Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1912 — CRATER LAKE IS MARVEL [ARTICLE]

CRATER LAKE IS MARVEL

American Geographical Society Members Express Admiration of Oregon Scenery. Medford, Ore. —Declaring Crater lake to be the greatest scenic wonder in America that they have yet seen, publicly announcing they will urge the construction of government roads to "the lake and enthusiastic over 1 ' the, public spirit of Medford citizens, which made their three days’ excursion to the lake possible, the seventy members of the American Geographical society who are touring the country in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the organization returned to Me<jford and left promptly on schedule for California. t The two days at the lake were spent in examing the rim of the lake, climbing to the crater of Wizard island and making notes on the topography and geologic features of the natural phenomena. That it is properly a caldera lake — that is, a pot-shaped depression caused by the blowing off or submersion of the original crater, and is not scientifically a crater lake at all, was generally agreed upon and that the lake is probably 25,000 years older than has heretofore been supposed was held bj’ many scientists, though it was planned to/held further investigations by individual members to establish or disprove this contention. Prof. Mark Jefferson of Michigan carried on some extensive investigations, considering the time allowed, and was the chief advocate at ‘ the preglacial theory of existence. Prof. W. M. Davis of Harvard uni-

versity was Inclined to the same view, but declared more exhaustive research must be made before such a theory cpuld be established.