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Show 4- -f X Feast of Lucullus ' X X at Crater Lake X ' 4----r 4--r-r-r-J--j--b. :f 'BY' KENNETH C. KERR. OYER 6000 feet above sea level; 100 miles from the nearest rail point and GOO miles from a metropolis, yet a feast was. spread fit for Lucullus. , The time was midsummer just twenty twen-ty vears ago; the place, Crater lake in Southern Oregon; the actors, members of a party attached to the United States Geological survey, camped at the rim of the lake. Little has been written of Crater lake, but without doubt it is among- the natural nat-ural wondors of the West and In one of the most attractive sections of this country, being in thc heart of the Cascade Cas-cade mountains not far from the northern north-ern boundary of California. At the time, these surveyors were engaged en-gaged in making tho first topographical map of the lako and surrounding country, coun-try, the Government having made a special appropriation for the purpose, at the urgent request of Oregon's Representatives Rep-resentatives In Congress. The party Included In-cluded three young instrument men, Easterners, with the usual outfit for a long campaign in the mountains. The cook was a Portuguese named Anton, and In addition were five or six packers and teamsters with many animals. Like all Government outfits tho camp equipment equip-ment was perfect and the wagons held regulation stores, purchased at the Fort Klamath commissary. It was late in the afternoon on a Sunday Sun-day when the crowd was lying about camp awaiting the weekly mall that was being brought up from Jacksonville bv one of tho packers. Upon its arrival .each separato member of the little band, so far from home and relatives, had reason to ueek a quiet nook and thero digest the budget which was usually quite voluminous. An exclamation from thc chief of thc party brought the boyu together a little while later and all was Interest when he informed them that he had Just received word from Wash- ington, D. C, that leading officials of the department were on the way to Crater Cra-ter lake and wished a team to meet them at Jacksonville the following Thursday. The team was dispatched and for thc next week all wcro expectant, as the coming party was to Include such men as Henry Gannett, chief geographer; Prof. A. II. Thompson, topographer; CapL C. E. Dutton of the ordnance cdrps, United States army, and the late Prof. Joseph Le Contc of the University of California. The night before they were due to arrive ar-rive the chief called Anton and one of his assistants to his office tent. "Anton," "An-ton," he said, "tomorrow we are going to receive some guests and I want the dinner to be the finest man ever ate in a camp. How are the provisions?" "Well," replied Anton, in his broken English, "there's plenty of canned goods and fancy things, but no butter, no milk, no fresh meat." , "Thero is a lot of whisky and hale a case of claret." put in thc assistant, who was nicknamed "the kid." "Now, see here, Anton," went on the chief, "these people have got to have a spread. 'The kid' will rig up the table ta-ble and tell you all about the things and tomorrow I will send out a couple of the boys on a hunting and fishing trip. You and 'the kid' get up that dinner and make it a good one, if you don't! back you go to San Francisco." "All right!" said Anton. Early next day all was bustle In the camp on tho rim. "Thc kid" and Anton An-ton were busily arranging tho details of the dinner, ono of the men had gone fishing, wliile another Vwas after some game. They were lucky and returned to camp heavily laden and elated. And in duo time arrived the distinguished gueBts. That is another yarn it's tho dinner that forms the feature of the story. "Tho kid" had arranged the table on a high part of the brink commanding a view of the1 wholo contour of the region, re-gion, including tho sheet of wator 2000 feet below. From the table one could look across the vast cavity fix miles to the other aide and in tho middle of the Jake aroae the crater Itself like a pointed mountain in an ocean. Down the sheer cliff one could look to the water and the silence of nature's soli-tide soli-tide was everywhere. In Uau of table cloth the boards. were psrtly covered .with mountain fcrnr.nd a few wild flowers. The grounoVas carpeted with pungent pine ndles. Around tho head of the table few Navajo blankets served as a bnjk for the wind which came up from XX canyon. can-yon. It was sunset when Antoi called the party to dinner. Anton served, "the kid" was 1 charge vof wines and service and thechief of the party presided. To say tbt It was enjoyod by the guosts would I, putting it mildly and their surprise fa genu-lno genu-lno that such an afair cod be arranged ar-ranged In a spot so remote tym human habitation. Here is the mer1: Cocktail au Marnsq)n, Caviar on Toaai Soup. ' Puree of Navy Ban, Fish. Mountain Trout Broiled oj Coals. Sauce Tartar. Ptato Croquettes. Pickles. Worceatorshlrf Chow Chow. Olive, Spicod Plums. Entrj(3" Sauto of Mushroom. la Undo Sam. Boned Breast Cairio Chicken. Qrcon Peas. Cornmo.il Mush Frci n Bacon Grcass. Plne-pleVlcc. ylloast Haunch Venisojf camp Slyl. Currant Jelly. - Succotash. Aspaingus on Toaau Hot JIuryland Biscuits Salad. M 'Claret. ToniatolXsjjie, layonuaise. V Dessert. Apple Pi. -ft Preserved Flga. Ktlcni Chec3e and Crackors. C;ife Nolr. Camp Crster Lake, Ore., Juno 23, 1SS-1. "When the gueata sat down some words of praise were '"'first heard on the originality orig-inality uf the table decorations, the Washlnftonians; fresh 'from tho gay llfo of Oo capital, being duly Impressed with ttis featuro of the dinner. But when fiio courses followed each other they could not refrain from e.t-presins e.t-presins of delight and "the kid" had to explain how it had e-n accomplished. Everything on tie' table was. either from a canned or pesorved product or the ordinary nin.Jf groceries, with the exception of thoytrout caught that morning dawn L son and the wild clue i J VJ: road to Diamond lake oa tne of Crater lake. The uue the mayonnaise hud i'iHj oil. vinegar and essn "M wild chicken's last- J flj pungent, but paprika " ,aueB I out and It passed ior . w ice was simple to : ,.iMiM! freeze. It was pa.-Ked .n mm , from a nearby crease on ; mountain. ,,,, ih teMM-. The, hot Mary Una b'5-u2" made after the regu.u orn Qmm ing out anything , 1 JJ; They had been c Dutch oven by 1 , ltlon ;i cooked the rct f ; wHj style. The rest of the i f mW, iiy fixed up. as the J goods was extensive, t (lmneH -clared it was thc lnct mm , bud over eaten In eaW . cbH . At the close of the feast fl f "Ml Slneer called upon ECh,an(jM toast, and thc latter R J M ing a tin cup of claret hiB he said, "To our host, the mm of tho Unitod States. mm j Mm I 9m ' |