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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1915)
i TTTE SUNDAY OREGONTAX, PORTLAND, J iTLT 2.". 1915. WONDfiRS ABOUND ON TRIP MADE TO MOUNT ADAMS BY PARTY OF PATHFINDERS THAT ESTABLISHED THREE RECORDS IN DAY Roads Are Found Fine Everywhere, With Ample. Accommodations Along Way for Motorists Total Running Time for 203-Iile Round Trip Is Estimated at 16 Hours and 50 Minutes Color Photographs Taken of Awe-inspiring Scenes Along Path. ;: VALVE-IN-HEAD J jfo C MOTOR CARS I. ..it ' . j .ii i i. ... - - 1 ---- w i - - ' '- ' , v - . - . : - ,. .... :. , t ; i n No other Motor Car at any price insures its owner as great value, dollar for dollar, as the Buick Valve -in -Head Six for 1916. 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The large conical spring does not sup port the entire weight of llic car, but norfcs in combination with the reg ular leaf spring, giving absolute riding comfort Eliminates tossing and side sla$ exclusive features that insure easy steering and safe driving. DEALERS, lJTK IDR I.IUEltAL. lROIUI TIO.V. -V ?ald TbruuRh Jobber We I'rolfrt 1 ou. Distributers for the Northwest C. TV. Becker. Iloiuiara. Washing- Moscow Auto & Supply Co.. Mos ton. cow. Idaho. Knapp & Ronnebercer, Anacortes. Vik 1'ron., ialem. Oregon. Wtiihinrton. Pacific Highway Garag, Oregon Ctiy. Orenon. Robert H. Hassler, Inc. Klli-n.-burir Auto Co, KHensburs. ahinrton. I'ritise (lrs. Ktl.-o. WashSnston. Indianapolis, Ind. well Ironed out. The roug-hemt part of the highway la located between Bridal Veil and Cascade Locks, and this stretch Is by no means unsatisfactory, except that lis rouuhness enforces slow travel. Men were at work with aerators In several places and they cer tainly made srreat lmprovemont- The highway from Bridal Veil la In much better condition and from Cascade Locks to Hood Kiver Is in fine condition. When motorists start out on the Columbia River Hitrhway and find few rough stretches tney should not turn around in discourage ment, for the roadbed becomes better and, better as the ascent Is made to Hood Klver. And In case anyone wants to complete the trip to The La'ilea. they will find fine roads connecting Hood River with that city. We arrived at Hood River at 11:40 and our speedometer registered 71 miles. Our elapsed time for this lear of the trip was 4 hours, but deduct ing; time for picture taking and other incidental stops our running schedule was approximately 3S "oours. Leavine. Hood River we took the bridge that leads to The Dalles, but turned to the left Immediately after crossing it. From the end of the bridge it is less than a mile to the ferry landing:. The charce for ferrying a machftte across the Columbia t White Salmon is II. Si for the car ar.d its driver for a ingle trip and 12.00 for the round trip. A charce of Sa cens is made for each extra passencer. Tourists will not encounter a lengthy delay at the ferry, as the ferry, nsmeu the Panama. Is large enough to handle five large autos or eight sDtslier ones on each trip. It requires 13 or li minutes to make the trip ecros the water, and. in cave tne frry is landed on the opposite st'.e of the river, a flsg signal will fummoo eithsr of the ferrymen. O. C Iean and A. J. Shp ler, at any time bttscoi sunup and sundown. After leaving the ferry on t".ie Wash ington side. Instead of going up the hill through White Salmon, we turned to the left and pulled ip ov.r tho old Cooks grade. This climb amounts to a fairly husky performance, but the eomiiiai.CuiU view of Hood River. Hood Kiver Valley and Mount Hood on the Oregon side of the 'lw"asj ' It's a Diamond .V tough Squeegee Tread r!.i niond tlit you need for service. Why rav more than T'iamond prices? Less than two per cent of tho ihimundi of this Tire sold t-ime lack for a,1 justuient- No T.re on the market caii equal them We ..till ln.ist that it is the Tire for ou and your pocket, book. Tear Books Master Carfctiretere and other ,ood Lines ARCHER AND WIGGINS Oak street, lorstr Math. rD BT CHESTER A. MOORES. ID you know that it is possible to drive an automobile from Portland to the base of Mount Adams and back easily within the apace of a sin gle day? An official Oregonian pathflndlng party last Sunday demonstrated that such a round trip Is not only possible, but entirely reasonable, even for the "thinnest skinned mollycoddle" re ferred to Monday by Theodore Roose velt. The car a.ctins as pathfinder last week was a Cole eight, piloted by Charles M. Menzles, sales manager of the Northwest Auto Company, dis tributors for the Cole, Reo and Chev rolet in this territory. The remaining six seats In the Cole were occupied by Mrs. Menzies. 