MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, XPRIL 13, 1933
Crater Lake Caravan To View Fairyland Left by Winter
By OEOROI W. McMTJRPHEV
Publldtr Minuw for OHmore oil
Company, with Chet Crank Advert
Inn Agency.
How would 3Ku like to become i
."aecond-etory man" on tha level?
Be assured tbat second atory win
dow! oan be entered "on the lever
with eaae and the, excltemnt accom
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panying auch an experience la amaa-
PXGE FOUR
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These facta were eatabllahed by a
party of Ollmore oil company men
who exiled In to Crater Lake National
park a few daya ago to get plcturea
of the heaviest snowfall ever recorded
for the park.
The 53 feet, which had fallen by
March 1, had packed down to a depth
of 16 feet "on the level," making sec
ond atory entrances quite simple.
Drive In Soon.
But the point of real Interest to
the general public la that anyone
'ean drive Into iit park soon now
from the Medford entrance. The snow
barriers are being removed and the
Crater Lake park "wonderland or
enow" will be thrown open to every
one, according to B- O. Sollnsky, park
superintendent, whose co-operatton
made the news-gathering trip pos
sible. To quote D. S. Llbitty, assistant
superintendent, and park naturallat:
"One of the questions frequently
asked by the multitude of visitors
from all over the world who come
each summer to view Crater lake la
'How much snow falls?' and 'How
deep doea It accumulate?'
"The opportunity la now offered
for you to vtalt this scenic marvel
while It la atlll wrapped in Its win
ter cloak of white, at a time when
the maximum accumulation of snow
occurs.
"The 'frost flowera' of winter, which
replaced the bloasoma of summer
time, still remain. The tree boughs
are bent under the burden of snow
and Ice maaaea and appear like giant
plumea frosted with fleecy covering
of Iridescent Jewels.
May Open This Week.
"Aa a result of the winter-long
operation of the anow plow the high
ways will be opened this week and
you are Invited to visit the fairyland
of Crater lake. You will drive through
miles of , sruw-walled highway to
reach the rim and view this magle
land, sparkling under the rays of a
brilliant aun. It la your opportunity
o sea for yourself how this unique
eenlo wonder, the rare Jewel of Uncle
Sam's National park aystem, appears
after the heavy anows of a long and
severe winter.
Is Music Land.
"crater lake will present a marve
lous picture to our early season vis
itor. The mysterious and weird forms
which have been taken on by the va
rious two and three-story utility
buildings, checking stations and park
headquarters are grotesque and faaol
Jiatlng. It Is indeed a maglo land
which beckons to you upon the crest
of the Cascade range sparkling under
the lustre of nature's wonderful man
tle of white, Coma lovers of winter
porta skllera and tobogganers you
will find a playground that equals
your fondest dreams. Above all you
have the lure of seeing Crater lake
atlll bedecked In a diadem of anow
eovered encircling cliffs. -
The formations which have been
called "frost flowers" by Mr. Llbbey
and which are among the moat en
chanting of alghta for the tourlat at
Crater lake In the winter were ex
plained by Mr. SoUnsky.
Weird Formations.
"Weird formationa that only mois
ture, wind and a freealng tempera
ture could 'grow sometimes trans
form the park Into a grotesque fairy
land. "In the same manner that mois
ture cornea out of the ground to
free re and make tiny formationa with
which we are all familiar oc the
ground at the time of a frost, the
moisture will climb dry stems, tele
phone poles, trees and other objecte
and freer Into huge, ghostlike fig
urea. Then when the sun strikes
these huge clusters they become ra
diant, glittering and crystal-like.
"As the wind blowa while the mois
ture la freealng the 'flowers' will
'grow Into every odd shape Imagin
able. "Another beautiful phenomenon,"
Mr. Sollnsky continued, "la the frown
fog. The fog will freeaa on each In
dividual needle on trees and bushes
sometimes five and six Inches long.
Kvery needle will keep Its contour
and the effect will be a huge tree
of loa In perfeot formation."
Move Much Snow.
It was pointed out to the Ollmore
men by Harry "Happy" Fuller, anow
plow operator, that "enough anow
waa plowed laat winter to make a akl
track three feet wide, alx Inchea deep
and long enough to encircle the world
at the equator." A two-way road, 18
feet wide. 3D miles long Is kept open
during the winter by Fuller and
"Betsy." the rotary snow plow. In
a few minutes of figuring It was esti
mated that mora than 4Tt.100.000
pounds or 337.000 tone 'of snow haa
been moved.
"Perhaps you wonder why you are
not permitted to come Into the park
earlier and participate In winter
aporta on the rim of Crater lake."
