The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-05-18
s. c. LANCASTER
TELLS OF PLAN
LOST LAKE TO BE SITE OF BIG CAMP
Reed College Students to Have Charge of
Cuisine Enterprise Announced
at Club Meeting

WCAC kiNCl ACkC AtAOn4aJ hAHht
at q banquet of the Commercial Club.
Samuel c. Lancaster, poet who is
also practical man, who has written
in heroic measure in cliffside grade. in
bridges and causeways. in the Figure 8
and curves of Crown Point, the very
visionings Of an artist brought to real
ity, told of another dream. His simple
story here among friends, who, too,
have contemplated the wonders of the
forested area with quickening of the
thoughts. of plans for a summer camp
on the shores Of Lost Lake, bore marks
that make any story appealing to ones
fellow men. IL was a great human in
terest story.
MIR. Lancaster, in the manner of
sincere conversation, told of his mo-
tives in establishin the summer camp,
where, it Is anticipated, 200 folk each
day will seek recreation in region
that is a little bit of Paradise. And
this is what he said:
"Not long ago had a call to go to
southern China. They wrote me that |
would get Sc. 500 per year and expenses
and il this didn't suit me to write them
what ] wanted. 1t developed that it
would be task requiring the rest of
my life-the rest of my life in China.
"Then, the folks back in my old
home state, Tennessee, asked me to re-
turn there. My home town Git was
jackson, Tenn.l proposed to join with
the county and the state in attracting
me back there. called in my three
daughters and the four grandchildren.
My wife was there. | asked them to
90 nd srV. I aalraA 4hnvea &c than utnsall
go back with me. The grandchildren,
of course, didn't want to go. My
daughters preferred the Northwest.
1t was then that seized on this new
dream and sought the advice of my old
friend, Tom Sherrard, Oregon national
forest supervisor. And, when he told
me that he would do anything in his
power for me. ! sought the owner of
the 100 acres, which we will utilize in
our Lost Lake camp, and secured my
lease. realized that could engage
in task that would give me fitting
employment for the rest of my days
engaged in work with an uplift."
Mr.. Lancaster announced his com
plete plans. He has just consummated
also the lease of 72 acres at Bonneville,
and, with the cooperation Of the For
estry Service, will equip small camp
at Wahtum Lake. He declares that
these Tecreational centers will result in
visitors seeing in leisurely fashion the
Columbia gorge, the Hood River val
ley, the environs OF Mount Hood and
the trails around Wahtum Lake and
down Eagle and Herman creeks.
my friends told me, when broached
my plans, that | knew nothing of COM
missary or cuisine, and solved that by
going to President Scholz. of Reed Col
lee" said Mr.. Lancaster. 81 was
heartened by his whole-souled support.
made him commander in chief of this
part of my plans, and he entered en-
thusiasticly into plans that call for the
participation of students of the Home
Economics department of Reed College.
While Reed College as an educational
institution will have nothing to do with
these plans, the board of regents offered
their heartiest support. We were graf
flied in the offer of cooperation from
the Oregon Agricultural College and
the University Of Oregon.
"These students. who will attend to
the cuisine, will also aid in the enter
tainment of guests. They are musi-
clans or otherwise fitted as companions
for those who go to the camps for a
rest among the quiet forests in the
shadow of the great mountain"
Mr.. Lancaster stated that it was pro-
posed to interest the students by the
offer Of a bonus in profits. Plans also
call for the setting aside of gradual
ed increase of the growing profits to be
utilized for scholarship funds for Reed
College students.
Camp equipment will be shipped by
rail to Dee, on the line of the Mt. Hood
r. X. Co. along about Jnly ], and
thence it will be taken by truck to the
lakeside. Elaborate preparations will
be made. Mr.. Lancaster cited the
startling evening cascades of fire sent
hurtling over Sentinel Rock at Yosem-
ite National Park by those in charge of
fsr-famed Camp Curry. He declares
that nature will produce as sensational
effects at sunset and dawn in her paint
ing Of the snow peak, but he proposes
to beautify the lake. itself. at night
with varicolored spotlights, sent dane
ing on the waters from Red Hill OF Zig
zag Mountain. Radio receiving sets
will be installed Immediately.
The following Reed College students
were present: Misses Helen Pippy and
Ver6a McCallum and James Hamilton
and Robert Brady. Mr.. Lancaster in
trodUced the young men and women as
typical of the students who would be
IN charge Of camp cuisine and enter
tainment. He stated that already Pres
ident Scholz had been in touch with
lecturers and entertainers. of nation
wide note. who would visit the camp
and give addresses of entertainment
and Of educational value.
W. ID. b. Dodson, executive secre-
tary Of the Portland Chamber Of Com |
merce, declared that Hood River, Port |
land and Oregon should become inter-
ested at once IN plans for the full de-
velopment Of the scenic asset of Mount
Hood. He suggested that Hood River
folk should organize themselves into
society called The Keepers Of the
Mystic Mountain. Mr.. D0dson stated
that the Portlnd Chamber had under
consideration plans for raising $50, 900
for publicity on the scenic asset Of the
state.
c. c. Merrill, chaplain Of the Fourth
Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army. who
is here from Camp Lewis, visiting his
sister, Mrs. J. d. Smullin and family, ]
Of the Upper Valley. declared that be
remarked 10 bis wife as the two mo- I
tored up the Columbia River Highway
the other day that be had never seen q /
more wonderful scenic effect than /
viewed from along the Gorgeside road. /
Mr.. Merrill. who was stationed with I
his regiment f0- several months with
the Army Of Occupation along the /
Rhine, characterized the Columbia I
gorge ss far superior in its appealing j
natural beauty. Mr.. Merrill told nu-
meroua stories that brought spontsne- !