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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15

some years ago, 1 said That color
must be exaggerated" but it was not
Tahoe is wonderful in it's color. but 1t
can not compare with Crater lake.
Aside from the lake itself and the
story of it's origin, its setting has much
to attract the nature lover. Here is
the charm of the wild. The spell of
It's loneliness has not been broken nor
the bloom of it rubbed off by crowds
You do not find the tin cans of an in
vading civilization, nor fools names
staring at you from tree and rock
The lake has been made a resort"
and fenced about by the boundaries of
a national park" but the simon-pure
wilderness, so hard to find today, is
still here.
Still. the ancient peace of the region
is threatened. not because Mr. Harri-
man has a lodge in the neighborhood
but because Mr.. Hartman is mighty
hunter in the jungles of high finance
and Ia pushing a railroad line into the
dark canyons behind and below-Crater
lake, getting as near as he can to this
primeval shrine on the way to the civil
ICED valleys Of Oregon. Presently the
solitude will be broken by host who
will have sight but not insight Curl
osity but not Imagination. and who will
care chiefly to say that they have been
there and will only nalf care for what
they found.
The Crater lake region is reached
on the north from the Southern Pacific
line in Rogue river valley, starting
from Ashland or Medford. The dis
lance from the latter point is about So
miles. The road up the Rogue river
shows dne canyons, rapids and water
falls and offers many tempting RIFLES
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15
:. II Green old Age :.

T HE most ancient living thing on
earth is a tree. Exactly where
that tree stands is a mooted question.
for many localities lay claim to 1t;
but there have been scientists curious
enough to Investigate the various
claims, and we can probably arrive at
a pretty exact result by few compar-
isons says the New York Times.
Recently somebody has put forth the
claim of the so called "Old Green
Tree Of the Mississippi Valley" which
stands near the river in LIE Claire.
Iowa. It's trunk Is more than 100 feet
In circumference. and its branches
shade a circle Of more than 500 feet.
It was an ancient tree when the first
white man stood under its branches.
and has q place in the traditions OF
the Indian tribes Of the Mississippi
valley dating back long. long before
the first white face was seen on the
shores OF the western world.
There are certain yews In England
that were stalwart trees when Caesar
landed on her shores More than a
century ago a scientist named Ocean
dole proved to the satisfaction of bot
anists that a certain yew standing in
the churchyard of Portugal, Perth
shire, was more than $500 years old,
and he found another at Hedsor, in
Buclas, which was s.24O years old at
that time
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15