8-year-old Donald Men aies, Henry Berger, Jr., Fred A. Rout ledge, and the writer and his wife. The fact that a car loaded with seven people, including two women and i a small boy, could make the round trip of more than 200 miles to Mount Adams in considerably less than a day of leisurely driving, and could break three records at the same time, proves conclusively that the trip is by no means foolhardy. Columbia River Rsnte Taken. The trip was made over the Colum bia River Highway as far as Hood River, where we took the ferry Panama across to the Washington side of the river below White Salmon. Then we traveled for 27 miles over the finest sort of roads through the White Sal mon River and Trout Lake valleys to the towns of Trout Lake and CJuler. which are to Mount Adams what Gov ernment Camp is to Mount Hood. -. When we stepped up to the solitary soft drink fountain at Guler for thirst quenchers we were surprised to learn that our Cole eight was the first car to arrive from Portland this year, the first car to reach that section via the Columbia River Highway, and that if we reached home again that night we would be the firtt party to complete the round trip from Portland to Mount Adams within one day. After recounting all the wonders of the trip and the ease with which It was made, these announcements com pelled spontaneous gasps. But. upon further questioning, we learned from the Guler authorities that compara tively few. perhaps a dozen Portland automobiles, had ever been driven to Trout Lake and that until the comple tion of the Columbia River Highway this year It was necessary for the few pioneers of the trip to ship their cars to Hood River before ferrying across, unless they chose to go by some cir cuitous route. The writer will confess that he had never dreamed of motoring to Mount Adams until 10 days ago, and be will venture the guess that not one Port lander In a thousand realised that such a trip was available. But now that the trip has been discovered It Is probable that it will be enjoyed by Porllanders and other Oregonlans frequently throughout the automobile touring sea son. The trip to Mount Adams not only afford travel along the wonderful Co lumbia River Highway to Hood River, but It offers 27 miles of touring over matchless mountain road through scenic country to the base of a beau tiful snow-capped mountain that Is said to have the largest llvlnor glacier In the world. And the greatest attrac tion of all. perhaps, are the Ice caves and lava caves located northwest of Trout Lake. It was not until 7:40 last Sunday morning that all of us loaded aboard the trusty Cole eight and started skip ping over the Sandy Boulevard toward TroMtdale. Since the Columbia High way trip has been described. I will not dwell upon thst leg of the trip. except to report the present condi tion of that road. The Sai.dy Boulevard Is. of course. In fine condition. Several miles have already been paved and the presence of paving crews along the road does not Interfere with travel. The Colum bia Highway proper In Multnomah County was dry last Sunday, but rather rough following several days of hard rain a few days before. Itsls riaya llavee With Roada. When machines make the highway trip during rainy weather they cut deep gashes in the dirt surface and the sun dries things up with the furrows remaining. This whs the trouble we found last week, particularly on the up trip, but coming back th rough Places had been smoothed off mate rially by the heavy travel of the day and by now the road should be pretty VEEDOL Most Lubrication Least Carbon. Try it now. Ask your f garage or BALLOU & WRIGHT Broadway at Oak " A 663S, Broadway 307 BOWSER GASOLINE and OIL TANKS MORkliE SUTKlll roK PUBLIC AND PHI. YATU UARAlikl. . IX. Maadartt. Ulalrlcs (, aatra. driit tiAic atals t7. DIAMOND TIRES Ylcanizing and Retreading R. L BLODGETT, C u c Ix. I'tseae Mats 7 ets John A. Walters Co., Inc. 333 Ankeny. Corner Broadway. Auto Supplies Rob R07 Shock Absorber, for Ford Cars. 110. 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