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Thursday, Sepìemhei 20, 1956 Brokings I : n; g.\ Oregon 1.0 t one can h >' dow n on th e h ead h ere on. q u .te a b it on a ss o ite d re a l c h a ia c te r. in tro d u cin g h im - w a te rs of th re e s tre a m s . To th . boulders on- . k - ts B u ck sk in self as Webb, w hose hom e w a s t b»» th V .'” <1 get* n tc s a tt e s e l at File Cheek. Mr. W ebb, w ho m ain fo rk o ' th e C hcteo. T o th e tim b e r and p re tty good t u b , . at w asn 't a d ay u n d e r 73, w as v ery so v .h v .e s’. is ’he h e a d w a te rs of th a t. J r and nine .. 1 r ta r, s o r e sc a n tily clad, told us he'd com e F ald . ?e C reek an d t ' e N o rth of w hich is, undoubtedly, “c o n k -’ o u t by hired jeep, leaving O 'B rien F o .k of th e S m ith , a n d off to th e F o r a few m iles, d e-p ite th e e v i a t 4 th a t m orning, and w as seek - ‘"'S t th e t n . i m ’. cts go to m ake dence of considerable use by log th e m o th er lode of p latin u m w hich ' up R ough and R eady C reek a trr- g e rs and m iners, th e road is had show n fu rth e r down R o ugh o u ta r. of the UI.no s-R cue sy*- m ug h er n all g et out and sluiced and R eady, p latin u m being now em : i. ju s ’ a little be"C"td. on w ith w ashes u n til d ro p p in g dow n a t >110 an ounce. A?ked if his I th same ridge run.- the H aw ks a g en tle g rad e to th e S m ith R iver- u a s a d ry < am p he said b e d had Rest t a 1 tow . r 1 C nyon Peak O ’B rien R oad on th e w est slop- to go dow n about a mile below and thence m to S e a n a. of Onegon M ountain w here t •• Ins cam p for w ater, and fig u red J u s t a little p a st th is point, on sig n b o ard allow s a a how it's 13 on m oving cam p dow n n ext day. Y eais ago, before use w as found • craggy, r sing t trn . o ae can m iles to 199. 1 ok ,• v ti th e ru n in to the g em V ery little wild life not even fo r it. p latin u m w as discarded a s a n uisance by th e old gold pan- like R ough and R ead y tw in lakes, m any birds w ere -een on th ners. -F lin g fed, b o rd ered by sm all trip , nor any sign- of th em except n .i, low.- ?,.sh w ith Dm l.ngtonia, docs and faw n s a t th e ex trem e A gain, in sum m ing up th e trip , and said to be to 'c ia ^ 'e fish in g ends of the ro u te. V ery, very few no one -hould a tte m p t it w ithout it an y o n e h u n g ry or h a rd y pigeons w ere seen. <leep and sekioua co n tem p latio n enough cared to d ro p down, a y B ut. up on a wild s tre tc h be i h at one is v en tu rin g into a tr u ly five or - in h u n d red fe e t to 'w et a tw een the tw in lak es and Mud to u g h co untry. Second p o in t is line!'' less th a n a S p rin g s tw o g rey in g dogs stoo !, 'g u e ssin g '' th a t b ark in g , in th e tra il and a little m o n th ’s w ork w ith an angle T ’*e roa<’ > n o t go th ro u g h ~ » V • . J. » F ra n z M ea.kr.vs but th e r e 's a sign beyond we saw som e b ru sh s t i r bladed c a t and possibily half ai * . rf ad v isin g th e y 're a bit off to th e rin g . O ut from a bed ixxll cam e a C o n tin u ed on Back l ’age L ? IX G . l l ‘ • • •.1a 1,‘u? ' . ’t,° ‘ M,t bv 50 foot ’ <*<*! b uilding I- in t h e process of being erected at Ore- rig h t, ju s t beyond Mud S prings. t \ eneer. 1 In b u ild in g wi II house th e tru ck re p a ir shop of S am A gnew . w ho has recently T his M u l S p rin g s place i- a l e a ^ d th e p lan t. C em en t flo o rin g is ju s t b eh .g p oured n the photo. P ilot Photo m ig h ty fine a m p g round. < *>m- plete w ith cam pers' firep la ce and g ia d e - on th e ro u te and it would a boxed in. cold -p i m g. F rom a p p e a r th a t th e road could be b ro u g h t to co n im erical use w ith ou t an a la rm in g ex p en d itu re of m oney. It w ould req u ire a g re a t d e a l m o re to m ak e it a high w ay. T h ere is v ery little com uieric.il tim b e r in th e im m ed iate v icinity A re c e n t S u n d ay , B en Jo n es, M ountain in to O’Brien The in te r cf th e ro u te b u t a p p e a rs to be T he a n sw e rs to e v e ry d a y R ich ard G arv in an d M S. B rain - v ening e stim a te d 20 m iles w as co n sid erab le in th e m