Marble Hill press., 1920-05-27

country ''.f .ui'H.r u.u.a'sr, .as's. iu' t'f'
J. uu'y .f. rra.t great .i'.f ~ 'H.s hltl lH iN'
world-vf.E .r, .wru.is,. h...r aii#f'n''y iu'n'Ti
through '., "aml.'tr melting % lr''n.' hest "'
the 'r'.r "r' ,' great 'uI"Huw amh 'hc ia''.hs
ln Hul u'.rr Disappearance urug.h suh''rrau'ah
cavernS ~ u. massive hg'k
The uurIc cun,uI,.un hat fr-ra,i tbs r'raatA
an" '"Hup spot uu human eve VI'a'ss'r' o'-0,.'
glsfs Ia," concluded that asv. asH .u f'r ..-'a'
chain ut volcanic mountain I'aI. which '"'aS -
tends from N. .h.U.'ur 90 ta.fHrf.a-H1m''r 'hrfu
" Rainier NJ H..=i ~ A1au, NJ l,~'rss n.
Thf"" sisters. ~ MliUI.il.r ~ shasta Hut i-.s
s'u r'uk#'I,r. lowered .s' uhI.' has t't'u
o.I.rl Mount Masama. 'ha. mos have TOPPED 'hs
iai1rs' of IT, fellows Judging from TIE pitch
uf %" REMNANT, ~ b.. outer s.uI,s scientists uon.
eiu1" with rusulali, certainty tha'. u rr7uu.
strusted. IT, snow clad p.ak would rts' FROM
seven ~ cieli thousand f,,i nhof' iis tf"k"u
rim Mariana stands 'uIa, m uus-uwu'sl llug
shuru ~ - dlu1,m ~ hurIus 'Eu'd and siifiofue
silver yet holding uItil.H 90, hear 'r-asur. Tie
rarcst IN the world-a h"ag'if4l lake. fhr a,rI'-i
- au lakes, With ua'"rs 'hc hlu,st Il all blue
waters And this is crater lake
Crater lake is almost circular varying from nve
20 six miles IN diameter T., known depth Is @t.s
feet and u l. believed io o.. tte dc.i-s, body -
fresh water In the world n, surface Is Gilt
feet above The SEA /; has no inlet outlet, being
Ted rs springs and winter SHOWS lts water -
cup', by underground channels, rapp"ariEe rs
spring, IN the klamath region fcW miles away
II :, completely girdled by srccipItogs cliffs and
steep talus slopes TINT falt sharply downward
from it, rim 2.p to tI feet e. the waters edge.
Closely cnclrcliug II rise many high peaks notably
Lao Rock. The Wntohmun and cloud Cap: also
Glacier Garfield and vldac Peaks
Surrounded by canyons rnyInos and plnracled
rock, and hcted ~ wilderness 81 boulder.
sfr'vu forests. III" region fnr years was inaccrs.
snly. and uncNporod except 10y the more ven.
tur.~ome who werc attracted 10y stories OF the
Indian, of this mystery lake in its fantastic set
ting Yet lis discovery accidental Il oc-
currrd IN lsi3 while an exploring party WIS
searching IN the Cascade mountains for the fam
Gus Lost Cabin mine.
4 dispute arose over the choice of a name. the
party dividing between Mysterious lake aud Deep
Blue lake The advocates of Deep Blue lake
the vote hut In 1859 a visiting party renamed II
Crater lake and this by natural right became Its
title
The first sight of Crater lake Is wcll nigh be-
wildoriug Unless looked into from the rim II is
invisible Wonderment nj the height and steep
ness II ts encircling cliffs succeeds the first
constituent admiration Of the loveness of It's
col"riug next enthralls the heholder In the So
quencc of impressions. Its unique beauty lies In
no small measure In It's coloring the hrance
Of which II reproduced In pnintng or print would
seem exaggerated and impossible TO those who
hive not seen the reality. Nowhere else s there
such an azure. one feels that glass Of Its wa
ter would show blue If stained with cobalt. but
II Is clear as crystal and as pure. The deeper
parts are brilliant uItramarne. shading TO
turquoise In the shnilower reaches, and Ia light
Jade green in the few !ndented coves around the
shore hundred feet down the glaze OF plate
is plainly discernible. The surroundings help the
hrilliance OF the blue; the rocks are Of metallic
.aes the peaks Of the rim are often covered;
the lava gray Of the steep SCARED walls is mottled
and spotched with bright yellows and reds, mark.
ings left by volcanic action long ago, and always
there is the dark green Of the pines and frs and
shrubs that grow on these declivties wherever
they find ot.hold The waters usually plae-
i'd, cleaning as though glazed by the sun and In
this mirror Of Nature the reflections stand out
with astounding distinctness.