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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1963)
West Side Story Quiet Upper Lake Shores Now Bustle With Meiv Suburbanite Activities owned and oper- one ot the early-day SUMMER'S COMING SO IS FISHING Rocky Point Resort ated bv Mr. and Mrj. Llovd Timmons for the last 18 vears. is on public recreation spots. The first sleeping accommodations were tents. Many visitors from large cities came to the spot to relax. Later, Charley D. Wilson, first owner, built more permament cottages. The present owners operate the lodge, coffee shop, small store, and have for public use, cabins, some modern, some not, boats and mo tors to rent, II modern trailer spaces and 10 others for more primitive living. The resort will open officially, April 20, opening day of the fishing season. Jack Fallon, seated with black Labrador Rocky, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Timmons, once had a fox farm near the resort and practically knows every stick and stone on the lake front. Woe, to reporters who make mistakes when writing about old times. By Rl'TH KING . It is possible the word Klamath. Rachel Applegale Good, in hcrK'ame from the early trappers or history of Klamath County, with other historians, says origin of the name Klamath is uncertain. One thing is certain," says Mrs. Good, "the Klamath Indians for whom the county was named did not use it or apply it to their tribe." They were, in tlie Klamath lan guage, Ouse-kanee or Oux-kanee, if they lived on the shores of the big inland lake, Ouxy-kance if their homes were on Klamath Marsh. The suffix, kanee, means people. White men, attempting to spell the Klamath word, after listen ing to its euphoney, came up with some weird combinations of vowels and consonants. Professor Gatschet, who stud ied the Klamath language in the 70s, said Mrs. Good spoiled the tribal name, "Eukshikni," and a later language student, Leslie Spier, who researched during 1925 and 1926. spells it "Aukchni." In "Oregon's Geographic names, published in 1928. are nine different spellings, Clemmat, Clamath, Klamac, Clamet. Klam- et, Tlamath, Climath, Clamite, and Clamrttile. A 10th, Athlameth. was given by the "Kalapuya" In dians to the people of this region. the traders, since many geograph ical names originated from this source. The explorer, John C. Fre mont, adopted Tlamath as more nearly the Indian pronunciation. The name could also have come from the French Clair-Metis, meaning a light mist or a cloud, since many of the early trappers and traders were of French ori gin. Regardless, "Klamath" was given to the lake we know. The present Klamath Valley was once a vast inland sea. As the Klamath River channel was formed and drainage outlets were established, the inland sea dis appeared leaving extremely fer tile sous. Upper Klamath Lake, among others, in the Basin, re mained as a portion of that one time vast body of water. While the other lakes of t h e region arc of geograpical inter est, it was on the shores of Up per Klamath Lake that today's story was developed. The coming of the first white men, some with red hair and bows and arrows unlike any the Indians had ever seen, has been chronicled many times. These men could have been the Vikings who left a rune stone in the northern part of Minnesota in 13U2. The markings on the pctroglyphs near Tulelakc, if deciphered might bear out this theory, since the carvings on the pctroglyphs have some similarities. The first white man to ex plore the Klamath country was Finian McDonald, a trapper from the Hudson Bay Company, fol-i lowed by Peter Skeen Ogdcn, w ho recalled the Clammite Indians fine men in good condition, but wretchedly clad." Came later explorers, some w ho exploited the red men, others who f te'v - k-r- IN BUSINESS The Odessa Mercantile is owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Emory Hardcastle who are well into their fourth year of busi ness. They came from Monterey, Calif., where they operated a service station because the west side of Upper Klamath Lake "looked promis ing." Traffic has increased since opening of the Dead Indian Road and tt a greatly increased tempo is anticipated with opening of the Winne-mucca-to-the-Sea Highway now under construction. Mr. and Mrs. Hard castle will build a new service garage this spring. Mrs. Hardcastle is at left. Right is an "A" frame house owned by George Vincent. It is built without windows on log runners. . , if traded fairly, white man's goods lor animal pelts. Explorer John C. Fremont buried his three victims of an In dian raid in shallow graves on Upper Klamath Lake, near the present Harriman Resort. Many many years later, my mother, the late Mrs. Raymond T. Jes ter, then living at Harriman Lodge, and Mrs. D. E. Alexander, now of Napa, Calif., found what appeared to be three graves in an open spot in the forest. On one grave was a growing plant, "fever-few," grown only in the southern states as far as knowledge goes. A leafy, deep branee." never was learned. green vegetation, it is entirely foreign to the West, according to many gardeners who have been interrogated. Still later, Indian artifact hunt ers opened the graves and re moved bright beads, a buckhorn needle, and a rusted U.S. Army button, possibly from a tunic or a jacket. The source of Die "fever-few" which in flower language of gen erations ago