Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-07

gage, we discovered the missing luncheon
that we had mourned so much that day.
Somebody had carefully put 1t in the bot
tom of the wagon. where 1t couia not De
found until everything else had been I'M
loaded.
Then came the task of making camp and
getting supper, and 1t was gradually dis
covered that almost everything that wa:
most necessary to our comfort had been
forgotten; hence we all jumped on the
Judge But he did not seem TO mind It.
He was busy bossing the cook and re-
breaches and objurations rolled on his head
like waters from the feathers of canvas
back. We got our supper about bedtime.
and ate 1t by the light of fire or logs
the sky. 1t was a novel situation and ex-
perience for city folks, and the weird erect
of the fire light in the forest would have
fascinated an artist
Discomforts of Camping Out.
The pleasures of camping out are not ap-
parent the first night to one who is UNI
accustomed to 1t. The second night Is not
so bad; the THIRD night is little better. and
If a man can live long enough he can get
used to most anything. The worst part is
getting up In the morning. particularly II
the weather is frosty. but II you are al
lowed to lie abed there will always be a
lot of Idiots talking and laughing around
your tent. / was awakened from sound
s.umber at o'clock in the morning by the
voice OF an eminent iIietiiDef oI ZIG oicSoA
judiciary yelling:
'Cut that big fish into five pieces and fry
elm In oil!
The absence of wash basins was not no.
ticed by the ladies. Each of them had
towel which they moistened by pouring on
water from tin cup and then pushed the
dirt off their faces. Water was very scarce;
so scarce that wash basin would have
been of no service; SO the Judge was right,
after all. The Harvard giant, who was
not advised of the situation, came blunder-
ing out of his tent and wallowed in the
drinking water bucket. Everybody yelled
at him, but he is accustomed to being yelled
at and took no notice. That was the rea-
son the second table got no coffee They
objected to the cook using that water and
were too lozy to walk two miles to a spring
for more.
The Return.
But with all the drawbacks and discem-
forts and blunders. had good time:
and IL the expedition were to be repeated
we would not change a single thing The
return journey by the same trail was quite
as enjoyable. We stopped for a night and
a day at Judge Benson's fishing camp on
the banks of the Williamson river, where
"Portugee Frank'-an old sailor turned
"squaw man'-has a cabin Then we took
O steamer on klamath lake to Pelican bar
where two Minneapolis lumber millionaires
have camp, and there got one of the
best dinners we ever ate. The next morn
Ing at o'clock We started on a stage ride
over the mountaxs to the terminus of the
little switchback railroad that runs I'D to
the sawmill at Pokegama and the ma mayer
sent us on our way rejoicing in his best car
The engineer had to stop and mend some
thing about the machinery every few min
utes on the way down, but we finally
reached Thrall, our station on the Southern
Pacific, with more experience, excitement
and amusement crowded into week than
any of us had ever known before
Crater lake requires serious attention
from the government. It is one of the
greatest natural attractions on earth. AS
l have said, 1t is as sublime a piece of
scenery as the finest ford on the coast of
Norway, and resembles those masterpieces
OF nature more than anything else Com
gress should make a liberal appropriation
for the construction of roads and for build
Ing suitable hoteL which may be kept by
the custodian or leased to some competent
person; but 1t will be long time before
any kind of hotel there will pay. The
lake is SO difficult to reach and the season
Is so short The Southern Pacific railway
will build track to klamath Falls very
soon. and make the journey easy compared
to what II Is now. and the government
should encourage and assist every plan
that will bring Crater lake nearer to the
public.
Discovery Of Crater Lake.
There are various stories about the d.