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About Ashland American. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1927)
“The Land of Crater Lake” ICF.NES IN ORE G O N AND IN JAC CSON COUNTY, A F E W MILES FROM A ÌHLAND. By G. G. THOMSON | etc. No frills, but all of the essentials Superintendent C rater Lake National and com forts. Similarly, because a m ajority prefer to camp, ten camp Park grounds have been established in (In Oregon Businossl O regon’s position as a sum m er various parts of the park, the largest playground for the nation is well es being on the rim of the crater over tablished. And this is logical. The looking the lake. Am erican, by nature a restless indi Southern Oregon would draw a tre vidual, finds in the autom obile a m endous tourist travel even if it had ready outlet for his instinctive crav no other attractions than this nation ing to wander, to pioneer in at least al park, but fortunately the park is a casual way. The frontier is gone, but the center of a great outdoor but good roads now radiate westward area th at has few rivals. All of out of the large centers of population a service station; a complete photo and the Coast becomes the Mecca graphic service; launches, row-boats for the hundreds of thous ands able to devote tim e to the journey. Oregon bene fits doubly, partly by being midway between California and the Northw est, but more so because Oregon offers re creational facilities th at are unique and accessible. A very large portion of Oregon offers exceptional recrea tional advantages, but .n a ture was particularly lavish in southern Oregon, which contains the state’s wonder spectacle which the federal governm ent has forever set aside as one of the incom parables of the world. C r a t e r L a k e National Park, nationally exploited and internationally known, naturally becomes the lode star to southern Oregon. It draws from every state in the union, from Asia, from Europe. Certainly it requires no in the Siskiyous comprises a splendid troduction to Oregonians, although southern Oregon, from Roseburg to there are many thousand natives of scenic unit, a vast area of forested the state who have never seen the m ountains, rushing trou t stream s, great crater fall, 25 miles in circum lovely fertile valleys placed unex ference and rising precipitously one pectedly am ong the hills and lakes that are a joy to camp be to two thousand feet high above the side. The region is at once body of w ater so unbelievably blue spectacular and pastoral; a that the chem ists of three universi territo ry still virgin in its ties (one in Germany, are now en larger aspects and yet with gaged in researches to determ ine the all of the com forts and the source of such coloring. The lake safeties of civilization acces itself is the deepest fresh w ater sible ju st around the corner. known, having been sounded a t 1,- The state* highway commis !*!*fi feet. The colorings, too, of the sion has constructed a fine rugged lava cliffs and beyond descrip road system, a system that tion; and geologically the caldron ex does not criss-cross the re tends even to the uninform ed an gion but adequately opens epic disaster th at is at once simple up the entire area. The stnte and infinitely appalling. It will not effo rt has been tugm ented detract from the visitor’s thrill as by a series of federal forest he views the vast crater to know nnd county roads, so that that one of the most em inent vul- one can leave a city, and in canologists has recently pre thirty m inutes be deep in dicted th at old Mazama is the wilderness. Or, out of not dead, thnt fresh activity Ashland, for example, you may someday be expected, can be in C rater Lake Na though probably not in cat tional Park at Diamond lake aclysmic form. in from three to four hours, The crater and the lake depending upon your car and nre the center of n m agnifi your load. cent cnsaced reserve em brac ing 24!* square miles of - m ountains, pinnacles, can yons, strenm s, w ater falls, high land, wild flowers nnd splendid forests. The park being a game refuge, wild life is abundant; especially the bears, which become gentle and friendly. They are. however, to be ap proached carefully, ns dang- er always attends the at- tempt to touch a wild ani- mal. The federal govrn- * -X—* » nas through the years a •• *•)- priated ample means to make the rar!* eomf rt ’Vo nnd aafe, A gond rtn d « *t- tem ha* boori built. tr.V'« lead down to the svnt ’r’.s td"e and to Various other in teresting sfbti in the rarlt; a large hotel offer» fini û'* tomodMion«! on tho Very ♦ tm ufi tfo* nr* ASHLAND AMERICAN -* » a * . And such a wilderness! There is Diamond lake with its wonderful rout fishing its safe bathing, its i fine cam ping and cabin colony; a ; lovely spot with ponderour Mt. Bail- *y ami needle-spired Mt. Theilsen just over one’s shoulders. There is Lake of the Woods midway between Ashland and Klamath Falls. There is the Oregon caves south out of G rants Pass, readily accessible, with its wonderful underground marbelized palaces, its hospitable chalet. There is the full length of the Rogue river from above Prospect down to the sea, abounding with the steel head of which Zane Grey and Ben H ur i Lampman love to w rite; it is a rush ing, roguish river whose low wooded shores seem predestined for campers. The Umpqua offers fine sport, as does the Klamath, and there are a m yriad of trib utary stream s that abound with the small trout, cut throat, steel head, and the lordly Chinook salmon. The entire region is a paradise for sportsmen. A book might be w ritten about the Klamath country alone, with its great lake, its trout, its pelicans, and it gam e; there is no leisurely five-hour rive anywhere th at I per- .mally enjoy more than that rom C rater Lake lodge a- ng the beautiful Klamath lores, through a country *at still carries the tang of *e old W est, and across the reen Spring m ountain to shland. This drive is a part f the fam ous trip through le park, the M edford-Klam- th loop. Southern Oregon! Pictur- ique, splendid nnd unique, nd, please bear in mind, ade com fortable and safe ' visitors. Some of the best •mp grounds on the coast ave been developed in this ea, offering m odern