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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1920)
I . i r t . ' TTTR SUNDAY OREGONTAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 23, 1920 encKSEDicoris THIS X920 7-PASSEXGER BOCK SEDAN CONQUERED PACIFIC HIGHWAY MUD LAST WEEK AND REACHED PORTLAND DIRECT FROM SAN FRANCISCO, IHDTU DV Ul Car Braves Mud and Road Conditions Successfully. am r When Springs Break put 011 GOING BAP AT YONCALLA Zeiiis E. Bishop of Los Angeles Is One of First Over Pacific Highway This Year. The Pacific highway from Califor nia to Portland Iff passable now, be cause of the long stretch of dry n-eathiA. though in far from good condition in several places in South ern Oregon, where new construction work of last season has left fcsany soft or rutty sections of road. But cars are coming through In both di rections, and their drivers bring word that a determined motorist can make the route if he is lucky enough to get over it before the next rain. One of the first cars to reach Port land from California over the high way this season was a 1920 Buick seven-passenger sedan, which reached hire last week from Los Angeles, bringing Louis K. Bishop, general manager of the Torrens Titles com pany of that city, and his family. This car was purchased less than one month ago. It had been driven only a few -miles when Mr. Bishop set out on his 1700 mile tour to Portland, over roads that have been considered impassable for even the lightest tour ing car. Yet it arrived here in fine condition, except for a thick coating of mud. and without having had the slightest mechanical trouble. Set Oat for a Rest. Mr. Bishop undertook this trip, para doxically to get a complete rest from business cares. He was warned about the roads here in winter, but de clared he could drive a Buick through any of them. Mr. Bishop has owned several Buick enclosed models, so fully appreciated the advantages of 4CL Jk ': fr -'f &t At : ir t$ - --r.-r i- pP- S Cr. . . : ! the picture, George W.Deaa, manager here for the Howard Automobile vmnpaaj, Bnirk distributor is exteadlnar congratHlatlons f Louis E. Bis hop, of Los Angelea (right), who drove the ear every foot of the way aorlb ander Ita ewa power. The ear was borrowed by Mr. Dram and will be aeea in the Howard Automobile ronpmj space aa ome of the BsJck car exhibits at the lee Palace automobile show. I f the closed car for touring. He first fr planned to make the trip in a 1919 I Buirk couDe. but after sisine UD the luggage, decided that he, his wife aud his physician, who accompanied him on the journey, would be too crowded in the smaller car. Just the week be fore he had received delivery of a new 1920 Buick sedan. Despite the fact that he would have to work in the motor, which had gone but a few miles, he decided to use It. When the car reached Portland, aside from a lot of mud the only evidence of its tussle with bad roads was a few cuts in the tires. It en countered some mighty hard going, at that, but came through on its own power for the entire distance where other cars were unable to do so. Air. Bishop and histparty left Los Angeles on February 5. For the first 200 miles they drove very leisurely I to work in the motor. But after that M Mr. Bishop began to "step on er," Can L'r- on In n.iNr 1ft hnilPo via the coat route. After visiting friends there, the party shoved off for the north on February 10. At 7 P. M. of February 12, they were at Redding. Redding-Dansmulr Good. Up to this point, the trip north from San Francisco had been virtually on hard-surfaced highway through the Sacramento valley. But here the. road begins to enter the mountains and to pass through the most scenic por tion of the Pacific highway in Cali fornia. The old Reddirig-Dunsmuir stretch, so long a veritable terror to motor tourists. Mr. Bishop found In excellent condition. The new grade through the Sacramento canyon has not been hard surfaced as yet, but the foundation is in and covered with fine crushed rock and rolled to a smooth surface that is every bit as fine to drive over as hard surface. The Redding-Dunsmuir stretch they covered easily in two hours and 40 minutes. . From Dunsmuir north to Weed, the road was found in very good condi tion, but from this point to the Cali fornia line construction work is go ing on and over a great part of it half the roadway has been put In good condition while the other half is, torn up, making driving conditions pretty bad. On the Oregon side of the Siskiyou grade, from the state line to the level of the valley, the new highway is now completed with hard surface pave ment. Mr. Bishop says this was the shortest 20 miles he ever drove, Smith's HiH Not 8 Bad. But from that point Into Ashland, the road is much cut up. Despite the bad conditions over much of the way, his time from Dunsmuir to Ashland was only four hours. No snow was encountered in the siskiyous and the w.nin n - e rl r' r m tn m I .tun m m a I- In X. fact, the Buick drove north under 7 sunshine all the way from Los An gcles to Grants Pass, Or. - f From Ashland to Grants Pass the new highway is virtually completed. It was after leaving the latter town that the Buick sedan ran into its first real trouble. The raraire man at Grants Pass warned Mr. Bishop that the road just out of the city over Smith's hill was absolutely impas sable that no cars had made the trip north since the fall rains had set in and that only one light touring car had succeeded in making the trip south. But having made up his mind to go through, Mr. Bishop declined to be turned back by these gloomy pre dictions. He did try to get a set of Weed tire chains, but went to every accessor) store and garage in Grants Pass with out success. None of them could sup ply chains of the right siae for his 34x4 tires. But at that he had no particular difficulty in making the grade, being an experienced