“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
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ASHLAND AMERICAN
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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.
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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.”
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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«
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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.
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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
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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
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