Excellent condition or better.

Your Year to Visit the Northwest

Special issue:

with Justice Douglas Senator Magnuson Stewart H. Holbrook

and other master s

pectacular Pacific playground

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Squire, one of the great

styling feats of the '62 Fords,

there is the Falcon Squire

with optional bucket seats

and console, shown here.

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you about it and show it

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Times

azine

CONTENTS

1 Preview of 2000 A.D.

SENATOR WARREN O. MAGNUSON

6 Capital of the Inland Empire

JAKE H. CARAWAY

8 Reform of a Renegade River

MURRAY MORGAN

12 The Fort at Mool-Mool

DICK LANDIS

14 What Do We Eat?

ANGELO M. PELLEGRINI

February 1962

Vol. 55 No. 2

21 Wilderness Trail in the Wallowas

JUSTICE WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS

25 Backdrop to Pioneer History

NARD JONES

29 Seven Favorite Northwest Trips

BYRON FISH

36 What Do We Do for Laughs?

DOUGLASS WELCH

39 Mecca of the Trailer Sailors

EMMETT WATSON

46 Hour's Walk on the Pacific Ocean

DOROTHY NEIGHBORS

50 Home Port for King-Sized Fish

STANTON H. PATTY

60 Famous Characters, Good and Bad

STEWART H. HOLBROOK

Sport Fashions of Oregon Outdoors-19

Recreation Unlimited-42

Notes on Northwest Travel-44

Refill It Year After Next-49

Favorite Recipes of Famous Taverns-55

Something New in Owners' Manuals-58

F. MOORE, JR., Chairman, C. R. BEACHAM, J. R. BOWERS, J. D. DAVIS,

, L. A. IACOCCA, WILLIAM LAAS, E. F. LAUX, M. S. MCLAUGHLIN,

, JR., WALTER T. MURPHY, JAMES O. WRIGHT

mpany, Dearborn, Michigan-Printed in U.S.A.-All rights reserved

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painting by James Peck

HINING like a gem alongside the port of Seattle is the Century

S21 Exposition as it will appear on opening day in April,

painted by James Peck from architect's plans and sketches. Look-

ing westward, we see Lake Union in the foreground, Elliott Bay

beyond the Fair, and in the distance, Puget Sound and the foothills

of the Olympic Mountains. On page 1 of this issue, Washington's

Senator Warren O. Magnuson presents a preview of "the biggest

the city prepares to greet visitors

year in Seattle's history

from all over the world.

When changing your address, be sure to

cover, (2) the new address and (3) the nor

scription. Mail to FORD TIMES, Ford Moic

our name and address as shown on back

dress of the dealer supplying your sub-

American Road, Dearborn, Michigan.

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This special issue of FORD TIMES is your Ford dealer's salute

to the Pacific Northwest and its brilliant center attraction this

year, the Seattle World's Fair "Century 21" Exposition. The

text is written in its entirety by outstanding Northwest citizens

and authors, and illustrated by the region's own artists and

photographers. Our stories and pictures present a sampling of

the extra pleasures FORD TIMES readers can expect to discover

-in recreation, in food, in interesting people, in sheer natural

beauty-during their 1962 visit to the Fair.-The Editors

PREVIEW

OF 2000 A.D.

by Warren O. Magnuson

U.S. Senator from Washington

paintings by James Peck

Seattle is reaching for tomorrow.

When the annals of the Pacific Northwest are written,

1962 will go down as Seattle's great year. For from April 21

through October 21, the young and lively city on Puget Sound will

be hosting the Seattle World's Fair, first to be held in the United

States in more than twenty years.

Dropped into a setting of two major mountain ranges (the Cas-

cades and the Olympics), a major salt-water harbor, and two large

in-city lakes, will be a gem of a show keyed to the world to come:

Century 21 Exposition.

Seattle's fair is a pretty daring enterprise for a city situated in

the northwest corner of the United States, surrounded by scenery

but not highly populated. When you consider the locale of past

world's fairs-Brussels, New York, Chicago, San Francisco-it is

an ambitious undertaking.

