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. Divorcees formerly barred
from the Ascot enclosure are
Sidelights
Most women who are exces
sively plump are that way be
cause they are neurotic, frus
trated and emotionally imma
ture. Or, so claims Dr. Leonid
Kotkin in his monumental work
titled "Eat, Think and Be Slen
der" . . . Reported being groomed
to oppose Hugh Blue in the next
election for president of the My
Name Is a Poem Club is Lynne
Wynne Flynn of Boston, Mass.
She is being sponsored by Truly
Dooley of Providence, R. I.
Says She
"So the women marines con
sider themselves the best dressed
women in the United States
armed forces," writes a member
of the WAVES. "How terribly
amusing. However, I will say the
women marines have had their
appearance bettered by an ap
parent improvement in the
girdles furnished them. That
hippy look of theirs has been
slightly decreased."
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