A Fourth Display Inside The Kam Wah Chung Interpretive Center Building.

Chung Interpretive Center, John Day, Oregon.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …The Original Kam Wah Chung BCD Building: A Chinese Medical Clinic, General Store, Community Center, And Residence:
…After His Death, In Kam Wah Chung’s Legal Will, This Building Was Given To The City Of John Day, Oregon,
…And, Is Now Converted Into A Museum, And Administered By Oregon State Parks.
…This structure was built in 1865, possibly as a trading post and stage stop. Later this unassuming building became home to two Chinese immigrants, who became called “Doc" Hay and Lung On“,
…By 1888, both became locally famous: “ Lung On“ as a general store proprietor and businessman, and Doc Hay“ as a practitioner of herbal medicine. For over 60-some years the building was a social, medical, and religious center for Oregon's Chinese community.

Chung Interpretive Center, John Day, Oregon.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …A Second View Of The Original Kam Wah Chung BCD Building.
… Click Here To Read The Wikipedia Article About => The Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum.
This is also known as Kam Wah Chung Company Building, which is a state park and a National Historic Landmark that preserves early Chinese culture in John Day in the U.S. State of Oregon.

… Click Here For Photos & History Of This Oregon State Park, And A General Overview Of The Park.

Chung Interpretive Center, John Day, Oregon.

NOTE: In the /\Above/\ Photo, the brown sky is most likely due to smoke from forest fires! Examples of this forest fire smoke was shown at previous phoros back at Dooley Mountain Pass.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …A Sign Announcing The New, Larger, And More Grand Building, To Be Constructed, For The More Permanent Kam Wah Chung Interpretive Center.

Chung Interpretive Center, John Day, Oregon.

… Click Here To Go To Oregon State Parks Facebook Page, With Explanation, Photo Of Outside, & Great Photo Of Inside.

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After Town Of John Day, OR =>
….Typical View of East Central Oregon’s Level Lowland Valleys.
……Gumption Traps Lecture Continues.

….“If you know enough mechanics to think of them as a group, and your observations coincide with mine, I think you’ll agree that mechanics tend to be rather modest and quiet. There are exceptions, but generally if they’re not quiet and modest at first, the work seems to make them that way. And skeptical. Attentive, but skeptical, But not egoistic. There’s no way to bullshit your way into looking good on a mechanical repair job, except with someone who doesn’t know what you’re doing. .. . . . I was going to say that the machine doesn’t respond to your personality, but it does respond to your personality. It’s just that the personality that it responds to is your real personality, the one that genuinely feels and reasons and acts, rather than any false, blown-up personality images your ego may conjure up. These false images are deflated so rapidly and completely you’re bound to be very discouraged very soon if you’ve derived your gumption from ego rather than Quality. “ [The Narrator then covers the many] “internal gumption traps …. that block affective understanding, [together] called "value traps"“
..He covers:
….“Ego“,
….“Anxiety“,
….“Boredom“, and
….“Impatience.“

Five miles West of Mount Vernon, OR.

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In This Case the Next Town Is Signaled By a Grove of Giant Trees!

….“We’re pulling into Dayville and my rear end feels like it’s turned to concrete. .. Well, that about does it for value traps. There’s a whole lot more of them, of course. I’ve really only just touched on the subject to show what’s there. Almost any mechanic could fill you in for hours on value traps he’s discovered that I don’t know anything about. You’re bound to discover plenty of them for yourself on almost every job. Perhaps the best single thing to learn is to recognize a value trap when you’re in it and work on that before you continue on the machine.“ (Cont.Next)

Entrance to Dayville, OR.

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And Here Are the Trees!!

….“Dayville has huge shade trees by the filling station where we wait for the attendant to appear. None does, and we, being stiff and uneager to get back on the cycle, do leg exercises under the shade of the trees. Big trees that almost completely cover the road. Odd, in this desertlike country.“ (Cont.Next)

Giant Trees, Business district, Dayville, OR.

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This Is The Modern Incarnation Of The Narrator’s Old Gas Station.
….The Site Of The Narrator’s Second Gas Station Is The Vacant Lot Right.

….“The attendant still doesn’t show, but his competitor at the filling station across the narrow intersection is watching this, and soon comes over to fill the tank. "I don’t know where John is," he says. .. When John appears, he thanks the other attendant and says proudly, "We always help each other out like this."“ (Cont.Next)

Business district, Dayville, OR. This is the location of the two 1968 Dayville gas stations. The one on the left is still there, but expanded into a grocery store. The one on the right was removed and the area converted to a city park.

