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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1941)
I'agf four Cedar Marker Pays Tribute To Scott i (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) tint crossing are carved at the bate of the panel. Tribute is also paid to John Craig, who was Scott's chief aid in the venture and later gave his life for the road. Design Class Does Work . Actual work on the panel was done by Alice Smiley, Lorrie Cross, Iris Webster and Verle Mercer, in the design class. The carving was directed by Lorrie Cross, with the assistance of Blanche Van Kirk, Alice Smiley, Florence Aiken, Thurman Lan ning, Harry Handron, Lyle Tan nehill, and George Saint. The Stop in at Callahan's rest In one of these special rockers learn for yourself how easy how comfortable they really are. Hassock $3.95 up. 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Much of Oregon's future road development can be traced to the work of Felix Scott and his help er John Craig. In 1862 Scott came north from California with a supply train and a herd of cat tle. His intention was to go up to Marysville and on to Eastern Oregon via the Barlow road then the only road over the mountains and very steep when heading east. He stopped overnight at Cart right's tavern in Lorane and was told of a trail used by the Indians from eastern Oregon when they came to the headwaters of the McKenzie to cure salmon. This suggested to him the possibility of a shorter and easier way than the Barlow road so he came over to Eugene to investigate further. Here he learned that a single $20 Platform ROCKER CHAIR Special Free City Delivery FOR FATHER Easy Chair $14.75 Reading Lamp .... $9.75 Caddy Bar . 50c Radio $9.95 Card Table $1.98 Lawn Chair 98c $42 Sealy Mattress ...$29.50 ' $67 Rubber Mattress ..$49.75 Liquor Cabinet $24.75 9 MW MATWUll Not iMth. NCW ICBFF MMST- cr.ootcinvj. not tncul UUCP Culu iiftftiiiu in SAMSON, TE! Stronittt Stuioahtukfiibai Ricbctl More luxurious! ihu won!4 m ottlaur U Or Q a a E to $27.50 IUXUIIOUS INTIMOMI Beautiful brocaded (acquard linings, fittings for wrinkle-free, quick picking. Women's wardrobe cue II lustrated has ample space for a dozen dresses and all accessories. Price only $22.50 in cream or brown. light wagon had made its way up the McKenzie to Belknap springs, a distance of 60 miles. In spite of the fact that many people warned him of the perils attending such a venture and thought him foolhardy for think ing about it, he decided to at tempt a crossing. 40 Men Begin Work Bringing together a group of 40 men, practically the entire labor supply of the region at that time, and hiring John Craig, of Coburg, as foreman, Scott began the trail which is now the McKenzie high way and pass. All summer and autumn they worked, following the Indian trail up and over the mountain and down to Trout creek where they made their win ter quarters. A corporation for the develop ment of this road was first form ed by Scott in December, 1862, but not until 10 years later, dur ing which time Craig kept stead ily at work, sometimes with as sistance and sometimes without, was a successful business formed and a wagon toll road started in operation. After over 10 years of operation the company finding that it was losing money on the venture abandoned the road but in 1898 Lane county took over the road, naming It the McKen zie and. Eastern Oregon road. Marker on Trail The crossing now known as the McKenzie pass is not the same one discovered by Felix Scott. This is the Lost Creek canyon pass discovered in 1866 by John Latta. The marker will be hung between two large cedar posts at some spot along the actual trail used by Scott. This pioneer road work had further repercussions. As a resi dent of Coburg prior to 1862 John Craig had as a friend and neigh bor, George Melvin Miller who as a boy had idolized Craig. Craig s dream for the comple tion of the McKenzie pass in turn Inspired George Miller who dream ed of a transcontinental highway stretching from New York to the Pacific coast. This then became the task of his life and he spent many days searching for a west ern terminus finally deciding up on Florence. Miller Helped When Ezra Meeker decided to make his trip back over the old Oregon Trail in a prairie schoon er, he was encouraged and parti ally financed by George Miller. Possibly because of urgings by Miller, Ezra Meeker continued his trip beyond Independence, Mis souri, and on to Washington, D. C. Here he had a chat with Presi dent Theodore Roosevelt, who im pressed with his story made a provisibn in the forest service laws then beeing drawn up for government-built roads through these western areas. While George Melvin Miller never realized his dream of a six-lane transcontlnenal highway his "road faith" helped start the present fine highway over the McKenzie, the "low pass" over DONT ENVY other women the ability to end the day looking "Fresh asdwsy Let others envyvyouj.Tr;,Buy yourself a Spnng;ArV Mattress and ' enjoy the boundless vitality,, produced by proper, relaxed sleep , . . $24.50 to $45.00 buys the "Spring Air Look" for you ARR SLEEP UNIT . A vital part of ttit Sprlnff.Afr mattress Is Its KARR Spring Construc tion famous for Gradu ited Resiliency and body ronforming elasticity. (1) Spring Air Is guaranteed 10 years. (2) Recommended by Good Housekeeping and Consumers Guide. (3) Can roll or fold Spring Air mat tress without harm. (4) Con venient terms. 331E THE REOISTER'OUARD. EUGENE, OREGON the Willamette and Route F now under construction and it all stems back to the courage, vision and foresight that led Scott and his lieutenant, Craig, to make the first crossing of the mountains. Data on Scott crossing as sembled from original sources by George Saint. Keep Oregon Green Campaign Opened (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) secretary of the association. En rollment places will be opened in each community where member ship cards and Keep Oregon Green been delated 1 1 we i pins will be issued upon payment of the annual membership fee of 25 cents, or any larger amount members may wish to subscribe for forest protection. Entire pro ceeds from membership fees will be used for educational and pub licity purposes, Mr. Woods stated. The Keep Oregon Green asso ciation, which seeks memberships and representation in every part of the state, is the outgrowth of a Keep Oregon Green statewide committee appointed by Governor Sprague in April. It plans to carry on as a permanent, non profit association dedicated to for est conservation and protection. Dean Johnson of Toledo is chair man and Edmund Hayes of Port land chairman of the executive committee. Under the heading "What Keep ruu ., and .glorious tf8 ej6lft to v- ,n be nU. ..favorite bread. bake YUT Oregon Green Means to YOU," the association summarizes the bene fits of Oergon forests as follows: Scenic beauty which each year attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists. Shelter for wildlife which makes Oregon world famous as a fish ing and hunting state. The source of 12 cents of every dollar paid in taxes by all of the people to the counties and state. stearlv work and high wages to !60 per cent of all persons gain fully employed in uregon manu facturing. Sixty-four per cent of the value of goods exported from Oregon, goods which pay for the things that Oregonians buy in other states and foreign countries. In short, a raw material crop that assures permanent, growing ,mn our bread- BuSrroute must be S the last day ot our no Oppor- Tunity to visit this ase d0 ce out of ours yet have been w on Satu2e againl ' See us-come ag iee - nnd time : ent'- a--5 industries and a nleaunt. health ful place in which to live, work una flay. California Station Publicizes Pageant Word has been received at the headquarters ot Eugene's Oregon Trail pageant In a letter from Mrs. Charles Roe, 1667 High street, that mention of the pag. sant was made over radio statioa KFBK, Sacramento, Calif., dur ing one of their programs earlier this week. Mrs. Roe said in her letter that the had . sent some pamphlets about the pageant to the program, and that she also had distributed pageant material In Montana and Idaho. She also expects to send to seeQ j toe way ust end- must end- You'll have u -r QO every and we u oa ' home. Pd necessary. ARROW MESSENGER tneMNmTT, "' lightnM miwma PFHUVtn... 0 East Broads
