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eieirr MEtroHD mail-tmbune Strange Smoke Cloud On Crater Lake Gives Rise To Theories Old Volcano May Be Belching Through Lake Water Br E. p- Leavitt, Superintendent. Crater Lake National Park Crater Lake, Ore., Oct. 8 Will volcanic activity again re turn to Crater Lake, after an absence of live thousand years? This is the question to which the staff of the park have been giv ine serious thought within the last few weeks, because of a strange and unusual gas or smoke cloud which has been seen hovering over the calm blue wa ters of the lake on three differ ent occasions recently by at least three reliable observers. This smoke or gas cloud appears to have risen from the waters of the lake in the middle section at a point where the geological survey map shows the depth to be 1956 feet. This strange and peculiar dust colored cloud was first observed by Miss Linda Nowhall, fire look out on the Watchman on the west side of the lake, on September 15, who reported it as a dust colored fog or smoke cloud form ing on or arising from the wa ters of the lake. At the time, the lake was calm, the weather clear and beautiful, and there was no sign of a storm or fog condition. Apparently it was not a dust cloud caused by a slide of rock and pumice from the Crater walls, for the cloud was formed near the center of the lake, far from the walls of the crater. It the sanitary napkin with the "Cushion Center" 2 pkgs. 39c Thl "cwtnion nlr" construction glvt you CUSHION COMFORT and maximum prottdlon. Mod. by tlit moV.fi of M-D TISSUI ,Tyi-Co!a Com jxmy, Long Itland Cilv. tf. Yi. Franchised Bottler: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Medford YOUR OWN G. 5-fi., -, alTRUE GLORY Monday. Oct. t, 1945 rose sharply, then mushroomed out, and finally spread and drift ed away with the wind currents Seen Second Time The second smoke or gas cloud was seen on September 17, from the summit of Garfield Peak, by Dale Vincent, photographer, na turalist and writer, living along the Rogue river near Gold Hill, Ore., who was in the park to take photographs of the lake, On this occasion, the same dust colored cloud arose from the wa tcrs of the lake in long ribbon- like formations. It too occurred on a clear, cloudless day. The third person to observe this strange phenomena was Park Ranger Kenneth A. Hul burt on September 30. He first observed it about 11:15 a. m. from a lookout point on the west side of the lake, between Hill man peak and Llao Rock. The cloud was about 300 to 400 feet wide and extended upward to a distance of 400 to 500 feet. It was diamond shaped, narrow at the top and bottom and wider in the middle of the formation, He observed it from all the var ious lookout points along the rim, as far south as the Crater Lake lodge, and it finally drifted away much as smoke does from a forest fire. Not Slide Caused Hulbert is suvn it was not caused by a slide and there was no wind or storm condition to cause it, as the day was bright and warm with the surface of the lake perfectly calm, reflect ing magnificently the colorful crater walls and forests which surround the lake. No explanation for the strange and unusual smoke or gas cloud seems plausible, except that a blurb of smoke or gas was re leased from some of the vents which undoubtedly exist on the floor of this old extinct or dorm ant crater, and passed through tho water to escape to the air above. The staff has been direct ed to watch for recurrences of the smoke or gas formation, and efforts will be made to obtain a picture of it should the pheno mena occur again. Japs at Tule Lake Will be Guarded By Immigration Service Newell, Calif., Oct. fl Ivan Williams, representing the De partment of justice and I.t. Col. John Hazlejt, commanding of ficer of the military police bat talion now stationed here, an nounced jointly today that effective October 10 Border Guaris of the Immigration and Naturall7.ation Service of the Department of Justice will re place the military in guarding the oenmeter of the War Relo cation Authority's Tule Lake Center here. Colonel Hazlctt said the mill tary camp here wil' be abandon ed as soon after October 10 as possible. In connection with the change of the guard R. R. Best, project director, said there will be no change in the administration of Tule Lake Center, which will continue to be directed by WRA. SCIENCE MOVES FAST Columbus, O. (U.P.) A student at Ohio State University walked into the medical center. "Got an awful cold can hardly breathe," he wheezed. "Well, we can fix that up in a hurry, said Dr. William T ralchanis. "I'll spray your nose with the atomizer. "Oh, my gosh," gasped the student, "don't tell me they're using that on noses already. The Parthenon on the Acro polis at Athens is 2,383 years old. It is made entirely of marble. I.'S STORY! THE J0PS T SALE OCTOBER 17 AT A "Spot Sale" of used army automotive equipment, open to all qualified automotive dealers, will be conducted by the Office of Surplus Property, Department of Commerce, at the ordnance service command shop, at the fairgrounds October 17, starting at 9:30 a. m. Approximately 130 automo tive units will be offered most ly trucks including searchlight trucks, radio vans, weapons car riers, reconnaissance cars, l'i ton Dodge pickups, and dump, cargo and flatbed trucks. Duck hunters, fishermen, amusement park concessionaires and the members of the