Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-05
DON'T YOU
WANT TO
BUTT IN
And Go With the Mazama's TO the
Summit of MI. jefferson

The Mazama's are going to cliniD
Mt. Jefferson, sometime this month
probably about the 22d. a Mazaha
Ia a wild mountain goat, but these
Mazamas that are mentioned here
are not that kind. They are thor
oughly gentle, are mostly Indigenous
TO Portland and 1T Plato's descilp-
tion of man perfectly They take
their name from the animal, now
ever. and the society was christened
on the summit OF Mt Hood in 1894
at which time Miss May Fuller,
charming young lady and bright
newspaper woman, became a Maza
ma. and. as was remarked at the
time. was not only Fuller, but Full
Ter an a goat" The objects of the So
ciety are 10 explore mountains, dis
semlnate information concerning
them, protect the forests and en-
courage mountain climbing. Be
sides this, the society carries with 1t
an assorted collection OF names, one
of which It burns into any SLICK
ear" lake, or hill. or any old thing
that Is found loafng around without
"A tag on Il. This Is OF great conven-
Ience TO campers, and especially to
such persons as miss their bearings,
for all they have TO do Is to ask the
lake or other object It's name, and
they know where they are. Besides
n makes tho objects named feel
like they amounted TO something
and gives them chance to be writ
ten about und gushed over. The So
cIety has a rule strictly forbidding
the saddling OF names Imported
from Maine containing any more
syllables than the alphabet does let
tors onto any thing II finds.
Once there was Il little lake up
north OF Mount 81. Helens In
Washington, and q splnster lady
with dark hair. and n.,e express'o"
about her chin. who palsed the earl
Ter years OF her pilgrimage In Aroo-
stock county, Maine, happened
across Il. and not seeing any brands
on Il sh, though. OF a. 'eaI mds;ci
names OF her lopg.Rgo CHILDHOOD q
home. ard she ,alled that innocent
and helpless little lake "Passadum-
Eeag," and blew the name into the
glass. That was the last ever seen
OF that lake. Two years afterward,
a couple OF piosroctCTs. came across
the place where the lake was, but Il
was dry There was notice, posted
on the tink. the little ponds last
farewei. Il stated that II had been
pert .ctly ecniegtcl until that man
with a blue shirt on had saddled
that informal name on Il. IL would
have ,tood for skoNhegan, Magagua-
davic, cauauoTRomt Moosetocma-
guntc. or any little thing like that,
but TO have TO pass the years COM
Ing to Il with the suggestive title OF
'Pass-a. aumb-keg' tackled on 10 Il
was too much. The name made II
go dry
/, will bo seen from this little true
story. how beneficial Il is TO have a
Mazama society. with q lot OF assort.
od names. warranted 20 lt, 20 md
Ian the lakelets and hills and streams
land things that are still nameless
on; In ,he woods. aud put a label on
them before some female with a
limited maglnai ~ and double
hinged tongue gets chance az them
with n Momphremagog vocabulary
Hence We should encourage the Ma
samas. from the largest William e
the smallest Mamie
The party leaves Portland. july
no aud returns on the 20. aud II yor
wan, 90 80 and be With the jolliest
incest kind OF people, aud have IN,
time OF your life. and come bach
sun-burn,d and delighted, wi,h {
tan that viii have TO wear OF. and :
rcconection that never viii; besides
accumulatlng an appetite Ike a rock
crusher, write Edmund z, sheldon
s65 Washington street. Portland. a
once. and tell him the Capital Jour
nal referred YOU 60 him for particu
lars