Show 1 I ll New N w Si State Je of Siskiyou S ay Be Cre Created Top lop of California and Bottom of Oregon Would Make bake I a Commonwealth of Superlative Scenic Grandeur F the proposed new state of IF you be added to the Union by the elopement an and marriage of oC the northern part purt of California and ami the tho southern part of Oregon tho he new commonwealth promises to become I known lIB as the tho most picturesquely beautiful beau thel I In general topography of oC all sovereign sisterhood This Is theE the E 4 prophesy of oC ono one who has vIsited nU all the theL I II L q scenic states and has been f more I Ia t deeply impressed I and e enthralled ra b by the a scenery enery to tn tits the regions comprising the pro proposed new commonwealth than byI bY if any ot of the tho other great creat natural wonders I o I be I 1 4 com an magnet for Cor the q tourist the artist the poet and the i 1 practical person who pioneers for com comI commerce I I merce Of courso the tho region reston will be no nomore notS tS more wonderful than tOOn It Is nt at present but tho formation of a 0 new state will I K e serve erve to attract wider to it It 1 While tho rho movement has not taken taleen shape shapo tho proposition has been discussed with serious Intentions for some time and just now Is Interesting the residents ot of the region It If you will look at tho map you will find that near nC r Carson City famed In prizefight an annals annals nals as tho place where Jim Corbett surrendered to Bob Fitzsimmons the tho border line IIno between Nevada Navada and Cali California fornia has an obtuse angle mIc Geographically GeographIcally this angle angeo Is Indicated lIB as the tho corner ot of Siskiyou On tn toe coast of oC Oregon you OU will discover Coos bay Hero Here or ly somewhat up coast may begin the north line of Staid you The Tho territory Indicated will Include two harbors Coos bay and Humboldt bay both of which may bo be developed Into ports of commercial importance It will include what Is moro more Interest interesting I ling ing Crater lake and Mount Shasta and probably also Lake Tahoe In the tho ex southeastern corner that won wonderful body ot of water w lying far Car up in a mountain altitude Mount Shasta hulu ls is a volcano rumbling Grumbling md and shuddering from Crom time to time but scientists say It has not erupted for Cor years That It formerly suffered terrible eruptions I is shown b by bythe the immense masses of lava that have poured down Its sides and out beyond Its base Crater lake lole was WIlS created by byi violent explosion Mazama I which blew Its own head bead oft off ages oes ago I when It t was higher than Shasta ac according according I cording to savants This conclusion as 1111 asto to original altitude was reached by a process of anatomy so to speak The Tho surface of the lake lako is s 9 feet above the sea Around the lake which Is six by five I miles and of elliptical contour rises n a arim i io rim of stone the broken o mountains n ex g I o from 1000 1 to 2000 feet e above o the water Tho walls are aro almost I I I F f r f ft I t tr C f c t r rf Z j r t i v i f Nid fl r tf liiA ift r Y i t t t f tv t j 4 1 r J t i 0 vb J I v j l t m t i v vl W h Li f r c 1 i 1 y 1 i 1 I e ei i 5 r a aE t tC E I C f Sl E Y l ir 4 r er f Y fiK at b 1 l Mh 1 I IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA to tot t 1 1 I The lake Is 2000 feet deep Crater lake lako and Its environs IncludIng Including Ing 29 square miles have been a na mI national park by act of congress since 1902 Recently railroad connection has been established so that this marvel marvelous ous phenomenon Is easily accessible to tiro tho tourist Mount Shasta Is In count county Cal the tho county count whose name namo it Is pro proposed proposed posed to bestow upon the new state ThIs mountain feet high possesses pos possesses features oC Interest that belong I Ito to no other big wart art on the earths face faco Shasta Is not properlY a peak It be belongs belongs longs In range Sierra means saW toothed That describes Shasta The Tho mountain is III long and has several depressions like the space between gi gigantic gentle gantic saw teeth or 01 one might say that It has humps like a monster camels back The top and sides are arc clad In perpetual snow Around the base baso or of Shasta and far rarI farup up Its crag craggy lopos Indians and white I men have hae grappled In death struggles year ear after year ear Later the gold seeker r came and d pitched I his tent along the fo slopes s or in the outlying t I forests e Then came tho ox ax and one of the large Industries of the tho region today Is that of oC cutting and floating logs ROBERT ROBERI DONNELL |