TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. SEPTE3IBEH 18, 1910.
TILLAMOOK COUNTY'S GOOD ROADS
SOURCE OF DELIGHT TO AUTOISTS
New Highway to Be Built Across County From Dolph to Nehalem, Forming Link In Chain Along Coast Many
Farmers and Dairymen Own MacMn es, and Drive Them for Pleasure.
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I clI.) Thpre Is m lively and grow
' In; Interest In automobiles In Till
amook Countr with quite a number of
enthusiasts who have replaced the
mall cars for more modern ones. Al
though there Is no active automobile
club In the countr, the automoblllsts
iiav-e been aKit&tlng; Improved roads.
The small buckboard cars have given
Jilsee to the medium-sized automobiles
and several modern and up-to-date ma
chines have bevn bought this rear, all
medium-sized, maklnjc In all, probably
CO machines in the county.
Apart from the automobile stafre
Jlnes ruplns: Into this countr from
Fheridan. Wlllamlna and McMlnffvllle,
Inost all the automobiles are used for
pleasure, with the exception of one
operated In connection with a livery
.barn and two owned by physicians.
Automobile stafre lines have done a
largre amount of business this Sum
mer. The dairymen are beginning to buy
machines, but thus far they have not
been purchased for utility, but for
pleasure. Tillamook has had an ex
ceedingly larg-e number of automobile
parties from Portland and other 'Wll
iamete Valley points. Those who came
here for the first time were hlfrhly de
lighted with the rood roads they trav
ersed and the large amount of road
work (coins; on. The largest auto par
ty coming to Tillamook County was
that arranged by the Portland Auto
mobile Club.
The aim and object of Tillamook
County Is to have one of the bent and
most beautiful scenic automobile roads
In the state, and it will not be long be
fore this Is an accomplished undertak
ing. The road will extend from the
I Yamhill County line at Dolph, In the
south, traverse 60 miles through the
heart of the county to the Clatsop
County line at Nehalem on the north.
A few years ago the county officials
became alive to the necessity of Im
proving the roads suitable for auto
mobile travel, and with this object In
view they devised ways and means to
give Tillamook County some good turn
pike roads. This could not be done In
one year, but It was not long before
the county court had purchased three
rock crushing machines, three traction
engines and three road crushers and
other road paraphernalia to construct
modern and . up-to-date roads. These
plants are operating regularly
Although the population of the coun
ty la only 7500, for the past few years
nearly flflo.000 annually nave Decn ex
pended on roads and bridges. With
three rock crushing plants and three
road rollers paid for. and with very lit
tle money to be expended on bridges
Tillamook County will do a large
amount of road work nejet year.
Another pretty stretch of road suit
able for automobiles will-be the road
from Tillamook City to Netarts Bay,
which Is now being improved. As the
county built a bridge across the Tllla
mook River this did away with the fer
ry. When completed the road will be
well traveled.
Tamhlll and Polk counties have
shown their willingness to Improve
their roads leading Into Tillamook
Countv. Clatsop County has also shown
a willingness to meet Tillamook at the
oounty line with a goon automomie
road, and whenever Clatsop does that
It will be a great addition to Tilla
mook's automobile road, making the
journey Into this county and neigh
boring counties much longer and that
much more delightful, for there Is a
pretty stretch of country between Till
amook and Astoria, which should be
opened up to auto travel.
son are rather dusty they are easSfy
traveled and in the Fall'wlll be ideal
for automoblllng. The hope Is ad
vanced that the numerous oil wells
now being drilled will put an end to
the road question In Malheur County.
It Is the Intention. If sufrle'ent oil Is
found, to make use of It in betternsj
the roads throughout the entire
county. Already large sums of money
were expended th's season by the
county commissioners In grading the
county 'road between Ontario and Vale.
and with oil to finish the highway It
will be one of the favorite speedways
in the county.
South of Ontario, the "Boulevard" Is
now the main automobile road and on
account of Its peculiar surface. It is
always In the best condition and even
having been without rain for several
months Is now In excellent condition
for automoblllng.
Ontario possesses two garages, one of
which is the equal of those found In
the large cities. This company has In
stock 13 machines and maintains a liv
ery service, as well as does the second
garage. The trains from the East and
West are always met by these liveries
and scarcely a day passes that they
are not pressed into service for trips to
vale and the Interior. On account of
the present - schedule on the railroad.
almost a days time can be gained by
the auto trips. The business men who
possess automobiles mostly for pleasure
nna in untario, a . One macadamized
street. It being the main thoroughfare
m tne city. Every evening It Is alive
with machines speeding to and fro and
has developed Into favorite pastime for
tne fortunate ones owning cars.
t W hlle there is not an automobile
club at the present time, there is strong
talk among the autolsts of forming
such an organization this Fall. The
good roads movement In Oregon, which
comes before the state for considera
tion, has been indorsed by the Ontario
commercial Club and petitions were
forwarded, signed by nearly all the au
tomobile owners. The furtherance of
these plans will surely come when the
state law allowing counties to Incur
indebtedness for the building of per-
iiiaiu-ni roaas is amended, tew coun.
ties in Oregon possess as many auto
mobiles per capita as Malheur county.
Trip to Point Near Mount
v Hood Is Pleasant
C. C, Robblna and Family Make a
Jonrney by Ant.
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Teams and Wagons Now Replaced by Fine Roadsters and Touring Cars.
