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Debited, Hit&ensive Plans Being Made for OregCBa IFoirt Clatsop National Memorial Editor's oi: Slwestftaa is the uD ilpHa between official S k National Jftr Igni a4 Senator Sicfcgt V berger, Kho mhm islation prAiu establishment a WmA Clfrt sop ashjoealnfta fir RICHARD C.,tUW5S (U.1S. S4ceval Oregon's tfOoale tike ipecial pricfe) in hi ivi4 end dramatic pft. f atttta can equal thi ffeoiofl e history. It Txj i Orsjoa among tls nativ SrS tt newcomer, alifia. TCft if & I believe my ccmttitiiieftta are going to t flgpjilj u- prised by the decile, n4 extensive plan presently under considecation tfv he formal estlishmOrit c tt Jrort Clatsop nation! ,m morial, near Astoriv This unit of our SSstionel Park system ? hiKotic shrines was authorise T t& bill signed into 1 on May 29 by President Eisenhower, after unanimous paSssge in both the Senate end the House. Of course, e reat fleal of preliminary aiscussion tna effort preceded tha active sponsorship of the legislation by Representative Walter Norblad in the House nd by myself in the Senate Fort Clatsop National Me morial will be the first his toric shrine unoer the direct custodianship of the National Park Service ever created in tfie state of Oregon, despite Oregon's abundance of his toric riches. Minor Phase Fort Clatsop National Me morial will do far more than preserve the rebuilt version of the old log Fort Clatsop, which was erected a& part of Astoria's sesqui-centennial ob servance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1955. In deed, tnis is merely a minor phase of the preparations at ready begun by leading offi cials of the QNationai Fr Service. These elaborate plans call for a permanent headquarter? building and interpretive museum to be constructed &t a cost of at least $110,000, perhaps more. In addition, there will he built two 9tftff residences ata combined co9t of approximately $36,000. There will be continually on duty at the Fort Clatsop, Memorial a superintendent who is qualified in both his torical and administrative matters, as well as a National Park ServiceOhistorian whoso chief duty will be to deliver lectures to groups of visitors. He will cater particularly to tours of college and high- school students and others' with a special interest in tha significance of the winter bivouac in 1805-1806 of th Lewis Md Clfk Expedition, Annual Budget The annual budgetfor per sonnel at the Fort Clatsop Na tional Memorial will b di vided tentatively smong a superintendent (permanent), $7,029; historian (permanent), $4,037; laborer (permanent), $3,910; ranger-historian (part time), $1,878; and stenograph er (part-time), $1,017. These people will operate complete andP integrated his torical operation, ' so that visitors can obtain some genuine and authentic knowl edge of the bleak and event ful wiSter spent along the shores of the Pacific Ocean by the first party of Americans ever to cross our continent. The details of this operation represent the outcome of three years of careful and diligent investigation. It was in 1955 that my first bill on this subject passed Congress, directing the National Park Service to conduct a thorough survey of the possibilities of Fort Clatsop for national an shrinement. The eventual re port was favorable, vith the result that Representative Norblad and I sponsored this year the enablin legislation which officially afla fort Clatsop to our CQatiagfil Trfc system. q Shocked, Dfeiusfafi Ye it is fair to joint out that the arccolot end historians wno Studied Jort Clatsop for th4 National Ttrt Service jyere ShtrSafl and dis turbed By th && in fhich the site ad WPfciell? taes abandoned. They had grafts fio fche foresight and iftftom c$ the OregonPHistoricl Society in acquiring the immetiftte tite of the ancient ftJ, hut the report submitted to Contrast stressed that oven "Vie oreaze marked plate w(& efcolea at least three timB bsteeen 1929 and 1942. Jthoufh re covered each tima, is ftat to be removed entftrelf muring World War II to sft-ae it from being taken and soldi fti tcrap metal. The Oreon Historical Society was unable to obtain maintenanQ? assionc luring World War II, ftn he cite was neglected Coglaiiit werertiade that it & Vauaf used 'as a garbage flurry'." But the report ca? aha 2lonal Park S&rvyd W 4ouM4 qualifications of Fort Cletaop for national - historic ain status. In fact, promi- ncM figures in the service Mve aaeured me orally that, aft their opinion, Jort Clatsop Me equal historic lustre and aiamiiicence with units of the System that have been com memorated for decades and tven fenerations. Vita Plana Xhia may help to explain zhy the National Park Serv ice is proceeding with careful and painstaking plans for de velopment of the site. At least 150,000, fori example, will be spent to assure ade quate entrance roads and an ample parking area. This is eipected to be one of the principal tourist attractions on Highway 101, between British Columbia and south ern California. Total cost of developing Tori Clatsop as a National Memorial will bes somewhere in the neighborhood of $266,- 008. Pobably this sum will ba provided in the budget of the Federal government for the fiscal year 1960, which begins on Junly 1, 1959. However, some of us are requesting the full amount to be appropriated in a supple mental money bill for the 1959 fiscal year, which starts a year earlier than this. .The fate of this request is still in doubt. Littie Doubt Wa have made it in hope that at least the land area at Fort Clatsop may be dedi cated some time during Ore gon's centennial year of 1959. There is little doubt that the full sum of $266,000 ultimate ly will be appropriated by Congress, and the sole uncer tainty is the year in which tha amount will become avail able. Because of my interest in Oregon history generally and in that of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in particular, I have had a number of con ferences with Herbert E. Kahler, chief historian of the National Park Service; Leo 3. Diederich, chief of Nation al Park system planning, and ith Roy K. Appleman, staff Historian of the National Park Service. These