But Century 21 planners have put together a package which

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Capital of the Inland Empire

In Spokane-distinguished for muscular scenery and industry

-you also see one of the nation's most beautiful gardens

by Jake H. Caraway... photograph by Kyle Walker

WHAT impresses the new visitor

has appeals to the tenderer side of

to Spokane and the area around people. The way to explore this

aspect is to get a booklet entitled

"Little Journeys," which is made

available to visitors by the Spokane

Chamber of Commerce.

it is the great display of muscle,

both man-made and natural. Evi-

dence of the former is the thousands

of miles of wire that transmit the

billions of kilowatts produced at the

huge hydro-electric installations of

the region. The latter is represented

by wild rivers and mountain ranges.

All in all, this is manly territory.

Your trip westward to Seattle is

likely to include Spokane, for it lies

at the center of a complex of im-

portant highways close to the Idaho

border and a hundred miles south

of Canada. Because of its situation

it has become the capital of a

loosely-defined territory called the

Inland Empire. This extends beyond

Coeur d'Alene Mountains on the

east, beyond the Palouse and Walla

Walla districts to the south, and

It lists nine different motor trips

ranging in length from less than two

hours up to a full day, depending

on how much you want to see. One

of the shorter trips, for example,

takes you twenty-seven miles along

the banks of the Spokane River

west of the city. This is a short

drive, but anyone who takes a picnic

lunch to Riverside State Park, which

is part of the trip, will devote an

hour to the view alone.

An hour and a half northeast out.

of Spokane brings you to Mt. Spo-

kane State Park, the largest in the

state. From the mountain's summit

you look down on a world of lakes

through the Big Bend country of and rivers, with fine facilities for

the Columbia to the west.

Despite the show of commerce

and industry that has arisen from

the damming of the rivers, Spokane

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picnicking. Should you come in win-

in the Pacific Northwest.

ter and are fond of skiing, you will

find this among the best snow areas

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reform of a

Renegade River

The mighty Columbia, once denounced as a

"seven-shoaled horror," is now the friend of outdoorsmen

The first white men to descend

the valley of the Columbia

were overwhelmed by the

speed and thrust of the great river,

in startling contrast to the aridity

of the plains it coursed. Early jour-

nals and letters are studded with such

phrases as "a most Horrid rapid,"

"wilde turbulence," and "powerful

waves smashed our canoe."

During the dispute with Great

Britain over possession of the North-

west, Daniel Webster asked his

colleagues in the Senate, "What do

we want of this vast, worthless area,

this region of savages and wild

beasts, of shifting sands and whirl-

winds of dust, of cactus and prairie

dogs?"

As recently as 1936 a correspond

ent for a national magazine described

the Grand Coulee area as "dead land,

bitter with alkali... inhabited by

ghosts a hundred feet tall."

But no more.

by Murray Morgan

its thrust directed against the blades

of turbines, its surplus waters

pumped and siphoned through tubes

and channels to turn a million acres

of dust and sagebrush into farms.

The steady summer sun that was

the dust-breeding curse of the pio-

neers now is the delight of those

vacationers who have discovered the

new lakes of the tamed river. The

most highly developed area for

camping is the 151-mile reach of

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake behind

the Grand Coulee Dam. There the

National Park Service tends thirty-

five free campgrounds, many of

which have boat launching facilities.

At Coulee Dam, above the old

ferry to which pioneer cowboys some-

times trailed longhorns, there is now

a marina and even a yacht club. On

each side of the impounded river,

within sight of the mile-long crest

of the dam and within earshot of its

thundering waters, lie campgrounds

The ghosts lie drowned under the complete with permanent fire pits,

waters backed up behind the Colum-

bia dams. From the Canadian border

woodpiles, and flush toilets.

to the Cascade Mountains, the river rina and campground mark the area

Farther up the lake another ma-

is penned behind concrete barriers, where Indians assembled each sum-

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Major Garnett's house at Fort Simcoe has been newly restored

The Fort at

MOOL-MOOL

Once a recreation oasis for

Indians, a Washington wilder-

ness park now refreshes the

car-borne modern traveler

F

by Dick Landis

paintings by Phil Kooser

OR MANY decades the Indians of

south central Washington re-

treated during the winter to a place

in the Simcoe Valley which they

called "Mool-Mool," meaning "bub-

bling waters." Here under the oaks

they drank from the many springs;

here they found grass, tall pines,

abundant

game, and a protective ter-

rain. In 1856, Colonel George Wright

noted the same advantages in a re-

port to his superiors at Fort Van-

couver, and construction of Fort

Simcoe was ordered on the site.

