Page Nine
Brookings-Harbor Pilot — Brookings, Oregon
Thursday, September 13, 1956
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u sed it as a sto p p in g place b e
tw een th e b u .v m a rk e t to w n of
K erbyville and T he M ines.
O nion C am p is a place w here
th e r e ’s a sw ale in w hich
g lo w s
lu x u rie n t (an d p o t e n t » wild g a r
■ • . buck,
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->.. w av of c.im
i.pvril;
flushing a spiked
sem i-excuse.
th e trio lic. a good sp rin g and a place
T his is th e s to ry of th e trip
in th e h ead lig h ts' g lare: cro ssin g h ad been p ro d d ed an d prodee*
to build a cook fire. A cabin
D olly, B en an d M ax to o k th is
th e b e a u tifu l new stp.wl B ailey j into m ak in g th is tr ip by one F red th e re h a s been w recked, probably
Pereen»
p a s t w eekend. I t 's w ritte n , p rin c i
bridge, sp an n in g th e Illinois, t u r n ! G ard n er. F re d v,as h a n k e rin g
w ith snow load. Good horse feed,
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pally, to fill colum n s otherwise-
sh arp rig h t, dow n onto th e pro- | know if he could hook up w ith a too.
ta k e n by th e jo ttin g s of K a th ry n .
fh o r te r an d m ore d irect ro u te
Six m iles and s e re ra l m o re h a ir
E d ith an d S hirley, all of w hon. tected san d y bench w here th e re fro m his m ine a t \ ulcan P eak
pin cu rv es a t a ro u n d a m ile h ig h
are
fireplaces,
and
bedding
down
have gone th e ir v ario u s w ays
to G ia n ts P a ss an d a p p a re n tly
sim u ltan eo u sly , th e re b y c u ttin g fo r th e nig h t, long afte r d a rk , a d m ittin g n eith er he n o r his b ru sh an d dizzying canyons fu rth e r, th -
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u su ally fill th is space.
(B y all m eans go in to cam p in c a re d to do th e ex ploring. A ny a ridge. Ben hiked to th e lo o k o u t
how. it d idn’t ta k e m uch prod d in g . and re p o rte d th a t fu n c tio n a ry I
D. an d B. and M. to o k o ff d ay lig h t!)
su d d en ly S a tu rd a y a fte rn o o n in
t F ive m iles in fro m th e highw ay n e a r scared o u t of his dozing
W h at a sleep! U p a t crack of th e quote ro ad u nquote fo rk s w ith w its w hen Ben ta p p e d on his door.
B ’s experienced jeep s ta tio n w a
gon. lad en w ith bedrolls, chuck, daw n (ju s t a frin g e o f pink back th e left h an d going to Fiddlei
T he q uote L ookout unquote, had
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coffee a n d w a te r, h ead ed fo r a of E ig h t D ollar M ountain) coffee, G ulch, w hich
w e’d previously n e ith e r seen o u r tr a il of d u st no*
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looked in to ami could n e ith e r fin 1 h e a rd th e m otor, and q u ite ob liv i
tu rn er» bindles bundled, (an d a l th e fid d ler n o r any sig n of his ous to fo u r je t plan es c a v o rtin g
m ulled o v er in th e ir m inds.
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the tim e re g re ttin g th e fo rg o tten pro v erb il fem ale dog.
a lm o st d irectly o v erh ead w ith
T o th e S m ith R iv er cu t-o ff.
so ap ) an d off up th e g u l c h ,
M o ralists proclaim t h a t k eeping m iles an d m iles of long vaj-oi
tion, a n d th e n fu r th e r along 197
headed in th e g en eral direction
th e rig h t side lead s to th e tra ils, said he w as a S t. L ouis
th e n c e to su p p e r a t C ave Ju n c -
on
of th e e a s t b ank of the ex trem e sm o o th est life b u t follow ing the stu d e n t on his second su m m er a
to w here a sig n on th e left sa y s
ro ck strew n bald n ess up w hich th e sta tio n . An a la rm in g c o n tra s t
so m eth in g a b o u t “T en n essee." In u p p er C hetco.
to th e m en w ho g u a rd e d the
th e sign. ‘‘O nion C am p. 12 miles,
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d ire c ts th e tra v e lle r w ould co n publica dom ain, not so m a n .'
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found anyone w ith a m odicum ot y e a rs back fo r $80 a m onth,
supplied
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intelligence. One good th in g about
it, ab so lu tely no one w ith o u t an clo sest to a re p o rte d s n v k e hiked
O cean fro n t hom e in H a rb o r w ith access to S andy B each
a d ap ta b le vehicle fo r th e com plet? in to it a f te r h e 'd p in -p o in ted its
and re a l p riv acy . T h is hom e h as th re e firep laces an d an
jo u rn ey could n e g o tia te fa r p ast location and stu d ied b efo reh an 1
enclosed p a tio —tr u ly a fine hom e!
th is sign. An a p p ro p ria te vehicle how b est to reach it.
