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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1936)
1 l 'j'' IH -rr TT 77 Valley aZloot . Maimer All Thai I LP. M3S a araoiise of mfHiJwiM 1mm i T" ! r it 'O Trip Outlined By Salem Man "Mountain That Was God" Visited by Chadwick on Motor Cruise Tas Statesman l ea-eperatlac with tii Orsfoaisa. Stat Motor association a 4 Taa Orcffaaiaa is presenting a srr tr a( traveler ondr ths title, "Motor Cruise of 16." It U hoped thereby ta tiulU trarel is the Pacific Nertu went. Tbe futtt oa the trip described helov. VT. W. Chadwick of Salem, is president ( the Oregoa Hots! associatioa. BY W. W. CHADWICK and LAWRENCE BARBER "The Mountain That Wai God" u the goal of oar motorlog. The Radians residing: In the Tast area fringing upon the southern arm f Puget sound gave that colorful same to the mountain before Captain George Vancouver named tt Mount Rainier. They referred Jo Its domination over the entire jountrrside-, to its friendship and Its fury. , " I Tke "stop" sign Just inside the yark brought us to a halt. The ' .park ranger on duty leaned out of the window of his house in the middle of the road to inquire about dogs and firearms, to take oar dollar and hand ns a sticker for the windshield. We could fish, with that license, but we had no fishing tackle. Lake George was fine, we were told. Park scenery started abruptly at the entrance when we entered a six-mile stretch of tall firs and hemlocks. At Longmire we stop led to see the springs. Across the foad is the lodge, and nearby is the rustic park service headquar ters building. Behind the building 1 m group of comfortable homes for regular park employes, and across the bridge Is the camp ground and community house. Up the road toward Paradise we . went, stopping at Christine falls to crane our necks with Californ . fans. New Jerseyltes, and Florid ans. We paused a moment at tbe foot of Nisqually glacier. Then ther was the long climb upgrade to Ricksecker Point, and scenery ail the way. Around the ridge we . followed the road to Narada Falls, craning our necks at the rocky lopes of Tatoosh Range, across the way. A mile further brought us to Paradise valley, elevation 5557 feet, which was then still carpeted with snowbanks, but which we were assured would be bedded with a host of wildf lowers by tbe time this report reaches publica tion. Alpine plants and trees made tfceir appearance at this point. Around the end of the valley and up another grade brought us Into the residential area, Paradise inn to -the right. Paradise lodge and the 246 housekeeping cabins to the left. The silver dome 'of Mount Rainier rose straight ahead. At the inn we f o u n d. Ken Bourke, its youthful manager, at Che desk. Introductions were in order, then we asked what tbe cas ual visitor can find i for amuse ment. Ken listed trips about as follows: Climb Offers Many Thrills 1. Walk to the Fairy Pool and gaze in awe upon the vast pano rama of the mountain and Nis mile.' 2 .Climb to Alta Vista the pro montory cising up in front of the Inn. There is a range finder op there. One-half -mile. 3. Ride a horse over the sky line trail, a four-hour journey to aa elevation of 8000 feet, or 2500 feet above the valley, skirting Nisqually and Paradise glaciers, nd viewing our own Mount Hood rom Rainier'a slopes. 4. Hike two miles to Reflec tion lake, at the edge of Tatoosh Mountain That jS" tf Mi- -. Vjunt Haiaier's silvery dome rises POOO feet above Paradise valley; V- llaeapv parked overnight at Paradise laau . - Man Mentioned IFzeii History Read Is One Who Went Sincerely Ahead By D. H. TALMADGE, Sage of Salem THE INEVITABLE Whatever yon do, wnatever you ay. Somebody's going to kick; If you even attempt to give money away, ! They will vow it's some kind pf . a trick; ta -. ' ' Tou may struggle and toll to evolve a new plan f For meeting the needs or the pleasures, of man, But when, with some pride, your endeavors yoo scan, . Somebody's going to kick. If refuge yon take in the far-dis tant stars, ' ! Somebody's going to kick; If you Bint that perhaps there are . people in Mars. - . There's ridicule following Quick; I i The man who is mentioned when history Is read Is the man who went straight and sincerely ahead, For you may as well know that till after t you're dead Somebody's going to kick. G. H. Felsenstein. R. 1, Wood burn. Ore. When a button comes off a man's coat, more especially when a chill wind is blowing, the cor responding but tonhole is about the lone- somest looking thing I know of. Happiness i s and happi ness isn't. '-v What makes it does and also It doesn't; That which li Z seems 'tis at times turns oat 'tisn't, j . H. VaiajadS What was thought was really was wasn't. i range or. three miles to Pinnacle peak. ! f 5. Take one of the guided tours to glaciers. I - I 6. For the physically! fit and bravest of the brave, there is, of course, the crowning achievement of all northwest climbs, the as cension to the j summit, 14.408 feet Leave Paradise at 1 p. m., climb to Camp Muir, about 10. 