Morning Oregonian., January 01, 1920, New Year's Edition, Section 4, Page 17, Image 41

TITE rORNING. OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1920.
1 DEER AND bear abound IN MOUNTAINS ; 1
I STATE HAS WILD GAME OF MANY KINDS
I Tourists From All Over World Are Learning of Oregon's Fame As Hunters and Fishers' Paradise Recre- f
ation Found in Its Borders Held Worth Crossing Continent For.
tMiHiiiiiumimiimmiiuiiiuuiniuitminiilwilwmiaaHnMHiHni
2EE
M M A M
'i-p&t : -tiff tfeF-
By Carl D. Shoemaker, State Game
Warden.
THE people of Oregon have Ions
appreciated the wild life within
the borders of the state. More
recently the people of the world have
become acquainted with salmon fish
ing on the Wilamette, steelhead fish
ing on the Willamette, steelhead fish,
within the Cascade forest ranges.
Each year sees an increased number
of tourists who are attracted to this
state for the purpose of enjoying its
outdoor resources.
From the summit of the Cascades
to the ocean beaches on the west and
across her rolling plains to the east
ern border, Oregon abounds in fish
and game. In her mountain fast
nesses are. to be found deer and bear,
big game animals which afford reaJ
sport to the lover of the chase. The
forests are easily accessible by auto
mobile from the principal railroad
stations, and where the roads cease
good government trails begin.
There is no better recreation for
the tired, business or office man,
tourist or farmer, than a week or
two somewhere in the mountains or
plains of Oregon. Cool, refreshing
springs and creeks add luxury to the
meal cooked over a camp fire and a
bed of fir boughs under the starryi
dome of night brings a sleep from
which nnn armiRen rttfrpshAd and
vigorous.
Recreation of the kind that one
finds in Oregon is worth crossing
continents for. It gives new life and
brings one back to the occupation
which he left in better spirits and
more capable of tackling the under
takings which produce a livelihood.
For the man who hunts, Oregon
offers a multitude of choices. Deer
are plentiful in the coast. Cascade
and eastern Oregon mountains. With
the gradual extinction of predatory
animals, deer are multiplying more
rapidly than they are killed. With
an increased respect for game laws
awoimiuinnimNiHMiHiiiiiiitMtiminuMmniiiiiiumiiii::ntiiiiiiiM
and the-desire on the part of sports
men generally to observe the game
laws more rigidly, deer will remain
on the increase for years to come. It
is probable, however, In order to stab
ilize' the number, It may be neces
sary to curtail the length of the sea
son as well as the bag limit. This
is a problem for the future. Bear,
which are unprotected, seem to be
on . the increase in all of western
Oregon, while in the eastern Oregon
districts they seem to be gradually
decreasing in number, due to the vig
orous hunting for them by stockmen
and predatory animal hunters.
There was a time in this state, as
well as in other states, when geese,
ducks and other . migratory water
fowl were shot by the thousands and
literally wagonloads hauled in to
the populous centers at all seasons
of the year. This condition could not
exist forever and gradually the
migratory birds became fewer in
number.
With the elimination of spring
shooting and the curtailment of the
fay and winter season, and the co
operation' with the federal govern
ment in the enforcement of the mi
gratory bird act, a restoration of
good shooting is being accomplished.
Thousands upon thousands of mal
lards, teals, widgeons, canvas-backs
and other varieties of ducks are
bagged each season and afford not
only splendid food b'ut excellent sport
and recreation. '
Pheasant Shooting; Afforded.
In the valleys and fields and along
the streams Chinese pheasant shoot
ing may be had. This wonderful im
ported game bird is worthy of the
chase and when the . shooter brings
one down he feels well repaid for his
time. The fish and game commission
is wintering nearly 3000 of these
birds for liberation early in the
spring in order that those portions of
the state where birds are not so plen
tiful may have good shooting next
fall through the natural increase.
