What to see in America . boatsand launches ply GooseLake, which has an al-titude of 4700 feet. Thebuttes in the open coun-try in the northern partof the county are often Llao Rock, Crater Lake exceedingly fantastic and massive. One ofthe best known is an ancient crater that rises several hun-dred feet above the level plains and is called Fort Rock. Itssteep walls are so nearly perfect as to give the giant emi-nence the aspect of a great fortification. In the southwestern corner of the state, near the boundaryline, are the Josephine County Caves. They are so concealedamong a group of rough and
What to see in America . boatsand launches ply GooseLake, which has an al-titude of 4700 feet. Thebuttes in the open coun-try in the northern partof the county are often Llao Rock, Crater Lake exceedingly fantastic and massive. One ofthe best known is an ancient crater that rises several hun-dred feet above the level plains and is called Fort Rock. Itssteep walls are so nearly perfect as to give the giant emi-nence the aspect of a great fortification. In the southwestern corner of the state, near the boundaryline, are the Josephine County Caves. They are so concealedamong a group of rough and lofty peaks that even the forest-roaming savages knew nothing of them. Only the wildcreatures had found them. About 1880 a bear, pursued bya youthful hunter, betrayed the entrance to the amazingpassages and halls, pendent with calcium gems, pillared inalabaster, and tapestried in crystal. This gorgeous palaceof the bears belongs to the nation, and a government guideis on duty there every weekday afternoon from June 15 to. Oregon 515 October 1. The aisles and chambers are in tiers that godown to a depth of many hundred feet. Each year newthoroughfares are discovered, and the caves are probablyamong the most extensive in the world. Much gold has been taken from southern Oregon, andthe wild days of the early mining camps are recalled by suchplace names as Whisky, John Mule, Pistol River, andJump-Off-Joe Creek. Another suggestive name of thevicinity is that of the Rogue River. Originally the Frenchcalled it Rouge, which means red, but later settlers andminers, many of whom were robbed and slaughtered by theIndian, shifted two of the letters to make it the Roguebecause of the treachery that lurked on its banks. Ashland,which overlooks this rivers fertile prosperous valley froma neighboring upland, has a notable galaxy of mineral springs— hot and cold—^and of soda, lithia,and sulphur. There are
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