Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-05-30
SPECIAL TRAIN BRINGS IO5
FROM NORTH.
MAKE CAMP AT MEADOWS
Parties Taken by Auto to Stevens,
and Cutters Hike Up Trail From
That Point.

The Mazamas, 105 in number. ar
rived in Grants Pass at Z o'clock
Friday morning ready for the trip to
that greatest of all of 0regon's ma
tural wonders, the Marble caves on
Grayback mountain. A special train
will bring the mountain climbers
from the north, leaving Portland
Thursday evening. On arrival at
Grants Pass the Mazamas will break
fast at the Josephine, after which
they will be taken aboard the auto
mobiles furnished by the citizens and
landed at Stevens, the end of the
wagon road, before noon. Each au-
tomobile will be given a number. and
1t is requested that all machines be
at the Josephine hotel, from where
the start will be made, by eight
O'Clock. v Those cars not supplied
with number will be given it at that
time, and the visitors will be allotted
to the machines by number.
After receiving their passengers
the cars will proceed according to
number, following the route taken by
No. l, and drivers are requested not
to leave their place in the line. The
pace will be set by No /, and all will
arrive at Stevens on schedule time.
A trouble car, in charge of f. B.
Olding, will bring up the rear, and
should any car encounter trouble of
a nature sufficient to disable it for
any length of time, the driver is re-
quested to get to one side of the road
and allow the other cars to proceed.
After the trouble car" has attend
ed to the difficulty, the driver will
proceed, but will not attempt to re-
gain his original position in the line.
Arriving at Stevens, which is a run
of about two hours from the city,
lunch will be served by the CONNER
cial club, and the Mazamas will be
sent out for the ten mile walk over
the trail to the caves Camp for the
night will be made a couple of miles
from the caves at the Meadows, and
the assault ON the caves themselves
will occur bright and early Saturday
morning. Saturday night will again
be spent in the camp, and the return
to Stevens made Sunday morning in
time to catch the autos for the re-
turn trip. The packing of the camp
equipment will be in charge of Ira
Sparlin, who has already taken the
commissary department over the trail,
where it is in charge of Chef Staley.
F. W. Benefiel, who left Tuesday
morning with Chef Staley to make ar
rangements at the camp, phones that
he finds everything in first class shape
and that Sparlin has made good in
every respect in packing the outfit
over the trail Twenty-Five horses
will be available to carry the person
al baggage over the trail, and num-
ber of saddle horses will be provided
for those whose ambition proves big
ger than their strength. At the caves
six guides will be on hand to pilot
the Mazamas through the subteran-
can depth, and through the mazes
and grottos of Grayback's interior
Four of these will be residents of the
district, and two will be employees of
the forest reserve. the Caves Nation
al Monument being included in the
Siskiyou reserve.
The official list Of those who had
signed up and paid for railroad trans
portation is as follows:
Loring X Adams, Portland
Louisa Almy, Hillsdale.
Sam B. Archer, Portland.
Ida NJ. Arenson, Portland
Chas. f. Atlas, Portland.
DR.. Frederick Anderson. Subllmity.
Alice Banfield, Portland.
J. NJ. Balmanno, Portland.
F. W. Beneflel, Portland.
o. B. Ballou, Portland.