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TOVR MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, August 28. 1956 Hot and ColdWaters Appealing To Motorloggers at Breitenbush Cxatrfire Springs, Pishing- Streams Found at Resort f m motorlog appearing In KwtfcwMI rlojrure maa-a-sin af Th Bandar Or(oniaa. ana of aa annna) Mrlea apaaaared Jointly or The Oreira- the Oregea Stale BT KEKVIN SHOEMAKER The Breitenbush hot spring one of the longest-famed localities fa Oregon recreation and medicinal waters lore is enhr some 11 miles from one f the state's newest attractions for those who like the outdoors. This is Detroit lake, which, with Breitenbush, was the des tination of a recent motorlog tor the Oregon State Motor association and The Oregonian. Here the fast waters of the North Santiam and Breiten bush rivers are quieted behind a concrete barrier which con trols their surge at flood time. and adds a modest contribution of hydroelectric energy to the northwest power pool Recrea tion is a sideline dividend, but one which promises to become of more and more importance. Detroit lake is as new as the town that moved to escape its rising waters, and which gave Its name to the huge reservoir with many fingers extending Into surrounding stands of tim ber. The new town of Detroit is shiny, fresh painted, unclut tered. Freeway Traversed ea Trip Portlanders can thank the road builders for making this area easy of access. We drove the Oregon State Motor asso ciation white car down the Portland-Salem freeway to the Salem bypass junction with highway 22 for the first 50 miles. The next 50-odd miles weren't so fast, but it isn't much more than an hour from the Salem area to Detroit. Here, fly-fishers turn left; troilers to the right First timers at the lake might stop at the general store of John Cook one of the merchants who moved with Detroit for tips on Detroit lake fishing and for tackle they might need. Then follow the signs, begin ning at the next intersection, to Fred Solder's boat landing. Snider has 53 fishing boats, motors tor 12 at them. He berths a few cruisers and is planning ahead for the expan- iii uui i .mi h.iiid nLem JI1H...I.I . mi i Jimi 'v , t ' i J" ., t 7 - , -v. '.- .. i- " - -fS??V?SiS - T?r " rt i - ..-.-...'' - m!!.5.lv . ; Detroit lake, newly created by Detroit dam on North Santiam river, is fast becoming public playground. View across lake of Mt. Jefferson tempts travelers in white AAA ear to stop. si on of Detroit lake pleasure boating that he is sure will come. For those who turn left at the Detroit junction, the scen ery show begins immediately. The placid waters of the halted river spread out to the west of the rapidly climbing road. Then comes the white splashing of the swift-flowing river above the lake. The river and the road travel the same route, but they change altitude at differ ent rates. This gives the motor ist numerous spectacular views of the river from high up the sides of the Breitenbush can yon. Breitenbush resort is built on 160 acres of privately owned land which the proprietors say was homesteaded before the na tional forest was established. It gets its name, so the story goes, from one Peter Breiten bush, who discovered the min eral springs that abound here. It was operated for 30 years by M. D. Bruckman, who now lives in Salem after selling the place to its present operators. The whole resort area is in two divisions, about a quarter of a mile apart as the stream flows. Downstream is Breitenbush hot springs, primarily a health resort. It has a lodge with five rooms and 32 individual cabins. The larger installation up stream has a lodge with 32 rooms and 64 individual cabins, of which about half are fur nished. There Is a grocery store at each place, and a cafe at the smaller establishment. The larger establishment has a swimming pool measuring 4 Ox 100 feet with water at about 80 degrees. The pool Is an impor tant part of the resort's bathing Trip to Breitenbush country can be loop, one way via Salem, other by Skyline drive. facilities, which also include the mineral springs and the showers in the swimming pool bathhouse. Mineral Springs Named Breitenbush is a health resort This has probably frightened away a lot of healthy people who would thrill at fishing in Breitenbush river or the several mountain lakes easily reached from the resort area; or in riding horses from a nearby stable over innumerable moun tain trails; or in hiking, taking pictures, or generally enjoying a particularly attractive piece of the big outdoors. But for those who care there are 64 mineral springs here, with temperatures rang ing from 125 to 200 degrees. Some of them bear names such as "Arsenic spring," "Salt spring, "Iron spring ana "Soda spring. The hst of chemicals they boast looks like an extract from U. S. pharmacopeia. The waters of the Breiten bush river are probably only mildly medicinal, but there is a lot of curative power for fish ermen in the 10,000 trout re leased by the state game com mission along three mites of the river early in July. To Buy or Sell Use Tribune Classified Ads Easy, Just Dial 2-6141 Mother! Send him back to school in D0UBU-KIIEE JEANS K33E Your young scholar will look better and feel better in thesp y long-wearing Western Jeans designed specially for boys from four to twelve! ASPS ... v. ft Is ' I 1 TnlFah inn . ... A ii1 ar"I a Jlji M. JCJri. 