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Theda’s House, Directly Across the Street, Is the Probable Location Of The Lawn, Where The Narrator & Chris Rested.

….“I ask him if there’s a place to rest and he says, "You can use my front lawn." He points across the main road to his house behind some cottonwood trees that must be three to four feet in diameter.“ (Cont.Next)

Business district, Dayville, OR. This now unused grand old home is directly opposite the two gas stations and is the most likely yard where the Narrator and Chris rested.

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That Pipe, Once Upon a Time, Carried the Water Under the Driveway to the Irrigation Ditch Along the Fence.

….“We do this, stretch out on some long green grass, and I see that the grass and trees are irrigated from a ditch by the road that has clear moving water in it.“ (Cont.Next)

Business district, Dayville, OR. This is the yard of Laurie Chapman several doors East of Theda’s house.
….The irrigation ditch is no longer used. The homeowners have turned over their “water rights” to the city, and sprinkle city water to make the lush green lawn, flowers, and by default provide water for the big trees.
….Most Western towns and surrounding agriculture must have similar means of irrigation. Extensive irrigation ditch systems, or city water sprinkling, are a major part of their life support system

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A View 30 Feet West (Right) of Previous Photo: Same Lush Green Yard & Fence. But the Irrigation Ditch Is Barely Discernable.

….“John sees I’m awake and we talk a little. He says the irrigation water comes from the "Chinaman’s Ditch." "You never could get a white man to dig a ditch like that," he says. "They dug that ditch eighty years ago when they thought there was gold here. You couldn’t get a ditch like that anywhere nowadays." He says that’s why the trees are so big.“ (Cont.Next)

Business district, Dayville, OR. From reading ZMM I got the idea the ditch by these trees was quite large. As you can see in my photos, the ditch by the trees is unused and partly filled in. It probably was never any more than a 8 inches deep and sixteen inches wide. This is probably because this was just a minor branch of a much larger irrigation canal system. The “Chinaman’s Ditch“ probably was huge at its main flow outside the town. This is because it probably supplied agriculture irrigation to many ranches in addition to the town itself.
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….THE WATER FOR THE “CHINAMAN’S DITCH” PROBABLY CAME FROM A GREAT DISTANCE “UP IN THE HILLS”.

…A) Topozone map for Dayville, OR shows a Dark Green Line, Southwest Of Town, That Is Likely The Larger Main “Chinaman’s Ditch“ since it systematically follows the contour lines, for a long distance South, upstream, along the South Fork John Day River. If you ClickDrag till you see the top edge of Quadrangle 24, you will see “flume”, which marks where this Dark Green Line joins a similar line on the east side of this river. All this says these are irrigation ditches.
…. The above ZMM Passage says =>“"They dug that ditch eighty years ago when they thought there was gold here … “, and went on to imply that a town plus agriculture could never have enough money to pay for digging this “Chinaman’s Ditch“, and the money came from Gold Mining!..
.. So … still to be researched is => How & where did the water get sent to the location of the gold mining. Perhaps further study of the Topozone maps may show the old mine and its own separate ditch. Right Click And Open In A New Tab. =>
….After Map View Comes Up, You Will See an Awful Clutter Of Adverts That Are Impossible To Eliminate. => You Best Should =>
….Use Scroll Bar At Far Right To Adjust Green Topo Map Until You See JUST BELOW The Plus & Minus Upper Left => A Click-On For “Full Scree”. Click On It, in ~40 seconds the screen will fill, and Adverts Will Be Gone.
….Then use Plus & Minus To Zoom. You can “Click&Drag” Map In Any Direction, To See More Off Your Screen Edges.

…B) Southwest Of Dayville, OR, Satellite View Also Shows Likely The Same Larger Main “Chinaman’s Ditch“.
…. After this Satellite View comes up, you will see in the desert left side of screen, a dark line dotted with trees. This “Line”, fits very well the shape of Green Line shown in the above Topo Map! AND just like for the above-mentioned Topo Map, this “Line” can be followed, for a long distance South, upstream along the South Fork John Day River.


