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Famous Scientists
See Crater Lakef
In September. 1912, tho Medford
roiniiiorclal club entertained the
American Geographical society by
arranging a trip by automobile from
tills city to Crater Iakt. Tho affair
wit a succesn throughout the seven
ty visiting scIontlstH from all tortious
of the globo being taken 8; miles
mill return without mishap. ThU
tllil moro to advertise Crater Lak
than any other ono thing, tho vis
itors being most enthusiastic re
garding the lake and the courtesy of
the Medfonl business men. W. M.
Ials. professor of geology nt Har
vard, director of the excursion, said:
"Thin excursion to Crater I.ako ar
ranged by the Medfonl Commercial
club Is the biggest, most successful
and altogether delightful experience
wo havo had since wo left New York
The foreign members of our jiurty de
clare that such an excursion could
not be imlled off by any nation In J
the world outsido or America while
tho Americans In our party declare
that hucIi an entertainment could not
have been arranged oast of tho Miss
issippi river. It Is absolutely the
best tiling wo have run up against no
fur and wu 'appreciate It.
Critter Luke Wonderful
"Ah for Crater Lake," continued
Professor Davis," it is absolutely
without a peer in point of bouuty.
Some of the most prominent members
of our party from foreign lands ex
prebsed themsolvcs emphatically to
t hut effect. All unite in praising the
beauty of tho lako and declare that
it v. Ill eventually bo tho means of
thousands of tourists who travel slm
plj to sco tho beautiful us expressed -by
nature.
"Wo favor tho building of a na
tional highway to tho Crater Lake na
tional park mid our society will work
toward that end. Foreign societies
represented in our party will also
loud their influouce. Cruter Lake Is
too grpat, too womlorftil, not to bo
one of tho world's great highways.
"Put what I havo to say In your
largest and blackest type. You can
not convey my onthubtasm In any
other milliner."
Thirty-one autos wero volunteered
foe the oxcurslrjii, mid all readied
the lake on miliodulu time. An Iioiii'h
sop wan nmilo nt Prospect where
lunch wiih served by the ladles of
Prospect. (Heat tables fairly groaned
iiuder'tho piles of good things to eat
under tho great trees along tho riv
er's, luniks. Tho scientists would
not sp'aro tho tlmo to visit Mill Creek
fulls, so eager to reach tho lako were
they.
A largo number of tho forolgn vis
itors oi'prosjiod thoniselvea us de
lighted with ull of the circumstances
tjomicctvd with tlio trip. '
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It It doubtful if any view exlutltig
In the .rid toiliiy Ik in lliiri'Hlvii
.mil at the Mime time as beautiful an
the vie of Crater take from the
rim," wild Mujor Jay J. Morrow of
the Army luigliieorlug ruirpn, In trail
mlilliiK u report to the wur deiart
iiii'tit rtH'OMiiiuiulliiK the itxpiiiiillture
of IKIS.niiO for the roiiNtrmtlon of
rondn nuil trolls In the Craler l.;i!.u
Natlouul park.
CoiiKriwa nl It last hi'Miloii pasM'd
mi appropriation of friO.UQu for the
Im'hIiiiiIiik of this highway ronstrue
tlxii. An nildltloiial ftllO.llOu is reo
ommiinded by the war depiirtment
for Ibis year ami It Is expected that
$ MO, 000 ) early will be expended un
til the )Ntum of highway Is com
pleh'i ll'J Mllex of Itmiil
About ft'i inllcH of good nmiU mid
100 miles of trails. In the opinion of
Major Morrow, u 111 unable the tour
ist to reach the most Important spots
In the park with facility, and, while
the oMtlmated cost Is high, he be
lleveK the expenditure Is fully Justi
fied, particularly ns It Is proposed to
build the roads for automobile travel.
Compared with the cost of building
roads In the Yellowstone mid Itulnler
national parks, where the topography
Is similar to that In the Crater lake
park, Major Morrow says the flgureu
cited In his osillmutcH ure tint excec
slve, but about on a par with tho
actual cost of building roads over
like territory in the two older parks.
This boulevard will bo iinllko any
other In tho world, 'Not only does It
look down upon America's deepest
take, lying like a blue iiiuethyst In
mystlii beauty, and admittedly un
rivaled muting the world's natural
wonders, hut It affords ti wonderful
panorama of mountain scenery, of
bleak hills and Yerdnro-cltid Hlopes,
of snowy peuks a bewildering
multitude of mountain ranges
Htretchlug toward horizons In every
illiectlou u h fur ns the e'yo can see.
Mount .lofferson Is plainly visible
In the north, Mount Hhnutu in tho
south. To the eaijt lie tho lakes and
green flehlH of the Klamnth Htretch
lug llko a fairyland Into the hqijo
brush hills otu tho distance, To (ho
west tiro the many rlbheivHlopen of
tho wooded Umpuiias and thu Blskl
yoiiH. To mmui tho mkMtfVMltyt l,1
peoplo of Medfonl and Jackson coun
ty havo labored Incessantly Jor the
linst four yearn to nnij)tr(jut n'nconlo
auto highway up'tho" Hoguo river to
thu lake. An appropriation for this
purpose was scheduled from tho ntulo
of Oregon, but was held unconsti
tutional by tho HUprumu court, '
mm w j).,:i.'tl. I'.'.'j-.iuwy 'i".!1,')'.
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