Quail, on which there is no open
season except in. Coos, Curry, Jose
phine and Jackson counties, seem to
be on th4 increase. Sportsmen gen
erally observe the closed season on
this splendid little game bird and are
anxious, as is the fish and game com
mission, to increase the supply
through the closed season. If the
increase is as rapid in the next few
years as it has been in the past, a
short open season will be advisable
in the near future. ,
In eastern Oregon sage hens and
prairie chickens arc fairly abundant
in certain sections and sportsmen, as
a rule, are able to get the bag limit
in a short time.
Grouse of all varieties, while not
as plentiful as Chinese pheasants,
nevertheless seem to be on the .in-,
crease. '
It must be observed that the num
ber of sportsmen in the state have
increased materially within the last
few years. The lure of the outdoors
has made many recruits and our for
ests and fields are hunted more ex
tensively now than ten years ago.
Every trout stream in the state has
20 anglers on it in a season where
formerly there was but one.
The tremendous increased use of
the automobile and the rapid exten
sion of good highways have made
people take a greater interest in
nature. In 1914 there were about
15,000 automobiles in the state. The
year just passed showed a registra
tion of more than 80,000. During the
summer season these automobiles
make regular week-end trips to our
-ocean beaches and mountain resorts.
A fish pole and gun are usually
packed in the machine and the fam
ily enjoy a day or two beside the
water or in the depths of the forest.
Let us all 'worn, together to the
end that Oregon's outdoor'playground
may be perpetuated; that the game
hog may be put down, 'and that true
sportsmanship may not be forgotten,
for in the final analysis, game pro
tection sentiment lies in the heart.
iiiiifiiiiiiuiiintmiiiiiniuitiimmiimiiiiHuiiiitiiniiHiHiitttnutiinNniiiuiiimK
1 PORTLAND CENTER OF NUMEROUS FINE DRIVES j
Most Famous of All Is Columbia River Highway, but Others With Varying Degrees of Quietude and Gran-
deur in Plenty Are Easily Accessible to Pleasure Seekers.
PORTLAND Is the center for nu
merous scenic automobile drives.
So many that the motorist can
set out from town in almost any di
rection, traveling aimlessly if he has
no set goal in mind, and end up on a
scenic highway. There are dozens of
such answers to the old motoring
quiery, "Where shall we drive to
day?" Most famous of all the scenic drives,
of course, is the Columbia river high
way. But there is no need to go far
for scenery of a quieter sort. Rivers,
hills, nearby mountain ranges, snow
peaks in view and trees, make virtu
ally every road a scenic one. Not
the least of these attractions are the
trees. No need for artificial beauti
fying of scenic driveways by planting
trees along them when they are al
ready lined with the tall, graceful
evergreens that nature planted.
Many of these drives are virtually
within the city. Others lead out from ,
It. Such scenic roads as the upper
and lower Columbia river highways,
the Inland highway to Astoria, the
road to Mount Hood, the drive to Bull
Run lake, the Capital highway to
Salem, which Is the west-side branch
of the Pacific highway, the Paciflo
highway Itself, all center in Portland.
First in importance of the scenic
driveways within the city comes the
Terwilliger boulevard. This is the
gateway into Portland of the Capi
tal highway from Salem, which enters
over the hills to the south.
Terwilliger boulevard is the city
end of the Capital highway. , It
swings around and along the hills to
the south and .west of Portland in
broad curves, climbing on an easy
grade to an elevation from which is
spread a, truly beautiful view of a
great part of the city and- adjacent
country.
Tourists coming into Portland from
the south get their first introduction
to the city in this panorama of river,
islands, busy industries along the
water front, bridges, west-sido busi
ness district, miles of the residence
section on the east side, the distant
silver ribbon of the Columbia and
the far-away Cascade mountains with
the snow peaks of Hood, St. Helens,
Adams. Here is an exception, indeed,
to the rule that entrances to big cities
generally present them at their worst.
