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MEDgOItU WOT3 TRTBTJNTC. MEDtfOTtD OttfiflOtf, ITOTTCVY, TTflFST 27, TOTS ' PXCffi THREE V v h 'V u CRATER MYSTIC SPELL OF LAKE MS. YEI FASCINATES Dr. J. Lawrence Hill Oregon has many places of in terest, places of surpassing beauty and grandeur, plnces worthy of the song of poets and tlio dream of ar tlBtR, hut Crater Lake excels thorn all. This Is the testimony of all who have Visited It. To the geologist it af fords food for thought, for careful ntudy and research, and tho thoso who love the wild and weird In na ture It Is entrancing, bewildering and Iransrondently grand. It allures. It charms. It Intoxicates with Its splendors of colors and light and fit ful clouds. Grateful, Indeed, am I Hint I availed myself of the oppor tunity of visiting It a few days ngo. I am In n more spiritual mood than over before, nnd would not? liked to have died without beholding It with ny bodily eyes. In tho words of Zcrhnrlali, whnn he saw tho child Jesus, I can truly say: "Now U'ttsrt thou thy servant depart In peace for initio eyes have seen the glory." Cast .Mystic Spell What I saw will never fado from my memory. It hounts me. It thrills me even now. It has cast a npell over me which tho passing yearn can never obliterate. It tins always appeared strango to me that so few .Americans who love to travel, and hove tho means with which to bring the best of all lands and seas within their graBp, have spent their time nnd their millions abroad, nnd paid dear ly, not counting the sacrifices and In conveniences they havo had to mnke, for seeing what can bo duplicated nnd surpassed In any stalo of the Union. There are beauty spots within reach of us all which surpass anything abroad. "See America First," is now tho flognn, nnd It is to bo hoped that it will be heeded by nil, as no country under the sun ntfords more beauty of mountains, of cascades, of torrent streams nnd canons, lakes and rivers of forests, where the proud cednrs clap their hands nnd of landscapes ravishing nnd prodigal. In their regnl nnd virgin splendor. l)Tciltlon of I-ilio Crnter Lake, as stated In tho of ficial map Issued by the department of the Interior, Is one of the most at tractive geologic fields In tho world, nn1 to thoso In search of grent nat ural wonders it Is especially Inviting. Lying In the summit of the Cascade range, about mldwny between Mount Shasta nnd Mount Hood ll Is remnrk Jifilo for Its position nnd size, but more especially 01 account of Its beauty, depth, the grandeur of its encircling cliffs, nnd Its geologic his tory. Although there are thousands of craters In this country, there is lint one grent caldera, and that con tain Crater Lake. This mail l worthy of careful Btndy. The luko Is nearly circular and be tween flvo and six miles In diameter, nnd Its deepest soundings reaches a depth of more than r.000 feet. It lias no outlet nuor Inlet, It nestles ns a Jewel of Divine setting In the lioBom of a volcanic mountain which erupted during tho glacial period. Its nltlude Is beween C000 and 7000 feet, nnd Is completely girdled by a bold escarpment that raugos from 500 to nearly 2500 feet, forming n pic ture which In beauty and grandeur Is nrerly equaled. Should Ho TomUt Mecca Any other.stnte would ndvertlso to tho skies Its wild, mntehleRS, awful grandeur, Its unparalleled castellated rocks and palisades, it should bo the nieccn of the world for both scientist, tourist nnd lovers nf the grand nnd Indescrlbablo In nature. It has u beauty all Us own, and lite light that falls upon It fulls not on Boa nnd land. I have been privileged to gaze upon some of tho most wonderful und beautiful lakes In all lands, but never privileged, and prlvllego It was, to behold such marvelous combination of colors, such weird shapes and forms, such a panorama of Divlno chlselllngs, such colossal upheavals, such ramifications of laws myster ious, such