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-he wanted to
lend a hand, so he plowed ^ W c
through that,part of th g ^ eld where
the line was to go;1 While thisf S l cak;;
fiB ljljjE -A lex Shaw, rancher and em-
ployer of the “Cat” operator, drove j g
Army 6x6* along the road and, al
though equipped with chains on all
six wheels,
B I the
snow the plow had not cleared away.
All turned out well, even for a Phea$-
ant Cock who had kept an eye open.
He discovered that the plow had ex
posed a patch » w h e at stubble, and, as
settled in
th | ffB « fo r
GeM BjgBftafr that Oregon’s 97,000
squatS miles- r o S w contained more
volcanic activity than any other com-
parable area in the nation. Thisvwa||
thousands of
when^ypl-^
canoes spent t h l w B r y fury through
out the length of the Cascade moun
tains^®
Today the fire mountains are silent
and provide settings for the beaver,
state’s unusual scenic charm, the
gon state . highway commission travel
information department points out in
calling attention to 1949 vacation at-
tr act ions. I
Among Oregon’« towering heights
are such well knowi! peaks as Mt.
Hood,“ near Portland; Mt. Jefferson,
Central jreg o n ; Three Sisters near
I B B S : Mt. Washington and Broken
Top along the Santiam highway; Mt.
Thielsen near Diamond Lake; Mt. Mc-
Loughlin, near Lake of the
High peakshwhich were not caused
by volcanism, include Sacajawea, the
Matterhorn and Eagle Cap in Wallbwa
m P uhtfB B m northeastern Oregon.
If you’re trying to figure out a wo-
man don’t try to. make anything add
IS-
There are people who roll out the
carpet for you one day— and pull it
I M B B I u n d e ^ B u the next.
After the sixth grade, Father finds
it easier doing Mother’s dishes than
doing Junior’s, homework.
SPRING FLOWERS ON
THE OREGON COAST
By E. A. ROSTELL
(Cover Picture)
Spring wli heralded along the Oregon
coast by a profusion of flowers ex
tending from the California line north
erly for 400 miles to the mouth of the
Columbia river. Typical of the floral
and scenic appeal of the coast is Har
ris state park nr a r ij^ ^ m h gs in Curry
county. Thisfis ^ he -o—
thSstate parks division of the Oregon
highyll|%comm^^n| in all sections of
the state. Picture by Travel Inform
ation Department.
Of • never-ending interest to out-of -
stater visitors traveling along the Co
lumbia river are the Indians at Celilo
HcSSi^Sg^ec i in spea r in g and ne ttin g
fish in the same fashion as their ab
original ancestors, the State highway
commission travel information depart-
men^repqife^ this week in calling at-
tention to w S ffs of 1949 vacation’in-
I The 'Indians have exm M ^ ^ feh ts to
this type of fishing as a result of a
B^^Bidra-v^ B with the federal ¡ gov
ernment in 1855, about the time the
Oregon country was becaming settled
with pioneers.
At the falls, Indians are easily ob-
served from the highway standing on
their precarious perches over the
churning waters of the Columbia as
they haul in their big salmon. .Sev-
eral tribes tak^ b^rt| in the fishing
fiB B IO » n ||trib a l larders.i I
One B Oregon’s unusual scenic at
tractions awaiting 1949 vacation vis-
itors^B^af ^ rolling sand dunes, of
Jessie M. Honeymah Memorial and
Umpqua Lighthdule; state parks of the
Oregon coast.
The Oregon state highway commis
sion travel information department re
ports that these two parks include
outstanding examples of beauty cre-
ated by wind and fine ocearû|sands.
I dunes are as high as 500 fèet
and are constantly changing, I offering
^ ^ ^ M o f ^^msuah contrast; to up
land forests, streams and lakes.