capable career serv ants of our government have started thinking of the most intricate and specific details of tha planning for the Fort Clatsop National Memorial. They even contemplate tables and benches and bunks for the re-created fort. Chief Concern Jor example, one of their chief concerns is that com paratively few relics and memorabilia of the actual Lewis and Clark Expedition itself still are available for museum purposes. Those in existence are jealously and militantly guarded by their nresent custodians. Readers will remember the desperate court ' fight waged several years ago in St. Paul over possession of certain original diaries of Lieutenant William Clark, which had been found in a dusty attic. "It may be." Kahler told me, "that we shall have furnish the museum, at least at the beginning, with modern materials which tell the Lewis and Clark story. I have in mind slides, brochures, dio ramas and similar devices From experience, we know that many tours and busloads of school children will be visiting the Fort Clatsop Na tional Memorial. Therefore. we want to have on hand the sort of thing which will be sure to interest and fascinate them. That is why our his torian at the site will be es pecially trained and equipped to give lectures that should have appeal for young visitors of school age. Furthermore, booklet will be published for free distribution telling historically why Fort Clatsop has been saluted and hon ored." Many Oregon residents have written letters, asking me why the new shrine will be Fort Clatsop National Me morial rather than Fort Clat sop National Monument. My original intentions, at the time the first legislation was drafted in 1955, were for a National Monument. Find No Remnants However, the archaeolo gists who dug at Fort Clatsop through a wet, cold winter found no remnants which sat isfied them as stemming from the original fort erected by the explorers in 1805 and 1806. They even questioned the exact location of the site itself, but were assured by Thomas Vaughan, executive director of the Oregon His torical Society? that the loca tion had been staked out by his organization after the most searching study and re search. In the absence of any origi nal edifice to commemorate the National Park Service usually establishes a memori al. When there is some exist ing structure for enshrine ment purposes, a National Monument is more often characteristic. However, there is no real basic difference in the importance, scope or budget of the two different entities. To cite one example, the only other park system unit Just add cream to Bisquick for REAL OLD-FASHIONED STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE How is the time! riser's mm and PRODUCE COMPANY associated with the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedi tion is known as the Jeffer son National Expansion Me morial. It is located in St. Louis, at the very beginning of the great journey to the mouth of the Columbia river. This memorializes the west ward movement generally and Thomas Jefferson's nego tiation of the Louisiana Pur chase. Of course, it was Presi dent Jefferson who dis patched Lewis and Clark on their epic pilgrimage. Preserra Trail As part of the Fort Clatsop National Memorial, officials of the park service hope to preserve part of a trail ex tending from the site of the fort westward toward Sea side. They believe this was the exact path followed by members of the historic ex pedition when they visited the salt cairns on the coast. It is my plan to contact officers of the Crown-Zeller-bach Timber corporation in an effort to secure for the Fort Clatsop National Me morial a segment of virgin evergreen timber stockading this trail, so that school chil dren can see the identical trees which may have been. standing when the first west bound Americans passed this way with our flag. The exact architeecture for the headquarters building and Lumber Wholesale Firm Gets New President Portland (UPI) J. S. Hei gel has been elected new president of Dant and Rus sell, Inc., it was announced here Friday. The firm, one of the world's largest lumber wholesaling and exporting companies, maintains its head quarters here. Heigel succeeds George M. Syversen as both president and treasurer. He previous ly had been secretary-treasurer. He said there would be no basic changes in Dant and Russell policies. museum has not yet been de cided upon. As soon as the funds for developing the me morial have been appropriat ed by Congress, the San Fran cisco regional offices of the National Park Service will undertake to start upon the design of this and the other buildings. I have been informed by Kahler that, on occasion, these edifices are adapted to the general atmosphere and. traditions of the area in which they are located. For This reason I have suggested that some effort might be made to use in the Fort Clat sop museum Douglas-fir lum ber or other materials indi genous to the timbered Ore gon sea-coast. This recom mendation, I have been as sured, will be given serious consideration by the National Park Serivce at least in part of the structure. White Horse Park Opens in Josephine Grants Pass The White Horse Trailer Park on Lower River rd., near the Rogue river about seven miles west of Grants Pass will be formally opened and dedicated Satur day at 3 p.m. The new park, first in Jose phine county for the general public, has been developed under the direction of the county "park commission. Facilities include 21 trailer spaces, seven with water,' el ectric, and sewer connections, and others with water and a dry-well for waste; a utility building with shower stalls, toilets, and lavatories; and a picnic area with table and bench units, and -concrete cook-fire units. The camp is named after White Horse riffle, about a quarter-mile away on the riv er. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medferd, Oregon, aWiy, June 12, J Japanese Sailing Ship Scheduled in Portland , Portland (UPI) ' The Portland Chamber of Com merce announced Friday the scheduled arrival of the four masted Japanese training barque, Kaiwo Maru. 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