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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1915)
THE SUNDAY OREGOMAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 18, 1915. OPEN ROUTE TO BE RECORD-BREAKING SHIPMENT OF AUTOMOBILES WHICH REACHED THE NORTHWEST LAST WEEK. 66 MY GAR 99 VVhat a world of meaning can be put into those two small words! Have you ever noticed the pride and confidence the Mitchell owner puts into his "MY CAR"? Pride and con fidence that can only be born of satisfaction of high degree. If you want to know why you and your family will get more genuine pleasure in owning, driving and riding in a Washington Commission Asks Aid in Posting Pacific High way Through State. 1915 Car t BAD STRETCHES AVOIDED 8 FIRST iN ROAD WORK rT ' " . ww"3 Alternate Way' to Bo Followed In Eliminating Parts Being Worked on Seattle - Portland Itin erary Is Mapped. OLYMPIA, Wash.. April IT. (Spe cial.) Stating that all work on the Pacific Highway this year will be ar ranged so as to' preserve at all times a clear route lor Summer tourist travel between Seattle and Portland. William R. Roy. State Highway Commissioner, has written the president of the Seat tle and1 Tacoma, automobile clubs, pro posing' that they co-operate with the hlghwar department in posting, the route of the highway in Washington. Alternate routes must be taken for a considerable portion ot the distance, to avoid county and state road worlc which will be In progress to eliminate present bad stretches or the highway. Devia tions necessary from the usual road have been mapped by the highway de partment, making a trip of 199.9 miles between Seattle and Portland, and it is proposed that these available routes be posted and that a bulletin system of spreading information regarding road conditions be adopted with the co- operation of garages and automobile clubs along the right of way. Route Avoids Roads In Repairs. The route to be followed between Eeattle and Portland to avoid roads being worked upon is described by the highway department as follows: Vancouver to Woodland, 22 miles Leave Pacific Highway at Hoff's store, two and one-half miles north of Van couver, taking route through Felida Sara and Ridgefleld, crossing the Lewis River by county ferry about a mile above the railroad bridge, then follow ing the west bank of the Lewis River to Woodland. Clarke County has Indicated Its Inten tion of putting the Vancouver-RIdge-f ield road in good condition by the opening of the touring season. There is a steep hill on the south side of -the Lewis River, but it is probable this route will have to be utilized during the Summer on account of work going on between Woodland and La Center. It is possible that the alternate La Center route can be utilized, striking across from the Ridgefield road to reach the regular route of the Pacific Highway south of La Center. By this route the distance between Vancouver and Woodland is 25 miles. Paved Road Expected to Be Open- Woodland to Kalama, 10. S mlles The Pacific Highway for the half mile im mediately north of Woodland will be under improvement by paving but it is not thought that this work will block the road, and in case it does there is a good alternate route, which should be posted, around to the north and west of Woodland, leaving the town at the Northern Pacific station. The road from Martin's Bluff to Kalama will be surfaced by the state this year with crushed rock; probably will be in good shape for the touring season. Kalama to Kelso, 9.7 miles There will be construction work going on at several points between these places, but every effort will be made to have these sections open to traffic at all times. Most of the work will be on new grades which will not interfere seriously with the- existing route. ' Kelso to Castle Rock, 9.7 miles Fol low the regular Pacific Highway route between these points, as no construc tion work is planned for this year. Grades are bad in places but otherwise this, section should be In good condition, t.. Ferry Can Be ITsed by Autos. Castle Rock to Chehalls, S2.S miles by route described There is only one road. with fairly good surface, but bad grades, out of Castle Rock to ferry over the Cowlits River. This ferry has bad approaches but can be used by au tomobiles by exercising care. Take the road to Vader. thence to Winlook. Eve line' and Napavine, following roads along Northern Pacific tracks into Na pavine. From Napavine take the road due north three miles, then east one mile, to regain the paved route of Pacific Highway four miles from Chehalls. As there will be paving south of Chehalls and also in the vicinity of Toledo, (the regular route between