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8 THE SUNDAY - OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 20, 1915. GOOD ROADS LURE t MOISTS TO STATE Lapse Number of Parties on Way. From Fairs Plan i- Invasion of Oregon. , MANY ALREADY ON VISIT Highway Information Distributed by j The Oregonian Is Often Called t. For by Travelers in East ; ; Who Expect to See Scenery. i. - BT CHESTER A MOORES. " With ample proof that all of the main roads in Oregon are now in good condition, the touring season will soon e at its zenith and every indication is that 1915 will set a high and dry record Xor motoring' in Oregon. Such a veritable flock of motorists, balling from here, there and every -where, passed through Portland last week on through Journeys that it would liive required a good-sized cash regis ter to record them all Here is a brief summary of wbos and wheres: -Mrs. J. C. Williamson and party of even,from Sydney, Australia, motored Sato Portland from Vancouver. B. C, - and remained several days before de parting for New York via San Fran cisco. - Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Morehouse, their son, William Morehouse, Mrs. Lou Pal mer and Herbert Houghton, of Los Angeles, arrived over the Pacific High way in two Locomobiles, en route for "Winnipeg and return. Xebvaskana oa Tour. "' A. L. Springer, of Omaha, Neb., ar rived in a big freak rodster that had carried him to New York before he came to the Pacific Coast. - Mr. and Mrs. John M. Napier and Miss Napier, of Vancouver, B. C. were hero in their inclosed Chalmers, on their way to California points. ". Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Paterson, their Ion. Mrs. P. A. Giraud- and Miss Marie Giraud, all of Portland, arrived home after traveling all the way from Tla Juana, Mexico, in a Cole. In their wake come Mr. and Mrs. George R Blftckburn, of Cleveland, O.. and Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Gal breath, of Chlco, Cal., in a Buick. The latter party had also come from Mexico and was proceeding home via the Yellowstone trail. y, J. -C. Niekum and party, of Portland, returned after motoring Into Mexico in a Cole Six. While in the Southern country the Nickums had the privilege of eating a chicken dinner with some of Villa's officers. Tacoma Delegation Passes. These bits of touring news were gath ered in a single afternoon and I doubt not but that dozens of motoring par-1 ties slipped through by fingers. For in stance, three cars, bearing the mottos of the Tacoma Auto Club and loaded to the guards with luggage, were seen spinning past The Oregonian building oa their way over the Pacific Highway to California. t . As a result of the wide circulation of the recent touring edition of The Ore gonian a large number of the travelers seek out The Oregonian office for the latest road information. The extent of the touring craze is also evidenced by requests which have come recently from all over the Northwest for copies of The Oregonlan's touring edition and by letters of particular inquiry on road Information. BlaBj Aslc Road Information, : In addition to several of those men tioned E. L. Youmans, of Stevenson, Wash.: Dr. Boles, of Kelso, Wash.; Dale Blusher, of Pendleton, and C. M. Slier, of Boise, Idaho, asked for tour ing information. Mr. Youmans, ac companied by Dr. R. Y. Hunt and Sam Jacobs, brought bis 1915 Hupmobile all the way to Portland to fit it for the trip and get road information. He will leave Stevenson tomorrow with his wife for Spokane and Glacier Na tional Park via Lyle. Goldendale, Pros ser, Pasco, Kennewick and Ritzville. He will then follow the Yellowstone trail route to St. Paul, proceed to Columbus, O., and return to Portland via the Lin coln' Highway and the Pacific Highway. Mr. Siler is about to leave for- Port land on his way south and Dr. Boles is already well on his way to California. Mr. Slusher left yesterday for his home via Seattle, Spokane and Walla Walla. He drove his Buick as far as The Dalles on his way to the Rose Festival and reports that the Rock Creek road, just east of the John Day River, Is now in better condition than he has ever seen it before. He came by way of lone and Wasco and says that all of the road from Pendleton to The Dalles is good. David H. Nelson, the Hudson agent at Pendleton, also brought his 54 Hud son into Portland for the Festival and he corroborates Mr. Slusher's statement that the road from Pendleton to The Dalles is good. He drove that distance in six hours and 40 minutes. Mr. Nelson soon will drive his Hudson to Seaside, where he and his family will spend the Summer. Among, others now on the road, whose trips have not already been re ported in The Oregonian, are Frank W. Durbin, of Salem; S. J. Craft, of