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o ' '. 1 . 3 m Medford Mail Tribune SECOND SECTION SECOND SECTION FOWVY-ltUtttW YISAtt. MEDtfOltD OKJ'XJON, SATWflMY, NOVIflMHKIt 20, JM1. No. 213 GREAT BOULEVARD PLANNED TO SURROUND CRATER LAKE fc "Tim most bunulifiil nnl most wun iliul'ul Hi'onid iliivn In tlm world" in w lut t iiiiny engineers oiill tlm pro poned boulevard mound tlm rim of ('nttor lake, liavcrlng the mimuiit op tho CmuoiIhn in ill" Crater Luke National pin I; in Huiltliuru Oregon. (Holm hot lorn and others who liuvc veiled tliU legion, rich in natural wonder, fully coincide with tht' opin ion or tlm engineer, who novo jam enmplutud tho wirvcy t'oi' n road oir- el iitr tin' m.vlio lake anil it mir- roundiug mountain, traversing what soiontUl pronounce the taiml ic iiiarhahh) Konlugiciil foiiuntlou in Amotion. Tlm propound KyMcin of highwnvx, Tor tlm mtrvcv of which eongrewM tip- piopiiatml . 10,011(1, h tmlimati'il lo out In lliu vidiiily of fjtun 7r0,0( to $1,(1110,1)111) wlmn couiploit'il. It ooiimUIh of four main highway tluoiigli tho park, ono from .Modfnid, oiiu fiiim Koit Klamath, one up Kami creolc from tho houIIicuhI, ami oim up llcnr enN'k from Crater, the proMiM'd rnilmad town on the new llarri man ami Hill lino. Connecting thorno four laterals in tho road around tho rim, over thirty-five mile in length, running in many plneon along nhoor precipice 'J, 000 feci ahovo tho lnko' lool, olnowhoro climbing adja cent ninuntniu, Htii'h an (llueicr peak Scott ptmk, Round Top, flarfichl punk, olc, with nn altitude of from (J.fiOO to 8,500 foot. I'nllUo Any Other. Thin boulevard will ho unlike nnv othor in tho woild. Not only doe it look down upon America's deepest lake. lying liko a Idtm nmelhyt in myMio himuly, and admittedly un rivaled aimoik' tho world' natural wonder, hut it afford iniircloti pamimma of mountain n'onory, of Ideal; hill mid vordiire-elad Hlopon, of Miiowy penk--n bewildering mul tilude 'of mountain range Mrotch ing toward horiwniH in every dirce fiou at far a the eye oan mco. Mount .TeffenMin in plainly visible in tlm north, Mount Shnitn in tho south. To tho mint lie the lnko and green field of the KIhiiinIIis tretohiug liko a fairyland into the sage brush hill" of tliu diNtiiiiec. To (lie wont arc the mnuy-n'hhod slope of the wooded Umpuns and SiMkiyous. The mmvy wns completed under tho direction of Major Jay J. Morrow oorp of engineer, I'. S. A., liy II. L. (lilhert, junior engineer. It afford a lni for ciMimnto and appropri ation, and it in hoped to hcciiio at leant $.100,000 from thin Minion i.r oougro for immediate construction To have a representative upon the spot, the Medford Commercial club, the oity of Medford and tho count v of Jackson have tiuitud and soul Will 0. Stool, tho father of tho Crater Lnko National park, to Washington lo work in hehalf of the appropri ation, which Iiiik the endorsement of Sooiolnrv Fisher of tho interior do- parlmeiit and Secrotarv Wilson of the deparluiont of agriculture. ' Hiillrilng the llotilcvartl. Crater Lake, alone nniong tho na tional parks (f America, Iiiik received no appropriation worthy of tho name for improvement. Since its creation tho money appropriated linn merely boon for o oarciakor. Two years ago Iho nppropriutiou wns made -for tho survey, and there is every pro, peal that a largo appropriation will now he forthcoming. To make tho park noconsihlo, Iho pooplo of Medford and JaokHon county liavo lahnrod incossnntly for tho past four years lo construct a scenic unto highway up the Rogue rivor to tho lake. An appropriation for lliin purport! wi8 Hoeurod from tlm Mn to of OroKon, hut wan held iiuooiiHlitiitional hy Iho Hiipremo ooiirl. Kollowint,'. this, $25,000 was vaiHed hy puhlic nuhsoriplion In Med ford, and Iho vor featuro of the grade removed. KtoiiHlvn work hy Jackson county Iiiih followed, and there ia now a fair road to tho lako which can ho reached in aix or kovoii hoiu-H hy ntito from Medford. Mnvcriimcut'ri Survey Followed. Tho,. Hiirvoy for tho road up tho Nogim rivor wjih inado hy Heujainin H. Iloidlo of tho good roads hitrcaii of Um dopartmout of ngriculluro, and it Jh pronounced hy him to ho un pqnalcd in it m hooiiIo, aspoets, pass ing, nw it does, Mill oreok and Ifogm I'lvor falls, through wonderful gorges und traversing forests of gigantic trees. (lovonior West lias rocognizod tho Mute's, ohligutiou in oo-oporatlng in Iho work on this highway hy loan ing Jaokson fliiuiity "honor men" from tho stale prison lo work upon It, and those prisonem are now engaged in UMul wurJc, ljyory day aocs UiIh 4 I .