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aCSx Anniversary Edition
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Vacation
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Playgrounds Tied
To Vjalley With
Fine Highways
By HAROLD B. SAY, Director
State Travel and Information Dept.
VARIETY variety of the mbst delightful sort this Is the
keynote to the pleasure of Vacationing in Oregon. Thousand! of
visitors have commented on this phase of Oregon's allurements for
the traveler and vacationist.
Whether you prefer the beaches, the mountains, forest rimmed
lakes fed by mountain snows, cities and towns of the valleys with
...their surroundings of fertile fr
who seeks out Oregon beaches.
The endless supply of driftwood
brought down to the , sea by
streams from the mountains la
another charms of the Oregon
coast.' One may build aa many
driftwood fires as , he chooses
for his picnic luncheons or for
his pleasure at eventide when
the sun is gone
And US No. 101 Is only
one of the state's, charming
major routes. The Pacific
Highway (US No. M) that
leads up through Ashland.
Medford It is one of the
gateways to Crater lake
and Grants Pass, across the
alleys of the Rogue, and the
Umpqua, - through Roseburg
and on up Into the Willlm-
ette valley, is one of the most
charming drives In all the.
. west . Ia spring summer and .
fall the Willamette valley la
a vast, patchwork of orchards,
green and yellowing fields,
dairy farms and verdant pas
tares. Only those who have
seen western Oregon In spring
and summer with the frag-
ranee of blossoms and flow .
era rising taeath a " friendly
sun know Its full glory
Crater lake, truly one of the
real wonders of the world, is
beautiful and awe inspiring be
yond the ability of words, tc
describe. It is a miniature sea
of sapphire, a jewel of wond
rous blue set deep down In a
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BANKING HEADQUARTERS FOR SALEM SINCE 1869
farming country, orchards and
dairy farms; whether you want
to fish, boat, go on long horse
back rides or pack trail trips,
golf, hunt agates, dig clams
from the Pacific's shores it
makes no difference, your choice
awaits you. If you love desert '
country you can leave the
green trees and verdant farms
" . . ' , Ti .;. "
oenina ana un in we ncui i wi a
vast sagebrush and range coun
try in three scant hours driv
ing. You can actually choose
your climates and be transport
ed from one to the other in the
matter of two hours driving,
You may be on the Paci
fic's beaches In the morning
and by noon a mile high in
Cascade mountains. You may
enjoy all the comforts of a
metropolitan hotel and in less
than two hours be In the
depths of forests which have
never heard the clang of an
axe: on a stream where trout
are as big and gamey as when
the first pioneers plodded
their way Into the Oregon
country.
Great sections of central and
eastern Oregon one can put
all ! the New England states in
Oregon and have room to spare
are open range where the
vast cattle herds and chuck
wagons of fiction are realities.
You may glimpse bands of an
telope down in the Hart moun
tain country or study countless
flocks of migratory wildfowl on
the great federal bird reserve of
the Malheur lake district.
The marvelous - system of
paved and macadamized high
ways which Oregon has built
for her own people and her vis
itors is the key that opens the
way to the magnificent vacation
and playgrounds areas that are
on every hand. Since 1917 in the
neighborhood of $245,000,000
has been spent in building the
state!TxieTwofk-reTlMr
highways.
Beauty has been an objec
tive Just as utility with the
Oregon State Highway depart
ment, which maintains a
landscape division and park
department. In new construc
tion work every effort Is made
to preserve -natural beauty
and the landscape division is.
always at the task of restoring
beauty where construction
work necessarily has marred
the countryside.
Search the world over and
you will not find a more mag
nificent ocean drive than the
400 miles of highway (US 101
or the Oregon Coast Hihway),
which skirts the Pacific from
border to border. Alternately
this fine paved route passes
through charming farming areas,
through stands of virgin tim
ber, along vast sand dunes,
then high on the faces of cliffs
where it is hewn out of solid
rock and from whence you may
look straigth down into the sea
hundreds of feet below.
Incidentally, Oregon's beaches
are unrestricted and free to the
world. Agate hunting, clam dig
ging, surf fishing, swimming un
- der the most ideal and safe con
ditions these are only some
of the sports that await him
Congratulations
on your
90th Anniversary,
.'And we are looking
forward to your future
progress. . '
Homer II. Smith
Insurance Agency
Announcing
THE COMMERCIAL SAND
and GRAVEL SUPPLY CO. ,
DEALING IN
all kinds of river gravel and sand all washed free
from dirt and of the highest quality.
THIS S AND
is of the highest type to be found for mason work.
The dependability of your concrete and the plaster
going into your building depends on the quality of the
sand used in the mix. We deliver or sell at the plant.
LOCATION
of plantroute 3. Formerly operated as the Washed
Sand and Gravel Co. which was "acquired by
J. F. ULRICH
Office 202 Pearce pldg.
Sole Owner
A. C. LAUE, Plant Manager
Phone 8672
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Honoring Two Anniversaries
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Oregon Statesman Established 1851
. Ladd & Bush Bank Established 1869
'T'HE anniversaries of these two institutions fall but
one day apart March 28th, the 90th year in the
life of the Oregon Statesman March 29th, marking
completion .of the 72nd year of this hanking service.
Both have played an important part in the interest of.
public welfare. Their reward has been in the constant
growth and development of this. city, and state.'
' VICE-PRESIDENTS
D. W. yre i . ' W. S. Walton
Roy Nelson
ASST. VICE-PRESIDENTS
George H. Riches
Ji-
Li. S. Smith
ASST. MANAGERS
J. Fuhrer
Tinkham Gilbert
Leo G. Page
E. H. Thompson
Ladd & Bush - Salem Branch of the
United States National "Bank
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Head Office Portland, Oregon
1 MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION