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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, July 19, 1951
Nine-Hour Cruise on Lake Chelan
Delights Oregonian Motorloggers
The following li a condensation
of motorlof appearing In the
July U lawue of The Orefonlan't
Bnnday Majailno lection. It li one
of an annual eerlee of motorloga
' eponiored Jointly by The Orego
nian and the Orofon State Motor
association.
BY GW1ADYS BOWEN
Stall Wrtltr, Tht Oral onlaa
(Photo br Author)
A 7uu-mue drive to take a
boat ride seems, at first glance,
incongruous. But when the boat
ride is the 120-mlle cruise to the
head of Lake Chelan and re
turn, the trip is entirely under
standable.
Lake Chelan Is a beautiful
body of fresh water in the foot
hills of the Cascades In north
eastern Washington. It is fed by
small streams and waterfalls
tumbling down from a range of
snowcapped mountains rising
8000 and 9000 feet on either
shore.
It ii a truly "Believe It Or
Not" lake, for the surface of its
clear blue water lies 1100 feet
above sea level, and its depth is
lust under 1300 feet This means
it is actually both above and be
low sea level!
Tht lake drains Into the Co
lumbia river east of the town of
Chelan through the Chelan
river, reported to be the short
est river in the world. This tiny
river drops in a cascade of falls
through a narrow canyon to join
the mighty Columbia below. A
drive to this point, four miles
from Chelan, Is a must.
Glacier Created Lake
According to geologists, the
bed of Lake Chelan was cre
ated by glacial action during the
last ice age, when a great gla
cier moved from the present
summit of the Cascade moun
tains toward the Columbia. In
its move it gouged out one of
the world's deepest canyons.
Then the glacier melted, leav
ing the lower end dammed up
and making a narrow, mile-wide
canyon plugged at both ends. In I
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Typloal view seen from boat on nine-hour trip along Lake
Chelan. Many visitors describe it as America's Switzerland.
time, this canyon filled with wa
ter from the great watersheds
which drain into the Stehekin
river, which in turn empties
into the extreme upper end of
Lake Chelan.
The traveler reaches the lake
at its southeasternmost end at
the town of Chelan, named for
the lake.
From Chelan a comfortable,
small, diesel-powcred boat leaves
every morning auring summer
for the head of the lake, 55
miles away.
The nine-hour trip is varied
by numerous stops, as the boat
laces back and forth to pick up
and leave passengers, freight
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Route taken by writer of accompanvim nr".le Is shown
above. Many other loop trips are possible to and from Chelan.
and various bits of shopping the
skipper has done for residents
on the upper shores. They are
dependent on the boat for all
their supplies.
An hour's layover for lunch Is
made at the Golden West lodge
at the upper end of the lake,
called Stehekin.
The boat trip is spectacularly
beautiful. A road on the east
shore extends uplake some 25
leads to the little community ol
Manson. A road on the west
shore extends up luke some 25
miles. Attractive permanent
homes as well as summer cot
tages with green lawns running
down to bathing areas and boat
moorings on the lake front are
numerous in this area.
But the ends of the highways
bring wilder, more rugged"
scenery with greater distance
between resorts. From 25 Mile
Creek northward to Stehekin,
regular visits of the boat are
highlights in the lives of resort
owners and their guests.
But resorters are not the only
Inhabitants of these wilder re
gions in the upper Cascades.
There are numerous mining
camps forest and country
roads out of Stehekin lead to
several copper mines.
Chehan residents refer to thr
lake as "the Switzerland o'
America." And truly, with itr
waterfalls tumbling over sheer
cliffs into the lake and perpet
ually snowcapped peaks rising
ruggedly into the blue, the up-
Iiar lake Is not unlike Switzer
and. Luxuriant fruit orchards and
grape arbors abound near Che
fan itself.
Fishing excellent
The whole area Is a sports
man's paradise with excellent
fishing and hunting in season
The boat leaves Chelan ever
morning from June 16 to Sep
tember 30 at 8:30 a. m. Aftei
October 1 it only runs to Stehe
kin on Sundays. Mondays, Wed
nesdays and Fridays, leaving at
9:10 a. m. The round trip il
$5.50 per passenger.
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Lexington Man to
Train in California
A. P. Hill Military Reservation,
Va. Private first class Floyd R.
Breeding, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert M. Breeding, Lexington, will
leave next month for Camp Irwin,
Calif., and five weeks training
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tested under some trying wea
ther conditions in the area, used
as a training site in World War
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The 43d division, a former Ver
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Reservation for six weeks field
training. It is scheduled to take
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exercise Southern Pine near Fort
Bragg, N. C. in late August.
Hodge Opening
Very Successful
Attendance at the opening last
weekend of the new Fngidaire
department of Hodge Chevrolet
company taxed facilities to the
utmost, stated Charles Hodge,
owner of the new store. The
crowds caused many women to
miss the cooking school held at
the store on the two opening
days.
Hodge said that he regretted
being unable to serve everyone
who tried to attend the school,
but that plans were being made
to hold another schol in larger
quarters in the near future.
o
Mrs. Floyd Adams and Mrs.
Clive Huston went to Pasco,
Washington Saturday and visited
Mrs. Herman Parker, daughter
of Mrs. Huston. Later they met
Mr. and Mrs. John Roscoe and
daughter Kathie Jean of Kel
logg, Idaho. Kathie Jean will vi
sit in Heppner with her grand
mother, Mrs. Adams while her
parents are on a vacation into
Canada. Nancy Adams return
ed also from a vacation In Kellogg.
Rural Resident
Asked to Adopt
Safe Practices
For the state's farms to be
safe places to live and work ru
ral residents must think safety
declares F. E. Price, dean and
director of agriculture at Oregon
State college, who adds that
July 22 to 28, Is national farm
safety week.
It is a good time for every farm
person to adopt "safe farm prac
tices" .as a personal slogan, says
Dean Price, who is state chair
man of the farm safety week
program.
Most common types of Oregon
farm accidents, according to fig
ures compiled by Jim Wiles of
the state industrial accident
commission, are falls and being
struck by objects. The agencies
usually associated with this type
accident are working surfaces,
hand tools and vehicles.
Although by no means all of
the farm accidents which occur
in the state are indicated In
figures released by the state In
dustrial accident commission, the
summary is considered a good
oarometer of what is taking place.
Commission figures are con
fined to accidents covered by the
workmen's compensation act. In
1950, there were about 11.000 ac
ricultural accounts canted by the
state industrial accident commis
sion.
Last year, farm accidents re
ported to the commission totaled
2,224, lust slightly fewer than
were reported in 1949. Of this
total, 1,474 represented "time
loss" claims. 652 Involved no ab
sence from work. Four accidents
were fatal.
There were 10 fatal farm ac
cidents covered bv the comoen
sation law in 1945.
An encouraging note in the
accident commission figures
Dean Price explains is the fact
that fatal accidents have tended
to decline each year since 1945.
Total accidents, meanwhile, have
stayed approximately the same
arjout z.uuu annually.
Of 630 total accidents reported
up to June 1 this year, there were
no fatalities and the time loss
mishaps totaled only 429. The
busy harvest season, however.
is when most accidents occur,
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