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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1910)
THE SUNDAY OHEGOSTAN, PORTLAXD, AUGUST 21. 1910. First Automobile the Season Under Almost Un surmountable Condi- tions, and the-Great Keward 0 TtT eT -.,,... , trsTvi ' ill m". - ve-- n. u. - ' si eafu' r ..r . JeiS . .-.-. r, v 3 . - : : V 13 - w.'.!" '. . W I i -. .::.!-: , itre---- -----ft, .. yv ,s , - w mil BT THOMAS p i crg I La eoe road from Medrord to crau Lake had to be Inspected and op coed for the Kuon. The site for a. tent city tn connection with th hos telry had to be selected. The diiva tip tie Crater Rim to tha buildings bad to decided upon. Tha camp at Arrant "had to be opened and tbe stores Inspect ed ard Ifr. Parkhurat. tha enrrtctlc iruui- Itr of the Crater Lake Company, waa euut!ousry awaiting tha time when It Vii possible to do three and sundry other "recessary thins- It mu-'t be rfraembered That the present highway through the forests la merely a rough wagon road, e.-lgmsj'r made from homeatead to homestead before the Uct of good roadi had dawned. ThouK'n the country through which it passes Is Indescribably beautiful tha roadiray la execrable, even at Ita teat; that la, after having been well worn y a season's Ua.'flc. Hut one cannot Imajrlne ita roughness after a Winter's rain, when the wheel tracks have been worn Into guinea: when bed rocka are exposed and the road veritable "rocky roa'la: when treea of ail sixes have been uprooted and He a errata the way, form ing hajTlera to any tut tha moat Intrepid and hardy ploneera who are atrong enough and a tiling enough to hew their ntj- through and recam the right of way c- form another one through the rock and (urut. Anxiously the news waa 'awaited from scouts who knew the con ditions of the mountains. t At last word came that though tha ,rtdse at flho, Creek wm washed out, , the stream had abated and that an auto moMre might get through. Not a moment w ia lost, air. Parkhurst 'and tnyi-If started from Portland for "M.dford. The afirrncx-n of the follow ing day we i-et out with tne famous iRusi Cutlibert as captain-chauffeur, with hl brother Joe. who can make an auto fnublle fio.a stnrt lo Itnlah and appar ently make It do most anything. , Wv-dtTklve. the owner of the car. and E. Lewie Conchar, an ardent auto- . roolnii.it of New Y.irk. romplrted tha Hirty of six advrnturera. . Tie serious nature of the undertaking ' J began t.i surmise wh n 1 perceived .the working tools that were taken along. 'These were ropes and blocks, mattocks '.and axes, and they were all needed and meet skillfully used before our Journey 'waa successful'- completed and Crater .Lake waa gained. Rut oh. the rrpdes. the wretched un necessary grades: We were like the lrv o!d Duke f York, who marched hia men tin the hill ar.d down again. We traveled acme S mllea to Prospect, where we slept In tents and we gained only seme 1-"0 feet rlevatlun over iled fjrd. et In that distance we at tlmea J rose more than the b feet necessary ,to arrle at the rim of the lake. These grades are absolutely unnecessary, as Is evidenced by the fact that In the next SO miles to Camp Arrant we rose threw tlmea tha amount of the former miles with far easier grades. Doubtless this will be ob tatrd by a new road that la projected. Just before entering Prospect the Rogue River becomes a mighty rapid and there are two beautiful waterfalls f-om tributary creeks falling soma 160 fret Into the canyon. This scene alone would well repay any traveler, even If there were no Cra ter Lake at the end of tha Journey. These rapids at rre'-ent are only par .tlaiiy discernible by the tonrlat from 'the approach to the bridge, for that structure In the usual fashion Is boarded In. 1 waa told It waa to pre vent homes from being frightened, but It iema to ma that horsos that are not ' scared by the "rhoo-choo flying devils" 'were hardly aa unsophisticated aa to be 'frightened at leaping water. , Them rapl.la aro so beautiful and so extensive, the falls are so splendid that thear should be shown. It should not e necessary to cmrel the traveler to tluvmoont and go out of the way fo sea thorn, but the road should deviate from 41a direct line and be mala to wind -sUng b buki of tha rapids, giving sine traveler tha advantage of seeing such beauty: In