any d raw s in su ra n c e p ro b le m s' a id m ade th e trip from B rookings o rig in ally m ade several y ears ago b u t, as th e ro u te is alm o st all b e By t h a rle s G ra y sh e l tw een th re e an d fo u r th o u san d th ro u g h to O 'B rien in th e G arvin w ith a special built c a te rp ila r jeep . It could not be m ad e in an y h av in g a fo u r foot blade, th e w ork feet o r b e tte r in e lev a tio n an d th e B elieving w h o le h e a rte d ly in deep and o th e r v eh icle and from th is th e being done by th e F o re st Service. d ra w s m o stly v ery th e philosophy th a t you have steep, logging o p eratio n - w ould side-m ounted sp are tire should be No w o rk h as ap p a re n tly been dona to “ give" before you can "g et" be co m p a ra tiv e ly costly. rem oved. and b eliev in g also th a t in on th is s tre tc h since, ex cep tin g these d ay s of co m p lex ities T he w o rst d iffic u lty e n c o u n te r T h e d istan ce w as e stim a te d at fo r a v ery few m iles on th e O re m ost people w ill be re a lly in 80 m iles,of w hich 40 is good to th e gon M o u n tain end W’here th e re ed on th e tr ip w as th e w ash in g in te re ste d in re a d in g th e so lu of m a te ria l fro m th e u p p er side of foot of V ulcan P eak and 13 ex cel h a s been som e logging and p ro Congratulations to the Coaching Staff for getting tio n s to th e ir ow n an d th e ir th e tr a il and in som e places, th is le n t fro m th e su m m it of O regon sp ectin g . T h ere a re n 't any sh a rp co m p rised o f ro c k s th a t it took n eig h b o rs’ e v e ry d a y in su ra n c e p roblem s, w e d ecid ed to try tw o of th e tia v e lle rs to boost o v er the Team in shape so fast. so m eth in g a little d iffe re n t. th e g ra d e to c ra s h h u n d red s and B eginning n ex t w eek th is a d h u n d red s of fe e t dow n in to the v e rtisin g space w ill be d e v o t can y o n s. A lm o st th e e n tire ro u te ed each w eek to a co lu m n of had a fo o tin g of decayed se rp e n q u estio n s an d a n sw e rs on in tin e alth o u g h th e re w ere places su ra n c e p ro b lem s w h ich are w h ere th e tre a d w as m ade by ro ll com m on in th e liv es of all of in g to one side th e b u ck sk in b o u ld ers and th e vehicle bounce 1 us. F ra n k ly , th is co lu m n w ill be o v er th e o th e r th e o th ers. in itse lf a form of a d v e rtisin g T ra v e rs in g th e ridge b etw een but th e o ffer to a n s w e r y o u r th e S o u th an d M ain fo rk s of th • in su ran ce q u e stio n s w ith o u t C h etco th e ro u te ru n s close to ch arg e or o b lig a tio n is g e n u C hetco L ake, a lim pid pool of ine a n d h as no strin g s a t a b o u t tw o o r th re e ac re s set in tached. W e ll re a lly apprec- a sh allo w bowl u n d er th e ridge a te an o p p o rtu n ity to be of s e r ru n n in g n o rth from Red M oun vice to you. ta in . A sh e lte re d cam p site is th ere. I t ’s d o u b tfu l if th e re are • If you'll address your own in an y fish in th e lake. F ro m th e re surance questions to this office, one pulls a long, shaled grade, we'll try to give you the correct w in d in g up to a saddle from answ ers and there w ill be no w hich th e tr a il leads up to the charge or obligation of any ab an d o n ed an d w e a th e r w recked kind. C hetco P eak lookout. T his p>st s its a t b e tte r th a n 4,600 feet and Chares H. Grayshel th e ro ad is a t a little b e tte r th an 4.000 elev atio n . T he n ext »topping In s u ra n c e A gensy place w as on a saddle w h ere one Brookings, Oregon LINOLEUM - PAINTS - CARPETS ta k e s off fo r L im ber C am p. H ere on a high, sh a rp ridge. « 1 Brookings io O’brieo Via Chetco Lake Route WE’RE Tica you Know! BEHIND YOU B R U IN S PHILLIP'S DAD & LAD BEAT POWERS { We'LL Be There Friday ROOTING FOR YOU OSTENBERPS GOOD LUCK T E A □ ! let’s BEAT POWERS! l DIMALX t BROS BROOKINGS MARKET t 7SW / Our Congratulations to the Team GOOD - LUCK To the Coaching Staff to our 1st To the Quarterback Club Brookings ALL who helped make Football here possible DUNNING MOTORS I Football Team FROM HI-t.rtY MARKET I )<»n & Lyle Vaughn Mad Man - Muneey