It has been said that no city in the
world is so impressively presented to
the visitor as is Portland in this view
from Terwilliger.
Another scenic drive, which affords
ven a grander view of the city, river
and mountains than that from Ter
williger boulevard, because of its
much greater height, is the Fair
mount drive. This road circles Cres
cent Crest, the highest of the series
of hills that flank Portland on the
west. It is reached by way of Mont
gomery drive, itself a rarely scenic
route, which extends from the head of
Montgomery street up Portland
Heights through one of the finest
residential sections of the city. f
Fairmount drive is a one-way
boulevard, traffic being permitted
over it in one direction only because
of Its many curves aa It winds its
iiimiiitiiiimiinuiiiiui:iiiuiiifiniininininniHimiitiiiiinmiiittniuiiH;ii
way for more than three miles around
the hill, forming a complete loop.
Half the drive overlooks the broad
green plain of the Tualatin valley,
which is separated from Portland by
the range of hills of which Council
Crest is one. The remainder of the
driveway from a high elevation looks
out over city, river and mountain.
On a clear day there can be seen
from Fairmount drive not only Mount
Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St.
Helens, but also Mount Rainier, far to
the north; Mount Jefferson and the
Three Sisters, - to the south seven
great snow peaks in all, rising about
the timbered ridges of the Cascades.
Through passes in the hills west
of the city, three scenic. roads curve
over the ridge and down into the
Tualatin valley. These are the Can
yon road, turning south from the
head of Jefferson street; the Barnes
road, which Btarts due west from the
head of Washington street, but a
couple of miles out turns south, and
the Cornell road, which heads south
west from the head of Lovejoy street.
The Canyon and Barnes roads climb
the ridge on quite a sharp gradient,
HtiHiiiitiiiiiinuiuiiiiiHiiniiiiiniituiiiimiiiHniniiiiimimuiminiiiiuiiitniit
I OREGOX EXPERIENCES BIG I
AUTOMOBILE INCREASE.
As nearly as could be esti- I
mated, there are 83,500 auto- 1
mobiles in Oregon. -
This is an increase of 600 i
per cent over 1913, a pre-war . I
year and 24 per cent increase 1
over 1918.
The figures do not include I
motorcycles.
niiiHtitimniinmiiiiniintinHHnttHtiniininiitiraiiiniiiiiuiiinnHifiiiitiiiii
though the pull is not difficult for
an automobile. The Cornell road
pursues a longer and more leisurely
course, twisting and curving around
deep canyons. - The Canyon road is
the main gateway to Beaverton,
Hillsboro and 'Forest Grove in the
Tualatin valley, though with com
pletion of a new paved highway con
nection to the west side highway
through these towns with the Capi
tal highway at Bertha station just
beyond Portland on the Terwilliger
boulevard-Capital highway, that route
divides honors with it for popularity.
The Barnes road and the Cornell
road meet at Cedar Mill, a hamlet by
a pretty millpond of that name on
the Tualatin side of the hills. The.
loop tour out one road and back by
the other is an ideal short drive. Or,
the motorist can continue on his way
over fairly good but not paved road
from Cedar Mill to Hillsboro and For
est Grove.
Two miles out the Cornell road a
turn to the right puts the motorist on
the Skyline boulevard. .This scenic
drive runs for some six miles along
the crest of a narrow ridge that par
allels the Willamette river on one side
and the plains of the Tualatin valley
on the other. Fine views of the two
valleys, with the still greater valley
of the huge Columbia visible in the
distance beyond the Willamette, al
ternate along this drive, and at one
point a grand view is presented of
both sides.
Another favorite drive on the west
side is that via the Riverside drive
south from Portland along 4he Wil
lamette river bank to Oswego, eight
miles from the city. This is a delight
fully cool, pleasant motor ride along
a fine road, bordered by suburban es
tates on one side and the river - on
the oher. From Oswego the motorist,
by continuing a few miles, can cross
the suspension bridge below the Willamette-river
falls at Oregon City and
return on the east side to Portland
over a scenic portion f the main
Pacific highway.
