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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1930)
PAGE TWELVE The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, October 26, 1930 GRATER LAKE RARE JEWEL Writer Describes View on Visit After Lapse of Quarter Century TRANS ATLATIC FLYER DRIVES CHRYSLER (Continued from page 11) fearlessly plunge Into the haunt ed watera to prove his manly courage before the gods, and to Sam strength of body and a dauntless spirit. The fear and reverence for the place of strange form and beau. ty, moving the emotions of the natrre people, was not unlike the effect of the scene experienced by any one of us today, only their minds were possibly more sensi tive to the mystic. They were children of the wild. They dis rerned a spirit In trees and In nearly all natural objects. The gods were their gods. It is dif ficult for us to look upon tne vast abyss of blue waters lifted to the sky, and its spire-crowned walls without associating it all with the native people, who saw It first and invested It with the presence of their deities and the romance of their traditions. J.V. ;rns After Quarter Century After an absence of a quarter of a century, nearly, I found my self approaching the rim or tra ter Lake wit flowing antlcipa tlons. and also with not a little misgiving: "Would the Lake ap peal to the imagination as when first seen, and would one stand bereft of orderly speech with on ly broken words left to descnoe the profound emotions the scene of surpassing loveliness inspires? When the Lake should suddenly be disclosed, would one look and looK again 'to mane certain mai it was all real and not a tableau from the moon nor a picture hung in the sky, and. then after a long breath would one una himself standing somehow with bared head in the presence of something more than natural grandure. every sense possessed bv the rare beauty before him?" ' With the years Crater Lake re mains In the mind clear as a dream, a pictured likeness, ten uou and delicate as light and more beautiful than any mater ial form or substance to the eye. I questioned: "Will its color seem as blue as before; for I had never seen anything as blue as Crater Lake, and will Its deep sapphire compel the eye to re turn again and again, and al ways when near? Would I be hold the brilliant turquols waters at my feet turning to the deep est blue out in the depth9? Would there appear the same whirling, sudden darting, scampering play of movement on the surface of the Lake, down there, until one was certain that there were Llaos the sprite creatures of Indian legend swimming and cutting capers Just beneath in Its depths? Would the Phantom Ship suddenly merge in the pearl and silver gray of the lava-fretted walls, Its spars and masts Tuiaucu unui i"u -v-- then as urcannlly reappear? In fine, could one so dramatize the Enchanted Lake, and conceive it in such beautiful Imagery, through the years, that the scene would be disappointing when one came asain to stand upon its ricky Isn?" JL0 is Xever rvisappointlna Then suddenly I came to the Lake, for one never sees it grad ually, and the memory-vision of unrivaled beauty was no longer a dream. It was all true. More, in a few hushed moments I wa aware, as all are who revisit the Ialce Beautiful, that imagery and idealized beauty can never equal the reality of form; the compell ing mystery of the Lake, and Its marvelous coloring.. Crater Lake is never disappointing. It is more beautiful than anything we can Imagine. I whispered, for It seemed sacrilege to speak aloud just then, the words of Joaquin Miller: "It is great, great; but it takes you days to see how great." And one must return of ten to realize how beautiful it Is. It Is a scene to lift tip the mind and silence for dnce at least our silly, silly prattle and make an end of words and words. It is restful: these "everlasting hills." and silent depths of blue, and upon returning here, one is v- - n Yaot Ata Yrlth ll'.Ulfl Idll.-TT VI .vi ".i.. the atmosphere of romance that hovers over the Lake. But it is beyond us and we shall not be able to talk glibly of what we have seen, more than we would undertake to describe the color and wonder of a picture, painted by a great master. Crater Lake ts not like anything else you have ever beheld. A quarter of a century is not a long perlodof time, unless it be measured by the cbanges that have occurred. That day of Jears past, we climbed snow banks to gain the Lake, where there was but the winding nar row aisle of a steep road between the trees, and now all the way alone- the mighty canyon of the Ttogue. through Crater Lake for est and no to the very rim are broad, dustless paved ways. Hun dreds of cars may and do para at one time in the wide driveway flanked by rustic log. guards over looking the Lake. One almost forgets that on the spot where these cars are parked a scouring, grinding mighty glacier from high on the icy sides of Mount Mazaba. deposited rocks and boulders. There are paths lead ing to the heights. A foot walk of concrete wind along close to the crater's edge for sightseeing and a road completely circles the Lake, along the pinnacled crests. Great Scenic PUreroond On the dav of onr first rislt, "Will G. Steel, who has happily lived to see his dream for Crater Lake come true, bad , pitched bis tent 50 yards or so from the spot now occupied by the fine stoae structure. Crater : Lake Lodge. There are the administration buildings and others, all in keep ing with the wold beauty of the peaks. Including the Community House, with . Its exhibit of rocks .telling the story of Mount Mara ma. with Its glaciated sides, and Its flerr Ihroif IK OoO fPAf afcov t i ill f -kX"""' ) h n g diF J?lr T ML Crj. fo IE6&-bU ill - iyv-li 