MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1908,
3
S. GLENN ANDBUS
THE MARVELOUS
CRATER LAKE
(S. Glean Andrus, in the
Record-Herald)
Chicago
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Crater Lake, one of the greatest I
srenic wonders of the world, is soon to
eonio into its own. Within a very short
timo this marvelous formation, which
scientists say was probably caused by
the blowing away of more than 6000
feet of mountain heights, will be easily
accessible to all who desire to gaze
from its precipitous and rocky rim into
its crystalline and limped depths.
The transformation necessary to bring
this about will be accomplished largely
through tho instliinentality of Edward
K. Harriman, who has just been ap
pointed chairman of a commission to
open Crater Lake reservation to the
public by means of good roads. Yes
terday Governor Chamberlain, who was
Mr. Harriman 's guest at Pelican Bay
visited Crater Lake, in company with
Mr. Harriman and a party of prominent
citizens of Orgon. The party was con
ducted by William G. Steel, the man
who labored for twenty years unceasing
ly to induce tho government to pre
serve Crater Lake and its surrounding
beauties by making it a National park.
Mrs. Ilarinian and a number of her
friends were in the party. From Peli
can Lodge, Mr, Harriman 'b new summer
home, tho party went to Crater Lake by
automobile. The ride is a rough and
dusty one, and such ns only the strong
est machines can successfully negotiate.
It necessitates, for example, the climb
ing of li per cent grades and more than
twenty miks of strenuous jolting over
rocks and through forests. The trip,
howover, taken under the favorable
conditions which surrounded the Harri
mans, is a delightful experience.
Harriman at the Lake
AVhen the party reached the lake, Mr.
Harriman and his friends climbed to the
rim and gazed for the first time upon
the wnters of the lake, more than 2000
feet below and covering the bed of an
extinct crater to a depth of nearly 2000
feet. The majesty, grandeur, beauty
and sublimity of tho scene impressed
Mr. Harhnan greatly. For some min
utes no member of the -party spoke, but
nil silently drank in the natural beau
which surrounded them. Mirrored in
the deep blue depths of tho lake they
Baw tho heavoiiB, thcclouds, the trees,
the towering rocks of many hues so
stnitlingly real that it seemed as
though they themselves wero suspend
ed in some vast universe of space, that
above them wns a silent world, peopled
with things of beauty and grandeur,
and below them in this same illimita
ble space was the twin world of the
one nbove them. Mrs. Harriman was
tho first to break the silence and in a
measure to dispel the illusion.
"There is nothing like it in the whole
world," she exclaimed, with her hands
clasped in fronto f her in an intensity
of emotion.
"You arc wrong, very wrong," re
plied Mr. Hai-iimaii. "You should have
said there is nothing equal to it in the
whole world. That is the only way
to express it."
The Commission.
Then the party fell to discussing the
scene, and Mr. Steel was showered with
questions regarding the history ami
character of the formtaion. Mr. Harri
man said ho thought it wns a pity that
so great a wonder was so little known,
and that it was so difficult to reach.
Governor Chamberlain replied that only
a few years ago Crater lake was known
to very few people even in Oregon.
Mr. Harriman said that this condition
should corrected. Governor Chamber
lain then and there naked Mr. Harri
man if he would serve on a commission
to seek the best route into Crater lake
nnd find ways and means of construct
ing a road over such a route. liesides
Mr. Harriman the commission is com
posed of the following:
L. H. Webster. Henry L. Benson, Dr.
J. F. Eeddv, F. II. Hopkins, Benton
Bowers, .1. H. Scott, (. T. Baldwin, T.
B. Wilcox. W. 1. Vawter. C. S. Jack
son and Colonel F. 11. Kay.
The wordk of this commission will
ho made easier by the advent of Har
riman 's new road through northern Cal
ifornia and Oregon, which is to be
made the main line of the Shasta route.
This road is noiv constructed and open
ml to within six miles of Klamath Falls.
