The Sunday Oregonian., July 11, 1915, SECTION FOUR, Page 7, Image 51

THE SUNDAY OKEGOMAX, PORTLAND, JULY 11. 11)13.
"TRIPS BY MOTORS
GROWING IN FAVOR
TRIP FROM PORTLAND TO SEASIDE INCLUDES WONDERFUL
SCENERY.
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Tillamook and Seaside Roads
Find Advocates Reclaring
Each Best for Pleasure.
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GOOD RUN'S ARE REPORTED
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Scenic Attractions and Wealth of
Fishing Opportunities Pointed
to as Advantages for Vaca
tionist Seeking Pleasure.
As the zenith of the beach and
mountain vacation season approaches
every next fellow and his wife are
planning the year's outing, and all are
interested in the condition of the roads
leading to this and that resort.
Already motoring parties have com
menced migrating to the Clatsop
County, Tillamook, Yaqulna and Coos
Bay beaches; many have gone to see
the wonders of Crater Lake, to enjoy
the Mount Hood trip, and now that
the Columbia Highway is formally
opened, a large number of those who
find supreme pleasure in camping-out
expeditions are certain to go that way
for their week-end or regular vaca
tion outing.
: Those who spent the Fourth of July
week-end at Tillamook report that ap
proximately 200 Portland machines
took that trip for the holiday and that
almost all of the number camped out
alongside the roadway and at the
beacheJ.
Among the Portlanders who went to
Tillamook for the Fourth were: Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Albright. Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Cadwell and Mr. and Mrs.- R. P.
Knight. In Mr. Cadwell's Chalmers, and
Mr. Knight's Buick.
RoiKh Spots Found.
"Perhaps the roughest part of the
Tillamook trip is between here and
Xewberg, with a small remnant of the
old Tigard-Hex road in the fore
ground," said Mr. Albright, the Good
rich branch manager, yesterday. "The
road through Sheridan. Willamina and
the Grand Konde reservation is in fine
shape until you reach Beaver. After
reaching that place some mountain
road is reached, but the surface is
surprisingly good, making the trip a
splendid all-around proposition. The
return from Tillamook was made in six
hours, which is pretty good for 100
miles. Polks over that way tell
that the road to Tillamook is now in
better condition than it has ever bee
before.
"All of us camped out and enjoyed
a good time fishing. A generous crop
of pine boughs came in r.uite handy
wnen It came to making up our bed
Our wives caught their first fish, tiny
trout about o long (business of
measuring with his forefinger as the
yarasucK ana his thumb as the indt
cator), and they shouted as. though
mey naa caught a band of wHbles."
Improvement Beins; Made.
W. J. Clemens, chairman of the tour
ing committee of the Portland Automo
bile Club, who came home from "a trip
to iinamook last week, says that
about $3000 is being spent improving
the former discouraging stretch of road
between Dolph and Hebo. He says the
Tillamook trip i the best 100-mile road
jaunt out of Portland.
This latter claim is challenged Indi
rectly by c. M. Menzies, sales manager
i me nortnwest Auto Company, who,
with his wife, his son. Donald Menzies,
and Mr. and Mrs. F. !. Litherland.
spent the Fourth of July week-end at
Seaside, following a trip . in a five-
passenger four-cylinder Reo.
;'If the motorist follows the best
route to Seaside and thi misses a lot
or Daa road he can make the 140 miles
in about seven and a half hours of
comfortable driving and view some
wonderful scenery," said Mr. Menzies,
upon his return.
'Goin&. we took the Llnnton road to
naremont and then mounted the Ger
mantown road and went on through
Banks, Buxton, Vernonia, Pittsburg
and Mist. Mist is about 75 miles from
Portland on the Xehalem, and the roads
are good all the way to this point.
JVe remained over night at Mist and
found fine accommodations.
Aatoria-G'earhart Stretch Bad.
