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. j i' I Beautiful Crater Lake But Three Hour Drive from Medford J Near the northeast coiner of inlet op outlet, although the water j water's clre. this beins by a well Jackson county, Ui tlie heart of tile ;Ik fresh antl iimiI ami is stocked ! built and most picturesque winding Cascade mountains, lies Cniter with fbih. The rim or the lake is! trail. lake, which has been declared by extremely rusxMt, rislnp to u Tho lake is oval In , shape, np travelers and sclent 1st s fram all height of 1000 to 1500 feet above mlimitely wveif miles Ioiir and par la or tho globe to le the most' the water and, hi certain places, i five miles Wide, mid tho water is unique and marvelonsly bcantiful i 0000 fwt above sea level. The i of the deepest and most radium body of water In tho world. Thej bluffs surrounding the hike are so! sapphire blue, with a depth of lake half fills tho' shell of a great rough ami precipitous that there Is j about 2000 feci. In the lake there extinct volcano and lias no known only one sale approach to the are two Islands; one a round- ROADS OFT TELL OF TALES T WASHINCrrON, D. C, April 20 "Many motorists who speed along the old Post Road out of Boston today are unaware that Paul lie vere galloped "along that same route, after hanging his famous lantern In Old North Church. Nor do travelers on the Cor nlche road in the French Riviera always realize they are skimming over a sector of the Via Aurelia, a Roman "speedway." which Km peror Aurelius began more than two centuries before Christ was born. , "Speedway" Is entirely correct as an appellation for thoso Ro man rouds, a National Geographic society bulletin points out. Wo have the word of Pliny, an early geographer, for It. Once a Ro man emperor traveled 200 miles in 24 hours, In three relays of char iots. He sped at eight miles an A' 1 . ' M Am -'i'K vji 4t';3 -A V- -r Jih hour. Pliny describes that record as "a wonderful thing and an instanee- of incredible celerity." I:ngll.sh Roads Onco Roman Highways. "Many present day roads are telltales of ancient history for tiey follow the routes of. his toric highways," continues ' the bulletin. "This Is especially true of highways' of. modern Europe and even of tho United .JState.s,, Watllng street and Kiune -Street and Peddars "Way are survivors of the military roads with which Rome onco adorned Hrttain. "Nobody knows who built the first road, but remains have been found jt a highway laid out by Cheops, builder of the great Pyra mid, In Egypt. Babylon hod threo great highways and the first levying of tolls In the his tory of highways took place on one of thewe Babylonian routes. Tho Carthaginians were the most scientific road builders of ancient times, but the details of their con struction have been lost. ' Home the .Mother or ;ood Honds All roads loud to Rome, was not u metaphor, but a fact dur ing the supremacy of the Roman Empire. Roads led to the Impe rial City from Dacia, present day Transylvania, on the east, and Germany on the west. Another . Gates Auto Co. Extends A Cordial Welcome TO ALL VISITING SHRINERS o o "This Is a Great Country" MEDF0RT5 MSTL road branched from the very tip j ol what now Is Spain. P.y the Ro-j man laws the roads were free j to no one person or group of persons and the emperors were i charged with their maintenance. I Soldiers, convicts and slaves kept ! them in repair. In some places j service on tho roads eliminated the payment of tnxes. The, Ro mans were proud of -the emperors ,vUfl .bujlt highways. They hon ored them with triumphal arches and medals and named the high ways after them, such as tho 'Vic Appla and tho Via -Aurelia. ' "The Via Appla was tho Ro man 'Lincoln Highway.' Over It St. Paul the Apostle traveled, un troubled by toll collectors. It was begun by Ceasar Applus Clau dius in 312 R. C, and when completed reached to UrJndlsi on the Adriatic coast. Modern traffic takes a new path, but the Via Appia still runs Us course from Rome across the Alban hills. Head Maps I'nknown to Romans. ' The Romans had no road maps. They published itineraries listing the stations along the road with the distances between each sta tion. Their nearest approaches to road maps were drawings of the stations with topographic fea tures of the surrounding country. "When tho Roman Empire de MEDFORD DEALER TRIBUNE. IMEDFOItD, topped volcanic cone and the other I a jagged pinnacle of lava