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o o (3) is 0 0 o lenovation of Crater Lake Lodge Impresses Motorloggers in Park (Around Hollywood Managers Spend mOOO to Allure Tourists to Lake Mtowfar H niduu af m ssotrrlor apprlnr Mul 7 in Karthwest rota HtilM mt Tha Sanday Ora fanism. It to one mt mm uiul aarla ipauoml jointly by tha Ore(oa State Motor aaMetattaa mmd Tba Oreronlan. BY WJJLL1AM LAMBEBT fluff Writer. Tbc OrcrouaD Crater lake, an Oregonian cnotorlogger wrote a quarter century ago, is "very beautiful. ery austere, moody and re- . markably blue in color." Twenty-five years later It looks the same, and its mys terious beauty has the same kind of impact on those who see tt for the first time, as we dis covered when we drove our white AAA motorlog ear up so its rim. There it lay before ns, a deep blue gem sparkling Id the chilly thm an. On our visit on an Oregon State Motor association -Oregonian motorlog, there was no lack of activity at Crater Lake lodge, where the father-son combination which operates it. Harry C and Harry W. Smith, were working crews at top speed to repair winter damage and complete another phase of their massive renovating proj ect. Last year the lodge was in a sad state of disrepair. This year things are better, the younger Smith pointed out as be guided the motorloggers through the rugged old building. Last year the Smiths spent 530,000 reno vating the lodge. This year they expect to spend another $50, 000. Tba cafeteria building nearby has been re roofed, new refrig. ration units have bets) in stalled in the lodge basement and extensive kitchen remodel ing has been completed. The en- rSire lodge has been rewired to service electric heating units in Cits 80-odd rooms. Plasterers were 3ust complet Map outlines highway routes Ba Orator Lake national park. - m iwa J ML Scott rises bm left baekgTMmd above Crater lake waters, described by a visitor as moody, anstere and remarkably bhVa, ing work on eight new ground floor rooms in the west wing; which the younger Smith said would be used for elderly guests who might have difficulty nego tiating stairs to the tipper rooms. A new cocktail lounge, its windows presenting a view of the lake, offered lodge guests a facility the park hasn't had be fore. 3 New furniture was being in stalled in some rooms, and ad ditional baths were being in stalled to serve rooms which previously, were without bath rooms. The Smiths had made prog ress and they were proud of it. But there still were many proj ects ahead for the lodge. Mod ernization of the old structure, said the operators, is a long un dertaking. And it is complicated by the necessity for redecorat ing and repairing rooms dam aged by the severe winters, which leave 30-foot snow drifts to melt and deluge the lodge walls with water. The lake itself, which is the key attraction in Oregon's only full-scale national park, can be seen from points along the road which follows the crater rim. Visitors reach the north en trance to the park on the Wil lamette pass highway (state highway 58), with a turnoff on to state highway 230 just north east of the park. Thia route into the park normally is free of drifts and open by June 1. From the southwest, state highway 62 from Medford open virtually the year around takes the traveler into the park at the west entrance. The east rim road, accessible from the east entrance, opens later, between July 1 and 15. Almost as interesting as some of the park scenery are the nat-1 . i3.S-;. i z-i v Xt at S. 1 :?&M't hi ' - ' ? . 1 J Travelers parked white motor log car at historic Jacksonville courthouse, now a museam. ural beauties of the country that can be seen from the high way along all the park routes. Starting from Medford, w turned our Oregon State Motor association white car first to wards historic Jacksonville, southern Oregon's oldest town. Just a few minutes drive off the route, it was well worth tha slight delay. Half hidden in the edge of a valley, the old town brings to the visitor some of the flavor of its burly gold-rush - days, when miners packed dust and nuggets gleaned from the bar ren hills and rushing creeks of the region a century ago. In the center of town is tha old Courthouse, now a museum, filled with relics of Jackson ville's wild and , woolly past. Many of the original historic buildings still stand, including the pioneer Methodist church which was built in 1853 and is still used for regular services. Albany Lineman killed By Fall From Pole Salem (U.R1 Axel (Ted) Carl son, 28, of Albany, a lineman tor Pacific Powar and Light company, was killed Tuesday whan a car snagged tha loose and of i guy wire and snapped off a power pole, plunging him 46 feet to the ground. Don Doubledee, 30, of Albany, another lineman, 'suffered shoul der and arm burns ana was taken to Santiam Memorial Hos pital at Stayton where his condi tion was reported fair. w The crew was installing the new guy wire when the pole was snapped. ' Deputy Sheriff Amos Shaw identified the driver as Tharon Stanley Valarida, 