Mount Hood or Mount Rainier. The
rim. that must have been torn and
ragged once. now appears smooth and
rounded in the distance, irregular but
worn by the elements, and with cir
cular sweep which can not be mistaken.
It's prominence is marked; it is a fea-
ture OF the range which can not be
overlooked. and when you know that
Crater lake lies within that uplifted
circle it is easy to realize that you are
looking at and climbing up the base
of a great mountain which has lost its
head. If this broken cone were car
ried up along it's original lines, the
lower portions of which are here be-
fore your eye. 1t would have an alti-
tude. biologists say, as great and
possibly greater than that of Mount
shasta. Now it is a mountain as
clearly deprived of its peak as the
statue of Winged Victory is of its
head.
HOW 1T LOST ITS HEAD
Biologists point out that Kilauea. in
the Hawaiian group. in 1910 broke
hole in its wall 5000 feet below the
summit, the weakened structure after
ward collapsing and falling into the
molten mass below. This is what oc-
Cured here. Mount Mazama. as 1t has
been named, quivering with column
of molten lava, at point probably
5000 feet below the summit, unable to
bear the weight of that mighty mass.
gave way, the side first breaking out,
then the whole structure giving way,
falling in and being refused.
Curiously a writer for the Worlds
Work. who visited the lake In per-
son, says that ''the peak is inverted
and filled with water" though he does
rot tell us how mountain could blow
its own head of and catch 1t again
upside down! Clearly, the whole
crown of the mountain fell and was
engulfed in its own interior.
The theory has been mooted that the
mountain was wrecked by an explo-
sion, but this involves an explanation
OF the entire disappearance of the sum-
NIT. ]. S. Diller of the geologic sur
vey says that on this theory about
IL cubic miles Of material must be
accounted for, and that IL the mountain
blew up. we ought to be able to find
the pieces. The debris would make
layer over 1000 feet thick If scattered
over the outer slope for a distance OF
three miles. Mr.. Diller thinks 1t a
clear case CT collapse. and that the
gigantic cauldron received and swal-
lowed up the whole summit of the
mountain.
No explanation is given of how the
lake came to be. But it is here. I'VE
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and one-half miles IN its largest diam
eter inside the walls, nearly circular.
and its surface from 300 to 1000 feet
below the rim. The low places are not
marked, so that virtually the lake lies
1000 feet below the top of its walls.
1t has been carefully measured. its
greatest depth being 1895 feet.
A circular island is found on its
westerly side. This Is a cinder cone
S45 feet above the water, and is evil
IDENTIFY the chimney of the old volcano
1t has an extinct crater 500 feet in
diameter and 100 feet deep, and clearly
represents the latest activity of the
mountain after its collapse Two
miles east of the island is found the
greatest depth of water, SO that, given
the depth about the base of this cone
and its height above the surface, we
have a mountain nearly 800 feet high
inside the main center. The rim lie
more than 20 miles in circumference.
and large as Wizard island is, it seems
but dot on one side of the lake.
There are no visible outlets or inlets
to this lake, which has no shore or
beach save as time has crumbled the
hard rock walls little, SO that for
short spaces q foot path could be made
THE CHARM of TT ALL
1t is vain to try TO describe the
beauty OF this water. Seen from the
cliffs 1t is in color uitramarine, save
near the shore. where in few places
1t is brilliant green. Riding over
1t in a launch its wonderful blue Is so
real that 0en you dip into 1t you
almost expect 1t to appear blue in the
cup, as the biulng water of the iaun-
dress would. Seeing a painting OF 1t
in the rooms OF the Realty syndicate
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15

Humboldt refers to a gigantic baobab
tree in Central Africa as the Oldest or
ganic monument In the world. This
tree had a trunk 20 feet in diameter.
and Adanson. by a series OF careful
measurements, demonstrated concfuz-
lively that it had lived for not less THAI
$3.50 years-and II lives today. BEs
even Humboldt was wrong in ais pre-
mise 1t has recently been proved that
there is a tree in the New World
which, OF a verify, has lived to "a green
old age" for 1t antedates the Scrip
tural food about 1000 years.
This is cypress tree standing in ths
province OF Chapultepec, Mexico. with
a trunk 118 feet 10 incnes In circum-
ference This has been shown 10 be
Gas conclusively as these things can be
shown) about $3.50 years OF age. Nor
Is this so remarkable when one stops
to think that, given favorable condf-
tions for its growth and sustenance.
the average tree win never die OF old
age. Its death is merely an accident.
Other younger and more vigorous trees
may spring up near II. and rob It's
roots OF their proper nourishment; In
sects may kill it; floods or winds may
sweep 1t away. or the woodman's az
may fell It. II no such accident hap
pens to IT a tree may flourish and grow
for century upon century and age upo8
a<s.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15
By A. ] Wells

