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VOL. XXXVIII."
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1919.
NO. 22.
TO WHITE SALMON AND TROUT LAKE IN A HUPMOBILE CAR
Run to Mount Adams Country From Columbia River, 24 Miles,' Easy to Make on High Gear Over Good Road Through Timbered Wonderland.
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TTOLD on!" cried Charley Men
I I lies. -Let's get the calf In th
picture."
"Got him yourself, then," replied John
H. Hall, who when not ranchingr is a
Portland lawyer of dignity and learn
ing and vice-president of the Oregon
tate Motor association. "I've got to
hold this horse."
"Come, calfy.; come, little feller,"
soothed Menzles, creeping stealthily
toward the calf. "Get your pictuce In
the paper."
The calf appeared to meditate. Tt was
clear he did not entirely trust Menzies.
The latter continued his stealthy ap
proach. "Maa-ah-ah! whined tb calf bitter
ly, and etarted to run. Menzies tore
after him. They turned Fharp corners.
collided with fences, kicked dirt In
each other faces. Across the fence
the calf's mother took note of the sit
uation. She tried, earnestly, first to
climb the fence, then to butt It down.
"Hurrv up, there!" warned Hall- "Say,
et. a move on or well have the cow
over here in a minute. Catch that calf
nd fcnrrv up!"
Oh. the Poor. Poor Calf!
Mcnzlos made a flying tackle tTiat
turned the trick. He grabbed the
WTippling calf and carried it. kicking
and blubbering, into camera range. "Oh,
maa-ah-ah!"' screamed the calf. 'Maa-ah-ah!"'
'Click!" went the camera. Twas
done.
This all happened last Sunday at
Trout lake. Wash., near the base of
Mount Adams. It explains the where
foro of the photograph on this page, in
which C. M. Menzies of the Manley Auto
company appears to be choking an in
nocent calf to death, while John H.
Hall looks calmly on and holds his
horses.
Mr. Menzies. with A. B. ManleT, pres
ident of the Manlev Auto companv. Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Roberts of the Pacific
Title & Trust companv and the writer
made the run to Trout lake and return
last S?arirday and Sunday in a Hupmo
bile. This trip of slightly less than
100 miles each way is one of the finest
tihort motoring tours in tho Pacific
northwest.
rrora Portland to Trout lake is a
matter of only a six or seven hours' run
liver eood roads all the way. The Hup
mobile, with Mr. Menzies driving, made
Jr. in Blx hours t-aturday, but seven
onrs would be a more comfortable
H'-hednle, Tho route Is scenic over the
wholo distance. It goes by way of the
. Columbia river highway to Hood River.
thence bv ferry across the Columbia to
; "Whits Salmon. 'Wash, and from there
iT4 miles Into the mountains, much of
i tho way through beautiful forests of
cir and pine.
i "Good roads, wo have said. Tho fact
!fa thev are amazingly good all the
. wav from White Salmon to Trout lake.
Macadam sa far as Husum at the falli
of the White Salmon, and dirt from
there on to the Trout lake valley, where
the main highways are graveled and
emooth as carpets.
High Gear All tie Way.
The only road handicap between
"White Salmon and Trout lake is con
siderable dust along several miles of
the dirt road where it lies more or less
in the open. But where the road passes
through heavy timber for jz or 15
miles it bas retained enough dampness
to be firm packed and emooth and is
In fine condition.
A further surprising fact although
tlie elevation of Trout lake is 1940 feet,
yet except for starting, it's a high-gear
run all the way from Portland. To
anyone who has driven much over
mountain roads this will sound too good
10 be true, yet it Is the fact. From
"White Salmon to Trout lake the Hup.
mobile was not shifted once into sec
ond or low gear, for the climb, though
Heady and almost continuous, is on a
natural and easy slope without the
Bleep pitches so common to mountain
roads.