'Early Sunday morning we started
out for Seaside by way of upper Asto
ria Instead of taking the regular road
to Seaside, we followed a paved road
.Z Slun?bia Beach and then drove on
the beach for about 10 miles to Gear
hart. 1 know the road connecting As
toria and Gearhart is the worst of the
entire trip from Portland, because I
came that way on our return. Anyone
goUig to Seaside should time their trip
out of Astoria so that the tide will be
out, and take the road through Colum- I
bia Beach and over the hard sand Our
total running time from Portland to
Seaside was nine hours, but if we had
known the road well we could have
bettered that materially.
t ilCi?miner back we took route which
I believe marks absolutely the best way
to go to Sea-side. After returning to
A ernonia. instead cf taking the road
over the hill to Buxton and Banks, we
followed the right-hand road and went
on to Timber, Glenwood and Gales City
to Forest Grove, then 5.8 miles to Hllls
boro and ran the remaining 17.4 miles
Into Portland, entering the city by way
of Cornell Road. Our speedometer
both going and coming recorded the
distance between Portland and Seaside
as 140 miles, but I would strongly rec
ommend the trip through Forest Grove
as the better route for motorlsta to
follow. There are some spots of cordu
roy on either road, but not more than
five miles, probably, on the return, and
in many places it was possible to turn
the Reo loose. Of course, the roads
down that way are of the dirt variety
supplemented by many miles of ninv'
and they are bad immediately after
heavy rains, but there are settlements
all along the route, so that help c.n
be mustered in case cars get stuck.
Advantages Are Described.
"Two remarkable things stand out on
that trip, the wonderful forests and the
fishing opportunities. That country Is
so crowded with beautiful timber that
one can hardly see between the trees
and yet many of the trees extend 200
feet from the ground without a limb.
Good fishing streams are met at fre
quent intervals, and the Nehalem River
is veritably alive with crawfish. I'll
bet I saw a million big crawfish on the
smooth bottom of that river bed. If a
man should set a net in some of those
Places I wouldn't be surprised to see
him catch a wagorload."
Mr. Menzies' trip last week is of un
usual interest, because he was one of
those present on the initial trip over
the Portland-Seaside road in 1910. In
that year W. J. Clemens, Mr. Menzies.
Edward Cannon. Guy Jackson and the
late Louis Russell pioneered the course
of the present main road.
Colombia Highway Christened.
What Is supposed to be the first auto
mobile to make the trip over the new
surface of the Columbia River Highway
from Hood River to Portland, arrived
In Portland shortly before the dedica
tion party returned. In the car were
Mr. and Mr. j. H. Heilbronner, of Hood
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River, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall,
of Marshfield. Both Mr. Heilbronner
and Mr. Hall were on the board of r?
rectors of the Hood River Commercial
Club that boosted the good roads bond
issue, and both were active in getting
the Columbia River Highway improve
ment tnrough in Hood River County.
"After several days of heavy rain the
Highway was muddy for our trip, al
though many places were good in spite
of the wet." said Mr. Heilbronner just
before his car was started back for
Hood River over the same course. "An
experienced driver can make the trip
all right, but I doubt the advisability
of giving wide publicity to the fact
that the highway Is open for automo
bile traffic for a while yet.
Mr. Hall established a remarkable
record recently by driving his machine
irom .uarsnneia to Portland tn one
day. His actual running time for the
entire 316 miles was 16 hours. Mr.
Hall reports that he hit good and bad
roads until he intersected with the Pa
cific Highway. x
Osmon Royal and Charles E. Werner
last week constructed a short auto
mobile road from the east end of the
Latourell bridge on the Columbia River
Highway so that it is now possible
to motor over an easy grade to a posi
tion that affords the best view of the
falls. Because - of "this improvement
it will no longer be necessary for mo
torists to get out of their machines in
order to view the falls to best ad
vantage.