AMI z came upon this wonder Of
the Cascade range with a
w shock of surprise. The road
was so delightful, the forest
so open and hospitable. the stretch OF
mountain meadow in the last 1--WE miles
so beautiful: there was so little in the
general aspect Of things to suggest a
lake in the betty OF a wrecked noun
tain that when our carriage stopped on
q summit level and our host bade US
look down we almost shouted our as
constituent. There lay that mystery
OF the ages. blue and placid as the sky
overhead. yet sunken 1000 feet below
us. and shut in by almost perpendicu-
lar walls, such walls as perhaps never
before confined such a lake.
we went by boat from klamath
falls stopped at the Indian reserva-
tion TO call upon the superintendent,
were driven across TO the head OF the
lakes past the old Fort klamath. where
Captain Jack and his associates were
hanged in October. 1873. TO the mod
ern town OF Fort klamath in the midst
Of hay nelds and great cattle ranches.
From one OF these came our host with
.. pair OF fine horses and q carriage,
and we made our way 10 the head OF
the valley and UP the slight grade of
Anna creek, through an open forest.
IT is ride OF IS miles and every foot
O. II easy and enjoyable. About half
way up we saw the rim Of the wonder
ful lake breaking the sky line. II
was as n, approaching Mount Shasta
along ridge leading UP into the high
outlying walls OF its base. we had sud
denly come out where we could see,
and found only the lower half OF the
mountain, the snowy summit gone. and
an irregular rim standing above US
against the sky. Here were the slop-
ing walls OF a great mountain equal
20 Shasta IA bulk. but cut of midway.
leaving onIy a great truncated cone.
hao seer the photograph of IT from
this point, and knowing what IL was,
found Il very impressive. Imagination
Is called into action. and II the geo.
logic story is true this realizing power
Of the mind seldom finds such a field
for its exercise. There is no possibility
OF exaggeration. But Nature has been
busy healing the scars OF that old
wounding and obliterating all traces
Of time when all this northwestern
rim OF the continent was shaking and
blazing with volcanic chimneys.
There is no sign left OF all that
fiery tumult save this mighty frag-
ment OF a mountain that once blazed
with the rest in a line as far north as
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and dark trout pools. The grade IL
gentle for the most part, but becomes
sharp near the crest of the range. yet
is readily covered by the average tour
ing car in one day.
The river is followed closely, and
this wild torrent is "a line of light in
the landscape 1t is one of the finest
trout streams in the west, which is say
ing much. The fish rise freely, and one
never knows whether his next catch
will be one FOUNDER or a ten.
From the south the route is via Mount
Shasta, turning from the main line at
Weed. and going to klamath Falls.
From klamath Falls. Crater lake can
be reached by delightful boat ride
over upper klamath lake to Agency
landing. from which point the stage
will carry you over a fine road to the
lake.
Good fishing is found in several direc-
lions; streams and lakes are numerous
and the trout large. Supply points are
near, and at least for a few years there
Is dDuIudnl PlOuiiSS u 8OOu sport.
Springs abound. grass and delightful
camping grounds are many, and deer
and bear are not hard to find.
The klamath lakes are a chain of
lakes OF great beauty. Astounding In
water fowl and In trout and salmon.
Pelican bay lies on the west side of
klamath lake, and is famous for it's
big trout. Here e. H. Hartman has a
summer lodge with LOO acres Of forest
background. Mount Pit. or Mount Nc
Loughlin, as Oregon renamed 1t, is
a few miles away. Pelican bay is
much fished, but is alive with big trout,
easily seen in many places where the
water is clear. Crystal river winds
through a margin of the bay which has
shoaled, and is IS miles long to where
it bursts from the base OF the noun
tain as "a magnificent spring. Wood
river and Williamson river enter Klam-
ath lake on the east and are known
to local anglers as unsurpassed trout
streams. Trout brooks are too many to
catalogue.
Southwark from klamath Falls lies
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15

Tule lake, on the margin OF which
are the lava beds where Captain Jack
and his Modocs stood OF for. so long
the United States troops. The battle
field is easily reached, being imms-
diately on the edge of the lake.
All in all, this is one OF the most
picturesque regions OF the west, and
for the angler one or the most inter
esting. Into these great tule margined
lakes flow many streams. some OF them
carrying a small steamer. and head
ing far up in the wilds. Pelican
abound In klamath lakes, and great
trout are constantly Ieaping. seeking
to shake off small eel which fastens
on them.
The wilderness comes down to the
margin of the lakes and much OF IL Is
without trails. or sign Of human foot,
now that the reservation Indian Is too
civilized to be interesting. One can
go far and fare we'll If his Quitting
has been wise, losing himself in the
continuous woods" out OF reach Of
noisy cities. A few romantic Indians
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do stray away from the rsssrvatioz
now and again to renew old lie. and
q few trappers and hunters keep 70
the woods and stream, but otherwise
II Is for the adventurous lover q ma
ture In her original forms. Here she
has made a new wilderness and CON.
cealed the scars made By volcanic droA
weaving q mantle OF vsrdura. beneath
which still run sIlverY streams whlnh
western farmer nor mineR nor heavy
foot OF cattle has goi1sd
And at the heart OF all the fascinat-
ing region IL this marvellous lake with
no visible outlet or inlet, hidden Ia
the heart Of q crater. From Its Yin
one looks out over miles OF mountains
and sees no life save that OF the eagle
in tho air and hears ne sound save the
wind in the pines and the plash o3
some water fowl or the murmuP oR The
blue lake as IL breaks under some
gust that drops over the IRE Scared
walls. It lies here q thing OF mar
velous beauty IN the midst OF a great
solitude. II Is worth q journey across
the continent to see II for an hour.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15