Bel lingham. Wash., and A. S. Service, of Spokane, Wash. Easterners at Fairs Coming. Mr. Durbin shipped his Buick to The Dalles and is now on his way to San Francisco via Lakeview and Reno, Nev. He will return by way of the 'Pacific Highway, except that he will take the coast route through Fort Bragg, Eu reka and Crescent City on that leg of his trip between San Francisco and Grants Pass. Mr. Craft passed through Portland some time ago in his Packard car, bound for San Francisco, and Mr. Service has probably by this time reached California with his Chevrolet and trailer. Reports from California points "prove LONG TOUR r-IS MADE Two Autos Reach City From Tia Juana, Mexico. EXCELLENT ROADS FOUND Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Peterson, of Portland, and Mr. and Mrs. G. It. Blackburn of Ohio, and Parties Meet on "Way. Two automobiles arrived in Portland last week after completing the trip overland from Tia Juana, Mexico. One machine, a 1915 Cole "4." carried Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Paterson, their son and Mrs. P. A. Giraud, all of Portland. The other, a Buick, hauled Mr. and Mrs. George R. Blackburn, of Cleve land, O., and, Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Gal- dition. Everyone we met in California who had traveled over the northern part of the Pacific Highway told us that the roads in Oregon were fine." An excellent idea of how much an automobile tourist spends may be had from the record of expense kept by Mr. Paterson. While away the party spent $20 a day on " the average, which means that Oregon will receive about $5 a day from every motorist who tar ries within the borders of this state. Mr. Paterson's book shows that the 1768 miles from San Diego to Portland cost him 120 galls of gasoline, an av erage of nearly 15 miles to the gallon. Gasoline everywhere in California is more expensive than in Portland. The rates there range from 11M cents up. Tires Last 3700 Miles. ' A total travel of 3700 miles was done on one set of tires. Originally the Patersons shipped their car to San Francisco and drove 645 miles over the state inland route via Merced and Bakersfield to San Diego. About 500 miles of this dis tance, they report, is paved. After see ing the San Diego Exposition and slip ping over into Mexico, they followed a combination of routes to Los Angeles and San Francisco, part of the time being on the regular Pacific Highway and at other times on inland routes. They had to ford several streams sit uated in the path of the inland route between Sail Diego and Los Angeles. Out of Los Angeles they took a trip MOTORING PARTIES FROM OREGON AND OHIO ENJOY ROAD TRIP FROM MEXICO TO PORTLAND. I I- 17SV Vv .-2 POaSSBSSBSBSSBBSSBSB ss ' a" iruw 5 4 V3 I 6 r-f-t V i - V SB mmi .Jaw m i. " 4 a U4 W2 1?- j U n 4 D rk vTT M ontamara Auto R 4 JL,tzj7c?i j'n J&jxjt'cto. that many Eastern tourists now visit ing points of interest in that state will tour by way of Portland before their return. Number Announce Visit. Among those who are quoted to that effect are: Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Welch and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wise, of Kansas City, and another party composed of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Markwell, Milton Markwell, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Teel. Miss Ruth Teel and v. w. Campbell, wno lert Los Angeles for a three months' tour in three Oldsmobiles, bound for the Yo semite. San Francisco. Portland. Seat tle, Yellowstone National Park and Salt Lake City. Later, when the Yellowstone Park Is open for automobile traffic, it is be lieved that a large proportion of those Easterners touring in California will drive north to visit Crater Lake, Mount Rainier, Glacier and Yellowstone Na tional parks before their return. Paul J. Feely, of the American Mo torist, Washington, D. C. says that a large number of Easterners are inquir ing for information on the Yellowstone trail route and that the Pacific North west is sure to get considerable auto mobile travel. Howard M. CoVey and other Portland automobile distributers who have visited in the East recently report that they were surprised to learn how many Easterners knew about the- Yellowstone trail and the scenic attractions of the Pacific Northwest. Cottage Grove Plans Grange Fair. "COTTAGE GROVE, Or., June 19. (Special.) Arrangements are being completed for the annual grange fair, which will be held here September 16, 17 and 18. - An attractive prize list is being prepared. The list of prizes in the Juvenile department will be greatly enlarged. breath, of Chino, Southern California, who had Joined the party to go to Nez Perce, Idaho. Mr. Paterson represents the North ern Grain & Warehouse Company, of Portland. Mr. Blackburn is manager of the Blackburn Specialty Company, of Cleveland. Neither had known the other until circumstances caused them to meet on the Pacific Highway, near Delta, Cal., and they trailed each other into Portland, t AHesred Bad Roads Not Found. Before the two parties came north they were advised by Californians not to try to travel over the" Pacific High way to Portland as the roads were bad. They were urged to ship their cars, but thought they "would take a chance and are still wondering where the bad roads that Californians warned them of are located. "After we left Redding for Duns muir and the Siskiyou Alountains, we were all the time watching for the reported impassable stretches of road, but we never found them," said Mr. Paterson. , "As we poked our noses into Oregon, near Cole, we ran Into a big . rain and snow" storm, but even that temporary handicap did not make the -highway bad. "Reports that the road between Red ding and Dunsmuir, recently washed out in places, would not be mended this year are not true. That road is already in 'good shape 'again and we met many road crews improving the present grade, removing scattered boulders and widening the road. Only One Mudhole Seen. ' "Except for a mudhole near Cole we met no difficulty on the full length of the Pacific Highway to Portland. There was slow going in the Cow Creek and Pass Creek Canyons but nothing bad. From Cottage Grove to Portland the highway is in fine con- ELECTRIC VEHICLE TOPS STEEP STEPS ON ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. V A: . 1 TSfc- "OS- "3 - fc.. ..- ....i:, . .y.. . . .. . ... . -T- . ... . w. -, . ..... . A. ....... .- . . - . . .. . LEWIS H. REISSfS PLAIIXG TRICKS WITH DETROIT CABRIOLET. In the hope of educating the public up to a realization of what an electric vehicle will do, Lewis H. Reese, head of the electric sales department of the Frank C. Riggs Company, whisked a Detroit cabriolet electric out of the Riggs store-on Twenty-third street last week and aimed it at one of the steep cement steps that form the entrance to beautiful residences that skirt the hillsides in Arlington Heights. Mr. Reese has always been a strong booster for electrics, but he was almost surprised with the way the little car climbed the steps at a grade of 57.2 per cent. It reached the top of the hill all right, but there the clearance was not sufficient to prevent the .motor dragging on the crest and the descent was begun. Announcement of the fact that electric charging stations would be installed at Multnomah Falls and Chanticler as soon as the Columbia Highway will be paved has lent considerable impetus to the electric vehicle business. When these stations are installed electrics will have no difficulty starting out on long trips over the highway. A. Jackson Marshall, secretary of the Electric Vehicle Association of America, was in Portland last week to organize the Portland section of the National organization. The permanent officers of the new section will be chosen at a luncheon meeting of the Portland electric club at the Imperial Hotel tomorrow. "Will" Spalding, the Mllburn 8c Walker agent, is chairman of the temporary organization in Portland. Al ready 17 Portland firms have Joined, only 15 names being required before membership is given In the Na tional organization. . , . to Santa Monica and other Coast polntn. Party Won by Scenery. . They were completely won by the scenery in the San Marcos Pass, this side of Santa Barbara. In spite of the grades this road was good enough to permit high-gear travel. Del Monte and the beautiful country surrounding that resort was also included in their itinerary. Instead of following the main road to San Jose, they turned oft to Santa Cruz and enjoyed a 17-mile drive through the big trees in the new California State' Park, 25 miles from Santa Cruz. , Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn had shipped their car to Los Angeles from Cleve land, but will drive home. From Prt land they shipped the car to The Dalles and motored from there to Nez Perce. Idaho. After a visit there, they will go to Spokane and proceed over the Yellowstone Trail to St. Paul and run from that city to their home in Ohio. HIGHWAY WORK PROGRESSING National Park Road Crew Reaches Morton for Clearing. MORTON, Wash.. June 19. (Special.) A long blast of the donkey engine whistle on Tuesday at 3:12 signaled the entrance into Morton of the clear ing crew on the National Park High way. From the progress the crews are making it now appears that automo biles can come into Morton by July 4. Camp 4, located on Sands Creek, be tween Morton and uienoma, is prob ably the most novel road camp of any in the state. It has its own electric