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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1915)
''" -rmmR ty? 71 r nil.. un!f:r$ ry. v Medford Mail tribune FIRST SECTION &W YEAR'S I ISSUE fourth Yr i-Nlnlh Y-nr . . & S3 ySOfiYRIGHT PHOTOS 9W BY E.H.KISEK clli-r Utko Nntlniinl I'nrlc wan i tciicd It) net of roMKrcxii, nptirovnd Mii' 2U, 11)02, nn.l coiiIiiImm 24!) lairo Milieu on lint fliiiiiinlt of Mm (nwiuln tiiDiinliiliiH In NHiitliorti 0n- ffitiL liO iii I leu north u( tlio Callfonila iiri linn. i 'iiti 1'iiilrn ruttlon In rich In won li'iul tirvnery. TIuto uro nuiiiy ixilntn of InliTt'il In t ho mrk, hoiii urn itrrtMMhlo until romln a ml tmlln nr iniiJo. t'liliif aniutiK tliciu nro I In- t'lnniirlcit, (lurih'ii of tlio (ioiln, llcl Can) on, Union Park uml Mt. Kcott. Ili'itiitlful nn Criitor I.iiko Ik, It hi'rx'rt hut to roiicciil tho Krontur wondiT, tho niiiininotli volcanic cm Irr wllliln which It n'ntM. Tho iliu of thin rratur lit tho Ih lh spTk of Mt Maxiuna, at ono tlino a niajcatlc jit.k rlvalliiR and iMtrhapH HiirpnHHliiK Mt. Bhantti or Italnliir, An undent volcnulu cnta Imii hlinv Itn tiOOu fool head off, ami thmi Hank Into tho liownls of tho I'urlh, li'avhiK an IrroRUlar rlin NiirroiimllnK n citliluni 4000 foot ill-op, ami nearly hIx iiiIIvh In dlu ini'lcr. HclcntlHtH claim that tlio Milcanlc oruptloiiH oxtomlcil over n Ioiik tiurloil, and cHtlmnto that 17 cubic iiiIIdh of vollil nmtorlul illnaii imarcil, Knaliirofl-Tlio final ntniRRtn prnh- ahly fornuir WUanl litlanil, a porfvet clnitur cono 703 fout alinvn tho uur- faco of tho laki, hiultiK aleo a era tor 500 foot In tllanientur and 100 fcot of wator. Tho only othor Maud la callod tho riiantom Khlp, n roiiKh pinnacled monolith ruHOinblliiK n whip at a din tanco, tho pliinncloa roproflontlng tho imiHta, and undor curtain ntmoHphorlo condition Ih difficult to locato, Iioiicu tho nniiio. I'Yittiimt of Park lormatlnn Crator Lake nan n Hiirfaco a rou of 20 squaro nillos, G177 foot atmvo hoii lovol, a inaxlmum doptli of 2000 root, and nliout half flllu tho crator. lo lulot, no vlalblo outlot. Tho body of wator Ih tho nccuinmuli)tlou of rain and tmow that fallu within ItH area. Tho lovol ro- intiliiH coiiRtnnt w 1 1 1 1 cortalu season ahlo vnrlatlonR, Moat of tlio precip itation Ih hiiow, which falls nearly ovory month of tho yoar. On ac count or tho liliih nltltudo and short Hiiinmor tho ovnporatlou Is Iohs than tho precipitation, no thero nro proli nhly outlota iuIIoh dlHtant, tho routo IiuIiik so long and tortuous that tho friction ovoroomos tho prosfuiro and Ihhiioh as cold sprlnirfl. FIhIiIiir Originally thoro woro no fish In tho lako, Twonty-flvo years ugo WJ1 0, Htoolo, now, suiiorlntond- THIRTY-TWO PAGES. 5 i V." ! X '' 'V1 w . ?- ' ft : J jw4. , - t V ' - V? -t.jj A $S8 71 ' T V. IfiO enl carried oiiiik ralnhnw trout In cum CO inlli'H and put tlioin In the lako, other pluntliiKx wrro made lat er and now tho lako In ill mocked with flue, pituey trout. wcIkIiIiir thrt'O to t'lnht poundH. Vlitltors nro ulloMt'd to llhh with hook and line, (five IIhIi IioIiik the limit ) .trumiiHMlntliiiiM at Itko Tnurliitx from Portland romluK up! HiroiiKh tlio Wlllametto valley, oer the Uinpiiiia dlvlilo and Into the, ItoKiio river alley arrive at Med ford, from hero to Crater Lake Ih an , eimy da)'H run, with tlmo to nee the wonderful rtouory iiIoiik Hokuo rhur en route. TIiono ioiiiIiik from Han I'rani'lHco will find at tho OrcKon Mtato lino a hcciiIc drie, hard sur faced, makliiK travel a ilelltiht. ArcoinmodatlouH Tho new Crator l.aku I.oiIko wiih completed this soa hoii and Ih prepared to take Kood euro of all vltdtorH, l.uunchoH and rowhoatH hae lieeu placed