As a century passed, Mool-Mool

seemed to stay as remote and beauti-

ful as ever. Residents of the valley

remembered the fort, and on Sun-

days the great oaks sheltered many

a picnic party. The remembrance

grew into a movement to preserve

the old buildings, and the Fort Sim-

coe at Mool-Mool Restoration So

ciety was organized. Nearly one hun

dred years to the day after the fort

was built, it was rededicated

state historical park.

as a

The white-painted Commandant's

house resembles less the quarters of

a military commander than the resi-

dence of a Southern gentleman, and

indeed such was the post's first com-

mander, Major Robert Selden Gar-

nett. He brought with him two com-

panies of soldiers to protect the

settlers from the Indians and the

Indians from the land grabbers.

Fort Simcoe stayed in service only

three years. In 1859 it was turned

over to the Indian Agency, which

abandoned the premises in 1925.

Simcoe had been built athwart the

trail from Fort Walla Walla that

continued on through old Naches

Pass to the coast. Today it is well

off the beaten path, thirty-eight miles

southwest from Yakima on a dead-

end road that leads off U.S. 97.

Furniture, kitchenware, spun and

woven goods, pictures, even wall-

paper were retrieved from through-

out the Yakima Valley to furnish

the restored buildings authentically.

Beneath the Mool-Mool oaks, to-

day's highway traveler may find

rest and respite, in the very spot

where Indians waited when Major

Garnett rode in to establish Fort

Simcoe's brief but virile part in the

taming of the West.

Authentic kitchenware of the 1850s bedecks this fireplace corner

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Casual, colorful Jantzen clothes and a Ford Galaxie are a perfect

choice for a day at Multnomah Falls, a beauty spot near Portland

Sport Fashions of Oregon Outdoors

by Nancy Kennedy

FAR from the salons of Paris

or Fifth Avenue, New York,

an exciting new fashion cen-

ter has emerged in Oregon.

What is apparently an unlikely

spot for the most outstanding sports-

wear market in the country seems

almost inevitable on closer inspec-

tion. For Portland, with its magni-

ficent backdrop of snow-capped

Mount Hood, is the hub of a vast

Pacific Northwest vacationland.

Mountains, lakes, forests, ski

slopes, rivers, and sandy ocean

beaches are within easy driving dis-

tance of the city.

Over 200 years of apparel making

experience are combined in the color-

ful histories of Portland's big three,

Pendleton, White Stag, and Jantzen.

They reveal a story of adapting to

a rugged new land, then sharing the

wide-open-spaces way of life with

the rest of the world in the form of

active sportswear.

then were Indian blankets and the

warm woolen shirts needed by out-

doorsmen and settlers. Today it is

one of the few clothing companies

that perform every manufacturing

step from selection of the raw wool

to tailoring the finished garments.

In 1884, the parent company of

White Stag was formed, as a sail-

maker for tall-masted ships which

sought Portland as the only fresh-

water port on the coast. Later they

turned their knowledge into manu-

facturing paraffin-dipped canvas "tin-

pants" worn by Northwest timber

loggers and in the 30s the first real

skiwear made in America (page 45).

The earliest success prophetic of

the group was Jantzen who de-

veloped the first truly functional all-

wool knitted swim suit in 1918.

Today it is not considered good

form for any girl's wardrobe to be

without one of their famous prod-

ucts, which also include sunclothes,

sweaters, and skirts.

Oldest of the trio is Pendleton

whose forerunner company was

founded in 1863, using woolen-mak-

ing equipment that was sailed around

the Horn. Its principal products

Off the ski slopes the whole family dons Pendleton woolen fashions

to relax before the fire at Timberline Lodge at Mount Hood, Oregon

The popularity of these three out-

door fashion makers has reversed a

long held fashion rule-that styles

start in the East and travel west.