Mr. Royal and Mr. Werner have es
tablished an open-air dining-room near
the Latourell bridge and have built a
sufficient number of tent houses to
make the spot resemble a "young
hotel." They expect to make their
permanent residence on the premises
ana will improve their time in the
Winter months by conducting expedi
tions over the Larch Mountain trail.
In the Spring they intend to. build
a tavern on their property.
A feature of thj new road Improve
ment at the falls is that machines
lighted at night add to the attractive
view. The road Is wide enoughs to
permit cars to turn around without
backing out.
"That voad between Kelso and
Kalama and around Goble Is something
frightful after a rain." reports A. C.
Stevens, the Wlnton branch manager,
who returned to Portland Wednesday
at midnight after a. trip to Tacoma
and Seattle. "This side of Kelso the
workmen have been plowing the
road to make the new surface, and
the way they have handled the dirt
makes the road next to impassable."
H. A. Foster and R. A. Foster, broth
ers, will leave Portland this morning
for San Francisco over the Pacific
Highway on" their tandem Harley
Davidson motorcycle. They plan to be
gone a month. On their return they
will use the Central Oregon highwar
and the Columbia Highway into Port
land.
J. r. Cook drove his Packard "4S"
down to Gearhart recently and advises
others to avoid taking the trip for
a while, as he says he found It any
thing but a pleasure trip. Evidently
he didn't follow the same . course
ecommended by Mr. Menzies.
According to W. W. Hargis. of the
Frank C. Riggs Company, who went
over the cliff with a Jeffery Chester
field Six last Sunday, the southern end
of the Hillside drive that branches off
from the Germantown road should not
be open for travel until it Is finished.
Mr. Riggs, who investigated the road
following the accident, says that the
road Is very dangerous and that it
should be avoided until the full length
of the highway is graded.
BIG 1916 MITCHELL FINDS MT. HOOD ROAD MUDDY AFTER RAINS.
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Mitchell Reaches Government
Camp After Rains.
TRIP IS NOT ADVISED
Roads Followed Are Not Good but
Journey Is Accomplished in
Three Hours and Half,
ThouRh Oft In Mire.
BT RAT ALB EE.
If anyone should ask you the best
way to Government Camp after sev
eral days of rain, such as was enjoyed
In this vicinity three or four days re
cently, you will play safe by telling
him the best way Is not to go at all.
At any rate, most people will have
more consideration for their cars than
to attempt this trip under such con
ditions, especially If they are familiar
with the roads to Government Camp.
However, anyone desiring to test the
mettle of their car cannot select a run
that will do so more thoroughly than
the Mount Hood route.
It has been the policy of the Mitchell
people to put their cars through the
pace that kills nearly every season so
as to learn for themselves whut the
car will do. For Instance, the 1914
six broke and still holds the record for
the first car to Mount Hood, and the
1913 light four was pushed through
7500 miles In 30 days, under road con
ditions that were extremely unfavor
able. When the six of 1 arrived.
If. W. Mitchell, manager of the local
distributors, gave It a thorough try
out on the city streets, after which he
said: "She looks fine and no one could
ask for better performance on city
streets, but I have found that it takes
the trip over country roads that are
none too good to bring out the weak
points of a car. If there are any, and
to emphasize its good features."
Trip Made Week, I'revloua.
Mr. Mitchell a week before drove his
own car to Government Camp with F.
L. Mitchell, of the Mitchell factory, as
his guest, so he was In position to know
the condition of the roads In that di
rection. "If anything will prove the
worth of a car, he said. It Is this trip.
and I think I win drive the new six
up Sunday." This was early In the
week, when the sun was on the Job
and the roads were rapidly getting In
good shape. About Thursday the wea
ther man ordered a change in the bill
of fare and It rained off and on the
rest of the week, some of It coming
down In rqod quantities. The mem
bers of the' Mitchell sales force shook
their heads and expressed the opinion
that "It would be a shame to send a
new car through stuff like this." Even
Mr. Mitchell was somewhat dubious.
Late Saturday night the weather
showed signs of clearing up and the
word was passed that It was a go.
