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PAGE THREE "A Trip Of Wildflowers" Is Suggested For Delightful Sunday Outing MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. JUNE 23. 1940. ENCHANTMENT OF BLOOMS PROLONGS SPRINGTIME HERE Woodruff Meadows And Abbott Butte Lookout Are Scenic Highlights.! Br Karl Janouch. Thii 1 the most invigorat ing season of the year. As plant life burst into bloom, mankind seems to take new lease on life and happiness prevails. This happiness is en hanced by the beautiful display of color, beauty and luxury of plant life. Medford's Rogue Wonderland affords many areis throughout the summer season . where "springtime" is arrested . ,'nd detained; where its enchant '"rnent la prolonged for your en joyment. This, trip' Im named "The Trip 1 1 of WUdilowwi." You will see many flowers that have passed through their blooming stage in the valley. Leaving Medford via the Cra ter Lake highway you enter the Rogue River national forest at 46.8 miles from Medford and travel 4.7 miles along a boule vard of stately trees of sugar pine, white and Douglas fir. The highway at this part Is very straight and as you roll along you feel as if you were on parade, with the trees acting as sentinels on either side. This Is one of the most beautiful drives on the Pacific coast. After traveling 1.3 miles fur ther, or 8 miles from the forest boundary you reach the Mam moth Sugar Pine Tree, the larg est in the state of Oregon. You can only appreciate its size by stopping, notice the sign on the highway which directs you to a trail leading to the tree, and then follow this trail and. be hold the monarch, supreme In its own class. At 52.8 you leave the Crater Lake highway and turn left on the Woodruff Meadows road. You Immediately pass through a large burn consisting of an area of snags which stand as tomb stones erected on the grave of a very beautiful stand of tim ber. This fire was set by en emies of the United States dur ing the World war period and was finally extinguished by tome 300 soldiers sent in from the army post located at Van couver, Wash. As you wind along the road you enter a heavily timbered area and its cool, refreshing air causes you to have Immediate relief. This timber stand is made up of large and tall Doug las fir, ponderosa, white and sugar pine, with an undergrowth of reproduction of Oregon grape, fern, service berries, dog wood, mountain maple, haxel nut and chinquapin. At 54.6 miles you reach the Herb remedies alle viated disorder oi colter, t o m a c b liver, kidney, blad der, protute (land plies, enema, aetn ma, catarrh, drops tumor, blood prea sure, rheuma 1 1 s tn j n Influents, stomach Herbalist olrer, and hemor rhage ell dlsappeat M Year Eiperlencf Without Operation Hours 10 a. m. to I p. in Mon.-Tues.-Wed Only YICK SO HERB CO. Jackson Co. Bank Bldg. Main Office Ros.burg. Or. GREEN PINE FACTORY BLOCKS BUNDLED KINDLING Or fill your car or trailer at our fuel yard on th corner of North Central Ave and McAndrewi Road. Timber Products Company DREW g4B0T - II HUT II MEDFORD J .... A Trip of Witdflowri. All Milaaga from Mtdiord. (A.) Mammoth sugar pin tr, largest in lha Simla of Oregon, 53 mtlas. (B.) Woodrulf Bridga Forast Camp, 55 milas. (C.) Huck labarry Gap road. Thosa raslring to shorten th drWa ma? turn left on this road, returning to ihe Crater Lake Highway th Elk Creek bridge. 70.5 miles. (D.) Summit Guard Station. 97.5 mllas. (E.) Divide Guard Sf divide between the Umpqua and milas. Woodruff Bridg? forest camp. This camp extends on both sides of the road and is very popular with week-end visitors. Many of our guests from California spend several days in this Invig orating area as a means of es cape from the hot weather of sunny California. Some of our visitors from California have camped at this place for 19 con secutive years. Leaving the forest camp, you cross the Woodruff bridge over Rogue river and are struck by the beauty of this stream. You pause on the bridge and view the stream in both, directions. Immediately at the base of the bridge and on your right is a beautiful waterfall and to the left of the bridge is a gorge which holds your attention for several moments. Fishing can also be enjoyed and what sport could be had if you could but take time to camp here a week or so. But you must continue your trip and wind in and out among the tall trees of this virgin foreet. Your attention If held by the ever-changing sur vey of green caused by the shad ows casting soft reflections here and there. After traveling three miles from the highway turnoff, you will note that the selective cut ting of white pine and sugar pine in this vicinity Is being harvested under the light selec tive cutting methods of the for est service. You should also notice that this type of cutting does not disturb the natural ap pearance of the forest to any degree. It also leaves a good volume of young trees for fu ture harvesting, only the ma ture timber has been removed This method of cutting is