
ed your birds in a race and
station from which they are stand outside the trap door
then you wait for them to come to rrace and turned loose. They driving their owners quite fran­
in. You sit there waiting — then fly home. Jim says 175 tic. A bird’s racing time is
waiting anxiously and wonder-
birds raced last Saturday, clocked only when he comes in
ng. Then they start coming in having been started from the through the trap.
and you get very excited and 89 mile post which is 50 miles
After the birds have been
you know
you really have from Sandy.
turned loose for a week or so
something to fell proud about!”
Sandy is the first station for they become used to their sur­
Always Liked Pigeons
Portland pigeon racers, so they roundings and are then taken
Jim has been a pigeon come through Sandy as they a half-mile from home and re­
man” for two and a half years take their pigeons to race and leased. Then they are taken one
now. He says he always liked
one of the men will take the mile, then two miles. Aft»r they
pigeons but couldn't have any
Sandy boys’ pigeons to the have returned from 10 miles
when his father was in the Air racing stations for 10 cents per away the distance is jumped
Force and the family moved
pigeon, a set up that solves a by five or 10 miles each time
frequently. When he was 15 his
lot of complications for young until the pigeons are able to fly
father left the service and
boys,
home from 500 miles or probab­
bought a place down by the
Jim says he keeps his 55 ly even farther.
Sandy river.
pigeons in a JO by 10-foot pen
However, says Jim, the birds
It was then Jim started look­ which is divided to separate must be kept exercising every
ing around for some racing
breeding stock from racers. He day, both for their physical fit­
pigeons. His first pair, he says,
has some 30 to 40 birds in the ness and to keep their homing
were "not much.” They weren't
breeding pen. which is the lar­ sense alert. Even short flights
even racers. In fact, he says,
ger half. There is a fly-pen deveEp their homing skill and
he had a number of barn pig.
where the birds can sit out in keeps them In shape J 1 m
eons and King pigeons before
the sun and fresh air. The takes his to Kelso every day,
he got the first racers.
racers have a 6 by Moot as his mother works there, and
His father bought him his
space.
they fly back Only in extreme­
first pair of racing pigeons and
Racers Break Nests
ly bad, rainy weather does he
he immediately became an en­
Young racers are misfits in keep them in.
thusiastic pigeon racer and
Feed Cost Low
with older breeding birds —
gave away all his other birds.
like a bunch of teenagers in
The pigeons are fed a spe­
Jim organized the Sandy
with older, settled folks Some­ cial pigeon feed, a mix of corn,
Racing Pigeon Club whose
times they break up a nest and wheat, barley and other grains,
membership now lists seven lo-
kick the eggs out, either break- which costs about $6 per 100
pounds Feed costs snout a half
cent a day for each pigeon,
Jim says.
He says when a boy raises
and trains his birds and gets
odd jobs in order to buy their
feed he feels a tremendous
pride in their accomplishments.
There are prizes for club mem­
bers whose pigeons come in
high in the races certificates,
trophies and cash prizes.
Jim Knoll holds the fastest flying of his
55 racing pigeons, who are a hit fidgety, hut
far from camera shy. These are young birds,
about five months old, and have clocked
some very fine records In races.
(Sandy Post photo)
The only requirement for
boys wishing to join the pigeon
club is a real interest in pig­
eons and being under 18 years
of age. Interested boys can call
Jim at MU 7-3210.