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The following article is a condensation of Justice William O. Douglas's

chapter on the Wallowas in his book, "My Wilderness," published by

Doubleday & Company, New York. Reprinted here by permission of

the author and publisher, these passages reveal a distinguished citizen's

devotion to the wilderness and to its preservation.-The Editors

WILDERNESS TRAIL

IN THE WALLOWAS

by William O. Douglas

Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

paintings by Alfred Dunn

The trail we took up the Minam River in Oregon's Wal-

lowa Mountains winds over forty miles through a canyon

that is never more than half a mile wide. In June, this can-

yon is ablaze with wildflowers. By late July even the wild roses and

wild strawberries have passed, and the lupine is in pod. But the

gay cinquefoil is in bloom.

Fifteen miles or more up the canyon, the tamaracks appear.

Blueberries, snowberries, and bracken grow thicker. But the most

conspicuous ground cover is the dainty twinflower. This woody vine

is an evergreen that sends up slender stems a couple of inches high

from which two tiny pink bells are suspended. They are delicate

creations to find in forests of towering trees and huge granite

boulders sitting on lava rock; their fragrance is haunting.

The river itself is as charming as any of the beauties that sur-

round it. The water seems clearer than any American stream I have

seen. From years of camping there, I know that the Minam offers

the most delicate fishing of any mountain stream we have.

My favorite site for camping is Granite Crossing, some twenty-

three miles up the river. There is a small falls here, and the late

Blaine Hallock taught me how to fish it. The time was dawn; the fly

was dry. The first cast, just below the white water, always brought

a twelve- or fourteen-inch trout to net. Then Blaine would rest

under a fir tree for five minutes by his watch. The next cast in the

Above left: The Wallowas conceal alpine lakes still undiscovered

Below left: In the wake of a forest fire, fireweed blooms lushly

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BACKDROP to Pioneer History

The gentlemen who first toured

this territory had it rough

by Nard Jones

"Let us pause at this point.

along the Lewis and Clark.

Trail of 1805..."

So begins a historical marker at

the entrance to Sacajawea State

Park in the city of Pasco, Washing

ton. The advice is good. To tour the

Pacific Northwest without pauses for

contemplation of its history is to

miss much of the later satisfaction

from your trip. The scenery is so

varied and awe-inspiring that other-

wise you may forget that the land

was but a gigantic backdrop for

events that changed the courses of

nations. The markers are there to

remind you. Here are samples:

In the second winter of their

journey Lewis and Clark followed

the great Columbia to its mouth.

Near Astoria, Oregon, you can look

at a reconstruction of their quarters.

But what you are seeing is not

simply the end of their journey; it

is also the fruition of the voyages of

Columbus. As Bernard De Voto de-

scribed it: "Another, older, more

dream-bound journey ended there.

The passage to India was achieved,

and three ships made harbor that

had sailed from the port of Palos

on Friday, the third of August,

1492.

I find it curious that, three hun-

dred years after Columbus, and in

the same season, not far from where

Lewis and Clark were to face "that

western ocian," Captain Robert

Gray, all sails set, raced through the

breakers and over the perilous bar

of the Columbia River. The marker

at Point Ellice in Washington's

Pacific County reads: "The discovery

proved of great value to the

United States in establishing its

claim to the Pacific Northwest."

That is something to remember

when you drive farther north to Juan

de Fuca's Strait and read the marker

at Discovery Bay. Captain George

Vancouver of England named the

bay, as well as the harbor of Port

Townsend, in 1792. But he missed

the River of the West, and so it was

left for Gray, and the United States.

Choosing historical spots in a

region so vast as the Pacific North-

west is impractical for most visitors;

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Rain Forest on the Olympic Peninsula. Photo by Ray Atkeson

En route to the Fair:

SEVEN FAVORITE

NORTHWEST TRIPS

A specially prepared "Baedeker" of motoring circles

easily driven from Seattle and Portland

by Byron Fish

IKE PETALS on a daisy, one- and two-

day trips loop out of Seattle.

The following are merely a few of

the more popular ones. By using

different routes going and coming to

"Century 21," motorists can manage

at least one of these trips, and can

choose from other circle tours ac-

cording to the time available. Loops

can be driven either way around.

1. Olympic Peninsula

(Two days, 500 miles)

America's "continent in minia-

ture" is reached by four ferry routes

from the Seattle area, or by the

Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and thence

over a new toll bridge crossing Hood

Canal (a natural inlet).

