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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
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ATTENDED JOHN Mc
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REAKEP IN CALIFORNIA,
EDUCATOR HIS LIT'
BROUGHT HIM FRIENDSHIP
WITH BIERCE, TWAIN. .
JOAQUIN MILLER '
AND OTHERS
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PAINTING, BROUGHT
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TO NEW YORK,
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PROCLAIMED HIA
OREGON'S FIRST
POET LAUREATE
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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.
Sunday, July 26, 1959
MAIL TRIBUNE, MeJf eri, Or.
'House Razing' Party Held in Ashland
7
Ashland - Friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Young, 1045
West Valley View dr., Ash
land, held an "old-fashioned
house razing" party recently.
Among those attending
were Mr. , and Mrs Herman
Cannon, Mr and Mrs. Homer
Webber, Mr, and Mrs.;. Sterl
ing -Fryrear, Mr, and Mrs.
Fred Winecke. Mr. and Mrs.
Art Saunders, Mrs. Rita Mur
ray, Mrs. Beverly Bergeren,
Rose Hayes, Mollie and Joe
O'Cowl and Henry Wolford.
Women served lunch for
the all-day -event.
One out of eight Americans
will enter a hospital this year.
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