…C) Southeast Of Town, Google Street View Shows Water Flowing In Likely A Branch Of “Chinaman’s Ditch“.
…. After this Google Street View comes up, you will see, an example of this “Chinaman’s Ditch“, with flowing water at screen center.
… AND the Bottom Of Screen Strip Map shows many fine blue lines, which are evidently irrigation ditches, since one such line comes to the road right AT the ”Stickman”, which is the location of this street view.
… AND on the left of the Strip Map, you see a portion of an irrigation ditch, the shape of which, fits well that-mentioned and shown in the above Topo Map and Satellite View.

…D) The Google Street View (GSV), Blue Link Above Allows You To “GSV Drive” Along The Highway Into Dayville, OR, And See The Big Trees.
….INSTRUCTIONS =>After Google Street View (GSV) Comes Up, click the Google Street View Image, WHERE you want the “VIEW” to go. Thus you can successively Click-Click-Click = “GSV Drive” along the street you see on your computer screen. You can even click on a side street to “GSV Drive” the side street !!
… You can always “GSV Drive” further to see more & more sights!! AND, at any time, you can Click-On The Plus & Minus to Zoom. AND, you can “Click&Drag” the Image On Screen in any direction, for a better view.

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Irrigation Ditch and Horses of Vanier Ranch.

….“We talk some about where we’re from and where we’re going, …. “ (Cont.Next)

Business district, Dayville, OR.
… This photo shows a continuation of the homeowners irrigation ditch just West of the previous two photos. And similarly this irrigation ditch is dry and long unused

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The Largest of the Town’s Trees, “Twenty Three Feet Around”, Is Struggling to Survive.

….“ …. and when we leave John says he’s happy to have met us and hopes we’re rested. “ (Cont.Next)

Business district, Dayville, OR. Mr. Ken Lang and Ms. Laurie Chapman said this crippled matriarch (about 100ft East of the previous photo) is what is left of the town’s largest tree.
….If you click on the photo, you can read the white sign “23 feet around”. If you divide by pi (3.1416) you get the average diameter of 7.3 feet!!
….Ms. Chapman was careful (and proud) to point out that although these looked like Cottonwood Trees, they actually were a vastly superior tree called “Carolina Poplar”. These Dayville trees, she said, do not put out the perpetual snow of cotton tufts, that pile up in messy drifts everywhere around them, as is the case for typical Cottonwood Trees.

….This Is A Fact That Is Confirmed In My ZMM Route, Personal Experiences Album, For Hague, ND.

Click Here, To See “Snow” Of Cotton Tufts And A Clutter From Cottonwood “Snowdrifts”, Most Notably At The Church In Hague, ND. AFTER this photo comes up, you will see falling Cotton Snow” and “Cotton Snowdrifts”, that are most noticeable at the cracks in the sidewalk, rather than the edges. …..

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As We Ride Out of Town, We Take One Final Backwards Look At the Wonderful Big Trees.

“As we move off under the big trees Chris waves and he smiles and waves back.“ (Cont.Next)

Business district, Dayville, OR.

ALSO => On The Way Out Of Town, The ZMM Traveler May Wish To Stop-In For A Folksy Chat At The Town's Old-Timey General Store Called “The Dayville Mercantile”.
…. This most interesting and large store serves the local ranch community and very much reflects the priorities of their lives.
And It's All Real! NO Tourist And Chamber Of Commerce Stuff Here!
…. This brings to mind John Sutherland's similar conclusions about the stores he saw in Miles City, MT.
….Thus => If you travel to Oregon, be sure to see => “The Dayville Mercantile” !!
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You May See My Other Central Oregon Photos, In My ZMM Route Personal Experiences Album, As Follows =>
...1) Close-Up Mr. Ken Lang and Ms. Laurie Chapman.
…2) One Exterior Photo of “The Dayville Mercantile”.
…3) Two Interior Photos of “The Dayville Mercantile”.
…4) View of John Day Fossil Beds from Highway Overlook, 6 Miles West of Dayville OR & 2 Mi North of US 26 on Oregon Route 19.
…5) One Exterior View of Visitor Center, John Day Fossil Beds National Park, OR, 6 Miles West of Dayville, OR, & 2.25 Mile North of US 26 on Oregon Route 19.
…6) Two Interior View of Visitor Center, John Day Fossil Beds National Par, OR.
…7) Plus the continuation of the Other Photos in this Personal Experiences Album.
To See Above-Mentioned Photos, Right Click And Open In A New Tab. =>
….AFTER This Page Comes Up, You Will See 18 Small Photos. Please Read Captions And Click Any Small Photo, Two More Clicks On Photo To Get Largest Version.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …Twenty Five Minutes After Previous Photo, David Matos & Henry Gurr Came Thru The ZMM Town Of Dayville, Oregon.
…We Admired The “Giant Cottonwood” Looking Trees, Mentioned By The ZMM Narrator, Saw His “Gas Station”, Then Stopped At The Dayville Mercantile.