light and po.wer plant, operated by water power. The stump blasting at Camp 4 this week played havoc with some of the buildings. The refrigerator was de molished by a big chunk, the corner of the office building was torn away and more or less other damage done, but no one was injured. CADILLAC HIS RECORD CAR DRIVES AT NIGHT FROM LOS " .ANGELES TO SAN FRANCISCO. Speed of More Than 40 Miles an Hour Maintained Over Dangerous Hoards and Train Beaten. Again the Cadillac this time the eight-cylinder type has set a new record for the run from Los Angeles to San Francisco, according to word re ceived by II. M. Covey from Don Lee, California distributor. Mr. Lee terms this performance the greatest road record ever made anywhere. By road, the distance from Los An geles to San Francisco is 492 miles. The Cadillac, being driven at night. made the run in 12 hours and 10 minutes. The car left Los Angeles at 8 P. M.. June 3, simultaneously with "The Lark," the lastest train on tne Bouta ern Pacific railroad, which makes its run between the California metropoli in 13 hours and 45 minutes. The train's time was beaten by 1 hour and 35 minutes, the motorcar arriving in San Francisco at 8:10 A. M.. June 4. In order to set this new record, it was necessary that the Cadillac main tain speed great enough to average almost 40 Vi -miles an hour. The perils of such speed are obvious when it is known that practically the entire dis tance was made during the darkness of night, over roads that rise and fall in the mountains, skirt precipitous cliffs and abound with sharp and dangerous turns. The car was driven by Baudette and Bramlette, who alternated at the wheel, and carried two other men as passengers. Almost every year Mr. Lee sets a new record for motorcar travel between California's chief cities, and this record usually stands until a Cadillac breaks it the following year. The car which has just made this run is the first Cadillac-Eight demonstrator sent to the Coast, and had been driven 17,000 miles prior to this drive. It carried all stock equipment. L Holders of Franklin Automobile Com pany's preferred stock have been noti fied that -the company wll take ad vantage of its option and" retire all the stock on July 1, paying therefor $110 per share and accrued dividends. The stock was sold in 1913 at par. on t lviiss Festo an' at Tacoma July 2, 3, 4, 5 PROGRAM Opening; of Festo, July 2, 7 P. M. at Speedway x Barney Oldfield and DeLoya! Thompson Admission 50c Colonial Days In Tacoma's magnificent Stadium, nights of Saturday, July 3 and Monday, July 5. America's early history truthfully portrayed in tableaux ; a wonderful production in costume with beautiful music and gorgeous pyrotechnics. TACOMA'S LARGEST AND BEST STADIUM SHOW. Admission: Adults 50c; -children under 12 years, 15c Presented by the Tacoma Carnival Ass'n At Tacoma's New $100,000 Speed way, July 4-5, Three Great Races $10,500 in Cash Prizes Three Handsome Trophies . Afternoon of July 4, Montamarathon Classic, 250 miles. All day July 5th, Inter-City Century, 100 miles. ' Golden Potlatch Trophy, 200 miles. The world's best drivers and fastest cars will compete on both days, and world records are sure to be broken. General admission to grounds, $1.00; Grandstand, $1.50 added; box Seats, $2.50 added (6 and 8 seats to box). Seats on sale only at Prince Cigar Co., 946 Pacific Ave., Tacoma. Entries to date: Barney Oldfield .... Peugeot G. E. Rucks tell. . . . Mercer Harry Reynolds .... Marmon Eddie Pull en .Mercer Frank Elliott Gordon Special Bob Burman . Peugeot Earl Cooper. ...... Stutz Dave Lewis Stutz George Hill Stutz Jim Parsons Parsons Special Ernest Schneider .. .Schneider Special Ben Hendricks. . . . .Great Big Baked Potato Billy Carlson Maxwell Joe Thomas .Mercer H. D. Stratton Mercer Ray Lentz Romano T. F. Barsby .Velie For Further Information Address Tacoma Speedway Ass'n 222 Perkins BIdg., Tacoma, Wash. 1 PACIFIC ROAD IS FINE Highway Never as Good as Now, Says California Autoist. RECENT TRIP IS SIXTH William Morehouse and Party, of Los Angeles, Spend Several Days In Portland En Route to Can ada and Middle States. "It is absolutely safe to advise mo torists to travel over the Pacific Hlgrb way between Portland and Los Angeles. I don't think the road has ever been in better condition and believe it will be in better shape this year." So spoke William Morehouse, of Lxs Angeles, before he had shaken the dust from his clothes after arriving in Fort- land Wednesday in one of two Locomo biles that also carried his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Morehouse, Mrs. Lou Palmer and Herbert Hougrh ton. all of Los Angeles. The party re mained in Portland several days. Mr. Morehouse s guarantee that the Pacific Highway is in