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Ife - amt tweasmgiaBftm pack to. T1IK I1KXD llULMiTiy, ItnXD, OHK., WKDXKHDAY, MAY tt. 1010. It V i 'I '.! B? Ei & Ml i. I i.K w 7'9 The McKenzie Pass Trip HV li. A. McAUTIIl'lt. (The OreKonlnn.) Optlmlsfii In Henil will tell you that a Portland man onco drove n car from lioml to his nonro in iii hours' runiiliiK lime. Tho trip was . mnrlo over tlio MrKonzle pass, down tho river to KiiKOno, and thence north tlimiiRli the hroad valloy Pomlhly tho story Is true. Tho road In places docs not seem wholly to hnvn recovered from the shock It must havo hoon a poor trip for a nervous num. A ton hundred thousand jenrs uro, after tho Cascade rnngo had hcon complctrd. nnd hoforo things were really started In Oregon, thoso who had n hand tu tho dovolopmont work fount! they had a surplus of hot lava on hand. It had to ho utilized. It was, therefore, scattered nhout Hast en! nnd Central Oregon nioro or less proiulscuouHly, a fact that may cas llyho proved hj u visit. That part which wan piled up nhout llolknnp Crater clone to tho McKonrlo pass Htlll Him thore, hlnck and slnlstor. Just as it tt.is put there nges gono hy. Arrow thin Invn Held tho H-hour 111 nn sped, cnroinluK from ono hum mock to the next. IIiuikIi'K ViiIIcjn l!MtM'il to View. Tho run from llond to Portland Is too lino to ho dono In a marathon, Tho trip furnishes n panoramn of vcenery that cpltomlzos nearly oil of Oregon s outdoors. Ilrst, thero Is the run to Sisters, through tho gray vago and dotting Junipers, nnd then tho long pull up tho hill and through tho sand to Windy Point. Hero tho vll looking lava field hursts Into View. After threading a way oor them, cIoho under tho shadow of tho Three Bisters, with Mount Washing ton Just to tho north, tjio hanging valleys of tho hendwators of tho Mc Kenzie aio reached It Is n dizzy trip down to McKonrlo hrldgo. Here Is n forested country nnd so It remains almost to lhigene I'rom Kiigeno to Portland nourul routes nro open, either hy way of Corvallla nnd the west sldo of the valloy, or through Alhany and Ralom, along the Pacldi" Highway Tho wholo trip forms nn ondless scenic picture. There lire a numher of roads from llond to Sinters, In fact, almost any one In llond can misdirect ou. Tho host way Is to go north along tho river to Tumnlo, which Is tho mod- urn namo for the old town of (.aid lavs. At Tunialo the road easos off to tho northwest and the riding Is good to Sisters, nit tho way. Part of this area tho stato has assisted In Irrigating. 'Ho Is fortunnto who can ho In Sis ters on u clear nftornnon In early Bcptemlior The long glowing ras of tho setting sun aro doing their Utmost to keep tho Thrco Sisters In rosy glow, hut tho eastern slopes nro already cold and gray and as tho sunlight fiulcs, hloakness spreads on the westorn rooks nnd snowllolds, Vlewvil from the northeast, tho pic ture Is stinngoly heautlful. I'rom this point IIion mountains present nil parts of tho picture at once, which Is only poHslhlo when tho ohservor looks at right angles to tho path of tho sun. 1'oiTnt Hunger l.lww on Peak. Tho storekeeper whom wo met nt Sisters had no false modesty nhout his Iioiiiu town. Ho was deeply pes Hlmlstln nhout tho posslhllltles of finding n onmplng place any farther west that night. Ho was Hiiro that Sisters was tho Ideal plaro to stop However, wo decided to tnko u flinnro. At tho western end of town tho road forks, and the vn to tho right Is tho Wlllninuttu Valloy nnd Cascade mountain nillltiirj road oer tho Santlam pass to AIImid Hero, too, h tho way lending off to tho north to SuttUvs lwlto nnd tho hendwators of the Moiollus. Tho latter, like many other stienms In Central Oregon, hursts, full hodled from giant springs. In tho ease of tho Motollus theso rlso from the muth huso of Hlnck Untie,! sjmmetilenl inouutalu north of Sis ter Tho top Is occupied hy n I'or tt Service lookout station It Is now,oMpped until Into