In a short time it will be into Klamath
Falls end then it will be constructed
on north, reaching a point within 12
miles of Crater lake. It is prolmnie
that the new wagon rood will be eon
trnin,l from the new railroad line
,0t nninr to the lake. It is
is also expected that this commission
will nssist the Crater Lake company
i n,..,rin the construction of a road
mr,uinUr nroui.d the rim of the lake,
in establishing the necessary hotels, in
providing automobiles nnd in securing
..ll tl.n .nnvenienecs possible for tour
ists who wish to visit the lake. This
... iw.nnln have seen the nine
than ever saw it before. This was due
to a concession which the government
i,. ;.. ( Mr Steel nnd to the great
er" accessibility of the lake. Before
tho new Shasta route began nenring
Klamath Falls tho nearest raiironu lo
tion was HO miles away. Tourists
were compelled to come in either this
wav or through the Rogue River valley.
If 'thev came to Klamath they were
obliged to get up to tho head of the
lake hv boat, a distance of about 3
'--.I t l.lr,. cniivevances from
Fort Klamath to the lake, a distance of:
about 22 miles.
Mr. Steel's Position.
In 190" the department of the in
terior nsked Mr. Steel if he would take
hold of the project and try to bring
'rater lake within reach of the people.
Mr. Steel, who is a shining example
of a man with a single idea, which in
this case happens to be Crater lake,
reluctantly consented. Although he
had mnde'it his life's work to piwrve
TELLS OF
BEAUTY OF
IN CHICAGO PAPER
this region for the people, he felt that
the government should do the rost.
The department of the interior gave
Mr- steo1 an exclusive concession simi-
"r 10 tuo one winch was granted with
reference to Yellowstone park. Al
though tho contract is exclusive, the
government can cancel it at will, even
after the company which has boen or
gs nized shall have spent a large sum
of money under the contract. "The
company has an authorized capital of
fi"0,000," Baid Mr. Steel today when
asked to explain the plan, "and I am
trying to get the necessary funds by
selliug stock. This is not a very easy
task, as it is largely a matter of pat
riotism and tho prospects of any return
on the money invested am at least
not immediate. The concession simply
gives me the right, when I want to do
anything, to go out and sell some stock
in order to get the monoy to do it. So
you can seo that tho common impres
sion that J. have unlimited means at
my command is incorrect.
"Last fall we constructed a log cab
in and have now added a kitchen, using
the first florr of the cabin for a din
ing room. Wo have 20 tents with good
beds and bedding, and expect to in
crease such facilities during the season
of 1909, so as to accommodnto 100
guests. We expect to build fine ho
tels, with all modern conveniences, in
cluding hot and cold water and baths.
e also expect to establish some meth
od of getting to and from the water
by car. e now have a stanch gasoline
launch on the lako, capable of carry
ing 15 passengers nnd one suitable for
seven pnssengers, besides six clinker
built rowboats. Next year wo expect
to place at least one more commodious
launch and a half dozeu rowboats in
commission. e also expect to estab
lish a line of automobiles between Odes
sa, on Upper Klamath lake and Crater
lako, to operato in connection with
boats from Klamath Falls, whereby the
trip may be made in five or six hours
from this city.
"Tho Crater lake good roads cominis
on, just appointed by tho governor, of
which K. H. Harriman is chairman, will
doubtless secure sufficient funds to es
tablish and maintain the best possible
roads from east and west of the Cas
cade range to the lake, and ns soon as
this bocomes an established fast we
will put on a line of automobiles from
Medford to Crater lako, making the
trip in eight hours. Alung the line of
roads, it may not be out of tho way to
say tho United StateB government eon
templates tho construction of au auto
mobile road entirely around Crater lako.
on an easy grade, so built that it will
be possible to reach tho various high
peaks without difficulty. When this
is accomplished it will bo practicable
to build roads into the pork from points
heretofore considered beyond reach of
tho lake. All roads and trails within
tho park nro built and maintained by
the department of tho interior."
Description of the Lake.