Promptly at 7:30 Sunday morning the
seven-passenger " of 'H" rolled out
of the garage with H. W. Mitchell at
the wheel and the following pansenaers
on board: Earl Smith. T. H. Sberrard.
C. L. Howe. H. S. Rodebaugh, Frank
Osen and the writer. A full load of
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evn passengers. . not a small man
amona- the lot. the aasreaate weiKhl of
the crowd belnic 1 ! j.oonds.
Just before reachinic' Hnndv a ilrrlrh
of newly-irradrd clay road was en
countered, which made slippery work
for a mile or so. but the car went
throupch without chains and apparently
without much effort. ' For a short dis
tance after leavlna- Handy tha roat is
planked, but the planklntt soon m.rtn
Into newly. cruded road, which is worse
than Just plain mud. This road was
well waterlogged and the ruts were
many and deep.
Hide la Kanna Kansk.
It Is a -safe bet that had anyone In
clined to seasickness would-have been
hana-lna- over the rail a food bit of the
time, for It was Just a case of up out
of one hole Into another, first one side
ot the car down, then both sides, and
so on for miles. Mr. Mitchell selected
the Cherryvllle road, beinir more famil
iar with It than with the Marmot road,
although the former is reputed to be In
worse condition.. Much of tho time the
car was skidding along- on Its runnlna--boards,
and In spite of the chains which
had been applied the car's wheels. 3i
Inches, were d,otna- a lot of spinning.
However, tt pulled alonic on Its own
power all of the way and considerable
amount of It on high iteur.
The Cherryvllle hill is no longer the
terror to motorists It once was. now
belnit planked the full length. Mr.
Mitchell seldom slacked his speed to
less than 15 miles an hour wherever It
was possible to make any speed at all.
From Salmon on the road began get
ting better until It developed Into a
good sandy road. Here Mr. Mitchell
let the car out. and In spite of the up
grade kept the speedometer hovering
around 30 and at times i miles an
hour until the car pulled up at the
KhododetHlron Inn. The car arrived
there at 10:34.
At 11:68 the Government Camp Hotel
came Into sight. Flouring out 67 min
utes actually stopping time, tha run
had been made In Just three hours and
31 minutes, which the Government
Camp man pronounced a record for the
condition of the roads. Karl Fmilh took
the wheel on the return trip, and the
roads were fully 60 per cent better
than In the morning, the sun having
gotten In Its work and dried them out
considerably.
Last Sunday Mr. Mitchell took an
other trip to Mount Hood and he re
ports the roads were then In fine con
dition. "The improvement In the road
was so marked that I hardly recog
nised the route." said Mr. Mitchell yes
terday. "With the road as It was last
Sunday it Is possible to travel at a
25-mlle-an-hour gait almost all the
way."
O. E. Dougherty, of New Market. Ia..
called at The Oregonlan office last
week for Information on the roads leading-
north and east. With his wife
and son. Mr. Dougherty had driven his
Ford from his home across the Santa
Fe trail to Is Angeles, into Mexico,
through the Yosemfte and then north
over the Pacific Highway to Portland.
From Portland he planned going to
Seattle and thence to the Tellowstone
National Park and borne by way of
Denver.
The mm of a I'nltrd States ciuit auard
cnttr bl up an sbandouad schooner oti
the Florida coaat not long ago. a the
the larcest specimen wclsblcg 30 pound.
The following letter from the Cadillac Motor Car Company to
its dealers explains itself.
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SPEED KING COMES HERE
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rum: citv spkf.dway.
.rtliinil AalaaBlle Aaaaclatlai la
terally Meet s lie llrld Jaly 4
and . Fratarlas; Males; Driver.
Jim Parsons, speed king of the
Norihw cV. three times winner of the
Tacoma lnter-Clty Century event, and
now the possessor of the Perpetual
t'hallt-nge Trophy, presented by the
Tacoma Automobile Club, will be one
or the bright particular stars or the
Northwest Automobile Association
lnter-Clty meet to be held at the Itose
City Spcodway on July 24 and IS.
