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SANOT (O r* ) POST Thue» , July 22 1962 (Sec 2)
Short results in $500 in damages for couple
by M ICHA EL P JONES
Poet Cerrespoedeat
An arson-caused car fire,
two house fires, a two-car
rear end accident and eight
first aids occupied the
week of Woodland Rural
Fire Department person
nel
Last Saturday morning,
July 17, the fire depart
ment responded to the
report of a car fire at the
junction of Highway 26 and
Highway 35. just east of
Government Camp
Hoodland Fire Chief Don
Armintrout said upon a r
rival firefighters found a
1969 Ford station waggon
totally engulfed in flames
It was a total loss The
driver of the vehicle was
nowhere to be found
Armintrout said that the
vehicle belonged to Allen
Jeffery Tipton. 11055 S W
60th in Portland Tipton
had just reported the vehi
cle stolen from Govern
ment Camp A Clackamas
County sheriff's deputy
was on his way up to
Government Camp to take
a report on the theft when
the department was dispat
ched to vehicle fire
Armintrout said the fire
was arson caused and the
case has been turned over
to the Oregon State Police
for investigation
This is the second arson
fire involving a motor vehi
cle in the past seven mon
ths
The first arson fire oc
curred on Jan 8 and the
case is scheduled to go to
trial this week Ronald
John Piccolo, 24, formally
of Government Camp, is
being
c h a rg e d
w ith
criminal mischief and theft
in the first degree in con
nection with a fire that
totally destroyed a 1976
Fiat
At 2 10 p m the depart
ment responded to a two-
car rear-end accident just
west of the Whistle Stop
Tavern on Highway 26
Armintrout said two per
sons received minor in
juries in the collision
On July 15 firefighters
responded to the report of a
chimney fire on Dewey
Avenue in Welches, which
was out upon arrival The
department is encouraging
any person who has a
chimney fire not to take
any unnecessary chances
and call for assistance as
heat from such fires can
reach up to 2000 degrees
fahrenheit
Studding or framing sur
rounding a chimney, as
well as the roof, could
catch fire.
M ortar and brick in a
chimney could also crack
as a result of the intense
heat
At 8 15 p m a malfunc
tiomng wall plug in a
storage shed that was at
tached to the home of
Brooking and Vernice Gex,
who live next door to Son
Village in Wemme, shorted
out and started a fire
Armintrout said a total of
18
f ir e f ig h t e r s ,
two
engines, two tankers and
one rescue rig responded to
H e n r y C reek , w a te r d istr ic t’s h isto r y traced
by M IC H A EL P. JONES
Peel Cerreepoodent
Henry Creek, with its
watershed stretching from
the Junction of the Zig Zag
River on up to the 3,000-foot
level of West Zig Zag Moun
tain, above Rhododendron,
has a rich history in rela
tion to the area’s develop
ment as a recreational
town
The development of the
town of Rhododendron has
been prim arily attributed
In H e n ry Rowe, who served
as mayor of Portland from
1900 to 1908
After Rowe served out
his term in office, he
located his business in
terests in the Mt. Hood
area and founded the
Rhododendron M in e ra l
Springs Land Company
This officially ended his
political career in “ city”
politics
S u rv iv in g h is to r ic a l
records on the early days of
the town, however, show
that Suzette F ra mette, as
contributing equally as
much, if not more, than
Rowe She was a widow
who operated the town's
main hostelry and tavern.
F ra n z e tte re p o rte d ly
broke through the tradi
tional bonds of the times
and became the biggest
real estate broker the town
has ever had. despite the
fact she was a woman
alone
Both Rowe and the
widow Franzette hold the
title of being the biggest
promoters of the area.
They would boast to city
people that their town was
“ the recreational getaway
of the mountains.” Today,
their energy has yet to be
matched.
