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
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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
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