Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03

company. Hereafter il is probable that
everybody will have a chance to enjoy the
attractions of the place, which are unsur-
passed in many respects.
About seventeen miles, through a
primeval forest of pine, cedar, fir and
hemlOck giants. in a picturesque canyon OF
the McLoud river, several rich San Fran
cisco families have built summer homes
and fishing and hunting lodges, and about
thirty miles from the hotel, in the same
forest and on the banks of the same river,
the McLoud Country Club has d pictur-
esque log house, where its members and
their families come to fish and shoot and
spend the summer months.
This club has only thirty memberS-all
rnillionaires-and the initiation fee, 50. 800,
1 am told. is the largest of any club in
the world. The surroundings are very
wild and primitive, the fishing is unsur-
passed, and those who know how to do it
can find big game, and occasionally a
bear in the spring and fall.
The club has been very unfortunate,
however for its establishment has burned
down twice and has been a total loss. The
present clubhouse is the third that has
been erected on the same spot during the
last ten years.
Several private residences in the forest
and the McLoud canyon surpasS the club
house in expense and beauty. The oldest
resident is W. +. Whittier, paint manu-
facturer of San Francisco, who has been
coming here every summer since 1871,
and has had his beautiful house filed with
guests every summer. Mr. Whittier's
cook. a Chinese, who has been with him
continuously for tWenty-SiX years, is ia
NOUS
Another early settler is Charles :.
Wheeler, one of the most prominent men,
bers Of the San Francisco bar former
regent of the University Of California,
inf -lln a
up here many years ago and bought out
Bill McLoud, the man for whom the river
was named. Having thus acquired sever
al thousand acres of timber along one OF
the widest and most picturesque canyons
I'm the country, Mr.. Wheeler built lodge
in the wilderness to which he could re-
treat for his vacations with his friends.
He is the attorney of the Hearst es-
tate, and Mrs. HearSts legal adviser, as
we'll as her intimate friend, and he sold
portion of his land to her shortly after
Senator Hearst death. Mrs. Hearst built
a stone castle overhanging the furious
torrents of the McLoud river, where the
roar of the waters is always heard.
Her house is the most pretentious In
this part of the country-a castle of
stone, with lofty towers and a roof of
green slate--whch cost d quarter of
million dollars or more. 1t is an ideal re-
treat. but she spends little time there.
She usually comes up for few weeks
each summer and brings group of
friends.
Mrs Hearst's next neighbor is Thomas
H. Williams. former president of the Cal
ifornia Jockey Club He controlled horse
racing in this state for many years until
the legislature passed a law forbiddlpg
pool selling, and that closed the race
tracks, but Mr.. Williams had already
made a fortune and is ranked among the
millionaires.
He has a large bungalow. built OF Shin
giles overhanging the indigo waters of
the McLoud river, with broad balconies
and every comfort and convenience that
ingenuity can suggest.
On the opposite of the river, within
speaking distance. if human voice could
be heard above the roar of waters, lives
a millionaire bachelor, Clarence Water
house of the firm of Waterhouse & Les
ter lun bermen. who is also partner OF
Dan Burns. the former republican boss,
m several mining ventures.
Waterhouse came into these woods
twenty-five years ago and built his lodge
over the river so he could catch trout
from his porch. He has spent his sum-
mers here for many years.
Hidden in Splendid Scenery.
These ideal retreats are hidden amid the
most glorious scenery you can imagine.
and since automobiles came into use
they can be reached from the Southern
Pacific station at Shasta Springs in an