Because there are no highways

through Olympic National Park, at

least two side trips are necessary to

see it. One is up Hurricane Ridge

near Port Angeles for a view of the

high, glaciered interior. The other is

to the Hoh River Rain Forest on the

west side to see the moss and jungle

of low elevations. An additional 37

miles, off the top corner of the loop,

leads to the Indian village at Neah

Bay, a salmon sport fishing center,

and Cape Flattery, the extreme

northwest tip of the state.

Beautiful Lake Crescent, and the

park's Ocean Strip, are on the main

highway, U.S. 101. The route then

runs inland to Lake Quinault, south

to Aberdeen, and back via U.S. 410,

Olympia, and U.S. 99.

2. Vancouver, B. C.

(300 miles round trip)

The city is Canada's third largest

-a young metropolis and, unlike

Victoria, neither quaint nor British.

It is beautifully set on bay and inlet,

Vancouver, from Stanley Park Harbor. Photo by Ray Atkeson

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Supper on the landing awaits boaters on Seattle's Lake Washington

Mecca of the

TRAILER SAILORS

Name your favorite kind of boat-the Northwest has the perfect

spot to float it, sail it, race it, or row it

by Emmett Watson... paintings by Rudolph Bundas

FRESH

RESH WATER boating has become

a nomadic way of life for thou-

sands of families. To qualify, all you

need is a car, a boat, and a trailer

to haul it. And statistics by the fath-

om could be cited to support the

Northwest's claim to being America's

Mecca for the trailer sailor.

But road maps of Washington,

Oregon, and Idaho beat statistics all

hollow. Idaho's three large lakes,

Priest, Pend Oreille, and Coeur

d'Alene, are almost matchless for

scenery and boating facilities. Any

trailer sailor's stop in this vicinity

should include a cruise down Lake

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Travel Notes on the Northwest

One-fourth of all the daffo-

dils, hyacinths, tulips, and iris

grown in this country are pro-

duced near Puget Sound, in an area

known as the "bulb basket of Amer-

ica." When the blooms are at their

height the communities of Tacoma,

Sumner, Orting, and Puyallup cele-

brate with a festival that is a major

spectacle-April 2 to 8, this year.

It's possible to ski nearly ten months

out of the year in Washington and

Oregon, and many Northwesterners do

just that. Abundant snow except in

July and August has made skiing as

popular in the Northwest as bowling

is in other places. Children under

three feet in height can be seen zoom-

ing around on their miniature skis,

frequently ahead of their parents.

The weather will probably be one

of the most startling things to the

first-time visitor. Seattle's latitude, for

instance, is nearly 1,000 miles north of

Tennessee's. Yet in February Northwest-

erners go overcoatless while Tennesseans

shiver at freezing or below. The rea-

son for this weather phenomenon is

the warm Japan Current, which occa-

sionally brings a dividend in the form

of hollow glass spheres used by Japan-

ese fishermen as buoys for their nets.

This mild weather prevails in the

portions of Washington and Oregon

to the west of the Cascades. To the east

of these rugged mountains there is a

much greater range of weather, with

hot summers and cold winters, and

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sometimes, through a climate phenom

enon known as the Chinook wind, the

temperature may rise from 100

70° within two hours.

to

Thus, if your visit is confined to

the coastal area, heavy clothing isn't

necessary-unless you plan to ski. In

the eastern parts of these states, you'll

have to dress for more conventional

winters and summers. In either event,

informal dress is widely observed-

in fact, three of the country's largest

sportswear manufacturers are head-

quartered in Portland, Oregon.

If you're on the highway that skirts

the broad beaches of the Olympic

Peninsula and see a steel drum steam-

ing over a driftwood fire, by all means

stop. The drum contains Dungeness

crabs, freshly caught, boiled, and yours

for a little bit of pocket silver.

If you're a clam-lover, hold onto

your eyes when you see your first

geoduck (pronounced "gooeyduck").

It's a monstrous clam that may weigh

six pounds without its shell and has the

bulk of a stewing hen. You can forget

about it on the half-shell or fried, but

minced it makes a delectable chowder.

You wouldn't think you could put

a couple of dozen oysters into a two-

ounce cocktail glass until you meet

the Olympia oyster, which is about as

big as your little fingernail. Its flavor

matches the Blue Point's, but you'll

probably have to eat two or three gross

before you're finished.