1 ' ; , - ' -Z L" " Diendonse Coste, who with Ifaoriee BcOonte was the first to aoeeesafnllT eeoospUah tb westward bj air of the Atlantic, owns and drives at Chrysler roadster. The iaasoM oceanic pilot said he selected the Chrysler because of its resemblance to hie taasoaw plane, "Qnestioa Mark", fas handling sad speed. Pictured with Coste la the Count Constantin C de Tatiocheii; Chrysler representative in Pari. The picture was takes shortly before Coste accomplished hia memorable flight. side Mr. Steel, at the Lake that day of the past and now it is not unusual for a thousand visit ors to register there In a day. While at the Lake the attendance for the Park season, exceeded 129.000. More than a 15O,0 people fWiHfyisit t he Lake this summer. The Park is becoming a wonderful scenic playground. it gives one pause to think that more than 5.000.000 peoole will visit the national parks of our country this season, and that they are coming in ever increas ing numbers to our own beauti ful Crater Lake. When at the Lake before, the place was silent, vacant, and one made his way about the pathless heights as he could, camped where night found him: pulled the clouds up over him for shel ter and asked himself many un answerable questions of how, and why and when this all hap pened. Now trained park rang ers, who are naturalists and geol ogists guide groups of people about the rim, up to the heights and across flower-strewn spaces telling the 6tory of the rocks and glaciers, Mount Mazama and the Lake, or down to the waters that remain blue when one stoops and dips a hand in and is astonished to find that it has suddenly turned clear as crystal. "At times it has been a dis couraging undertaking for the rangers." replied the park super intendent. E. C. Salinsky, as we voiced our appreciation of the talks on the Lake, the program and the pictures put on by the park rangers, at the Community House every night. "The boys are not trained speakers, but," he continued. "I want them to be able to tell the people about what we have here, and to explain about the Lake, rocks, flowers and trees of the park. These programs are good training for the rangers. We' are all here to help he people see it All, and to get the greatest pleasure possible out of their park." Will Steel "JRino Old .Man" "Pine old man." observed one of the park rangers, pridefully as we inquired for Will G. SteeL "On the fifteenth of August we celebrated the forty-fifth anni versary of Mr. Steel's first visit to Crater Lake," the ranger add ed. "He was our guest of honor over at the Community House. We put on a special program for him. You know Mr. Steel, work ed for 20 years to conserve Cra ter Lake for the people. Fine old man," he again repeated. "Say, Mr. Steel, Just about made this place," he laughed In conclusion. We found Mr. Steel, who is 25 years older in years then when we found him camped In a tent beside the Lake, but he is not old. But for the slower ..spacing of his speech and a care about hurried movements, he is not changed. A great, fine ideal and service to the state . of Oregon, and the countless number who will ever come to the Shrine of the Gods, Crater Lake, has k,ept him youthful in spirit through the years, and that is remaining young. As we reviewed the changes of the years, and talked of the Lake, the one subject of greatest interest to him, In his face was a smile of triumph as much as to say: "I told you so. I had a dream of this years ago. More than 150,000 people will enjoy the wonders of Crater Lake. Oregon, this year. With his old time incisireness and with eyes alight he recounted the struggles of the past, and the vic tories, and then spoke of the fu ture of this to him most beau tiful spot in the world. Of1 the Lake's present development and future Mr. Steel said: "First of all we have the best park su perintendent of all the parks, and second we are to have a wonder-road built around the Lake, thai' Will 'make every part of the LakV antt ts be&uty avail able to all who come here. It Is all arranged the government Is to spend a million dollars on this new road," What a personal victory It all must be, and satis faction to one who has given these years to the accomplish ment of such beneficent hopes and plans! Capt. Appiegate Said Active The story would not be com plete without a word of another rugged character, Captain O. C. Applegate, who has had so vital a place in the old days of Crater Lake and Its history. Straight, tall, broad of shoulders; keen of Intellect and Interested In every Important event of this modern day as of the long past, what a figure of an Oregon pioneer, ad venturer of heroic days, soldier and citizen Is Captain Applegate, at the age of 85 years. In his home overlooking the busy city of Klamath Falls, the Captain re told the Indian legends of Cra ter Lake, and many thrilling ex periences of its early history. With what sympathy he referred to his friends, the Klamath, Piute, and Modoc, people, their traditions and beliefs. "No," the tall Captain of Mo doc fame, replied, "it Is not strictly proper to say that the Indian people were afraid to look upon the waters of Crater Lake. Their fear was more a mixture of reverence for its stange wonders. The high places of the mountains were the sacred places where they talked with SATISFYING PERFORMANCE Oldsmobile's performance is particularly satisfying because it does all things well. Acceleration is swift and silent. Speed is smooth and effortless. Power is more than ample for all purposes. And always, no matter what the conditions, Oldsmobile is com fortable to drive and restful to ride In. Come in and examine this car with its smartly styled Body by Fisher. 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