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ight which again seems 



year leading from the rim to the water's edge, such whether they were led to see the 



careless little trips frequently proved disastrous, for the to them so dim, cannot he definitely ascertained, but the 



return climb was then very arduous, covering as it did i)eople of southern Oregon, and, in fact, all who love 



nearly a thousand feet of difference in elevation. Stand- the scenery of our country, are particularly grateful and 



■•THE PHANTOM SHIP" 



A close view shows its rugged outline and mast-like rocks. From this position, however, the similarity 

 to a ship is not so readily visible. 



ing on the rim, the 

 descent to the 

 Lake seems to be 

 little more than a 

 short walk of ten 

 or fifteen minutes. 

 Coming back over 

 a p o o r I y-c o n- 

 structed trail, the 

 thousand-foot 

 climb lengthens in 

 a most astounding 

 manner. One of 

 the first steps 

 taken, when the 

 measures of Sec- 

 retary Lane were 

 adopted for the 

 development of 

 the Parks, was the 

 construction of a 

 practical trail on 

 easy grade from 

 the rim of the 

 crater to the water's edge. This is now complete and 

 greatly reduces the labor of the trip, although the climl) 

 is still much more than it seems. 



Crater Lake has been more successful, considering its 

 area, than other parks in the system in securing appro- 

 priations from Congress for its improvement and develop- 

 ment. Congress is committed to a plan for building 

 an encircling highway around the rim of the Lake as 

 close to the brink as practical construction will admit. 

 The two roads, one from the southern entrance and one 

 from the w^est- 

 ern entrance, 

 wdiich are now 

 completed, are 

 a part of the 

 road s c h e m e 

 for the devel- 

 opment of the 

 Park to which 

 Congress has 

 given its con- 

 sent. Whether 

 the A])propria- 

 tion Committee 

 was caught in 

 a moment of 

 mental aberra- 

 tion when this 

 plan was put 

 through., or 



WIZARD ISLAND, CRATER LAKE 



delighted over the 

 fact that Crater 

 Lake will soon 

 present a wonder- 

 ful field for motor 

 touring. 



After the jour- 

 ney from the rail- 

 road station to the 

 Lake has been 

 successfully 

 weathered, 

 there is quite 

 enough of inter- 

 est, not only in 

 the scenery imme- 

 diately about the 

 Lake and crater 

 rim, l)ut in other 

 jiarts of the Park, 

 to justify a stay 

 of several days. 

 A good motor- 

 boat is kept at the 

 landing down on the Lake's edge, and a trip around the 

 borders of the Lake in this boat is perhaps one of the 

 most fascinating experiences that can be had. The boat 

 ]>asses around jagged points of sharp rock, under the 

 shadows of beetling cliffs and out into the sunlight again 

 in a way that makes one feel as if fairyland were really- 

 true. In places where the water is not more than tliirtv 

 or forty feet deep, the jade-green lava at the bottom can 

 lie clearly seen. In other jjlaces the boat over the rim 

 of the inner crater, and the suddenness with which the 

 liottom seems to drop out of things, is breath-taking. The 



trip around the 

 border of the 

 Lake is some 

 twenty- four 

 miles in length 

 and every foot 

 of it is full of 

 fascinating in- 

 terest. .\ very 

 popular way of 

 sjiending a lit- 

 tle time at the 

 Lake is the 

 tri]) to ^^'izard 

 Island and a 

 stay there over 

 night. 



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This is the cone of a secondary crater that was thrown up in the great cup formed by the fall of Mount Mazama. Island IS about 



at least so the authorities of civilization say. The Indians, however, still hold steadfast to the belief that it is 



the head of the great god Llao. three-tlUar te rs 



