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Two Oregon Areas
Among 182 With
25 Million Acres
Today marks the 41st anni
versary of the Act of Congress
establishing the National Park
service and system in 1916, ac
cording to Superintendent Tom
Williams of Crater Lake Nation
al park.
The National parks are de
scribed as spacious land areas
of outstanding scenic or other
natural wonders which are pre
served intact for the education
and enjoyment of the people.
They are established by Con
gressional action.
. National Monuments are set
side by Presidential Proclama
tion to conserve outstanding his
torical or scientific features.
. Reorganized
There were 12 National parks
and 26 National Monuments
established prior to Aug. 25,
1916. Several of the monuments
were administered by the war
department and the department
of agriculture until 1933 when
by a Government reorganiza
tion, all monuments, military
parks, battlefield sites and other
memorials were transferred to
the National Park service.
There are now 182 acres con
taining approximately 25,100,
000 acres or three-fourths of one
per cent of the land area in the
United States.
Crater Lake National park,
established 55 years ago at the
crest of the Southern Cascades,
is one of two areas within Ore
gon The other is Oregon Caves
National Monument established
in 1909 and located in the heart
of the Siskiyou mountains.
Comparisons Mad
Comparisons between the pio
neer days of 1916 in the park
with those of 1957 bring forth
interesting data.
The Rim Lodge was first op
erated by A. L. Parkhurst, presi
dent of Crater Lake Park com
pany and first opened with din
ner at 6 p.m. on June 28, 1915.
It had been under construction
for four years. This building,
still standing, was 50 by 120
feet with four stories and con
tained 68 bedrooms. . By addi
tions through the years, the
lodge now has 114 rooms which
can house 294 people, including
approximately 90 employees.
In 1916, there were floored
tents for 100 people at the rim
and 50 more at Annie Spring.
Now there are eight deluxe cot
tage units, plus 19 cold water
cabins at the rim for accommo
dating 99 people.
Hauled by Truck
Supplies were hauled by truck
from Chiloquin, a distance of
35 miles. Water was available
at a spring one mile from the
lodge. The trail from the rim
to the lake was not built until
1917. Roads were narrow and
unpaved, with large ruts and
much dust. Road opening in the
spring was not possible in those
days generally before the middle
of July. A high powered car
could make the trip from Med
ford to Crater Lake in five
hours, 35 minutes.
' By November, 1916, there
were approximately 45 miles of
road graded and ready for pro
posed surfacing, built by a crew
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OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PORTLAND, OREGON
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ROAD FOR THE HEARTY Forty-one years
ago, the traveler to Oregon's Crater Lake
National Park was keeping his eye on a dusty
strip such as this. The picture was taken in
MODERN HIGHWAY Though the natural
beauty and scenic value of Crater Lake Na
tional Park remain the same as in its estab
lishment, 55 years ago, the paths by which
of 100 men working for ?2 per
day and board.
Travel to Crater lake in 1916
numbered 2,918 cars and 12,
265 people. In 1956. 101,861
cars and 359,840 people visited
the park, traveling 73 miles of
paved park roads.
Conservation Program
Mission 66, a ten-year conser
vation program, which began in
1957, proposes to develop and
staff all parks so as to permit
their wisest possible use with
maximum preservation of the
scenic, scientific and historic re
sources. Under this program in Crater
lake, roads are to be realigned
and portions resurfaced. A new
trail is planned near Cleetwood
cove for safer and easier access
to the lake; a new campground
containing more than 80 auto
mobile and trailer sites is under
construction near Annie Springs;
as well as rehabilitation of roads
and campsites at the rim camp
ground; encasement of Annie
Spring with installation of a
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a section of highway from Annie Springs
' to the park headquarters curves across Good
bye bridge.
25,000 gallon water tank for
campground needs; a new en
trance station at Annie Spring;
improvement of Munson Springs
system for increased water sup
ply for the Rim and headquarters
areas.
A new visitor center is plan
ned at the rim which will con
tain an auditorium and exhibit
rooms. Concession improvements
at the rim have been made and
more are planned by W. (Pop)
Smith and his son, Harry, own
ers of the Crater Lake National
Park company. A new addition
to the cafeteria was completed
last year as well as certain im
provements in lodge accommo
dations, with more modern lodg
ings programmed for the future.
Oregon Caves
Oregon Caves National Monu
ment, another phenomenon, was
originally established under the
jurisdiction of the U. S. forest
service, department of agricul
ture. It. was transferred to the
National Park service, U. S. de
partment of the interior, in 1934
with the superintendent of
Crater Lake National park as
coordinator.
The Monument contains 480
acres, with the principal attrac
tion being a large cave discov
ered by Elijah Davidson, who
followed a wounded bear into
the hitherto unknown opening
in 187.
0 Special features of the cave's
consist of spectacular formations
which cover the ceilings, walls
and floors. Though they have
the appearance of a grayish
marble, they are limestone, hard
ened and crystallized by the ac
tion of heat, pressure and carved
by circulating water over many
thousands of years. A trip
through the caves takes approxi
mately two hours.