COST OF
N ew H om e Im m e d ia te Possession, th ree bedroom s, h a rd
B eyond C anyon P e a k the road
m otored-in th is resp ect confines
w ood floors, firep lace, an d o th e r d esirab le featu res, Ju s t
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choice to a 4-w heel drive jeep, w inds aro u n d an d dow n to w a rd
$12,250 Low down p a y m en t and te rm s to th e rig h t p a rty .
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d itto h ig h -slu n g p ick u p an d m th e C hetco. W e w ent, possibly
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(o rn p le te ly fu rn ish ed hom e ju s t reduced! You c a n t b eat
e ith e r ease su ffic ie n t load to fo u r o r five m iles, tr a v e rs in g a n l
ro u g h going, a t th a t u n til we
th is fo r a*buy! N ow $«,*50.
m ain ta in c o n sta n t tra c tio n .
F ’in stan ce. in ten o f th ese cam e to a w ash no w heeled vehicle
L e t us sh o w you th is H a rb o r hom e on on e-h alf ac re w ith
th e re a ie th irty eig h t sw itch bck». could pass. T he road w ent m iles
p a n o ra m a of all o f P elican Bay. T h e re ’s alm o st 1
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o f B oor space in th is house a t th e alm o st unbelievably
sev eral of w hich so sh a rp th , fu rth e r, to w ard th e ex tre m e upper
req u ire b ack in g up an d a n g lm e C h etca, acro ss w hich could b.
low p rice of $12,750.
seen th e m ines u n d er V ulcan P eax
around, on a high p e rc e n ta g
H er es a n e a t 2 bed ro o m place t h a t h as been fully redec-
an d portions« of th e ro a d -tra il
g rad e and each h u n g on an ey e
I t" a real opportunity at $9,450. We w ill arran g e
ru n n in g so u th from th ere p ast
lid shelf, safe fo r th e e x p e r ie n c e
su ita b le te rm s.
in such trav el, b u t u n n erv in g foi Red M ountain and C hetco P eak ,
S om etim es you c a n ’t tell ’em and Ph. D 's in b o ta n y a n d fo r
How a b o u t Incom e P ro p e rty » We h av e listin g s on v ario u s
th e little fo lk s a tte m p tin g them and thence to w ard O regon M oun
p ry in g in to th e in tim a te lives of
ty p e s of incom e p ro p e rty t h a t are w ell w o rth in v e stig a tin g
tain
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from
us!
T h ere are, o f co u rse a few lessei
com m ercial fo rest p lan ts.
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Couple, in well w orn and soil* 1
bends a seaso n ed b u rro could
W e a lso h a v e a w id e se le c tio n o f Iota—c it y , u rb an , view
clear, a t one point th e tip of Mt. d ra b o u tfits w ith th re e rugged
T he u p -h o t of It m ay have been
m ake w ith o u t blushinjf»
a n d o cean fro n ta g e .
S h a s ta w as sp o tte d . Snow C am p looking grade schoolers. whole th e tro u p e d iv erted th e ir im m edi
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stood o u t like a bunyon. and th ?
cam p a new road ta k e s off _w hei? big sm oke dow n w est of Y reka c ra v a n w ould have been snubbed ate, up-coast ja u n t to h it fo r
20% on Fire Policies — Low Semi-Annual Premiums
in m ost a re a s, w an ted , as per hog back in th e b ack count iy
a sign b o ard ad v ises it is th, boom ed up.
an Cars and Light Trucks - Financing of Premiums
usual, dope on cam p in g rite s up- w h ere th ey could pick up som e
ro u te to B ab y fo o t L ak e. In th is
M uch of th e w ay w as in heavy, c o a st en route, in cid en tally , to S a d le r s O ak specim ens, som e
Ask Us For Quotations — We are Ready to Serve low.
“B ab y fo o t" co u n try lies th e fam ed b eau tifu l s tra n d s of pine an d fir
hom e tn B ritish C olum bia. One d w a rf rhododendrons, m aybe, a n d
R obere E „ and
H ig g in s and an d in m an y places th e huge u p
w ould nev er have considered the th e n
b a c k -tra c k
into
a n o th e r
P e c k 's m ine, fro m w hich, in th e s ta n d in g cones of th e s y m m e tri
a d u lts a s p ack in g sheepskins, th e C u rry a re a fo r a good look a t
old days, q u ite N a tio n a lly fa b u l c a l N oble fir w ere in evidence,
kind via th e cap and gow n rout
B rew er's w eeping spruce, in th e
PETE J. LESMEISTER, Broker
ous bun d les o>f gold w ere ta k en , so m etim es cro w n in g o u t above
b u t the o b ject of th e ir c u u o s ity raw .
so re g a rd le ss of th is and th a t, sc a tte re d , e x tre m e ly ra re B rew ers
PAUL L. FAUERSO, Salesman
hav in g been m et, the “ bull wen«
one m ay be influenced by th e w eeping sp ru ce w hose long fe s
B efore leaving tow n, how ever,
along too, deep into th is w rite rs
a u ra of th e p ast, and O nion C am p toons of green sw ung idley back
they
filled th e ir g a s ta n k s , b o tn
k e n of tr e e ; from w hich casu ally
w as th e rendezvous of th o se who an d fo rth in th e breeze.
