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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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