I
by th eK f c le of $1O,Q o M | for H
provements and I new public building^
( s l S feg the new state office building,
hospital buildings, etc.) are N O T
COSTING THE PUBLIC ONE TH IN
DIME. They have already been paid
fotifeby
eSSwys ^'through wages
^j^ht^Eul|y|^arned, but withheld from
their pay envelopes.
Parity Pay Advocated
About three years ago, the Oregon
State Employees Association adopted a
policy of parity pay for state employees
— meaning equal pay for like work as
compared with industry and other
governmental agencies. The Civil Ser
vice Commission is now completing a
surveyypn such a basis, and it is the
Association’s effort now to have the
budget as presented to the 1949 legis-
1 a ture reflect parity figures. ■ The Law
and Legislation Committee and the
Salaries and Wages Committee are
working on »this objective. Conferences
have been held with the Governor, the
Budget Director and the Civil Service
Director. These conferences have been
very satisf actory to date!
The recent about-face that the Su
preme Court made, first in declaring
the ^pO.PoBpO excess state fund
"available” and then "unavaiSble w ith
out Hg^ial levy,” will undoubtedly
make it more difficult to get adequate
appropriations, especially if the levy is
set too y | | ^ H o the situation is
no worse than it was before the first
decision.
Lef t ^ n ^ m l h e K w i s and Clark
exposition of 1905 at Portland, Ore.,
the foB tcy< I ^ W ir ig iB today the
world’s largest log building, still call-
ing attention to Oregon’s leading in-
c-ustr}7 lumbering. The structure is
long? 102 feet wide and 72
feet high. Fifty-tw o log pillars, six feet
i n diameter,T S p o r t the gallery and
roof.
Blue Waters
Fill Crater
(COVER PICTURE)
By ELIZABETH DOTSON
When Mt. Mazaba "blew its t
the Cascades lost a m ountain and gained
a lake. In to the deep crater left by the
eruption flow ed the w aters from meh
ing snows to fo rm O regon’s famous
C rater Lake.
From the trail to D iscovery Point
where John H illm an m ig h t have stood
when he happened upon the lake ir
1853, visitors can still gaze down at
the am azingly blue w ater 2,000 feet
below. H illm an and his p a rty failed tc
find the "lost cabin m in e” they sought.
Instead, they discovered a gold mine oi
scenic splendor and joy fo r the lovei
of natu ral beauty.
Before 1885 C rater Lake had few
visitors. In th a t year, a fte r 15 years of
effo rt to reach the lake, W illiam Glad
stone Steel stood fo r the firs t time on
its rim . Inspired by its beauty, Judge
Steel conceived the idea of preserving
it as a national park. For 17 years he
devoted tim e and energy tow ard that
end w ith m uch personal sacrifice. Suc
cess came at last w hen the park was
officially established on M ay 22, 1902.
Steel then devoted the rem ainder of his
life to the developm ent of the park. Fie
served as its second superintendent and
later as commissioner. H e held the lat
ter office u n til his death in 1934.
M any residents of O regon as well as
visitors ask w istfu lly if there is any
public tran sp o rta tio n to the park. The
happy answer is "Y es” . . . by bus
daily in the m o rn in g fro m both Klam
ath Falls and M edford.
The cover pho to g rap h by Ted Rosin,
State highw ay photographer, shows Mt.
Scott across the lake and the Phantom
Ship in the m iddle rig h t center.
The lum ber yield in O regon during
1947 was su fficien t to build more than
400,000 five room houses..