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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, July 11, 1957
Modern Vacation Resorts Rising
In Pristine McKenzie River Area
Forests cmH Lava
Attract Tourists
BY HAROLD HUGHES
Staff Writer. Tb arexonun
The following U condensa
tloa of a motorlof appearing In
the Oreronlan. It U one of an
annual eerlea pomored jointly
by The Orefonlan and the On
fon State Motor auoclatin..
Exposure to the charms and
enchantments of the Three Sis
ters country of the upper Mc
Kenzie river is not recom
mended to the vacationer who
would remain faithful to more
prosaic and better advertised
summer pleasure spots.
A taste of the narcotic beauty
and pristine splendor of this
primitive area some 50 miles
east of Eugene on highway 126
can come dangerously close to
making an addict of you over
night
The development of this re
gion's tourist accommodations,
unlike the fast boating area of
the lower McKenzie, Is only now
Retting under way. Lately, en
thusiastic Californians, who in
stinctively know how to please
travelers, are investing in first-
class cabins, motels, restau
rants, recreation areas and even
a beauty parlor, so sold are they
on this region.
Priests Build Qvrnp
Even the Dominican fathers
of San Rafael, Cal., have suc
cumbed to the charms of the
Three Sisters and have Invested
more than a quarter of a million
dollars In a summer camp for
students studying for the priest
hood. In an Oregon State Motor as
sociation motorlog to the region,
the writer and his family visited
scores of fine cabins strung
along the fast, sparkling Mc
Kenzie. We stayed at Laughing Waters
In a two-bedroom cabin, done
in natural wood and sporting a
huge stone fireplace in the living
room. A furnished kitchen had
clean, ample facilities for meals,
which could be topped off with
rainbow, cutthroat and Dolly
Varden trout, caught easily by
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Lava flows diunnied the Upper McKenzie creating Clear
lake, In Its depths, an ancient, drowned forest can be seen.
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Highway 126 follows the white water of the McKenzie and
near Bend skirts to the north of the scenic Three Sisters.
standing on the cabin porch and
dropping a line directly into the
McKenzie.
But if the fishing is fabulous,
the hiking is nothing less than
spectacular. There is the ex
citement of discovering Sahalie
and Koosah waterfalls, two of
the finest in Oregon; the thrill
of journeys to the Three Sisters
and the lava beds beyond and
a trek to cold Clear lake, or to
warm, shallow Fish lake nearby.
Clear lake was created when
volcanic flows dammed the can
yon and trapped a forest, more
than 1000 years' old. The reser-
The white niotorlog car visits Holiday Farm, one of the many
modern tourist accommodations In the McKenzie area.
voir-clear water, at places nearly
200 feet deep, falls to hide the
ancient trees, preserved like
museum relics in clear plastic.
At Clear lake, where the fish
ing (rainbow and cutthroat) is
unpredictable, is Great Spring,
principal water supply for the
lake whose outlet is the McKen
zie river. Rowboats may be
rented for 50 cents an hour from
the Santiam Fish and Game
association, which also operates
cabins and a restaurant and
store.
Volcanoes Active
Dr. Howell Williams, Univer
sity of California geologist who
studied the Three Sisters region,
believes there was more vol
ianic activity there during the
past few thousand years-since
the time of Christ than in any
other part of the high Cascades.
Evidences of later glaciers
that gouged out the old volca
noes can be seen along the Mc
Kenzie highway. The North Sis
ter, largest and oldest of the
Three Sisters group, offers good
hiking trails at its base and on
its slopes gives a moderate test
to the skilled mountaineer.
Here, then, is a vacation land
with an enchanting and seduc
tive past, once a "cinder box
of Hades," now a Thorcau-like
land of surprises, like heated
swimming pools, an air strip
for winged travelers, good roads,
covered bridges, restaurants,
first-class motels and cabins,
beauty parlors and cocktail
lounges.
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lone News
Mr. and Mrs, James Hams of
Hardman were recent visitors at
the home of their sons and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Hams.