foot, forcing It upon This attention- In planning a road for such a purpose as this one Is to be used, a direct route Is not desirable If It does not lead to tha objects of greatest Interest on the way. Tha public for all time will thank the ones who lengthen the distance and add to Its charm. It Is to be hoped that full advantage mar be taken of this won drous work cf nature that neither .may It be passed by. nor may It be neceseary to leave the car and plunge Into the forest aa we did to gain the fclortoua view. e e e Starting from Proepect at an early .hour, we arrlvwd est Bishop Creek to ,f!nd the bridge washed out. Nothing . daunted, one ot the "boys" waded waist deep Into the stream and gave the as 'euranee we could make tt. The 'doughty Ross Cutbbert at the helm , handled the ship. The rest of us Uter- ally took to the woods and clambered ' ud straddled o-rer a mighty tree that had fallen across the rocky stream and - gained the other side, and looked back with eager expectancy to tbe at tempt to rush the creek. With full power the captain launched her Into the flood, amid exultant shouts of "She 'cornet, she comes." but. alas, she stopped In the middle and I. a tender- ! foot, and the New Yorker, a tender foot, said. "We are up against it-" But ; cm Kopee and blocks were at work, attached to a tree. Our united strength arfJed to that of the auto, applied by ' the use of considerable gray matter. , our machine was rescued and soon put , Into action. t Then we were soon "up against tt" again. If "It" la In this ease a tree, or ' many treea. we ewreiy were often up ' against tt, tor many times we found ' treoa large and imaU Iris squarely , fl 1 I l-.-.-v j Ik'&'i-Z' . " ' i ill II i I ffj3 V Jli--:tr- jtS' SV- ises to grow very, very fast. If I tvere I li 7 - '"X" . ?ir;--V,'''' !' xJi v-, J. . , "T,-jr . ; ", j 'I as I i7assTsBX &Jftftl . a youns man wno wished to grow up IP:, ' '-- -7--r.i- ' - " ' " . Z . , - 'W -"i 1T UJtUa- -fc 000 MM wltn tne towa x wouU so to Klamath Ih.C57' :'.et - "-ry ' "YZ. -, r -xr -JL t - 4fti-e. S ' Falls to grow up. feeling reasonably If' t ' r h , r.i, n 77" i'-t' rfj ' . ' " ilfl2rt - , certain that there would be nothing to f--: '.:J'.'. - ft . r . r1 i.v- i ' i i4" '"t .If iC IV 4 H' stop my growth unless It was my own If" 'Jskifi , ' " ' -s "Sf. Hi t - ,i ; 'V,. Please remember that I have told ot IfeV": - ;''-rMer,V V t-f 'f J " the first automobile trip to Crater Lake lyrt - T??Zgfrr , .h J U r - t-.lttll V- , Creditae KaHroad Record. ,p '-"------1 ,,1.1 - - - - A.-.- m . v-.'-v '!i4 4" I 1 JV. nrfmr THE" f a x " t' - J'aV - J-twl I . -. tif--Z.3 I Bit-! ." - k -Jti' K " , 2 K tk ' 7Yfii across the road: bat these cheerful boys college boys Just laughed and went to work, cither to cut the tree In half or to find a way around It- liere I saw the advantage of a college educa tion. There was skill of no mean order displayed In this work and I saw an automobile handled In a way I aid not think possible and made to do things I did not believe It could be made to do. But It was the developed gray matter that did U not but what these boys had plenty of muscle, too. At last we reached Ounp Arrant as hungry as wolves, and the commissariat store was opened. It was a veritable store, a cache, tn a log-house, barxioaded during the 'Winter agalne-t the bears that are so numerous there, even to covering the stove-pipe cldmneys, which was fa cetiously thought to be to prevent the little bears from getting In. tempted by the smell of the goodly number of bacon nttchee hemrlTig from the rafters, but aa the reader may correctly surmise intend ed to keep out the snow, which I was in formed lien some IS feet deep here during all the Winter. The superintendent of the park lives ear by. That la. he lives there during the season, and tbe season has Just com menced. He Informed us the roads were Impassable, that they were blocked with enow, and the numerous bridges were all 'down," but our boys were made of sterner stuff than that which Is balked by "oan't." They said. 3Let's try It any way." So we pilod Into the auto, and ay we went to encounter the first bridge that waa down. e .Now you must understand that these bridges are constructed by heavy logs too heavy to be enropt away by the rapid streams and not very lofty and men they