Crater lake is located on tho summit
of the Cascade range in southern Ore
gon. It rests in the crater of a moun
tain, which has recently been christened
Mazamn, nnd the top of which lit some
time disappeared, leaving a cauldron
400(1 feet deep and five nnd one half
miles in diameter. The water fills this
auldion half full. Near the western
shore of the like is a cinder cono K4.
feet high, known ns Wizard island, in
tho top of which there is still another
extinct crnter 100 feet deep and 800
fei-t i diameter. Near tho shore on the
eastern side is n huge pile of jagged
rocks, which have received the nnme of
Phantom Rock. With theso exceptions
there nre no islands, and the water of
the lake is so clear that a six-inch white
pinto can be seen nt a depth of 92 feet.
When looked upon trom tne snrnniiiu
inff cliffs this color is of the deepest
possible blue, except close to shore.
where it blends into a rich turinoise.
Seen from its surface-, tho romarkablc
blue deepens and assumes a brighter
hue. Usually in the early hours of
the morning the surface of the lake is
like glass, and in its depth is reflect
ed every object which the earth nnd
eon'tnin. At night, when this con
dition prevails and the moon is full.
the view that is retlectea in ini- sun
depths is beautiful beyond description.
as well as awe-inspiring, i arm
seen, more clearly than in a mirror,
the milkv way with its myriad of stars
unknown to a' less clear atmosphere, the
constellations which shine with a bright
ness undreamed of in other climes, and
the moon, which seems bigger and more
brilliant than anywhere olso, and all
the other glories of the heavens.
Legendary Interest.
The region about the lake is full of
historic and legendary interest. In the
mysterious depths of the lako, so the In
dians believe, dwells the great spirit,
and until recently no Indian dared
scarcely look upon it for fear that the
ginnt crawfish or dragon, which guard
ed the great Loa, or spirit, would in its
wrnth reach up its arms even to the
tops of the cliffs and drag into the
li of the lake any who dared
to invade its mysterious realm. The
lake wns discovered 50 years ago by a
projecting party with .1. W. H.llman
at its head. In 1SS5 Mr. Steel began
,i, efforts to have the region set apart
national park, but it was no.
a a "" . J
ion- that his efforts were cro......
, How this great B.-enic wonder
was created none will ever know. On
account of the vast quantities of pumice
spread forn distance 01 "- -
lections about the base o the moun
tain, some scientists insist that hero
"," have occurred the grandest and
Z awful explosion in the history of
Vascado range. That this explosion
........ in tear awsy the
mass
mountain con
e 6000 feet Dlgn anu
it upon the surrounding country
ig in Its pl' ?" rh'
leav
asm. is
maintained by many. The presonco of
great lava beds is the Klamath region
lead other soientiits to as stoutly main
tain that at one time in the interior
of the Mazama mountain there was
formed a cone of red hot lava S000
feet high. They assert that this lava,
by the tremendous force that lav be
hind it, broke through the side of the
mountain and flowed through its self
made crevass, covering the valleys be
low, and that when this great lava
cone had exhaustod itself tho pressure
of tho huge upper cone of tho mountain
broke in the crust and it disappeared
into the depths below with a crash that
must have awakened the universe, here
by forming what is now the bed of this
truly marvelous lake. Whatever its ori
gin, Crater lake has already come to
be known in the Pacific northwest as
the eighth wonder of the world, and Mr.
Harriman, in his enthusiasm, declared
thiB classification to be correct.
Methodist Episcopal Church, B Street
"Ho Missed His Chanco" will bo the
subject next Sabbath at 7:30 p. in. In
this discourse, Rev, Routor will tell
when a .Tow sacrificed $40,000 to be
come a Christian. In tho morning the
topic will be "That Mysterious and
Greatest of All Carpenters." Sabbath
school at 10 a. m. Fpworth league at
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Whole barley $23 per ton.
Hay $12 per ton.
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New potatoes $1.25 per cwt.
Butter 40c per roll.
Lard 10c per pound.
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Eggs 22Mi per dezen.
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14Portland Express... 0:49a.m.
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PACIFIC & EASTEBN RAILWAY
No. lLeaves Medford
No. 3Leaves Medford
No. 2Arrivos Medford....
No. 4Arrtves Medford....
8:10 a.m.
8:50 p. in.
10:28 a. m.
6:08 p. m.
ROGUE RIVER VALLEY RAILWAY
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MotorlLeaves Medford 2:00 p ra.
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