In tho season Wo kept our vsn to the loft In tho IneioAslim dntkness. and present!) met n hewhlskered traveler whose I ttueevh and nppiviritncn suggested tho Willamette tale) Ho. loo, wna ro frwhlnKly pessimistic Ho had driv en his our over the pass three times that summer with "mothor." Tlio were on their way to see their sou, who ranched "down Sliver Lake wn." Tho son rouldu't havo hoen u Intensified farmer. Tho old gen tlvnmu furnished tho hoy with green OKutntdes, and tho tonneau was woll tilled with thorn. It was nearly dark, and our friend dvlsed us that water was to he found isIhiuI three miles up the load, on a sldo rond. Ho was unite sure we would miss tho side rond In tho dirkiiRHs, Ho was equally certain ve would not he aide to make the run through the smut unless we deflated ti r tires Then wo should have to hlow them up again by hand before traveling tho lava Holds nt the sum mit. These and many other dismal things ho told us, but wo minded him not. Drakes wheezed In the darkness and ho stolo awny Into the night. Spring Not of ltcit. We did not miss tho microscopic den ut thOsSlile of the road, and wo did not detlnto Tho sldo road led through big trees, dark and over hanging, until puddeuly wo enmo on a camp fire, surrounded hy dogs nnd hojs, nhout equally plentiful. Hucklo berry pickers on their way to tho mountain patches, wo learned from the grown-ups. Wo resisted nn Invitation to camp In the middle of tho dogs and bos, and withdrew from tho rudo gazo of public scrutiny. Tho Bprlng was at tho foot of a ravine, and It much re sembled a popular hog wallow. The path down to It was anklo deep In fine dust. Don't tarry nt Kour-Mllo spring unless In dlro necessity Some body ought to invoke tho referendum against it. Wo wero nwakoned In tho cold gray dawn by tho dogs and hojs try ing to corral their horses In tho mid dle of our camp. Again wo Btnrted off toward tho summit, still think ing of the simple llttlo deflating pro cess, but luck was with us, and we did not havo to rosort to horolc meas ures. Illack crater roso high above us to the left, and to tho right wero countless trees, many growing In Bmall pockots of earth on top of out cropping Inva Hows. Tho car wheez ed along through the sand, and sud denly wo rounded Windy Point Wind) Point Is Inspiring, not be- causo of what It Is, but because of what It doos. It permits tho west hound traveler to havo unfolded ho foro him llelknnp Crater and tho surrounding lava flows, rough and hlnck nnd beyond description, a great, undulating sheet of something that seoms to havo had Its very llfo burn od out. It Is probably four or flvo miles from Windy Point up ncross this easy slope to tho summit of tho crntor, nnd this Incinerated field sup ports little vegetation, only a few scrubby trees that ll)o out a miser able existence In tho crovlcos Tho lava Is In ovory fantastic shapo and tho edgo of tho flow is as oven as though It had been piled up with a steam shovel. Theso Invn Hows nro frequent In tho various parts of Cen tral Oregon, and thoro aro noted lava hods In tho Modoc country In North orn California, under which thero aro extonslvo caves. Tho McKonzle road traverses tho more southern part of tho Ilolknop Holds, Just south of tho crator Itself, and this part of tho trip gives fine vlovvs along tho Cnscado range, show ing Mount Jofforson, Throe-ringorod Jack and Mount Washington to tho north, tho lnttor vory close nt hand, with n great splro projecting up Into tho nlr. To tho south nro tho Three Sisters, among Oregon's moist henutl- fill mountains, lloyond tho Thrco Slstors nro many more ponks, nil snowenpped oven In August and Sep tember. Tho wuy over tho laxa fields must ho negotiated with care, for It Is sharp as a knlfo and gashes a tiro sometimes beyond repair. Horo and thoro nro plnces that aro not covor ed with lava, small and largo nroas of sand though why tho hot material did not flow hero ns well as elso