Fuller continued. "Barrlera of anow
are left to plug the roada at the
park boundaries. Although we travel
the roads, they are not fit for tour
let travel. During a atorm they are
aometlmea Impassable an hour after
the plow passes.
"Why all thla work then If you
can't come In?
Frevents Farklng.
"As the winter progresses the snow
continually packs more solidly until
by spring It la almost loe. Such
anow Is difficult and much more ex
pensive to move.
"Before we atarted thla winter
plowlnj very often the first
of July before you could drive to the
lake."
- The winter park force la made up
of David H. Canfleld. chief ranger:
Charles H. Simeon, ranger and park
photographer; Martin H. Palmer, chief
mechanic; laaao Davidson, carpenter;
D. H. Worley, weather bureau man
and carpenter; Charles Oould, atoro
keeper; Jesse A. Smith, cook; Fred
B. cotton, bull-cook, and "Happy" lion guaranteed.
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King Winter did an unusunlly food Job (hti eiuon of dresilnr up Crater Luke National park
m the above pictures tnrtlrnte. a sleet storm followed by n driving snow atorm put
exquisite winter finery on .shrubbery along tlie Him llond. Top, right, looking across the
mysteriously blue waters of the lake Mirough a panel of decorated foliage, at snow-covered '
.Mount Scott. He low, left, thirteen feet of snow parked around the ranger dormitory forces
use of aecond story windows aa a door. Lower right, gas-station at headquarters.
We want you to come and try
some of our steep hills on either
aklla or toboggans," waa the Invita
tion extended to all the world by
thta genial group. "Come atand on
aome peak and admire a perfect pic
ture the brilliant anow cm the cliffs
of blue Crater lake."
Phoenix Church
Communion Rite
Thursday Night
PHOBNIX, April 13. (flpl.) Pres
byterian church communion eervloe
will Ni held Thursday night. The pas
tor haa made special plans for Uie
oan die light communion aerrlce. The
entire church auditorium will be
lighted with candlea. All having can
dlea or holders that could be ud
are requested to bring them to the
church today. All members of the
churoh are especially urged to be pres
ent on 'Thursday evening.
There will be no prayer meeting
thla week, due to the meeting Thurs
day evening.
The congregational meeting will be
held Wednesday. April 10th. Friend
ship dinner will be aerreo: In the
early part of the evening and the
meeting will follow.
Special aervlcea are being arranged
for Baxter Sunday with special music
for the morning service by the oholr
and a cantata In the evening. -
There waa a meeting of the officer,
teacher . and assistant teachers of
the Si .Jay aohool, laat Sunday fol
lowing church eervic. Covered dlah
dinner waa served at the home of Mra.
Dave Walker, where the meeting waa
hold. Mrs. Walker treated all with a
dish of home made lee cream.
Honor Early.
SALEM. April 13. (AP) The offices
of the industrial accident commlsalon
will be closed all day tomorrow in
respect to the memory of Charles T.
Early, chairman of the accident com
mission, who died here auddenly yea-
terday.
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O race Laboratories.
BOURBONS HUNGER
FOR LARGER SLICE
OF PATRONAGE PIE
(Continued from Page One.)
It la a fact that every time they
called the Post Office department re
cently the excuse waa offered that
nothing could be done until O'Ma
honey had the bone extracted and
returned to work.
There Is no evidence that It waa
part of Mr. Roosevelt' gam of hold
ing back on patronage until he gets
what he want out of congress,
The truth la Mr. Roosevelt haa not
uaed the patronage atlck aa mucvh aa
everyone give him credit for. He haa
not been forced to. His popularity
out In the country haa proved suf
ficient to keep wayward congressmen
In line. The delay In making appoint
mente has been only a contributing
factor in inducing tha boy to atlck
to the ship.
These Democrats who are running
eongreaa now were r.ot born yester
day. Their strategy outmatches any
thing recently seen hereabouts.
The way they pushed the Black six
hour five-day week bill up from no
where in the senate la a good Instance
of how they work when they really
put their minds to It.
Their problem was labor. The labor
lobbies were strongly opposing some
Rose ve It program bills. They fought
the reforestation bill. Thev were
planning to fight the farm bill com
Ing up next.
So to relax labor opposition to the
farm measure and to ease a rery
strained alt nation the Democratic
strategists decided to give the Zlack
bill it inning.
That la about all it amounted to.
Ths lunar Wouole with Bitch bill
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Is that it haa no minimum wage re
striction. That la why President
Roosevelt held back on endorsing it.
There was a general belief that In Its
present form It would afford an op
portunity for wage reduct'ons.
