Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-07-25
WINSTON CHURCHILL,
NOVELIST, VISITS HERE.

hluslon Cnurcnlll, foremost
among the novelists of the United
States, writer Of The Crisis"
Richard Carvel," and a dozen more
of the popular works of fiction that
have entertained the readers of the
best sellers" during the past ten
years, was a visitor in Grants Pass
Monday afternoon, stopping here
while enroute to Portland after a
trip to Crater Lake. The novelist
was accompanied by Lis wife, and by
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Ledbetter Of
Portland, in whose automobile they
had made the trip from klamath
Falls to the Crater National park,
and they came to Grants Pass ex-
pecting to visit the Josephine caves,
but a change in plans caused Mr..
Churchill to forego this trip till some
later date. The auto was sent on to
Eugene, and the party left on the
evening train to overtake 1t at that
point.
The man whose Imagination has
held the interest Of millions through
the tales that have been evolved
from it, had words of praise and ex-
pressions of wonderment for the
scenic beauty of southern Oregon,
saying of Crater lake that 1t was
worthy visit from any man no mat
ter what sacrifices he must make to
reach It.
The man of letters is an enthus-
last regarding outdoor sports, car
rying an assortment of rods and
other fishing tackle as a part of his
personal baggage, and in lieu of the
cave trip, had concluded to make a
side trip up the Mackenzie river af-
ter trout. He was charmed with the
picturesque beauty Of the Rogue,
and went after steelheads on the up
per river, and promised to return to
Grants Pass later and make canoe
trip down that tumbling stream to
the sea. On his inquiry for a COM
petent riverman to pilot him
through, he was given the address Of
A. Aubery by the Courier editor, and
the details Of the trip will be later
arranged. Churchill says that he ia
going to put in some time Seeing
America" and hunting out its WON
der places and its play grounds, his
home at Cornish, New Hampshire.
now being occupied by President
Wilson and family as the Summer
capital" of the United States.
Winston Churchill, whose works of
fiction have placed him in the list of
the best Of the modern writer's, came
to Grants Pass Monday on a trip
which had been planned to include a
visit to the Marble Caves of jose
phine county, with the thermometer
registering up above ninety lin the
shade" and no assurance that pro-
per facilities were available for the
transportation of himself and the
members of his party from the end
of the wagon road to the caves in
comfort and with the expediency
that was necessary from the time at
his command, Churchill gave up this
portion of the trip for the present.
An investigation OF the caves at this
time by Mr.. Churchill would have
been OF incalculable value in spread
ing the fame Of this great natural
wonder, for Churchill is constantly
using local settings and interesting
natural colorings to embellish his
stories.
This but demonstrates the neces-
sity for making the caves more ac-
Icessible. The building of a road
through that eight or ten miles will
be an easy matter the present trail
being on an easy grade that an auto
could travel without trouble. It
should be made possible for autos to
drive from Grants Pass directly to
the caves, thus making the round trip
in one or two days
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