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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 1, 1957 Pag6 Famed Sun Valley Winter Resort Offers Many Summer Attractions Many Families Motor to Spa lh followlDi U conden atlon of motsrlof ppr tnr In Tha Sunday Oreronlan. It li one of n annual icrlci ponsored Jointly by tho Oro gon State Motor oclatlon and The OrPKonlan. BY HAROLD HUGHES SU1 Writer, TIM Ortionlan Under the winter snow banked and drifted around the lodges, inns and chalets of Sun Valley is the richest bluegrass lawn In Idaho. This grass, which lies frozen and dormant during the exhilarations of the skiing sea son, Is symbolic of the trans formation the resort undergoes from winter to summer. Such a good job of bathing Sun Valley in dazzling winter ized glamor has been done, what with peopling the place with movie stars. Dresldents. interna tional celebrities, beautiful women and handsome men, that the average budeet-conscious family was once timid about tackling the resort In the sum mer season. Anyway, who would go to the nation's most famous ski resort in summer when the snow Is all melted? Well, lots and lots of people, both the Hollywood species and the budget-reminded family are showing up at the Sawtooth mountain resort to sip a cool temperatured vacation loaded with all kinds of entertainment. Many Arrive By Auto DesDlte the fact the resort was built and is owned and operated by the Union Pacific rauroaa, a large number of guests arrive In automobiles, Just as we did when we arrived In a white Ore gon State Motor association mc torlou car and hlchballed the family Into a couple of comfort able rooms In the Challenger Inn. Here, 13 hours' driving time from Portland, we began an ex citing stay in the bluegrass DrlnclDality of Sun Valley. The hottest attraction in the summer is also the coolest. It is the 16.200-sauare-foot ice skat ing rink, said by the builders to be the largest year-round out door rink in the world. In no time at all, say a few hours, children who have never been closer to ice than an elec trio refrigerator are actually standing upright on skates. In a few dnys, some are skating backwards, thanks to the he" of the Olympic caliber skating pros. V r ' A -41 't . - r j , , One wintertime activity continues throughout summer at Sun Valley. Here the writer's children, Sheila and Joe, tried Ice skating under the warm sun. This Is popular attraction. The rink is in front of the Lodge Terrace, so It is possible each night to enjoy tne Best food in Sun Valley and watch the skaters spin on the bril liantly lighted rink. If vou eet either bored or hrulsed bv the skating, there is the Sun Valley Opera House, which shows first-run movies each night; there are two bars, nightly dancing, two dining rooms and a cafeteria for the (tiiv who has to watch the fam ily dollars. There is also good television, for those who retuse to escape. Jlnvrnck rides and nack trips aboard horses to Trail Creek cabin where a jazz trio provides dancing music are offered twice a week. Kldt Have Playground There are two swimming nnnls' a nine-hole eolf course with 18 tees; one of the finest trap or skeet shooting rigs In the nation and a rifle and pistol range. There Is trout flshina In near by creeks between June 4 and October 31 and restricted fishing for lazv euests in the Sun Valley lake. There are four tennis courts and a Dro to Improve your shots. There are also 100 western riding horses and a superabundance of wide open spaces. A special playground, stocked with baby sitters, is provided for young children. Also, the taccm WALLA WALLA I y-JpOBTLANO WNDLtT 1 VSOV 1 . 9 TCbend eras 1 0KLAWA7M PAU I I I 0 3 ' BAKIP. 0 SUM VAllEV HILBNA 0UTTI viuowston NAT 'l PM IT I ROISS 1? SHOSHONJ f 6 KtTCHtlin Oregonlaus can reach Sun Valley by auto via U. S. highways tO or tO to Boise, V. 8. 20 to Shoshone, then onto V. S. 93. common between the two malor hotels has no auto traffic, so children are safe walking there. Bicycles and tricycles can be rented for modest ums. Cycling is a favorite form of transporta tion for all ages. The Imnressive lawn and landscaping, never seen by the winter visitors, Is not just to look at. Comfortable lounges around duck ponds and picture- book bridges and watenans make the common an Ideal place to soak up the sun and ignore the world. Rooms and rates to fit most pocketbooks, ranging from cele brity - like accommodations in the lodge to dormitory rooms for four at motel Drlces. are available. You can spend as little or as much money as you line. However, most of the entertain ment and rides, except for the swimming pools, which are tree to hotel guests, will cost extra money. Shoshone Is Railhead The maximum aver ace tem perature In July, generally the hottest month In the vauey, which is 6000 feet above sea level, is 80.1 degrees. August is about the same and Septem ber averages about eight de grees cooler. Drivers from Oregon and Washington will approach Sun Valley from the west through Boise. It is 121 miles from Boise over U. S. highways 30, 26 and 20 to Shoshone, where rail visit ors are picked up on busses for the 55-mile trip north to tne re sort. Only an hour's driving time from Shoshone are the volcanic and lava splendors of the Craters of the Moon, one of the geological wonders of the na tion. Four and a half hours more driving will bring you to Yel lowstone national park, where nature has Indulged In super exertions to provide scenery. Summer activities at Sun Val ley run from June 1 until Octo ber 15, when the resort is closed down for repair and refurbish Ing In preparation for the ski season that opens at Christmas and rum to early April. Lexington News