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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuaiday. August 19, 1957 Highway 97 Takes the Motorist Through the Heartland of Oregon Motorlog Party Lured by Lakes Th foilowln j a wnjfii f a motrlc &pp&rlar la Tb Kanriay Orrgoalaa. It Is ! of aa annnal aeri f travel atorie sponsored ont hr dt Th Oregnniaa aad the Orxoa btata Motor associa tion. BY HERBERT L. LABSOX fiurt wmr. TS Orwoun Assigned to investigate the "97 rarieties of vacationing" offered along C. S. hiiway 97. which bisects Oregon from The Dalles to California.! we left Portland with the Oregon State Motor as sociation' white motorlog car loaded with enough equipment to cross Africa. By "we" we mean the writer, his wife, teen-age daughter and son and a nervous Brittany spaniel named Lithia. Before our 1000-mile trip was com pleted we tramped over more lava than we ever knew had cooled on the surface of the earth. We saw it in all shapes spread like glistening black glass, piled in grotesque heaps, encasing what had been tree stumps, and ground into fine powder. We visited lakes high in the mountains, beautiful acres of dear water guarded by tall peaks and. Jagged rims. We passed vast bird refuges and saw where rivers through the ages had carved deep gorges when blocked by lava flows. On the way from The Dalles to Maupin, highway 97 hugs a wall of Tygh valley, a welcome break in the scenery. It is in Maupin that one meets the tur bulent Deschutes river and a fine view of it is to be had from the bridge on the edge of town. Dozens of fishermen were mere specks at the water's edge. Deep Cbaam Visited Few hurrying motorists take the time to visit what is called by many the Grand Canyon of Oregon. It is Cove gorge and lies five miles west of 97 at ' Culver. 35 miles north of Bend. It is a vast chasm 1000 feet deep where the Crooked river and the Deschutes fought it out for possession of a "no man's land" for unknown eons. The edge of this chasm is reached over a level road from Culver. In early afternoon we pulled Into Pioneer park in Bend and lunched at a picnic table on the lawn bordering the Deschutes river. Lava Butte, ten miles from Bend, is a unique extinct volcano with ten square miles of lava flow which came from a "blow out" at the south base of the cone. There is a paved road to the summit. Lava River Caves State park is 13 miles south and east of Bend, easily accessible from 97. Here will be found a spectacu lar tunnel a mile in length. We chose to visit Lava Casts forest A left turn was made off 31 a short distance south of Lava River Caves state park. The forest lies some ten miles in from the highway. No one should attempt this one-way road unless driving a dust-proof tank. Powdered soil filtered into the station wagon, covering the food box. clothing and baggage, It sifted into our throats, ears, and turned our hair a premature gray. The dusty trail threads Tunnels formed aces ao rait ia lava beds of Central Oregon. Molten lava buried trees. Wood bnmed away, leaving tunnel. through dust-covered trees and within minutes you are driving through weinf country so still and quiet you can hear your watch tick. This must be what is called the middle of nowhere. Before reaching the clearing where the United States Forest Service maintains picnic tables, an outdoor fireplace and rest rooms, the ear must traverse an incline strewn with hunks of lava and a hump which will hang your car up unless you drive with two wheels riding the ridge. It should be mentioned here that the Forest Service has done and is doing a magnificent job in the development of camps and picnic areas throughout this part of the country on a limited budget. Operation Outpost is the name of the Forest Service's de velopment program and we hope tt will include improvement of the Lava Casts Forest road in the future. Hiking Shoes Advised From the rest clearing a quar ter mile hike over a wooded trail brings the hiker out onto the lava flow. This is no place for high heeled hiking. Sturdy shoes are a requirement for in spection of the awesome region. Stumbling over the black mass in the stillness of utter desola tion, our young son just about hit it on the head when he said, "1 feel like an earth man visit ing Mars." Returning to 97 H is but a short run to the turnoff for Paulina and East lakes. This is one of the prettiest 13 miles experienced in the 1000 miles covered during the week. The highway is of red crushed pumice, nice contrast to the green of the Jack pines ' that border the road and cover the hills. As we entered the Paulina East Lake highway, our son commented for us: 'They've rolled out the red carpet for us." The description fit the reddish road to perfection. East lake was our destination for an overnight stay. It is a sister to Paulina, the lakes be ing only a couple of miles apart. Both lakes are a part of the Newberry crater, 40 miles south east of Bend. East and Paulina lakes are rimmed by high mountain ridges with Paulina peak pok ing her head higher into the blue sky than the others. Both lakes are spots where fishermen would like to spend the rest of their days. In this area the United States Forest Service has done a su perb job. The service operates three excellent camp grounds and a viewpoint trailer camp at East lake. Many improve ments in facilities, including a new boat landing, have been made. Certainly no camper could ask for better conditions than those offered at the two lakes. THE DAILE?0' PORTLAND r t BEND Cist Foxesr J TOKLlMATM FALLS' Excellent highways connect Portland