PORTLAND. AUGUST lb, 1912. MORE WONDERS OF IE Portland-to-Lakeview Trip Is Full of Magic Scenery, Says C. C. Chapman. HANLEY RANCHES ARE LURE la Land Where a Thousand Springs Gash and Millions of Dollars Lay Unclaimed, Autolst Can Find Rare Outing. (This ! the second article by Mr. Chap man on the Portland-Lakevtew trip. In hl previous article he described the route from this city to Bend. In this story ho take p the drive from Bend to Lakeview.) BT C. a CHAPMAN. It is only a few miles 'out of Bend -A-. '-. ... V'"-?. '..'. .(: OREGON L SCRIBED TESTER SEXDIXO LITTLK MACHIJIBS THROUGH TREACHEROUS STRETCH OF SAND. to the 4100-foot level, and we are on the great plateau of Central Oregon. By traveling south along this high level, the road is entirely through the forest all the way to Fort Klamath. There are only two hills to climb, the grades are easy and the height only 00 feet. One in awhile there is a break in the forest some open glade which reveals again the vast panorama of the Cascade Mountains, snow-topped. Crater Lake Mountain, or Mount ilaiama. is only a few miles to the west of this road and the rim of the crater stands out clearly against the sunset sky. Fort Klamath and the Wood River Basin are the center of a country which abounds in crystal streams of most amazing clearness. Not even tne slightest tint of green or blue is in the water, not a particle or even a re flection of color Just clear water through which the tiniest pebbles can be seen on the bottom, 10, 12 and 20 feet from the surface. ElKbth Wonder Seea. The Wood River Basin is a natural grass prairie where the wild hay grows and yields abundant crops yearly. It Is beginning to be farmed in a more intensive way. The completion of one of the prettiest creameries in the state at Fort Klamath is quite an aid in the local dairy Industry. The Crater Lake road is crossed here, and of course every automobllist will spend as long a time as is possible on the rim of this eighth wonder of the world. Every motorist in this vicinity should also visit Harrlman Lodge and Klamath Falls. The trip from the lodge to the falls is made via steamboat on upper Klamath Lake, one of the most scenic inland bodies of water in the world and abounding in rare water birds and rainbow trout. Harrlman Lodge was recently acquired by the Wendling-Johnson Lumber Syndicate, which also has built one of the finest tourist hotels in the state at Klamath Falls. A vast sum has been expended on improvements so that all the niceties of city life, such as hot and cold running water and a complete sanitary system are at every tent. From Harrlman Lodge at Pelican Bay, one of the best roads of the state goes across Klamath County through the Indian Reservation, along the Will iamson and Sprague Rivers, beautiful streams where leafy bowers and nib bling trout beckon the motorist to dally. Lakeview Needs Day. At least a day should be spent In the vicinity of Lakeview. at the upper end of Goose Lake Valley. This great valley at an altitude of 4700 feet is so favored climatically that fruits, early vegetables and other fancy products of the lower altitudes grow here in profusion. A high mountain range surrounds this valley, so that a climb to 6100 feet is necessary to reach the Warner Valley, Summer Lake Valley, Sliver Lake Valley, Catlow Valley and the Harney Valley. The climb though is through a forest, the roads are be ing Improved and the trip will be found Intensely pleasurable In spite of the heavy grades. The prettiest road out Is that to Adel and the Warner Lake Valley. Warner Lake at this point looks like a wide river. Rim-rock ranging from 3000 to 3500 feet high rises on each side, and between these beetling can yon walls are the fresh blue waters in which Pelican abounds. Its shores are lined with pretty ranches. Thonaaada of Springs Gush. The Summer Lake country is reached in one day's easy motoring over moun tains and through valleys from Warner Laae. To refer -to the Summer Lake district as a "country" la almost a misnomer, for the so-called "country" is merely a narrow strip of highly cul tivated ground, covered with orchards and farms between the winding shores of the lake and the high precipice to the immediate west. From this precipice gush thousands of springs, warm and cold. The larg est of these the Anna River Spring is said to be nearly 100 yards across. It looks as big as a city block in Port land, and the amount of pure, clear water pouring from it is larger than that which supplies New York City, and nearly eifrht times that which flows