THE SUNDAY OHEGOSTAN, PORTLAXD, AUGUST 21. 1910.
First Automobile
the Season Under Almost
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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.
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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 ,
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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
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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
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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.
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.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.
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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.
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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.
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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