are covered with planks not nailed or secured, but held In place by their own weight. ' At the end of the season they are removed and piled up on either side to prevent their being washed away by the swollen stream. Each Bummer they have to be replaced to form a bridge. Whoso work tt waa to do this we did not Inquire. There was no one to Inquire of. We did not even ask one another, but there was no way of proceeding without relaying the planks, so all went at It with a will all but the writer, who is exempt from each work by reason of his age. Even the New York "tenderfoot worked at It till he was exhausted. New Turk had grit if be hadnt hardened mus cle, and soon one bridge was built and crossed. Then we came Into a snow bank lying right across the road tjjsputmg progress. We charged tt and yelled, but though It yielded for a while. Ita passivity was greater than oar farce, end we were s tilled; stalled In a snowbank In mid- Then, again, was shown engineering skUL Out came Jack-screws, wheels re lifted, a layer of flat stones .was placed aa a causeway, and with Infinite adjmstl-sg, tuggteg and panting tbe bar rier u crossed. ee Soon another and another bridge to be planked: a succession of atiowdrutte were but leasnmg prudence, our cap tain want ahead and boldly Jew-ring tbe 7yfr chats j. . original road, selected other routes, skirt ing some snowbanks snd selecting some that were less formidable. We dug a way through them, in some cases that auto mobile twisted through the trees abso lutely twisted; for the space waa so nar row that it couldn't be made to pass atxaight a distance of its whole length. Well, we got right up to the base of the crater's rim after building so many bridges that we forgot to count, and then the grade waa so terrific and the snow banks were so steep that a 40,000-horsepower auto would have stuck there till the snow melted; so we got out and walked the last mile to the top of the rim, tramped over the snow which was bard enough to bear us, and I, who had not been there before was won rewarded for the glorious, wond'rous and mysteri ous sight that opened up to me. H Much has been written on Crater "Lake. It has been often deeciibed; it has been photographed, then painted. I think everyone wbo has some percep tion of the hidden meanings of things and who has written or spoken of It says that Crater Lake Is Indescribable. I know how It appeared to me, but I cannot and shall not attempt to de scribe tt. It Is a memory that will al ways live with me. It was not a bit different from what I expected. It seemed so very familiar to me. Some thing forgotten only, but remembered QUEEN MOTHER AND QUEEN MARY TUSSLE FOR AUTHORITY IN ENGLAND a Former Tries to Dominate British Court, hut Latter Plays a "Waiting Game and la Sure of Ultimate Success.- Change of Flags on Bucking ham Palace Is Significant. LONDON, Aug. . (Special.) Q wen Alexandra does not take kindly to be ing a Queen Dowager, and so far she has proved rather a handful for King Qeorge and Queen Mary. The new flag that now files for her at Buckingham Palace a mixture of the British and Danish flags has sufficed to Induoe her to lower the Royal Standard that only the reigning monarch should fly, but she clings to Buckingham Palace and haa extracted a promise that a set of apartments will be reserved there for her whenever state ceremonies are In progress which she desires to at tend. After that she will remove to Sandringham when she Is quite ready. Marls borough House In London will also be at her disposal from the New Year. So the contest between the stubborn Queen Mother and the strong-willed Queen Mary Is an Interesting spectacle. Queen Mary has restrained herself, so far, with exemplary patience, but she Is not the kind of royal wife to allow a mother-in-law to dominate the Court aa Queen Alexandra's sister, the Dow ager Empress of Russia, dominates the circle round the Cxar. That will speed ily be made plain. That the Importance of the heir to the Throne In the national life is to be steadily maintained la evident from the rapid conferment of the title of Prince of 'Wales a title King Qeorge himself had to wait much longer for when his father came to reign. Qneen Mary was responsible for that. She had her way, but Qneen Alexandra grot rrem br seoortn rigid moarning at