00 feet by evening, rest until early morning and continue the climb to the summit, I returning the whole distance, during the day. "And," added! Ken, "tin-pants sliding on the glacier is more fun than a barrel of , monkeys." Rainier national park has its wild life not the sort found in popular reading. We Baw one friendly deer at Paradise, num erous chipmunks: in the same vic inity, a fat brown bear down the road near Longmire, and four un afraid deer in? the road ! directly in front ofLongraire lodge. So we had something to discuss when we met Major O. A. Tomlinson, superintendent of the park for the national park service. :n Major Tomlinson informed us that there are about 400 deer, 250 bear, 500 mountain goats, and quite a population of raccoons and smaller mammals in the park. Tourists can expect to see some of these animals, except the moun tain goats, he said. The latter are .very seldom seen, even by park employes. Few pictures have been taken of them, i Most successful photography of goats, t Major Tomlinson stated, was done by a ranger who dressed himself in a special white woolly suit: to re semble a goat and lived for a week in regions frequented by the animals. ; ..-.. To better Inform the public of the wild life, the varieties of trees and flowers, and other natural Was God " Mecca for Many Tourists r. t Somewhat suggestive of a po litical platform or a rubber plan tation prospectus. A n yt h t n g which may be true, but probably isnt, is pretty certain to catch some of ns. We have a natural banker, for the tinglebf uncertainty. All we need in order to get it is a pre posterously unlikely promise of a rich reward remotely possible of fulfillment A great deal of what is termed human happiness Is of an anticipatory nature, grabbed off between bumps. I reckon it's all right. Any old kind of happiness, life being what it is, is better than no hap piness whatsoever. Or don't yon think so? Well, skip it. There's little sense in making ourselves unhappy argu ing about it, From Portland: "A letter comes from Salem today, and from its folds drop, aa frequently hap pens, clippings from your column in the Statesman. At the very first opportunity we are going to have a good long look at the spire of the First Methodist meetln' house up there. Do you remem ber the spire of the First Baptist church in Providence, Rhode Isl and? We, or I at least, always thought It a thing of beauty, al thought. like you, I am unable to put the reason therefor into words." I quite agree with you as to the beauty of the Provi dence spire, and thank you for writing to me. ; The Bible con tain a 3, 5 6 6.4 SO letters, 773.748 words. When I was a youngster, grandfather promised that he would give me a dollar when I should have fin ished reading the Bible from the first page to the last, and I made an effort, because I needed the residents of the region, the. park service has a number of natural ists employed to give talks and show movies and colored slides at Paradise," Longmire and Sun rise, the camp on the Yakima side of the mountain. Although our route to Rainier park was the one most accessible to the people of Portland and Oregon, wo were urged to drive around to the Takima park area on the Tiortheast side of the mountain. Nature is a bit more rugged around there, we were told, and the trip would be well worth the additional time and expense. From the west portal we were told it would bo about 56 miles to Ta coma and 70 miles to the north east portal on the Mather Mem orial highway, wjth about 16 miles more to drive to reach Takima park. Yet, this park is only nine miles straight across the mountain or 29 miles by horse trail, from Paradise. For the more ambitious moun taineer there Is a 95-mile "Won derland trail completely encom passing the monntain, rising to an elevation of S800 feet at Mys tic lake, on the north side of the mountain, and dropping down to 2600 feet