19, transient Lbean picker. He was not cited. WJLD CAT IN SUIT Huntington, Ind. (U.R) "The Wild Cat" is one of several defendants in a suit to quiet title to real estate filed in Hunt ington circuit court. Officials of the Markel Church of' the Brethren, who filed suit, said "The Wild Cat" was the alias of Pe-She-Wah, an Indian who held title to the land in the early 1800's. ty AlINt M0SBY UalM Prats Cam Hollywood U.ft Rock Hud son looked at himself objective ly today and decided his sudden rise to movie idol ranks can be laid partly to his height and made - up name. Tha tower ing, dark- hair ed actor is the first pure ro mantic cellu loid profile to Aline Mossy quiver the fan magazine set since Gregory Peck. He further is the only new male star who did not study with director Elia Kazan, ride a mo torcycle or join the torn-shirt-and-mumble school of acting. Hollywood observers guarantee Hudson's current role in direc tor George Stevens "Giant" will boost him to the big-league class. Hudson, once dubbed a male Marilyn Monroe, appears casual about his success and can dissect the reasons why he got there. He's Tall e "I'm tall, for one thing," he said. "No woman likes to look down on her leading man. A lot of other actors are shorter, aren't they? "Sure, the name Rock Hudson has helped. My real name is Roy Fitzgerald. I've always hated it," he said, and made a wry face. "I always wanted romantic roles. I haven't got the face for character parts. You have to be strong in the face for that I have a bland face." Hudson spoke in his dressing room after a make-up man added wrinkles to his bland, face (he, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean are trying hard 3to look 40 in this picture). He had his radio tuned softly to classical music and sat quietly, smoking a cigarette. Rock is not exactly talkstive, and when he does say something it is simple and di rect. , "I'va always wanted to be an actor, ever since I was a kid and saw Clark Gable in 'Hurricane,' he said. "Then Jackie Cooper got a new bicycle, which made me want to be an actor, too. "There's one disadvantage to this business, though' he added. "It used to be kinda fun to go places, but it takes the fun out of it when some dowager comes over and " draws a chair and says you have to meet my six daughters. So you just don't bother to go out any more." While Jimmy Dean and Mar lon Brando liven up the town with sports cars and bongo drums, Hudson leans more to the Peck-Gary Cooper-type life. He lives alone in a new home he recently bought on the Sunset Strip. He doesn't plan a female roommate, despite reports he'll soon marry secretary Phyllis Gates. 'Small Salary His fan mail has jumped to thousands a week. But his salary at U-I studio, where he is under contract for six more years, . is still in the three-figure class. o o Thursday, aptambar 1, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Animal Cemetery Contains 2,000 Dogs, Cats, Pets Syracuse, NoY. (U.R) "A part of my heart is buried here" (Haven because he wasn't allowed is one of the epitaphs lg Wheel's Pet Haven. The cemetery for pets, estab lished 25 years ago, has become the final resting place for al most 2,000 animals. Most are dogs and cats. But owner Adlaid B. Wheel, Sr., can show you the graves of canaries, rabbits, a monkey, parrot, goat even a 29-year-old ganderQOne plot has been reserved Qin ad vance for a horse. o He's asking for a raise come option time in November, how ever, he added. The rise of this man named gag about his name, particularly Rock has given rise to many a from Humphrey Bogart. "He should talk," says Rock. There even is a Broadway play open ing this year with the sly title, "Will success spoil Rock Hunt er?" "Russ Hunter (another actor) and I would love to go to open ing night," said Rock, flashing his famous smile! "We'd love to sit in front row-center with a baby spotlight on us." NOTICE! 0 Medford Ambulance Service NEW PHONE NUMBER 2-7151 Wheel said he started his Pet to have a pet as a child. "This has been like a baby born to me," he said. o A high mound marks the grave of the pet retriever of World War II here, Gen. Jona- tnan wainwngnt. n "Someday we hope to build a miniature tower 38 feet high an this site," Wheel said. Wheel combines his Pet Haverr enterprise with helping handi capped persons. He hires them to make caskets for the animals. Most of the graves have mark ers upright or flush with the ground. But some owners have provided stone benches as memo rials in the cemetery "One bench was given by a woman on welfare," Wheel said. "It must have been a great sacri fice to her." In another experience with a woman overly fond of her pet, Wheel recalls, "Her husband was buried in St. Agnes Cemetery. When she visited his grave, she would take the roses off the grave and put them on her dog's grave here.' Q STEAK SMOG Pasadena, Calif," (U.R) A judge found Monte Levin guilty of violating smog regulations on the basis of Inspector James H. 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