. The tourist's northwest. tents, Ashland has two whose analysis exceedsthat of the Hathorn and Congress waters of Sara-toga, and a third which ranks well up in the lithia and soda springs are carbonated by na-ture and are therefore agreeable to the palate. Though situated nearly 2000 feet above sealevel, Ashlands summer days are unqualifiedly and October are the pleasantest months ofthe tourist season. A table of August, 1915, tem-peratures, naively circulated by the local Com-mercial Club, records six dates on which the maxi-mum degree indicated by the thermometer was 96and
. The tourist's northwest. tents, Ashland has two whose analysis exceedsthat of the Hathorn and Congress waters of Sara-toga, and a third which ranks well up in the lithia and soda springs are carbonated by na-ture and are therefore agreeable to the palate. Though situated nearly 2000 feet above sealevel, Ashlands summer days are unqualifiedly and October are the pleasantest months ofthe tourist season. A table of August, 1915, tem-peratures, naively circulated by the local Com-mercial Club, records six dates on which the maxi-mum degree indicated by the thermometer was 96and over, eight on which the mercury registered90° to 95°, fourteen when the maximum attainedwas not less than 85°, and five whose highest pointwas 80° to 84°. Which accounts for the thirty-one days of the month. This day-time torridityis not peculiar to the little city on the kneesof the Siskiyous. All the towns of these walledmountain valleys in Oregon have excessive sum-mer temperatures and no rain to speak of in mid-. THE CHAPEL, JOSEPHINE COUNTY CAVES, OREGON Ndincd by Joaquin MilL-r WILLAMETTE VALLEY TO THE SOUTH 145 summer. At night a cool wind stirs, so that rest-ful sleep usually solaces the heat-weary. South of Ashland, the Southern Pacific road to Sacra-mento and San Francisco follows a devious route over,around and through the Siskiyous, across gorges by perilousspans and along well-braced ledges. Streams gurgle andleap, the air comes sweet from the dark oratory of theforest, the climb exhilarates and appals. The summit ofthe road is 15 miles from Ashland. When we look downand back, the valley we have soared above lies like a richgarden aglow in the sun. Down the other side of the bar-rier which separates the two states the train glides like acreature unleashed into the Shasta-land of northern Cali-fornia. Routes to Crater Lake National Park. Superior road conditions induce many tourists to go to thePark via Medford. During the tourist season, July, Augustand Sept
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