silences, such lessons of the littleness of man, as I sat for hours looking Into its depths and drinking In Its beauty. In 1'ivftonee of fIol Ilecause its setting is not beneath nn Itallrn sky, nor found among the snow capped mountains of Switzer land, nor among the classic hills of Oreece nor far removed from the haunts of man, Its appalling lovell ness, its matchless beauty is unher nlded and unsung. As In silence I gazed Into Its waters of deep blue und green and purple and gold and looked upon Its rlbbod and fire torn and storm swept walls I felt myself, ns nowr before, In the august pres ence of God, and realized that the ground on whlok I stood wag holy ground The trip to the lake in It pelf It. as picturesque, and grand as an on this oontlnont, and is a splendid prelude to the greater beau- GARRISON AS AWFUL JOB TO FOLLOW TEDDY WASHINGTON, An?. '27. Seere tnry Onrrisdn mnde nulilie todny Ma jor General Wood's reply lo the ci! retnr,vn telegram of ,otoriluy direct ing thnt no repetition be permitted or the incident ut Hie I'lntt'Oiurjr pnm preeipitnted by former President Hooe ell's speech to the menNn training there. "Your telegram received nnd policy laid down will he rigidly nilhcrcd to," General Wood t el eg rn plied. "I linve just rend Mr. Roosevelt' statement," uiid Sperclnry Garrison in n statement today. "I eo lie Idnmes the whole thing on me. lie takes the position Hint it is not -oii-nun: that he has Hie habit of making indiscreet snecclics nnd Hint it. tliere- foie, was my duty lo find out if he intended (o no lo P nll-bunr. nnd if so to head him off nnd uve him from liiucelf. Well, mu.le Hull's so, hut it is a litllior large order. He is n very netive innn nnd I nm n very busy one, nnd it's going to be n pretty hniil job for me to keep my eye on him nil the lime. The colonel's nttiliple of himself reminds me of the story of the Maine farmer, who was on his way to the railroad station one morn ing when he met n friend. 'Where mo vou going?" said the friend, lie icplicil, 'I'm going down lo Hanger to get ilrunk und great Lord! how I dread it.' "- ACTIVITY NINE ALONG W T FRN N T ties awaiting tho Tourist when for the first tlmo tho full grandeur of the lake bursty upon his gaze. The road to tho luko, especially af ter leaving Prospect, need Improving, and niHBt bo quickly and permanent ly lnitrovfil before the lake can bo coiiip popular and patronized as It should be. Hut already improve ments In this direction nro being made, and In the near future. It Is predicted, tho roads from Medford to Crnter Lake will bo among tho best of the state. Let us nil work for this end. Traffic Increasing Every yenr traffic to tho lake has Increased and from now on no trip west of tho Kocklcs, will bo com plete without a visit to this gem of tho mountains. Considering condi tions, conditions which can neither bo modified nor overcome, tho ac commodations at tho lake nro all that can bo desired, and tho menu at tho hotel as good and plentiful as any to bo found at such places, and nt charges within tho reach of ail. Tho genial landlord of the Lodge, Mr. Pnrkhurst, Is most painstaking In his efforts to make a short or long stay of his guests as profitable and entertaining ns It Is possible to mnke It, nnd as the result, one leaves with n pleasurable feeling, nnd the regret that morn time and study nnd reflection could not havo heen given to ouo of God's greatest masterpieces. A Splendid Peroration No tongue, no matter how Inspired can fully describe this lake and Its weird surroundings. On the canvas of Divine thought no picture is fairer and none more fascinating. Of all Ills works Crater Lake will over stand out as among the grandest and most mysterious of all that bear tho stamp of His handiwork. I cannot find words better with which to close this article than the splendid pororatlou In John Temple, Graes' description of the Grand Canon of Colorado, In