meant The Klamaths and the Moddcs were encircled by a reservation perimeter and the white man used the red man's lands . . . roads were opened, towns ma terialized, a war was fought be tween a handful of Modocs and men of the U.S. Army who met a wiley foe . . . timber went to market and the smoke of many (CoKinued on Page 2 Friday, April K, 19M l ' " t . ; J&S WmmmmmmmmiBmmmmmmmmmmtMmwmmwm.M n 1 1 ' .'t ''-ft-, jMJtn ifir LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW; Tomahawk Ski Bowl Inc., owned by Don Dlvens of Klamath Falls, has been a mecca for hundreds of skiers when the weatherman co operated. The ski runs enjoyed the best season in 1961 1 962 since the recreation facility was built in 1956. With almost no snowfall the past winter, skiers were not so lucky. There are five runs for advanced and beginning skiers, a Poma-lift and two rope tows, an attractive lodge, ski rental shop, and short order restaurant at the bowl. Ski lessons are also available. Tomahawk Bowl is located at the junction of the Lake of the Woods High way and the Rocky Point Road; on the timbered slope of what once was called School House Hill. A Pelican Bay logging camp was located nearby about 1910. Some of the ski trails are located on the old logging skid roads. 1 "11 J 35 t "My ' , I A 4 BSCS W FOREST HOME Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Junge, who came to America about 10 years ago from Hamburg, Germany, and 3 ' years ago to Klamath Falls, own this attrac tive, rustic home in the firs and pines on the Bob Sloan development. They spent some time in Michigan, then started looking for a new location, liked the Klamath country and settled here. Junge, a machinist, is owner of the Valley Machine and Welding. Mrs. Junge is employed at Klamath Valley Hospital. Junge built most of their home, which they named Junge's Zweifirs (two firs), for the two majestic, nearly identical trees before their door. ICE CREAM CONES GASOLINE? More and more tourists are finding the drive around Upper Klamath Lake an experience not found in many parts of America. A welcome break on the drive is Frank's Country Store at the Pioneer Guest Ranch on the Rocky Point Road where Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jakubowski can provide groceries, meats, fishing supplies, gas, oil and dairy products for campers and nearby residents. Opening date for the summer season is May I. Not too long ago, folks who lived on the west side of the lake drove to Klamath Falls or Fort Klamath for groceries. Tour ist traffic is increasing in the area. BEAUTIFUL SPOT The Herbert Fleishhacker family of San Francisco built Point Comfort between the present Harriman Lodge property and Rocky Point Resort for a summer bungalow, according to Ray Telford who came in 1904. The Fleishhacker Company became financially interested in the Klamath Development Company head ed by Gus Johnson. He later owned the property which included both Harriman Lodqe and Point Comfort which passed through several hands bfeore being acquired in 1949 by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Klinger of Hollywood. It is undergoing extensive re modeling at the present time with the possibility of being opened as a resort. Large lobby which overlooks Upper Klamath Lake has huge double stone fireplace. - r ...Jiri" ; ft "r i a -wj s. - ; " . I, -I f i ' " " "VL 11 if v'' ' '.' i rf '.'t? '4,' fV'M i ft..,. " '.: T- - ..-' .; V , 1 i - . ; (, j-n' . 7 ' ' H.- '. -vi ftl, - A J.JcIl i.' ' iAf 1,11,1 II. ,.-M' OLD LANDMARK Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sloan of Jdamath Falls are present owners of Harriman Resort. Sloan has subdivided part of the property and numerous summer and year-around homes have been built near the site of the onetime home of South ern Pacific President E. H. Harriman. The old lodge heyday was about I9I3-'I4-'15. It was named by Harriman. Mr. and Mrs. Sloan serve meals in the building in back ground and have boats for rent. Cold springs feed the creek which flows into Upper Klamath Lake. In years gone by Indian women poled their dugouts into the creek to fish. Many of the old buildings are now gone. Mr. end Mrs. Sloan live during summer months at the resort. f .. . ,. - -Uiiif, , iHrt V ill tea STILL BUILDING Many new summer homes and cabins have been built above the lake near Rocky Point Resort since it was built by Charley D. Wilson about 1900. It was later sold to A. C. Allen Sr., who operated the resort for two years. Now 88, he lives in Modford. His father, Leven Allen, built the first pleasure boat on the Upper Lake, a launch, the Agla, and A. C. Allen Sr. and his wife had the first houseboat, the "Jim Jackson." Dozens of homes, hidden from the highway above, rim the lake. Har riett Peak is in background. Rocky Point Resort has chanqed hands many timet since it was built, it now owned by Mr. end Mrs. Lloyd Timmons. Li iMitiiiifrrtr''i.itanif..iii'iiw iiwinriJi VMIwfc irrWriiiiitT niri -- FOREST SERVICE OPERATED Between 20-25 million feet of logs per year are scaled at the Pelican Scale Station at the junction of the Lake of the Woodt and the Rocky Point Resort highwayt. Probably 95 per cent of the logs taken out of the Klamath Du triet of the Winema National Forest go to mills in Klamath Fallf and ll Forett Service timber. The station, kept open all year, It manned by Art Neece and Willie Brazil.
