THE SUTAY OREGOXIAX, PORTXAXD, AUGUST 3, 1919.
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ROAD URGED ALONG
CASCADE SUMMITS
John A. Keating Enthusiastic
Over Great Project.
WONDERFUL COUNTRY SEEN
Financier Proposes Road to Follow
Range From Crater Lake North,
to Mackenzie Pass.
The latent possibilities of Oregon's
ccenic mountain ranges, from the com
mercial viewpoint of tourist travel, will
never be fully utilized until a summit
road is built along- the skyline of the
ALONG ROUTE OF PROPOSED CASCADE MOUNTAINS SUMMIT
ROAD FROM CRATES LAKE TO MACKENZIE it ASS.
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Above The South Sinter, viewed from the plains below. Below View of
Broken Top from rim of nearby mountain. The photos were talten ot m trip
into this country by John A- Iveatins
Cascade mountains from Crater lake to
the Mackenzie pass.
Such is the opinion of John A. Keat
ing, president of the Lumbermen's Trust
company, who, with R. C. Hart, also
of Portland, recently explored the in
nermost recesses of the Three Sisters
country, in company with li. G. Hayes,
a skilled mountain guide, who lives at
MacKeDzie bridge.
Two pack mules and three saddle
horses were employed in making the
trip out of Foley Springs into the sum
mit country south of the Three Sisters,
there being no trail except for the first
nine miles of the mountain journey.
The members of the party slept out in
the open and saw only one other party
after they left the frequented roads
and paths of the MacKenzie district.
Prominent among the scenic gems
which Mr. Keating and his trip com
panions visited on their several day
expedition were Broken Top, which
rivals Crater lake in beauty; the Wife,
an interesting mountain peak, which
the party ascended; Elk lake and
Devil's lake. They passed many moun
tain streams and exquisitely colored
pools and lake3.
In some of the cmaller lakes, mir
rored reflections of snow-capped moun
tains, including one of the major peaks,
the south Sister, could be seen when
the atmosphere was stilL Mountain
flowers of every conceivable tint grew
in such profusion &s to resemble park3
and gardens.
Ridge tpon Ridge la View,
Elk lake, which nestles among the
hills on the eastern side of the divide,
stands at an elevation of 5000 feet,
"with delightful camping places along
its shore. Framing the horizon are
the freakish Broken Top, the wreck
of a terrific volcanic disturbance; the
south Sister, Bachelor mountain and a
number of other peaks.
Until he gazed cross-country from
the pinnacle of the Wife. Mr. Keating
says he had never fully appreciated
the broad area of Oregon's mountain
country. Occupying the 50-mile space
between the skyline of the Wife, 7200
feet above sea level, and the smooth
plains of the Willamette valley, range
after range of blue mountains point
their steeples toward the sky, as if
each hoped to command its neighbors.
The witness of this spectacle can well
be forgiven for imagining that he is
looking out upon a new world.
The Summit country proper forms a
belt about 20 miles wide. There is a
scarcity of good timber, the trees for
the moat part being of poor quality, as
trees go in Oregon. There is little soil,
only patches here and there being suit
able for sheep pasturage.
But the attractions for tourist and
vacationist challenge enumeration, and
as to the air, Mr. Keating says it is the
finest he has ever breathed in Oregon
or anywhere else.
In studying the Three Sisters coun
try, it is well to bear in mind that this
section is believod to have been visited
by the most recent -oleanlc disturbance
of any Importance to hve befallen the
United States." remarked Mr. Keating
last week. "The present evidences of
volcanic action in the summit -district
are most Interesting. The ground
many places- is covered with pumice
stone and there are lava flows such as
the larse one along the shoulder of
the south Sister. This particular area
is the nearest approach to absolute des
olation I have ever seen.
Broken Top Is Wrecked Peak.
"Devils lake, a beautiful water of
exquisite color, lies tucked away in the
lower mountains. At one end of the
meadow is an interesting little creek.
The outlet at the other end was
blocked by a flow of absolutely naked
black lava. As this lava cooled it
cracked, giving the stream a chance to
pour underneath between the cracks
and assert itself as a stream again
below.
"Broken Top was evidently a moun
tain of huge proportions before the
eruntion blasted It into wreckage. Its
south side was torn out completely
while the other side stiil stands,
veritable mass of jagged fragments.
w hich really amount to peaks by them.
selves.
In many of the mountain waters,
fish are plentiful. In fact, we had
sever dreamed that trout could be cap
tured sa easily.
'If the commonwealth of Oregon
la to reap the full benefits of this vas
and wonderful mountain country
spreading across the Cascades, it will
be necessary to carve a summit road
from Crater lake to MaeKenzie pass
and connect the mountain districts
with good lateral roads leading to the
population centers.
"The engineering- features of a sum
mit road are not as complicated as one
miht Imagine at first thought. Much
of the country along the crest of the
mountains is more or less level, there
is plenty of material at hand for con
struction purposes, and the entire
mountain area is fairly dry throughout
the summer season."
IX A PRODUCTION' QTJAXDABT
Belgian Automobile Makers Face
Many Difficulties.
Automobile manufacturers of Bel
gium, who recovered their factories
shortly after the signing of the armi
stice, are at a loss to predict when they
will be able, to resume production. The
plants were in a deplorable condition
and most of the manufacturers have
been so busy cleaning up and restoring
their plants that they have been un
able to give the proper attention to
future work.
Another drawback is that most fac
tories have an abundance of requisition
bonds and no money, and it is difficult
in the present market to buy without
ready cash. An exception is the Mi
nerva Motors Societe Anonyme. S. De
Jong, director of -the Minerva works,
has definite plans for production and
ana K. Bart of rorumso.
says that he expects his company to- be
the first in the market. Mr. De Jong
began his preparations for production
while in exile in Holland.
RICH MM GETS BIG TRUCK
FOTO-WIIF.EL DRIVE WXXTHER
JCST RIGHT FOR HOWELL.
Wasco Wheat Man, 6 Feet 7 Inches
Tall, Finds Winther "Good
' Enough for Him."
Henry Howell bears the- distinction
of being not only one of the largest
wheat operators in the Pacific nortn
west in point of acreage, but also of
being absolutely the largest wheat
operator in the Pacific northwest
physically. In his stocking feet, he
towers into the air some six feet
inches. Even Jess Willard and Jack
Dempsey would feel a bit unnecessary
in Mr. Howell's presence.
Mr. George N. Crosfield. Wasco deal
er handling Winther trucks, writing to
the Oregon Motor Car company rela
tive to sale of a 3-ton 4-wheel drive
Winther to Mr. Howell, eaid that Mr.
Howell had tried out seven different
makes of trucks on the Sherman county
hills, and after satisfying himself rela
tive to the merits of the different
trucks, remarked that "Winther was
good enough for him." The work the
truck has since been doing over these
same hills in Sherman county justifies
his choice.
George Crosfield has sold so many
Winthers in and about Wasco that a
visitor in that town during these grain
hauling days would be inclined to think
he was witnessing a Winther parade.
The congressional report of 1914
placed the economic loss to the United
States through poor roads at an annual
figure of Io04.000.000 for transporta
tion costs alone. The heavy increase
n tonnage since that time probably
makes the loss today close to 11,000,
Ono.OOO a year.
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