By DELPHA JONES Dick Kuhl, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Ruhl, is a patient in IMoneer Memorial hospital suffering from (second degree burns and shock when he was Injured at the farm of his grandmother, Mrs. Elva Ruhl, during a wheat fire on Monday. Mrs. O. V. Cutsforth Is again at home after major surgery In rioneer Memorial hospital In Heppner. Word has been received in Lex ington of the Injury of Ernest Fredrlcks of Salem. He is in a hospital In that city Mike Tatrlek spent the week end in Portland. Mrs. A. F. Majeske motored to Portland on Saturday taking her grandson, Stevie Ansted, where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mounts, met him from their home in Randle, Washington. Mrs. John Ledbetter entertain ed with a swimming party on Friday honoring Mrs. Dean Hunt's birthday. Those attending were: Mrs, Gena Leonard, Mrs. Bernlce Lott, Mrs. Iris Campbell, the honoree Lois Hunt, and the host ess Lorcne Ledbetter. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Papineau are spending some time in Lex ington. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Northrup and daughter Peggy took a load of delegates to the Christian church summer camp at Cove on Sunday. Pendleton visitors on Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. Morris McCarl HITCHIN' POST IS AVAILABLE FOR Pil 8 BANQUETS CALL 205 BOARDMAN RECORDED MUSIC ONLY Orchestra Available for Special Occasions Buddy and daughter Rosetta motored to The Dalles on Tues day taking Pvt. James Laney there where he took a bus to his station In California. Mrs. Ethel Dunbar motored to Arlington on Tuesday taking her son Norman Miles to the bus. He is returning to a Coast Guard station in California. Mrs. Eldon Padberg entertain ed With coffee and cake on Fri day morning honoring Mrs. Lois Hunt. Those present were Gladys VanWlnkle, Lorene Ledbetter, Mildred Davidson, Cherry Herm ann, Lois Hunt and Eileen Pad berg. O. Laney and son James were visitors in Lakeview last week. Mrs. E. E. McFadden is em ployed at Gonty's shoe store in Heppner this week. Mrs. Marilyn Pullen and sister, Rosalie Dickenson, were visitors at the O. G. Breeding home last week. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. McFadden entertained a sister of Mrs. Mc Fadden, Mrs. Elouise Gibbs, and Boyd Turner of Hermiston, on Saturday evening. o Mr. and Mrs. Robert Austin and children, Salem, who have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Butterfield, left Monday for Elgin where they will visit Mr. Austin's sister, Mrs. Boyd Standley and family OSC to Test Rye, Clover Grasses From Australia New clover and rye grass vari eties developed in Australia and New Zealand will be tested by Oregon State college next year, reports D. D. Hill, head of the O. S. C. farm crops department. The varieties were discovered by J. Ritchie Cowan, OSC agron omist, when he attended the Int ernational Grassland Congress In New Zealand last year, Hill said. Seed stocks of possible high yielding rye grass and orchard grass varieties and a new variety of strawberry clover are now be ing obtained so they can be checked for forage production un der local conditions and as pos sible parent materials In plant breeeding projects. Cowan's trip to the congress was financed in part by the Hys lop Agricultural Research found ation, according to Hill who Is secretary of the foundation. The foundation was established 11 years ago as a memorial to the late Prof. George R. Hystlop, former head of the OSC farm crops department. Gifts donated by friends of Pro fessor Hyslop have been set up in a trust fund, with the income used to support research and oth er investigations on plant pro duction problems. The founda tion is still receiving gifts, Hill said, either to be added to the trust fund for specific research projects with both principal and income used to solve some farm crops problems. The Australian strawberry clo ver variety, named Palestine, caught Cowan's eye because of its high yield. Strawberry clover has been found very useful in moist, seepy areas and on alkali lands in Eastern Oregon, Hill ex plained, but forage yields of presently used varieties have been only fair. Cowan also reported that the Australian and New Zealand workers have done considerable research on use of minor fertil izer elements such as copper, zinc, molybdenum, cobalt, and magnesium to solve grassland problems. Some of their findings might also be useful to Oregon farmers, he said . o Traffic Accidents Decline in State Nearly 24,000 traffic accidents occurred on Oregon street and highways during the first five months of this year, the Depart ment of Motor Vehicles' traffic safety division reported today. While this figure falls short of the number of accidents reported for the same period a year ago, safety officials said it Is "only tentative" and may have to be revised upward if delayed reports are received. Injuries during the first five months of the year totalled 6,042, also a slight decline when com pared with the same period In 1956. During May. latest month for which figures are available, there were 2,107 accidents in Portland; 1,365 mishaps in other urban are- as of the state, and 1,299 acci dents in rural locations. KEEP OREGON GREEN Long Distance Nation-Wlde Moving Service Mayflower Agents Padded Vans Penland Bros. TRANSFER CO. Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338 and Bertha Hunt and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hunt. Mr. and Mrs. George Hermann entertained with a dinner party Saturday In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hunt on their birthdays. 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