with Central Oregon points, lead to scenic wonders. The Family Council Editor's note: The Family Council consists of a judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give advice; It merely reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors. Richard K. I'm an outcast in my own family. Susan K. He doesn't under stand sfoout faith. Richard K. At 52. I find myself a lonely man. an outcast in my own family. My wife, my four children live in their own world and seem to haS little interest in me. I was a widower with two children when I married my present wife. She belonged to a different faith, but this seemed no problem at the time of our marriage. V"e had two children and then one day I learned to my surprise that she had taken them into her church. She gave me no advance hint about this. Now I discover that the two older children have also willing ly joined my wife's church. They refuse to discuss this with me. I have begged them to consider how their own mother would feel if she knew, but they say they are of age to make their own decisions and can't consid er any parent's feelings in such a manner. I can't understand why they have all turned against me. Susan K. When we married my husband said it didn't mat ter to him what faith our chil dren were brought up in. I did not know myself what I wanted to do about the matter and did nothing at all for many years. After discussing it with a clergyman of my faith. I decid ed the children should have some religious background in my fsh. I had a feeling Rich ard would make a fuss, so I did not discuss it with him. I never ciid anything to per suade the older children to join my church. I brought them up and loved them as my own and perhaps they were influenced by my love but nothing else. They say they feel closer to me than to their father. I don't see why Richard should take such a nasty atti tude about it since he was nev er a strong one for religion in any form. He doesn't understand about faith. The Council There is some right and some wrong on both sides here and both parties should try to understand all the issues in the interest of re-establishment of family harmony. Susan was wrong to take this important step witflout a word to her husband. Whatever his faith or lack of faith, he had a right to know what was going on ; even if it occasioned a family blowup. Susan was not straightforward in the way she managed things. On the other hand, Richard's self-pittying frame of mind is CONDUCT NEWS STUDY New York HP) Dow Jones Sz. Co., Inc., publishers of the Wall Street Journal, announced Monday the firm and the Dow Jones Foundation would spon sor and finance a 12-month study to find out why many qualified young men do not seek careers in the field of journalism. all wrong. His family has not "turned against him. They have simply acceptetd a faith. His own disinterest in religion evi dently left a vacuum in his chil dren's background and when the older children saw a possibility of filling this vacuum they then reached out toward it. This is no betrayal of their father or of their dead mother. Richard's hurt feelings could be soothed somewhat if his wife and children would acknowledge that they did wrong in not con sulting him in this matter. They should show him that they will not "live in their own world" and that they love him as much as ever. Their faith certainly doesn't make him an "outcast" in the familv. (COPYRIGHT 1957 GENERAL FEATURES CORP.) When You See GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE A FREE SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets PHONE SP 2-6779 LOBBY HOTEL JACKSON Quotes From the News Br UNITED PRESS New York Movie producer-composer Boris Morros, on his 12 years as an American counterspy: "I have never been a spy before. I don't know where I found the courage to do it the first time, but believe me, to tell the truth, I don't think I could do it again." Washington Anthony Doria, former secretary-treasurer of the United Auto Workers union, on the union activities of racketeer Johnny Dio: "If Dio had one failing, it was the inability to say no to any body." New York Elder statesman and financier Bernard Baruch, on his career in Wall Street: "As I moved into public life I was to find that what I had learned about people from my speculator days applied equally to other affairs. Human nature remained human nature, whether it stood bent over a stock ticker or spoke from the White House." Beirut, Lebanon President Camilla Chamoun, on Communist infiltration into the Middle East: "I earnestly believe that Communist infiltration into the Mid dle East is highly dangerous to the very existence of the Middle East as sovereign states." Detroit Midwest Teamster leader James R. Hoffa, in a sharp verbal exchange with Michael Novak, president of the Wayne County CIO council: "There are certain people in labor who are bums and every body knows what to do with them." Detroit Buddy Parker, in a surprise announcement of his in tention to resign as Lions' football coach: "I'm'not through with football I'm just through with Detroit." Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent '"f- L Hollywood HP) Pat Boone has finished two movies and a telefilm without kissing the her- oine and he may never ex cept in special i n s t ances, he served notice today, because "a star has a moral respon sibility to his fans." "Not that I'm Aline Mosov a g a 1 n st kiss ing," the earnest, sincere new singer said. "But some of my young fans may wonder why I kiss girls on the screen when in real life I'm married. "You have to think of the in fluence you have upon the peo ple who watch you perform. This Is the Standard "Whether I will ever kill a girl on the screen, I don't know know. It depends on the script. If I decide the fans could sep arate Boone the actor from Boone the person, perhaps I would kiss a girl in a movie if the love scene were clean and wholesome, such as young lov ers or a husband and wife, the kind you would want your chil dren to see. "I never would act in a love scene that was suggestive, such as on a couch." An approved love scene, he says, could have been in his second movie for 20th Century Fox Studio, "April Love." The script called for him to almost, but not quite, kiss Shirley Jones. He was considering kissing her, but the resultant publicity made him to decide not to "o my fans would think I had been pres sured into the kiss by the di rector." Pat also just finished filming a guest appearance on "The Gale Storm Showk," to be seen on CBS-TV later thisy ear, and in tender romatic scenes with Gale he doesn't buss her, either. "I have to remember teen agers who look at the screen and do not forget I am Pat Boone," he explained. No Private Life "An entertainer has a tremen dous obligation to his fans. Some entertainers think they should be allowed to lead completely private lives and do as they please without the press of fans knowing about it. "But I think entertainers, especially those who appeal to young people, should not think that way. I don't see how a fel low who knows he influences young people can say he wants to live his own life. "I welcome the opportunity to help teen-agers by setting an ex ample. I am in a dangerous posi tion because I influence teen agers. If I should decide to smoke, I also would be hurting other bodies of people who would smoke just because I did." Church To Benefit From Widow's Will Peoria, III. (IP! The Yirst Church of Christ Scientist in Boston will received an esti mated $1,499,602 in a non-taxable bequest from the $1,972,348 estate left by Mrs. Thomas Love lace, wealthy widow and mem ber of a prominent banking and distilling family, it was disclosed Monday. The balance went to two cousins, Daniel Hamilton, Phila delphia, and Allan Hamilton, Miami, Fla., and Peoria's Brad ley University and two charit able instutions. NOT SO TENDER TRAP Grand Rapids, Mich. (IP) Parting is such sweet sorrow. A 32-year-old man needed several stitches in his lower lip when his girl friend bit him during a goodnight kiss. Lightning May Have Caused Air Disaster in Canada Issoudin, Que. (IP) A bolt of lightning may have been the cause of Sunday's crash of a chartered airliner that took 79 lives in Canada's worst air dis aster, an investigator said today. However, most experts be lieve that' either severe thunder storn turbulence or pilot fatigue resulted in the crash of -the four engine DC4 Maritime Central Airways plane. All 73 passen gers and six crew members died when the aircraft crashed and exploded Sunday in a swamp, 15 miles south of Quebec City. The craft, bound for Toronto, was carrying a group of British war veterans and their families on the return flight from a vaca tion in the British isles. U.S. authorities in Washing ton noted that in aviation annals only one crash of a commercial airliner has been blamed on lightning. In 1940, a commercial DC3 was struck by lightning over Lovettsville, Va., and plunged to earth at an estimated 300 miles an hour. Det. Lt. Martin Hcaley, in charge of the provincial inves tigation of Sunday's crash, said "nothing is known for sure, but we are not overlooking the pos sibility that the storm had some part in the accident." Dr. Schweitzer To Vacation in Europe Conakry, French West Africa (IP) Dr. Albert Schweitzer, No bel Prize-winning humanitarian, was steaming up the African coast today on his way to a brief vacation in Europe. Schweitzer left his hospital at Lambarene, French Equatorial Africa, on July 31 and boarded the steamer Brazza at Port Gentil. Boy. 7, Missing; Foul Play Feared Brazil, Ind. HP) A thousand volunteers today began an inch-by-lnch search of woodlands, water-filled mine strips and a "haunted house" area for a 7-year-old boy police are con vinced met with foul play. A general scouring of the area Monday failed to turn up any clues as to the whereabouts of Billy Earl Martin, missing since Saturday. Police said they intend to press the investigation on four fronts: Unsatisfactory results from lie detector tests submitted to by Billy's maiden aunt and an itin erant guitar player, a traveling carnival, and the search itself. Police Chief Joseph Russell said lie tests administered to Elizabeth Martin, 41. of Carbon, Ind., the maiden auni, and Harry Allen Higgins, 53, a wandering minstrel who lodged at the Mar tin home, "show a strong possi bility" both have knowledge of the boy's disappearance. Billy's mother, Mrs. William Martin, stood by Higgins, saying he "loved children he'd spend his last dime on any of them." Elmhurst, 111. (IP) A group of 150 families living in house trailers presented a unique ar gument when told they had to move to make way for a toll road. They said they had no place to go. refreshment v . . PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF MEDFORD Under appointment from Pepsi-Cola Company, New York May-June-July Broke All Records RAMBLER SALES HIGHEST IN HISTORY! American Motor Meant rr Mortfor Americana While auto industry sales as a whole are down, Rambler sales the past three months set a new all-time record ! 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