Going to Trout lake It was hard to
convince Mr. Manley that there was
any grade at all, for it was hardly ner
ceptible from the car. But returning on
; a down-hill run it is plain to -see that
the climb has been a considerable one,
The easy grade is due to the fact that
the road follows In general the course
of the White Salmon gorge, which this
impetuous torrent has cut right
through the flat lava formation of the
country. Occasionally en router the
road passes along the edge of the
gorge. These glimpses of the stream
and Its wild canyon, all the way from
SO to 150 feet deep, cut as sharply
through the rock as if by a. kmlfe. are
Jlruly beautiful. '
As the road climbs toward the Mount
JAdams r'ateau It passes through two
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Above Tke twa top photographs are typical views of the beautiful timbered conatry through which the road passes from White Salmon to Trout lake. 12 miles from snow-capped Mount Adams. Cen
ter (At right) another timber scene showing the Hopmoblle where the road skirts the gorge of the White Salmon river. A. B. Manley of the Manley Auto eompsny beside the tree. At left) the
am, apparently choking the poor little enlf Is Chnrles M. Menaies. who was snapped 1m the act of persuading the enlf against its will to have its picture takes. The calf's mother nt the time wns trying
to climb a fence to tret at Mr. Mensles. Beside htm Is John II- Hall af Pnrtlsnd. vice-president of the Oregon state Motor association, who has cows, calves, bulls, horses, strawberries, asparagus
wheat, berries, orchards, timber nnd whatnot on 700 fertile acres la the Trout lake valley. Below (. lem view 01 noon mver-viie wwi k"t lanamg on uu -" "- -
(At right) Gnler hotel at Trout lake, where the hungry traveler will find fare that a good many kings today wonld be mighty glad to smack their lips over.
distinctive kinds of forest. In the
lower altitudes the woods are of fipe
fir timber. Then comes a mile or two
of a kind of neutral ground where
both fir and yellow pine grow together
in brotherly amity. And then the higher
regions, where tall, straight yellow
pine sticks hold the ground exclu
sively. When the road emerges into the Trout
Lake valley, the person who has never
been there before is certain to be sur
prised. This is one of the most re
markably fertile valleys in Oregon or
Washington. The soil is of volcanic
ash. and pretty nearly anything will
grow in It, though considerably later
than at lower. altitudes.-
Add to this natural richness the ad
vantages of Irrigation made to order
for the fortunate settlers by nature
herself, and one can readily sse why
land in the valley is so prised. This
whole district. 13 miles long and-two
to four miles wide is sected and inter
sected by irrigating flumes and
ditches. Everybody has a ditch of run
ning water flowing by or through his
place, to be tapped as needed.
Tho valley lies ideally for irrigating,
with Trout lake at the upper and high
er end as a natural reservoir. The
ditches mostly tap Trout creek, the out
let of the lake, which drops fast to its
junction with the White Salmon, also
flowing through the valley. The main
valley is Slightly higher in -the center
than at the sides, and gently slopes
from the upper to the lower end, so
that there is hardly a portion of it to
which water can't be brought to tho
very front door, so to speak.
Regular Kendal Bans,
And there is pl'nty of fhls water at
any season. Trout lake and the White
Salmon have a flow that is very much
the eame all the year around and a
perpetual source in Mount Adams. They
never run dry or even low.
Up here in the upper end of the val
ley was where the party Lb the Hup
mobile came across Mr. Hall. As a
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Insr the ferry from Hood River -to
White Salmon, in the old White 40 he
has driven since 1910 or 1911, he can
hardly remember which, but which is
still as full of pep snd vinegar as the
very youngest member of the motor
car family. He had the car loaded with
mattresses and thine', and with his
wife and small daughter was bound
for his place at Trout lake.
Well, in tr evening Mr. Menzies
drove down to his ranch and looked
him up. The Halls were Just finishing
some strawberries with the richest of
rich cream from their own place. It's
a ranch in every Bense of the word, for
Mr. Hall owns some 700 acres here and
is almost a feudal baron in a modern
way.
His holdings Include 150 fine fat head
of stock, several farm buildings at
different places on the ranch, and some
splendid timber that's hardy to a taw
mill. He comes up from Portland every
now and then in his old White, looks
the ranch over and sighs for the simple
life.