AMI z came upon this wonder Of
the Cascade range with a
w shock Of surprise. The road
-. %, ,za7i-rt+e,,1 The fo-ast
The Dolores star., 1909-08-27
Back to the DecaIogue.

There has heen good deal of ethical
preaching at the various Chautauauas
this summer. The rich have been
numerically flayed; the trusts have
been pounced upon most viciously;
evils Of all sorts have been vigorously
denounced: high ideals have been lifted
up, and In general, there has been an
attempt made to set the people right
upon the main essentials of good
national and individual character.
But the whole burden Of the preach
ing might have been made more effec-
tive and the appeal more vital and
response-producing II these preachers
Of ethics had kept close to the mes
sage Of Jesus Christ. He furnished the
solvent for all human ills. There is
done better. II any modern teacher
thinks he can improve upon the mes
sage Of Jesus he is simply under the
spell of presumption that Is colossal.
The Ten Commandments and the
Golden Rule Of Jesus will bring In the
golden age again. These are wonder
The Dolores star., 1909-08-27
1.-The Vision Splendid. !"

venture to say that the majority of
people have no fine hopes; they are
devoid of "the vision splendid" and
therefore they have no splendid audaci-
ty in spiritual adventure and enterprise.
Our hopes are petty and peddling, and
they don't give birth to crusades.
There are now shining towers and
minarets on our horizon, no new Jeru-
salem, and therefore we do not set out
in chivalrous explorations. Our hopes
go little further than the day after to-
morrow, and we therefore live from
hand to mouth. There are no spacious
assumptions, and therefore no daring
voyage of discovery! We need trans
formation in "the things hoped for"
We need to be renewed in mind, !"
and renewed in mind" daily. We
need to have enthroned in our imagi-
nations the far-oR towering SUBMITS of
vast and noble possibilities, the
splendid dignities which in Christ are
the purposed inheritance of every man.
Our little molehills Of hopes need
changing into mountains, and our
gray and uninviting horizons must
glow with the unfading colors Of Inn
mortal hopes.-Rev. J. H. Jowett.
The Dolores star., 1909-08-27
HOW TO LIVE LONG.
Statistics Show That Longevity 10
Hereditary, But Many Shorten
livss by Hard Drinking.

In speaking on the subject of How
to Live to be Hundred" DR.. C. w.
Saleeby. an eminent Scotch physician,
says that all but the very poorest of
people shorten their lives by gross.
ly over-eating. and very many of US
over-drink as WELL
The evidence about alcohol Is con-
elusive" he says. III you seek i'm
partial witnesses. 20 not to the teeto.
talers. but to the actuaries, and the
men who have to determine risks for
insurance companies. II, however,
you are to use some alcohol, let your
moderate use Of 1t be a. little immod.
crate as possible; take 1t only with
or after meals: shun spirits alto
gether; and II you nnd this advice
profitable. write to me. as scores and
scores of people have done, saying SO,
during the past six years. And when
the makers of absinthe. who are be-
ing turned out of Switzerland and Bel.
gium. and who will, hope, ere long
be turned out Of France. try to find
q new market in England. as they now
intend to do. look upon them as high
.waymen who demand your money and
your life"
The Dolores star., 1909-08-27

