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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. Until the coming f
the railroud, the supplies of thin sec
lloii came over It from the hcii, Along
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the road are the cruatctft prodiuiii),' Hcenie drive of the world. Opposite! Notwltlmtmidiiig the fact that jwr
placer nniicH or the world. 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,
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