Show WORLDS WONDER IN OREGON hottest springs on earth said to have been located seventy mile prom portland springs hot enough to cook beans and boll eggs in three minutes have been found within a short distance of portland ore they are on the clack amas river 30 miles south of esta cada and 70 miles from portland these are 60 in number and one throws out a stream inches in diameter the springs have been known to the indians for many years A french halfbreed halt breed named michel arquette Arque tto a trapper bearing an old indian of the molalla tribe of hot springs this side of the range made investigation and found them the springs are f opposed to be the hottest in the world degrees have been cooked in the larg er spring with the same dispatch on a stove eggs en in mesh of any kind have been cooked to three minutes even fish have been caught in the clackamas Clack amas river aid without being taken od the line have been dropped into the spring and in a very brief time cooked to a turn the waters from rock and are strongly impregnated with salts but not of sufficient strength to make tho taste objectionable many stories are told by the indians with regard to the wonderful properties of these springs and they have been known to cross the mountains from the reservation on the other side to bathe in the waters of the dig hole as they call it prefer loss before unjust gain foi that brings griet but ib 0 o alver child dinv |