Castle Rook and Ohehalls will be blocked most of the Bummer. Chehalls to Olympla, SS.6 miles Leave Chehalls by Market street, Prindle street and St. Helens avenue, take county road on east aide of the railway track to Centralis, to avoid paving op erations between these towns. - Olympia-Tacoma Read Open, Turn north from Centralia to crossing or Skookumchuck River, parallel rail way for one mile, then recross the river on the steel bridge, then follow the main road on the west bank to Bucoda, thence along the west side of the track to a point one mile below Tenino June tlon. where the pavement begins. From Tenino follow the Pacific Highway signs to Olympla. Olympla to Tacoma, 37.5 miles Fol low Pacific Highway signs. No con structlon work planned that will inter fere with traffic There is a good gravel road to the Country Club, then a paved road to Tacoma. Tacoma-Seattle, 43.1 miles Follow paved Pacific Highway route to North Puyallup, then the pavement east through North Sumner. Follow" the paved road north through the west side of the White River Valley to Orillla. From Orillla to Rlverton the road will be under improvement by King County but trarrto will not be disturbed. QUAD IS DRIVEN FAR Jeffery Truck Run From The Dalles to Idaho Line. THREE STUTZ ENTRIES FILED Competitors In Next Indianapolis Race Increased to 15. INDIANAPOLIS. April 17. Three Stuts cars have been added to the held in the next Indianapolis 500-mile race, raising the total number of entries for that event to 15. At least 20 more nominations are expected within the next three weeks, bringing the final field to 35 cars or more. The Stuts entries were delayed some what this year due to a controversy on a minor point between Harry C. Stuts, builder of the cars, and the speedway management. This matter has been satisfactorily adjusted. No drivers were named in any of the entry blanks. It is thought, however, that Earl Cooper. Gil Anderson and Howard Wilcox, the same trio that competed in the Coast classics for Stuts. will carry the bulk of the bur den at Indianapolis. Wilcox. partlcU' larly, has many well wishers, due to his. work In the Vanderbilt and Grand Prize races, in both of which he came home an easy second. . - FT vcSA - r if n Si ?5fir' " 'ft?- -ri"j;-- i T f L .1 3t - i TRAINLOAD OF FRANKLINS PASSING OVER STREKTCAR TRACKS 1ST CENTER OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, BIT SPECIAL PERMISSION OF CITY AUTHORITIES. N What is thought to be the largest single shipment of automobiles that has ever come across the conti nent reached the Pacific NorthweBt last week and the final cars of the 22-car train pulled into Portland yes terday. In addition to Portland, Walla Walla, Spokane, Billings. Seattle and Grafton figure largely in the tralnload, which in all, represents a value of more than $110,000. This is the second shipment that has come to the Northwest within the past few weeks, a 12-car train load having reached here less than a month ago. J. C. Braly. the Franklin agent for Oregon, said yes terday that he had sold out all Franklins received on the previous tralnload and that the new allotment already had been taken. He says business Is A-l in the Franklin family. "To Walla Walla alone 20 Franklins were sent In this present shipment." said Mr. Braly. "With the 20 cars of the same make also shipped to that point a month ago this city of 19,000 population establishes a record for the sale of high-grade automobiles. "From figures issued by the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, this shipment exceeds In value any other shipment of merchandise ever leaving that city. "This special tralnload of 62 Franklins breaks all records for single shipments of high-grade cars. The former mark was also set by the Franklin only a few weeks ago. "The shipment represents the longest trip by a tralnload of automobiles, for after reaching its destina tion it will have traversed 2797 miles across the continent. The outlay for freight alone on this tralnload exceeds the $4000 mark." . 3 ABOUT 500 MILES COVERED W. Bx Fronde, With Frank Rlggs, Declares Trip . 