European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It it Strong enough to have an influence on one Allenl approaching that Range is the National Council to control organized to counter the gun the gun lobby has blocked handgun although oils have shown for tour decades thai an overwhelming majority at the Public wants the Council knows my Well that it probably never will Natch the ill Toplin membership of the National Rifle Keystone at the goo Bui a lesson of computer lobbying is thai it Doest have a minority filling to write letters will ail we have to do is neutralize Nelson founder of the if we can neutralize Liem tit key swing congressional then the 77 per sent majority which wants handgun control will prevail a few j pm j i  to place else Lodge Engineer Charles by Jules Lou a daled Gnu Halfway Between the Equator and the North pole go4 raised a great a Monument 16 upon it Man raised a great a Monument to the was born of volcanic fire the Timberline of flaming Des you  replace Timberline Lodge it if were destroyed any More than you could replace Hood if in erupted said Charles Lake they say it would Cost six or eight million dollars to build this Lodge today but any figure la it  be Bulu today it is so it and that is one reason Tir Abertine Lodge has been designated a National historic it is one of a Charles Lake is one at a kind one of a special kind whose sense of wonder at the natural Magn Lyl Concu around him has never in these Heights and where he All his each Day holds to mystery and i Lave it the Hamnula and the Lodge have been a big part of my we Lor Ai Hrag Ai i can i  wont to be any place Charles an a shouldered is the Engineer for Timberline the one who sees to Good he does to he also doubles As assistant keeping books balanced and Tain on lofty Wall panels they carved Mountain scenes in other artiste went to work with always the Mountain challenged the Awe some Peak looking own on their endear ors Ike a Snow crowned it inspired Charier Lake Iney Felt they had to equal i beam want right or a int Binl m per termly they made a new Lithe of Letlon didst nit them they Chan Ltd h at they went their Only Standard Wal the mar Velmn too tog at it n Iwu lung Harola did Nema every Raitter and chair we built by Iota Timberline a Craver Check mailers at their printing Mist 1177 Lodge was a spa when president Roosevelt Esta bushed the works project administration to combat the great de hundreds of idled artisans and craftsmen climbed the slopes of built a Lent City government Tod went to they Cut umber ram the mountains burdened flank and pried boulders from its up heaved bosom and with adze and chisel fashioned massive Walls and beams to match the massive they built a from discarded Railroad track hey forged huge andirons and strap hinges and heavy hardware for heavy they built from discarded army uniforms ant but leu they wove draperies and upholstery and they hooked rugs by woodcarvers from discarded Cedar Tele phone poles they made newel Posu for the great stairway and carved in them the Fauna of the Moun Charles Lake alms to keep it that it want u something needs a hand forged or a Handhen he regards it his Bounden duty to replace it just us it not with some Assembly line a Volunteer group called friends of Timberline helps hooking restoring there who have been Here and in love with the 1 understand that what i dont understand b the Way some people abuse see the gashes in the Botlo of the Doort ski  to Charles the to Arong building of Wood and perfectly in tune with is As much a part of the Mountain the brawling Hillside streams and the gushing Springs ant the soft Lupine poking Blue petals from Beds of alien he Cherla Hes the Mountain m he cherishes the and treats both As a personal Mountain a Trail Yean ago for the purest service by his he up utter we stuffs it in Bli he cant at his Home in the nearby Village of Rhododendron he u known for the strange Mountain menage Rie outside his t guess my has a Iwa Tattas As tart of a Tayeka far Almak Yghi now rals Uig a pair of Orp Kafoed Deer Ubea my Aba by funds Abl Raal or me that lot its Mother they mag it to the raise dont forget Charles Lake likes to show people his guide them of us he damage the trails for pack animals he uses Crea Tura of the Carlo and Carlo and Marto step lightly on the the stars and stripes 13