Those spending the Fourth at
the John Bryson home were Mr.
and Mrs. Dale Ray, Mrs. Arvllla
Swanson, Mrs. Frances Piper and
John Hughes.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gunther of
Pendleton spent the Fourth at the
William K. Morgan
39 S. W. Dorion
Pendleton, Oregon
Phone: 4334
your Equitable
savings representative
ays:
home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Haus
ler. Mr. and Mrs. John Sanders and
sons of Portland were visitors
here last week. Mrs. Sanders is
a sister of Mrs. John Eubanks
and Lloyd Morgan.
Mrs. Ray Boyce entertained the
Drittge club at nor home Tuesdav
of last week. Mrs. Pete Cannon
received high prize; Mrs. Walter
toriey second Inch, and Mrs. Del
mer Crawford low.
Miss Dorothy Dobyns returned
core
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Monument News
By Martha Matteson
(Too late for last week)
j Mary Leasie and children of
I Fox visited her brother and fam
ily, the Roy Bowmans, Tuesday.
' The Monument Scheme Teens
held open house June 24 at the
grange hall and invited teen
'agers 13 to 19 from Mitchell to
Join them. The evening was
; spent in games and dancing,
j Darlene Boyer, Edna Moore and
their children and Thelma Wil
I liams drove to Ritter hot springs
I Tuesday afternoon for swimming
and a picnic.
! Mrs. June Ayers spent Tuesday
j at the Wayne Leathers ranch on
Cupper creek.
j H. D. Hinton and Reeta Hunt
and daughter Diana were in John
Day Tuesday
Lois Bleakman and two daugh
I ters and Bobby Cox drove to
ohn Day Tuesday for polio
1 shots.
I ivuss iviariene unman oi cor
jvallis was a visitor Tuesday at
the Van Detta home.
I Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wheeler,
Barbara and Rnhhv Mr snH TWrc
I l ,
Aaron Ingle and son Robert Dean
i drove to Portland and Salem for
the week. Wheelers returned
Thursday and Mrs. Ingels and
son stayed on for a longer visit.
Mrs. Joe Mellor and children
drove to Heppner Wednesday
morning to get her niece, Miss
Diana Cox who is spending the
week here while her mother Mrs.
Stanley Cox took her brother
David to Portland for surgery on
his foot.
Louisa Flemings drove to Can
yon City Wednesday morning on
business then went on to Prairie
City to visit her daughter Donna
Lee Kimberling. She returned
homo Thursday evening.
Vern McCarty is busy hauling
horses to Redmond and wool to
Baker for H. M. Hanson of Long
Creek.
Miss Sharon Hinton spent the
past week at the Wayne Leathers
home with Deanna.
Mary Ella Hinton spent the
past two weeks at Davville with
her grandfolks, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Thorpe.
ICharles Holmes and Boyd Hinton
are building roar! out from But
ter creek for the Tom Ross lon
ging crew who are moving there
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern McCartv and
two sons drove to HeDDner Fri
day for dentist work.
Stanley Boyer, Owen Smih,
Elzie Emory have been cutting
grass on vacant lots.
Joyce and her grandmother drove
on to La Grande.
Mr. Albert Chan arrived the
past week to take over the min
istry of the Pr sbyterian church
at Monument and Dayville. His
wife and baby will arrive next
week.
Mrs. Dottie Smith left the first
of the week for Montana to be
with her mother" for a while.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Settle left
Thursday morning with Willard
and Moya Gilman for the middle
fork on a camping and fishing
trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Slocum
left Tuesday to spend two or
three days in The Dalles on bus
iness. They went by way of
Pendleton.
Donald Gilman, youngest son
off Mr. and Mrs. Mead Gilman,
left John Day July 1 for Boise,
Idaho to be inducted into the
armed forces. He was a Monu
ment high school graduate in
1952 and he went to Eastern Ore
gon college for four vears. He
and his wife, Joyce, both taught
last year at Corbett. His father
Mead Gilman, Sr. is a veteran
as also is his brother Mead. Jr.
His mother, Linnie Gilman, wife
Joyce and her grandmother, Mrs.
Aas of La Grande accompanied
him to John Day and ffrom there
home last week from Frontier,
Wyo., where she was a guest
at the Kalister home. Miss Jo
Kalister returned home with her
for a week's visit.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lieuallen of
Pendleton visited tljeir daughter
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Jepsen last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dobyns
left Monday for Portland.
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For others soon will be!
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