14
Oregon’s Grand Canyon of the
Snake river, forming the boundary be
tween Idaho and Oregon, 1000 feet
deeper than the Grand Canyon of the
Colorado, is' in the center of a great
wilderness accessible only by trail from
the Oregon side and by boat from
Lewiston on the Idaho side. A lodge
near the canyon mouth is at the end
of the longest mail route in the na
tion, according to the , Oregon state
highway commission trayel informa
tion department.
The oldest'photo studio in the north
west remains in place much as it did
nearly a century ago when Peter Britt
established shop in 1 8 52 at Jackson
ville, queen city of Oregon’s golden
yesterdays, during Oregon’s major gold
rush. The studio is precisely the same
it was when it moved to "new
quarters in 1862, even to the head and
neck rests.
O ut-of-state visitors during Oregon’s
territorial centennial year will seethe;
Willamette river, the only major nav
igable stream in the United States which
flows south to north through its length.
Much of Oregon’s colorful historic past
is closely associated with the course of
the river, according to the Oregon state
highway commission travel information
I department.
More than 250 forest camps are op
erated in Oregon by the United States
forest service. Additional camps1 are
maintained at Crater Lake National
park. Oregon territorial centennial vis
itors in 1948 are invited to use them
w ithout fee, with the exception t of
^ Cfater Lake where a park e n tra n t-
charge is made, according to the Ore
gon state highway commission travel
information department.
Oregon’s, territorial, centennial, being
observed during 1948, recalls that more
than 2 50,000 square miles were added
to the United States when the territory
was established by congress in 1848.
Originally it included, .as well as O re
g o n , ! daho, Washington and portions
of Wyoming and Montana, the Oregon
State /highway commission travel in
formation department reports’. '
New Chapters
Join O.S.E.A.
The, Oregon State Employees Assoc
iation is proud and pleased to acknowl
edge the addition of three new chap
ters. | Number S is the Oregon Trail
chapter and is composed of members
■of the Eastern Oregon Tuberculosis
hospital at The Dalles. Oregon Voca
tional School chapter at Klamath Faljs
is number 36. (W inston Purvine, di
rector of the school* was the first presi
dent of the Library Building chapter
while he. was in the Salem office of the
vocational education department.) And
the highway department has done it
again! This time it is the OSHD em-|
ployees at Baker who have,, formed thcl
Baker' chapter, number 37. c
Mrs,’ Laura Collins as president and
Mrs. Ethel Gamble is „ secretary of The
Oregon Trail chapter. Lee B rasseurind
William Atwood are president and sec
retary of the Oregon Vocational School
chapter.*James O. Fleetwood is the first
president of . the Baker chapter and J. D.
P ratt is handling the work of secretary.
A most hearty welcome Z|| extended
td all of the new members in these
chapters. The OSEA is; glad to have
your assistance and your expressed, be
lief in its ^objectives. tig
The great poihposer’ does not ,?se£ to
work because he is inspired, but be
comes inspired because he is wolr king|
—Ernest Newman?
If loud reverberation echoes through
the atmosphere, don’t think it is a ca
tastrophe, don’t think it even queer.
Keep smiling quite serenely, and treat
it as a joke; it’s a New Year resolution
that somebody just broke!