at other points. Shelter cabins, ranger cabins and govern ment camp grounds are spaced conveniently every few miles along the trail. s . Cost? Rainier national park has a place for every pocket. There are free public camp grounds for the tent camper, housekeeping cabins costing 11.50 a day and up. lodges and inns, cafeterias and hotel .dining rooms, with both American and European plan ser vice available, it's a matter to taksiyour choice and make your accommodations fit your purse. That's how things are at tho "Mountain That Was God." cars froi many states were fa this dollar.. I did my best for about three months. Then X explained to grandfather that a great many interests were claiming my atten tion, and that X feared I should be compelled, to. give up the ex periment for ' a time, and would bo please check over what I had read and make aa estimate as to the amount of it In cold cash and er - ? Well, grandfather looked pretty solemn and said he was terribly disappointed, and we had Quite a long talk. I finally agreed to accept 10 cents la full of all account, although I con tended, and still contend, that X had read IS cents worth. We had a heap of trouble with each other, first and last, grandfather and me. . My ' grandfather at that time was a Baptist minister. X reckon he was a god deal worried about me, because mother had Joined up with . the Presbyterians and father resolutely declined to Join any church and was what grand father called a heathen and there was no telling what would hap pen to ma. Grandfather used to laugh at mo considerably a sort of affectionate rumble that didn't hurt much. But I never laughed at him, although occasionally and very carefully I laughed with him. It was years before I saw him as he really was, or hid been. -. Grandfather said that Phineas T. Barnum was humbug. He more than said It he snorted It. For two weeks the talk at our house had been of the Barn am circus, billed gorgeously in town for 'two puhfawmances, afternoon and night, with a grand tree street parade at 10:10 in the morning. Grandfather was against circuses, all circuses, and when he put him self to It ho could use terms that were mighty severe. He knew all about tho Baranm outfit. He'd talked with men from Bridgeport. and what they'd told him only riyinrrvTM,irriwitivviW WMaaAiWewwiia verified his worst suspicions. Per sonally, I'd have freely given the shirt I off my little back . or the pan W off my little legs to see the Barnum show. But. the prospect of my doing so was not very fav orable. Grandmother and. mother were not going, and father was hundreds of miles away, and and, you see, that was how it was. I Weil, at about 10 o'clock In tho morning of show daygrandfather drove? up to the front door with the black pony and the phaeton. He crooked a finger' at me. then put the finger to his lips and looked all around. Did I want to drive down town with'felm? I did. J And away we went. The downtown streets were jammed with people waiting for tho parade-1 We weren't able to get to where: grandfather wanted to go, so it I Wasn't much wonder that we hal to atop finally, and it hap pened; just happened, of course that where we stopped was per fect for seeking the parade when it came along, i It was certainly grand! Mr. Barnum himself rode a white horse at the head of the parade, and as he bowed right and left like a potentate or some thing I grandfather let off a few redhot remarks which he consid ered appropriate to the occasion. Bit before he had said all he had in mind to say the elephants shuf fled along and our black pony stood on her hind legs and threat ened to go as far as she was able in the;way of tearing the town to pieces so grandfather was com pelled, to get out and hold her by the bit, while he spoke to her In psalmUke tones.' What happened after that Is hard to believe. Grandfather told grandmother that night that we had b4en drawn into the vortex. The. crowds surged after tho pa rade, and grandfather and X surged; with them. And 'almost before we realized what was hap- pening to us we were at the show Starting About August A Contributors to MARK SULLIVAN Veteran Washington Correspondent ! DOROTHt THOMPSON, who is the wife of Sin clair Lewis5, is author of a new column which has attracted wide attention. She writes with a back ground of knowledge of world affairs and an under standing of modern political movements. She was expelled from Germany on Hitler's orders. Alter nating with Sullivan