younger genera tion who arc interested in the bizarre and unusual will find the 28 ' 4-ton 4x4 amphibious trucks to be sold a not too difficult item of reconversion all used but ready for further service with re pairs. While purchases may not be made direct from the depart ment of commerce, those inter ested in the vehicles may consult with local dealers. Inspection of the equipment may be made Monday through Friday, from 0:00 a. m. to 3:00 p. m., by contacting the officer in charge of the ordnance service command shop. Since automotive sales are on a "where is" and "as is" basis, dealers should avail themselves of pre-sale inspection privileges in order to be assured of ultimate satisfaction. It Is Imperative with some people that once they enter 8 car they must drive like a bat out of the attic until they arrive at some particular place they have set as their destination. Never at any time will they slow down, let alone stop, to take a look at a sunset, a beauti ful view or a curious geologic formation. And as for exploring an intriguing littlo side road the very suggestion brings on apoplexy. Even if the trip is one taken solely for pleasure, the only Olive fpill Barber's $ Letter SOMETHIiW TO 'BEG' FOR- .utr.t" a l.M0"" " .. .... OOO"'"" Cvai"- i pleasure this type of driver gets is to arrive as fast as possible and by the shortest route. He pants with desire to get there: pants and steps on the gas a: id hurtles onward. My own driver is of this school of thought. Perhaps yours is too. If so, my advice is to do as I lately did and diaft a driver without this destination fixation. Ready to start, the question arose, where should we go? It didn't matter. To be on our way was all that counted. At least, "Wonder where this little road goes. Let's find out!" And so we followed the winding, up-and-down little road, the mystery what lay around one curve solved only to be on to further mysteries around other curves. That the end was an aban doned mining project seemed to justify our having placed our destination in the laps of the Gods. And then suddenly, so it seemed to me, the mine was no longer abandoned. It was an other summer and I saw men at work, intent only on making their dreams come true. Mach inery was being brought in; a sweating, straining, back-breaking task. Nothing mattered save the goal toward which they struggled. Step on the gas of lifel Keep the eyes on the road ahead Do not stop to listen to the nearby silver creek romping to the seal Be so weary at night there is no glance upward at a star studded sky! Yet in the end, their dreams lay in dust about them; must have, or there would not hae been this abandonment. I do not like to stumble onto graveyards; especially those where little dead dreams lie buried. School Girls Have Respiratory Ills New Orleans (U.R) Over 20 per cent ot all girls in New Or leans public schools are suffer ing from respiratory diseases, re ports Dr. E. F. Salerno, school board medical director. A total of 9,075 pupils In pub lic elementary and high schools have the diseases. Of these, 4,001 are girls in elementary schools, or 20.7 per cent; 970 diseased girls in high schools, or 20.3 per cent; 3,797 diseased boys in elementary schools, or 28.4 per cent. There were only 398 diseased boys in the public high schools. Statistics also showed there are 2,619 underweight boys and girls in the whole system. If you are deer hunting this year and stop to smoke and won der where the deer are, remem ber the 500 destroyed in the Till amook fire of 1945 and he sure your cigarette and match are out before you discard them. Closing time for Sunday Too Late lo claiMfy 4:00 Saturday afternoon flense remember CROWN WHEAT GERM added to home baked goodies gives them that extra delicious taste of the rich nourishing wheat kernel. Just add CROWN WHEAT GERM to your regular recipes to make them really worth begging for. aseaae" OF ROGUE RIVER Grants Pass, Oct. 8 The Jose-, phine County Pomona Grange, with membership of all subsid iary granges in the county, has gone on record as concurring with a resolution of the chamber of commerce that the surveys along the Rogue river be con tinued so that the people of the area can make a sound judgment upon the prospects and advisa bility of further development of water resources of the basin. The action of Pomona Grange was taken at a meeting at the Deer Creek Grange hall Satur day night, when some 75 mem bers endorsed the resolution drawn up by Redwood Grange at an earlier meeting. The resolution said in part: "Be it resolved for the good of the community as a whole do hereby request the combined assistance of the United States bureau of reclamation, the United States army engineers, and the United States depart ment of agriculture in studies looking toward the development of the above mentioned resources of the Rogue river watershed, because it is our sincere belief that completion of such studies and surveys is essential in order KB! fti to give adequate Information and sufficient knowledge to permit the people of the area to use sound judgment upon the pros pects and advisability of further development of water resources of the basin; and because the facts divulged to date are not yet official, that appropriate means be employed to advise the public accurately and truthfully of the nature and character of those studies." 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