p ro tru d e d m ention of d o c to ra te s c a r an 1 “C olem an", and got th e m
selves a d ab of groceries, p ro b ab ly
O th e r th a n a s c a n t sn ack on
m ore th a n enough for a «lay or
th e w ay. m eals w ere fo rg o tte n
w h ere th e r e ’d been no one else
tw o 's sn a c k fo r tw o g row n folks
u n til along a b o u t th e a f te r sh an k
since th e previous M onday's rain s
am i th re e g ro w in g y o u n g rte rc ,
of th e a ftern o o n , d ro p p in g dow n
and to place am» th in g s, probably
an«» these th re e gro w in g y o u n g
a n d dow n and dow n to the Illinois
very, very few w ith o u t b u siness
s te rs told me (tw o boys, w ith a
su p p e r in th e sh ad e of th e low er- ’
th ere, had ev er been or, for som e
g irl b etw een ) th e y did all th e
ing sun: coffee, c h a rre d s te a k s
y ears, m ay nev er be, w ithin s.'.oit
cam p cooking an d w ork so M a
an d su n d ry trim m in g s a t th e ,
sig h t of once hectic «lays of gold
am i P a w ould have a vcatlo n too.
afo resaid cam p sp o t a t th e Illinoi i
and now pocked, q u ite all ovei,
A gain, so m etim es you c a n 't tell
bridge, and th en hom e. Som e 2b'
w ith th e s to p e ; from o th e r m ines
m iles had been trav elled , w hich
’em from us!
F ro m th a t g u lc h ’s g a sh p ro
m any m o to rists consider a h a lf
d ay s run, and even 154) m iles of I viously m entioned, F red will hav-*
th a t on p a v e m e n ts b u t those e x tr a l to find som eone else to do his
100 m iles w ere w here th e v e n tu r- ex p lo rin g T his trio had enough
O v e rn ig h t c a m p e rs in O reg o n 's
e rs had all th e road to th em selves, | but th a n k s fo r th e prodding.
S ta te P a rk s co n tin u e th e th re e
year 50 p ercen t in crease in n u m
bers, acco rd in g to the S ta te H ig h
w ay D e p a rtm e n t T he P a rk s w ere
th ro w n o pen to o v e rn ig h t c a m p e is
for th e firs t tu n e in 1953 and th e ir
M AKE THAT PETTI
p o p u larity co n tin u es to th e p o in t
¿..then make yourself
w h ere m ore facilities a re being
¿a fine bourbon hi£hbalt...y
’.a n n e l.
1952
Back Country Exploration
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1955
OREGON
Among Our Visitors . .
PETE J. LESMEISTER AGENCY
Phane 3311
Brookings
W A TC H
for
Campers In Parks
O P E N IN G
DATE
A c c o rd in g to P a r k s D irecto r C.
H A rm s ro n g th e In crease is a t
trib u ta b le to m an y cause« an d th e
desir e on th e p a rt of th e v a c a tio n
er to m ak e his m on y go a s fa r
a s possible is only one of them ,
r i roveinent in cam p in g facilities,
m osquito-proof te n ts, t 1 e e p i n g
Lags, a ir m a ttre sse s, tr a ile rs of
v tio u s s o rts and providing ade
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Around September 20
q u ate d<<n.«- tu equipm ent su h as
.‘¡de.i, stoves, an 1 toi.ets makes
am p in g m ore a ttra t.ve.
[{ERMITAGE
C am p «•< have L»-en developed
in 27 s ta te p a il... a i d nine of these
i ave tr a ile r accom a ia t.o n s w ith
w ater, elet tr i ty srni wa
w ii.er
d s;iO3cl connections E ven W ith
m ore th a n 700 c am p sites av ailab le
ill b u t a few a m « a te filled to
amù te ll the w o x lil
you ltsiow g ré a »
overflowing
every
night
during
th e v ac a tio n season.
TERRACE
bourbon Ï
6
years old
HERMITAGE
BRAND
DRIVE - IN
Theatre
R ight r.ow, A rm s tro n g .« iys, it
is d f f n u l t to a sess th e n a tu r e of
t e long te rm tre n d b u t p la .» are
go ng fo rw ard , by th e s' e. to
place a d d itio n al c a m p site s in th e
27 p a rk s now se rv in g the c a m p
e rs and to develops fo r o v e m ig u t
«•amping som e of th e o th e r 134
p a rk s ow ned by th e s ta te .
WFTVCKY STRAlr ’!T
BOL «BON WHIShtï
$480
pt.
C o u n ty p a rk s and th e U. 8. F.
S cam p s a re helping to e a se the
burden, b u t the s ta te s easily ac-
e s I !e p a rk s a p p a re n tly m u st
co n tin u e to c a n y a heavy p a rt
of th e load.
$4,35
4/8 q t
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DAVE IRVINE
RAY POPE
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Miss K athleen Steevea. w h o
1 >1 ' rookm gs fot many yea«-"
‘eft la s t m o n th to m ake h e r home
in S a cram en to , w here she 1 is kin-
folks, H< r p a re n ts used to have
a filling sta tio n and sm all s to ie
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