into Portland through our enormous pipe line system. Across another mountain range, through a low pass brings the motorist Into Sliver Lake Valley, still devoted to enormous livestock ranches on ac count of the remoteness from railroad j transportation. To the northeast Is a great agricultural plain, the Christmas Lake Valley, now being homesteaded. This region certainly should be visited o the conditions under which the homesteaders are subduing Central Oregon for us may be observed. Haaley la Uacrowaed "Klag." From the Christman Lake country it Is only a day's Journey, mostly over vast plaias to the Harney Valley. Ore gon's largest level valley. Like nearly all the large valleys of Central Ore gon, this Is as level as a floor, and at the prevailing altitude of 4100 feet. A very small part of Jt. has been pri vately owned and operated for live stock ranches. This is along the rivers. A great bulk of this level plain is still Government land, although much of it has been homesteaded within the last Ave years. It is only a matter of time before the Harney Valley will be pro ducing millions of bushels of the finest wheat annually. The railroads are on the way there, and when they come another empire .will have been added to the productive area of our state. William Hanley, president of the Central Oregon Development League, Is an uncrowned king, although only a small part of his holdings are in the Harney Valley proper, most of his acreage being in smaller valleys which are tributary to it. No motorist should leave the Harney country without vis iting several of the Hanley ranches. Each one Is a principality, and each one extends a hearty welcome to the visitor. v P" Ranch Is Historic. The largest of the ranches Is that founded by old Peter French and called by him the P . Rancn.- rrencn was assassinated by a homesteader, but be fore he was shot down he had accu mulated over 150,000 acres of meadow land, green the year round, and the key to millions of acres of grazing lands in the nearby hills. This enormous hold ing with its fine buildings, many of them designed like stately old man sions of the South, was acquired from th. French estate by Mr. Hanley, who. prior to that time, had been the second largest land owner in Central Oregon, and he by virtue of his purcnase oe came Oregon's largest land-owner. Several days can be spent motoring arannv thA Hanlev ranches, and on one of these trips the autolst should visit the summit of Warner Mountain. The road to the summit is by an easy grade and automobiles can go right to the brink In fact can go down the steep grade of the western side. From the brink of the mountain Is one or. tne most memorable views of Oregon. The drop is sheer 2075 feet and below lies a veritable Inferno, the blue waters standing out in sharp contrast to the salt, soda and brimstone deposits. Comparatively few people have ever seen this view, probably not over 20 Portlanders have stood at the rim of this profound abyss. Ultimately this view will be world-famed, as will many others of the scenlo features of the Central Oregon country, too numerous to mention here. Except at The Dalles and Klamath Falls, the sleeping accommodations are still rather crude. Excellent country hotels are found at Prinevllle and Bend and elsewhere throughout Central Ore gon small hotels are encountered that really surprise one with their good ac commodations, considering bow thinly settled the country is and how far ma terials of every kind have to be hauled by team. Many of the ranches take In "traveling" and everywhere the mot orist is certain of whole-souled hospi tality and a cheery evening. The Cen tral Oregon people appreciate visitors, perhaps for the reason that they have so few. It will not be long before this coun try is settled up. The time to see it in the making is now, when so little of It is occupied and when such vast ex panses of it are still in the condition it was left by the vast geological change which emptied the great lake that once occupied Central Oregon, its level bed cut here and there by mountain ranges now before its face is changed by the plow, harrow and the abode of man. Every Portland voter owes it to the state, bis family, his health, and his pleasure to visit this great country and see St before the building of railroads makes it commonplace. CHEMICAL PROCESS DOrBTFTJL Tire Trade Skeptical Regarding Sub stitute for Rubber. The recent arrival in the United States of a German chemist whose con cern abroad has been working to build motor tires from rubber produced