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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1911)
' m w - tnw 4 I hi t , ' ?.. SECOND SECTION w Medford Mail Tribune SOCIETY JjWI.'Y-Jj'JIOT YKAH. MKDFOlil) OmftlOK, SUNDAY, AUflJsT (J, 1011. No. 11G. OREGON'S GREATEST NATURAL WONDER, DRAWING CARD FOR TOURISTS FROM OVER THE WORLD Two Great Scenic High ways Invite the Tourist One From Medford to Crater Lake and Klam ath Falls and the Other From Medford to Crcs- cent City on the Pacifc. SOUTHI'IIN Oiegon is filled with pnssihill. tit'M i'or scenic highways. No more pit' tutciqiic. section of llm country 'exists. Its iuoiiiituiii are iih sleep and rugged "H I"' Alp- It Intents of giant trees tho largest on the globe, its many beautiful slienniM studded with cascades ami waterfall, ami hcru and there a natural Wonder that makes tin cnluc woild mar cl. In only one respect ran Kuropc excel South tin Oregon iih an attraction for tlu automobile tourist - itn highways. Jlut l'iiroc Iiiim hcun building highways for 2000 years mul Oregon for I'imh than half a decade. A stint toward a It'in of roads has huuu made, however, ami earli .iiu sees material progress. Itottil work In Southern Oregon hah been lurgo 5y makeshift in character -tine to attempting ton uiiii'h with too little. It in only comparative ly recently that llm pulillc awakened to tin; fact Hint good roads art an economic necessity, that Ihcv arc an essential la developing thu country' ciiil that without tlicin. neither thu fanner, nor I he tiuihermau. nor the miner can market his output at a profit. Oiegon hitM overlooked the commercial value of the timrlnt. They arc an annually inereiiHiiig money spending class. Thoy are lurcjl by line hotels, good K"r"K''M P"'1 roads ami hftnutiful m t!yrs. They travel thousand of mile to f catch nutlmprfp ht the world wonder. All n t'icxo Medford can hereafter Mipply -ami the tourist hIiouM menu a large, revenue yearly. Tun main highway will hereafter attract the tourist in Sinithont Oregon- -lh Medford-Cruter l.'tkc-l'lumath Falls highway ami the Mcilfonl Crescent City highway. Tim former follow n'ung the beautiful Rogue, with itn cascades ami f'llls, through the great forest to the national park ami it geological wonderlnnd to thu stiin mil of the CitMendes where lie the blue myotic witeis of Crater Lake. Thence the rmnl follows picturesque Anna Creek canyon to the gieen meailowH of the Klauialh Indian reservation ; from here the highway run either Hide of upper Klauialh lake, the largest body of fresh water in Oregon, to Klamath Fall. The return trip can be made to the Mouth, over several route, the moHt picturesque of which is the (Ircen Springs Mountain road, tra versing a great pine fotcst for forty uiileH. The Crescent City highway in the oldest road In the miutliern part )f the Htate. Over this route streamed the gold seeker and pioneers of the early fifties. 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No more from the inn, which is denned for (ions of the newly constructed road niK'Ki'd hcenery can be found than it the luitumobilc tourist, will bo a lare' hau1 been badly cut up bv hcavv ationlrt in itK viint paiiornmas from hotel, for the touriHt who comes bv the prccipitioiiK mountain nidc. The train, At present, good nccounno ItiHt fifteen mile of the road iJdntioiiH are afforded at the lake. throiiKh the Kiant icdwoods one of the hifjIitH of the continent a forest tiUKurpuHHcd in grandeur. Then in the ueeaiihidu' with its icstless hil town ami the Halt hi'a air. Crater l.nku in just ttiiiiniii' to be a resort. A stone inn is under con struction on the rim, which is of pic tuiesqim architecture. A roadway Iiiih been Hiirveycd by the government around the entire rim of the lake which when completed, will be the meais neing lurmsiicd upon notice nml tents and beds provided. Ac commodations can also bo had at ArranCrt camp, five miles from the take. The best rond at present to take from .Medford is via Enj!o Point and thu freo ferry, and up the river, over tho now Pumice hill grade construct ed by public subscription to Pros pect, thence through the forest re serve to the national park, nml on to the lake, teaming for the new power plant be ing installed near Prospect, the road is in, far better shape than ever be fore. Through tho reserve new grades have been built, the road brushed, and widened, nml n con siderable stietcli of new road this sido of WliUkp Creek, constructed. The entire road to the lake is reason ably free from high centers, the worse strip being through the pum ice stretches above the Payne or Gordon ranches. v From the lake to Fort Klnmnth, the high center of tlmt section in the park are likely to eauso more or less trouble to autoists. Bridges around Fort Klamath are in miser able shape. The