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Page 2 HeDDner Gozttn T; Tl J I.. I.. -r i nn Scenic Jackpot Hit on Motorlog To Washington's Mt. Rainier Area liiiiiiiii'iiiiiii'iiiiiitiiii'iiii itiHiiiHiiitmiiitiitimimiimiHiiiiMiiiiHiiiiiiiiMimiHiMiiiiiiiiimiimiHiiiiiiiiiiHi i.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii wrnmm Thu ti Modenntloa of t motorloi trtldi weuniR hi ine aunaaj urenom&n June ao. It on of t frrlo ipomored br Tht Ore foilu jkI the Orefon fiute Motor uaodttlon, BY JALMAR JOHNSON Sunday Editor, The Oregonlaa Like most residents of the western slope of the Cascades, this writer and his family are quite familiar with the western Mt. Rainier country, but had never visited tho eastern at proaches to the mountain and Rainier national park until a re cent week end when we headed the Oregon State Motor associa tion's white Ford in that direc tion. We hit the scenic jackpot the majestic Columbia gorge, the sagebrush of central Wash ington, the green orchards of the Yakima valley, rushing mountain streams, virgin pine timber on the eastern slope of the Cascades, the verdant green of the moist west slope. Two Days Sufficient We found that a Portland motorist with scarcely more than 500 miles of driving can see all this and visit both sides of Mt. Rainier national park in as little as two days or as many more as he cares to de vote to the trip. He can stay in comfortable hotels and moun tain lodges and eat in modern restaurants, or he can camp out In the open in forest and national park camp grounds. Our assignment was to log a loop trip from Portland up the Evergreen highway to Maryhill then north on 97 through Yakima and northwest by high way 410 over 5440-foot-high Chinook pass, then west by Washington state highway No. S through the southeast corner of Mt. Rainier national park to the junction of the Pacific highway at Marys Corner, the well known western turning-off point for Mt. Rainier. Two days before we left Yakima to explore the upper reaches of the Cascades and de termine what the loop was like, Chinook pass had been opened. A record winter fall of snow had been sliced through by II " ' - ;.'nv -4 r J'.t ?Lti" -ten-- i I . fJfc Ml .VftVt, VC i Ma- r. f 4. 11 ft Fishermen try their luck in Naches river north of Yakima. snow plows, as with a knife, leaving huge banks of snow on either side of the highway. Much of this snow will remain well into the summer, it seemed certain. We passed the summit, crowd ed with skiers, amateur camera J J Hathet JL , : .X BU POKTlkND - .... Map shows loop trip that takti in both sides of Rainier park. enthusiasts and just plain sight seers, and reached the junction where highway 410 continues on to Seattle and state highway 5 heads west for Marys Corner. There a sign, "Road Closed," blocked the entrance to high way 5. We had to retrace our route through Yakima and back to the fcvergreen highway. We had made the trip a few days too early, but a check-up on our return revealed that by the time this article is in print the road will be open and the east and west entrances to Mt. Rainier park as well. Western Oregonians and Washingtonians are prone to think of the areas east of the mountains as desolate stretches of sagebrush except where Irri gation has caused orchards and green fields to sprout or dry farming has develoDed era in fields. There are such stretches and from the valleys the hills seem bare compared with the country west of the Cascades, but our trip up the east slope of I the high range was a revelation L to us. The mountains were covered with green timber high, large dimension, virgin stuff, un-i spoiled by cutting. Naches i river, running swift and highl from the snow banks above, wal as pretty a stream as we badi ever seen west of the mountain. 1 Fishermen dotted its banks, try ing their luck with rod and fly. I Cool, grassy camp grounds along the river looked inviting. FOR THE V V 47 OS :VI W UNION PACiHC Air-conditioned trains, rest-easy coach seats, comfortable Tillman accommodations, the finest In dining car meals, homey lounge cars all combine to assure you the mt of your life when you travel Union Pacific. NEXT TRIP AND EVERY TRIP CO UNION PACIFIC RuC 4 you "gcU JftfM (in trains daily to and from tka East StlCmlic "CITY OF PORTLAND" PORTLAND ROSE" "IDAHOAN" Tillicum Club of Board man Sponsoring Rodeo Princess by Mrs. Flossie Coats Boardman Miss Nancy Rands, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rands and a senior in the Board man hlRh school is the princess chosen from Boardman for the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo this year. The Tillicum Club is sponsoring the Princess and the dance will be in Heppner Satur day nifiht July 28th. j ne miicum Club met at the Mrs. Elvin Ely home Tuesday evening July seventeenth. The following officers were installed for the coming year. President, Mrs. Clayton Allen; Vice-president, Mrs. George Gwinn; Re cording secretary, Mrs. John Wa lker; corresponding-secretary, Mrs. w. E. Ganrer and treasurer Mrs. Dale Russell. Installing officer was Second vice-president or Oregon State Federation of Womens Clubs Mrs. Marion Wea therford, Arlington. Other out of town guests were Mrs. Kiester and Mary Holland, Arlington Fifteen members were present. o USE GAZETTE TIMES CLASSIFIED ADS Ltt ms kilp pirn yont trip F. C TOLLESON, Agent Phons 132 LOW FARES CONVENIENT SCHEDULES I roi DtFSNDAiii vikmrovt won-feSjiit'fte .. union pacific PENDLETON HE1TNER FREIGHT LINE Arrives at Heppner, Lexington and Ion EVERY DAY For Pickup or Delivery For pickup, call Red & White, Heppner Padborg Tractor, Lex Omar Rletmann, lone Connecting Carrier for Consolidated Frelghtways $mo!ey, The Firc-Prcvcntin' Bear, Says: mm;- "Guess staf the most range fires . V f'A.,'- . ...!. Tnii year, with grain and feed still critical, we can't afford range fires I But they'll continue unless we get wise to who starts most of them. Lightning, for instance, gets a lot of blame but starts only I fire out of 10. Some folia think most range fires are deliber ately set by criminals, arsonists, and other demented peoplebut that's all wrong too. The fires started for revenge and other such reasons are almost negligible. 1 Now ... get ready for a shock. Behind this door is the real culprit that does the big dam age. This will hurt, but we've got to stop burning America's ranges. So . . . Yep . . . it's Mrv A. Good Citizen ... an average American fellow like you who starts the most range fires. Just plain carelessness on your part accounts for nine out of ten! This year with more folks traveling through the grazing country-America's ranges may suffer the greatest catas trophe in history I It is Imperative that you be par ticularly careful with fire outdoors. 1, mi' nil'f 4 AAoW'V . row., M 'V have help Ban"" f - 31 1- 7 I The Gazette Times