In the old days until 1909,
when the Monument was estab
lished, there was not even a trail
to the caves. An automobile road
was completed in 1922 from the
forest service boundary to. the
caves, a distance of 8.2 miles
which formerly had to be trav
eled by horse or foot.
First Chalet
The first chalet was built in
about 1921 but was replaced by
a much more modern building
in 1934. There also are seven
comfortable duplex cabins.
Record of travel shows that
DRAMATIC
SAVINGS
STARTS MONDAY
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1916. Then, a high powered car could make
the trip from Medford to Crater Lake in five
hours, 35 minutes.
in 1910 a total of 363 people
went through the caves; by 1920
more than 1,800 people were
seeing the caves annually; in
1956, the visitation had reached
60.638. ,
The Oregon Caves company
is under contract with the Na
tional Park service to furnish
guided trips, and food and lodg
ing accommodations under the
management of R. L. Sabin.
Williams said the Mission 66
plans for Oregon Caves Nation
al Monument consist of parking
area improvements, interpretive
signs and markers, construction
of a visitor information station;
a comfort station; extension and
improvement of utility, systems
and site improvement, and an
expanded trail system. 1
The 41 years since the estab
lishment of the National Park
service has seen much progress
in development of public facil
ities in the parks, Williams con
tinued, but the increased public
use has been even greater. The
improvements and expansion of
facilities contemplated by Mis
sion 66 are calculated to bring
facilities and use into balance.
Fowler Appointed
Livestock Inspector
Robert Bruce Fowler, route
1, box 427C, Medford, is new
livestock' brand inspector for the
Medford area, according to the
state department of agriculture.
Fowler was assigned to the
new post by the department's
division of animal industry. He
served as deputy brand inspect
or for the department from 1948
to 1952, and prior to that work
ed about two years as a ranch
hand and dairyman.
Fowler will assist cattlemen
reporting stray animals or miss
ing cattle.
Among the Tuareg of the Sa
hara wastes, men, not women,
veil their faces. Fierce and fear
less, these nomads of theb lue
veil believe that hard manual
labor dishonors them. One of
their sayings is, "Shame enters
with the plow."
New York City, originally
purchased from the Indians for
S24, has an assessed realty val
ue today of more than 22 billion
dollars.
LODGE TODAY By addition and improve
ment, the Rim Lodge erected in the teens of
the century has been made into a park ac
commodation with 114 rooms which can house
OLD LODGE The first dinner served at Rim shown above, had been completed alter lour
Lodge, Crater Lake National Park, was on the years of construction work. It was four stories
tables at 6 p.m. June 28, 1915. The building, high and contained 68 bedrooms.
David Frohnmayer
Play Production in
(Editor's Note: David Frohn
mayer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Frohnmayer, 1656 Spring
St., Medford, is in' Germany
as an exchange student under
iha American Field Service
program. Tha following article
describes some of his exper
iences in Germany.)
By DAVID FROHNMAYER ,
. I certainly am finding Molln
a very wonderful place to spend
the summer. ' Each day I learn
more about life here and see
more of Germany.
In one of my previous articles
I told of Till Eulenspiegel. Last
night I witnessed the festival
honoring him and found it very
interesting. It was held out of
doors in the market place which
looks the same now as it has for
the last 401 years. Playing in it
were a group of very fine actors
from Lubeck.
To start it off came a loud ex
plosion followed by the pealing
of bells from the church. Then
the buglers and drummers,
dressed in old costumes, played
a long fanfare, and the play be
gan. It centered around the fa
bled exploits of Till Eulenspiegel
who was part liar, Robin Hood,
jester and philosopher. At any
rate, he was very clever and
made the German people happy
with his deeds. 1
Effects Good
The play wag acted very well,
and the effects were quite good.
In the last scene, Eulenspigel
dies, and by torchlight, monks
carry him slowly to. the church
yard and 'disappear as the muf
fled drums beat softly and or
gan music plays. At last, all the
lights were extinguished, and
the buildings around appeared
dim in the starlight. It had a pro
found effect upon the audience
and was certainly well received.
The community life of Molln
also includes a Schutzenfest or
shooting festival. The men of the
town dress in rtheir traditional
old costumes and compete to de
termine the king. A general from
DON'T MISS THE FUN
KIWANIS
TOWN & COUNTRY HOLIDAY
MEDFORD ARMORY
Daily Stage Show
Home Show Exhibit
Hobbies & Crafts
AUG. 22, 23, 24 & 25
DOORS OPEN 12:00 NOON
LAST DAY TODAY!
World War II is president of the
local organization and crowns
the king each year. For hundreds
of years every old, small town in
Germany holds its Schutzenfest.
I came across something in the
everyday life here that is dif
ferent, the radio programs.. All
day long only music lis played;
It ranges from Bach, Beethoven
and Brahms to the most popular
American hit tunes. "There is a
schedule printed every week of
all stations in Europe. In it I can
see the title and time of every
selection to be played in the
coming week. This is quite a nice
system. There is no advertising
so for each radio in the house
hold, a family- must pay two
D.M. (50 cents) a month.