from coal tar, calls attention to the attitude of the American tire trade toward the synthetic rubber Idea. What the feel ing is toward the artificial stuff is ex pressed by Horace de Lisser, of the Ajax-Grleb Rubber Company. "In synthetic production of rubber the knowledge, which scientists have added to this recurring Industry com pels great interest," said Mr. de Lisser. "Not yet. however, has there been as surance of commercial value from the standpoint of practical manufacturing, wearing qualities under the brutal usage to which tires are subjected and the reduction of tire costs. "A long time will be required to prove these qualities. It must be borne in mind that it has taken years to build a good motor car tire from natural rubber, to say nothing of a chemical compound." Legless Man Drives Auto. The ease and simplicity of operation of the modern automobile is pertinent ly Illustrated In the experience of V. E. Young, of Vallejo. Cal. About a year ago Mr. Young lost both legs in a rail road accident, and, being thus inca pacitated and an enthusiastic motor ist, he has occupied most of his time touring the country. His Kissel "40" is fitted with special levers by which he can operate the clutch and brake by hand Mr. Young has recently returned from a 80-day trip through Southern California, covering more than 1600 miles and doing the driving himself. He says be has never failed to control his car perfectly, . it- r a i $1810,000 ROAD PROJECT STARTED New Hiahwavs in California ' Will Be Big Boost for Good Roads. RICHEST DISTRICTS TAPPED Plans of Enormous Road Building Company in South Call for Improvement of Pa cific Highway. RUN- FRANCISCO. Cal.. Aug. 17 From the midst of figures and blue prints there are gradually growing into reality magnificent highways through out the state of California. With the turning of the first spadeful of earth at San Bruno last week by Burton Towne, head of the Highway Commission, actual work on the good roads provided by the 118,000.000 bond Issue, the much disoussed perfect highways are becom ing as real as certain unnamed cow paths out of San Francisco. Tha looal motorlnsr Dubllc will appre elate more than any other group the advantages to be gained by good roads. Where, at the present, one must take his life in his hands and leave the life of his car to the kind hands of Fate whenever he wishes to get down the oanlnsula. after the state highway is -completed and San Francisco has done her share, motoring from this city will be no more of a hardship than leaving Oakland on the Foothill boulevard. California's plans for highways carry out the Ideas of the great Pacific Hlgn way project, which is to extend from British Columbia to Mexico City. Join ing the main highway of Oregon at the boundary line, tne new roaa wm ieaa over tHe Siskiyou mountains and down Into the valley, where the choice of the east and west side roads can be taken. The new highway, which will tap all the rich valley country, win in a large measure follow existing roads, cutting out bad turns and building up worn out patches. From this city the tourist has the choice of two roads to the Southland: one out down the peninsula to San Jose and through Castrovllle and the Coast road the El Camino Real; the other by starting from Oak land, nicking; up. the new State high way at Nlles, going through Niles can yon, and on down into the valley through Fresno and Bakersfleld. Another territory which up to the present time has not been taken ad vantage,of to any extent by motorists will be opened by the Improved high way. This Is the territory of the northern coast counties to Eureka This road at the present time, while not a dangerous one to any driver other than the proverbial fool handler of a car. Is In rather bad shape, espe dally along the Russian River, where a new roadbed will be made cutting put many of the winding turns and sharp climbs. This entire distance is now dotted with surveyors stakes, which follow in the main the erlglnal road, but cut off many useless and dan gerous stretches. The building of the state highways will have greater results than the actual mileage of road completed with the $18,000,000 bond issue. The new roads will create a desire for better highways throughout the Pacific Coast States. Counties of this state are al ready planning bond Issues for Improv ing branch roads. Many of them have already completed magnificent stretches, noticeably San Joaquin. which has roads equal to any in the country. As a boost for the great Pacific Highway there Is nothing