ONTARIO. Or- Sept. 17. Spe-1al.
The automobile In Malheur
county is fast proving Itself to be
the means of transportation where the
(traveler Is desirous of making quirk
trips where the railroad has as yet
Vailed to traverse the vast undeveloped
Iterrttory. Two years ago there was
M-arcely an automobile In Xmtarto. to
(stay nothing of the county. Today there
are more than 40 cars in Ontario, pos
sibly 'a like number In Vale, while in
the interior the stockmen and farmers
are buying them for use In traveling
from their ranches to the nearest rail
road station.
Far In the interior where the means
of travel is slow by team and wagon
the automobile is becoming the popu
lar method of transportation and thlJ
Summer several fine machines have
been purchased and put Into commis
sion for private use by the wealthy
stockmen and formers. They now
make the trips from Westfall, Beulah,
llrogan, and other points In quick time
and are elated over the advancement In
modern inventions, that have appar
ently solved the problem of spending
less time on the road when In a hurry
to get Into communication with the
Business .centers.
While the roads in the Fummer sea-
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E FRESHED and happy. C. C. Rob-
IV bins, a Portland architect, and
family returned . last Sunday after
spending three days in. the mountains
between Portland and Mount Hood.
The party left Portland in Mr. Rob-
bins' car on Friday morning a week
ago. The first stop was at Salmon
Rl-er, where Mr. Robblns, after a very
few hours' angling, landed 34 finny
beauties. While the head of the fam
ily was whipping the stream, Archie
Robblns was busy with his rifle.
The party was the guest of Superin
tendent A. B. Holcomb, of the Salmon
River Fish Hatchery, who is a brother
of Mrs. Bobbins. Saturday the party
put In at fishing and Inspecting the
work being done at the Government
Fish Hatchery. On Sunday morning
fhe car was loaded with necessaries for
an all day trip and left for Government
Camp and Mount Hood.
The car pulled up at Mount Hood
two hours after leaving Salmon River.
When the party got there no glimpse
of Mount Hood was to be had on ac
count of clouds hovering near the sum
mit. Soon, however, they blew away
and a good view of the snow-capped
mountain was had. It was 33 years ago
when Mr. Bobbins was a boy, that he
and his father traveled bv this place.
He was unable to distinguish any of
the landmarks' other than the mountain
itself.
After a delightful morning and part
of an afternoon at the summit of the
Cascade Mountains the homeward jour
ney was made and the party arrived
here five hours after leaving Govern
ment Camp.. Not one mishap occurred
to mar the pleasure of the trip.
AUTOS SHINEJN PARADES
Car Owners Generous In Providing I
Machines for Pageants.
Among the divers ways in which au
tomobiles have been extensively used
in Portland Is In parades. They have
taken a prominent part In almost
every parade held In Portland In the
past few years.
Never was the automobile In more
glory than during the decorated auto
mobile parade during the Portland Rose
Festival, last June. At that time there
were over -300 machines in line. All
were profusely decorated with roses.
for the wealth of which Oregon and
Portland are now known throughout
the land.
Prizes were offered for the best dec
orated cars. This had the desired effect
on the owners of cars, most "of whom
elaborately ornamented their cars with
festoons of roses. These decorated au
tomobiles were the center of attraction.
especially to Easterners and tourists.
Whenever any kind' or a parade nas
been held in Portland the automobile
has been the carrier in use. At the
opening of the baseball season in Port
land In April a parade of several hun
dred cars percolated through the city.
Automobiles have been used for parades
for the Baby Home, Tag day and. simi
lar events.
During the Labor day parade many
cars were mingled witn tne marcning
artisans. The "Live Wire" parade Ju-st
before the livestock show, two weeks
ago, was characteristic of the uses of
the auto. During that parade some of
the good roads enthusiasts of the Port
land A-utomoblle Club took occasion to
shown their apathy toward the unpro
gresslve County Commissioners in the
vlelnitv of Portland. Chenp coffins
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were set on automobile trucKs. . At
tached to these were banners telllngr
where the opposers of good roads should
be.
A big automobile parade was held on
Labor day morning to help advance the
cause of the livestock fair. One of the
best uses the automobile was put to
this year was when soliciting commit
tees were gathering funds for the Mar-
jorie Mahr benefit fund. Machines full
of chorus girls, co-workers of the un
fortunate little actress, paraded " the
streets and set tip an appeal -for help
for the Injured girl. They were fairly
showered with money. Next year the
automobile will play a prominent part
In the Kose Festival.
Hupmobile Shows at Salem.
Fred Smith, Willard Ferris and Ray
Slngletary represented the Smith
Cleveland Company, Oregon distribu
ters of the Hupmobile, at the State
Fair at Salem last week.
er Portland real estate man, for Hood
River, Or., He Intends remodeling a
two-story brick building there and add
ing another story- The garage will be
as finely equipped as any In Portland,
according to Mr. Lisco. The cost of
the structure will be about $14,000.
Hood River to Have Garage.
What will be the finest automobile
garage in the state, outside of Portland,
is that planned by F. T. Lisco. a form-
Stoddard-Dayton Agency Opens.
The new agency for the Stoddard
Dayton was opened up at S6 Tenth
street on Thursday. The name of the
firm Is the Stoddard-Dayton Motor Car
Company. That line of car will be ex
clusively handled In this territory.
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