best road to Klnm nth Fulls is via the east side of the lake, on Modoc Point, where the Southern Pacific has constructed a boulevard a 100 feet or so above (he lake, at fording a magnificent view of land and water. The best rond back is via Keno and the Green Springs Mountain rond. Much work has been done on this road this year, though in sec tions the rocks mako nutoniobiling dangorous. The highway traverses a wonderful forest. The trip to tho lake from Medford, S3 miles, can be mndo easily in ten hours by auto, though it can be broken up by halts at Trail, Enyarts or Prospect. From the lake to Klam ath Falls, CO miles-, five hours are required. From Klamath Fnlls to Medford, by the Green Springs route, 83 miles, eight or niuo hours are necessary. The entire trip takes ono through a highly diversified country, no two sections of which are the same, and gives a glimpse of a scenic wonder land. Those who mako the trip should not fail to stop nt the Prospect bridge and take tho one-fourth mile these n short way, aro the Bridal Veil falls. Tourists ought also to view the "natural bridge," a rule this side of Union creek, a short dis tance from tho main road. Tho bridge is reached by a branch road, half n mile in length. Hero tho lava flow fills tho canon completely nnd tho river sinks out of sight to emerge two hundred yards further down in falls and cascades. A milo beyond Union Creek aro Union Falls, a hundred yards from the main road. It is well worth tho few minutes it tnkes to visit theso beauty spots. Many other ecenio sights along tho road will award tho trail to view Mill Creek falls-. Pelowsightseer who has tho leisure, How a Town of 4500 Population Became a City of 100,000 Within a Few Years A Suggestion to Medford Medford, duly '27, 11)11. To the Kdilor: 1 eneloso a clip ping from Colliers of duly '2'2 that I think in worth printing in your Sun day paper to call attention to whet the city of Noukh, Oermnny, did when it was only a town of -IfiOO, with no prospect of growing any larger, and how. by voting bonds of two mil lion dollars, It Iiiih become n oily of 100,000, with manuraeturei-H1 etc. Something like this might be done by Medford nnd Jackson county, combining with Josephine, Crescent City, Del Norte and Siskiyou county to build and construct u railway to the coiihI, giving us terminal rates and an independent outlet for our products, and making it pussible for large inanufactiirers to come hero and build factories of varied indus tries that could secure their raw ma terial right hero in Jackson county. Itoad to Cnost Needed. Good roads aro noeessary and proper, hut tho crying need of this valley is u coast outlet, and if we wait till Mr. Hill or the Ilnrrinmu iutoroslH build ii Hue to tho coast, wo may wait n long time, while on the other hiintl, if those interests were given io umiersinmi uiai iiic peopu of southern Oregon and northern California wcic in earnest, and deter mined to have u line' even if (hey hud to build it themselves by a large bond issue, the lailroads would get busy very (piickly nnd it would not be many days before their surveyors would be running, their Hues nnd u right of way secured and the line built. Tho people can get together nnd agitate this proposed line, and if enough publicity is given by tho pi ess it sentjinent can be worked up that would result iu securing this outlet to the Hen coast. A. K. WAKH. The following is Collier's article: A 1... .. I. 1............. t niiggCNiioii i' nun nn iiihiij Tn the llerlin "Taireblatr' recently appeared a display adveiliseiueiit of im) u.xctiiieiu oppoiiuuiiii's lor uiu lo cation of industrial plants afforded by the new hliibor works at Gclseu kircheu, for which it was staled, no less than (1,000 minks had been ap nronrialcd. Hefereuce to nil utlas shows' that Gelseukiruhcn lies in the interior province ol Westphalia. What iiupoitant liver runs by Gol Henkirchen7 Not the Rhine that is miles away. Inspection of the har bor plan reveals a canal connecting with the ltliiiui. Was (his fuss made over n "harbor" on a ditch through tho hills back of Obeiliausen ami nearly $1,500,000 Bpont to ntlract new industries to help make that outlay pay? Undoubtedly it was. When your Toulon invests four nituks iu improvements, he figures that nt least five marks are coming back. An American Comparison. Now picture the citizens of Utiea, N. V., laying out a harbor on the Krie canal and advertising that fact to the world us an inducement for the loention of new industries thorol Yet BARRETT ACTS FOR TAFT AT ASTORIA PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 5 John Iliiriutt Director Qenoral of tho llur enu of American Republics today has whed Ills acceptance of an offor from President Tuft to represent tho ehlof executive at tho opening of tho As