& " " , ' I ) , -f ' I ', vaisi ,' f j v gL.aa.t - mt ("-' ( n v O-v i llinuiimflrTUi AV-vjj ocofe fir f VTW" J J V. ( h N: ( S l yss&7 ffj , CRATER - JJIirJi N A'C. -0- lake 'jimr- Kyzs' -j f- -a P pjSv : Jf'- S-vv rs J ...... V V -? X X, 1 I U JIHl J WV-.J I T? I ) t j ,'"' vxar xv v i ill o. ir1 Aj. r v .c5. s r-vx 1 x l L - : I highway hcing improved suhstanti ally. Tho Medford Commorclal oluh ro eontly uniinimoubly passed tho fol lowing resolution and transmitted it to memhors of tho Oregon delegatien: ltoKolutlons to Congress. "Wlierons, Tho Medford Commer cial oluh lias oxpondod .$25,000 raised, hy puhlio fiuhsoription in tho construction of a section of tho Ora tor lako highway; and "Whoroas, Jaokson eountv lias ex pended a eousidorahlo sum in tho construction of an additional five miles of this highway during tho past yoav; and "Whorons, Tho stato of Orogon has shown its oo-oporatiou in tho huild ing of tlto Orator lako highway hy tho oslahlishment of a convict camp and tho loan of a eousidorahlo niim lior of prisonord for roud construc tion; and ".WhoronB, Tho pooplo of Jackson county havo authorized tho Issuance of $ ,500,000 honds for construction of ponnuuont highways; and PROPOSED ROADS CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK PREPARED UNDER DIRECTION OF Major JAY J. MORROW, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. LCCCNO V. J V x-" . J . VaarNiy' K v x)c ;-) m -w , V r-iCV I I ( CraAefAoA I .iP I ? ' ttaJ'1 Tfh7 s xv (i V7- v NIL xAx ) p "Whereas, Tho pooplo of Jaokson county hnvo, ns abovo enumerated shown thoir faith in tho offort to make Orator Lake National park ac cessible, with tho result that sovcral thousand automobiles visited tho park this year, as against none at all throo years ago, and hnvo thus ro moved tho only objection toward im provement of tho parjc upon a largo scale; and Appropriation Itequratrd. "Whoroas, Crater Lake National park, which contains ono of tho world's greatost natural wonders, as well ns n soonio wonderland of beau ty, has had only nioagor appropri ations nnd no improvomont worthy of tho iiamo; and "Whereas, Govornmont ongiuoors hnvo ostimatod that tho buiu of $750, 000 will ho required to construct n system of roads in tho Crutor Lake National park and through tho na tional forest. Therefore, bo it "Hosolvod, That tho Medford Copi inorcial oluh horcwith requests tho Oregon congressional dologation, tho r N cst f?sitt J - r . 2 i:i5ky .! m , 111.. - r socrotnry of tho interior and tho for estry servieo to seeuro an appropri ation for $500,000 or more for the improvomont of tho Orator Lake Na tional park at tho coming session of congress. Ho it further "Resolved, That copies of this res olution bo sent to tho members of tho Oregon delegation and tho depart ment chiefs at Washington and that similar resolutions bo sent ovory connuoroial club ia Oregon requesting- their adoption," Rcpalrlnn Water Mains. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 25. Ro pair work on tho city's wator mains on tho Cedar river oontinues to bo prosecuted day ami night, nnd by to morrow it is expected that tho sus pension bridge which carried tho pipe will havo been restored. In tho meautimo tho oity is receiv ing water from Lnko Washington and Swan lnko, tho latter being turned into tho mains last night. Inspectors have issued orders to hII restaurants to boil wator nt leuwl ton minutes or their plnces of busi ness will bo closed. Got a Jolt. IIOQUIAM, Wash., Nov. 25. Ilolding a flickoring match ahovo hi bead ns ho entered a lonely cabin to seek sholtor, Dan Heard found a lifoless body hanging from tho raf ters. Heard ran terrified from the scene. It was tho body of Alex Lindrott, a German, who committed suioido when ho couldn't find work Wants Presidential Primary. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 25. Stan tou Wnirburton, congressman from tho Socond distriot, lias declared himself emphatically in favor of a special session of tho legislature to enact ft presidential primary law. Tltuns Beat Man. cam mjAwrifipn. Vni- 9n. J. A. Kolly of Sonttlo lios nt tho liar bor hospital today snfforing from a possible fracture, of tho skull nnd so- voro laeorutious of tho scnlp, nunc- ed by thugs. Ho wns held up on tho Harbnry coast Inst night nnd badly beaten. The robbers secured $05. Must Aid McNamara Defense. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 2G. TIio convention of tho American Federa tion of Labor adopted a resolution providing that all oxecutlvo otflcors of tho federation should contrlbuto ono woek's salary to tho McNamara dotonso fund. Show Girls on Trial. NEW YORK, Nov. 2G. W. B. D. Stokos, the mlllionalro shot by Ethol Conrad and Lillian Graham, who, ho declares, attempted to blackmail him, was tho first witness when tho trial of tho show girls oponcd horo. New Jap Ambassador. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 25. Tho state department announced this afternoon that Viscount Sutoml Chin- da has boon appointed Japaneso am bassador to tho United States. Ho now ropresonts Japan at Uorlln. TIIUItOUCIIINKSS Hxtrnrt From K?v. Klilrldgo'fl Mlil-Wcek Lecture. It was not only yostorday that tho world hognn to rccognlzo tho valuo of montal thoroughness. Long ago tho saying, "I fonr tho man of ono book" had taken Us placo among tho familiar axioms. Tho obvious mean ing of the man who coined tho phrnsa seoms to bo that ho feared to on countor tho specialist becauno of his greater proficiency, exportness, In his own particular lino of thought. With tho ancionts It was not qunntlty but quality that counted, not num bers but thoroughness. Of courso tho wldor our range of Information, tho bettor equipped wo nro for Ufo'a struggle; but as we havo only a lim ited supply of brain forco, wo can not hope to master all, and tho noxt best thing Is to got a thorough grasp of some ono department of knowl edge at least. In this connection wo may aptly apply tho words of Emer sen: "Tho ono prudence of Iiro la concentration." It is precisely this lack of mental thoroughness that rises to so many unnecessary and utterly usolcss con troversies which servo only to em bitter tho opposing parties and lcavo the hearers as badly muddled at tho finish as they wcro at tho start. Car dinal Newman writes: " "How annny disputes we havo listened to that were Interminable simply because tho disputants understood neither them selves nor each other!" It is not at all rnro to find men contending florcoly ovor subjects upon which they nro at bottom agreed. Their difference Is In reality but a matter of words. Such a thing is not likely to occur in discussion between men of thorough mental training. They nro too logical, ana accurate for that sort of thing. It was this consideration that led Socrates of old to say that It ho could find a man ablo to dofino nnd dlvldo accurately he would gladly follow him t o tho ends of tho earth. It follows from this that education Is not a system of cramming. It is not the purposo of education to cover tno wnoio neiu or numnn thought and endeavor, but to instill sound principles of thought and ac tion and to supply methods. Tho ack-of-all-trades and master of nono, tho walking encyclopedia, may bo a shining meteor for a brief space, but pin him down to logic and accuracy and ho flounders hopelessly. Tho thorough man may not bo very bril liant on tho surface, he may oven bo somewhat slow, but ho is steady, sato and sure to pan out hotter In tho long ruu. Ho Is tho typo men feol they can trust. Whllo tho valuo of thoroughness Is not a recent discovery, it is truo that now, mora than ovor. It has be como an Indispensable condition of success, in this ago or specialization thoro Is no room for tho dilettante. Only tho man born holr to millions can afford to skim tho surfaco. Thoso who ulm at distinction, or ovon mod erate success, must know how to do some ono thing well; and to do that they must direct all their rcsoarchos to tho end they havo in vlow. Ic must bo to thorn tho Alpha, and tho Omega, tho center to which all lines converge Desultory study and read ing may bo good enough as a form of recreation or amusement, but It is not likely to provo of any groat practical bonoflt. What Carlylo says of life Is true: "Tho man without a purposo Is liko a ship without a rud der." Concentration Is power. Tho way to got breadth la first to got dopth. Knowlodgo Is power only when It Is asslmllatod and put to useful purposes. Mon who havo con victions, not more opinions, nro tho mon who rulo tho world. MOORE COLLAPSES; HEARING IS DELAYED REDWOOD CITY, Cal Nov. 25, Sobbing liko a brokon heartod child, Millionaire J. J. Mooro punctuated tho story of his matrimonial inal oxporlcnces with a dramatlo inter ruption hero when ho practically collapsed on, tho stand and was as sisted from tho courtroom. It was his third public display of tho "omo tlonal naturo" Mrs, Lillian I. Mooro, his divorce-Booking wlfo, told of In hor testimony. Tho break In tho proceedings carao when Mooro de scribed a scon.o In which ho declared his wlfo had como to htm on hoi' knees and begged that ho sock a dlvorco from her. Ho declared shp told him she was a victim of 'a. habit that had killed hor mothor liquor. . f t ' JL.