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Medford Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1955 Pages 1-6 Majestic Vistas of Mid-Columbia Seen on Wallula Cutoff Motorlog Road Built Twice In 20-Year Period Tka faUwlBf to m eoadeaaatioa af a motorlof appearing la the Jdm II Issae of Northwest rot utfaxlne. The Sunday Orejo aian. It to one of an annual ae rlea sponaored Jointly by the Oregon State Motor association and The Oreg onlan. BY SIERVIN SHOEMAKER Some day the "Wallula cut- f off may be renamed "the Mc Nary Lakeshore drive." It is that kind of a highway, this 27 mile stretch between Umatilla, Or., and Wallula, Wash. On one side of the smoothly flowing roadway is the broad expanse of water in the lake eral hours. Today, 25 minutes taking highway 30 east from behind McNary dam. On the would be nothing to brag about. The route had been driven Hat rock, prominent landmark a few miles east of McNary dam, overlooks state park with green lawns, picnic tables. other, the wildly convoluted Portland and the new water level route is built for speed hills give a constantly changing three years earlier in 1928 by and comfort panorama or ruggetuy snapea Merrill N. Jenkins, a Union Pa- beauty and awe-inspiring vast- aTc railroad car inspector now McNary dam is a public view-Bess- retired and still living in Uma- ing room where salmon ascend On windless days the Wash- tilla. The route he followed was ing the ladders may be seen Ington hills 'of the far shore are 0pen oniy at times of low water through glass as in an aquarium. 4mravt as? in 4 Via til o rr nrotat 1.1 i t; A not-to-be-missed feature of the symmetrical reflection of oddly formed rocks and exhila rating vistas giving an illusion of even greater spaciousness. TtAl TTrt. n .!T1n A ' " resiucuia ui umouua tuiu hinch Wat T?vlr otata nnrlr ie other points in this area wanted a few les faxther on. tju, a shorter route to Walla Walla, k gets its name from a rock Pasco and Srxkane. At that : i n.- i The road has a geographical time it was necessary to eo m u j i.i location between points of fan- through Pendleton from Uma- tT." JS. XStZZL tdla to reach those towns, as for a million yearg OT so shown by the accompanying Just north Oregon-maP- Washington line the mart enters The state highway commis- waiiui, where the hin seem to draw back to let the portance to Northwest and even world history. It travels upstream from a point near the recently con pietea aam, wmcn is manng an sjon built the road, in about important addition to Nortn- 1932, but only after Jenkins and p", " rhrmTah 7r.A i m west Wver resources. five others had strongly urged t?erTfe WaX tee L that From Wallula, where the origl- that thev be allowed to build tnere's Wallula, the town that sal cutoff connected with an ex- ft as a toU road. fved to higher ground shortly fating road, it is only a few " " I-T8 Water rUed 0Ver mites to Richland. Wash., and Dbtaace Cut 24 Miles the old site. ho notirhu Hnnfnr1 ntnmio on. The nrevioug 80-mile distance rom here the motorist can rev installation, which played from Umatilla to Walla Walla ake .his cnoice of numerous in teresting routes. One of them which we ear- such an important part in the thus was reduced to 56 miles. anriinir f Wnrld Vffar TT There will he fpw Orpcnn Only 24 years ago, driving the cases of two fine highways be- mark;d for another day should rocky trail along the rer be- ing built along a previously' : nfouh .Pasc and Kenne tween Umatilla and Wallula was roadless route in less than 20 w,ick t0 Kwnland, the 250-pop-considered quite an achieve- years. That happened here. ulation village of some 15 years ment The second building of the tte atmJC age has One such trip was made In highway was occasioned by a brought toi a present popula 1931 by a party which included mark of Northwest progress ban r Z'.SOO the late Governor Earl Snell and building of McNary dam, which Now west out of Kennewick the Oregon State Motor asso- flooded most of the old roadbed. Toppenish (travel faster by ciation's Ray Conway. Snell was Completed in 1951. it consist- taking highway 3A out of Pros then a member of the house of ed of a general relocation of the' sfr) and back to Oregon on representatives. highway, with a raise in grade highway 97. Washington has The party also included Ed- of 13 to 28 feet in places where Jne a good Job with this part ward M. Miller, now assistant the old route was followed. of 'The Dalles-California high managing, editor of The Ore- This stretch of road with par- way. and it's effortless sailing gonian, who did a motorlog ticularly interesting modern his- up to the 3149-foot elevation of story of the flip. It took sev- tory is reached by the "motorist Satus pass. x South of Goldendale comes the most striking scenery of the Toppenish-Columbia river part of the trip. And among the best of this is Oregon's own, seen with startling abruptness as the hills spread apart on the ap proach to the Columbia. That is the vast carpet of green or golden Sherman county wheat land stretching south, east and west from the high Co lumbia river bluffs near Rufus. Come back to Oregon via The Dalles bridge for a better high way and a view of The Dalles dam a-building. The toU is 50 cents a car. Toppenish Hanford K . 