On March 20, 1920, Rowe
died and this “wide spot in
the road“ —which was then
re fe rre d to as Rowe,
Oregon-had a long way to
go in order to accom
modate the large number
of summer home people
that had been envisioned
This quaint little hamlet
of barely a dozen people or
so still was a bit too rough
to spark a tourist boom. It
wasn't until a few years
la t e r th a t F r a n z e tte
jumped in with both feet
and became a full-fledged
land speculator
She picked up where
Rowe left off and opened up
the town's first real estate
office She made the seem
ingly sleepy cluster of
buildings between the Zig
Zag River and Henry Creek
a thriving mountain village
that attracted both tourists
and summer home owners,
as w ell as perm anent
residents
STREET
OF
DUST
STORMS
But the widow Franzette
had two major obstacles to
hurdle before the town of
Rowe could blossom into
the new town of Rhododen
dron
The first was the area's
streets Whenever cattle
and sheep ranchers drove
their herds through town to
graze on federal land, in
such areas as Devils Peak
and Old Maid Flatts, the
pounding hooves kicked up
enough dirt and gravel that
people quickly tired of t le
’ dust storms
And, in the rainy season
the
to w n 's
m a in
thoroughfare-w hich was
actually what was left of
the
h is to r ic
B a rlo w
Road—became a sea of
mud
When the winter freeze
came the deep ruts caused
by the horse-drawn wagons
and the solid rubber tires of
M o d e l-T F o rd s w e re
almost impossible to walk
through without stumbling.
The town needed paved
streets badly but at that
tim e even the the old
wagon roa9 (which later
became the Mt. Hood Loop
Highway) was in such a
sad state of repair that a
trip to the moutains was an
all-day task Travelers
fought for hours struggling
up steep hills, forging swift
s tre a m s and b ra v in g
swollen and unpredictable
rivers
The old highway that
‘ snaked'' a difficult course
from Portland to the moun
tain seemed to be the main
priority with state and
county officials, who gave
little thought to the pro
blems of an unincorporated
town's main street So they
ignored Rhododendron's
problems and emphasized
the maintenance of a cor
duroy road
This unique thoroughfare
was inlaid with logs to give
both horseless and motonz-
ed vehicles extra traction
It ran along the roadway
and was used during times
of inclement weather.
The ride was jarring and
bumpy, but more tolerable
than sinking deep into the
mud and being forced to
deal with the herculian
task of getting unstuck
from two to three feet of
muck
It would not be until the
'40 b . however, that the area
would be able to do without
the inconvience of mud and
dust
CROW ( R EEK SUPPLIES
WATER
Water was another pro
blem for the area Digging
a well was sometimes a dif
ficult task because of the
area's rocky soil
The Zig Zag River had
changed its channel so
many times that it had
deposited large quantities
of ro ck and g ra v e l
throughout the area It took
a lot of back-breaking"
work to dig deep enough to
get an adequate supply of
water
Widow Franzette decided
to solve the easiest pro
blem first supplying an
Improper fill a bad start
“ I d id n ’ t w an t my
footings to break or my
floor busting up, ’ said
Fahrenkrug,
It took the contractor
about two and a half weeks
to get the sewer line in, ac
cording to Fahrenkrug,
and the exposed organic
material should have been
seen by both Hamblin and
Gessford during inspec
tions, as well as a “clerk of
the works,” who drove up
occasionally from the ar
c h ite c t’s other job in
Estacada.
F a h re n k ru g said he
began to have serious
doubts about the stability
of the fill in the “ B” wing
area He said he went
directly to Gessford and
told him he didn't want to
be responsible for any con
crete work poured across
the ditch because the ce
ment slab wouldn’t “ stay
there.”
