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ta&utunO frtniL imounb, Lfrwnu, UntuuH ThunauAt. AUuuaf 9, 1962 New H oghwcay pens Up Scenic regon Area Winnemucca-to-the-Sea Road Dedication Planned (Ediior't Note - The fol lowing wn written by ihe Mail Tribune'! Wilderville Wonder area correspondent following recent trip over most of the roads that comprise the soon-to-open Winnemucca - to - the Sea highway.) By GENEVIEVE BRIGGS The complelion of the scen ic Winnemucca to - the - Sea highway Sept. 21-22 will open up the last frontier. The route crossed both high mesas and lush green valleys. Not since the days of Fre mont's Journal, published in 1840 describing this area, and the wagon trains has this country been seen except by cattlemen, sheepmen and In dians. On this highway you can see the past, present and fu ture. For the businessman, it is the opening of a vast new frontier, a transcontinental highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific Northwest, and a faster truck service from Salt Lake City, Utah to the tea. The town of Winnemucca, Nev., is in an uproar, with trucking firms vying for ter minals and getting ready for the opening day of the high way. Belaxed Atmosphere As Richard Robinson of the Portland Oregonian said it, you are halfway to every where in Winnemucca. Here one finds a relaxed attitude towards life. The people are mindful to allow others to go on their way unmolested, getting through life with a minimum of irritation and a maximum of enjoyment. This is the code of the Old West and it produces people like Winnemucca Jim, a re tired U.S. marshal from the Tetons of Wyoming, a mas ter of tooled leather, draw ing pictures freehand and tooling them in leather. He is also a collector of guns and has on exhibit a 1612 Blun derbus or Pilgrim's gun as it is often called, and an 1833 cap and ball six-gun from Deadwood, S. D. In Winnemucca, there are casinos and churches and fat sleek cattle, golf links, mo. tcls and trailer courts. Heads to Denio Leaving Winnemucca. to the east is Treaty hill. Here the Indians settled their dis pute Shoshone lands to the east and Piute to the west. Turning north, Highway 95 stretches ahead like a ribbon of grey. Snow-capped moun tains look down upon man as he once again travels the road. Climbing out of Humboldt river canyon and over Denio mountain s 4.845 foot summit, the road heads west to Denio. The scent of sage brush, crisp and clean and the wide val ley ahead tells that this is cattle and sheep country. 10) is a little hotel. Host and hostess are Maurice and and hostess are Haurice and Barbara Bidart. Also, here is the last chance to get gasoline for 98 miles and it would be wise to have a thermos jug of water as there are no sources of water. At Denio one finds old fashioned courtesy and the true frontiersman. Mustang Smith, foreman for the Mil ler and Lux cattle and horse company, is a man who has IMWift i lln rln J haua "MAN OF VISION"-The Win-nemucca-to-lhe-Sea highway will be dedicated to Judge Chris Langslet of Lakeview, who was the principal mov ing force behind construction of the route, (Jones photo) lived all his years in a sad die, roping, branding, and herding 15,000 head of horses. Hugh W. Gould, who as a young man rode for Mil ler and Lux roping and brand ing 20,000 head of cattle and was known as "Pinto" Gould, now is a businessman. The grandson of the found er of Denio now lives in Grants Pass. It is from these men one learns of the struggles for power between the cattle bar on and the small rancher struggling for a toehold. The last great herd of 400 horses passed over this road Dec. 4, 1948. Christmas Valley Traveling north into famed Christmas valley one finds ranch homes are being pro moted for retired people. From here the traveler may turn northwest into the his toric Paradise valley, and to Boise over the Pony express route. Turning west at Denio up Alkali creek canyon, skirting Alkali lake, the traveler en ters the Charles Sheldon An telope refuge, second largest in the United States. Soon you arrive at the rim of War ner valley and can view the panorama. It is a short. distance from here to Virgin valley, home of the precious fire opals, only known commercial opal fields in the United States. These fields have been mined for 40 years. The famous Ro beling opal, weighing 17 ounces and now in the Smith sonian Institute, was found here. In 1918 the largest fire opal in the world - six pounds - was found at Rainbow ridge mine. Crossing the valley one sees Hart mountain, a massive ridge rising from the sur rounding mesa to an altitude of 8,020 feet. Ascending ab ruptly from the floor of War ner valley, the face of the mountain is cut by deep gor ges, Hart canyon, DeGarmo canyon. Potter canyon. Through the gap can be seen Guano valley. Antelope Refuge The west side is not as steep as the east, but rises gently from one level mesa to the other. Running beside the highway is Camas creek and its falls. Here the high way skirts Hart Mountain An telope refuge - 240.000 acres. Some of the older Indians re call that in the days of their fathers buffalo ranged eastern Oregon. In Lake county at. Add is the first place to get gasoline. Lake county is well named. It's the land of a thousand lakes. Crump lake. Albert lake. Goose lake, and even a Dog lake to name a few. Lake county has many at tractions, but a check with the Chamber of Commerce on road conditions is advised. Two miles from Lakeview is Old Perpetual Geyser, the largest continuous flow of hot water in the world. There is also Hole in the Ground, near ly a mile in