driver and knowing how to get every ounce of power out of the Buick valve-in-head motor. But he didn't consider this stretch nearly as bad as some he went over farther north. Grade Badly Ratted. Mr. Bishop succeeded in getting by the roadmaster aud started over the I new Wolf creek grade, which is not ' yet open to travel. But coming down ' on this side he rather wished he had taken a chance on the old road, for i way. The farmer then wanted to haul the sedan through. "Just wait s moment," said Mr. Bishop, as he put the Buick in low and carefully crawled through the thick mud. The farmer never had another chance at the additional $2.50 At Myrtle Creek, Mr. Bishop got off the main road and drove up canyon to the east. Rather than re turn over the whole distance he made Inquiries and found he could pick up a direct road that would be shorter, but was described as being in mis erable shape. But the Buick made it j without trouble and the party wsre soon in Roseburg. Worst of All BTear Yoncalla. Here Mr. Bishop got his Weed chains, as he was advised that the highway out of Oakland would be virtually impassable. This advice was about correct. The car got over Rice hill successfully and without too much trouble, but between there and Yorv calla there were several places from which Mr. Bishop almost gave up hope of being able to pull through. But the sedan sturdily kept going through the mud, which was particu larly bad on the many detours made necessary by new construction work. This was by far the worst ordeal of the highway trip. The party finally made Drain, still holding their rec ord of having made . the entire run on their own power, vithout a tow from any source. From there into Cottage Grove- the road was in good condition. The formerly dreaded Pass creek canyon, though not hard surfaced, is regraded and rocked so as to be in fine shape. From Cottage Grove to Kuirene Mr. Bishop reports the old macadam road as badly worn and rough. From Eugene he drove to Salem via the Jefferson, route, which he found very rough. He reached Salem at 4:55 Saturday afternoon. After a light meal the party shoved off over the new paved highway. They left Salem at 5:15 and reached Portland at 6:30, only one hour and IS minutes later. which is certainly fast driving. The speedometer showed 1673 miles. The run was made on Miller cord tires. Aside from a few cuts caused by sharp rocks, they showed practically no wear. The party had no tire trouble on ' the trip and never used the spare tire. Car Borrowed for Show. When the car arrived in . Portland It was so covered with mud. even to the roof, that one could hardly tell what its original color bad been. Mr. Bishop was sure that a washing would show that the body would be all scratched up, but a careful in spection after the car was ' put on the rack didn t show where the var nish had so much as started at any point on the body. One of the remarkable features of this run, considering the fact that it was made' with an absolutely new car and much of the time in low gear because of heavy road condi tions, was that for the entire trip Mr. Bishop's gasoline average - was 18 miles -to the gallon. His total average was of course helped by the fact that between Los Angeles and Redding he averaged a little better than 20 miles to the gallon. The trip was made with the addition of only two quarts of oil to the original filling of the crank case in Los An- I geies. This sedan arrived la Portland rather opportunely for George W. Dean, manager here for the Howard Automobile company. He had been trying for weeks to get a 1920 seven- passenger Buick sedan for the auto mobile show. Owing to inability to I net freight cars, he couldn t be ac commodated. But it didn't take him I long to arrange -with Mr. Bishop to I lend his car for the show, bo thus Buick car will be among those present when the show formally opens Mon day night. ' One-Ton Tracks in Lend. There were 27,373 trucks manufac tured in the United States in the sec ond quarter of 1919. Of. this number I the one-ton type predominate with a total of 1359, the other figures follow: One and one-half-ton capacity, 4bt; two-ton capacity, 4739: 2-ton ca pacity, 1484; three-ton capacity, 1099; 5-ton capacity, 2257; four-ton ca pacity. 114; five-ton capacity, 316S; one-half-ton capacity, S19; three-rourths-ton capacity. 477; over five ton capacity, 587; capacity not given. 1121: fire apparatus, 12Z; Dusses, am bulances, hearses, S9; government trucks, SOL To My Teacher. w WILL never touch my gear-shift I without pushing down my clutch I will never kill my engine when 1 1 stop; I will never turn my steering wheel too little or too much, . I will never, never disobey the cop. I will never try to start the thing I when either brake is on. I will never make a racket when I shift; .1 will never run my 'engine till oil and gas are gone. I -will never give her more than she can lift. I will never burn my brakes out. how- I ever much I'm scared. 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While going was pretty bad they experienced no ex treme difficulty until they reached the summit of Cow creek canyon. Hera a light car was stuck. in the mud ahead. Although the ever-present Tarmer and his team were there to give assistance at 32.50 per assist, Ihe owner frugally declined the offer, although there seemed no hope of his getting out by himself before next spring. As he thoroughly blocked the road. Mr. Bishop paid the 32.50 The new 1920 HAYNES TOURING GAR THE beauty that justifies pride of ownership, the strength that in spires complete confidence, the power that creates unwavering sureness, the comfort that affords constant enjoymentthese are the four essen tial factors of car-character for which . the new 1920 Haynes seven-passenger Touring Car is widely celebrated. 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