rock A numlier of excursion and pleasure boaut are maintained at tho take Tliere Is a hotel on the rim, nod numerous resorts and clia ruling camp big places are found in the Immediate vicinity. (irater lake is reached fram Medford over a beautiful 80-inlle clined, road building did likewise.! Charlemagne, emperor of the Franks, began a program of road construction, but after his death the development passed Into a le thargy, which was hardly dis turbed during the middle ages. An Kngllsh Road J41W. "A quaint law was passed In England in the middle ages rela tive to the muddy and rutted, highways. of the day. According to the law-hushes and trees werei felled for 200 feet on either side of a' road to prevent the gontlaj inhabitants of tho countryside! from rushing out and attacking ! travelers! The first toll for the maintenance of English roads was' passed by Edward III In the 14th century. "The Incns of Peru had the most extensive highway system! in the New "World. Their "Queen of Roads,' which connected Quito and Ouzeo, was five times as long as the completed Via Appia. They were shrewder engineers than the Romans. Tho latter built tholr roads in straight lines, conqiier ing all difficulties In their paths. The Incas curved and graded their highways to avoid ascents and forests. Napoleon Fostered Good llonds "The father of modern road building is Napoleon. He syste- ftBEOOy, SATURDAY, highway which follows the Rogue river, world famous fishing stream, The "limp" around the Klamath lakes to Klamath Falls, tlience to Ashland and back to Medford, is an exceptionally delightful trip. The Diamond Idike road Is also connected with tho Crater lake rlhi road, a Kpular side trip from tlie Crater Uike National ark. matized the Industry and appoint ed a body oit engineers to super vise tho construction of French roads. Other European countries and the United States wero quick to perceive tho value of Improved highways. i '."Turkey, long closed to west ern ways, is planning an nsphalt-sui-faced highway from Constanti nople to Angora. Every day dcwh announcements bring In tidings of new roads being built in lesser known parts of the world. Auto mobiles demand an ever widening touring radius, and modern travel ers no lnjiger fear the mythologi cal creatures which medieval peo ple believed inhabited the un known parts of the earth. AMERICAN CARS UK ED 1JY AL'STRAIjI AN USERS WASHINGTON. (P) Australians prefer American automobiles. The United States supplied 73 per rent of (he total number of assembled chassis Imported by Australia in January. North America as a whole. In cluding Canada, shipped to Aus tralia In January 9 per cent of her Imports of unassembled chassis, 87 per cent of tho automo bile bodies and 80 per cent of the nrntor car pnrls. Southern Shriners ! APTCTL 57, Ifgfl. Shriners Will Journey to Prospect Sunday Hnuiiiir iiu -MNiiiiiiiiiil work ul VMIIIIJC SllltntrS Mill IM IJIkl'll HI lrli will Im- laki ii ovi'r llin 'nitT will he enjnyill hy llle vlhlloi-s. LURE OF ROGUE VALLEY IS TOLD Southern OrcRffn Is not only r stato of perennial opportunity, but Is u land of marvelous beauty. It is a land of scenic glories, caressed by a climate whoso summers nre cool and whose winters are mild. Within Its boundaries are grouped Hcores of majestic mountains, hun dreds of wonderfully beautiful lakes, numerous picturesque rivers and streams where trout and game are plentiful, canyons and glenu, and hundreds of thousands of acres of primeval forests. The diversity of Its scenery, the equable and In vigorating ellmte, afford a combl-j nation of conditions for a sum mer's outing unsurpassed any-! where In the world. j Those who visit southern Oregon for the first time, who 'stand be neath her forest giants, who glimpse the snowy ranges rising from .evergreen forests, who see trout and salmon leap from swift mountain waters or from the breeze blown riffles of her moun tain lakes, or who journey along her scenic paved highway from tho summit of the -beautiful snow capped Siskiyou mountains through the wonderful and productive Qlogue River valley, or visit some of the world's greatest attractions Crater lake. Diamond lake, Ore gon Caves, Mount Ashland or Mount McLaughlin, wilt realize that Oregon offers to tho vaca tionist and the tourist tho maxi mum of all that could be desired In opportunity for enjoyment that hero are found, In n massing profusion, beauty and grandeur un