g
as believing that Civil Service can' bè Oregon , rugged peaks, and forests are
made to render a distinct service to the in close kinship with grazing herds.
public by improving the efficiency of
Photographer Ted Rosin of the State
state employees through recognition 'of Highway Department Travel Informa
their rights; merits and service as public tion Department came by this Way in
servants. Maybe the time is ripe to' September and noted the photogenic
praise where praise is due and to vo combination b f cattle and towering Mt.
ciferously^ complain where conditions Washington in the background. So he
justify!
paused here at the Low rie ranch, four
Do the members feel th a tw e should ttdles east of Suttle Lake, to' add one
take our objectives more openly to the more picture to his growing collection
public for support? Should we become of Oregon scenes..
active in exposing public disservice
Incidentally, Mt. Washington, named,
wherever and whenever it occurs? Have of course, for George Washington, I is
we the merit and strength to be held 7802 feet high- Although it may be
up to the public view?
' we~ the
classed as one of the lesser peaks of
selfish, self-centered ¿group that some the* ^Cascade range, it is one of the
have called us? Are we worthy of re more? scenic and one of the most diffi
spect, are our intentions proper? Can cult to climb. The top part of the peak
we justify our aims and actions? I
'fs; a rocky spire which had defied all
These are sottie of the Association’s efforts of alpinists until August 26,
problems. Every member probably has 1923, when six young climbers from
some good ideas and opinions about Bend achieved the summit? Since then
them. The next general council meet ascents; have been infrequent.
ing rs a good place at which to present I Mt.-Washington is only one of many
them, but don’t just wait t'ilL then. scenic gems scintillating in Oregon’s?,
Write in to 'th e headquarters office at great outdoors. During the past sum
any time (new address is 311 Oregon mer tens of thousands of visitors were
Building, at Salem) ; discuss them in lured from all parts of the nation to
the Chapter meetings and -‘have the' sec enjoy vacations itt 'Oregon’s cool green
retary write. Talk up the subjects? and lands. -
crystallize your thoughts. Then, when
Cattle are but one of Oregon’s ex
the ' council decides our policies, let’s tensive -agricultural resources. During
all go to town and spread the news 1946 livestock brought a cash income
high and ¿low! Let’s have something of 150 million dollars to Oregon farm-
really w orth .while to make a noise 4^#s. They expect to realize even more
about and T H E N let’s make that'noise during T947, thus keeping agriculture
where it will count!
in the fore as the leading revenue pro
ducer for the state.
The forests in which the cattle
ROUND UP TIME H | OREGON
grazed represent another big economic
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asset, bringing in many millions of
By ERNEST A. ROSTEL
dollars dUring the past year, Mills have
When round-up time copies to th'. been turning outflU'mber in all sections
upland meadows of the high Cascades of the state for use throughout the
of central Oregon, mooing cattle and world. -
bawling calves, sleek and well fed
from.grazing on summerpastures, 'will
The average man ; is ¿proof enough
soon be ready to be moved to lowlands that a woman really can take, a joke.
and then to market.
Any .bald-headed, man ¿can tell you
Cattle ranges are often thought“ ofI
in connection with great prairies attd it is possible to come out on top and
endless fields, of waving grass, but in still be a loser.