HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1937.
PAGE NINE
BOARDMAN
By LA VERS BAKER
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Becker of
Longview, Wash., visited at the H.
E. Bates home. Mr. Becker is the
son of Mrs. Bates.
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Morgan of Bon
neville spent the week end visiting
at the Weston home.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ingles, Miss
Cecelia Brennon and Miss Tildon
spent the week end visiting in Port
land. The Vodville sponsored by the
basketball boys was given Friday
evening and was a great success.
The program was well attended as
well as the dance which was held
afterwards. Everyone had a big
laugh. '
Mr. and Mrs. Corwin of Colton
spent the week end on the project.
Mr. Corwin is our new principal for
next year.
. A Mothers' Day program was held
at the church Sunday morning with
a large attendance. The program
was held during the regular church
hour. Also those who had earned
Bibles for attending Sunday school
one year without missing more than
two Sundays, received their gifts.'
Those receiving them were Erna
belle and Shirley Peck, Mildred
Miller, Harold Baker, Erna, Asta,
Elanore and Dagmare Skoubo, El
bert Fisher, LaVern Baker, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Barlow, Mr. and Mrs. Fish
er, and Mrs. W. A. Baker.
Mrs. J. F. Gorham, Janet, Gorham,
Mrs. Blayden, Essie Jones and Mrs.
S. C. Russell were visitors in Walla
Walla Thursday.
Miss Ada Mae Harford spent sev
eral days visiting her mother in
Portland last week.
Mr. Lay had to take his small
daughter to the doctor last week
where they discovered she had a
fractured arm. She received med
ical aid in Hermiston.
Victor Petruzzelli cut his finger
seriously last Saturday. He was
taken to Hermiston immediately
where it was taken care of.
Eldon Shannon spent the week
end visiting his sister, Mrs. Bill Lily,
Miss Josephine McEntire of Pen
dleton spent Sunday visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John McEn
tire.
Grace Baccelleri of Portland is a
guest at the Petruzzelli home this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. James Byers of Kel
logg, Idaho, stopped for a visit at
the Claude Myers home Sunday
Mrs. Byers is Mr. Myers niece,
They were on their way to visit
Mrs. Bvers' mother at Kalama, Wn.
Mrs. f heron Anderson substituted
for Miss Tildon, 5th and 6th grade
teacher, whose mother is ill.
Bill Black and Neil Bleakney
drove a herd of cattle to Echo over
the week end. The cattle belonged
to Mr. Bleakney.
The home economics girls gave
their mothers a tea Friday after
noon. Miss Ledbetter supervised
the girls and a good time was had
by all who attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Graves and children
were dinner guests at the Claude
Myers home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ely and children
were dinner guests at the John Mc
Entire home Sunday.
IRRIGON
By MRS. W. C. ISOM
Mr. and Mrs. Echols and son and a
sister of Mrs. Echols from Livingston,
Montana, visited their cousins, Mr.
nnd Mrs. IT. C. Warner and Mr. and
Mrs. B. P. Rand and their uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. James Warner
Wednesday, leaving
Thursday for Toquiam, Wn., where
ihpv will make their future nome.
Special services were held at the
Ppntpnnstal church Sunday, ivirs
S. F. Browning as the oldest mother,
Mrs. B. P. Rand as the youngest
Mrs. Ed Adams as moth'
er of the largest family each received
n Vwmirifiil bouauet of tlowers.
Pnlvin and Eldon Allen who are
working near Plymouth, Wash., spent
Sunday with the home loiks.
Mi Hanson has resigned her po
sition as teacher here to accept a
position in the commercial depart
ment of the Prosser schools.
Mrs. Geo. Kendler, Mrs. Earl Isom
and Mrs. Don Isom were joint host
esses at a mothers' day "dinner hon
oring Mrs. W. C. Isom, at six o'clock
Sunday evening. Eleven guests were
present including Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Motor Cruising for Fun
First of a Series of 1937 Motorlogs, This Article Tells of a
Recent Visit to Clatsop and Tillamook County State Parks
This newspaper is co-operating
with the Oregon State Motor associ
ation and The Oregonian in pre
senting a series of travelogs under
the title, "Motor Cruising for Fun."
Is is hoped thereby to stimulate
travel in the Pacific Northwest.
Readers are invited to send the
articles to their friends throughout
the nation. The following article has
been condensed from a full-page
travelog appearing May 9 in the
Sunday Oregonian.
BY HERBERT LUNDY
Staff Writer, The Oregonian
Before starting on a motorlog of
the four northwestern coast parks
for The Oregonian and the Oregon
State Motor association, I had a
talk with Sam H. Boardman, state
parks superintendent since 1929.