IjfcnPBawjaaRgaf again. If the theory of reincarnation IS true It would seem as If I had beheld It long, long ago. It is true I have seen l,t pictured, but no pictures ever can represent Crater Lake, and yet It seemed I knew It, recognized It In de tail. Let me hope that reincarnation Is true and that I have before enjoyed the exquisite pleasure I then did. And If It Is true, I hope that If I am again incar nated that my added knowledge of Its ineffable beauty may help me more keenly to enjoy It then; for surely each added knowledge of its wondrous charm must help the Individual soul. e And then we went back the seven miles to Camp Arrant, had a rough and hearty supper and slant as only tired men can, and woke fresh and vigorous as such mountaineers as we bad be come should be. Then it rained and the boys didn't care to ascend again, but I. who had been brought by Mr. Park hurst all this way on purpose to decide on tbe Summer's work of fixing up the grounds, secured some ponies from the superintendent and made the ascent, riding over tbe show that sometimes was hsard enough to sustain our horses, sometimes wasn't, when we floundered through until we got onto tbe solid again. Then It balled and it rained and It blew and we got so cold that we had to light a Are and warm our numbed Ascot, the swetlest of the Bummer race meetings. Scores of the bluest blooded aristocrats In England stayed away in consequence. Prince Edward takes his elevation as Prince of Wales very calmly. There is no nonsense about him he has rubbed shoulders with other boys too much for that. He was sent early to school In the Isle of Wight and the first boy who came up to htm began the dialogue with the query: "What's your name?" "Edward," said the Prince. "Edward what? Haven't you got any other name?" ' "Edward of Wales." The boy- whistled. "Oh," he said, "you're the chap, axe your" and he walked on. In Wales tbey talk of petitioning the King to have the Royal heir known as Prince David of Wales, Instead of Prince Edward, for David Is a popular Welsh name and was Included for that reason In the string of names given to him when he was christened. But In England the name of Prince Ed ward will stick. Wales also wants to have a share in the Royal Standard flown by the mon arch. At present there is no heraldlo recognition of Wales In the royal ban ner, but there Is the Red Dragon of Wales as a supporter of the Prince of Wales' shield. Premier Asqulth has promised to talk to the King about making the Dragon conspicuous on the Royal Standard. But few people grasp the tremendous tuk tbia almnle nsopoirlrlnn fan nj lea. It sj--j swiMij g&WPT&!m3l!mmKHBWMUi!MmHLI! x.H-aJS-e4 J I bodies, but the view of Crater Lakei through a mist of ralnl If It is Inde scribably beautiful In its glorious col oring of every tint of blue, in its clear and distinct outlines, melting Into shadows, how much more mysterious, more mystical when partially seen and wholly sensed in the haze of uncertain ty. To me tbe impreeslon was of the lifting of the veil, between the seen and the unseen, between the material and the spiritual plane. Crater Lake necessarily will not be seen by many In such weather condl tlons and yet I venture to say there are many who would travel continents to behold such a scene rather than the one that la gonesaily gained. Only few hours' work was necessary to give the directions required and half frozen we returned to camp, where our pro longed absence had caused some un easiness. After a hesty meal we left the camp and made our way this time toward IClamath Falls, where we a rived at night after. passing through a delightful oountry, over clear roads of much better grade than those from Medford. On the road we stopped at the Indian reservation, made friends with a number of the Indians, who, to their astonishment and delight, were given a rapid ride axorrad the grounds in the auto. Klamath Fails was crowded. Klam means altering all the Royal Arms throughout the Empire. Everything from a military button to a notepaper die would have to be altered and It would cost not less than $15,000,000. Very shortly a gorgeous personage will arrive In England by way of America bringing the homage of India and priceless gifts to King George. This is the Oaekwar of Baroda, a pow erful Maharajah and one