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Allen ex pressing doubt that war will develop out of the current Middle Eastern Sues canal crisis: "A great deal of steam has been taken out of the Suex contro versy as a result of the London conference." Dallas New York Lawyer Dudley B. Bonsai speaking at the American Bar association convention on the impossibility of giv ing the country a security program which must presume inno cence but prove security risks guilty in the courts: "We are not convicting a person of a crime by firing him from government office, but just exercising the right of an employer assessing the character of an employee. Rome Canadian newsman William Stevenson explaining thai he and two other Western journalists were ordered out of Egypt because they learned that former top Nazi propagandist Prof. Jo- hann Von Leers masterminds Cairo s hate-Israel propaganda: "He (Von Leers) had graduated from Hitler to Peron to Nasser, He said Nasser was better than Hitler because Hitler wanted to do everything in his own lifetime, while Nasser is prepared to take his time. Clinton, Tenn. Robert Thacker, 17, one of 12 Negroes who began classes Monday with more than 700 white students at Clin ton High school in a tension-charged atmosphere: "We weren't bothered at all. But it's hard to say how we feel abou this. I hope it quiets down. A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Puis Futura Writer Washington U.R) What's new in Washington: None of the wheels are around. Ike is off golfing. The Demo cratic whip. Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas, is back home fishing and politick ing. Adlal Stevenson, Harrnaa NlcnoK w n o uucsu l live here but wants to, was at Libertyville, 111., gassing up for village-by-city campaign to find the straightest trail to the nation's capital. A hawker here was advertis ing old campaign buttons tor sale. He had a few rare ones. like one with a sunflower and Alf Landon" in the middle. Also some Willkie buttons. Bus iness was not good. mm On the brighter side, the Navy announced that sailors were nrettv hunerv last year. Not counting Navy beans, our sailors consumed over 70,000 tons ol notatoes last year. That cost us taxpayers over $4 million, but it probably was worth it. An un fed Navy is no Navy at all. Rep. Usher L. Burdick, the Republican from North Dakota, told his fans in a newsletter that he hears that the fuss over the Suez Canal, "seized by Nasser might run us into war. And the gentleman from North Dakota adds, "It will not unless we run to the defense of England like we did in World War I and World War II." by letting its century old lifeboat station give way to a radar post. The lore of Nags Head is legend For instance, nobody ever found the answer to the question: What ever became of Theodosia Burr Alston, the perky daughter of Aaron Burr? Theodosia, wife of t4ne gover nor of South Carolina, sailed out of Georgetown, S. C, in 1812 to visit her daddy in New York. Down went the ship and none aboard ever was heard from. Back here, the policeman's Association News is proud of a poem, author unknown, in which it pleads for more members. The poem: "The horse can't pull while kicking "This fact I merely mention. And he can t kick while pulling. "Which is my chief contention. "Let's imitate the good old horse. "And lead a life that's fitting, "Just pull an honest load and then "There'll be no time for kicking." The Texas and Pacific Rail road house organ called "Top ics has this latest longhorn story, it's about the oil million aire whose bankroll was so big ne naa to put it on microfilm before he could stuff it into his wallet. The United States Chamber of Commerce says that Ameri cans this month got a $20 mil lion political education. That's what it cost the advertisers, says the C of C, for radio and TV. The National Geographic News Bulletin reports that Nags Head, N. C, is giving up a ghost Court Records DISTRICT COURT Cooper Armstront; Gladney, fail ing to stop at stop sign, S10 William Allen Clemmer, overheight, 10. Robert Sherwood Hinman, follow in? too close, $15. William Henry Seibert, failing to stop at stop sign. S10. Elmer Marion Adams, overload, $30. Robert Glenn Perkins, overload, $71. Karl Merritt Proctor, overwidth. $15. Robert Charles Sanderson, over width, $15: overlenRth, $15. Jackie William Pech, overload, $38. Karl Merritt Proctor, overload, $47. 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