East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-05
OREGON'S SCENIC
BEAUTY ALLURING
TOAUTONOBILISTS
Wonderful Columbia High
way Great Gift of Our
Motorists.
STATE WITHOUT A RIVAL
Our Wonders Should Not Be Left
for Appreciation by
Outsiders,
STATE WITHOUT A RIVAL

A man Of the Motorists Paradise
might very we'll be map OF our ore
ron with the lines OF our splendid
automobile roads charted on II, our
state Is n cluster of the scenic gran
deur FOR which the Pacific coast Is
Justly famous Nature has worked
boldly on a heroic scale within the
cloIster Of our snow capped mountains.
She has created the beautiful ana otS-
ARE. Ours Is a country or towcr'NE
peaks wide valleys and deep canyons
OF urimeval forests, and sequestered
glens and lakes, country OF great dis
tances, yet all brought to the whee's
Of our motorists by roads that yield
vantage to no state.
To have this motoring Paradise and
lust live in II is one thing; TO enjoy IL
il another The motorlst with Nnct-
tlon ahead Of him who fails to spend II
in his automobile is overlooking ms
Paradise
Whatever his whlm may crave for .
vacation, Oregon offers It, and offers II
where ne may 20 by motor. He may
travel where ne will, yet md tranquil
grandeur, forest-clad hills and noun
tains, sanctuaries OF rest, sequestered
amidst rugged Landscape which at once
soothes and thrills. Here lie fragrant
valleys; there rear TO the sky peaks
more than $4,000 feet TO their snow
caps. One may thread through thriV-
ing farmlnnds, or climb into the up
lands where painted cliffs. grotesque
rock formations and marvellous caves
4 feed the hunger for strange and freak
| ish things.
Columbia Highway
The Oregon motorist who has not fol-
lowed the Columbia Highway from the
strand to the COW country should not
look far afeld for the object points or
his vacation. The world offers nothing
to equal this remarkable roadway. one
may take as much time to travel II as
he wishes and not waste minute.
After n Iaunt down to Clatsop Beach
and Astoria the motorist. having had =
taste of thrilling turns In high places.
skins eastward from Portland along
the most striking length OF road to be
found In the United States. With PEN
dleton, the home of the roundup as his
terminal point, he bowls up the river
toward the Cascade mountains through
Acenery that Is classic. The great gorge
OF the Columbia river has held speli.
bound all the nature lovers OF this con"
tinent. Before the drive was built ths
gorge was famous.
ON the stretch Of the road from
Portland to the Mt Hood region. the
motorIst passes falls after falls strung
like the Jewels Of n necklace. Latou-
, rell Falls. Bridal Veil Falls, Gordon
Falls. and Multomal Falls grace the
, path. There are SHEPHERDS Dell and
Oneonta Gorge, and Horsetall Falls 70
! see and admire before one plunges into
Bowlby tunnel and emerges In the
/, Hood river country.
Thence one may travel on 10 The
! Dalles. where he may either veer to thf
south and explore the Deschules river
valley. or proceed east to Pendieton
The length Of the Columbia Highway
from the coast to Pendleton is Ss'
I miles.
n Wonders to South
! A tour down the Willamette waller
g and to the wonderful districts OF Coo.
bay and Rogue river will place befor'
' the motorist his choice Of side trips z
( rare and varied natural wonders. 1t
! region Of wild beauty. virgin forests
q and rugged canyons. Out from Grant,
| Pass pF meuIOTu arc NuS AAitVuo oAA W
Halls Of Oregon, immense caves start
9 ling in their Rrotesque beauty.
An elghty-mlle trip northeast 9
I Medford is Crater Lake National Park
2 2 one Of the show places Of the world
y This unique body OF water. the bed y
!, an extinct volcano. is 5000 feet abovI
sea level. But It Is particularly note
worthy on account of tho wondorfu
tint Of It's water, and vividlY hued AM
!; strangely formed shores and peaks tina
! hem II IN. This trip more than repay
n world-traveler. IT is transgrosslo'
: for an Oregon motorist not to hav
. visited Crater Lake.
A vacation tour to the southern Cas-
J cades is q gift Oregonians should taxi
TO themselves with an ardor. II tell
them what they have accomplished Ii
z thriving farmland communities an
progressive cities. When this is seer
:" Nature shows how puny are the work
Of man.
e The trip may be taken lelsurely an
: kept we'll within a vacation OF moder
's ate length Though the roads to era
,s ter Lake and the Marble Halls are no
bouievards, a good driver can accom-
"a plish them, as good drivers are doin
+, every day.