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MEDFORD MATTJ TKTBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, yTEDyEDAY, ATJGTJST 9, 1922
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GRANOPAP. 72 YRS.
OLD, STILL ACliVE
i: CITY POLICE FORCE
I ( By International News Service).
I J ALBANY, Aug. . Albany claims to
!uive one or the oldest active policemen
I the state in the person of Lieuten
ant Thomas Koche, who has been
fearing the blue for fifty-two years,
f ; ) i i e f Prank l.asch has Just recom
fnonilHil that Lleutonant Uoche be ad-
wuiceu to captain, ana it is expected
that shortly the veteran officer will bo
wearing the insignia of that rank.
1 ' IJoutennnt Roche is a veteran of the
I'lvll War, and he has many noted ar
rests to his credit. Violators of the
law who have come In contact and
tills means physically with the lieu
tenant testify to the fact that he Is
I'jiretty active for a man of his years."
' Lieutenant Koche says Hint some or
tlie young thugs with whom he comes
fa contact are far more daring than
me crmms or me oiuen days.
I "Thirty years ago," said Lieutenant
Moclie, "a crook would give a police
than a chance, but these days they
Uilnk nothing of shooting an officer of
jujie law when his back Is turned."
DISCOVERY OF CRATER LAKE
(Continued from page one)
love the Rogue river country and
ior several yearB It was my home
nvhen I was not in 'the saddle on
borne exploring expedition.
i "1 became the owner of a pack
frulu and later formed a partnership
pith a man named Hen Drew. We
covered the Oregon territory pretty
thoroughly and had any number of
iidventures with Indians and white
pencgadeu.
"In 1852 It WttB that ho had an
xceptlonally hard winter and pro
Islons became verv scarce. Thmi-
feunds of hoi'Bes, mules and cattlo
ifeiarved to death. We were caught In
hi place called Vanoy's ferry, some
priilos from Portland. Flour wbb sell
ing at 11 a pound, musty bacon 75
cents, etc. Tobacco was an article
jvery much In demand. A man would
phew his tobacco for a while and
jthen lny it aside, much as a child
will do with his gum. He would thon
'Imoko It after It was dry. Plug to
jbucco was the kind most In demand.
(One would take a dollar and hand
jit to the deuler, who would place It
(on the plug and cut out a piece the
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A favorite pastime In the streams of Jackson county; Many tourists
come here annually from other states to fish.
)REGON CAVES CAMP
NOW OPEN
jlt'nlg and Stooping Accommodations
El at the entrance, .
i' . H. McITiVKKN.
exact size of the money, both think
ing u good bargain had been made.
"Wo pulled through tho winter In
lulr condition and when supplies be
gan to move In tho eurly spring
months we had more than wo could
do. Old settlors clulmed that the
country had been set back several
years duo, to this hard winter.
"One night at Jacksonville I made
the acquaintance of a prospector
from California. Tho man took a
great liking tq me and one night
while heavily drunk ho confided to
me that he and nine other California
miners were forming a party to go
Into the mountains in search of the
famous "Lost Cabin mine." He de
clared that tho leader of the party
had tho original map Bhowing the lo
cation of tho mlno, and he spoke
glowingly of the mlno as though Its
discovery were alrcudy an establish
ed fact.
"It seems that an old prospector
wbb found dying from wounds Buf
fered In a battle with the IndlanB.
in his pouch was found a score of
nuggets of the purest gold. He drew
n rough sketch of the mfno and said
that It was the richest mine In the
whole west; but that the savages
knew of Its whereabouts and were
protecting it. He had been driven
away by them and badly ' wounded.
From his description of the country
It was somewhere In the vicinity of
Crator lake, although no such place
was then known to exist. The old
mun died and a mad search was
started. Scores of men were kllod
by tho Bttvnges bofore tho search wns
finally given up mid tho map disap
peared from circulation.
"As soon as tho drunken fellow-
told mo that they had tho map my
youthful mind was ablaze with desire
to help find the mine. I immediately
told some of my friends about it and
we decided to follow the Callfor
nlans. Of the group that Inter ac-
companlod me I can only think of
tho names of Henry Klippel, J. h.
Louden, Pat MacMunus, Mr. Little
and a man named Mctlarrie. When
the California party left Jacksonville
we were close on their trail. They
soon discovered that we were fol
lowing them and a game of hide and
sock began until rations on both sides
begun to run low. The Californians
would push through the brush,
scatter and double back on their
trull and camp In the most Inacces
sible places to be found, and II some
times puzzled us to find them.