400 Feet . Above Treetops on Trail One Not Easily Forgotten. By driving a Jeffery Quad truck from The Dalles to the Idaho line, covering about 500 miles, including some of the worst going In Oregon, W. B. Froude, manager of the truck department of the Frank C Rlggs Company, of Portland, declares that he has given the Jeffery the acid test. Mr. Froude is said to be the first to drive a motor truck across Oregon this year. From The Dalles we went through Dufur, Tygh Valley, Shanlko, Crooked River, Bend, Burns and Junctura," said Mr. Froude upon his return yesterday. My experiences as a driver were more than interesting at times, especially at Crooked River Canyon, one of those places where you start to whistle and forget the tune In about two bars. The approach to this wonderful grade is made at a dangerous angle and the sensation experienced, particularly at night, going down a 60-inch trail with a slide on one side and your vehicle tilted at an angle. of 4a degrees and a drop of about 400 feet to the tops of waving trees below, is one not to be easily forgotten. "You go along fairly well for a dis tance of a few miles and then suddenly sink to the axles. There are a great many washouts on the way and the wonderful efficiency of the truck was proved by its ability to go through these so-called Impassable places with out chains. It drives on the front as well as rear and the lifting power given to tne xront ana tractive power trans mitted to the wheel that has the trac tive effort enables the truck to nego tiate where a rear-drive truck would have been tied up. . Tygh grade is about three miles long and from 20 to 80 of it winds down to Tygh Valley from .the hills and descends about 8000 feet in that distance and every 100 feet or so I received a thriller, owing to washouts and the angle at which the truck is compelled to pass these spots. "In spite . of unfavorable weather with three days of drizzling rain the Quad kept going, the actual running time being about 70 miles a day. The highest elevation reached was 5200 feet, where, of course, the snow had not left and the truck was driven through soft adobe, where it would have been Impossible to take a. four-horse team. Of course we were compelled to drive In low and second to get through, which we did as easily as though trav eling on good level roads. The streams forded were rather deep on account of the snow In the mountains, but we picked a place about three feet deep and crossed there. "Ranchers in this section of Oresron express their gratitude at the efforts being made for good roads and are do ing all In their power to help the County Commissioners with their lim ited means to accomplish greater re sults. It was a common sight to see men come along on horseback, dis mount and remove rocks from the road. Herds of sheep and cattle cause con siderable annoyance by loosening boulders and stones, which sometimes block the way and have to be removed before a vehicle can pass at all." BARNEY WINS MOST Oldfield Leads in Amount of Money Taken on Coast. DARIUS RESTA IS SECOND OLDFIELD GETS COGNOMEN Styled "World's Master Driver," Re sult of Race In Maxwell. "World's Master Driver" Barney Old flcld won his second race in. four days with his Maxwell car when he finished first in the Tucson desert race of 103 miles, over an extremely rough course, in a time of 1:21:59. "Sure Finish" Billy Carlson, also a Maxwell driver, won second for the second time In four days. Oldfield and Carlson won first and second in the Venice grand prize at Venice, Cal., March 17, when Oldfield drove the entire 300 miles without a stop. This makes the third non-stop record for the Maxwell team during the last few months, all of which were over 300 miles. ATJTOISTS REACH WALLA. WALLA San Francisoc Party Advises Best Scenic Routes From Fair. WALLA WALLA. Wash., April 17. (Special.) C A, McGhee and Frank Murray arrived ' overland from San Francisco Tuesday in their Pathfinder Buick 37. picking the besyscenlc routes to and from the Panama-Pacific Ex position. They advise going by the Deschutes to Lake view and Altural, then to Lake Tahoe, following the east side of the lake to the Linooln highway and then to San Francisco. Returning they advise using the Paclfio Highway by way of Redding, Ashland, Portland, Se attle and Fllnsburg. QUAD TRUCK MAKES RECORD 500-MILE TRD? THROUGH EASTERN OREGON. 1 vssttXe& - -. i r? . -, f 1M . ' v-t' X I ' W - 5 " , . i t - .. - JL I - " I S- .. : . ! . . v' 1 O'-J .. .H, -HO I I ' 1 OUT OS THE PRAIRIE. 2 A BAD PLACE L" THE ROAD. Come and let us give you a demonstration. Drive the car yourself, examine every inch and see if it does not measure up to your idea of what a car should be to give service, fort, convenience and general all-around good value. - GET THE PERSONAL TOUCH Mitchell, Lewis &. Staver Co. East Morrison and First of it, com- The Light Four It: a Cwl Appliances Plenty ef M lthin Convenient leg room Wide Hear Reach In rear Seat MA.V TOP GENTIT SLOFI1VO HOOD Klectric Lights Crowned Fendera 85 If. p. Motor Master Driver's" Share of $45,8 00 Distributed in Coast Cities ' Is $7000 Table Shows Sums That ' Went to Others. After six lively sessions over the prepared roadways of five Pacific Coast cities, the members