Frozen Meals
The Rohweddens were aston
ished that we can buy a complete
frozen meal and store it for
months, then eat it. They also
were surprised that most Amer
ican housewives prepare every
meal by themselves. Here, the
more well-to-do families all have
at least one maid.
The postal system is much bet
ter here in Germany. All the bus
lines are run by the post office
and in addition to picking up
mail every hour, each bus also
has a letter box which makes
very fast service.
The movies here are quite
good, about half of them being
American -translated of course.
Among the films I have seen are
"High Society," "From Here to
Eternity" and "The Benny Good
man Story."
Modern City
Hamburg is a modern city,
since a good deal of it was destroyed-in
the war. Flames from
the burning buildings could be
seen in Molln 30 miles away. In
Hamburg I saw such American
innovations as a food - demon
strator giving samples away and
a department store so much like
Meier and Frank that I thought
I was in Portland, Ore.
The big issue now in Ger
many is " the coming elections.
Foreign Sports Cars
Talent Search
Rides & Concessions
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294 people, including about 90 employees.
There are also eight deluxe cottage units at
the rim, plus 19 cold water cabins.
Photos by National Park Service.
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Describes
G ermany
' Principal parties are the SPD
and the CDV, Adenauer's party,
Adenauer favors the NATO alii
ance while the other wants to
abolish , the new German army.
All the people I talked to favor
Adenauer. He is -quite a man;
now being more than 80, but
still as clever and as good a pol
itician as he ever was. For a
long time he was mayor of Co
logne until he refused to become
a Nazi and lost hi:, position.
During the war he went ba'ck
to private life and his favorite
hobby of growing roses. Often he
has won prizes for them and
political cartoons show him with
a rose. He is a very good leader,
and is one oft the prime reasons
for Germany's fast recovery.
Three nights ago, the foreign
minister, of Germany gave a
campaign speech in Molln. .
As I learn more about Ger
many, I hope to pass the infor
mation on in future articles.
The custom of passing the
loving cup dates back to the
early Greeks. As a peace festure
some 9,000 Macedonians and
loving cup provided' by Alex-
ander the Great. .
, The
Family Room
Air Conditioned
By Refrigeration
Private Parking
Facilities
Ample Seating
Hearing Aids
"The besf costs no more,
why accept less?
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
W. MAIN AT SIXTH
River Rights Case
Recessed for Two .
Months by Rifkind
San Francisco (IP! Special Su
preme Court Master Simon H.
Rikind Friday recessed for at
least two months the complex
Colorado river water suit after
ruling the government must lim
it its evidence concerning Indian
water claims.
Rifkind said it was his "ferv
ent hope" the case would be com
pleted by August of 1958 but not
ed "all bets are off" as far as
time was concerned if the Su
preme Court overturned his rul
ing on the Indian evidence.
f The federal government may
present evidence of ouantitv nt
use of water that would "make
up an accounting" of Indian
claims, Rifkind ruled, but it may
not present evidence on whether
the Indians had priority to the
water over non-Indian users of
the same state.
Limits Evidence '
Government altornpv nij
Warner said the 'ruling substan-
"uy iimits the government's ev
idence while -Deputy State At
torney General of California
Charles Corker said the ruling
limits rebuttal evidence to be
presented by Arizona.
Arizona attorney Mark. Wil
mer, however, believes the rul
ing may not have shortened the
government's case but did save
"Arizona a hell of a lot of mon
ey" since he no longer believes
his state will have to prove a pri
ority case against the Indians. .
Rifkind's ruling said the gov
ernment's Indian priority case
could be deferred, forgotten, or
tried in another court by one or
more special masters. He said a
decision on how to handle the
problem would come after he
had .decided 'the main issues in
the case the amounts of water
to be allocated to Arazona, Cali
fornia, Nevada, New . Mexico,
Utah and the government.
The government placed into
evidence a lease signed last Aug.
13 by the department of the 'In
terior with Colorado Enterpris
es, Inc., of Phoenix, Ariz., for
the development of some 65,000
acres of Colorado River Indian
Reservation land.
Lease Allowed
The lease was allowed into ev
idence after nearly a full day of
cross-examination of Area Indi
an Director Frederick Haverland
by Northcutt Ely, California's
chief counsel concerning the le
gality and terms of the lease.
Ely read into the record a sub
stantial portion of a letter from
Rep. Clair Engle (D-Calif.) pro
testing the interior department's
action in signing the lease before
he -was halted by a government
objection prompted by Rifkind.
..Rifkind, indicating there
would be a fall meeting and
"substantial hearings" in the
spring and summer of 1958, told
attorneys that he would give the
states and the government 30
days notice before he called the
next session of the suit. l"
Arizona filed the suit iri 1951
to quiet title to more than 3,800,
000 acre feet of water from the
Colorado annually. California is
the defendant in the action.
Through the organ is more
than 2000 years old, no music
manuscripts for it have survived
up to and including the Middle
Ages. No one knows exactly
what 'music was played on an
cient organs.
Morris