The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-08-24
WONDERFUL SCENERY.
What Two Fast Walkers Saw.

The Portland Telegram gives long ac-
count q. the recent 100 mile waIk Uf rhor-
burn Ross, secretary oi the Title 6HaraEhee
aoL Trust &c. and Wallace McGamani.
mention of which was made in the D-Mo-
Graz. They were gaEe sixteen days. walk
ing ;1l miles in ten dsys, mating as high
As s6 miles IN day. gCing from Rclknap
10 EindIy mostly hy toruhiignt- below
we give the acooan; Of Tie trip iroEz Alta
ny to the Me,oIes:
The following day The trampers walked
10 Mehasna, nine miles distant, an ,.thenoe
next h(y mile farther. 10 Lyo n where
,hey took train 10 Albany, and fraa
there 70 Lebanon
Leaving Lebanon on fo9s. the passed
through Waterloo. Stopping 20 v!ex and
drink from the ane soda sp-ing there
] They followed the Cascade mountains and
Willamette Valley wagLn Eoad most IL the
var mp the S4ntIasn to Swec: Home. ard
spsen; nighs at Canyon creek ranch. This
II the abode al the Mekinnors- noted
hunting family. 4 - yeAr-osd boy in The
family killed his sarst bear az the age Il :.
and another of the hsoys has already killed
so bears. 10 say nothing Of aes- inn9mera-
BE. Il zzs ab9ut here tia: they OCH
E.encei TO Hsees the mountain troa.. and
during the next two weeks ivsssi vas ssa =
pie article Of food.
From here they wen; 10 Upper Soda, and
thence 10 'he Mountain Eo,sse. about u
mics frcsn MckinBou's, where shey speat
the night, leaying the next morning for
Fish lake
Ttey climbed the long assaen, k1owu as
the Sesea- Mil. hill. and after i hard walk
of l6 miles rssae heSi Fish lake. The lake Is
remarkable for lis complete disappearance
IN short spssce Of time daring the Summer
season One man told Mr. Ross that he he'd
passed Fish lasc ere nsorning when IL was
/ iiiesi with water. and returning thai ere
ming bad found it drained ensireiy and =
/ fine grass Eeld. This story Is produced
without veriSeatio7. bai /, IS \ fact that
within two or three days. al frequent times,
/ the lake has been entirely drained cf water
/ After a few hour rest tisssy proceeded TO
Clear lake. a very wonderful body of water
/ Its water Is clear as crystal. and the lake
I Is now where there WAS formerly fertile
I valley covered with a thick forest. Tie
outlet to this valley has evidently been
damned by molten lava flowing around it.
end making a deep eubznkment. within
which the lake was formed Through the
eissar water can be seen the great forest
still standing at its bottom. and as one
rows in boat over the lake he is tempted
TO pu. out his oar aud touch the tops OF the
/ large trees, xhich 10 the eye appears pcssi-
bic. II IS no; possible, however, as the
water covers their tops many feet deep.
The waters CT the lake are cod as ice and
we'll stocked with larg, trout
| Tie following m,Tning they started for
| the Me;o.cs, climbing the long hill known
as Sand mountain. from Clear lake 10 Big
lake. Tais brought them 10 the summit nf
/ the Cascades From Big lake maguih-
cent yiew was had nf number ct snow
clad mountain peaks, inc uding Three
Fingered Jack. AN imposing mountain
aaing its name from the character Of its
suriaoe. resembling thr@e fingers Moan;
jefferson was amoug the Others.