Western Story Magazine, May 12, 1934 — page 142: what you’re looking at

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140 of rich feed, ample supplies on fresh mountain water running through the pastures, and plenty of shade make dairy conditions ideal. an important fruit crop, and nuts are grown generally. This valley includes the larger cities: Portland, the Rose City, with its quarter of a million people; Salem, the State capital, with its large university; and Corvallis, with the State agricultural college. This is also a manufacturing center, with woolen, lumber, flour, and paper mills, canneries, condenseries, pack- ing plants, and factories of almost every kind. Before, however, Whitney makes up his mind to settle in the Willa- mette Valley, we would suggest that he look the map of Oregon over. Any reader of this department may receive the address of a man who knows Oregon and will be glad to recommend suitable farm sites by writing to John North, care of this magazine. Bound also for the Beaver State is Troy W., of Indianapolis, Indiana. “Can you tell me how to reach the Metolius River country in the Des- chutes National Forest, Mr. North? My partner and I are planning to spend our vacation in that part of the West and would greatly appre- ciate tips from you about the coun- try, its camps, lakes, rivers, and trails. We expect to rough it, and as we'll be eating over a camp fire, we'd like your recipes for such dishes as beans-in-the-hole, sour-dough bread, and barbecue.” | _ Troy and his partner have surely picked a grand section for their va- Prunes are> Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine cation, and we prophesy a whale of a good time for them. The Meto- lius River country is a clean, open, parklike region, with a growth of Western yellow pine, a wealth of fine camp grounds, and many moun- tain lakes stocked with fish. It is located fourteen miles from Sisters and forty miles from Bend and may be reached over excellent automo- bile roads. The Metolius River, which comes forth a full-fledged stream from the base of Black Butte, above Camp Sherman, is a fisherman’s paradise. Some of its springs are hardly five degrees above freezing. If Troy and his pal want to climb to the summit of Black Butte, which is a forest-fire Jookout point, they may reach it over a four-mile trail. Suttles Lake, another point we would advise them to visit, is four miles from the Metolius River and is accessible by automobile. Here good fishing and excellent bathing are to be enjoyed. In fact, with a store, cabins, tent houses, and a good camping ground, this makes a > delightful place to tarry. Nor should the partners fail to see Blue Lake, a water-filled crater of weird beauty, which les one and a half miles farther on and is reached by automobile road. A free forest camp on the national forest along the Metolius River pro- vides delightful spots for tents and cheerful camp fires. Recipes. for sour-dough bread: beans-in-the-hole, barbecue, and other dishes dear to the heart of the ex- perienced woodsman, as well as addi- tional information and a map of the Metolius River country will be sent to readers upon request. ecomi (a) zy) JOOKS eom