facili- es to m eet evrey class of ten t or cabin tourist. Hotels, too, have kept pace with demand, some fine new structures having recently been constructed. In every way southern Oregon is now well organiz ed to handle its great stream of sum mer visitors. And even better, the visitor finds a cordial welcome; he finds th at everyone whom he en counters has tim e to render service or to give intelligent and kindly ad vice. For friendliness is the sprit of the land of C rater Lake. --------------- * --------------- T A L K S ON W E S T W A T E R P O W E R New President of Federation Labor Tells of W e s t’s Advantage. Samuel Gompers, for m any years chief of the American Federation of Labor, has been succeeded by a man who is a student of industrial affairs anti who notes the possibility of changing location of many industries because of long-distance power trans mission. William Green, now head of the federation, has made the follow ing statem ent which indicates how closely labor is watching the develop m ent of power: “ Power is one of the few com modities now sold at less than pre war rates. This reduced rate follows I inventions and economies in power production and transm ission, central generating stations with inter-con nections using hydro-electric and steam -generated power to supple m ent each other in carrying the regu lar as well as the peak loads. “ W ith the trem endous w ater power of our w estern country, we may con fidently expect the center of popu lation to shift to the west. Irrigation will make it possible for the W est to feed a larger population. Already industries are developing which will make the W est self-sustaining. Air and m otor transportation, telephone and radio communication will reduce the barriers between East and West. Industries are m oving to the sm aller towns and farm work is becoming machinized. These changes are of fundam ental im portance to the labor m ovem ent.” ------------------* ------------------ T H E TAX S T R A N G U L A T IO N Houie Bill Propose* Additional Tax On Hydro-Electric*. u'.ocud Us fair p.riP' under Ilia« ÌI&. 2 j T, i .r - f r*. row | bnd'n'* In t'n ( *yy ,’avrln <| rm e hydro-electric power in W ashington and in California but selling in Ore gon would not be disturbed, but tht.se who have m anifested their faith in our own state to the extent of con vincing investors of the need for de developm ent of Oregon are facing a trem endous burden under legislation now proposed. There is a prevailing sentim ent, more or less general in its nature that the installation ot a dam and a power house constitute an avenue through which power m anufactured by the use of w ater can be cheaply produced without proper appreciation of tho trem endous cost involved in such a project and the further fact that hydro-electric plants are now taxed on a basis in excess of most other property and that operating concerns are required to pay a horse-power charge for the privilege of develop ment. W ater which goes through tu r bines after having been impounded flows on and on and may fie used what appears to them a 1'kely vic tim for further tax extraction. One Oregon electric company pays in taxes fourteen per cent of its entire gross revenue. Another concern pays seventeen per cent of the total tax of a single county. The nverage is nine and four-tenths per cent. How far does Oregon propose to go in the tax strangulation of legitim ate in dustry. _____________________________ V YOUR IM POR TANC E Before you were awakened by the alarm clock this morning, scores of people were busy preparing some article to captivate your fancy— to provide for your daily wants or give you a new luxury that will make life more enjoyable. Long after you go to sleep tonight alert minds will go ahead planning what to say to interest you in the days to come— to convince you of the excellency of their product and your need of it. You loom large to a great many people. Regularly through their ad vertising they earnestly try to a t tract your attention and earn your good will which means in the last analysis, your patronage. Practically every advertisem ent you find in this paper is aimed straight at you. As clearly and re sponsibly as though he spoke to you face to face, the advertiser offers you com fort, convenience, entertain ment, service or economy. Or perhaps all these precious things in one a r ticle. The advertisem ent makes its pledge to you— personally— yourself. How much it is worth your while to heed such personal messages. In more ways than one it pays to read the advertisem ents. ---------- * ---------- Hi Way Printery. again, in contrast to w aters which is drawn off for irrigation and kindred uses. W ater has no value except as it is developed by capital looking for fair return as an ultim ate goal. W ater has little or no advantage in com petition with steam plants opera- ed with oil or coal fuel, yet the legis lative m easure does not touch power m anufactured by steam so close to the consum er that costly transm is sion lines are unnecessary. Here in Oregon we hear a great deal about inviting capital to come to our state. There is, of course, a general realization that w ithout such capital Oregon will remain a greatly undeveloped commonwealth. Yet, in our search for more revenue, we pass by untaxed sources and aim at in dustries which are already contribut ing m ore than their fair share for the m aintenance of our state, county and municipal governm ent. W ell intentioned persons at Salem are m aking a m istake in selecting An interesting fact to you from a financial standpoint as well as quality work is th at the Ashland American job printing departm ent is under the form anship of an exper ienced and careful printer, recently from Portland, who knows his busi ness from soup to nuts. We have no big “ overhead,” no high rent or big expenses and we guarantee our busi ness and society printing. A trial will convince you. Let us have part of your job printing. We will please you. Ashland Am erican, Shook Bldg. Phone !*5. -----------* ----------- Sure, W e Can U»e It Now. The price of the Am erican for a year, mailed every week to you is only $2.00. 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