fully full Of vitality even In this day.
All that is needed 10 prove that is TO
put these principals into practical opera
ton. No wonder the editor Of the
Wall Street Journal breaks out with
this protest and exhortation "If we
are to have clean government, II We
are to have honest finance, not merely
in Wall Street, but in any part OF
America, II we are to enjoy those rights
Inalienable with which our Declare
tion Of Independence says that our
Creator endowed US, we must get back
to deiinate religious teaching as part
of our children's education In the home
and elsewhere. Not bilIion-dolla
Congresses or gigantic crops make for
the true advance Of people. Now as
ever righteousness exalteth a nation.
We have had enough Of quack reli-
gions and political cure-alls. Let US
get back to the Ten Commandments
and the fear Of the Lord, which is the
beginning Of wisdom. n."-Epworth Her
aid.
The Dolores star., 1909-08-27
He Was the Man.

A Methodist minister in small
Western town, entering the office OF
the local weekly, said to the editor:
81 am soliciting aid for gentleman
of refinement and intelligence who is
In dire need Of little ready money,
but who Is far too proud a man to
make his sufferings known"
"Why," exclaimed the editor, push
ing up his eye shade, "pm the only
chap in the village who answers that
description. What's this gentleman's
name?"
81 regret" said the minister, "that
I am not at liberty to disclose it,"
"Why, it must be me-" said the
editor. tits me. It's me, sure. Heaven
prosper you, parson, in your good
work. ."-Epworth Herald.
The Dolores star., 1909-08-27
Drink and Unemployment In England.
Mr.. Ramsay Macdonald, M. p. made

Drink and Unemployment In England.
Mr.. Ramsay Macdonald, NJ. p, made
q telling contribution in London re-
Gently to the discussions organized by
the National Temperance league of
Great Britain. his subject being alco-
holism and employment. II in slack
ness of trade. an employer. he said,
had the choice of discharging GER
tain number Of men. he would nat
urally retain the soberer, SO that the
question resolved itself into one of
efficiency.
The sober nation was always the
more efficient. and in all the neutral
markets of the world, the drunken
nations were handicapped. 1t could
not produce 80 cheaply, 30 quickly, or
30 ably. Any crisis Of unemployment
would strike the drunken nation FIRST.
1t was also stated in the same con.
nection that not single individual
case had come before the royal com.
mission which had just issued its re-
port in which drink was not men.
toned. The remedies were education
on better lines and the teaching al
character. which meant the teaching
Of temperance as part Of character.
The Dolores star., 1909-08-27
He Knew His Limitations.

"Here, Benny" said Mr.. Bloom
bumper to his young son, as the latter
started to church, "are shilling and a
penny. You can put which you please
in the contribution box"
Benny thanked his papa and went
to church.
Curious to know which coin Benny
had given, his papa asked him when
he returned, and Benny replied:
well, papa, it was this way. The
preacher said the Lord loved q cheerful
giver, and knew l could give penny
a good deal more cheerfully than l
could give shilling, 80 l put the
penny ill.,"
The Dolores star., 1909-08-27
Advertising Language.

Many business men do not advertise
because they imagine that they cannot
use long, high sounding words. Men
skilled In oratory frame their speeches
50 that they will be within the compre-
hension of the least intelligent Of their
hearers. Thus they reach everybody.
Just 30 with ads. Cut out the long,
high sounding words. Talk In your
ads, or in the notes you prepare for the
ad man just rs you do when face to
face with q customer from the back
hills Of the Bitter Root Valley-plain,
everyday English.-Missoula (Mont)
Herald.
The Dolores star., 1909-08-27

Carelessness In the use Of language
Ii quite as reprehensible rs carelessness
In cookery, aud with literal-minded
servant in the case, it may accomplish
the same results. A writer in the
Philadelphia Ledger tells Of q southern
woman who was leaving her home In
q great hurry and wanted to remind
her negro maid of come apples baking
in the oven.
"Watch when the apples burn,
ChloeW she called, as she was leaving
the house.
When she returned there was pan
Of burned and charred apples on the
kitchen table, but Chloe was placid
and happy.
"Dem apples burned at just eleven
o'clock this morning, ma'am," said
Chloe, complacently, "for l noticed
the time particular"