The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-06-25
PARTY ENJOYS SPORT
IN CENTRAL OREGON

A party Of Hood River men. COM
posed of Ralph Root, William Stewart
and DR.. +. ID. Kanaga, recently en-
loved excellent fishing in central Ore
eon on the Metolius and the Deschutes
and on Lake Odell. The journey was
made in Ralph Roots car. The local
fishermen were gone nine days.
A photograph was taken after the
DAYS sport at Lake Odell. With a
number of enormous game fish IN front
of him, Mr.. Stewart as he posed for
the picture, has a look of contentment
on his face that only a fisherman car
woI of.
The tourney was made by way OF
Wasco, Grass Valley. Shaniko, Madras
ana Redmond. There, says Mr..
Stewart. I'VE left the main road and
headed for the west. When we reached
Sisters we headed north to the head
waters Of the MetOlius, where we
stopped with Dan Heising. Mr.. Heis'
ing had a bad fire in the winter, but
had Just completed fine new hotel.
He is prepared to take care of all who
visit him with all comforts.
after four days of fine fishing We
went back 10 Bend and nothing would
do Mr.. Root but that lie have another
fling with his rod. Ii was about one
O'Clock, but we went out to the place
of Dan Ryan and filled our baskets.
1.-The next day we joined DR.. Coe, OF
Bend, and lourneyed with him in bis
machine down to La Pine. DIR. Coe is
reputed to be one Of the best drivers in
the Bend country, and he knows the
ins and outs of the land like an oper
book. The way he took US over those
crooked forest roads at high speed was
something that caused us to wonder
However, his only accident was tC
Craze a Jack pine too closely at one
time, and lose hub cap.
1.-THE Doctor escaped US for while
at La Pine and went through the vii
lage and told that we were a bunch OF
railroad men, come to the district on &
secret mission. When we went in tC
supper at the hotel that night ! never
tasted such a meal. 1t was fit for q
king. And when we came out of the
dining room the whole population OF
the town was lined up to get view vi
the railroad men. Those people woulC
give anything to get railway.
''We went from La Pine down tC
Crescent City, where we picked up Mr.
Rorick, merchant of that village.
"Mr. Rorick is rare sportsman. He
armed himself with six shooter
which had a barrel about Is inches
long, and an axe. could see that We
might need the gun, but asked hin
the why ,of the axe. He told me Il
wait, and assure you that | didn't
have long to wait. We soon came t
places where the Jack pine had grown
up thickly in the road. He chopped {
clear way for US.
"They .say that a strong man cal
push one of these Jack pines over
They have no tap root. This country
will make wonderful grass country
when it is opened up. The pine treei
can be cleared at slight expense, ant
the moisture remains all summer in thu
dry ash soil. dug down about an incl
on the roadside and found moist earth
"At Odell lake, which is about eigh
miles long, we filled our baskets again
On our return we visited the wonderful
volcanic formation about l6 miles from
Bend. A crater there threw out enor
nous quantities of molten lava, tina
cooled as it rushed from the belchins
mouth. AS it cooled great plateau
hundreds of feet higher than the sur
rounding country, was built up. 1T
walls are perpendicular. There arr
many such wonderful sights in thi
country, and with the fishing that ont
may enjoy, one never goes but that HI
is lured to return.
"On our way home we stopped at thu
Warm Springs Indian agency. Tht
scenic beauties of the hills there beg
gar description. Whole mountains, {
deep red, loom up to excite the aw,
and admiration of the traveller.