whoro Is n puzzlo. Nevertheless, theso sandy floored depressions exist somotlmes with a llttlo pond there in, though generally tho water evap orates In tho lata sumomr. To tho south n great vnlley opens up west of tho Three Sisters, a sort of park at their wost haso near Ob sidian clllT It Is In this park that tho Mazamas will probably camp this summer. It should provo a fine bnso for trips around the mountains. Southwest of tho Thrco Bisters aro two or throe moro high peaks, Tho Husband nnd Tho Wife, which np pear to bo good big mountains, though llttlo heard of In Oregon. Tor the run from the Invn fields down tho McKonzle hrldgo n good set of brakes Is neodod. Tho 'road Is fearfully steep In plnces, nnd It' wns n wonder to us how soma of tho east bound travelers over drove their cars up tho slopes. In tho worst places tho Porest Servlco and tho of ficials of I. ano county-hno mndo groat Improvements In tho rond, both ns to grade and alignment, and If the work Is carried on for two or threo )cara moro, tho going will bo In such shapo that It will bo no trick to drive n car eastward Tho new work Is certainly an Improvement. Cur Passed Through Avcntio. Tho character of tho forest changes rapidly as tho traveler proceeds. From tho fine big trees east of tho mountains, growing In their park llko stands, with llttlo underhruBh, tho traveler passes through tho high er zones with scrubby lodge-pole pines., of llttlo value even for fire wood, and Ihcn on to the western slopes, where tho heavier precipita tion has resulted In great growths of firs with heavy undorbrush, Through theso It Is ImpoBsthlo to travel even on foot unless It be along a road or path. Tho trees grow close to the road In places, forming a cool lnno through which tt Is a pleasure to drive on tho hot days of early September. The llttlo rills be gin to unlto Into larger brooks nnd theso In turn Into, streams, constant ly augmented as thoy pour over the rocks and under tho rotting logs to wards tho swift flowing McKonzle, A llttlo stream comes In from tho south, milk white nnd very cold, fed from tho glaciers of tho North Sis- tor. Soon another ono Is passed. A road comes In from the north from Belknap springs, and from the Junc tion It Is but a short distance to Mc Konzle bridge, tho moccn of Oregon flshemion. "Onsollno for Salo," Is a vory wolcomo sign for nutomobll- Ists. Hot lliiths nro Welcomed. A fovv miles up Horso Creek, com ing In from tho south, are Foley Springs, nlso wolcomo to tho traveler who lms been ton days In Eastern Oregon. At tho springs fine hot baths nro to bo had In gigantic wood on tubs. These nlono nro worth tho trip. Tho trip from McKonzle bridge to Portland Is getting hotter known each year, nnd It will not bo describ ed horo. Tho road Is good most of tho way Into Kugono, nnd is being put In better condition each Bonson. From Hugeno to Portland thero are a varloty of good routes. An oasthound trip ovor McKcnzIo Pass Is entirely fcnslblo and in threo or four )earj more will bo easy, when m orb road work has been dono. The worst plncos havo been Ironed out, nnd moro will bo attended to In tho near future, Howavcr.tho writer docs not recommend nn casthound trip If tt Is posslhlo to got Into Central Ore gon nny other way. It Is bettor to como west over tho J(cKcnzlo route, ns tho trip Is certainly a great deal easier. Thoro seems to ho no question but that the McKcnzIo Pnss route Is tho most Interesting of all tho roads ovsr tho Cascado rango In Oregon, with tho oxcqptlon of that by way of Cra tor I.nko between Modford nnd Port Klamath. Tho McKonzle trip pro vides u wido variety of scenery and a closo vlow of Bomo of Oregon's best mountain peaks nnd snow fields, to say nothing of tho lava flows. Resi dents of Western Oregon who plan to go Into Central Oregon next Sum mer had hotter mako up tholr minds to como hack by way ot ,McKenzlo Pass and sco somo real scenory. Your Own Little Town Lots at