“ I don't have a (a r
chitect's) license I don't
have a shingle to hang
out,” said Fahrenkrug
“ All I could go on is <the>
years I have worked with
this stuff And you can tell
when you have unsuitable
ground to work on ”
F a h re n k ru g said he
poured one of the “ B” wing
footings on a Thursday or
Friday Over the weekend
it rained On Monday “ a
big cavity appeared under
the footing.” When he
showed (iessford the cavity
Gessford reportedly com
mented that It looked all
right to him, and to Just
pour more conc rete into the
hole
“That was an indication
to me right there that,
’Em il, you'd better start
covering your butt and
make sure everything la
right because this guy
dotan t know what he's da
•n g ’
“ He «Gessford* should
have stopped the guy right
yards of concrete in the
footings, at a cost of 845 a
yard
An electrican who was
present while the “ B" wing
site was being prepared,
according to Fahrenkrug,
told him that workers
discovered the base for the
slab was too narrow So a
bulldozer was reportedly
used to push fill material,
which had been “ stripped
off’’ the site, to the south
side to make up the dif
ference
KINKING SCHOOL?
As “ B" wing was being
poured. Fahrenkrug said
the problems grew worse
He said he set up a transit
to check the elevations of
the “ A” and "C ” wings and
got different readings
He said he thought there
was something wrong with
the transit so he took
another reading with a dif
ferent instrum ent. The
results were the same The
pads were sinking
Fahrenkrug said he took
readings once a week
throughout the month of
September and learned
that each week "C" wing
was going down at a rate of
one sixteenth of an inch to
one eighteenth of an inch.
Within a three week period
it had gone down three
eighths of an inch, with
“ A" wing also sinking
W ith the floors now
uneven, Fahrenkrug said
he had his subcontractor
for the slab. Jess Ellingson
of Ellingson Construction,
grind an inch and a half off
of the floor in “ A" wing He
sa id E llin g s o n spent
thousands of dollars work
ing evenings and weekends
to get the floors even
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nothing until I get this
checked out ’
"Right then I lost a lot of
respect for that man pro
fessionally, because if
there’s a problem then
Goddammit lets hit it and
find out.”
Fahrenkrug said he call
ed Glynhrook officials and
informed them of the pro
blem He said he told them
he thought Gessford was
trying to “ pass the buck”
and blame the company
He said he wanted an at
torney right there on the
spot to see the damages
hut. instead. Ken Hilhgoss
from the company came up
and inspected the floors
Fahrenkrug said, “ He
Just rubbed his eyes and
he’d say, Gosh, I don't
know.' “ That was it and
these guys stood a chance
of losing their tails.”
The floors were rejected
about three or four times,
said Fahrenkrug, before
they were accepted
Fahrenkrug said he in
formed Gessford of the
floor problems and told
him he felt it was due to the
organic fill beneath the
slab Gessford reportedly
responded that that “ was
impossible "
In “C” wing. Fahrenkrug
said workmen discovered
that the building “ was
moving ’’ A corner sunk an
inch and a half, with the
walls pulling away from
one another Above the
doors, at the expansion
joints, they had opened up
an yw h ere from th ree
eighths of an inch to a half
Fahrenkrug said. “ When
I told Gessford that he said,
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adequate supply of water
for domestic use She did
this by creating a public
water system
Franzette realized that
providing a service, such
as water, was as important
as dividing the area into
plots (which she did just
prior to the 1920s).
Franzette’s water source
was Crow
C re e k , a
relatively short creek that
was given this name due to
the large flock of crows
who tended to ner‘ during
pleasant weather, in a
nearby 30-acre meadow.
Actually, the creek was
misnamed as the flock of
there and had the plumber
com* hack and dig hts ditch
ou». Rut it’s his sub
( contractor * If it would of
been us we d have had to do
It (again* "
Further digging was re
«fuired in the kitchen area
to set the footings on solid
g ro u n d , a c c o rd in g to
Farhenkrug
“ AU the footings that I
pul in the ground I put t i
tra steel HI and I made the
footings anywhere fi am an
extra sit inches to one foot
wider and thicker ’ said
Fahrenkrug ” 1 look that
on my own and Glynhrook
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the blaze
The fire was caused
when a long wall plug unit,
that contained five to six
plug ins, shorted out and
burned a plywood wall and
ceiling, according to A r
mintrout
Brooking Gex said the
heat from the fire was so
intense that it melted his
tool box
Total damage as a result
of the fire has been
estimated to be between
8500 and 8800.
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