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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Impressions of Journey Along diamond dawns, the myrtle tree, the miracle of the sal mon and snowcapped moun tains that rise in white glory from out of a green nowhere. An evening stroll through a meadow gave sweet peace. I saw tiny butterflies sleep ing in the meadowgrass, I heard the meadowlark and the robin sing their sunset praises and pause in their rounds of evening. TOURIST LURE Rockport, Mass - (LTD - An entire house made from news papers brings thousands of tourists each year to Pigeon Cove on picturesque Cape Ann. From Boston go north on Route 128 to Cape Ann. 21 Franciscan Missions Still Draw Many Tourists Br ARTHUR M. SPANDER United Press International Los Angeles - flJPU - Stretch ing some 600 miles along the California coast from San Diego north to Sonoma ia a chain of 21 Franciscan mis sions all still standing in part or whole that two centuries ago were the cul tural backbone of the state. Though dimmed in their glamour as tourist and his torical sites in recent years by shiny, new attractions such as Disneyland, the mis sions their crumbling adobe walls weather beaten by decades of wind and rain still draw many visitors who come to California. Built as outposts a day's journey or about 40 miles apart from each other, the missions were connected by a traveled path known as El Camino Real literally The Royal Road or The King's Highway. Today the modern stretch of U.S. 101 follows approxi mately the same path of the Spanish priests who trudged the rugged coast country to bring religion to the Indians of "Alta (Upper) California." All the 21 missions, from the first built at San Diego to the final structure at So noma some 40 miles north of San Francisco are easi ly accessible by car. Some are in the cities. Others, as San Antonia de Padua are located away from humanity Junipero Serra, generally known as the founder of the mission chain, headed north ward. The next mission was San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, built in 1770 near the pres. ent Monterey Peninsula town of Carmel about 450 miles up the coast from San Diego. Later missions were estab lished up and down El Ca mino Real. Santa Barbara, in the city of the same name and known as the Queen of the Missions, is one of the most photo graphed of all the Franciscan chapels'. Its twin bell towers are a famous sight. Highway 101 Given by Visitor reached only by a single loop of road. Most famous of the mis sions is beautiful San Juan Capistrano. Located about 60 miles south of Los Angeles, it has drawn attention for its connection with the swallows which according to legend return every Marcr 19, St. Joseph's Day, and leave Oct. 23. San Diego de Alcala, locat ed about six miles from the present city, was the first mission built, begun on July 16, 1769. From there Padre (Editor's not: The lot sands, the strange sounds of refreshment for my heart. What I see around me daily is not given everywhere - ro bins nesting in blue spruce, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 13, 19G2 lowing article wsi writUn for the Mail Tribune by Emlle Abbott. Lo Angal. as, who hat bn visiting relative in Medtord. Tha articla often her impres sions of tha trip along High way 101 in California and Oragon. Tha author ia pro fessionally associated with tha Tony Lease rad' how, "Laae on Llfa," in Holly wood, Calif., working ai as sistant to Lease. Option on copyright i ratalnad for tha Lease-Abbott enter priset.) By EMILE ABBOTT Thrre is in the heart of ev ery man the desire to return to the land of his secrets - the marketplace in a land where music has a five-ton scale and so is strange to our misty-haze. White clouds kiss high mountains like soft wool blankets. And tell me, in how many cities, is there left today a meadow for a man? Rare, in deed, but it is here. There is beauty throughout our world, but that of Oregon embraces a special blessing. Where else is the laurel and manzanita so close a friend? ' ear. a white throated sparrow al Switzerland's magnificent most tame, a springtime in Alps and Austria's grandeur, the pink and white rain of its blossoms, the sight of the black top knot quail and his mate on an evening walk, newborn cedar, the lily-of-the valley, the aspen leaf, the laurel leaf, the bay, and the daphne and fir, and the coral bell hiding by the rock. Flame colored sunsets, to be sure, are ol beauty nign beyond expression, the glory of their past and their old world present, but remember Oregon! Rafrshmni for Heart My home before, many years ago, and now once more a refuge, Oregon is a A pheasant flew up, start led and frightened me, but I found his sweet soft hidden bed. Old rocks and abandoned stone steps, and from their heights are blue mountains in a gold sunset bathed in wherever and whatever they may be. The business man encum bered with cares forgets to re member sometimes, 'but he knows it: the hustling more simple man knows, and may blush even to admit it; the sensitive man knows it al ways, frequently admits it and goes then to seek. The young have it endowed upon them at birth, and what their lives shall be will deter mine its expression. But it is there, slumbering or awake, in the heart of all men. Journey One a Year Perhaps a journey once a year is the way most of us try to express this feeling of the intangible, for it gives strength to those who would take it, and refreshes the heart for its dally t .k. And so it came to me, and once more I sought the land of the myrtle tree, the Rogue river and the C ristmas tree. Along the ocean, all the way from southern Califor nia, miles and miles, each one is a treasure. There are some things nearer prayer than the heart of man can reach. Upon a hilltop have I seen a loveliness beyond all earthly things. Wildflowers, gold, blue, flame-colored -flung like the carpe's of an cient merchants upon the hills stretching to the sea. Valleys have I seen and a blue mist drifting. Shadows hanging over mountains in the twilight, blessing me with a soft certainty; wide winged bird uplifting in flight the sheer Joy of my heart; the siJlilna ot the sil ver birch; the rushing rapids of the Smith river, proud and thunderous in the soft hours of the day; a great black ea. gle fishing for his supper from high on a rock above swirling rapids below; and still waters, too, silent with mystery mirroring clouds that in roguish play pass sweet hours not measured by instruments of men; butter flies being born from a moon beam web on a stalk of tall grass; a fleeting glimpse of a startled fawn; the soft crack ling of dry bramble as the deer, safe in their forest ref uge, came to the low mea dowhein of the trees to find their evening banquet. And the ice plant of spring, in its pule yellow dress, snug ly sitting, blossom visiting blossom feeling safe by the tva though swept by a late chill wind. Rainbows from Th Hilli Rainbows I saw from the crest of hills and I was breathless at the sight; they seemed to shatter radiance like a thousand tiny crystals in my face they were so near. The first swoel-scetitrd Hawthorne 1 found hiding north of Santa Ropa; the dog wood in white flowering glory gracing the green of the redwoods by Crescent City. All this I saw as I Journeyed to the myrtle tree; all this 1 saw in twilight for I had chosen these hours to see the shadows. The animals of the forest are hungry then, and the flowers prepare for slumber. The birds, great and mnall, arc on a hundred twilight er rands. I followed a strange one looking for his supper on the fern floor, and in the dim half-light of the red woods we went far together, until I snapped a twig on the soft leaf-mold thick at the tree's feet. The shafts of sunlight are like golden ladder to the sky, and in their filtered rays Is a special magic for the soul. I stood beneath the giant redwood - tall, silent and old. A Happy Tim To Journey early In the day at dawn, or at twilight, is perhaps a happy time to fol low this ocean pathway along Highway 101, for then you hall find more secrets to keep. My eyes have seen on ly half the wonder and beau ty of our planet Earth. There are the Inexpressible sight", the awe-inspiring, the breathtaking - of great .weeps that stretch as far as rye can see. There are the warm lush waters of the Souih Pacific, the fronds of P 1. i nodding in gentle tra-if winds above white i Cake Mixes : J 1 3 e 89c t Get in on the Shopping Fun and Exciting? Wow! A big, big food show with famous brands as star performers! You'll find an eye-stopping parade of terrific values up and down our aisles in all departments. 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