which can equal the network of good roads in Callfornla. The Northern state will follow Cali fornia's example, and by 1915 the trunk road from at least the Mexican line to far into British Columbia will have been completed. Automoblllsts, both dealers and own ers, have been one of the main factors In bringing about better road condi tions. By using the state roads where they were good they have brought business Into the cities and towns on that road, and other cities not so fa vorably situated or so accessible to the motoring public Immediately set up a cry for their share of tourist business and showed their desire by Improving road conditions. California Is not alone in the good road movement. The automobile in dustry throughout the country has created a demand for better highways. and there Is not one state in the Union whose legislators have not consid ered or have not settled the question of Improved state highways. Powell Made Coast Manager. W. T. Powell, who has been the Northwest manager for the Goodyear company, with headquarters In Port land, for the past year and a half, has been promoted to the Pacific Coast management of the same company. Mr. Powell's new headquarters will be In San Francisco. He Is considered one of the ablest men In the tire business In the West and his promotion does not come as a great surprise to the trade here. O. C. Learned, of Portland, and a party of friends left Wednesday morn ing in an Overland "30" for Tillamook. A complete camping- outfit was taken along by the motorists, who planned to stop at several xavoriie nsning spots along the road. tory, or TESTING IS HARD WORK AUTOMOBILES PUT THROUGH SEVERE GRIND. Bad Boads Sought by Drivers In Ma chines Gruelling Test Before Sending Them Away. rtn motorist who delights in rather than objects to bad roads is the auto mobile tester. There is no more picturesque ngure i the automobile Industry than the rnl tester mounted on a stripped chassis with a frail looking seat. He speeds along city streets ana ODe" country roads, the worst he can find, subjecting his car to all kinds of tests and tuning it up so that it may leave the factory in perfect running order. m .lu.n. a , Vi 1tv whir auto- XV 1.1 1 0 tHi.ciw " - . - J mobiles are built, the tester passes by ... . . . . I w.. " .Kb 1 Wltnoui mucn aiLriiiHu;, uu .v -ltor from districts where motor-car manufacturing Is not established, the men who try out the cars are always a source of great interest. rri .,,fAn,AhUa tn thA teffter Is aS the broncho to the cowboy, and it seems as thougn tne testers can upon '"" machines to do about as many feats. - . h,t t&VH thA com- 1 l IB UlO t . " . plete chassis sent to him from the as sembly oepanmem miu. wui u sraootniy running uatu u mc, eriaL ad- & ICtUll MW-- -, ' . Justment or workmanship, it is up to him to una il. j. uv nn upon bad road conditions. To the tester a sand stretch, steep . i.i . , l.nvth etf mati Anneals Illll v i.iu .... - r, " ' ' most strongly, because it gives him a i .a -f thA rr. KsnAnla.llV l- cuii;o if . ' . " - vera is the road test- given, the B-C-H- CaAbout four miles from the R-C-H m . 1. a .trln nf HTIll road lacLui - f - that would strike terror to the heart of the average moionsi. x-uciinsr a car ..n-K thla f nnA of th hardest, feat ures Jf the test. Through the strip of seemingly fcottomlesi sand the R-C-H testers laae tneir cars. iret uiej wm th inn An hlff-h c& r tro in a through the entire length without shift ing' IX posslDie. xney men come oa , fj MOTOR-' The Most Highly Developed Six Cylinder Gar. in America A S a six cylinder car is purchased primarily for thepurpose of securing1 VL better service in the way of additional comfort and efficiency, the Vi motor itself becomes the vital part of the transaction. Therefore; J --look well, long and carefully into that which is under the hood. The Garford "Six" is today, without question, the most highly de-' veloped six cylinder motoi in America. No other Six has such perfect fuel distribution. No other Six is so economical to operate. No other Six can give better than eleven miles per gallon of gasolineand the Garford Six does on tour. No other Six has such faultless lubrication and carburetion. 