The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04

~ area to be added is public domain.
There is therefore no expense The
enlargement is scenicaly attractive Is naturally
a part of the park and is needed for the COM
prehensive development of the public playground
of which Crater Lake Is the feature.
The small map given herewith has a broken
line around the present park and the heavy contn
line shows the park as enlarged, The pres
ent park is approximately - miles east and west
by Is miles north and south and contains 249
square miles 15o36O The enlargement
contains about 145 square miles or 1880 acres
The park lies in klamath county. In southwestern
Oregon, about 60 miles from the California line.
The nearest railroad points are Medford on the
main line OF the Southern Pacific SO miles to the
southwest Klamath Falls, 60 miles to the south
a branch line, and Kirk, 20 miles to the south
east branch line. The park lies on the crest
of the Cascades and varies In elevation from 5000
to 1900 feet
The addition is spoken Of locally the 'Dla-
mond lake region" because of the very attractive
lake which is one of its features This lake is
about 5000 feet above level and is about 8
by 2h miles. From Crater lake to Diamond lake
by trail Is Is miles. Diamond lake Is compare
lively shallow and warns up enough for comfort
able bathing On the east and south the shore
is grassy with gradual slope to pebbly beach.
The lake Is beautifully situated and altogether
the location makes an ideal camping ground.
In this lies much of its desirability. Crater
lake Is a world marvel but 1t Is not entirely ad-
mirable camping ground. The camping
ground Is OF course on the rim, thousand feet
or so above the water And a bathing lake it
is out of the question, the temperature Of its
water being about 38 degrees all summer. And
In addition the lake Is more than 1900 feet deep
In places.
The Diamond lake region offers fine fishing
Also To be sure, nobody could ask for finer trout
~ than the rainbows in Crater lake. They big;
some of them scale ten pounds. And they are
aOutft fgh hat
for pound the Crater lake rainbow is the hardest
fighter Of all the western trout. But fishing from
the rocky broken shore at the foot of the lake
walls Is often hard work The best fishing Is from
a boat-and to some anglers this is comparatively
fun. They want to steal along a stream and
find pool and match wits with the big fellow
that has pre-empted 1t and holds 1t against all
corners
And that's Just the kind of fishing there is up
around Diamond lake. Two creeks-Silent and
Short-fow into Diamond lake at its south end.
Two Bear creek flows into 1t from the north.
Other trout streams scattered the ad-
diton.
All the roads into the present park from
the south. The enlargement viii give the park
a road from the north and direct connection with
Bend and central Oregon points. In the future
connecting road to the wonderful Rim road
around Crater lake would be natural improve
ment at present only horse trail crosses the
range, which thrusts through the enlargement
and into the park like huge wedge.
Right up in the very northeast corner of the
enlargement is Howlock mountain 1881 feet).
To the east of Diamond lake is Mount Thelsen
{917S) and to the west Is Mount Bailey (S,356).
They are picturesque peaks and we'll worth as
cending All through the addition there is seem
cry worth while.
Crater lake attracted 1e,e45 visitors last sum-
mer and the attendance is increasing every year {;
In 1918 there were 1921. So the enlargement
is needed-to give more camping room, varied
scenery and different trout fishing, among ether
things The enlargement win offer additional
attractions and make Crater Lake National park
the kind of place where the visitor Will want
to stay all summer In short Greater Crater lake
win be both show place and playground.
1t is the plan of the national park service
to give this playground aspect so far as possible
to all of the national parks, Not all of them
come by 1t naturally. and these are to be helped
along by development