good shape is de pendable. The present trip is the sixth that the Morehouses have made from Los Angeles to Portland-by automobile. I They came here in 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1914. "We found the roads this year to be in better shape than ever before," says Mr. Morehouse. "This applies every where, but especially in Southern Ore gon, where some important improve ments have been made. Generally speaking:, the road all the way down to Los Angeles is in great shape." After seeing the Columbia Highway and other points of interest about Port land, the Morehouse party will proceed over tne faclflc Highway to Vancou ver, B. C, and then motor to Calgary, Winnipeg, Minneapolis, relay back over the Yellowstone Trail to Butte, Mont. and cut across to Salt Lake before reaching home sometime in September. In 1912 and 1913, when the Morehouses skipped their annual trip to Portland, they motored to New York and in the former year went as far as Nova Scotia also. The party followed the Pacific High way all the way to Portland except for the trip from San Francisco to Grants Pass. They took the coast route, which oasses through Fort Bragg, Eureka and Crescent City. This leg of the trip they report as being rough and rocky and they advise others to follow the regular Pacific Highway route. The Morehouses carried a complete house keeping outfit and camped out at all stops except in the large cities. AUTOS NUMEROUS IX CLARKE More Than 600 Licenses Are Ex pected to Be Issued. VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 15. (Spe cial.) That automobiles are more nu merous in Clarke County than was generally supposed is shown by the fact that approximately 400 automo bile applications have been received at the office of the County Auditor since the new automobile code went into effect last Thursday. There are still a number of places in the county where owners have not yet made application, and it is expected that before the year is over more ' than 600 licenses will have been applied for in Clarke County. Temporary tags are being used by the County Auditor and these are to be replaced as soon as permanent tags have been received from the Secretary of State. More than 300 applications were re ceived the first two days after the code became effective. Tourists Pass Gateway. GATEWAY, Or., June 17. (Special.) An automobile party of prominent Walla Walla people passed through this place at 10 o'clock Wednesday en route to the San Francisco Fair and Southern California points, including San Diego. The party consists of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Whitehouse and . son. Stuart; Dr. and Mrs. , E. E. Shaw and nephew, Clarence Kimball: Mrs. Har riet Greer, Dr. and Mrs. Bert Thomas and Miss May Thomas. They were fully equipped to meet any outing emergency. This is only one of many such parties from Eastern Oregon and Washington, who are taking advantage of the exceptionally goods roads to make this trip. " Big Coast Road Meeting Scheduled. The most important good roads con vention ever held in the West will be September 13 to 17 in San Francisco and Oakland. The Tri-State Good Roads Association, the American Highways Association, the American Road Build ers' Association, the International En gineering Congress, the American So ciety of Civil Engineers and the Pacific Coast Good Roads Congress will parti cipate. The newly completed state highway of California from San Diego to the northern boundary of the state will be used as an object lesson at the convention. EXPERIENCED AUTO TOURIST FROM BELLINGHAM PASSES THROUGH PORTLAND EN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. l S. J. CRAFT AND HIS DAUGHTER 1ST FRONT OF THEIR PACKARD TOURING CAR. Bound for Southern California in his 1909 Packard touring car, S. J. Craft, a retired merchant of Bel lingham. Wash., passed through Portland last week, accompanied by his wife and daughter. The Craft car had traversed over 110,000 miles when it reached Portland. Two years ago Mr. Craft drove it to New York City and shipped it to England, later touring the British Isles and the continent. Mr. Craft says he covered 22,500 miles on that trip alone. "The 154 miles of road from Bellingham to Tacoma were in fine shape for us," said Mr. Craft, speaking of last week's trip. "From Tacoma to Chehalls and thence to Toledo the roads were fair, but the 50 miles from Toledo to Kalama were in bad condition, on account of the continual recent rains. We chipped from Kalama to St. Helens and found the roads from there into Portland good." The Crafts left Portland over the Pacific Highway for California, and promised to advise The Ore gonian as to the state of the roads in case they succeeded in completing their trip. i