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THE SUXDAY OltEGOXIAN', PORTLAND, MARCH 31. 191 J. . -
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GRATER LAKE DRIVE
ATTRACTIVE TRIP
Roads to Be Clear-of Snow,
Now 20 Feet, Probably
About July 1.
TRIP MAY BE MADE IN DAY
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Pacific Highway Affords Route as I
l ar as 3Iedford, Which Is Only
Five Honrs Distant by Auto,
t. Scenic Beauty Inspires.
their own machines I
Hpriile to drive to Crater Lake I
Ts.rlrnal park one of the famous won
ders of the West, have an unusual trip
in store. Crater Lake is located about
5 miles from Medford,. in Southern
Oregon, at an elevation of 6177 feet
above the level of the sea. It may be
easily from the west, east or
..nth itm nrincioal entrances branch-
Ins off of the Pacific Highway at Mod
lord, from Klamath Falls and from The
Xhiiles-Califernia Highway at Bend or
Redmond. .
When is the best time to visit Crater
t.vt s.ntember. perhaps, ine
r.n srtends from July 1 to October,
daring which time accommodations are
open to the public. The roads in the
park are generally blocked with snow
until after June, thus rendering auto
mobile trafric almost impossible.
At present there are about 20 feet
or snow in the park and the roads are
ilways covered with from two to 20
ieet of snow except during the Sum
mer months. Ordinarily the snow is
not off the roads until about July 1.
jind then the roads are often good until
October. They are usually passable in
the middle or latter part of June.
Volcanic Crater Nearly Hid.
Many attempts have been made to
describe the wonderful beauty and ir
resistible charm of Crater Lake. Beau
liful and -wonderful as it is, the lake
serves only to conceal in large meas
ure the greater wonder, the stupen
dous volcanic crater within which it
rests. The rim of the crater is the
wreck of Mount Mazama.
t one time this was a majestic
peak, rivaling and perhaps surpassing
in height and grandeur either Mount
Shasta or Mount Rainier. By an an
ient volcanic cataclysm it blew its
lieud off and then sank into the bowels
of the earth, leaving a, rugged, irreg
ular rim surrounding a caldron 4000
loet deep and nearly six miles in di-
aIAnoficr island in the lake is called
the Phantom Ship, a rugged, pinnacled
jnonolith of basalt that bears a re
semblance to a ship. It was formed
from the rim of the crater by erosion
before the lake had reached its present
level. ,
Portland automobile fans -wishing to
enjoy a Summer trip to the lake may
follow the Pacific highway up the Wil
lamete Valley, over the Umpq.ua divide
and through the Rogue River Vailley to
Medford. the metropolis of Southern
Oregon. From here Crater Lake is only
about a five hours" drive over sood
roads.
Portland Only Day'a Drive.
The return drive to Portland may be
made via the Pinnacles and Sand Creek
Canyon and out through the east en
trance of the park to Prineville, which
can be reached in a day's run. From
Prineville there is choice of routes.
One may go to Mecca through the
Warm Spring Indian Reservation to
Slmnasho and over the Barlow road
past lit Hood to Portland or may con
tinue north through Hay Creek, Shan
iko and Biggs, crossing the Columbia
Silver at Maryhill Ferry.
From this point the tourists may pro
ceed west to ' White Salmon over a 6
per cent grade, cross again to the Ore
gon shore and continue on to Portland
over the magnificent Columbia high
Way. A shorter, but much more dif
iicult route to Portland is the pass up
the middle fork of the Willamete River
between Crescent and Springfield.
Choice of Routes Afforded.
; The trip from San Francisco to Cra
ter Lake by auto is equally attractive
aind offers a choice of routes between
the Pacific highway and the rout
.through Sacramento and on to Susan--vllle.
Lookout. Molln, Klamath Falls via
Xake Tahoe. Eagle Lake and Tule Lake.