The ZMM Narrator Says =>
….“We’re pulling into Dayville and my rear end feels like it’s turned to concrete.
... Well, that about does it for value traps. There’s a whole lot more of them, of course. I’ve really only just touched on the subject to show what’s there. Almost any mechanic could fill you in for hours on value traps he’s discovered that I don’t know anything about. You’re bound to discover plenty of them for yourself on almost every job. Perhaps the best single thing to learn is to recognize a value trap when you’re in it and work on that before you continue on the machine.”
….“Dayville has huge shade trees by the filling station “

Dayville, Oregon.

NOTE: In the /\Above/\ Photo, the brown sky is most likely due to smoke from forest fires! Examples of this forest fire smoke was shown at previous phoros back at Dooley Mountain Pass.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …Inside The Dayville Mercantile, The Cashier Proudly Shows Us That His Antique Brass National Cash Register, Still Opens The Cash Drawer!!
…You Can See The Copy Of The ZMM Book Henry Has Just Given Him, So It Can Be Put Into A Wall Display Case,
…Which Will Explain Author Robert Pirsig’s (The ZMM Narrator’s) 1968 Activities In Dayville, Oregon.

Dayville, Oregon.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …Meanwhile, Outside The Dayville Mercantile, Three Kitty Cats Have Discovered David Matos.
…Clearly These Were (As Reported Author Robert Pirsig) In the Words Of Native American John Wooden Leg => “Good Cats”!!
…And Just As Clearly, This Turned Out To Be A ZMM “Good Time” For All !!!!

Dayville, Oregon.

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Looking North, From A Tourist View Platform, We See A Volcanic Rocky Ridge And The Awesome Desert!
….From Dayville, OR (Off Screen Right), The ZMM Route Road Is Barely Visible Line Between The Sandy Tan & Green Of The Valley Floor.
….You See The Road Curve North And Disappear Into An Unseen Crack (Narrator’s “Rocky Gorges” ) In These Volcanic Lava Formations.

….“The desert road winds through rocky gorges … “(Cont.Next)

Parking Area and Tourist Overlook, Southern Part of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, 5 mi West of Dayville, OR.
…1) The NEXT Photo shows a close up of the ZMM Narrator’s “Rocky Gorges” .
…2) The SECOND NEXT Photo shows Sheep Rock Overlook at a Northern part of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, which is 2 miles North of the ZMM Route, 6 miles West from Dayville, OR
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….In the /\ Above /\ Photo, US-26 is that barely perceptible, grey strip this side of the green. Follow the road left and look closely to see its left curve disappear into the barely perceptible crack in the rocks! =>.A situation of Mu = Simultaneous Yes and No? Click on the photo to get the largest view.
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What The ZMM Reader & Traveler Should Know About The John Day River.
….The ZMM Route, came into the John Day River Valley, two miles East of Prairie City, OR, and followed it ~West for ~50 miles, through the small towns of Prairie City, OR; John Day, OR; Mt Vernon, OR; and Dayville, OR.
….Both the John Day River & ZMM Route, following US-26, will turn North to go through ZMM Narrator’s Super Deep & Narrow “Rocky Gorges” , whereupon the ZMM Route, following US-26, will turn West.
….But the John Day River, will continue North, go by the Sheep Rock Overlook at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, then with a meandering that will flow generally North West into the Columbia River. In a straight line, this is ~100 miles Northwest from these “Rocky Gorges” . .

…. Right Click And Open In A New Tab. This Satellite View Will Come Up With The ZMM Narrator’s “Rocky Gorges” At Center. Zoom-In To Max, To See How Steep And Narrow Is The Gorge Nearest the Green Valley!
….After This Page Comes Up => You Can ClickDrag to =>
…A) Follow ZMM Route, US-26, and the John Day River Valley East. Or
…B) Follow ZMM Route, US-26, West over a mountain ridge to Mitchell, OR.
…C) Follow the John Day River Valley, trending North, then a meandering Northwest, that will flow into the Columbia River.

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