One of the pleasantest short drives
within the city limits is that on Wil
lamette boulevard to University Park.
This paved boulevard follows the top
of a bluff on the east side of the
Willamette river below the main part
of the city. It presents a beautiful
view of the west side, including the
skyline of the business district and of
the lower harbor. From Willamette
boulevard the motorist can easily
reach one of the two approaches to
the interstate bridge across the Co
lumbia river to Vancouver, Wash.
These approaches cross green meadow
lands bordering on the Columbia.
This trip, in combination with that
over the Willamette boulevard, makes
a delightful short drive for afternoon
or evening.
All these are short drives mostly
within the city or going only a. short
distance beyond its limits. There are
any number of longer tours for the
motorist who wishes one or more
days' driving and picnicking. One, of
course, is the Columbia river highway.
Another the run down the lower-Columbia
river highway, both of which
are too well known to require de
scription. Still another is out the
Capital highway to Newberg, 25 miles,
through an entrancing landscape of
farms, green meadows, low hills and
graceful trees. Continuing beyond
Newberg, if he wishes,- the motorist
may drive to McMinnvllle..and Sheri
dan In the Yamhill valley, and thence
over the Coast range on a fine road
newly completed to the Tillamook
country and the ocean. Or, taking
another course, to Salem and points
in the Willamette valley.
And then there is the run to Gov
ernment Camp, at Mount Hood, and
the various summer hotel resorts,
Arrah .Wanna, - Welch's, Rhododen
dron, en route there. This is a great
favorite in summer. The preferred'
route is out the Base Line or Powell
valley roads to Gresham, the latter
being the more scenic, and thence out
the Mount Hood road through Sandy,
past Arrah Wanna and- to the Zigzag
river at Rhododendron.
This road for many miles follows
the scenic canyon of the glacier-fed
Sandy river. Beyond Rhododendron
it plunges into the outflanking moun
tains that guard Mount Hood.- From
this point there is almost a continu
ous climb. Up and up goes the road,
sometimes through timber, sometimes
through great groves of rhododend
rons in bloom, round rocky projec
tions and beside canyons. Many roar
ing torrents are crossed on the way.
It is a long pull and a bard full, but
. H 1 1 1 s 'J It h , I
vt : v - v -
. 3a..M1Ju...,..W3S8fl68gr
The End of My Search
for an Ideal Car
By H. J. Mcintosh
THE announcement of our securing
the Kissel Motor Car and Truck
Franchise for the State of Oregon
is to me much more than an ordinary
announcement of interest and import
ance. I regard it rather as a- personal achieve
ment of which I may feel justly proud
the end of a search for what I believe to
be the masterpiece of American motor
car manufacture.
Ours is not just a commercial organiza
tion for the mere buying and selling of
motor cars at a profit. We take, rather,
the long viewpoint that we can only en
trench ourselves in the good will and
confidence of the public by rendering to
the motor car buyer the same depend
able guidance and service a responsible
diamond merchant renders to those who
have learned to have confidence in him.
And so I have always been an intimate
student of the motor car industry. I at
tend the National shows, visit the va
rious factories, mingle with the men who
are responsible for the development of
the automobile, study worth-while trade
publications and qualify by every sin
cere effort to intelligently and properly
guide you in your selection of an auto
mobile. In my search for a car that I could af
ford to link with my name I have sought
a car of mechanical excellence and con
sistent not "Stunt" performance,
which embodied those elements of . ex
clusive design and appointment usually
found in only the most costly made-to-order
jobs.
I could not, of course, consider associat
ing with such a car except it came from
an old established manufacturer, with
ample facilities and capital to -build
not assemble the car.