Frank KlllotU driver of the Gordon
Special, who flninhed second la- Par
sons on July 5 at Tacoma and who was
one of the most consistent and sensa
tional performers at the Tacoma meet,
will also race here.
Fred llarsby. who drove the Rarshy
and Neep Velle Into third position In
the lnter-Clty Century, will also nom
inate for the Portland meet. Geo Hill.
who drove the Kims with which Fart
Cooper won the Montamaratbon :&0
mlle event at Tacoma In 111 and 114.
will bring that famous racing machine
here for the racing.
ltav Paulsen, of Spokane, who was
barred by the technical commutes at
the Tacoma meet because Ma Losler
was over 460 cubic-Inch displacement
will not be barred here andwll enter
his car. Harry D. Stratton's Mercer ran
a great race In the Century with half
a fleering knuckle tearing the front
wheel and probably would have been
In the money but for the accident. F.
V. Forbes.'of Portland, also started his
Buick at Tacoma. but went out early In
the race afl-r shewing much speed.
Forbes has all the earmarks of a com
ing driver. I. Aubrey will ship over
the Tacoma Special aa will Hans Mal
colm" the Malcolm Special, and Harry
O'Brien the "Blif Rked Potato" stuta.
K. J. Roman's Romano Special and
Ernest Schneider's Schneiders Special
may not be able to rare hr owing to
an Injury received at the Tacoma meet,
but the coming meet promises tn be
the most sensational yet held here with
a larger list of entries and more even
ly balanced fields.
Manager Robert A. Ililler, who will
arrive tomorrow, has announced that
the feature events of Saturday. July
24. will be an Australian pursuit rare,
and a tt-mlle event, while a BO-mlle
race will be the featuro for Sunday.
July IS. Practically every good car
and driver that raced at Tacoma. with
the exception of the big Eastern 'driv
ers, will be here for the meet.
Harry D. Reynolds expects to bring
the Marmon Special and Harry D.
St ration may decide to send A. C. Mac
beth with the Romano-Stralton Spe
cial, a new and practically untried car.
The Rose City speedway will broiled
again and put In the best poslbla con
dition. Much will depend on the com
ing meet as to whether or not a new
two-mile speedway will be built In
Portland.
Tourists Complain of Had Road.
Tourists who are making automobile
trips to the exposition In the West are
Jor rice
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TRADE LETTER No.
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CADlLlCJ?gwARD. Sales Mir.
COVEY MOTOR CAR CO.
WAshington ai Twenty-first
reporting considerable trouble In Mis
souri, aa the rats have bnn thoroughly
'kl with rain. One traveler. N. ii.
Wood, of St. lxula. who Is making a
trip with his family, reports he has en
countered places whera all four wheels
were mired to the hub. In writing of
the trip Mr. Wnod esys: hsv. mei
"It's easy enoueh to be pleasant
.When a man has all ho requires;
If his health is all right
His heart will be light
While he's riding on Diamond
Tires.-
-Mr. Squeegee
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His greatness depends on the crowd
he is in.
The really creat man the leader literally has
to meet all comer in lbs contest for pubUc approval.
Any tire is the best tire in a crowd of inferiors.
But nowadays a tire has to be extraordinary
if it is to make and hold a record (or superior service
and mileage economy.
It is the extraordinary quality of Diamond
Tires that has given, them their ciaterved rreccu:nca.
Send for our book of letters from dealers who
old Diamond Tires in 1914.
It tells how more than S9 out of every 100 of
the more than half million Diamond Tires sold last
car cave maximum Bat-vice at minimum mUui cost.
It is yours for the asking.
Diamond Squeegee Tires are soli at tLese
"FAIR-LISTED PRICES:
ci. Diamond cw Diamond
Squaegee slx Squeegee
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