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substantially westward, and in the afternoon the play of 

 the shadows and the light of the setting sun is truly a 

 spectacle to behold. The road traverses gentle slopes and 

 long stretches of forest-covered meadow-land where the 

 traveler is constantly between the twilight walls, and then 

 bursts out suddenly on to a slight eminence where the 



come in sight of and close to Klamath Lake. Not until 

 my mule stopped within a few feet of Crater Lake did 

 I look down, and if I had been riding a blind mule, 1 firmly 

 believe I would have ridden over the edge to death." 

 loaquin Miller, the " P^oet of the Sierras," has described 

 the impressions engendered by the Lake perhaps as briefly 

 and potently as any. He says : "'The Lake? The Sea of 

 Silence? Ah, yes, I had forgotten — so much else ; besides, 

 I should like to let it alone, say nothing. It took such hold 

 on my heart, so unlike Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand 

 Canyon, when first seen, that I love it almost like one of 

 my own fanuly. iJut fancy a sea of sapphire set around 

 by a compact circle of the great grizzly rock of Yosemite. 

 It does not seem so sublime at first, but the mote is in your 

 eye. It is great, great ; but it takes you days to see how 

 great. It lies 2,000 feet under your feet, and as it re- 

 flects its walls so perfectly that you cannot tell the wall 

 from the reflection in the intensely blue water you have 

 a continuous unbroken circular wall of 24 miles to con- 

 template at a glance, all of which lies 2,000 feet, and seems 

 to lie 4,000 feet, below. Yet so bright, so intensely blue 

 is the lake that it seems at times, from some points of 

 view, to lift right in your face." 



Crater Lake has not enjoyed the fullest attention, ap- 

 preciation and knowledge of its beauties that its unique 

 distinctiveness justifies, but if ever the Federal Govern- 

 ment gets the present well-planned campaign of publicity 

 for its scenic areas thoroughly under way, this Park is 

 destined to be the mecca of scenery-loving tourists. 



THE PINNACLES 



These are in the Sand Creek Canyon. They are stalagmites that tower above 

 their bases near the bottom of the Canyon to the very rim. They are perhaps 

 as interesting as anything that may be found in Crater Lake National Park 

 outside the Crater's rim. 



full red disc can be seen hovering over the tops of the 

 green forests that stretch indefinitely into the distance. 



Whether the construction of the new cut-off of the 

 Southern Pacific, which will give an entrance to the Park 

 on the east that will be very much closer to the Lake, will 

 keep many from taking this wonderful drive, is a question, 

 but, no doubt, it will. Nevertheless, if I ever take another 

 trip to Crater Lake, one of the features of the journey 

 to which T will look forward will be the ride from the 

 crater rim in the afternoon down the slopes of the great 

 plateau to Medford. 



After all is said and done, the task of writing a descrip- 

 tion of Crater Lake is one that should be essayed only by 

 master hands at description. A sentence in the account 

 of J. W. Hillman, who was the leader of a combined party 

 of Californians and Oregonians who discovered the Lake, 

 gives an excellent idea of the suddenness with which it 

 bursts on the view. He writes : " Suddenly we came in 

 sight of water. We were much surprised, as we did not 

 expect to see any lakes and did not know but that we had 



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A GLOWING TRIBUTE 



C. F. \\'illiams, of the Royal Mint at Sydney, 



Australia, writing Air. Charles Lathrop Pack, 

 President of the American Forestry Associa- 

 tion, says : — 



" I must again pay a compliment to the publishers of 

 Americ.'VN Forestry which a friend has so kindly sent 

 me. It is a grand production, which speaks volumes 

 for the photographer responsible for such wonderfully 

 fine samples of the photographic art ; indeed, one might 

 with justice say, ' it is a scientific story of a gloriously 

 interesting subject, told most eloquently in the best ap- 

 proved style." I was further deeply interested in your 

 remarks, under the heading ' Preparedness and Forest 

 Products,' if you will permit me to say so? I believe the 

 American Forestry Association, as well as all true Amer- 

 icans interested in the future welfare of their country, 

 owe you a debt of gratitude for the splendid advice con- 

 tained in your remarks under that heading which were, 

 and are, admirably put without wasting w'ords. It is up 

 to all interested to seize the opportunity now at hand." 



THE State of Pennsylvania has started a new attack 

 on the chestnut blight, the white pine blister rust 

 and other tree diseases by going to Wisconsin to 

 engage J. G. Sanders, Wisconsin State Entomologist, 

 whose first step for the eradication of the white pine rust 

 in Wisconsin was to destroy all the trees and berry bushes 

 on the island where the disease was found. 



