Arizona republican., 1920-11-07

Close pursued with bear behind Why seek scenic beauties and points of interest abroad when America of fers you much greater travel enchant- ments?
 Columbia river and adjacent terri tory offer every indpcement the most exacting tourist, sportsman or angler could desire. This river has for un- limited ages by continuous effort, finally carved it's course down through the rock spine of the Cascade noun tains. almost to sea level, forming an impressive and mighty canyon, mag nificent in it's grandure. The Lewis & Clark expedition, in 1S05 traversed and mapped the Columbia. The United States finally established it's claim to ownership based on their maps. Coun- try contiguous to this mighty river was then teeming with game Those in accessible domes. peaks and pillars, cut from disaltic rock by erosion, in conjunction with the mountains and valleys vet covered with virgin tim
 Der. will ever provide a home for wild
 bird and animal life
 On & recent hunting excursion, we
 stopped in the little city of Heffner.
 oregon. From that point I visited the wheat fields in quest of ducks, which were reported as destroying crops. | Farmers in every instance made us most welcome. Lands adjoining Heff- ner were headquarters for vast army Of Jack rabbits, who branded this local ity, home During a general western
 rabbit exodus, they were unable to cross Columbia river. They immedi-
 ately pre- -empted Haffner as their
 permanent abode, colonizing, propa gat- ing and multiplying so rapidly their
 name became legion. The ramifica-
 tions and ancestors of the rabbit fam l fly in that locality can be traced back | to the Pilgrim Fathers, yet many pre- fer the distinction of being known as 1 Native Sons of Oregon"
 4 few miles east of The Dalles, l visited a section occupied in pre- his toric days by an unknown race of peo- li pie Their hieroglyphics are chiseled
 on the face of miniature palisades. pot tery and household effects are found with strange and undeciphered mark ings The populace were unquestion
 ably sun worshipers, believing in the incarnation of birds and animals. as in Edieated by their many crude drawings
 Below The Dalles is Mimeloose Is
 land camping ground for The Lewis
 and Clark expedition, locality safe from Indian attack, based upon super II stitions surrounding their burying lOCalGQ db lAl5 POAAA. A@hOi Trevitt. Indian trader trapper and
 white mans friend. is buried on this
 island He was ever distrustful oi
 men of his own color, stipulating tha he be buried amongst honest men. se- lecting his Indian followers as grave mates. A monument has been erected i to his memory by oregon pioneers. At White Salmon Creek, Washing ton, I stopped. inspecting adjacen
 scoop fish wheels, a Columbia rive , idea and production. They are turned : and operated by the swift current, tn bask cts scoop up travelling salmon a , they ascend the river, while hugginl , the shores to avoid current on thei , last journey to their spawing grounds
 This "Cascaret Wheel' works day an
 night. ever slowly turning, it pick ! up those scaled beauties to be carrie ? above and dumped into a convenien receptacle. later gathered in by fisher . men. Oregons state game warder 7 Carl Shoemaker, advised me that on :. wheel, operating twenty-four hour tons of salmon. Some improvement < < oh the noble red mans old time bon
 gig.
 My attention was called to pro T tected colony of beaver, industriousl q constructing a dam across Wau- -Kee n Nay creek, at the foot of Multnoma K falls, an interesting sight. HeadquaI e ters for United States forest rangers { U located at Eagle Creek canyon. frol
 which point they patrol for forest fire
 and poachers During the wints ) months much large game is found h this canyon-elk, deer. bear and cougs e driven down from the mountains b y excessive cold or unusual snows. ' ranger recently discovered a black bes '- seated on high ledge of rock suckin Q and licking his paws, conclusive ev
 dence he had been fishing out of ses " son. Ascending the mountain by cil a cuitous route, the ranger slipped up ( ,- the windward side of the bear al 10 preaching within twenty feet before n was discovered It was a drop of fiji is feet down the cliff or a rush past h a. assailant Poor bruin chose the latt s dilemma He charged the ranger wi ,e faced him with an ax. at the same tin re letting out a lusty yell. That was t'