Half the Price J M mm - m From Portland Ad Club Hcnrcbllgbt. If you meet a man who Is down In tho mouth, Who thinks that his town Is alt wrong, Just tako him aside or out for a ride. And hand him this quaint llttlo song: "There arc fane'er towns thm our own llttlo town; thero nro towns that nro bigger than this, and (ho pcoplo who live In tho tinier town nil tho city oxcltoment miss. Thero are things you can see In the wealthier town that you can't In tho town that Is small, and yet up and down thoro Is no other town llko our own little town after nil. It may ho tho street through tho heart of your town Isn't long, isn't wide, Isn't straight, hut the neighbors you know In your own llttlo town with a wclcomo your com ing await. In the glittering streets of tho glittering 'own, with Its palnco nnd pavemencandi wall, In tho midst of the throng you will frequently long for jour own little town nftor nil. You measure n town, not by monoy, or miles Its border extends; tho host things you can have, whorovor tho town, nro contontment, cnJo)mont nnd friends. If you'll llvo and work nnd trado In your town In splto of tho fact that It's small, you'll And that 'tho town Is your own llttlo own Is tho best kind of a town after nil." When you buy a enck of outsldo flour vou hinder tho dovolopmont of Central Oregon's farm resources. Mako It a practlco to buy tho homo product. Evory sack guaranteed, adv Hon Good Reputation. Tho original nnd gonulno Honoy and Tar cough syrup Is Foloy's Honov and Tnr Compound nnd because this has given such unlvsrsil satisfaction and cured so many cases of coughs, colds, croup nnd whooping cough thorn aro Imitations and substitutes offered to tho public Insist upon Foley s. Sold every w hero Adv. PIONKHIl'S SON IHIZS. Mrs. Ooorgo Mllllcnn, of Mllllcan. received a tologrnm from Los Ange les on Saturday announcing Hie sud den denth of her cousin. Owen H. Churchill of that city Mr. Church Ill has been ono of tho loading cap italists of Los Angeles for a numbor of years. His parents crossed tr-o plains to Oregon in an early day His mother, Mrs. Wllloughby Church ill, sickened nnd died at Tho Dalles, onroute'to southern Oregon, nr4 was tho first white woman burled In the military burying ground at old Fnrt Hallos tu 1851. Mr. Churchill was raised In Oregon and angaged In mining nnd stock raising A brother, Goorgo Churchill, was tho first sher iff of Crook county, iM rt Q.MAMM.E1 j iXAqTm When Christy's dead a hundred years, the fans will still discuss his play, and sigh, while shedding briny tears, "There are no men like him today 1 He used the brain behind his brow, and gave the foe a grievous jar; ths chroniclers have told us now ne Ss. was for years and years a star. Great pitchers came and cut some grass, and died, and then forgotten were; he saw them come, and saw them pass, and still kicked up a mighty stir." The chroniclers will also tell how Christy, when a game was played, filled up tho pipe he loved so well, to soothe his nerves, all tired and frayed. He smoked Tuxedo every time, the critic's smoke, the mild and rare, Tuxedo fragrant and sublime, tne cooi, . sweet smoke beyond compare. jL4j-id y i.mr r rf CHRISTY MATfKWSOMl PiUbt-Nt Jf CUf "TmiJo tilt ( m (a a natural, pttawrj vey. H't wkatlfll goJ. Amm(, nn. panlinollt telicctf kini ta Hick to." Cloan up and paint up. wards. Adv. Sco Ed- Asked in other additions ot Jquai jjibiunte irom the Business Center. Lot 40X105.$75 for Inside, $100 for Corners Lois 50X125- $100 for Inside, $125 for Comers REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Central Oregon's Leading INSURANCE AGENCY Fire Aulomoble Life Accident Surety Bonds J. A. EASTES OREGON STREET. DEND.'OREGON .Member Portland Itcnlty Hoard. True Economy meins the wUe Mxnttlnp of ont't mooty mifclog every dolUr do full duty and gXB InSTaIclc Hut will uMy you In cvy Wsy. The AJ7HITF . VW J. 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