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Page 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thu rsday, August 23, 1956 Hot and Cold Waters Appealing To Motorloggers at Breitenbush Curative Springs, Fishing Streams Found at Resort The folowlnc U St condensa tion of motorlof appearing In Jforthwett rotogravure; maun cine of The Sunday Orefonlnn. It le one of an -animal eerie eponeored Jointly by The Oxo nian and the Oregon Ntnte Motor aneoclatlon. BY MERVIN SHOEMAKER Btift Wrtttr, The Ornonlui The Breitenbush hot spring area one of the longest-famed localities In Oregon recreation and medicinal waters lore Is only some 11 miles from one of the state's newest attractions for those who like the outdoors. This Is Detroit lake, which, with Breitenbush, was the des tination of a recent motorlog for the Oregon State Motor association and The Oregonian. Here the fast waters of the North Santlam and Breiten bush rivers are quieted behind a concrete barrier which con trols their surge at flood time, and adds a modest contribution of hydroelectric energy to the Northwest power pooL Recrea tion Is a sideline dividend, but one which promises to become of more and more Importance. Detroit lake is as new as the town that moved to escape Its rising waters, and which gave its name to the huge reservoir with many fingers extending Into surrounding stands of tim ber. The new town of Detroit Is shiny, fresh painted, unclut tered. Freeway Traversed on Trip Fortlanders can thank the road builders for making this area easy of access. We drove the Oregon Stat Motor asso ciation white car down the Portland-Salem freeway to the Salem bypass Junction with highway 22 for the first 50 miles. The next 50-odd miles weren't so fast, but It isn't much more than an hour from the Salem area to Detroit. Here, fly-fishers turn left; trollers to the right. First timers at the lake might stop at the general store of John Cookone ot the merchants who moved with Detroit for tips on Detroit lake fishing and for tackle they might need. Then follow the signs, begin ning at the next intersection, to Fred Snidcr's boat landing. Snider tins 53 fishing bouts, motors for 12 of thorn. He berths a few cruisers and is planning ahead for t he expan- S" sAT tp if Detroit lake, newly created by Detroit dam on North Santlam river, Is fast becoming public playground. View across lake of Mt. Jefferson tempts travelers la white AAA car to stop. sion of Detroit lake pleasure boating that he Is sure will come. For those who turn left at the Detroit junction, the scen ery show begins immediately. The placid waters of the halted river spread out to the west of the rapidly climbing road. Then comes the white splashing of the swift-flowing river above the lake. The river and the road travel the same route, but they change altitude at differ ent rates. This gives the motor ist numerous spectacular views of the river from high up the sides of the Breitenbush can yon. Breitenbush resort b built on 160 acres of privately owned land which the proprietors say wns homesteaded before the na tional forest was established. It gets Its name, so the story goes, from one Peter Breiten bush. who discovered the min eral springs that abound here. It was operated lor 3U years Dy M. D. Bruckman, who now lives In Salem after selling the place to Its present operators. The whole resort area Is in two divisions, about a quarter of a mile apart as the stream flows. Downstream Is Breitenbush hot springs, primarily a health resort. It has a lode with five rooms and 32 individual cabins. The larger installation up stream has a lodge with 32 rooms and 64 individual cabins, of which about half are fur nished. There is a grocery store at each place, and a cafe at the smaller establishment. The forger establishment lias a swimming pool measuring 40:; 100 feet, with water at about 80 degrees. The pool is an impor tant part of the resort's bathing Trip to Breltnbuh eountry can be loop, one way via Salem, other by Skyline drive. facilities, which also Include the mineral springs and the showers in the swimming pool bathhouse. Mineral Springs Named Breitenbush is a health resort. This has probably frightened away a lot of healthy people who would thrill at fishing in Breitenbush river or the several mountain lakes easily reached from the resort area; or in riding horses from a nearby stable over innumerable moun tain trails; or in hiking, taking pictures, or generally enjoying a particularly attractive piece of the big outdoors. But for those who care there are 64 mineral springs here, with temperatures rang ing from 125 to 200 degrees. Some of them bear names such as "Arsenic spring," "Salt spring," "Iron spring" and "Soda spring," The list of chemicals they boast looks like an extract from U. S. pharma copeia. The waters of the Breiten bush river are probably only mildly medicinal, but there is a lot of curative power for fish ermen in the 10,000 trout re leased by the state game com mission a!on three miles of the river early in July. ,4 J X SB "'-i X ; S. i : . . IN MOTOR TRANSPORT v X. LEADS THE WAY jrfTV This GMG has muscles" unsurpassed in its class! Tha facta ipeak for themselves. This new GMC 250-8 has 180 V8 horsepower standard. No other truck in its class comes even close. The extra power delivers 276 foot pounds of truck-propelling torque. Over-the-road truckers call it "guts" - and this CMC's got up to 83 more