"The work this, state has obtained
from the federal government
through the Civilian Conservation
Corps has advanced development
of Oregon's parks 25 years," said
Mr. Boardman. "State funds for
park purposes always have been
meager. Most of the money we ob
tained went into purchasing sites
to set aside for future development.
"The CCC not only has built and
improved roads leading into the
parks, but it has worked for fire
prevention, constructed community
kitchens, stoves, fireplaces, tables
and benches, water systems and
drinking fountains, modern comfort
stations, caretakers' houses and ot
fice buildings. Scenic areas have
been trailed for use by hikers.
"In no park will the natural beau
ty be marred by over-development.
No overnight camping is permitted
in state parks."
Little Publicity Given
The state has made little if any
effort to publicize many of its parks
to date. Too many visitors were not
wanted. Most of the areas were
undeveloped tracts of seacoast or
timberland, unguarded by caretak
ers and susceptible to destruction
by fire. But the work the CCC has
done in the last four years, under
supervision of the national park
service and the state, has made it
possible to throw open the gates
this summer and welcome visitors
from all parts of Oregon and from
other states and nations.
The greatest number of visitors
in Oregon's history is predicted for
this year. In, the first three months
of 1937 travel in Oregon was 25 per
cent greater than in the similar pe
riod of 1936, and on the Oregon
Coast highway thanks, in great
measure, to the five new bridges
travel gained 100 per cent.
The state owns and the state park
commission administers 125 pieces
of scenic property scattered all over
Oregon. Among them are 64 devel
oped and undeveloped parks with a
combined acreage of 14,630; ten rec
reational areas with a total acreage
of 1538; 25 properties classified as
parking places, monument sites,
beach acreage, ocean scenic points,
seashore roads, oases and miscellan
eous; 20 timber preserves and way
side strips, and six water supplies.
Four Parks Visited
with nil those mountain and for
est and seacoast playgrounds to
choose from, our motorlog was
scheduled for the four important
state parks in Tillamook and Clat
sop counties primitive Cape Look
out, tempestuous and rugged Short
Sand beach, lofty Saddle mountain
and historic Ecola. The beauty we
found in them left little to be de
sired. We left Portland in the late after
noon and sped over the Coast
range mountains to Tillamook
hoping to get into the Cape Look
out district before nightfall.
The road to Netarts bay leaves
the coast route at Tillamook city,
crosses the lower Trask and Tilla
mook rivers and curves over the
hills. Netarts, Oceanside and Cape
Mears on the northern shore of the
bay and the ocean cliffs adjoining
are popular vacation spots, but we
turned south around the bay toward
Cape Lookout.
Our project proved too ambitious
for the time available, for one may
not drive into the 975-acre, com
pletely undeveloped park as yet.
But I had seen it often from the
coast peaks far to the north, and
I believe that its unusual beauty
has not been exaggerated.
Cape Like Index
The cape thrusts out into the
ocean, like Oregon's index finger.
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Situ -t ssafc"
A view of Ecola Beach, in Clatsop county
for two miles. The first mile is a
half-mile wide and the second mile
tapers down to from 500 to 700 feet
in width. The sheer, majestic bluffs,
against which the ocean beats,
stand as high as 700 feet and never
lower than 400. Spruce and hemlock
cover the cape with a deep green
blanket.
We reached Neah-Kah-Nie moun
tain and undeveloped Short Sand
Beach park in the full flush of an
April morning.
This mountain of legendary pi
rates' treasure, rising uniquely
from the sea to a height of 1700
feet, Is now a part of Short Sand
Beach park's 760 acres.
The new highway, slashed out
of the rock of the mountain's
western face on the general line
of the old mail road between As
toria and the Tillamook country,
is destined to become the newest
and, many say, the most scenic
section of the Oregon coast high
way. Not Yet Completed
It is possible now to drive from
Nehalem north on the 'new road
only to the concrete bridge being
erected over Short Sand creek, and
from Cannon beach south only to
the tunnel being drilled through
the rock of Arch cape.
The half-mile crescent of Short
Sand beach is sheltered from
ocean winds by two jutting capes
and the heavily timbered slopes
which rise behind it. Two moun
tain streams boil down and join
near the . beach before spreading
thinly across the sand into the
long swells of the ocean.
At low tide, a venturesome per
son may, by goatlike leaps and
occasional wettings, reach almost
the outermost point of Cape Fal
con, which guards the cove on the
north. Three deep ocean caves,
bared only at low tides, provide
an inexhaustible supply of agates.