Mr. Roosevelt la known to be for
the egoeral Idea. Black held two pri
vate conferences on the subject at
the Whlto House. He contended on
each occasion he had talked about
Muscle Shoala but he had his fingers
crossed when he said that.
It la no secret that constitutionality
of the Mil la In doubt. If the supreme
court holds to former rulings like
that In the Child labor case the bill
la doomed. There la a hope that the
court may reverse Itself. A minimum
wage clause would prejudice the
chances the bill has with the court.
All together It appears the coun
try is yet a long way from 'labor's
goal, tt will be reached eventually,
but the prospects right now ar not
as encouraging as they appear.
The atate department must deny tt
but tt exerted strong personal pres
sure on Mr. Hitler after the anti
Jewish boycott. The department
worked through th embassy at Ber
lin. No lees than five times In one
day did the embassy call at the Oer
maa foreign oUtet. Tou can be ure
the talk waa not about the weather.
Denials must be made because we
do not want to be placed officially in
the position of telling Herr Hitler
what to do. That would only defeat
our pacific purposes In Germany.
Wratn of the hotbeda would then be
turned on us and all other foreigners.
DRY AGENT'S HOI
TARGET FOR - BOMB
NEW YORK, April 13. (AP The
home of William Oclsler, department
of Jus tic agent assigned to prohi
bition enforcement. was partly
wrecked by a bomb yesterday.
Oelaler was unable to give the po
lice any Information that might lead
to detection of the bombers and po
lice aald they could find no clues.
The bomb exploded at the front
of the house, under a porch. Oels
ler was thrown from a chair and his
wife and three children were jarred
out of brd. Windows were shattered
all over the neighborhood.
The Peas.eya.
8x10 Photo for 7o.
opp. Hoil Theater,
WASHINGTON. April 13. (AP)
Captain Paul B. King, 38. a world
war aviator and son of Senator Wil
liam H. King of Utah, was killed
Instantly last night In a plunge
from a window of his seventh-floor
hotel room.
A. Mngruder MacDonald. acting
coroner, withheld a certificate of
death until It could be determined
whether King fell or Jumped to his
death.
The body was found In a paved
areaway by passersby. It was
In pajamas.
Senator King saTd he was certain
the death was accidental. He said
he had talked with his uon recently
and that he was In good spirits
King was a test pilot at Langley
Pleld. Virginia, until six months ago
when he suffered a nervous trouble
and was admitted to a sanitarium
in New York.
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Real Estate Trnmrers
Mildred Fay Young to Elmer C.
Young, deed, lot 17, Howard Pars
subdivision.
Rutb A. Rice et vlr to Albert E
Hill et ux. W. D.. 8Wi of NV'.:
clad'WVi of SWVi of Sec. 10 Two- 37S
R. 3W.
J. K. Weaver et ux to Port In
vestment Co.. W D.. lot 3 and part
lot 4 block 48 Town of Central
Point.
Verna L. Griffin to Sarah J. Grif
fin, W. D.. SW'i of Sec. 4 Twp. 38S.
R. 4E.
Broken wtaoows slated
rrowSrWie Casioet JforM.
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Johnston, deed. SEi; of SW"4; SW14
of 8E'-i Sec. 20Twp. 353, R. 3S.
N'J of SE'i: NE'4 of SWV4; 8EV4
of NWi Sec. 18: E"i of SW(4
of SW; Sec. 13; SEH of SE'J See.
14: HE", Sec. 23 Twp 33S. R. 3S.
SE; Sec. 1 Twp. 328. R. 2E. H'l, Of
SW4: SWiJ of ...W4 Sec. 38 Twp.
35S. R. 3E.
Herman E. Borgman et ux to Amos
P. Helm et ux. W. D., E'J of lot
35 and part lot 36 Bellevue tract to
Aahlsnd.
O . T. Miller et ux to John O.
Sumner et ux. W. D.. lot B bloc
3, Queen Anne Add. to Medford.
J. C. Ray et ux to Noel P. Kel
loft et al. deed, land In DLC 61 in
Twp. 37S. R. 2W.
Ora M. Swltzer et ux to Arthur
E Bell et ux deed, land In Sec. 91
Twp. 363. R 4W.
Sheriff to R. S. Hurry, tax deed,
land In sec. 7 In Twp. 37S. R. 1W.
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fin. W. D. tract la Galloway's Add wnlt, for Easter? Priced from II
to Mcdfnrd to 5 45. Btnter Brown Shoe Store.
Richard B. Hovey at ai to S. R. 3d South. Central Ave. ' '