The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-09-15
CRATER LAKE.
By y. Glenn An,ir,,s, In the Chicag,
Record. Herald.

Crater Lake. one Of the greatest
scenic wonders Of the world. is soor
To come into its own within a very
snort nme this marvellous for.
nation. which scientists say was prob
ably caused by the blowing away OF
more than coco feet Of mountain
heights. will be easily accessible 10
all who desire to gaze from It's pre-
cipiious and rocky rim into its crys.
talline and limped depths.
The transformation necessary To
bring this about will be accomplished
largely through the instrumentality
OF Edward II. Hartman. who has
just been appointed chairman OF a
commission to open Crater Lake res
ervation to the public by means OF
good roads. Yesterday Governor
Chamberlain. who was Mr.. Harri.
mans guest AT Pelican Bay visited
Crater Lake. In company with Mr.
Hartman and a party of prominent
citizens OF Oregon. The party was
conducted by William @. Steel. the
man who labored for twenty years
increasingly TO induce the govern
ment TO preserve Crater Lake and
It's surrounding beauties by making
II national park. Mrs. Hartman
and a number OF her friends were
In the party. From Pelican Lodge.
Mr.. Harriman's new summer home,
the party went to Crater Lake By au-
tomob!le. The ride Is a rough and
dusty one, and such as only the
strongest machines can successfully
negotiate. II necessitaics, for ex-
ample. the climbing Of Is per cent
grades and more than twenty miles
Of strenuous >jolting over rocks and
through forests. The trip. however.
taken under the favorable conditions
which surrounded the IIarrimans. is
a delightful experience.
When the party reached the la;...
Mr.Harriman and his friends climb.
to the rim and gazed for the Gr,,
time upon the waters OF the lake.
more than 1000 feet below and coy.
ering the bed OF an extinct crater TO
depth OF nearly 1000 feet. The
majesty. grandeur. beauty and sub
Unity OF the scene impressed Mr..
Hartman greatly. For some min
htes no member OF the party spoke.
but all silently drank In the natural
beauties which surrounded them.
hirrored In the deep blue depth OF
the lake they saw the heavens. IN.
clouds. the trees. the towering rocks
OF many hues SO startlIngiy real iha,
IL seemed as though they themselves
were suspended In some vast uniyers.
OF space. that above them was the sill. |
ent world. pe0pled with thingh OF
beauty and grandeur. and below
them In this same illimitable space
was the twin world Of the one above
them. Mrs. Hartman was the first
To break the silence and In a measure
to dispel the illusion.
There Is nothing like II I'm the
whole world" she exclaimed, with
her hands clasped In front OF her in
an Intensity of emotion.
You are wrong. very wrong" re-
piled Mr.. Hartman. You should
have said there is nothing equal TO
II In the whole world. That is the
Dnly way 10 express It,"
Then the party fell to discussing
he scene, and Mr.. Steel was shower.
Cd with questions regarding the his.
Tory and character of the formation.
Mr.. Hartman said he thought Il was
pity that so great wonder WAS so
little known. and that Il was 50 DIFF.
1cuit to reach. Governor Chamber
ain then and there asked Mr.. Harri-
nan II he would serve on q commits.
Hon to seek the best route into Crater
lake and find ways and means Of
constructing q road over such a
quite. BESIDES Mr.. Hartman the
commission is composed of the fol-
owing
L.. II. Webster. Henry l.. Benson,
I. +. Reddy. F. II. Hopkins. Benton
lowers. J. II. Scott. G. T. Baldwin.
!. B. Wilcox. ". yawter, C. s.
ackson and Colonel F. II. Ray.
The work Of this commission will
e made easier by the advent of Har-
lman's new road through northern
aiifornia and Oregon. which is to
. made the main line OF the Shasta