I looked for this car only in that price
class which takes in a type of substantial
buyer, who is critical, who knows car
values and who seeks to exhibit in his
motor car that same fine taste which
marks his home, his personal grooming
and his selection of associates.
I found that car in the Kissel "Custom
built" Six. It measured up to the very
ideals I bad pictured and found so hard
to realize the combination of mechani
cal efficiency and proven performance,
with a degree of smartness and refine
ment that will establish the pace in mo
. tor car design for years to come.
Pictures could not do justice to the char
acter and beauty which Custom Building
has made a reality in these new "Kis
sels'and space does not permit a dis
cussion of mechanical details. These
will be taken up in a subsequent an
nouncement. I am counting upon your availing your
self of the privilege of looking the cars
over and of driving them in your own
favorite test. t
I want to personally meet every Kissel
passenger car and motor truck owner in
Portland and Oregon.
A new era has opened for both of 'us I
want to tell you as well as prospective
owners all about it.
You will find my office door wide open.
"Welcome" is on the mat. Walk in I
Dealers throughout Oregon who, like
myself, have been searching for a motor
car of unusual appearance and perform
ance and exclusive design at a moderate
price, will be interested in our territorial
programme.
McINTOSH MOTOR CAR CO.
Twenty-Third and Washington, Portland, Oregon
of the great bulk, in blue and white,
of Mount Hood looming ahead. Final
ly, it attains the 4,000 foot level and
Government Camp, in a great meadow
near the base of the mountain.
This, like Cloud. Cap Inn on the
Hood river side of Mount Hood,
reached via the Columbia river high
way, is a favorite resort of summer
campers. Some of them spend weeks
here in the mountains, camping and
fishing, and sometimes joining parties
of climbers which outfit at Govern-
,il
ment Camp for the ascent of Mount
Hood.
From Government Camp a mountain
road that is passable for automobiles
in summer, but shouldn't be tried by
one not familiar with it. crosses the
mountains to the Central Oregon
plain at Wapinltla. It passes through
some of the heaviest timber in Ore
gon, and also climbs some of the
steepest hills.
These are by no means the extent
of the scenic tours that may be made
i.
out of Portland. There is the trip
to Trout lake and the Mount Adams
country in Washington, for instance;
to Mount St. Helens, also in Washing
ton; the run up the North Bank high
way on the Washington side of the
Columbia to White Salmon, via Van
couver, Beacon Rock and Stevenson,
a scenic highway that in some re
spects even more picturesque than
its sister, trie Columbia river high
way across on the Oregon side; the
trip to Silver Falls, near Silverton:
R. D. O'Brien
East 322
AUTO
REPAIRING
Machine Work, Storage, Tires,
Sundries, Gas and Oil.
Service Car -Day or Night
Union Avenue
Garage
Union Ave. and Weidler
Portland -
il ff?
to Wilhoit .hot springs; over the old
Cascade Wagon Military road up the
Santiam valley to Cascadia, and be
yond to Clear lake in the Cascade
mountains, reached via Albany, and
Lebanon; to Newport, on the Pacific
coast, one of the most popular Ore
gon summer beach resorts, reached
via Corvallis; and many, many oth
ers. Merely to enumerate all the
touring possibilities available to
motorists would require a column of
space.
21 l
When you need
Auto
Supplies
of any description, also bear In mind
. that I am exclusive agent for
Revere Tires
AND
Houghton's
Motor Oil
They'll both Rive you
SERVICE AND SATISFACTION
S. H. KAUFFMAN
X. W. Cor. th and Ankeny.
Broadway 1JB.
SI
i
x 3- r. -- si
U I. SULLIVAN, Prop.
AUTOS
With or, Without
Drivers
We can rent you almost any
make of car you can drive it
yourself and save about one-half
the expense. - .
Fashion Garage
1SS Tenth St.. bet. Yamhill and
Taylor, opposite library.
Thone Marshall 232
1
17
ft
Automobile Registrations
Automobile Statistics
Automobile Lists
ByDay