Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 68

10-(Sec ft) Statesman, Sept: 22, 74 Travel Talk By the TRAVEL EDITOR large corporations which are headquartering there, is hoped will give Swan Island an entirely new outlook. CAMPGROUNDS CLOSING brings reminders that fall, followed by winter, is fast approaching. Campgrounds now closed for the season are Clackamas Lake, Clear Lake, McCubbins Gulch, and Keeps Mill in Bear Springs Ranger District. Closed in the Estacada Ranger district are Lockaby and Carter Bridge. In the Hood River Ranger District Polallie and Robin-hood campgrounds will be open from Friday at noon until Monday noon.

BIG BOOKSHOP in the middle of nowhere. And the last place in the world one might expect to find a bookshop is on Highway 11, near the mining and lumber town of Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. Just past a few "Moose Crossing" signs "is located the rather battered-looking Highway Book Shop, one of the largest in Canada and employing a staff of six. Most of the customers are tourists. fi Some 30,000 motorists drive by every year, according to proprietor Douglas Pollard.

The operation has been so successful he plans to tear down the present five-room, structure, and erect a new building three times as big, with more parking space. OREGON IS CONTINUING to make it in the movies and on television. Three new TV series "Movin On," "Kodiak" and "The New Land," and portions of one feature-length motion picture, "The Apple Dumpling Gang" (Walt Disney Production) currently are being produced on Oregon ground, and two more movies are scheduled to go into production this fall. Central Oregon is providing the setting for three of the current productions "Kodiak," starring Clint Walker as an Alaskan state policeman, is set in the Bend area, while "The New Land" is being filmed in the Bend-Redmond vicinity. "The Apple Dumpling Gang" starring Bill Bixby is being produced in the Sun-river area.

"Movin' On," starring Claude Aikens was filmed in Portland and the Astoria-Seaside areas. Film crews will be working in both Central Oregon and the Rogue River region near Grants Pass on 'Rooster Cogburn," a sequel to "True Grit" starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn this month and during October. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is scheduled to be filmed at the Oregon State Hospital-in Salem beginning in early 1975. NEW BOSS AT KAH-NEE-TA Veteran resort manager Sheldon Randall has replaced Harvey Keating as the new manager of the Kah-Nee-Ta resort. Randall comes from Gainesville, Florida, where he helped open Hilton Hotel two years ago.

Keating is now manager of the Sheraton Inn in Fresno, Calif. DRAWING VISITORS is Ports O'Call Village, a 100-acre planned development including restaurants and shops. This commercial-retail complex is being developed on Swan IslandPortlandand while creating considerable interest is a long way from being completed. Swan Island itself has quite a history. The first commercial use of Swan Island was as an airport which the city wanted to-replace the first municipal field in Westmoreland Park.

The Swan Island facility opened in 1927 with the landing of aviation pioneer the late Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The airport operations ceased in 1940 with the introduction of aircraft too large to be handled safely on the 650-acre island. Wartime brought shipbuilding to Swan Island, with the Federal Maritime Commission yard operated by Kaiser Industries.

In 1948, the port took over the Navy drydock at Swan Island and closed the old St. Johns facility built in 1901. The old Navy Dock, which will lift 14,000 tons, has been joined by two others built over the years. While the drydocks are employing about 2,000 men, the main business of Swan Island has become private commerce and the Ports O'Call Village, along with Area Now Alive (Portland) The tail water lower near the riverfront designates the location off Johns Landing a new development which shows what can be done with a dying area when someone is interested and puts his mind to it along with financial backing. (Statesman photo) (Story page 9) Aptf Ideas By DAVID JORDAN Written for Associated Press II ARE YOU FED UP with playing the roll of big tipping in restaurants when neither the food nor service is tops? Then, says the New York Times, you are a candidate for membership in Tipper's International, an organization that seeks to "restore the art of tipping to its original concept as fair reward for services rendered." Founded two years ago by John Schein, a 63-year-old traveling salesman from Oshkosh, Tipper's International already claims to have 2,700 members in Puerto Rico, Canada and the United States.

Instead of a tip if the food and service are bad, members leave one of the T.I.'s specially designed yellow cards, speared with a plastic monogrammed T.I. pick. The card tells that the T.I. is dissatisfied with (check one) For the membership fee yearly, the T.I. members receive a generous supply of cards (blue cards are for commendations and are left with an ample tip) plus literature on tipping tactics and a newsletter listing restaurants throughout the United States that T.I.

members recommend as "giving customers their money's worth." Beat the gas shortage-ride a John Deere Bicycle Stop in our store today and see the new John Deere 10-speeds. 5-speeds, and 20-inch high-rise models for boys and girls. Bicycling is a great way to save gas and stay trim. Open Sundays V77 4UIPMENT lltS 13 SX. SAliM 581-6061 DIRECT FACTORY TO YOU CONTRACTOR-BUI LDER-REMODEL-HOMEOWXER THE LARGEST WINDOW MANUFACTURER IN THE VALLEY CAN HELP YOU BEAT INFLATION WITH FACTORY PRICES SURPLUS SPECTACULAR SAVINGS Rose Society Meets Monday Salem Rose Society will meet Monday at 8 p.m.

at Jason Lee Methodist Church. The program, entitled "Down Under," a colored slide lecture on Australia and New Zealand, will be by Mr. and Mrs. R. R.

Troxel, who toured the Islands. Romance of the Rose will be given by Mrs. Deane Curtis. A feature of the evening will be the Fall Rose Show, when members will bring rose specimens and provide their own containers. The show will be judged and ribbons awarded.

During the business meeting the nominating committee will present the officer nominees for 1975. Election will be held in October with installation in November, there being no meeting in December. Mrs. Kinley Adams and Mrs. Troxel will be hostesses for the social hour.

Visitors are invited to this meeting. Fall Clean Up SPRAY All Trees and Shrubs Get Rid of Overwintering Insects and Disease NOW! CALL Rastnusscn's 363-7205 ernighters, but if you intend to do much backpacking, you'll need a packframe-bag combination. Most have a lightweight aluminum frame, a nylon bag with outside pockets and a padded wrist strap to transfer the load from your shoulders to your hips. You buy the frame to fit your frame. Day packs sell for about $15 and for a frame pack expect to pay anywhere from $30 to $60.

Buy a sleeping bag for the coldest climate and the highest altitude you expect to encounter. Usually this means a lightweight down model, but the new second generation polyesters are also worth looking into. Ask a salesperson to explain details of design, construction and loft before you buy. An average down bag will cost about $60 or $70. Unless you intend to venture into mountain or back-country areas where wind, rain or severe temperatures are common, you can probably get along with a simple polyethylene tarp or tube tent for shelter.

If you do need a tent, always select as light a one as possible. Backpacking combines nicely with river floating, wilderness portaging, or just plain on-water fishing, thanks to the new inflatable rafts that mount on Backpacking has enjoyed tremedous growth in popularity with the recent surge back to nature of millions of Americans. It. has evolved into an activity for the entire family, and backpackers have even acquired their own lingo, not to mention a mountain of equipment and supplies. Backpacking can be a rewarding and enjoyable adventure or a traumatic disaster, depending upon the preparation.

All beginners start out having to purchase the basics: boots, backpack and sleeping bag. These essentials should cost you no more than about $150. Even if your budget is extra tight, this isn't the place to skimp. If money is the problem, wait for the late fall sales when many items are reduced for winter clearance. Get boots that give you good ankle support, have lugged soles and are especially recommended for trail (not mountain climbing) use.

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