Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-07-19
JESSE WINBURN STARTS MOVE
MENT WITH $500 TO GET
PROJECT ON WAY
Plan 25 Miles of Scenic PanarOma,
Taking Visitors to Top of Mount
Ashland on an Easy Grade, From
Flowers to Snow.

which, in it's significance and future
! results, is liable to become historic.
Mr.. Winburn entertained as his
dinner guests Fred c. Homes, John
{ II. Fuller and Charles H. Pierce, and
late in the afternoon piloted these
gentlemen to the end of the forest
service road which ends three miles
= from Mr.. Winburn's resort home, at
> an elevation of about 5000 feet
above sea level. From the end of
this road, a good trail leads a dis
tance of two and half miles to the
summit of Mount Ashland, which
trail Mr. Winburn states can be con-
i, verted into fully as good a road and
!, on practically the same engineers
grade as the present completed
three mile section of forest service
road above Sap-and-Salt.
This three-mile section of road
leaves the bed of Ashland creek a
quarter of mile above the Winbur
home and climbs rapidly, but on
fairly easy grades, to the present
terminus of the road.
The striking feature of this road +,
and the one most commented on by
this party of Ashland men, was the
soil formation, being nearly all de-
composed granite with practically no
lava rock or reef rock exposed, q
formation, which it is stated, exists
almost to the very summit of Mount
Ashland.
1t does not require a road expert
to state positively that the widening
of the present forest service road,
and its extension to the summit of
the mountain, presents scarcely any
greater road problem than the build
ing of a similar scenic road on the
hills within the city limits of Ash
land. The ease of handling this road
improvement was so apparent to all
that it came as revelation to the
party Of good road enthusiasts. They
were, of course, expecting something
fine in the way of scenery, but even
tthat surpassed all expectations.
Mr.. Winburn, who has travelled
over a great part of the world, said
he knew of nothing else like it in
EaTope or America, and the other
nerD bers of the party agreed that
nothing along the Rogue river route
except Crater Lake itself could sur
nss the possibilities of a scenic
hive system covering the two forks
f Ashland creek canyon and Iount
Shland.
About year ago, Mr.. Pierce, in a
ublic letter agreed to donate 500
er year for a five year perio ID to
TART a fund for this scenic drive
gstem, which offer he now req 'eats,
Riept that he agrees to put uI, the
1 tt.ire $500 as needed Mr.. Win
Il .rn yesterday gave his check for
$500 to Mr. Pierce without any
strings ,or conditions, as sta rter
% ward building eventually 25-
n lie drive system covering the
) reater portion of the Ashland wa
srshed.
The four gentlemen resolved them
selves into preliminary ways and
means committee to give this pro-
ject Immediate impetus, and agreed
to meet again nsxt Sunday afternoon
at Sap-and-Salt, with forest service
and county road representatives,
with perhaps an engineer or two to
discuss tentative plans. Mr.. Win
burn, with his characteristic energy,
hopes to see quite a bit OF actual
accomplished before the
snow flies.
1t is not contemplated in these
road plans to open up the Ashland
watershed to campers or picnickers,
but to assist the authorities in most
rigid enforcement of rules for visit
ors. Messrs. Homes, Fuller and
Pierce commented heartily on the
extremely neat and sanitary condi-
ton of the entire Winburn prem
ises. and they also spoke highly of
his personal cooperation with the
forest service authorities in elimina-
tion of all camping and grazing on
his own 100 acre mountain ranch, a
distinct gain over conditions prevail
ing under the old regime, supple
mented by close and personal watch
fulness of all of the adjoining noun
tain region ayound Sap-and-Salt by
Mr. Winburn and his assistants.