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We also make a complete and deliberately stop in one of the worst spots and give the car the task of pulling out of the sand. At first the sand flies in clouds. A slip would mean the landing of the car in a ditch far below the road level. It is dan gerous, exciting and strenuous, but it Is all in. the life of a tester and the supreme test for a chassis. It Is far more strenuous than any car would be called upon to do in anything like or dinary conditions, but its extremeness makes it more efficient. Every R-C-H that goes out must be able to negotiate this sand strip under all conditions. Then and not until then Is It given an O. K., and when the car Is tuned up to this point and turned In Dy tne roaa tester, it can be depended upon to ce liver the goods. OREGOX ROADS ARE PRAISED Long State Tour Is JIade In Trans' Continental National. Fred Groner'has lust returned from a trip through Southern Oregon, vis iting Crater Lake, Klamath Falls and Medford, and back to The, Dalles by way of Central Oregon, through Bend and Burns, In his National. This is the same car that the Washington County motorists bought at the Na tional factory in Indianapolis' and drove acros the continent to Portland. Mr. vGroner declares the roads are In fairly good condition for the most part. He met scores of parties out for a vacation in motor cars. He found no roads that gave him serious trouble and the drivers he talked to along the route had few complaints to make. Anto Men Visit Portland. Among the automobile men who vis ited Portland during the past week were W. C. Garbe, of Seattle; Harry Doherty, of Tacoma, and G. C. Nicholls, of Spokane, agents for the Studebaker Corporation. These gentlemen were in conference Tuesday with A. H. Brown, Northwestern manager of the abovef named company, planning the Fall campaign for selling E. M. F. and Flanders cars. r.amt tn, on the British railwav. onlv one passenger was Injured, out of every 480. 000 carried; but of the employes one was Injured out of every 1680. In other words, the employe has 6000 chances of losing his life to the passenger's one chance. v K-' PHAETONS? ttm, . - 'tfSOO RUNABOUT. Kin iumUt. fiStt J tit trr SSrtt FlvPmnt. ftp R line of commercial can OLD AUTO NAMES GO STUDEBAKER COMPANY DROPS "FLANDERS" AND "E. M. F." All Motor Cars Made In Plants of Detroit Corporation Now La belled "Studebaker." To change, by one bold stroke, the name under which is annually marketed a product valued at $50,000,000, Is a feat of daring new to Industrial his tory. Yet it nas Just been performed by the Studebaker Corporation, or De troit, which has sent notice to Its deal ers all over the country that. In the future, all the motor cars built at its mammonth Detroit plants will be known as "Studebaker" cars. The change went Into effect with the opening of the current month. A big battery of machine tools is now en gaged in turning out the Initial lot of 100,000 "Studebaker" script radi ator name plates, which will replace those at present In use, not only on the cars now being marketed, but also on all cars sold by the Studebakers and their predecessors, the E-M-F Company, which was merged into the Studebaker Corporation some time ago. As soon as' It is possible to supply the mono grams to Studebaker dealers all cars now In use will be equipped with them. The change though startling, Is thoroughly logical. Since the beginning of the automobile plants around which the present Studebaker system has been built, members of the Studebaker fam ily have been heavy stockholders. Two years ago they acquired a controlling Interest. The automobile plants are now owned outright by the Studebaker Corporation. Practically all the cars built have been sold through the Stude baker branches. Studebaker policies have dominated the- firm for the past two years. With this condition In evidence It seemed to the executives of the corpora tion, as well as to its dealers, that the change was not only advisable but vir tually essential. 'From some points of view we re gret the passing of the old E-M-F '30' j t ILJfea .Hi , and Flanders '20' radiator monograms, said A. H. Brown, head of the North west division. In discussing the change. "A desire for uniformity Is, however, very strong among dealers. They all feel, too, that there is a marked ad vantage in the old trademark that haa been borne by the poods made by th Studebakers for three generations These conditions, and the fact that the old monograms had long ago lost their personal signlfcance, are the real rea sons for the change according to which every car the company makes and havg made will boar the Studebaker name henceforth." As the result of many years of experi menting In England a new substitute for hard rubber, gutta-percha and leather liai been announced. 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