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. BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDKORD. OREGON SUNDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1963 g J Siskiyou County Historical Society Tours Hearst Family Estate By DORIS ROBINSON Mail Tribune Correspondent YREKA A rare glimpse in side the Siskiyou County estate of William Randolph Hearst family was offered earlier this month by a group of about 200 members and guests of the Sis kiyou County Historical Society. The estate, located east of the city of McCloud and on the McCloud River, is generally closed to the public. Tours. however, are occasionally ar ranged, as was tne case with the historical society outing. The full 20,000 acre property is known as the Hearst Wyn toon Tree Farm, but the sec tion visited by the historical society tour was composed of "The Village," a group of Ba varian type buildings, the Hearst family's summer home, and "The Bend," another build ing about a mile away. Hidden From Public "The Village" is well hidden from the public. It is reached by a roundabout pattern of unmarked gravel roads. The roads are so well "unmarked" that one of the bus drivers on the tour became temporarily lost. The day's outing actually be gan with a stop at the U.S. For est Service nursery near Mc Cloud. That was followed by a picnic lunch at the Fowler Campground. "The Village" was the first part of the Hearst estate visit ed. There is a large circular driveway around a lawn, cen tered by a large statue and water fountain. The cars stopped bumper to bumper in the driveway and Gerald Wet zel lectured on each house. Designed by Morgan The village was designed by Julia Morgan and the artist who painted the pictures on the buildings was William An drew Pogany. The first house called to the spectators' attention was the Brown Bear House, Hearst's residence. The pictures on it depict the story of Snow White and Rose Red. The structure is three stories and the roof is jr " W.s -" SV 'Vf RXf ANGEL HOUSE One of three Bavarian-type the family. This building was never completed buildings at The Village on the McCloud River inside. The exteriors of two other houses, Cin- in Northern California is called the Angel derella and Brown Bear, are painted with House. The Village, part of the summer estate murals depicting the fairy stories, the latter of the late William Randolph Hearst, is closed Snow White and Rose Red. to the public and only occasionally visited by gabled with heavy hand-hewn beams and rafters, from old wooden bridges of Shasta and Siskiyou Counties, the smaller beams from abandoned barns in the valley. The house is a silver tone color of the natural aged wood. Wetzel said the workmen were sent out to find wood that nat ural silver color anywhere they could get it, old barns, houses fence posts, lumber yards, just anywhere. He also said that inside the house the trim was ornate with beautifully carved ponderosa pine. All the rooms had been furnished with art objects from European countries. The wood stoves were porcelain and came from Bavaria in two of the houses. A Bear statue stood be side the building. The second house was the Cinderella House. It has murals telling the fairy story of Cin derella. There is Cinderella fly ing down the stairs, losing her slipper, a large clock denoting the time, the coach waiting, and pictures of the step-mother and her daughters. This is also a three-story house and the roof had turrets and gables and windows with ornate frames. The third house was the "An gel" House. It was never fin ished inside, although the exte rior was and a beautiful lawn with fountains and statuary of marble from Italy is on the grounds. All the furniture in tended for this house is still in crates in the storerooms, just as it came from Europe. Al though the shingles on the roof look like wood, they are tile. This is deteriorating badly now and all the houses seem to be in need of repair. The McCloud River flows at the back of all of the cottages and bends around to flow under the porch of the River Cottage, which is all white with a wide porch and white railing. A bridge crosses tne river close to the house and con nects with a movie theater which was never quite fin ished. Small Pel Cemetery There is a small pet ceme tery where the pet dogs of the family were buried just oppo site the row of houses. Many pine trees are on the grounds and the large lawn used to be used for a croquet court. The next stop was at the place called "The Bend." It is down river from the village about a mile. The original struc ture was built in 1899 by Charles S. Wheeler, San Fran cisco, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst's law yer. The present building has only one wing retained from the original building. The new building was con structed in 1945-47 by William Randolph Hearst, and he used the native black lava rock same as in the old building. The main living and dining rooms have high, Gothic ceilings and great fireplaces. Makes Horseshoe Bend The river makes a horseshoe bend around the building and can be seen Irom the great windows on either side of the dining room. The home takes its name "The Bend" because of the bend in the river. The windows are one quarter inch plate glass. The carved window frames are McCloud sugar pine, and the garden con tains more statuary and fountains. The tour's morning stop was at the U.S. Forest Service nurs ery near McCloud, one of the largest nurseries growing Pon derosa pine. The manager of the nursery gave a lecture for members of the historical society group. He explained that it was establish ed in 1947 on the McCloud flats and then supplied 3,000.0110 trees for Washington and California J-J 1 v V V I . I c3 " ' -v . ' 'i , i, -r-i Ml I b-H 1 IB 0 J I TK I h, . . , ... mm $g I tfw-sGSs . ; & i III J " ? I Portland Bus Drivers Sign New Contract PORTLAND (UP I) -Bus drivers have signed a two-year contract with Rose City Transit Co. calling for higher wages and fringe benefits. The new contract calls for a 13-cent hourly pay hike effective Nov. 1, an additional 5 cents next Nov. 1 and 5 cents more on May 1, 1965. The raise eventual ly will boost driver wages to $2.70 an hour. RIVER COTTAGE The oldest building at The and shutters, the building is one of six at The Village, part of the Northern California sum- Village. Three are three-story stucco and beam mer estate of the late William Randolph of Bavarian-type architecture. The others are Hearst, is this house which overhangs the Mc- white frame with green trim. Cloud River. Painted white with green roof In the past 10 years the 52 acres have upped production to 10.000,000 trees annually. The sandy loam found in the area is well suited for this proj ect. An overhead water system is used and the water for the sprinklers comes from a creek by natural gravity flow, and no pump is needed. Seed Is Collected All seed is collected from the forest and tab is kept on the area where it is taken so trees can be shipped back, especially the Douglas fir, at an elevation within 500 feet of origin. Cones are collected, the seed is cleaned and planted 25 to 40 to a square foot in four-foot rows by 400 feet long. The trees must be weeded, fertilized and watered. The weeds are treated with chemicals, but if this docs not get all of them, they arc pulled by hand. The seeds are planted in May and the young trees are shipped when two years old. Attention was called to the tiny seed seen cn the top of the Ponderosa Pine. It comes out of the ground that way. When the trees are harvested, a large blade is run CIA Operates on Edge of Public Awareness under the trees and the tap root cut so the roots will spread and give a good root system. A tour of the laboratory was taken following the lecture, showing how and where the seeds are tested, and the cold storage plant where they are stored. 5 Percent Interest On Prime Reisdential Loans Jackson County Mortgage & Escrow Co., Inc. 1005 E. Main St. Medford, Oregon Suites 14 and 15 (Mall Building) 773-7467 By DONALD J. MAY United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) The U.S. Central Intelligence Agen cy operates from a massive building out in the quiet coun tryside across the Potomac Riv er a few miles from Washing ton, i Except for occasions when U. S. foreign policy troubles come crushing down around it, CIA conducts its business in privacy just on the edge of public awareness. 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