equaled elsewhere. Southern Oregon has been doubly blessed of those things which go to make a delightful sum mer vacation. Here the tired busi ness man may find complete rost under the most delightful condi tions. Hero the Invalid moy travel the road to bounteous health, en Joy the ea air, or tho phenome nally clear and pure atmosphere of tho mountain ranges of southern Oregon or the marvelously beauti ful Cascades. Hero thi robust seeker of pleasure will find oppor tunity for tho enjoyment of thoso .things which ho or she may seek, whether It ho mountain climbing, hunting big gamo or enticing tho gamey fish from the beautiful streams and lakes which abound. And here may the Invalid find robust, health through drinking of A Hearty Oregon's Popular (In- Miiiruitl urniiiry Cimlelit, ihn lmlilcs if Km All Ttniil nml olhpr -nK1-l WIU'l-l- Nlllf lake hlKlinny to llio ixipulur n-xirt Committees in Charge of Ceremonial General Cominlilce , O. O. Alenderfer, chair- man, Medford. C. C. Ummon, Medford. Howard Scheffel, Medford, Sam Buker, Grants Puss. fr A. K. Cass, Ordnts Pass. Hal McNalr, Ashland. Andy McCallen. Ashland. 4 Parade Committee 4 Paul McDonald, chairman Medford. C. C. MeCredlo, Mortfonl. DfHHirullnir lJnimUtflO (Streets and Rlore) Waller Leverette, chalr- man. Medford. h Chas. Iv. Wooda. Medford. J. C. Mann, Medford. Public Safety Committee ! C. C. MCCredie, chairman, Medford. Roy Ulllott, Medford. 4 .Banquet Committee i IowU U 1 r I o h, chairman, Medford; H. W. Hamlin, Medfqrd. C. N. Culy, Medford. TraiiHHrUitlon Commit loo 4 Clyde liakln, chairman, Medford. Wm. A. Young, Medford. Kd Minna, Medford. Mare Jarmln. Medford. Publicity Committee Wm. H. Fluhrer, Medford. R. K. Delrlok, Ashland. Ham Ktlnebauch, a ran ts rasw. . 'Ray Complon, Roseburd. . - (loir Commit Uto , 4 Vernon Vavvter, chairman, Medford. i ' Geo. M. Roberts, Medford. Dr. J. J. Emmens, Medford, the waters of health and strength giving springs of which Oregon is bounteously favored. For tho automobile tourist Ore gon ' affortU unusual advantages. Oood roads trnverso the stato east and west, north and south. Hero the tourist will find road building unexcelled by any other slate, nnd equaled by few. A -wondorful sys tem of hard-surfaced roads has been built. The - entire Pacific highway through Jackson county, 5D miles, Is hard surfaced.. One mny travel for thousnnds of miles over splendid roads installed by tho state highway commission. Welcome We sincerely hope that you will thor oughly enjoy your visit to Medford. If we can be of service to you, come right in! Credit Store PAT5E FIVE - . where u liaiiiiut anil emeruilrtim'lit t Pacific ..coiwtt ..Khrinodom ..moy well be proud of lite splendid Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children, located at San Francisco, Calif., for it is Indeed a beautiful structure. Bet amidst most charm ing surroundings. .'v Its accommodation of EiO beds;! the same as the hospital at PoftJ land, Ore., where 1 1 11 la li Temple sends Its patients. Both of them are of the very highest type of model hospital construction, built for permanency, equipped with everything known to modern sur gery for treatment of crippled chll- : dren. The patients are the happiest : children in the world, as they soon learn not to fear tha operating rooms, as it means relief and -gradual correction of their" de formities, allowing them to walk i and run about with the freedom and Joy of normal children. a As the wonderful work of Shrine ' chtldrens' hospitals becomes more widely understood donations and -bequests are more, in evldenec. . During 1028 the amount totaled . $404,807.26; and this was separate and distinct from the fund made up i from the i3 per capita tax ti Horses, wagons and autos may come and go, but Willis F. Col-. well, ruriu iiw wciiTnj . ,v for Cumberland Hill, goeB on In definitely, iv... During his 21 years on his route! tho longest In tho state, he has uaan rarewet no inree noises, vww wagons and 17 automobiles, all of which aid their bit In the serv(ce), 1 11 hna BanlhaMj tlA wear and teur of the years, -.lid sllil Is n hardy specimen, speaks' ol his work as a "joy ride," and la proud of the fact that his long record shows only two (days',Jn terruption. in service. v 1 -!.-. MM KIDDIES IN ; SHRINEHOSPITALS siiiiii! mini iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii iallllllllllllllllllllllllllllll iliiiliiiiiiiliiiiiiliiiiiililiiiM !