It was nex"t morning just before tho
Hupmobile started back to Portland in
a drizzling rain that the episode al
ready related of Charley Menzies, Mr.
Hall, the calf that didn't want his pic
ture taken, and the alarmed mother
cow took place.
Real Old-Kashloned Country Dance.
This Trout lake country 'is a fine
place for the week-end visitor or the
summer vacationist. At the head of
the valley half a mile from the lake,
and almost in the .shadow of Mount
Adams, which looms fnpwv and grand
to its 12,UU0-foot heipht almo.-t near
enough to touch, it urems. thoueh it is
12 miles away, is the Guler hotel. Mr
and Mrs. Iteynolds are tho. proprietors
thereof, and when the himsrry travelers
in the Hupmobile arrived site ha.l din
ner awaiting them. A sizable dinner
it was and as good as it was sizable.
And at night Fnowy beds in tents, the.
cool tang of the mountain refreshing
the air. and tbe marine Trout creek
alongside to isUl you to sierp famoufl
accommodations in every way.
Before bedtime, though, there was a
country dance at Trout. Uake. Every
body attended and enjoyed t hemse! vesk
as folks always do at country dances.
No boiled shirts or v.alnt-lcather or
tures at a dance of this kind, and no
need for ultra-formal introductions.
Kverybody friendly, everybody iianty.
everybody dancing with everybody else.
Trout Lake and tiulcr's are a base
from which to make expeditions to
many points of attraction near by. A
little later parties will be up there to
climb the mountain, which Is higher
than Mount Hood, though not so pre
cipitous. There is fine fishing in Trou
creek, and also in Trout lake, which in
itself isn't so much to look at more
like a quiet country mill pond than
mountain lake. Then thro are ice
caves and lava caves to explore.
Nix on Caves for Menzies.
Mr. Manley had never been in a lava
cave before, and neither, for that mat
ter, had Mr. Menzies or Mr. and Mrs.
Roberts. So the trip to the lava cave?.
was placed on the morning rrcg-'ammo.
before the departure Sunday. wUh Mr.,
Reynolds as the guide. The rav I.
only a little more than a mile from
tho hotel, and the Hupmobile. wa
driven right up to the mouth of it a
great hole In the ground, down h iu
steps descend 60 or 60 fet into thn
cavern, which runs a long distance un
der the earth.
Menzies carried tho pine Wnd'ing
bound up with wire and -fastened t-
a stick for the torch. He got about 100
feet from the entrance througii which
the friendly light of day shone down,
and that was enough for this youns
man. He decided that exploring cave.
was not his parti. alar line of activity,
but had better be left to moles or
politicians, who prefer to work in tr
dark. Mr. Manley didn't get cven that
far. Down the steps for l.im. and then
up 'em again. The writer hereof, beinp
bolder minded, would have ventured
further, but Menzies disappeared with
the torch, and there was nothing for
it but to return.
The run back to "Wlilte Salmon and
Portland was made almost all the way
in a drizzling rain. But the roads wer
even better than the day before, fo
the rain had laid all Ihe dust and
there was little mud.
Kyrie Is Beautiful riser.
At "White Salmon on the reium a
side trip of about a mile from t!;
town was made to the Kyrie. White,
Salmon's famous summer hotel re?or.
on the edge of the White Salmon bluffs
overlooking tho Columhia.
There may be more beautiful places
In this world than the site of the
Eyrie, and more beautiful views than
that from this point, but we have
never seen them. Situated hish above
the Columbia river, the gorge of the
great stream extends for miles in view.
Across the river is the town of Hood
River, and behind that the green Hood
River valley, all in full view. And s"
a further setting to a wondrous pic
ture behind thai, in turn, looms Mount
Hood a, different view entirely than
that to be had from rortiard. with
the whole noble mountain from its
base up In the picture.
The Kyrie hotel itself Is surrounded
by little summer cottages on the edge
of the bluff, and the hotel grounds
are beautifully landscaped and set to
flowers and shrubs. And. moreover,
there's a fine dirt tennis court and a
croquet ground for the- use of tho
guests.
The return across the Hood Rivsr-
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