Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-09-21
Trip to Oregon
CaVeS---COntinued
By ]. F. Rocho.

From the tragical point we related
in our last we went to~the American
Falls, Kings Palace the Queens Din
ing Room with table set for the in
vited guests (who never appeared),
through a narrow passageway to Par
adise Alley Should this be the real
road to paradise, | venture to say
very many would turn back, looking
for better and more convenient
way Of reaching same. You so on
all fours for some distance, not mind
ing sore shins and sore heads, on to
Grandma's Teakettle, down Satan S
Toboggan Slide, which landed us at
the feet of old SATAN himself; next
! Niagara Falls, Green River Falls,
Queens Throne, and the three Sene-
ca lakes (Which are little beauties to
! behold, back to the Bacon Room
with its slabs of bacon piled up for
years of famine or for supplying the
allied forces, whose stock will soon
be exhausted. After passing Satan's
Hitching Post we landed in the
Queens Reception Room. Next came
the Fat Mans Grief, which certainly
exhausted all our strength getting
through the same to Joaquin Miller's
Chapel, Apple Tower, Washington S
Monument, Lake Michigan, Mt.
| Shasta, Garden of the Gods, with it's
Brussels carpet, up the Golden Stairs
"a fifty-foot ladder) to Bridal Veil
Falls and Cascades, Dantes Inferno,
Bridal Veil Chamber with Seven Sis
ters, through into the Ghost Cham
Der, with fear and trembling. We
anxiously waited and watched for the
unknown to appear, but it proved the
same as all ghost stories and we were
very much disappointed This is the
largest room in the cave, some $40
feet long, so feet wide and 40 feet
high. At one end is the Kancade
Dance Hall. From this point it is
possible to go one-half mile farther
in through a narrow passage or crev.
ice (too small for your humble serv'
ant with his 22O pounds of avoirdu
pois to venture into), but took an
other course to Paradise Lost. ThC
Shower Room is at this point. Yol
are five-eighths of a mile from tht
main upper entrance and we have
now taken about three and hal
mile trip underground. You cal
reach the upper entrance by shor
cut of five-eighths of a mile. TIL,
whole trip took up three and hal
hours in passing through these won
derful works of nature, the grandeu
Of which ! can only family describ,
, or tell they must be seen to be ap
preciated.
: l was informed that two Ashland
boys last winter when no guides wer
present, entered the caves and il
many places marred their beauty b
daubing the walls in many place
with black paint. They are we
known to the authorities and ma
yet pay the penalty for their ev
doings.
The guides informed us that ther
was a lower entrance, recently e>
plored by lowering a man down abou
two hundred feet with rope, that
claimed will excel anything no.
opened up, and can be made access
BILE by building about two hundre
feet of ladders (zigzag), which wi
probably be done next season.
1t is hoped that the governmen
will put these caves into the nationa
reserve. With liberal appropriate
3 these caves can be made one of tn
= great wonders of the world for beau
S ty and grandeur" 1t is claimed the
| cannot be eXcelled by the famou
t caves of Kentucky. Grants Pas
could, by taking this matter up wit
the Southern Pacific Company Coz
of the hands of few sports" VIII
5 are out for graft make this one {
the greatest attractions for touris
: from all over the World.
}, Through the kindness of our guild
J. r. w. Rowley, who is the most a
i commodating and pleasing entertain
er one could wish to meet, everythir
was described in detail as you wei
along. The government could ha'
h made no better choice for a careta'
!; er. After bidding our friend goo
d bye, he refusing all compensation (,
d his kindness and bidding us con
10 again, we started for camp. TIL
was some six miles off, all the WI
down-hill pull We reached can
at dark. hungry and tired after su
strenuous days work. Providi
ourselves with good supply of mi
70 from nearby ranch, we enjoyed
good bowl of milk and bread a
retired for the night feeling well
paid for our trip.
(To be continued next issue.)
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