of motor dom's "Suicide Club" have nearly all packed up for the annual move East ward. Some are stopping -off at Okla homa City, where a 200-mlle road race is scheduled for April 22; some will tarry until the Tacoma races in July, while others have gone direct to In dianapolis or to the Eastern factories where they make their respective headquarters. A few of the resident California drivers remain at home, re fitting their cars for the next invasion of the "big leaguers." Aside from added money paid to winners at Corona and Venice, the Coast cities distributed a total of $45,800 in cash prizes to the circuit chasers. Oldfield Gets TOOO. Of this sum, Barney Oldfield, "mas ter driver" and star of the Maxwell team, captured the largest total, $7001). Barney got it In three bundles, $2500 for his record-breaking non stop run at Corona; $3500 for his win of the Venice Grand Prix, and $1000 for his victory In the Borderland Fair event at Tucson. Oldfield' campaign was a wonderful combination of speed and consistency Each of his prizes was the result of a flight in which his .Maxwell neither stopped nor slowed down. In none of the three races mentioned did he change gears after he had once got under way. The three non-stop per formances aggregated 711 miles. Reata Xext With $6000. Second to Oldfield in total winnings was Darius Resta, the foreign pilot. with $S000. Resta found the twisting. dangerous course inside the San Fran cisco Exposition grounds, ideal for his Peugeot, and was able to keep his sensationally light, speedy car running to the finish in both the Grand Prize and Vanderbilt. Here is how the cash was distrib uted in the recent Pacific Coast races: $ 7.000 e,oou S.i' 0,001 4.0 . 3.WI0 1,500 1.S0O 1,500 1,000 1.000 - 700 600 ' MO 250 f ! -'" : lfS V lW-IWhw-l Base ' & wide ' A 2 i'm'j The Light Four aP..--enae,$1250 The Baby Six .$1585 gasoline passing on through the cyl inders, through the muffler, and Into the air." LEWIS ROAD BIDS HELD 1X5 W Mile and Quarter of Concrete High way to Be liaid Near Curtis. CHEHAUS, Wash.. April 17. (Spe cial.) The Lewis County Commission ers have received some exceptionally good bids for the construction of a mile and a quarter of additional concrete road near Curtis. Last year a mile of concrete road was laid there, the work being paid for from the funds of the road district, which is a wealthy one, owing to the heavy timber valuation. Alongside the eight-foot concrete road another eight foot strip of crushed rock road was laid and the plan has worked out sat isfactorily. So enthusiastic have the residents of that neighborhood become over that style of road construction that this year they stretched the point and provided for a mile and a quarter of road. It is planned to add a mile or more each year. Bids have been received and opened for the mile and a quarter to be laid this Spring and run all the way from $9724 up. Several bids were less tnan $11,000 for the job. Unique Trip to Coast Planned. One of the most unique of the great variety of outfits which will this Sum mer be headed toward the Pacific Coast is that planned by M. E. Gale, the transcontinental motorcyclist, of Auro ra. N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Oale are both expert motorcyclists and wish to make the trip on their two-wheelers. How ever, they also desire to enjoy all pos sible comforts on the trip, without de pending on hotels. So Mr; Gale has conceived the idea of taling along a prairie schooner in which to carry bedding and supplies and complete camping equipment. Instead of being horse-drawn in the accepted style, this schooner is to be hitched to the two motorcycles, placed side by side. The Gales plan to leave New York about May 1 and expect to pass about three months en route. AUTO PLANT MAIL HEAVY TOLEDO FACTORY DEPARTMENT RESEMBLES SMALL POSTOFFICB. Special Cars Meet Trains Each Day to Handle Practically 10,000 Par cels and Pnckets. The magnitude of a manufacturing business, of which the product is more than 50.000 motor cars in a single year, is hard to realize. Figures recently compiled show that the mailing depart ment of the Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, handles more mall daily than many of the fourth class postofflcos In this country. This volume of corre spondence is necessary tor conducting the affairs of the company. On Monday, the day of the ween, on which the biggest volume of mail is received, it averages between 4300 ard 6000 pieces of first class mall and the same amount of second class mail and parcel post packages. Practically all tf this mail is opened, sorted and dis tributed within two hours after its re ceipt at the Overland