of the wealth iest men In the world, whose son is sit Harvard. In his possession- are a mar velous necklace of iOO brilliants, worth well over $10,000,000, and a set of ar tillery made of gold and silver. It la Interesting to watch the effoct of the changed conditions on life and pleasure In England. As Cowes week will have no Royal inspiration this year, yachting has had a bad slump as a society pastime. But shooting, on the contrary, is all to the good. Amer ican millionaires looking out for grouse shooting In Scotland are finding tha beet moors already appropriated by Britishers, whose pockets are unusual ly prosperous for this time of year. The fact Is, the shorter London season, the lessened expenditure on entertain ing and the rubber boom have left the homegrown society men with money enough for special indulgences. Those who have spent the last few months abroad are criticising the con duct of some American and British women at Cairo, whose habit of regard ing the Arabs romantically has nearly landed several daughters of well known families Into undesirable no-toxletx. ath Falls will be a crowded place. It Is hustling. It is growing and prom- THIS IS OPEN SEASON FOR THE DEADLY PICKLE BT LILIAN TINGLE. Pickle Keclpe Series No. 2. iEEN cucumbers have slain their thousands, and pickled cucum "G bers their ten thousands." And yet, year by year, housekeepers produce tbe treasured pickle recipe of their grandmothers, and the house is filled with the odor of vinegar and spices. If experience or inherited recipes aro lacking, cookbooks are ransacked for reliable Instructions In pickle-making. or letters are written to The Sunday Oregonian or some similar fount of Information. Money- from mere pin money to real fortune continues to be made In picKiea. Aores and acres ox cucum bers are set out to do their more or less deadly work, and our National dyspepsia remains", practically, as monumental as ever. Many of these popular "delicacies' are. In the words of a recent writer, "warranted to riddle . the stomach of an ostrich. If that bird were so bereft of the instinct of self preservation as to make a lunch of bright green ououmber pickles seven times a week And yet . -If you are a school teacher with a turn for quiet observation, you will notice that many of your least bright and healthful pupils, especially those whose very appearance betrays a delicate or disordered dlsgestive system, will regularly produce green pickles from their lunch boxes, or will buy them at tho corner grocery. From my own Investigations, I can testify that ioe cream cones and green pickles are regarded as a particularly desir able combination, among girls whom one would think old enough to know better. However, I must remember that I am not writing a sermon on dietary sins, but simply trying to answer re quests for pickle recipes which have been pouring in lately. If pickles must be eaten, let it be done in strlot moderation, and only by those of sturdiest digestive powers. See to It that the pickles are made of the freshest, soundest and purest ma terials and that young children, at least, are not allowed to acquire a taste for them. One of the simplest cucumber pickle recipes Is the follow ing, given me by a housekeeper who prides herself on the fact that she "never uses alum, though some folk do, In this recipe," and that her pickles "have always kept firm through the Winter and into the following Sum mer." Take small, fresh encumbers, as picked from the vines; wash them, dry them, and place at once in stone Jars Mix one gallon cold vinegar with one cup salt, and one dry mustard. Add two tablespoons celery seed or mixed spices, as may be desired, in a bag. Pour the cold vinegar mixture over tho cucumbers and cover with a plate. The writer adds that she, personally. prefers the pickles without spices and that some ot her inenas, to wnom u has given the recipe, use one cup sugar in place of the. mustard. A useful old-fashioned method for those who have only a few hills of euonnrbera la their back yard, or who, Indianapolis News. Figures Just compiled by the Pennsyl vania Railroad system ehow that, al though In 190S and 1909 its various lines carried a total of 2D9.7S2.6oS passengers In its 21,000 miles of track, only one passen ger was killed as a result of a train wreck. In