Cosmopolitan for September. ''No pon or tongue has ever dono justice to this matchless peroration of the universe. Put away words! There Is noth ing to do before this unspeakable glory but to be silent and still, while tho poor cramped soul beats against its bosom for expression, and in the Impotenco of nil human speech sim ply whispers, "God"' PARIS. Aug. 27. French aviators continue thelr,(nctlvltles against cer tain positions' in possession of tho Germans hi the eastern portions of thoiKrench line, , according to an nouncement mnde today by the French war office Gerpirin nvlators aslo nro taking offensive measures in this territory. Part of the tent of the statement follews: "During the night or August 2(, our aviators bombarded St. Haussant nnd Kssey, In tho Woevro district. In the Argonne section the railroad stations nt Ivolry and Clerges also were bombarded by French aero planes. This followed nn nttejiipt on tho pnrtvof the Gerinnn nvlntors on Olermont-RnKArBonno. The bombs thrown down on this position, how ever, by tho Germnns, caused no damage. "During the night of August 2fi 27 a French aviator throw down ten shells on n factory at Doresch, whero the Germans have, been manufactur ing asphyxiating gases. "During thes morning ofvTuesdny a French squadron nf aeroplanes bombarded the water and power plant nt Muelhclm, "All the nvlators returned unharmed." ern School Furniture Co. of Port land nnd M. K, Chance representing 'the Occidental Health and Accident Insurance Co. of Los Angeles, Cal., j were hero Tuesday nnd Wednesday for dinner. i Tuesday afternoon Fred Hopkins of I the Hopkins orchard near Central i Point, called on your correspondent nnd left an order for dinner for 13 at'fi .10 p. in. nnd just ns the fam ily time piece struck that hour thero EAGLE POINT EAGLETS By A. C. Howlott Since my lust tho legal adviser of our county court, K. K, Kelly, passed through here ns a part of the advance guard of tho K. of P. and Just before he passed, this was on Monday evening, tho main guy of the Mnll Tribune, George Putnam, passed and in ench car there was three stout looking men who seemed to be a kind of n bodyguard to tho aforesaid gentlemen, but the first car did not stop nt all but wont whizzing right through town Just ns though they did not know thnt the town of Knglo Point was Incorpor ated and had notices posted warn ing the traveling public not tn travel faster than eight tulles nn hour, nnd In tho course of tho evening thero was several others followed and those who took time to stop said that they were going as far as Pro spect that night, and the next day the road was simply lined with anion and Folds on their way to Crater Lake, I also saw qulto n number of people going tho same road with different kinds of vehicles, from n push cart to' tho Dodge, Hup, Max well, up to tho Ford, nil bent oh having a good time nnd seeing tho eighth wonder of tho world Crater Lake. I also saw quite a number who had been to tho lake and wero on their way to different parts of the country looking for other things of Interest to see. Prof, r S. Collins iormorly tho superlntedcnt of schools of Medford, but now representing tho Northwest. were two largo autos came up and tho following persons alighted and mnrched into tho dining room of tho Sunnyside: Miss Helen Noble, Illl lle Hopkins, Mr. nnd Mrs. F. It. Hop kins of Central Point, Mrs. .lohn D. 01 well of San Francisco, Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Noble of Portland, Mrs. D. M. Pratt and Miss M. Pratt of New York, II. n. Tronson of tho Tronson orchard, F. W. Hopkins of Central Point and Miss Francis Noble of Portland. Well nbout tho first thing thoy did after tho formal Introduction nil around to tho host and hostess wns to make the dec laration that thoy wero hungry and before they left they gnvo proof of tho fact for thoy surely did seem to. enjoy the dinner nnd expressed