gen erally known as selective cut ting under forest service sus tained yield plans. The young growth for future needs is left The greatest care must be exer cised by forest users to not leave burning material, such as cigarettes or matches and camp fires, which should be put out with water if available. At 56.6 miles you reach Wood ruff Meadows where pure en joyment is offered by the abund ance of wild flowers, some of which are buttercups, white and golden yarrow, mustard, Hom ; boldt lily, summer's darling I (primrose family), lasthenia, thimbleberry, bleeding heart I and monkshood bounded by whie and blue lilac and ceano I thus shrubs. You are tempted ' to stop and pick a bouquet of 100 CUBIC rOOT LOAD UUy. V tion. on the summit el the Rogua River drainages, 113 flowers as a remembrance of this delightful scene. However, it Is useless to pick the flowers if you do not have some way to preserve their freshness and beauty until you get them home. Continulngy our trip, at S7.1 miles, you reach the junction of a road and a sign directs you to the right to Abbott Butte Lookout. When you reach the 63.3 mile point, you take the road to the right to Abbott Butte, where you command a pano ramic view of the surrounding region. While traveling along this road, you will notice a valley to your left which Is filled with all species of wild- flowers. At 65.0 miles you come to a spot which in fancy you may term a "rock garden, because of the presence of many flow ers of such brilliant hues, truly a spectacular sight. Among the rocks in this veritable garden, you will find Indian paintbrush. red bells, desert asters, Cali fornia buttercups, purple sage, blue gilia, flax, gold fields and birdsfoot treefoil. From here the view to the south can be enjoyed. However, more of this view will be seen from Abbott Butte, and so, drive on. At 66.7 miles you reach Ab bott Butte Lookout with an ele vation of 6,140 feet. The forest lookout cordially greets you. He will loan you his field glasses and point out the inter esting features in the cyclorama before you. Directly to the south and at the head of a val ley, stands Mt. McLoughlin, in stately splendor. Casting your eyes over the horizon to the left you see Graylock moun tain and Mt. Carmine, located in the the primitive area neat Lake o" Woods. Further to the left is Pelican Butte, Mt. Luth er. Devil's Peak, Ruth, Ethel and Maude, Goose Eggs, Goose Nest, Union Peak and the rim of Crater lake with Mt. Scott in the background, framed by Sentinel Rock, the Watchman Hillman Peak and Lloa Rock. Leaving the rim of Crater lake and following to the left with your eyes, you see the summit of Mt. Thleison with Its sharp. needle-like point, and Mt. Bailey Keep Earnings Up! Keep Risks Down! Your money inreiled here la fre. from the effect, of ipeculatire mark et fluctuation! and YOUK 8AVINCS EARN MORE THAN ORDINARY RETURNS. Dollan intruited to ui are put te work earning worthwhile dWtdende from one of the most etable lecurt ties known . . . monthly parable flMt mortgage! on local residential property. JACKSOH COUNTY FEDERAL Savings & Loan Association between which lies Diamond; lake. Following to the left you see Hershberger mountain. Fish mountain and Rocky ridge, at the base of which lies popular Fish lake, which can be reached by foot or horseback from Hershberger mountain and as sures th fisherman a limit catch cf fish. As you cast your eyes around and down to th left, you see Coyote Point on which the for est service has stationed a look out. Looking -down over the basin of the South Umpqua river you note the rambling hills and rugged terrain. The timbered slopes hold your at tention for many, many mo ments. You follow the view to the left and see the South Umpqua drainage and finally back to Mt. McLoughlin. You stand at a point where you can look more than 100 miles to the north and west. You note that the timbered slopes are dotted with green meadows as If green rugs had been plac ed there. On the slopes near the lookout are many bright- colored flowers growing in pro fusion. What a botanical gar den, a romantic setting! You are reminded of this stanza of well-known verse: "How fine the air, Immense the view! The trees are large and green See! Here are glades and crystaal rills. And every scent and petal fills Our souls with pur ecstatic thrills." On, your descent you travel slower because your attention is attracted by heavily-timbered fleeting glimpses of blue sky through the trees which at first look like water cr a lake. At 68.3 miles you stop at what was above mentioned as the "rock garden" and pick some of the flowers. Some of them you cannot identify, so you take them home, anticipat ing the fun you will have try ing to ascertain their Identity. The flowers here on the north slope are deeper In color than anywhere, in the forest. Look at the bright ruby paintbrush: what colorl Your poet friends could write an appealing song about the flowers in this spot. When you reach 70.1 milts. you