Auto tourists from Eastern points
jnay follow the Lincoln highway to Chl
sgo. then the Yellowstone trail,
through Milwaukee, St. Paul, Aberdeen,
crossing the Missouri River at Mo
bridge, thence to Hettinger and Terry,
following up the Yellowstone River to
Oardlner, Montana, the northern en
trance to Yellowstone Park, Spokane,
via Livingston. Helena, Thompson Falls,
JJurke. Wallace and Coeur d'Alena.
From Spokane there is a choice of
routes. One can go west to Seattle over
rhe Snoqualmie Pass and thence down
the Pacific Highway to Portland, or
Fouth via Spangle, Plaza, Rosalia,
Thornton. Colfax, Dayton, Walla Walla
and Pendleton to Biggs, crossing the
Columbia River at Maryhill.
Eastern tourists -who proceed direct
to their objective, the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition, should, when
leaving San Francisco for home, by all
mean a proceed north over the Pacific
highway, through'the great Sacramento
Valley, up the Sacramento Canyon and
across the Siskiyou Mountains to Med
ford, Oregon. After a visit to Crater
Lake there is the choice of routes north
and east-
KiCER GETS BRIDE AND WIXS
Marriage of Darius Resta Followed
by Victory on Track.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 20. The
triumph of Darius Kesta in both the
Vanderbllt and Grand Prize races at
S"an Francisco recently was one fea
ture of a romance as picturesque as
they make 'em.
Years apo. in London. Resta was
introduced to the late Spencer Wish
art's sister. After a few brief mo
ments of companionship they separated.
Kesta returning to his work and she
sailing for "the States" again. A cor
respondence ensued, however, which
kept-th pair much engrossed. Evi
dently Cupid had landed hard.
Yet no opportunity presented itself
to meet again. With the outbreak of
the war, however, and the consequent
abandonment of racing abroad, the
moment finally arrived. A fat Amer
ican contract was ottered to Resta and
lie immediately set sail for the prom
ised .land, where both a fortune and a
bride, .awaited him.
The bride came first. Resta and Miss
Wisnart being married shortly after
Jilo arrival. The fortune followed
soon-aftcrward with Resta's dual tri
umph at San Francisco. Should the
Englishman be able to keep up his
sensational work at Indianapolis,
where a gross purse of $50,000 is ot
tered, he will be "fixed" for life.
..Many Riders Join F. A. M.
During the month of February 42?
riders became affiliated with the Fed
eration of American Motorcyclists.
There were also 218 renewals, making
the total number of cards issued during
'A
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over the corespondlng month last yes.
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Ml VIEWS TAKEN
Automobile Club Booklet
Promised Soon.
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COMMERCIAL CLUB ASSISTS
Fair Literature Declared to Be Too
Descriptive and Oregon Contrl
tmtion Will Be "Almost
Entirely Pictorial.
BY CLEMENT TV. AUSMAN,
Secretary Booklet Committee.
Now that the Commercial Club pub
licity department Is assisting the Port
land Automobile Club booklet commit
tee, it will not be long until the novel
publication will be off the press. Dur
ing the past week representatives of
the organizations have been out get
ting new pictures and other matter for
the booklet. The highways about
Portland have been covered and some of
the hustlers have been in Roseburg,
Grants Pass, Medford, Hood River, The
Dalles. Bend, Redmond and Prineville.
As Eugene will be a stopping place
for many because of the side trips to
be taken to Foley Springs, to resorts
along the McKenzle River and to num
erous other places, extra space will
be given that city.
Albany will be featured, as there are
many mineral and -hot springs in its
vicinity.
At this time it is hard for the Ore
gon people to realize that Jackson
County, in Southern Oregon, has more
LOW-PRICED ELECTRIC CAR MAKES INITiAL APPEARANCE
IN PORTLAND.
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VI ILL SPALDING. PORTLAND AGEXT, STKPP1G
BIKX DEMOXSTRATOR.
