Thur»
Crow Creek too ‘pesky’
crows actually turned out
to be a congregation of
ravens,
Years la te r someone
changed the s tre a m 's
name to Henry Creek, pro
bably thinking it had “ a
less pesky ring to it
Franzette started her
ve n tu re in the w a te r
business by first serving a
cluster of 99-year-lease
cabins, located on public
land administered by the
U S Forest Service Her
motive for serving these
re s id e n ts , in s te a d of
homeowners on private
land, is not known One can
only speculate that her
business like mind must've
pointed her in the right
direction for she acquired
easement rights, free and
clear from the govern
ment, without spending a
nickel If she would have
attempted to get easement
through private land she
may have had to pay a
price
On
Ju n e
14,
1921
Franzette entered into an
a g re e m e n t
w ith
the
s e cretary of the U S .
Department of Agriculture
for a 10-foot nght-of-way
through government land
in order to lay a pipeline
that would insure water for
all residences in the area
The agreement, which is
still in effect today, cost
Franzette no money. In
stead she had three condi
tions she had to abide by, or
the agreement would be
terminated, forcing the
waterlines to be abandon
ed.
The first stipulation was
that all of the waterlines
had to be buried at ‘‘a suffi
cient depth to permit the
cultivation of soil above *’
The concern was for not on
ly timber production, but could not be “ fenced or
also agriculture
otherwise enclosed ' unless
Also,
th e
fre e z in g
she did it at her own ex
temperatures that often ac pense and if it did not
com panied the w in te r
violate the other two terms
snows in the area were a of the agreement
concern
Broken pipes
Outside of government
were such a common oc- land, however, Franzette
curance that some people laid a good portion of the
would save themselves the pipe in the same manner as
trouble of digging up the m ost p eo p le a t th a t
pipe and repairing it. In tim e - a hove ground
stead, they would enclose it
WOODEN W ATER PIPES
in a wooden box running
D a le
an d
Edna
along the surface, or mere Lamoureux own the town's
ly lay it on the ground,
first log house, in which
foregoing the box.
their offspring currently
This right-of-way agree reside This two-story land
ment also stated that the mark dates back to pioneer
pipeline “ shall not in times, and was constructed
terfere” with “the use and
by Heinrich Hamann on an
enjoyment" of the area in 11.5 acre homestead They
any way
recently pointed out some
This condition was to en
evidence of another water
sure that the community system th a t p red ate s
would continue to grow as a Franzette’s.
recreational area.
On July 10, 1907, Rowe
Also, the right-of-way purchased the homestead
and surrounding acreage,
and the water system was
o p e ra te d
under
the
au sp ice s o f his lan d
development company
L o c a te d
on
the
Lam oureuxs* p ro perty,
and running into a large,
marshy area known as
the quality of life and the “ Rhododendron Meadow,"
use of land in Oregon Their is the re m a in s of a
lives reflect a conserva dilapidated, four-foot high
tio n is t a ttitu d e
Roy
cedar fence. This structure
Durham was one of the
spans the upper portion of
first sustained-yield tree
Meadow Creek, which on
farm ers in Oregon; a
model for owners of fores?
land ”
Fair planning group
sets up its campaign
W illa m in a
was the
gathering place Sunday
afternoon, July 18, for sup
porters of the Initiative
Petition to abolish LCDC
(Land Conservation and
D e v e lo p m e n t
Commission).
This initiative will ap
pear on the November
ballot and will call for
master land use planning
; to be done at the city and
'c o u n ty le v e l th ro u g h
; citizens groups and local
; elected officials
j The meeting was hosted
; by Roy Durham and Ray
F e c h te l, d ir e c to rs of
Oregon Citizens for F air
, L an d
P la n n in g
In c .
Durham's report on the
I petition drive gave credit
; to its many workers
Ginny Brewster of Sandy
reported on the need for
citizens to testify at local
and state hearings concer-
ning land use policies and
rules She covered the
policy changes of LCDC,
which are presently being
adopted as laws She also
commented. " I am im
pressed by the quality of
people working on this in
itiative They care about
fro m P ag e 2
old platt maps is known as
F ir Street
Here, the overgrown
bank s of the creek still
possess evidence of the
water system's original
pumphouse
The lamoureuxs claim
the system’s water pipes,
which were constructed of
cedar, were laid on top of
the fence and ran a good
distance to serve a handful
of houses In one instance it
ran close to a quarter of a
mile to serve a single
residence.
F r a n z e tte 's
w a te r
system was a success but
the town’s second problem,
that of its streets, wasn't
solved until a few years
later With plenty of good
o f Henry Creek water
available, people would it
in the path of the sheep and
cattle herds to keep down
the dust
THE SYSTEM TODAY
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