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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
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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
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Portland Bus Drivers
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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.
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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.
One of these sudden plunges
into headlines took place re
cently as part of the political
crisis in South Viet Nam which,
with vast U.S. assistance, is
fighting off Communist guer
rillas from North Viet Nam.
John H. Richardson, whose
public title was first secretary
of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon,
was identified in newspapers as
really the CIA chief there. He
later was transferred. The agen
cy itself was accused in print of
following policies independent of
Washington.
President Kennedy, in a press
conference Oct. 9. praised Rich
ardson as "a very dedicated
public servant" and assured
newsmen "flatly that the CIA
has not carried out independ
ent activities."
Questions Remain
There the matter was sup
posed to end. But there re
main a number of questions
about U.S. activities in Viet
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Washington, D.C. (UPI)
Nam, wholly or in part con
nected with CIA, which have
never been explained.
One was the setting up in 1961
of special Vietnamese military
units called the "Special Forc- With U.S. assistance, they
es" - or rather the way they we patterned after "Special
were set up. lhese are cute
forces specially trained
counter-guerrilla warfare.
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Forces" which the United States
also has and which train at Ft.
Bragg, N.C.
Though the Vietnamese Spe
cial Forces are technically part
of the local army, they were
set up in 1961 to take their or
ders, in effect, directly from the
Saigon palace rather than
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Recreational De
velopment Association Thursday
at a meeting here formed a
committee to obtain needed
$6,000 by private subscription.
Appointed to the committee
were CORDA President Earl M.
Miller, .lackson County judge;
David Irving, director represent
ing Pacific Power and Light
Company; and CORDA Execu
tive Vice President Charles Col
lins. The association members
agreed that state highway offic
ials should be asked to improve
i the appearance of future barrow
; pits.
The association approved the
fiscal year 1963-64 program sub
mitted by Collins. More of the
association's time should be con
centrated on development of rec
reation areas in Modoc County,
Calif., it was agreed.
This would include develop
ment o( the historic cavalry post
of Fort Bidwell and promotion of
the Modoc hotsprings. A Modoc
museum and tourist center
should be developed also, it was
agreed.
Highlights of the meeting were
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through the Vietnamese gener
al staff.
Inside the palace, President
Ngo Dinh Diem's brother, Ngo
Dinh Nhu, took a particular in
terest in the Special Forces.
On Aug. 21, when Nhu engi
neered government raids
against Buddhists, he called on
one unit of the Special Forces
to assist. This unit stood guard
outside while Vietnamese police
entered and raided Buddhist
pagodas.
Later it was reported from
Saigon that the Special Forces
were paid from CIA funds.
Washington officials have never
confirmed this. The state and
defense departments will say
only that the financing of the
units is "classified."
It is known that CIA main
tained a close working rela
tionship with the units.
It also has been learned re
liably that Richardson, the sup
posed U.S. Embassy "first sec
retary," was under explicit in
structions from Washington to
cultivate Nhu.
Works Both Sides
The United States was Ihus
working "both sides of the
street" in Viet Nam main
taining an overt relationship
with President Diem and a co
vert one with Nhu.
In the "gold fish bowl" of
Saigon, it developed, a great
number of people knew who
Richardson was, and they knew
at least a bit about CIA's ties
with Nhu. Not only Vietnamese
sources but a number of U.S.
officials were outraged over
this and denounced CIA and
Richardson to American re
porters. It was another case like
the Cuban Bay of Pigs inva
sion in which CIA apparently
had operated under very shal
low "cover."
So far as has been made pub
lic, no U.S. official in Saigon
has been disciplined for blab
bing on CIA.
In fairness to the agency, it
must be said that no Washing
ton news reporter can claim to
have the full story of this or
any other flap over CIA. Much
of what CIA did in Viet Nam is
presumably still unknown and
probably always will be.
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