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 ould have its source in Clear Lake; thus in time insuring the purest of water in ample quantity for domestic use.

Popular Resort. Like many other inland bodies of water in Oregon, Clear Lake has a great depth, nobody yet having visited it with a line of sufficient length to reach its bottom. Many tree trunks standing upright—the ruins of an ancient forest—may be seen far below its surface, dating from the tragic upheavals of lava from Vulcan's mighty caldrons into the valley until the waters of a small stream were held back and became a lake. Hence a record of the trees would give us the ags of the lake. The Three Sisters may be STANDING TREE TBUNES IN CLEAR LAKE plainly seen from Clear Lake; and a half mile away may be seen the McKenzie River plunging over a cliff sixty feet in height. Its location so near the summit of the Cascade Mountains together with other attractions destines Clear Lake to be a popular resort for those who enjoy a mountain journey involving all the hardship of a frontier outing. In later years, when better mountain roads are constructed, no