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Scenic water tours of the harbor depart from the Alaskan Way

HOUR'S WALK ON THE

PACIFIC OCEAN

curios, seafood restaurants, and the buzz of a busy port

Along the Seattle waterfront you find fascinating shops,

by Dorothy Neighbors... paintings by Harry Bonath

Actually, of course, as you

stroll along Seattle's Alas-

kan Way, you are not walk-

ing on water. But the Pacific Ocean

so close to your footsteps

that you get that impression, es-

pecially at high tide.

seems

This waterfront walk is an experi-

ence in strange flavors: the scent of

the great ocean itself, of the city's

atmosphere, of far places, of the

Alaska Gold Rush, of ships and

shipping, and-not the least interest-

ing-of shops and shopping.

Pacific docks, Alaska docks, the

great liners, freighters, and excur-

sion vessels taking on cargo and

passengers, arriving, departing-this

is the scene. The Alaskan Way is at

the foot of the steep hill on which

downtown Seattle's buildings are

situated. You walk in the shadow of

an elevated highway over which

commuters speed to office buildings

overlooking Elliot Bay. But you will

be glancing seaward, sniffing the

spicy scents of the Orient, and read-

ing the names on the tall prows of

the ships that seem to tower forward

over the sidewalk. And mingled

among the piers and docks are the

shops that line the way.

In Joe's Wheel House, the nautical-

minded can spend happy hours ex-

amining minutely detailed models of

ships, from tiny sailing vessels in

bottles to a large model of a com-

pletely rigged three-master. The

owner's collection of pictures of sail-

ing and sea craft is the largest on

the Pacific Coast.

Tunes of the past drift from an

old-time artisan band organ in Ye

Olde Curiosity Shop, opened in 1899.

Thousands of curios gathered from

around the world line the walls, dan-

gle from the ceiling, and fill in-

numerable cases and tables. There

are shrunken heads from the Amazon

and New Guinea, and a charming

array of petrified mummies. These

exhibits are for the stout-hearted.

But in the same shop are wondrous

Indian relics, delicately wrought shell

Thousands of curios fill every cranny of Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

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A salmon fishing derby on Puget Sound, near Tacoma

HOME PORT

FOR KING-SIZED FISH

Chances are your noonday salmon soufflé

got its start hereabouts

by Stanton H. Patty

painting by Rudolph Bundas

In Washington and its neigh-

bor states of the Pacific

Northwest, the song of the

fisherman's reel is heard on river,

lake, and sea, along with the cry,

"I've got one!" Or, "He got away!"

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Here in the home port of the king

salmon (also called chinook or tyee)

is superb adventure for the sport

fisherman. The abundance and va-

year-round playground for anglers, a

riety of gamefish make this region a

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painting by Harry Bonath

Aggie's, Washington

A perfect vacation spot, this resort-motel at 535 East First

Street, Port Angeles, provides good food and a wealth of recreation.

Located on the Olympic Peninsula close to fine trout and salmon fishing

waters, the town is only a short distance from Olympic National

Park, which is larger than the state of Rhode Island. The

dining room is open every day 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.

Overnight accommodations; closed only on Christmas Day.

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painting by Nelson Sandgren

King Surf Resort, Oregon

Pacific Ocean surf pounding against the rugged coast line is

the view from motel units, apartments, and dining rooms at this

imaginatively situated resort on U.S. 101, at Depoe Bay, about twelve

miles north of Newport. Guests may swim in the ocean or heated

pool, play golf, ride horseback, or fish. The dining room,

open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, features Polynesian

and South Seas dishes as well as American food.

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Mercer and his eleven maidens arrived by boat at midnight

Fantus Characters, GOOD AND BAD

Asa Mercer vs. Bunco Kelly in

a championship match for the

Northwest's Hall of Legends

by Stewart H. Holbrook

paintings by Ernest Richardson

Seattle, like any city, names some of its streets after people

it admires-a president, a war hero, a pioneer. Unlike

many cities, Seattle has a large lake within, and within the

lake an island. The lake is named Washington, as in George, and

everyone knows who he was. The island is named Mercer, after

Asa Mercer. A Seattle street is also named Mercer, and you will

not be long a visitor before you hear of the Mercer girls. They