she will contribute an article full of stimulating comment on public affairs, that should interest men and women concerned with the course of political events. s Watch for the Sullivan an These special features will set a new mark for Tlie States man; in delivering to its subscribers a Superior Newspaper, superior in news, and in typography. i rronnda. And wa vera carried I a Inns- In the thrones ta the ticket I wagon. And suddenly we were In the menagerie tent. - And after that we were in the circus tent. And grandfather sat through the entire performance. X s'poee it was excruciating agony to him. But somehow he didn't seem to suffer greatly. I thought at one point in the puhfawmance he was going to laugh at one of the downs. But he didn't. Grandfather and I were drawn into a number . of vortexes that summer. I had only the sketchi est of ideas in my head of the na ture of vortexes, but whatever they. were I felt quite friendly to wards them. And now, years and years later, X never see the word nor hear it that X do not think of grandfather and of how he per mitted, some of his dearest pre judices to be set aside that a quite unworthy grandson should be ac corded the happiness his foolish little heart craved. - "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Nor Is it an entirely insignificant love that will lay down its prejudices and kick 'em in the face that a child may not be disappointed. The man who not ambition has. And he who has no hope. Will find life sweet' up on his tongue As if he chewed a rope. I like that little story from the Pathfinder about tbe gentleman at a railway eating station who observed a lady, whose train was about to leave, endeavoring to drink a cup of overly hot cof fee. "Here, ma'am, said he, "take mine; it's already been sau cered and Mowed." Perhaps Mr. Wells is right Derhaos we are in danger of too much enterprise, too much of. 6 Two Great Writers Will Become Regular , The Oregon Statesman; W- They Are MARK SULLIVAN is one nalists of modern times. His ing and monumental history made tinder Sullivan's long The Statesman three days each week, giving the Washington report of the gripping political drama now being unfolded. in featur es, in interpretation of news. that which we call progress. .1 tn following dally tho have news; reports f rom .the not weather sua. ;urt?um uuiukw - an(f middle west. Thns rar x havi j found mention of no condi-i tiorij unless perchance the severity" of the dust storms in tho "great Araericin desert region of the earjjj geographies, that X have not see j duplicated dozens of times durfng I the past 50 years. Tho only I difference appears to lie In the nature of the news writing: and! the; increased facility of news transmission. I have known of raauy families in the - seventies, andi eighties who retreated from their! homesteads in the Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas because of drouth and grasshoppers. Some; of these people relinquished their t ; 1 1 l hurt -dropped in to tfll you that i am getting lichl better gasoline mileage from my new hftn you claimed for it inyexperience of buying khd claims made for it, I ly more than satisfied, but really enthused.9 not on Every time we deliver! a new Graham we have reports of this kind from the owner. WHEN MAY W EpSEDE2E1 443 benter Street PhonO i For Sevc ror Graham Sales and Service Borne of Gc food i ' ' - ! MEMi 118' DOROTrjiy THOMPSON i Brilliant Student and Author of tlie most distinguished L I - : ill 'Pul Times" is a fascipat- boolc of the times, as history has jrrLtion. He will write obse L holdings, but the majority of them did not; they hung on. And after a time spent iu the old home in Iowa or Illinois or Wisconsin they went back to rejoin the hardy member of members of the family who had remained to make good the requirements of the hon stead law. i I was la Nebraska la the seventies, less than 100 mi.u aouthwest of Lincoln, when there wasn't enough, water to wash shirt, and what there was bad a weak and discouraged flavor., The creek bottoms rattled like gourds, and tho coyotes and the Jack rab bits ran races to the Missouri to get a drink. I was there again in the nineties, and found It dif ficult to realize that It was the same region, rrosperous uwi (Continued on page s AM It's the first time in a car that Fre exceeded want you to know I'm SERVE YOUT DE1(S)G. 01 S3 Salem, Oregoa Tears W Marion aad Polk Counties Used Cnrs ! jur - liben 4 ? ? f l ! i r, J