than the others. It's at the top of the heap in frame strength, too. There's as much as 10 more "muscle" in its chassis than in comparable trucks. And there'i mora. For thk ragged GMC has 8500 lb. front axles and 7200 lb. rear unsurpassed in its weight-bracket. It has extra-size brakes and springs. Add it all up and you can see what GMC Blue Chip stamina really means. Especially when you team it with a GMC's dependable perform ance and Hydra-Matic savings. For here's a truck that not only delivers the goods at lowest cost but keeps delivering long after an ordinary truck would have faded out Come in and talk k over! See m, too, far WpkOecW wW nxt- Weather Stays Hot at Boardman By Mary Lee Marlow Warm weather continues here the past week. Maximum tem perature Monday was 98 above, and Sunday's maximum was 96. Minimum Tuesday morning was 60. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Flock were called to Winlock, Wash, last week by the death of Flock's" fa ther, J. P. Flock. 81. who died there Aug. 13, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Gunnar Larson. He had been visiting there from Louisville, 111, for a month, having driven his own car from Illinois. He had Dlanned to start home Aug. 16, but funeral services were held" on that dav instead. The body was shipped to Louisville for burial. The condition of Guy Ferguson, who has been seriously ill in Good Shepherd hospital in Hermiston the past week, is reported to be Improved, his daughter, Mrs. Vern Moe of Kelso, Wash., and his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Ferguson of Butte, Mont., are here because of his illness. Ed Kunze has returned home from a two week fishing trip with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kunze of Kennewick, Wash. They went to Lake Louise and Glacier Park in Canada, coming home through Montana. Mrs. Blanche Jones and Phil and Etta Jones went to Hermis ton Sunday to visit Mrs, Jones' cousin, Miss Sylvia Severance, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Campbell. Miss Severance has returned from teaching almost thre years in Formosa. After her visit here she will go to Hawaii to teach. Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Va'ga, of San Jose, Calif., visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles HIguera last week. Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Skach and three sons, Portland. Mrs. Lowell Shattuck left for Spokane, Wash., Monday to visit her aunt, Mrs. Ellen Lillie. SSgt. and Mrs. James L. Wal ker are the parents of a son born Aug. 14 at the military hospital in Hanford, Wash. He has been named James Richard. Grandpar ents are Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Walker, Dallas, S. Dak., and Mr. and Mrs. Erling Stone, Rapid City, S. Dak. The babv weiehpd siv pounds, eight and one-half oun-cea Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Lightfoot, Phoenix, Arizona visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tan nehill one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely and daughter Eileen went to Oregon City Saturday to visit at the home of Mrs. Ely's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Chan dler, and to attend a reunion of the Chandler family there Sun dy. They also plan to visit other relatives in Eugene this week. Albert Rogers returned home Friday from St. Helens, where he visited for two weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wright. Weekend visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Rogers was Mrs. Rogers' niece, Donna Mae Johnson, Blalock. Mrs. Charlie Woolley and daughter Marcia, Pasco, Wash., were weekend visitors at the home of her mother, Mrs. R. A. Eades, on their way home from Hood River, where they had visi ted at the home of Mrs. Woolley's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eades. . Saturday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Potts were Potts' aunt, M.rs Lulu Potts, and his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. George Ramsey and granddaughter, Su san Foster, all of The Dalles. Mrs. Eileen Anderson and son Ronnie, Medford, are visiting at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gillespie. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Thorpe and daughters Sandra and Ter esa, and Mrs. Paul Smith of Union returned home Saturday from a two-week vacation trip to Portland and the coast. Louise Potter, Vancouver, Wash., return ed with them for a two week visit here. Larry Eades has returned home from a ten day trip to Prince George, B. C, where he visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clif ford Pool. Miss Zelma 'Cowan, Wanda Hugg, Marie Potts, and Martin Shattuck left Saturday for Can non Beach to attend the Youth Conference. They were to be joined there by Barbara Ander egg, who has been at Long Beach, Wash. Clubs Meet The Garden club met Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Earl Briggs with Mrs. Algy Tay lor as co-hostess. There were 11 members present. They made plans for their booth at the North Morrow county fair, Sept. 6-8, with Mrs. Bob Stewart as chair man. The next meeting will be Sept. 17 at 7:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Nathan Thorpe, at which time the care and planting of bulbs will be taken up. The Tillicum club met Tuesday night of last week at the home of Mrs. Joe Tatone. 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