The low-priced electric pleasure vehicle made its advent in Port
land last week when Will Spalding received his Milburn Light Elec
tric demonstrator from the Milburn Wagon Company, of Toledo, O.
Mr. Spalding is an experienced "electric man" but he entered the
automobile business in Portland only last October, when he took the
line of Walker Electric Trucks, which he will continue to handle in
conjunction with the Milburn. Mr. Spalding formerly was manager of
the electric light company at Tillamook and afterwards a construc
tion engineer with the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company.
The Milburn is the world's first light electric," said Mr. Spalding,
as he stepped out of his demonstrator yesterday. "It weighs nearly a
ton less than the large, heavy electrics. And, because of Its lightness,
it costs half or less than half, to operate and maintain. The Milburn
Light Electric is not simply a smaller edition of the ordinary electric
cai- It is a new idea in electrics. ' .
"In it the usual excess weight and bulkiness have been eliminated
by radically different designing and the use of better materials.
"Our chief engineer passed months in Europe, studying and inves
tigating the most advanced ideas and methods of the foreign auto- .
mobile manufacturers. The best of what he learned abrcad. as well
as the best of American practice, is incorporated in the Milburn Light
Electric."
than 15 miles of hard-surfaced roads,
being th,e first county to take up the
question of permanent roads in a prac
tical manner. New grades through the
mountains to the California-Oregon
line have been made and all bad patches
and turns eliminated; in fact, the ter
rors of the Siskiyous are a thing of
the past.
Pacific Highway Improved.
All last Summer work progressed on
the Pacific Highway throughout the
length of the state, and, while the
whole is by no means hard-surfaced,
much of it has been improved. Auto
mobiles have always been able to travel
the highway throughout the touring
season, and this year will find the
trip much easier than it ever has been.
All this contrary to State Highway
Engineer Bowlby's letter to a Seattle
automobilist, saying that the Pacific
Highway for quite a distance in Ore
gon would not be passable for tourists.
The Seattle Automobile Club has writ
ten to individual towns along the route
asking full information regarding the
real condition of the road, as they evi
dently did not put much credence in
the engineer's letter.
There will be enough travel, both by
visitors and local motorists, through
the state for the communities along
the various routes to take care of and
giving preferences of one over the
other when all are passable is apt to
create bad feeling between the vari
ous sections. . .
Three Ronces to Be Described.
Our booklet will describe the Coast
road, the Pacific Highway and also the
Central Oregon route so that the pros
pective visitor can select the one that
most appeals to him. Some will want
to be within hearing of the roar of the
breakers on the beach, others will want
to drive past farming and fruit grow
ing sections and again there will be
those who delight in the wilderness of
Central and Eastern Oregon where
deer, coyotes and cowboys gaze at the
passing automobile.
Commercial and auto clubs through
out the state are materially assisting
in the stupendous work of getting out
this book on Oregon's scenery. All are
enthusiastic over the idea for it is one
that has never been tried anywhere.
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Studebaker
Features
Electric Lighting and
Starting Full Floating
Rear Axle Timken
' Bearings SafetyTread
Rear Tires One-man
Type Top.
Studebaker ROADSTER, - $ 885
Studebaker FOUR, - - 984
Studebaker LIGHT SIX. - - 138S
Studebaker SIX 7 passenger, 1460
F.O.B. Detroit
Usually the scenic spots of a state are
interspersed with statistics. time
tables and cold facts about so much
wheat growing on a certain acreage,
so many onions growing in a small
patch and such and such a herd of
dairy cows producing in a year so
many pounds of butter fat in their milk
which brought in revenue a certain
number of dollars over and above the
expense of feeding the aforesaid cows.
Descriptive Books Numerous.
. We have advance information from
the Exposition authorities there are
7877 books, more or less, of that de
scription being placed in the pockets
and handbags of the Fair visitors daily
and we know full well that the holder
will not have an opportunity to read,
if he cares to do so, for nearly three
years after his return home.
