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.4 . . . ' . 1 ' "5 l '9 ,1 ? 4 'i I r't v-it J Record Found Indicating Earliest Visitor at Crater Lake, Williams Says What may be the earliest record of a visitor or "tour ist" at Crater - Lake was learned recently, according to Park , Superintendent Tom Williams. W. TV Frost, snow survey supervisor tor the Soil Con servation Service, Portland, wrote Williams recently that he had stumbled upon a Sept. 9, 1865, issue of the "Owyhee Avalanche," published in Buby City, Nev., which con tained a reprint from the "Jacksonville Sentinel" (date unknown), titled "Oregon's Great Curiosity". The article is as follows: "Several of our citizens re turned last week from a visit to the Great Sunken Lake, situated in the Cascade Moun tains, about 75 miles north east from Jacksonville. This lake rivals the famous valley of Simbad the Sailor. It is thought to average 2,000 feet down to the water all around. The walls are almost perpen dicular, running down into the water and leaving no beach. "The depth of the water is unknown, and its surface is smooth and unruffled, as it lies so far below the surface of the mountains that the air currents do not affect it. Its length is estimated at 12 miles, and its width - at 10. There is an island in its cent er, having trees upon it. "No living man ever has, and probably never will,' be able to reach the water's edge. It lies silent, still and mysterious in the bosom of the 'everlasting hills', like a huge well scooped out by the hands of the giant genii of the mountains, in the un known ages gone by, and around it the primeval for ests watch and ward are keep ing. "The visiting party fired a rifle several times into the water, at an angle of 45 de grees, and were able to note several seconds of time from the report of the gun until the ball struck the water. Such seems incrediblej but it is vouched for by some of our most reliable citizens. The la"ke is certainly a most re markable curiosity. In this year of Oregon's Centennial, it is of particu lar interest to learn that Crater , lake drew interested visitors about 100 years ago. Although the party traveled only about 100 miles, they must have been hard miles, for there could have been little or no roads available to them, Williams noted. Scene Little Changed Today, 94 years later, Crat er lake attracts well over 31)0,000 people each year. Ex cept for roads to make the scene accessible, and other facilities necessary to shelter and feed visitors, Williams be lieves the scene is little changed since the Jackson ville party saw it. In 1916, Congress created the National Park Service to regulate the use of national parks and monuments by such means and measures as to' conserve the scenery .and the natural and historic ob jects and the wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoy- A government study found that annulment and divorce rates are highest and the prob ability of second and third marriages greatest among wo men who were wed for the first time at the age of 19 or younger. The African Gray Parrot is known to survive . as long as 80 years in captivity. ment of the same inv such manner . and by such means as will leave them unim paired for the enjoyment of future generations. Over the years the National Park Service has resisted applica tions for developments that are inconsistent with that mandate from Congress. Faced now with .the rapid ly increasing use of the parks, the National Park Service has embarked upon a 10-year conservation program known as Mission 66, which is de signed to protect and con serve those natural features for which the parks were set aside,' by proper develop ment, and adequate staffing to insure proper use, and yet leave the areas, Crater Lake foremost among them, in their natural state, Williams said. $OZH IN OREGON CfTV, AS A CH1LP HE ATTENDED JOHN Mc tOUGHUN FUNERAL, REAKEP IN CALIFORNIA, EDUCATOR HIS LIT' BROUGHT HIM FRIENDSHIP WITH BIERCE, TWAIN. . JOAQUIN MILLER ' AND OTHERS A1A.fi WITH THE HOE 'SUG GESTED W MILLET'S PAINTING, BROUGHT HIM INTERNATIONAL FAME-...HE MOVED TO NEW YORK, DEVOTE p HIMSELF TO WRITING, PRO PUCE? UNTIL HE WAS PAST 0 . HPAtK ft Twf mrotf UWiSOt COMMITTB WALTER PIERCE PROCLAIMED HIA OREGON'S FIRST POET LAUREATE (MS) . v f. 4-H Club News Saddleliies A meeting of the Saddlelites was held July 6 at the farm of Chris Prentice, where a demonstration on fitting and showmanship was given by Mrs. Larry Hammond, former club member. Members discussed the ride scheduled for July 25 into Seven Lakes -Dasin. Commit tee members "Verna Adams, Sharon O'Connors and Diane Hittle were named , to plan the food. Saddlelites at, the Phoenix pre -fair demonstrated two classes that will be in the 4-H fair .in August. Sharon O'Con nors, Chris Prentice and Eloise Harbert demonstrated halter showmanship and John Hughes, Edna Welch, Jim An derson and Sheila Franklin demonstrated western pleas ure riding. Diane Hittle, Reporter . In 1956, the latest year for which figures are available, the average age of American males marrying for the first time was 23.1 years and for females 20.2 years. 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