upon the Lake. I.eavltiK Medford )ou piiHi throiiKh a part of tho valley's commorclal orchardH, follow Itoitue river throiiKh iiiIIch of Hplondld forentH, nn the Kroat Cnllfoiula-OieKou power plant at Prnnpoct, Mill Creek KuIIh, Nat ural HrldKo, and a coitHtautly xhift liK pauoraiua of beauty and Krand our. Trl-weokly auto Hervlco main tained hotween Medford and Cra ter Lake, boKluuliiK Juno 15 to July I, accordliiK to snow conditions at tho lako, In Indian story and tradition this I.uko Ih "tho nbodo of spirits," and tho Indian will not look upon tho waloiH. Tho awn with which tho IudlaiiH regard Hioho surrouudliiKS has Uh rnuutnrpart In tho rovoranco with which tho vlsltom of this and fotelKii landH bohold for tho flrHt tlmo, tho ImmuuHlty of this "koiu of tho CascadeH," Thoro I majoaty overywhero, Tlio waters aro a hluo nowhoro else known, tho mlrrnr-llko Hiirfaco reflects porfoctly tho proclp ItoiiH Hides and tho toworlns snow clad peakH on Uh rim. Rim Boulevard "It Is doubtful If any view existing In tho world today Is as IniprosBlvo and at tho samo tlmo as beautiful iih tho vlow of Crator lako from tho rim," said Major Jay J. Morrow of tho army onglneorlnt; corps, In trans mitting a report to tho wnr depart ment rocommondlng tho expenditure of 0I2,000 for tho construction of roads and trails iu tho Crator Lake Natlonul purk, , AIHDKOKD, r'S' - s '. . t.' sma UBPTO n 'C ,v :&$r UjV i "& ' ' K" 'iW"C; Y- V ri v M j, T jr . ''C.V Wi i'.; wpn " fc , ' -j V-x' 1. vv ,wik vJJM' ffyiMBftifml K i '" 5t zr Sv Msm .IK XfftONTlVtEWlOftCRflTER.LAKE LO0G SfWMMMER SLOPE CRflTERiLftKE'.'i CoiiKroBS passed appropriations of flap, 000 for tho beginning of this highway construction. An additional js 100,000 Is rocommonded by tho war dopiutmont for this onr and It ts oxpocted that ? 100,000 yearly will bo expended until tho system of high ways Is complete About Blxty-two miles of good roads hnd 100 mlloa of trails, In tho opinion of Major Morrow, will on ahlo tho tourist to roach tho most important spots In tho pnrk with fa cility, and, while tho ostlmatod cost Is high, ho boltovos tho oxpondlturo Is fully Justified, particularly ns It Is proposod to build tho roads for nutomoullo trnvol. Compared with tho cost of building roads in tho Yel lowstono and llnlnlor national parks, whore tho topogiaphy la elwilar to OKIWON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 3015 - , "r 'v 4 ' In XRATER LAK 'V$ ? "y. wcw u.W WEam u vm ' ss m OF TffEMM.Vt: i V ,xw (2 x . r kL. . ... jft k t ' t jfe. ' . . J xiwsa aii . . Jmt lUIKi lH-' ?& & w h ) 44 VI -r l. r ' ."- V l yn W'J EF3 v .J (CRATER LAKE FOUR SECTIONS. ay9 O 16 7t. ,-v " t V'- ?' r5i !JjfLjBl HIV- wi VI 'pZANTOM MP UANDA CfffTRLflKE .. Hfc"- d! w1 If ' Jji. . Srj . VW$ QSSBJ Oi Crater La kerrofcA. Jii COOCEJV WtMTERy lz NO. 2d2 yW'" w 1 ': W its IW ractpAey fb that In tho Crator lako park, Major Morrow says tho figures cited in his estimates aro not oxcosslvo. This boulevard will bo unllko any other In tho world. Not only does It look down upon America's dcopest lake, lying llko a hluo amothyst In mystic beauty, and admittedly unriv aled among tho world's natural won ders, but it affords a wonderful pan orama of mountain scenery, of bleak hills and verdure-clad slopes, of snowy peaks a bewildering multi tude of mountain rangoa stretching toward horizons In ovory direction's far as the eye can sea. Mount JeN ferson Is plainly visible In the north, Mount Shasta In tho south, To the east Ho tho lakes and green fields at tho Klamath stretching like a fairy land into the .sagebrush hills of tw distance. To the west are the many ribbod slopes of the wooded Umpqww and tho Slaklyous. 'I l