offices. By 8 o'clock every morning, each depart ment manager has the largest part of the day's mail on his desk. At the Overland plant an entire de partment is devoted to the handling of mall. The work has been highly systematized by the man in charge, whose position is similar to that ot postmaster. Under his direction is a large staff of assistants with an equip ment of special mailing machines which seal, stamp and count as bigit a 250 letters a minute, and other facilities as efficient as those found in the high est class Government postoffices. A special Overland mall car trans ports the mail between the plant and the postoffice, making four regular trips each day in addition to special trips when necessary. Another car Is placed at the disposal of the mailing department each day at 4 o'clock. This car meots the Twentieth Century Llnv lted with all important mail to be sent to New York and other points in the East and abroad. The driver must go to the depot and place his mall bags on the cars in person, as the train Is not scheduled to pick up mall at Toledo. The outgoing Overland mail averages 2500 pieces of first class matter dti'y. Tre third class mail averages between 8000 and 10,000 pieces on ordinary days. It sorfictlmrs runs as much as 1 3.000 pieces in a day, when catalogs and i fe cial literature are being sent out, the total Is much, higher. As high es $50 a day Is spent by the company for stamps. UIOirffAY CAMPS ESTABLISH 1CD Work Is Soon to Ilegln ou National Park Ronte, Near Morton. MORTON. Wash.. April 17. (Spe cial.) State road camps for the Na tional Park Highway have been estab lished at Carlson's Mill, Cowlits Junc tion and Lindberg, all between Morton and Mineral. The funds for this work were left over from last year. These are the only camps which will be es tablished In this vicinity until the Su preme Court has passed on the emer gency clause as affecting the road ap propriations. The work being done Is preparing for the actual construction of the road. When the appropriation for state road No. 18 Is available a camp will be established immediately east of Fern Pass, between Morton and Glenoma. The camps will employ about 15 men each and the enirlneer In charge says he already has all the men he can now use. Shepherds Use Two-Wheeler. The motorcycle with sidecar 1s prov ing very valuable on the large sheep ranches of the West. With the aid of the two-wheeler, a shepherd csn easily keep his flock together, and the side car serves as en ambulance for any of the lambs which may be injured or tired out. Oldfield. Maxwell ReBta, PeuRot Carlson, Maxwell, Pullen. Mtrcer ........ Cooper, Stuts ......... Wilcox, btuis - Ruckstell. Mercer DePalma, Merced?s . . . O'Donnell, Dauianburg Hughes. Ono Alley. Deusenburg .... M&rqis, Busattl Anderson, Stuts ... Gordon, Gord-m .. tUsbrow. stmclex . .... lc!ano. Moon Taylor, Alco Total ; a... $48,800 CARBURETOR DAXGER IS TOLD Location of Intake Manifold Impor tant, H. L. Mann Points Ont. "No matter how perfect a carburetor may be," says H. L. Mann, manager of the Nob Hill Garage & Auto Com pany, distributor of the Haynes Light Six, "if a long-exposed intake mani fold is employed between the carbu retor and the intake valves, a certain amount of gasoline will reach the cyl inders in the form of tiny globules, instead of In a gaseous state. The Im portance of the location of the intake manifold is being indicated more clearly as the quantity of the gasoline drops. In the first place, it requires heat to convert the liquid gasoline Into vapor, the same as heat is required to convert water into steam. "The effect of introducing the gaso line into the cylinders in the form of little drops instead of in a gaseous state is to increase the gasoline con sumption. It must be remembered that there is only a small fraction of a second for the burning of the gases, and if there are drops present the time is not sufficient to burn them upT Incomplete burning and deposits of carbon result, in addition to the loss occasioned by some of the unburned Creating Car Contentment That feeling of contentment which you enjoy in your beautiful home is multiplied by owning a beautiful car, and the same taste that de mands a beautiful home demands a beautiful car also. The Winton Six is expressly made to satisfy that precise demand. Its persistently good running gives 100 per cent satisfaction, and its artistic finish makes it a delightful personal possession, for your personal Winton Six will be finished in your own individually selected colors. Two Models, both sixes the New Size at $2285; the 48 -IL P. at $3250. The Winton Motor Car Co. 23d and Washington Sts. Main 4244.