other words, the chance of a passenger losing his life in an accident on the Pennsylvania Railroad system was one out of about 300.000,000. Church and Street X umber. Indianapolis News. One of the churches near the crest of Murray Hill. New York, has adopted a street number so that strangers may find It with no more difficulty than they en counter in reaching a shop they may be looking for. This church Is now Indi cated in the directory by its number in Fifth avenue. On the Road Fall Mall Gazette. Have you ever tramped along upon a misty xnorning In and out among the hills along the road to Love, TJp the wooded valley until sudden at a turning" Sleepy little Hessenford comes pee-rins slyly through On the road to Love; Out along and down along the winding road to Love? Have you ever caught tbe scent of yellow gorse a-burning Drifting on the breezes as you tramped and tramped along. Heard tbe milky lowing of the lazy footed cattle When the trees and hedges and the fields are full of song; Calling you to Love; Out along and down along the sunny voad to Love? Sick am I of staring- at faces. Llst'nlng to the clatter of the city's less din. Time It was that I was rolling up my swag and going To the warmth and welcome of that quiet little Inn On tha road to Love: Out along and down along the cheery road to Love. for any reason eannot stop to bother with the little cucumbers just when the little cucumbers are coming In, Is as follows: Wipe the cucumbers, as gathered, and put them Into a stone jar. Cover each layer with something less than a quarter inch of coarse salt. When more cucumbers come in add - them with more salt- Cover with a small board, weighted, and a cloth. When the Jar Is full add water to cover tbe cucumbers and put in, if available, a few horseradish leaves. These tend 'o discourage moulding. The salted cu oumbers will keep almost indefinitely. When wanted for sour or half-sour pickling, take off the coyer, remove the scam and clean the top of the Jar. Then take out the required number of cucumbers, 'soak them for three days In fresh water, changing the water every day. Then heat, in a preserving kettle, as much vinegar as will cover them. Bring them to boiling point, 'but do not soften them by oooklng. Pack Into bottles and oover with cold vinegar, plain or spiced, sweetened or unsweetened, as may be preferred. A bit of horseradish leaf is a useful addi tion, and a piece of green pepper,1, scalded, is to, my mind ,at least, a pleasant one Dill pickles are of German origin and of increasing popularity. A Port land merchant recently assured me that he would not take $20,000 for his recipe. He has 10 acres planted In dill and takes orders for pickles in carload lots. Fresh dill Is on the mar ket now and will be for some weeks to come. Special modifications of the flavor will suit different palates, but the following are two typical methods of preparing these fermented pickles. L Seleot only perfectly sound fresh cucumbers. Wash, wipe and prick them over. Place a layer of vine leaves, dill flowers, and. If available, morella cherry leaves at the bottom of a small hardwood cask. Sound gTeen cabbage leaves are sometimes used in place of vine leaves. Put the cucumbers in ' layers, with more leaves and dill about "he middle of the cask and on top. Put on the Ud and through the bung hole pour In a 6 per cent salt solution. That means one cup of salt to five quarts of water. Close the bunghole lightly and set the cask in a warm place or In the sun until fermentation is complete. Then remove the scum. clean the top of the barrel, fill up with brine, if necessary, cover tightly and keep in a cool cellar. For very small quantities a stone jar could, of course. be used, but tne nara wuuu cua ib id favor with dill pickle experts. 2. Put the cucumbers in layers wiin dill only, as descrmea aoove. msieaa of a 5 per cent brine, use a 12 per cent brine made with 26 per cent vinegar. Don't be scared by the use of "per cent." It Is easier to work out in oups, quarts or gallons, as large or small quantities are needed, and yet retain its accuracy. Fill up and let the pickles ferment as described above. Then clean, cover and pack away as in the first recipe. . Or wash the pickles in cold water and put them up in cold vinegar either plain or flavored with tarragon