Two Paries Join
"One day both parties engaged In
a hunt. I killed a young deer and
was skinning It when two of the
California prospectors came up to
whero I was. This was the first time
we had ever met face to face. I
graBped my rifle, expecting trouble;
but they engaged mo In conversation
and wanted to know why we were
following them. I told them frankly
that we knew that they had certain
knowledge of the whereabouts of the
Lost Cabin mine, end we were fol
lowing them with the Intention of
staking off claims close to them.
After we had talked, things over a
truce was declared and tha two par-;
tlos dined on venison at one cump-j
flro. From then on wo hunted audi
prospected together, and It wns wellj
i mil w (nil, iur ouch nr iwiitw wh
caught sight of a party of warriors
watching every move that- we made.
But no open attack was attempted,
due to tha strength of our party and
to the fact thut each man was a Beu
s lied veteran.
Outer Lnke. First Set'n.
"One. afternoon a few days later
It was June 12 1 was riding up a
long sloping mountain, some distance
in advance of the rest of the party.
With my eyes searching the rocks
for any indication of that vein we
were searching for, I scarcely noticed
wnere 1 was riding. Suddenly my
mule stopped, and, looking up, I saw
a body of water before me. As we
had not expected to see any lakes, I
was much surprised and thought at
ursi we must have come clear to
Klamath luke. Hut as f looked clos
er I realized I was looking at a
most unusual sight, that I was at
the very edge of a precipice and that
nestling far down in the heart of the
mountain, was the bluest and most
bountiful, body of water I had ever
seen. fired my rifle and several
of my companions rushed up to gaze
with wonder upon this magnificent
lane, which since has been fittingly
named Crater lake and set aside as
a national playground.
"For lack o"f words that will give
me reaner who has never seen this
Docly of water some Idea of its beau
ty, I shall quote what Professor Jo
seph LeConte, a great admirer of
letiowstone and Yosemite said:
'ulli-l It "Ien JHue" liiiko
" 'Yellowstone has its glories, and
so nave the Yosemite and Crater
lake, but their grandeum is not In
common. One canont compare un-
l'ko things. There is but one Crater
lake. The overpowering Impressive
ness of its grandeur cannot be de
scribed, and no idea of its masterful
influence over the human mind can
tie conveyed by words..- It must be
seen to be appreciated. It stands
alone in Its class In all this world
Probably' the six grandest wonders
of the American continent consist In
the Grant canyonof the Colorado,
Niagara Falls, Mammoth cave, Yel
lowstone, Yosemite and Crater lake,
no two of which can bo compared,
for each Is pre-eminent.'
"As we stood and gazed far down
at the blue water and at the steep
and almost perpendicular bluffs.
many of them 2000 feet In height,
we searched the walls of the cliffs
for some' pathway whereby we could
reach tho water's edge. But nowhere
could we find a route. We decided It
would be a long and difficult de
scent to reach tho water, and as our
members were eager to continue their
search for gold, wo gave up the at
tempt. But before we turned our
backs upon the magnificent scene we
discussed Buch names as Mysterious
lake and Deep Blue lake. We voted
to call It by the latter name, and an
discoverers we wrote our names on
a piece of paper and placed the paper
in the end of a forked stick which we
wedged between the rocks.
''The next day we ran across a
band of Indians who were friendly,
but when we asked- about Deep Blue
lake none of them would acknowledge
thut such tt lake existed. We learned
from u medicine man that this place
was looked upon as sacred, and death
would come to any Indian who gazed
upon the lake. I am told that as late
in 1910 no Indian could be induced
to look upon the water that would
be "bad medicine" for him.
'We searched in vain for gold, and
especially the Lost Cabin mine, but
not a trace could we find. We did
hear, however, thut the savages wei'
preparing to go on the war path, so
we hurriedly left for Jacksonville,
where the partv disbanded."
The Pleasure of the Outing'
More than half tho pleasure of an 'outing in the
hills, eonies at the early morning breakfast, the
noonday luneh, or around the evening eampfire.
Tourist and camping parties are getting to be a
real far-tor in the summer's business and we are
keeping pace by stock everything needed for an
outing of this kind.
Canned and Bottled Goods, Pan Cake Flour
and Syrup, Meats of every kind in tin and glass,
Wax Paper; Paper Plates and Napkins, Swifts
Premium Paeon and Hams, Boiled Ham, Chipped
Beef, Olives, Pickles, Potato Chips, in fact every
thing you need.
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