diameter and 190 feet deep, Fort Rock, a natu ral rock formation where cavemen lived more (han 9, 000 years ago. and Lost For est, a stand of Ponderosa pine surrounded by nothing but sagebrush. Then there is Paisley, a western town that has re mained unchanged for near ly a century. The cedar soon give way to the pine, fir, and quaken as pen and green valleys, and the traveler arrives in Lake- view. Here is the home of Judge Chris Langslet, to whom this highway will be dedicated Sept. 21 and 22. The dedication plaque will read: "Thus Docs the Man of Vision Make A Dream Come True." Judge Langslet has labored long for this highway and foresaw the commercial value to the Inland empire of the Rogue and a direct route to the sea. Mount Shasta Visible Leaving Lakeview the high way goes through the tall timber and the high peaks are capped with snow. Mount Shasta is visible from here. Through green valleys of green alfalfa and grain of all sorts, fat sleek cattle and lovely ranches, the highway continues through Bly. Beat ty. and arrives at Klamath Falls. Near Klamath Falls is the Klamath Indian reserva tion. Here too, is the Klam ath Wild Life refuge, a stop over on the Pacific flyway for thousands of migratory birds which may be seen ev ery year, such as the Sandhill crane and the Klamath White pelican. Klamath lake, largest of area lakes, covers 90,000 acres. Hudson Bay trappers were its first known white visitors. Trailer parks, as well as motels and hotels are to be found here. Campgrounds are maintain ed by the state and by the U.S. Forest service. This is true of all the highway aft er leaving Adel. Skirting Klamath lake the traveler next sees Lake of the Woods shining like a jewel in the sun. It is a wa ter skier's paradise and abounds with fish. Closer to home, the high way continues on into the Rogue valley, across to Grants Pass, down the Redwood highway into California and on to the sea at Crescent City. All along the Winnemucca-to-the-Sea route there is the romance of olden times and the adventure of the new. I'll wager that you will remem ber this trip. CAMAS FALLS-Running beside the Win-nemucca-to-the-Sca highway as it progresses down the west side of Hart mountain to- wards Lakeview is Camas creek and its falls, as shown here. Russia Forced To Welsh on Promise Of Help for India New Delhi-HW-nussian of ficials have quietly informed the Indian government they will have to welsh on a prom ise of electrical equipment. Diplomats said the reasons are economic, not political. The Russian rowbark prob ably means India will not be able to reach its target of 12.7 million kilowatts by 1966. Installed capacity at the beginning of India's third five year development plan (April 1. 1961) was 5.70 mil lion kilowatts. Indian planners were count ing on the Russians to supply ppnrratnrs riurinc the third plan for roughly an additional , one million kilowatts. Current j indications are the Soviets' will be able to provide less! than half the amount. Overextension Suggested One senior diplomat sug Rested the Soviets had over-j extended their aid commit ments and were feeling the pinch for three reasons: -Pressure from the people for more consumer cood?. -Continued agricultural dif ficulties. -The high cost of staying in the space race. Russian aid for thermal power development was first announced on Sept. 12, 1939. as part of a $375 million credit. Additional power aid was announced Feb. 21. 1961, including a promise of four complete units of hydrogen orators (each with a capacity of 120.000 kilowatts) for the right bank power house of massive Bhakra dam. The upshot is another de lay in the Neyveli power sta tion in power-hungry Madras state and probable cancella tion of any Russian partici pation in a larger thermal power station programmed for Singrauli in Central India. At least one other thermal power project is likely to be delayed. The Russian commitment for the Bhakra dam extends past 1966, but the Indians were planning on being able to use some right bank power by then. Indian power ex perts are frankly worried be cause the Soviets can't be pinned down on this project. Delivery Dates Delayed First tlpoff that the Rus sians might not keep their promise came when the chair man of the Indian Central Water and Power Commis sion. S. S. Kumar, went to Russia earlier this year. Ku mar found delivery dales on a number of electrical units County To Receive Refund From State Jackson county will receive a refund of $2,396.93 from the state highway depart ment, according to a letter sent to the county court this week. The refund totals the amount the county paid in excess of its share of con struction costs for tha Ruch Littlc Applcgale section of the highway. The county had submitted a deposit of $14, 100 according to an agree ment of May 26. 1961. The county's share of the costs for the roadway was $11, 703 07. Total cost of the project was $64,319.14. Federal funds totaled $40,913. Half of the remainder was what the coun ty was required to pay. The letter said a check would be sent In the ne few days. xt Salem-'l'PI'-Alex Parks has been named as executive sec retary of the Oregon state board of dental examiners. Parks is a Portland attorney. had been delayed. He return ed to India unable to get any firm information on nine to 10 other units of 50,000 kilo watts each. Officially, the Indian gov. crnment is non-committal. A spokesman for the irrigation and power ministry told Unit ed Press International, "If this were any country but India, I might have something to jay. 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