The rocks, uncovered between
waves, are coaV3d with huge mus
sels, starfish, sea roses and the
other strange creatures of the
marine world. Sea bass, cod, kel
pies and many other varieties of
fish breast the powerful currents.
Shoft Sand beach is ideal for
swimming. The breakers are small
and one may wade easily beyond
the last line. A long, sweeping
current swings from one end to the
other, but is not dangerous on an
incoming tide.
Pick Up CCC Chief
Before tackling Saddle Moun
tain park in Clatsop county we
picked up Don Bodley, superin
tendent of the 200-man CCC camp
spread attractively over a com
pound adjacent to the fish hatchery
on the Necanicum river. The men
from this camp work both in Sad
dle mountain and Ecola parks.
The entrance to Saddle mountain
was disappointing. We turned off
on the new and yet uncompleted
Wolk creek highway, then at a
distance of a mile onto an old
Crown-Willamette logging road,
which has been resurfaced and re
paired by CCC. The seven-mile
run to the base of the peak was
through hills denuded of timber
by fire and ax, with the only relief
at first the glistening upper reach
of the Lewis' and Clark river, and
the forbidding, timbered jaw of
Humbug peak.
But Mr. Bodley pointed out the
ten-inch-high fir trees, a forest in
miniature, which have been planted
through the scarred area by his
young workmen. It was not dif
ficult to picture the green slopes
a few generations hence if one
could exclude from mind the rav
ages of forest fires.
Saddle Mountain Handsome
Many mountains are greater, but
few are handsomer than Saddle.
Its elevation is 3265 feet. The
picnic ground at the base, still
under construction, is at the 1600
foot level. Green trees surround it,
and through their foliage looms
the crag, appearing almost within
stone's throw, but actually a long,
tough hike to the peak.
The mountain itself Is almost
solid rock, but some hardy trees
and unique varieties of wildflow
ers cling to its surface.
Thirteen pressure ridges, thrust
upward like lofty stone walls,
stand out on the mountain's face.
Volcanic ' action caused them, Mr.
Bodley said, and the slablike rock
in them runs contrary to the moun
tain's heart.
A trail has been laid out to th
saddle-like crest of the mountain
and from the top, Mr. Bodley said,
and the climber may see Mount
Hood, Mount Jefferson, Mount St,
Helens, Mount Adams and Mount
Rainier, as well as the city of As
toria, on a clear day.
Drive to Ecola
Leaving the 2682-acre Saddle
Mountain park, and with Mr. Bod
ley still in tow, we twisted down
the highly corkscrewish road to
Cannon beach, turned off at the
bridge and ran through wooded
hills to the large, Improved and
terraced parking space or lhe
bluffs of Ecola.
We walked out to the cape on
one of the numerous trails that
have been laid through the 450
acres of ocean frontage extending
4V4 miles. Two miles offshore
Tillamook lighthouse thrust its tall
column from the surging ocean, al
most as high as the bluff on which
we stood but not too high to pre
vent the winter waves sometimes
thrashing over the light.
Nearer the coast line were rocks
almost covered with brown, bulky
sea lions, lazying in the sun.
Tillamook head, to the north,
lies mostly within the boundaries
of Ecola park. Spruce and hem
lock grow profusely throughout
the area, their branches twisted
into grotesque shapes where ex
posed to the wind.
Two Streams There
Through the park tumble two
streams, bursting coolly from the
eastward hills.
Ocean birds sail gracefully by,
hundreds of feet above the ocean,
but level with the observer.
Picnic tables are hidden from
the wind in tree-guarded ravines.
Two beaches nestle among the
cliffs and crags.
Ecola is a breath-taking spot,
even to a seasoned seascape view
er, and well worth a high-ranking
spot among Oregon's varied wonderlands.
Kendler, Sr., and daughter Mary of
Umatilla. The honoree received a
lovely present from each of her
children.
Miss Vonna Jones who has been
visiting relatives in 'Portland the past
two months returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Jay Berry and daughter Bar
bara of The Dalles spent the week
end with Mrs. Berry's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett McCoy. Mr. Mc
Coy accompanied hre home for med
ical attention.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Eddy spent the
week end in Portland at the home of
Mrs. Eddy's sister, Mrs. Ralph Odene.
The high school students motored
to Bingham springs for a day's out
ing Thursday. The junior high spent
the day at Walla Walla and the pri
mary grades had a picnic near the
river.
Maurice Williams of Walla Walla
was in town Thursday.
Mrs. Josephine Grabiel accompan
ied her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Fin
ley Grabiel of Pendleton to Port
land Tuesday for a few days' visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Brownell.
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Williams and
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Eddy were din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Frank at Walla Walla Thursday evening.
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