New-York tribune., 1910-07-25
THROUGH OREGON W|LDS
Motoring Party Penetrates Into
LONG Forsaken Regions
WONDERFUL FISHING LUCK
Now Headed for Remote caves.
Which Are Said to Rival Great
est Canyons in World.

Exploring the mountain wilderness o.
OREGON purely as summer !arA
Steenstrup, an Eastern motorlsf WHO =
now touring the Pacific Coast WIN MS
wife in a thirty horsepower Ma1Wei4 Foao-
ster, has had enough thrilling experiences
to satisfy the keenest lover OF ee"ei-I"i <
Mr. Steenstrup has spent two weeks ~
the r!,ost desolate regions Of the CASCADE
range, pitching camp wherever nigh'@a..
or natures barriers halted his trip. ana
although he has followed weary nan
hidden trail that hugs the Willamette River
for severaI hundred miles between the
Coast Range and the Cascades, chHepeo
sIipperv mountain grades almost 70 lhelf
sooyu-capued peaks and driven for miles On
the grave! bed Of creeks, which offered bet
ter travelling than the adjoining dry taho'
he is still penetrating the widest parts
Of the state At present he IS headea LOT
faraous lake which fills the crater Of an
extinct volcano many niles above the sea
level
The steenstrups started from Portland,
Ore. or June 10. They found excelierat
roads as far as Oregon City Fraetlcaly
the only read for them to take followed the
Willamette River. and in many ways re-
se-nb!ed the roads and the scenery or t1e
Hudson River. Beyond Oregon City now
ever, they found that recent rams hac
made the roads very heavy, and there
were many bad stretches before they
reached Salem Just outside OF this place
they pitched their camp, but hardly h2o
their fires been built when they were en-
gulfed by a doWnpour.
In attempting to break camp they tound
nothing but deep mud in ali directions,
and they were forced to remain or the spot
for TWO whole days After q while they
managed to get back TO Salem, and went
on swin,raingly from there to Albany. In
Albany they began TO hear runners OF q
terrible stretch of road which they were
bound to encounter between Eugene and
Drain, many miles TO the south OF them
These runlors became more insistent after
they left Albany. but when they finally
pulled into Eugene and heard Of the fish
! ing on the Mackenzie River they forgot al
about the. bad roads ahead Of them and
made detour up the Mackenzie for about
! thirty-ive miles.
They were told by the inhabitants OF
Vida that they might ind some excellent
| camping places a short distance UP the
creek. Mr.. steenstrup drove into the creek
the wate ar times coming in above
the floor boards. They found this creek
to have a hard gravel bottom. except for a
| few places, where sharp turns were made
and they came upon a number OF ahan-
doned homesteads and ranches where the
beautiful c!earings enabled them TO pitch
camp
| Four days were spent en- the bank of this
! creek, and when not otherwise engaged the
| campers We're trying TO get acquainted with
the fish that they thought might be there
They found a spot full Of rainbow speckleG
| trout and redsides, q beautiful species haV-
! ing blood red streak down its sides.
The tourists did not linger long. but start
! ed cut the next afternoon in q drizzIing
rain, bound for Grants Pass, eighty miles
/ away. They were told that they would
have trouble getting over some CT the
mountains with the heavy load that the car
| but the way the Maxwell went over the
| hills was delight to them.
They did not return to the main trail
which they had set out TO blaze, but de-
| ternlined that they would visit the famous
! Oregon caves, twenty miles away. if it was
| possible for them TO reach this secluded
! spot.
Nothing has been heard from the Steen-
strups since they attempted this part OF
rished by the people of Aedford, the Steen
strup party was bound for depths which
were said TO be far more beautiful and
greater in extent than the mammoth cav
| erns which have made Kentucky famous.