He wants to see what's to be seen In
the shortest possible time and there
fore will read at once anything that
assists him in reaching nature's yard.
It is with this idea in view that the
booklet editors are compiling their
copy. They are gathering concise facts
about roads, directions, distances and
the most desirable and wonderful of
Oregon's many wonders. The views
will be new and artistic
CAR HELD TO SLOWEST TIME
Cadillac Slakes 1.86 Miles an Hour
In Seattle, Wash., Test.
Since the introduction of the Cadil
lac Eight motorists have heard much
about the continuous flow of power
produced by the eight-cylinder engine
and a recent test, demonstrates the
great flexibility of the latest Cadillac
motor.
This took place In Seattle. Wash.,
and was conducted by M. S. Brigham,
of that city, with a Cadillac carrying
five passengers, three of whom were
designated observers.
For a distance of 1211 feet, on a
level pavement, the Cadillac, in high
gear, averaged a speed of 1.86 miles
per hour. At times the speedometer
registered as low as one mile, fluctuat
ing between that mark and two miles
per hour over the entire distance. Af
ter the car had been throttled down
the driver left his seat and for an ei
tire block walked backward in front
of the slow-moving Cadillac, which
pursued its way without attention to
throttle or steering wheel.
The time consumed in making the
distance of 1211 feet was eight minutes.
.i.ht nH ,htAA-ef tha nocnnfis bv the
stop watch held by one of the ovservers.
This is said to be a new low maw ior
a motor car trave'ing in high gear.
Motorcycle 'Military Corps Xext.
Colonel Mortimer Delano, chief of
the First Aviation Corps. United States
Army, has started a movement to or
ganize motorcycle companies from all
of the F. A. M. clubs for volunteer
military service. If the enthusiasm
with which the scheme has been re
ceived by the clubs to which it has so
far been presented can be used as a
guide, the movement will meetwith
unlimited success. For instance, in Mil
waukee when Colonel Delano presented
his plan, 35 riders, immediately agreed
to Join the corps and it is anticipated
that the majority of the remaining
members of the Milwaukee Motorcycle
Club will also enlist. i
registered last year
' That's what California thinks of the
cars that Studebaker builds. And it
represents MORE cars than most man
ufacturers produce in a whole year.
And MORE sales than were made in
California of any other car that sells
for more than $500.
It's a record that Studebaker justly
takes pride in. For California is one
spot in the country on which every
maker of cars focuses his strongest
efforts. The buyer in California' has
his choice. of every car that's built in
the United States. And to OUTSELL
every other car priced at more than
;V$500 in this keenly contested market
means iust ONE thins: that Cali-
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THE OREGON MOTOR
Chapman at Alder Street, Portland Dealers. Phones
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WAY TO SALEM
Average of 12 Miles an Hour
Reported Over Highway.
LOW GEAR IS LITTLE USED
Conditions Along Pacific Koute Jn
Southern Oregon Is Reported as
Rapidly Mending Cold Opens
Koad for Time In Winter.
Judging from reports emanating
from those who should know the roads
from Portland to Salem and from there
to Cottage Grove are now in passable
condition and another two weeks of
favorable weather should correct all
present deficiencies.
The Oregonian is advised that Mr.
and Mrs. Barton Riggs made the trip
T'nT-tinTiH to Snlom over the Pa
cific Highway (east side) a week ago
yesterday in their Fora macnine. reti
ring tire trouble they averaged about
14 on tinnr and fnnnfi nnlv abOUt
one-fourth of a mile of low gear near
Brooks, in Marion uoor.iy.
Mr. Riggs reports that workmen are
now dragging the roads and hauling
gravel. This, together with the large
amount of graveling done during the
Winter, should make the east side
drive excellent for tourists during the
coming Summer, he says. While in
Canby Mr. Riggs met an Overland en
route for Portland.
- Hisbway Section Reported Better.
