Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-20
DOUGLAS DAILY DISPATCH SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER

pears and apples from which are
world famous, II miles wide at Med
ford, narrowing finally to gorge
just wide enough to afford grudglng
room for the river.
Crater lake is unique among the
national wonders of the world. Al
though 1t is made of nothing but a
Worn-oLS volcano and : some snow
water it is reputed to be- one of the
! most beautiful spots in America.
Biologists estimate that the noun
tain was originally $4,000 feet high.
A terrific explosion ages ago blew
off its upper half while the whole
interior teleScoped into the bowels of
the earth A half hearted attempt
was made later to restore the vol
cano by building crater up in the
cavity, but the top of the new crater
did not rise to the level of the rim
| Surrounding it. Roughly nature Gre
ated a fairly good imitation of a cake
tin in which cakes with hole in
the center are baked. In the course
of time this immense cake was partly
filled with water from melting SHOWS
until lake was formed six miles IN
diameter "a miles in circumference
and 1000 feet deep. The rim of the
crater varies from 1000 feet to 1000
| feet above the water level looking
down on the lake from this height
the water is the most exquisite blue
imaginable No body of water 1 have
eyer seen in America or Europe can
compare with Crater lake in beauty
of coloring. Anyone who likes that
kind of exercise may climb down the
almost perpendicular sides of the
crater to the water and take row.
boat around the lake. A hotel is
perched on the rim of the crater
more than 1000 feet. above sea level.
On the return we went to klamath
Falls The ride is attractive, but the
dust isn't. No rainfallS during the
summer in that part Of the world,
and the dust is something fearful,
for the roads are not paved. Our
driver seemed to be in hurry. At
least he drove as fast, as the car
could turn its wheels, with the result
that the dust was driven into our
skins until We were enshrouded be-
yond recognition in masks OF mud.
Fortunately I was able to identify
myself by a laundry mark on my
collar.
A few hours after leaving Medford
on the Siskiyou line or klamath Falls
on the Cascade line, Mount Shasta,
whose snoW-clad summit towers S
1880 feet above sea level looms in
view, apparently just few steps
from the railroad; but actually-Well
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the landscape SO completely that it
remains in view from the car window
for four hours
In fact, the scenery for the entire
TIL miles between Portland and San
Francisco is so interesting that if
time permits the tourist should travel
by daylight only, stopping over Wher-
, ever night overtakes him, and hotel
accommodate promise to be &C
ceptable.
The glamor of romance which ir-
radiateS San Francisco so charms the
imagination that no one would think
of passing the city without stopping
for few days. 1 shall not attempt
in the few minutes at my disposal
to enumerate the attractions Of the
city by the Golden Gate, but pass
on to the next beauty spot, which IS
Yosemite
In my judgment there ought to be.
a law obliging every free-born Amer
ican citizen to see Yosemite. You,
can stand at the foot of Yosemite
Fails and be within days tramp
to all points of the compass OF more
scenes of exquisite. beauty and more
objects of thrilling interest than any
where else on the globe. There Isl
nothing like Yosemite.
Right here may be a good place
to say that man who has seen
one of the national parks should not
Jump to the conclusion that he can
judge from the sample what they are
all like. Each and every one of the
national parks is entirely different
from all the rest. Each has its own
marked individuality, It's own partic-
ular charm. And do not jump to the