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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7. 1963
Phcretif Cub
Picnic Slated
Phoenix - A picnic for
members of the Phoenix Gar
den club is planned for Fri
day, August 9 at 1 p.m., at
the home of Mrs. R. A. Klar
in, Dodge road.
A question and answer pe
riod will be conducted and
a discussion onplants also is
planned.
Those who attend should
take foodi contributions for
the picnic.
To reach the Klarin home,
officers suggested that mem
bers travel by way of Table
Rock road to Modoc road, on
which they should continue
until reaching Antioch road.
From there they should go
to Dodge road, and turn right
from it to Mrs. Klarin's home.
Woman's Relief
Cerps Holds Picnic
In Central Point
Central Point - During a
recent picnic meeting for the
Central Point Woman's Re
lief corps of the William Har
rison post, Grand Army of
Republic, members decided
that no fund raising projects
would be needed for the com
ing year. t
The event was held at the
home of Mrs. Gertrude Greb.
Mrs. Frank Smith conduct
ed the meeting.
During the month of Au
gust corps members are to at
tend funeral services for vet
erans of the Veterans Domi
ciliary at White City.
The next corps meeting
r'.so will be a picnic at the
home of Mrs. Smith. Members
are to take food contributions
and table service.
Travelers Overwhelm British Columbia City
Revelstroke, B.C. - Thou
sands of persons (689,838 so
far this year) are heading for
eastern British Columbia to
drive across Rogers pass on
Highway 1. So when these
three travelers asked the way
to the Big Bend highway we
got only stares.
For those not familiar with
the area, new 91 mile long
Rogers Pass highway between
here and Golden replaces tne
179-mile highway of gravel
which followed Columbia riv
er's "big bend" between the
two towns.
The old gravel highway,
closed in winter, made it nec
essary for travelers to drive
its rough, dusty surface be
tween the two towns or ship
their car via railroad.
We wanted to travel paved
The Misses Juli Heath and Peggy Saund
ers, Grants Pass, and Mary Wolfe, Portland
(left to right) were house guests of Dr. and
Mrs. David C. Boals and family during the
recent Southern Oregon Junior Golf cham
pionship tournament held at Rogue Valley
Country club. The three guests are shown
here with David Boals, who with his sister,
Susan, and their parents, entertained at a
dance Tuesday night at the family home,
Fairview drive. The Squires played for
dancing.
modern Rogers pass both di-
rections-east and west-so we
took the long way around
from here coming over the
pass from the east then leaving
by it headed east. While Rog
ers pass is comparable to Going-to
the -Sun highway in
Glacier park in Montana, the
Big Bend route follows along
scenic Columbia river. Today
the travel is light on the old
route and only near the end
did we encounter loaded log
ging trucks, also southbound,
but who pulled out for us to
pass when the highway wid
ened and the dust settled
enough for the driver to see.
While British Columbians
expected a rise in the num
ber of travelers seeing their
new highway with its numer
ous snowsheds, Revelstroke
was not prepared for the fan
tastically high number who
have arrived. Nightly the
more than the dozen motels,
three hotels, and numerous
camping grounds are filled
and the Chamber of Com
merce mans a booth arranging
accomodations in private
homes. The latter number av
erages more than 300 per
night, the Chamber officials
report.
We three were among the
late arrivals Thursday eve
ning as we had entered the
Revelstoke area from the
south along Highway 8, a
five-hour ferry ride on the
Upper Arrow lake and a grav
el road.
Our landlady for the night
was a Mrs. Duck who wel
comed us, but later In the eve
ning tried to discourage us
from driving the Big Bend
route. Prior to leaving Revel
stoke at 7:30 a.m. we ar
ranged for lodging for the
night.
"Back" Country
The traveler who has a lit
tle time to spend, doesn't like
freeways and wants to see a
little of the "back" country,
should plan to take the south
approach to Revelstoke.
Highway 6 goes north from
Highway 3 about 30 miles
north of Trail. From there it
winds through farming coun
try and the unpainted houses
of the Doukhobors (Russians)
are quite evident. About 20
miles north of the junction
the pavement ends and Sloan
lake comes into view, This
lake, some 30 miles long, is
followed by the highway
nearly its entire length. Sev
eral viewpoints from the
highway, more than 1,000 feet
for those who think young
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above the lake, gives the trav
eler an opportunity to view
the entire valley and moun
tain regions.
The last 10 miles of high
way are paved as one enters
Nakusp. It is here that the
ferry for Arrowhead, at the
head of Upper Arrow lake,
leaves daily at 1:30 p.m. ex
cept on Tuesdays. Restaurants
are available and since food
is not available aboard the
ferry, it is recommended that
one eats here. This commun
ity has about 1,700 population
so tourists can browse in the
shops until ferry time."
Since the ferry only carries
12 cars, the cars begin to
gather at the dock long be
fore loading time. Once the
ferry arrives we learn that all
cars must be backed into the
ferry since neither Arrow
head or Nakusp have floating
docks and the stationary dock
would interfere with the fer
ry's propellor if it were to
back in.
The ferry is finally loaded
after driver after driver had
inched their vehicles up the
steep ramp and then along the
sides of the ferry's superstructure-only
inches wider than
the cars.
During the ferry ride na
ture's unspoiled beauty can
be appreciated. Upon ap
proaching Arrowhead the fer
ry docks and the caravan of
cars heads for Revelstoke in
a column of dust.
Along this 28-mile road
there are two ferry crossings
of the Columbia river. We
were eighth in line and groan
ed when we saw the small fer
ry, but with our car last-eight
was its capacity-the ferry
pulled out from the bank. The
skipper couldn't have fitted
us in tighter if he had had a
shoe spoon.
Big Bend Trip
The story was quite differ
ent in the Big Bend trip. The
area is quiet again and our
Old Faithful was about the
only car on the road during
the first 150 miles.
At the point about 100
miles from Revelstoke where
the Columbia river makes its
swing from north to south
there is an area called Boat
Encampment. Some locked up
buildings mark the place to
day in addition to the bridge
across the Columbia. On a
bank is a stone marker telling
of the area's history.
"This was the point of
trans-shipment in fur-trading
days," the marker states.
"Boals from Fort Vancouver
on the Lower Columbia in
Washington waited for pack
trains coming over the moun
tains from Jasper House.
"First visited by David
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Thompson In 1811, this point
was for almost half a century
a meeting place for the fur
brigades of the North West
company and later of Hud
son's Bay company.
"By-passed by the rail,
roads, this historic spot was
made accessible to visitors by
the coming of the Big Bend
highway in June, 1940."
With the opening of the
Rogers pass highway, the area
again is "by-passed" by mod
em man.-P.H.
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Return
Hornbrook - Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Ward returned home
last week from a vacation
spent at Mrs. Ward's ranch
at Yoncalla, Ore.
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