come to the junction of the Elk Creek-Butler Creek road and you take the Elk Creek road which turns to the left. The signs direct you. You are now passing through a forest of stately hemlock trees. After driving .9 mile from the junction, you will come to what is known as Big Bear camp, where a camping or pic nicking spot can he found along the little stream the road crosses at this place. No fires can be built without campfire permits. A permit can be secured be fore leaving on the trip or can be issued by the lookout at Abbott Butte. This is one of the few stream camping spoU in tnis area. Down the road 1.7 miles you leave the Rogue River national forest and pass on through the Elk Creek valley to the Crater- Lake highway and on to Med ford. The drive down Elk creek takes you across a valley thick ly populated with stockmen and diversified ranchers. We are home again, but what a trip the mecca of wild flow ers. This is truly a "Trip of me r lowers I Cloaing time fot Too Lata to Qua lify Ada la 130 p m ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OLSON ELECTRIC I N. Bart let t DAY CAMP LISTS 100 GIRLS GUESTS TO OATE One hundred elrli tinva at- tended the local day camp to I date. Thursday's count was 87 and Friday there were 95. Mrs. T. P. Cramer and Mrs. Earl Voorheis were guests from Grants Pass Friday. Mrs. Cramer is regional committee member appointed to check on the local camping program. Mrs. Voorheis is in charge of the Grants Pass day camping program. Kenneth Wells, scout execu tive, spoke to the group dur ing the Inspiration hour on camping at Camp McLoughlin. Girl Scout registration for this camp is rapidly increasing, and local girls desiring to attend should plan to register on Mon days and Tuesdays at the local office. Additional counselors assist ing with Friday's program were Mrs. Wm. Bowerman in the high school unit and Miss Malt guerite Boyle in eighth grade unit. Each group selected a. pic turesque name for themselves as follows: high school, Owls of the 8 Oaks; 8th grade, Elves Rock Haven. At the close of Friday's ses sion the dramatics group pre sented a ballad. The day camping program is just beginning and will con tinue until July 19. Any girl in the community may attend for one day or for the entire camping program Wednesday of next week will be the first day for Brownie age girls (ages 7 to 10). Mrs. Cora Gustin will be the guest for the story hour. An entirely different staff is In charge of the program from the younger girls with the ex ception of Miss Catherine Con roy and Jeanne Smith who will assist with puppetry. Staff members for Brownies will be Mrs. H. C. Wells. Mrs. E. T. Currins, Mrs. Bertha Morse, Mrs. Myers, Mrs. M. H. Coulter. Berlin, June 22. (AP by ra dio) The Berlin radio reported today that Paris has resumed telephone service and is prepar ing to reopen schools of the Seine department. The main anxiety of both French and German authorities I is the food supply for the 2,000.000 persons who remained In the city. . I BEGINS TUESDAY JUNE 25th In The MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE POOL DELEGATES Washington, June 22. tPj Vice-President Gamer nd Post master General Farley were understood today to have pooled their political resources once again in an effort to get what they consider a satisfactory vice presidential nominee and plat form out of the Democratic na tional convention. At least nominal presidential aspirants themselves. Garner and Farley were reported by colleagues to have predicated a long and confidential confer ence yesterday on the possibility that President Roosevelt will run again. Dm Mall Tr.Dune vast ads. Too Late to Classify FOR BALE 75 N. H. Red pulleta. 3 month old, 50c each. Brlnson. aouth end Chestnut St. FOR RENT The warehouee or ahop pace in rear of Wei tern Auto fe Co I year Motor Sales Co. Now oc cupied by the Hubbard Wray Cor poration. Available aoon. 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Redwood posts, shingles and lum ber. 30d N Central or 713 W. 13th. PICTURESQUE RIVER HOME Rustic style, completely furnlahed. modem home overlooking Rogue river, beautifully wooded, near fa mous palmnn and steelhead fUhlnaj pot (Pierce riffle). 9t highway. , miles Oranta Pass, half mile south of Savage rapid, 3 acrea. 300-foot highway fronts??, garden apace, unlimited Irrigation water. Low taxes, cheap l?ctrtctty. Living mom 32x10, large stone fireplace, river lew: bedroom, sleeping porch, bathroom, kitchen, storeroom, work ahop. Large front porch, porch furniture. Interior knotty fir. All conveniences pressure water aye tem. oil heat, electric range, elec tric refrigerator, piano, antique sideboard, etc. No exchange con entered, 8hown at any time or addresa owner. Rt. 1, Box 368, Grants Pass. FOR SALE Household furniture. 170S W. Main. SPECIALS Paint, all color, per gallon $1.45; canvaa rowing rot i eacn. Also large atork of tent, tarpaullna, anything for the camper. 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