The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20

h. 20 western New York and adjoining
States
4 Tn. idea that nothing broadcns men
and women -o much ~ nature was the
moving spirit that caussd 10 be located
here on the hanks of the beautiful White
River the summer educational camps Of
the Presbyterian Church. with its repre-
sentativcs IN NOR. than u dozen States
Of the Union. tn. state \. NJ. &. A. and
oth.- religious and fraternal bodies. ~
Louis capitalists w.r- first to inv AIDE these
soltuds> following th,. building Of "A rail-
road through IN. heart OF the ozRrks
which cost the Gouids approximately
sG5. O0O mile Tn" rails had not long
been laid Ia the White Rvcr when special
freight train started for Hollis,cr bear
/ ing the logs. interior finishings. doors.
windows and every viStage Of the state
of Maine building as it stood on the
worlds fair grounds at St. Louis. Log
by log this building was relaid and it,
interior replaced on great blum over
looking the river. Following 'he Nlainc
! clubhouse have come the religious and
fraternal assemblies. with people from
every section Of the country who are
invading III" valleys and hilltops with
modern homes and five and ten acre fruit
( farms.
/ This il strange awakening To the
quaint people who have for sixty years
| inhabited this semi wilderness. The
Ozark Mountain region ~ almost n coun-
iarpart of New England. Its wooded
/ hills and beautiful valleys rival those Of
/ Connecticut and New Hampshire. and its
great waterway. the White River. thread
/ ing It's very centre, il egualled only in
scenic grandeur by the Hudson. There
is not the awe inspiring grandeur of TN"
Rockies m thes" peaceful Ozark hills. but
there il life and ght and shade.
| The pleasures of camp life on the White
River al this season ar" not eNcelled IN
any other section Of the United states.
A morning III camp is delightful. just
! imagine your tent on clean gravel bar
facing the blum You climb ou' of your
cot in the early autumn dawning The
.avory odors of the bacon, the fish and
the coffee that arr on the camp fro come
a. grateful incense, for the camp cook
has been astir before the morning star
lost itself behind the distant mountain
You go down to your boats, anchored on
the bar with your toilet articles and dash
the cold water over your face and hands
BY the time your toilet - made tn. taSl"
il spread. the snowy biscuits. piping hot
from the little Dutch oven, are brough'
forth the coffee il poured. the eggs, IN"
bacon and the fish are placed before you
and with an appetite us keen "a boy :
the party surrounds the impToviscd board
to do Just ice TO the cooks Offering.
When bre lkfass II over the guides 60
the boats in rsadinr-- the tacllc and IL"
minnows are put III IL and with a person
al each end Of the little craft the guide
takes mp the oars and you start on Toy
another days sport in the 4sl mite foat
,f,,l I'M la
cook to look after IN. commissary boat
to load IL and guide II down over IN"
shoals Ia some shady nook where lunch
con j. -ery,'l when he again pushes ahead.
III. ch"- tn. Ca'np for the night and pro
pl-e- SUBJECT while the angler lOit''r along
and Struggl. with the ga,ny bass that
arc picked ny IN little pools and ct!y-
and oven from the swift rushing water
Just abost the time tn" sun has cast rs
last and longest shadow AN d the QUAIL
ha. flown from his perch on IA. rail f"n,r.
where for AN hour he piped tun'tully hts
notes of Bob White" tn" campers Uak"
"A landing upon IN" gravel nj the camp.
eager for the baked potatoes and irI"i
chicken which are r"aiy To serve.
Tn. White River with it, clear. srarf -
b ling wa'"r and general scenic heIIty, -
one -: III" CrD"N"ti's' in America. ff' III
its four heads IA "A chain nt TN" b'-''
. Mount nins. ~ nor hw">iern Arkansas -nC
y I'll" TndIan Territory section III pk'anpinH
I To- Rat e-,'illa whore 4 leaves tn" Dza-r =
/ and enters the Arkansas low lands. W ut"
! River - success sion of as' onl~hlng
/ curves From the source TO the 'at
/ O sInt ~ il a dist ance n n sirai ght line I
about lsn mllc-, hut to follow the river =
! course one would have t. travel approx
( ima,e civ Loo miles. Tho wafer runs
toward all points " tn" compass, in quick
( succession man" times '"Irr" u afnr'"
a Curnpara,ivclv direct course to tn"
Mis-i--i'lI Probably IN" hlgEc-. pom;
B IN this direg; ION j. FC.syth. near the cen
t-r IT raueE COUNT From TINS pla 4"
tho Whit. wrIEglsa o.. wav back INTO
Arkar-s- and DOWN into Marion county
I 70 whsr,, the RItfalp loIr- 70 But no'
until III. Mi souri, ArScnsIa border has
! been CT, ,,-.t seven times does the I'M
cert ain = r"im finally boar away 10 IN"
| Sn,i- h"a-rward 20 50"
Adding TO the marvel ng White River
eccentric mcandcrinE~ Rr" The walls 81
rnc, which tower from ~ - Jo feet
I an from he wa'er's 9 -e The cahon-
like valley 81 tn" Whit" narr"ws IN
rIaces almost - the channels widf h
Over mos Of he course u l. wide enn'. Gh
e.. strip ~ f"rtil" bottom land along
the river
} ON a bright dav stret Oh ~ the wind
ing river ssen from the summit II the
palisads- Summers ik" well polished
silver White ap'ly describes the scene.
/ 4 nearby view from the banks reveals a
decra. 81 purity which IL not eluall"d
/ nv anv other Western river. The con
t-aSf with - rpams which hnw through
| alhivial country IL striking. Whit" RIN"r
| has ~ origin in mountain springs. Num-
berIe,S underground channels ia tho lime
stone strata h"lp TO swell the volume.
! Tributar vary from INV rlNuLt- star
, ing high mp on IA" benches cf ~" noun
,ain- 80 powerful streams which clIsh
! forth with roar from beneath shelves
/ ~ ovarhanging rock. Some thirty miles
/ below HolliS'er beside the White. l.
Mct;ill Srring, which r"nr- out from tn"
face II the clif' body uf water strong
cno,l gh - run large mill
"OID SOf ~ LANE"