O. B. Woodson, proprietor of the
Cottage Grove garage at Cottage
Grove, who was a business visitor at
the local Buick ' agency last week, re
ports that road conditions along the
Pacific Highway in Southern Oregon
are improving rapidly. Although the
Southern Oregon leg of the cross-state
trip is not yet open for through traffic,
he cays it will be passable within the
next 30 days.
vr. xxTnnA urtri cava thnt the Pacific
Highway from Portland to Cottage
Grove Is passaoie ana mat me ucal
two weeks will find this stretch of
highway in excellent condition.
The highway southward from Cot
tage Grove is passable to a point be
yond the stretch of road built at the
northerly approach of Pass Creek Can
yon last year.
There is a distance of probably half
a mile in the Pass Creek Canyon where
the mud is so deep that automobile
tourists have been compelled to resort
to towing.
Cold Makes Stretches Passable.
it. KTC7tnAfn TAnnrts that SL most
unusual condition prevailed on two oc-
caslons auring ine pai nucr. wui"
Irar the two long cold spells of Win-
tkA .nail thrnlle-hnnt tht Pflfiififl
Highwey was frozen so that a number
f ornia has accepted the Studebaker Car
as the BEST year-round car that is
manufactured.
To the man who is just buying a car,
this wonderful preference shown for
Studebaker is much more conclusive
than a score of victories in races, for
the simple reason that this preference
is based not on a specialized perform
ance by a specially doctored car but on
a regular car's reputation for year
round, day-after-day service on any
roads, in any weather and at any time
of the year on' the EXTRA service
and longer life and CERTAINTY of
operation and the scores of little refine-
ments ot design tnac are
car
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a wide m.rain last year and why Studebakar ear. ar aucb (avarlta la
California. Coma in or phoae for a car.
of automobiles passed both up and
down the road, but with the thawing of
the road it again was rendered im
passable. A departure in freight transporta
tion has Just been inaugurated at Cot
tage Grove. A truck has been placed
on the run from Cottage Grove to the
Bohemian mining district. 35 miles east,
almost on the line between Lane and
Douglas counties, and all supplies for
that camp now will be taken in by
motor transportation.
Three Wheels Used on Trip.
A. Q. Herring and L. J. Amsboy have
arrived in Pomona, Cai., on the last lap
of their transcontinental motorcycle
trip from New York to San Francisco.
JE'FFERY
COMFORT
Ba:;::-: 141 'field six
which is not only heavy and luxurious but so
shaped as to give support to the passenger's body
where it most needs support.
In other words, after endless experiments the
front and rear seats have been tilted just enough
to give a restful position, even after long hours of
riding. Furthermore, the curve of the upholstery
fits and supports the back in such a way as to
remove the temptation to slide down in the seat
in order to assume a comfortable position. The
effect is much the same as that of a well-designed
and upholstered rocking chair.
THE THOMAS B. JEFFERY COMPANY
Main Office and Works, Kenosha, Wis.
Frank C. Riggs Company
Distributers for
Oregon and So. Washington
23d and Washington sta, Portland, Or.
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Main 9402, A 7656
They are traveling on a motorcycle
with sidecar and carry a message from
the Mayor of New York City to tha
Mayor of San Francisco.
Fire Buslncfi Require Many Hand.
To raise and manufacture the cotton
required by the Goodyear Tire aV Rub
ber Company for tire fabric and other
factory work requires the labor of
4676 persons, distributed as follows:
Raising cotton, 4H00; manufacture of
fabric In cotton mills. 1000. Durlnr
1814 the company used 7.G00.OCO pounds
of fabric, which. If laid out In a strip
a yard wide, would reach farther than
from San Francisco to New York.
Tha baromfar waa Invanlwl tn Ta.4.1.
A ,style carriage
must ride comfort-
The Chester-
is a car de-
Ion? coun-
try driving as well
as city use. 1 nai is
why you will find
cantilever springs
used and unnolsterv
ably.
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