DRIFTING SNOW reaches
lodge. On even mild winters
Winter, Early Spring, In
Crafer Lake Park Are The
Real Scenic Beauty Times
The winter i i andeur of Crn-ing to .Superintendent Olto M.
tcr I.iike National Park is wil- Urown. IliRhwny IS, I e a v i n j!
ncsscd by loo few people arrant -.through Hie paifc, and Ihe park
A 0r. 17, ltM
Livestock
Figures Up
An official nose rount shows cut-. overwhelm the building during an
lie, sheep, anil hog numbers in average winter when snowfall lo
Oiegon al an all time high, re-pals r0 feet,
jwrts Mrs. Elvora Horrell, cxten The w inter of I!'.I2 33 brought a
sion agricultural economist al record snowfall of over 73 feel.
Oregon Stale College. .However, recorded depths on Ihe
This year stalled with more ground al the National Park Scrv
than l'i million cattle and calves ice gage have never exceeded U
on Oregon's farms anil ranches, feel and 2 inches.
Mrs. Horrell found as she studied Stipei'inlendenl Frown explained
reiwrls from the U.S. Department that while the road is oen lo
ot Agriculliiie. This put caltle Ihe rim of Crater 1-ake. Ihe
numbers six ier cent alwive ai"warming hut'," sei-ving light re
year earlier and the highesl onjlreshnicnK is npon only on week
rreortl ends and liolidavs until ihe first
M.ci f ilii in-i-i'ii. in rattle
numbers was in beef - tvpe an-j'w "I"'" dady. For visitor enjoy
minis. Mrs. Horrell said, although!"''", a path is maintained lo n
nuhVlvpe animals also increased viewpoint where one may look
in number, lleef cow numbers ini''w" inl Crater Uike and also
Ihe slale now stand at the highest hf its Wicint Island Ihe deep
level on record, and milk cow"'1'" o( " li'k', l"idcs a sink
numbers are the highesl Mnce ;ng eontral w th Ihe snowy-whitc
rr c;U(lira wjvls. For skiers, the Nn-1;,5S-
L ,i n..L- c.,; nm,.:.lc
The m.se counl showetUivebeeflwo, skj t;.ni, fmm Him ViIlafie
rows lo every I wo milk cows in
Ihe slate, Mrs. Horrell also found.
This was in contrast lo Ihe early
l!MOs, when cow numbers in Ore
gun were alxnit evenly divided
between milk and beef.
Hogs and sheep in Ihe slate
are also more numerous than at
any time since the mid-l!WK Mrs.
Horrell added. Horse and mule,
numbers held even W illi last year1
at 45,000, still Ihe smallest num-
ber in Oregon since records we' c
started in 1IW7.
Slightly fewer chickens were
also on hand as the year started
and fewer turkey breeder hens.
Nationally, livestock trends
were reported much Ihe same as
in Oregon, except the horse and
mule numbers continued down
ward, Mrs. Horrell said. .
nearly to the third story of the
the lodge will be nearly buried
ro jjroad to Him Village ore kept open
,i. (he year except for a
ifew hours following heavy storms.
I Even in this mild winter, snow
at Park Headquarters and at Him
'Village averages 8 to 9 feet and
has formed deep drifts in places.
The giant drift in front of Cra
!ler Lake Lodge may completely
'veck in Anril, a'tcr which it w
to Park Headquarters. AH visitors
are welcome at the headquarters
building which is open daily from
8-12 and 1-5.
Jl'ICV D1SCOVKRY
HONOLULU il'PI) Christo
pher Columbus discovered both
the New World and pineapple, a
major product of its newest
t:l:ite Tlii Pinp.-mnle flrowei-s'
Association of Hawaii says the1
(ruit nativc 0f Brazil, was
found by Columbus on his second
voyage to America. The dale of
ils transplanting to the 50th state
is unknown, but the first record
ed evidence appeared in 1813.
About 80 per cent of the pine-j
apple sold in the United States
today is Hawaiian-grown,
Crater Lake
when winds
' 'naM'"'- ' v,'"' '" 1
X, ".:--'"' V : .5i' ;
AN AWESOME SIGHT in the winter and early spring months is to be found at .Crater
Lake. This typical shot of the lake shows Llao Roclc with Mt. Thielson in the dis
tance. Winter travel, reminds Superintendent Otto Brown, can be a beautiful trip.
Keep it in mind, he says, for .next year. v
POTATO CHIPS BIG BUSINESS
CINCINNATI (UP1 Potato
chips will be a billion-dollar-a-ycar
industry in another decade.
according to an official of the
Olin Malhieson Chemical Corpora
tion. Noting that the industry's
yearly sales volume is now 500
million dollars, George R. John-
i-son said sales will increase by 50
million dollars in 10 alone.
heap the snow up around the rim structure.
out Mt. Garfield in the background.
FEARS SCOTCHED
NEW YORK (UPI) Don't
think you've got the DT's if you
happen to run into a 23-foot-high,
1,600-gallon empty scotch
bottle. It's just one of three 350
pound dummies recently arrived
from Glasgow for the very so
berest type of rooftop advertis
ing, according to British Infor
mation Services.
In this picture you can make
' m It
THE COVER
This early spring shot of
Greenhorn Dam and Res
ervoir was taken an a re
cent Siskiyou County jun
ket by Herald and News
photographer Wes Gu
derian. The dam is lo
cated not far from Yreka