1 W A b n.f . ' J. State Paric Jf Goldendale .iJlfesgV U W a. Richland ... Pasco v Walla WallulaM.. f i McNary Dam iuia- o Pendleton The Dalles WaUula cutoff replaced roundabout road via Pendleton Growing Red Seapower Said Threat to U. S. Los Angeles U.R) Adm. Rob ert B. Carney, chief of naval operations, said here tha t growth of Communist seapower in the Pacific has reduced the Allied margin of supremacy in that area "to extent." In a speech prepared for the local Advertising Club, Carney said "we must be alert to the fact that Allied supremacy is again being challenged in the Pacific." He said the fact signals a threat to the free world's Paci fic alliances. Carney said the Russian fleet is growing in numbers of mod ern cruisers, destroyers, sub marines, and airplanes and is "exerting an ever increasing in fluence in the ocean areas" where it operates. NO TRANSPORTATION TAX Washington (U.R) The Inter nal Revenue Service has ruled that a funeral director who transports a corpse in his own hearse from one city to another as part of routine mortuary ser vices is not engaged in the busi ness of transporting property for hire. Therefore he is not subject to transportation tax. Pendleton (U.R) Mrs. Ray Eckles, courageous young Pen dleton mother and housewife who spent three years in an iron lung while suffering from polio, died Tuesday in a local- hospital. HIGHWAY SYSTEM Detroit If all the rural high ways and roads and city streets in the U.S. were connected end to end, the total length would be sufficient to circle the globe at the equator 135 times. Sen. Jackson Urges Rush Jet Production Olympia, Wash. (U.R) Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) urged Tuesday that development of an intercontinental guided missile and production of jet combat planes be put on a war time rush basis. These two proposals high lighted a six-point program Jack son outlined in a speech pre pared for a Masons dinner here. Jackson said "the question of war or peace may depend" on whether- this nation or Russia gets the intercontinental missile first. Carrying atomic or hydro gen war heads, it would be able to span oceans at fantastic speeds and destroy cities or other targets. On TKe Side by e. v. Duri;ng (Distributed by King Feiluret Syndicate, Inc.) Ask me why I send to you This primrose thus bepearled with dew? I wiU whisper to your ears. The sweets of love are mixed with tears. Herrick. There are over 20,000,000 women auto; drivers in this coun try. Added to that are an un known number of millions of women who ride in automobiles but do not drive. Therefore, great consideration must be given to feminine motorists. Have you no ticed the difficulty women have in getting out of automobiles. Or, should I say extracting them selves from automobiles? The squirming they have to do, es pecially in getting out of the driver's seat must be very harm ful to their attire, especially their hosiery. Now I suggest men with inventive minds start thinking of some way to make it easier for a woman to get out of an automobile. How about a me chanism which, when a button is pressed, causes a portion of the roof above the seat to rise up? Then a woman rider or driver could stand erect and step easily and gracefully from the car. Asking Queries from clients. Q. What was the real name of Harry Lau der, the Scots comedian? A. Harry MacLennan . . . Q. Has any woman as large as Esther Williams, the film actress, ever won a Miss America or Mrs. America contest? A. Believe Collen Kay Hutchins, who won the Miss America contest a few years ago, weighed around 140 and was 5 feet 10. However, Miss Hutchins was beautifully pro portioned. She had a very small waist. Passing By Veronique Passani. Chic and charming Parisienne. Mile. Pas sani, a journalist, is the young woman who so many of those who should know say will be the next Mrs. Gregory Peck Mike Wardell. Amiable airline organ ization executive. Is trying to assemble a medley of songs about airplanes for his singing in the bathtub program. All he has been able to find so far is the one titled "Come Josephine In My Flying Machine." GAS CONSUMPTION Dallas American motorists In one year consume enough gasoline to fill a 29 inch pipe line which would stretch from a point on the earth almost to the moon. now admitted. However, they are still barred from the section known as "The Queen's Lawn." Over There To be a divorcee continues a social error insofar as the Ascot race course in England is con cerned. But not so much as for merly. 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