toiln centennial celebration at Astor ia, AugtiHt 10. Secretary of tho Intorlor Fisher, who Is on routo west, was to have represented tho president but KIbIiui said ho might not lie able to attend and uugucHtcd that llurrett act In his stead, BOY KILLED FATHER BECAUSE OF BATE Princess Bonltaowski Dead. PARIS, Aug. 5. Princess lloni laowski, who is dead hero today was the widow of the aid do camp to Na poleon 111, She was a daughter of Admiral Arner and was (18 years old It was erroneously reported that tho pum'chH was that Princess Ponia towskt who is (ho daughter tin Sperry of Stockton, Cal CHICAGO, III., Aug. C- "I killed him because 1 hated lam, I am not sorry," cried 17 year old Joseph Vacek when arrested for tho killing of his father, Joseph Vacek, senior, Tho father's body wiib found with a bullet through the brain and u black hand note pinned to tho clothing. Tho boy declared ho killed his fath or because tho latter ordered him to kill lila mother. The police do not bo- lleve this statement. They think tho murder was committed beenuso tho hid feared punishment for fatluro to bring home his earnings, TAFT MAY VISIT COAST THIS AUTUMN of Aus-I SAIiMMt Oie. There will bo no more funerals on Sunday In Oregon If tho momlieis of tho Oregon Fun oral Directors' Association can help it. Resolutions adopted at tho an- mini convention hero declared that Sunday was a minister's busy day and funerals therefore woro of great In convenience to thein, WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. G. That President Tnft may visit tho coast this full, desplto earlier an nouncements to the contrary, was tho burden of a Whlto House state ment today. Tho president, It Is Intimntod, has arranged two tcntatlvo Itineraries. Ono Is for a six weeks to tho coast. Tho other makes Hutchinson, Kami., tho wostorn most point ho will visit. No definite decision ns to which routo will prevail has been reached yet. Utica is shunted, with respect to the Atlantic coast, about ns Gelsenkir chen to the North Sea ports. Nor is this nn exceptional instnnee. Did yon ever hear of Xeuss? Not ninny years ago its population hnd sunk to about -IfiOO, nnd tho good people of the (own decided that something hnd to bo done. After much deliberation' they borrowed nenrlv $2,000,000. mndo of tho degenerate stream Erft a deep-water canal to tho Rhine, nnd constructed a commodious harbor, with carefully laid out sites for in dustrial plants. Now trade of nil kinds ilourishes, tho improvements aro paying for themselves, upward of 10 now factories havo been secured inoludiug branches of two of the greatest American companies, nnd mo popiiintion is passing tho hnlf way post on its rneo townrd tho 100, 000 ninrk. being increased by ninny millions more. When its present progress ive policy wns inaugurated, Dussel dorf hnd n population less than that of Wilmington, Del., and few of tho natural advantages of Wilmington with respect to manufnoturiiiL' nml commerce. Now it hns six times as ninny people nnd probably 10 times as mnny faetorv onornlives. Wnnhl Wilmington spend $o,000,000 to got sinrtcu m the same way, and double that investment a short time after ward 1 GIANT SKELETON FOUND UPON ARIZONA RANCH PRKSCOTT, Ariz.' Aug. G.Tho skeleton of a human being twioo ns largo us any man living today wns found Jioro by Peter Mars oi his farm northwest of here. Tho skel eton is perfect. Tho bonos do not resemble those of nueient tribes found in Vordo nml other valleys of this country, Increases Marvelous, In our country Neuss imht bo compared, in point of situ ation, to Norristown, Pa., although without tho advantages of Norris town1 originally, as to natural loca tion, population, or industries. Rut imagine tho taxpayers of Norristown obligating themselves to tho oxtont of $2,000,000 to provide a haibor and dockage on tho Schuylkill I At Dus seldorf, on tho Rhino, early expendi tures aggregating close upon $5,000, 000 for encouraging river traffic are Nino Millions Spent. Mannheim has spent about $!)000,0tJ0 on harbor improvements, with private, investments along its wntor fronts than run ito enormous figures. As n manufacturing and distributing contor it tnkes high rank among (he commercial citios of Mm world, with a population of about 175,000. Not lout? nco it m!flil tuivn been likened to Little Rock, Ark. How does Littlo Rook cotnpnro with it to tloy? In order to moot the incronseil requirements of river traffic, a new luubor, including about nino milos of quay wnlls and tho nnemiif oP n hnsin of 500 ncres, is boing construct ed nt Frnnktort-on-tho Mnin at a cost of $13,01)0.000. Frankfurt hna a population equal to that of Kansas City, After herculean efforts nn Mm part of a fow citizons, KnunnH City is just cot tint? one lino of nnohuta started down tho river, I l l 3 - ( . i
