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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. -
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.'
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STEAK SMOG
Pasadena, Calif," (U.R) A
judge found Monte Levin guilty
of violating smog regulations on
the basis of Inspector James H.
Gilbert's report that Jje found
Levin creating smokeby broil
ing eight steaks on a barbecue
grill.
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Phone 3-536S
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