themselves ns being well pleased with the result of their first visit to the Sunnyside. They were surely n happy company and seemed tn bo bent on having n good time while going through life. I see In the Oregon Journal of the 17th n glowing description of our motor car that serves tho peoplo on the Pacific & Hastcm railroad, and among other good things the writer siiyn about It Is tliut they u turn table expressly for the nforcsald ear, hut the turntable Is carried right along with tho car and consists of a Jack screw, short hand bar and two small blocks of wood, when tho engineer wishes to turn tho car ho simply plnces tho Jack screw tinder about tho center of tho reach or coupler, places tho two blocks of wood on top of It nnd with the short bar turns the Jack screw until tho car Is raised from the track and then ho and the conductor simply turn the car on tho pivot nnd lets It down and then It la ready for business again, quite nn arrangement, J. R. Addlomnn, representing Wright nnd Dttson Athletic supplies of Portland, stopied with us Tues day and Wednosdny, Prof. Charles K. Johnson has been ongnged to leach school In the Laurel hill school district. Mrs. Love J. Farnuni, a grand daughter of our townsman, James Jordan, recently from Iowa, Is horo visiting her grandparents. Rev. L. L. Simmons reports thnt he and Charles Painter have hauled tho wood to use in tho church next winter so thnt wo need not suffer with tho cold. On Wednesday noon Messrs Snm Sandry, tho fish warden, Pete Smiick of Rogue River nnd 'rnn Grlgsby of Wcllen, cnlled for dinner and Mr, Sandry invited me to go with them to Antelope creek whero thoy wero taking the fish out of the stagnant pools nnd putting them In Jlutto creek. When wo reuched the placo we found George Grlgsby nnd anoth er of his sous with n seine dragging the pools nnd putting tho fish Into largo cans of water to take to tho clear cool living waters of I.lltlo Untie, Mr. Sandry ostlmnted that ho had caught several thousand small steelheads and by that means saved tho lives of tho young fish, for tho water wns drying up and ho was re stocking tho waters of Llttlo Uutto creek, He, has n small glass jar filled with the little fish, presorved In n liquid thnt he Intends to send to the head of tho department. It becomes my painful duty to re port the death of the wife of Thomas McCabe, who owns n farm about four miles above here on Rogue, river. Luclndn McCabe was born In the stnte of Alabama May 22, 1355, be ing 59 years, 2 months nnd 2"i days old. She departed this life August 10, 1015. She leaves a husband, six sons nnd two daughters to battle with tho trials of life. The Inter ment w'ns in the Central Point ceme tery August 18 nnd the funeral services wero conducted by Rev. L. L. Simmons nt the grave. V Inrgo number of the friends of tho family followed tho remains to hor Inst resting place. Tho bereaved have the sympathy of n host of friends. There will bo mi Important church mooting nt tho homo of Charles Painter Saturday night, August 2t at 8 o'clock and nil who nro Inter ested In tho church work nro in vited to attend. Mrs. Nellie Stlllman, n niece of Mrs. W. G. Knighton who has been visiting her aunt and uncle te tuined to Grants Pass Thursday. Carl Stanley motored to Medford Thursday morning and brought opt two of his wife's sisters, tho Misses Reason of Myrtlo creek. Herman Meyer, Jr., mid his father-in-law J. R. Tyrel of Lake creek and the rest of the company returned from their trip to the const Wednes day mill report having had u flue time and that tho rotuls wero very good. Mrs. Mary Terrlll of llrownsboro, and Ed nnd Herman Meyer camo out on tho Lake creek stage car Thurs day morning. George L. Trolehler nnd W. J. Doz ler of Medford cnnio out hero for dinner Thursday. Thoy nre repre senting the Overland automobile com pany of Medford. Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Meyer, Olio Meyer, E. E. Meyer, MIbb Goule and H. G. Meyer started for Crater Lake Thursday. "Gits-It" for Corn, SURE as Sunrise ! Any Corn, With "GeU-It" on It, Is an Absolute "Gonert" Tcs, It's tho simplest thine tn th world to net rid of it corn. when you use "drtn-It," the world's grottiest corn-rlilucr, Ilcully, It's almost a pleimuro to havo corns Just to soo "(leti-It"ruU Your lVet III CloVcr. thorn come- off with "acM-It." It luit lootrni tho corn from tlio truo II U, ciinlly. ntitl thin iiiukus It como "cliuii on." tiours end corns for keep. It makes tlio mo ot tnpo, corusqtivex inn tundnirci, trrltiitlnif nulvi'n, knlvet. cUjom.mid razors rcully look rldicnloui. Out rid of tlioMi conn quickly, surely, ialnli'ly. JUMt eually. with "Uet. It." Kor wart and bunions, too. Iff tho toih crntury way. "Octs-Il" Is sold by alt druggists. 25o it bottle, or sent direct by li. Iiwrcnco.v Co., Clilcugo. J From the SMALL DIA MOND RING suitable for a )oung girl, up to the LARGE HR1LLIANT GEM of 2H- K. worn by gen tlemen we hate DIAMOND RINGS for EVERYBODY. MARTIN J. REDDY THE JEWL'LHU 212 E. Main St First Carload of 1916 Maxwell's AKRIWINO UNLOADF,D TODAY AND AKK ON mSPL-AY IN OHIl si row room The new 1910 Maxwell shatters all low "first cost" and all low "after cost" records for a Real Automobile Think of ii a full Five-Passenger Cm nn absolutely complete car, with elec tive starter, electric lights, high-tension magneto and every re'l'incment-a lux urious car a beautiful ear a, powerful f0?imlp-n-liour ear yet a lightweight real economy ear, for $745 f. b. b. Medford. Come take a look at this 1916 Real Aut omobile. " Powell Auto Co. L "Tfc -ji --jni T M l IM g & n Tki (hiUrtn H uill lilt and it H tmtfilltJ tf H Mfin; liberally H f Sutitliia & (tftihjin k Ctaditt erve SnowHake Sodas Throughout the Meal Dinner1 become a much mure delightful mcl when, in addition lo liread Snowflake Sodas Appear on the utile through all couriet' Miny ptapU prf'th emp lieth. nuUlf ttr J onkiu liming thf enmr mol , Atjtmr Jtalttt In tfntrtil IO(Ji5( 'jIi Oon'i k loi I'ldm. r "SnollVi.H Pacific Coast Biscuit Company fOKILANU CNtCON HEE0 BVm '""ZH SUCCESS IN BUSINESS ih:im:n'ds Ii.hgi:i.v iton iUKi.nATioN Preparation of tho Right Kind May ho Hail at tho Medford Commercial College "THE SCHOOL OP nKST RESULTS" Day nnd Night School now In Bosalon at 31, N. Qrapo Streot, Medford, Or. Wo savo you 10c a pound on coffoo nnd tea. Guaranteed to please or money refunded. Regular A Re Modol Coffoo, 3fic lb, 3 pounds for ?L00 Mnmilnr AOn "r.15" f'nffpn. !10e lb.. 3 lbs for ... Rrcular 3fic "Hmplro" Coffoo 2fic lb , 3 lbs RPKiilar -10c "M & J IIIpihI" Coffee 30c. 3 lbs for Regular COo ..Japan Pan Fried" Illnclc Tea per lb Regular iCOc "Japan Sun-Cured" (Jroon Tea, per lb "Spldor Leg" Green or Rlack Tea, por lb. . Wo glvo 8 &H, Qroon Trading Stumps M .70 .KG .no .no .45 THE FORTY THIEVES The burglar, tho hold-up man, tho nncnk tlilof, flro, flood,, tornado those nro only nix of them. Tho other thirty-four that causa tho loss of sour valuables are mostly different forum of cnrelcHHiioBn Tho uso ot a mifo deposit box In our vault will pro tect you from all of thorn. The cost Is Binall. OVER gg YEARS UNDER ONt'MANAGEMENf a -cS3 j m 10 Days Stopover , at A. SAN FRANCISCO . and 10 Days at Los Angeles nie uIIihwmI pu till IhketN to tlio I!ut rY This will onablo you to bpo tlio two wonderful world Impositions without loss of tlmo or extra ex pernio. Scenery enrouto la unsurpassed. Hvery mllo protected by lllook Signals. Four fine trains each way dally Portland to San Francisco mak ing connections for the South nnd Kast. Lot us send you our illustrated folders "Way side Note" and "California and Its Two Kx- j positions.' j SOUTHERN PACIFIC Our local agent "III l glad to gho u full Infill nml Ion mill tin Itliuiiny or jour lilp or )im limy uildifss John SI. Srutt, Oen, ViiKswiRor aAgL-. 1'iiitlaiiil, it ? t v A. 2 ,