TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy. PORTLAND, AUGUST 29, 19T5.
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LODGE CONCLAVE IS
HELD If! OLD CRATER
PATFTFTNTDTMa PARTY INVESTIGATES
ROUTES TO YAQUINA BAY POINTS
Little Ko Four. Alremdj Well-Loaded. Is Taxed to Capacity When Good-Hearted Drirer Hail. Womea Hiker.
for Lift Drive to Newport by Motor 1 Found Plettaant,
Pythians Conduct Ritual in
Natural Hall at Base of
Cliffs 10CO Feet High.
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120 A'JTOS TAKE PARTY
TrTramnM Ctoodocted Abowt FTrwe
at Night, Marie' Cwtru Pbo
tocrmph Scene. Trip About
Lake lo Scenic Spot Made.
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KOiEBCP.O. Or.. Asf. It. (Special)
Leaving M.dford jtmaM IT la aa a
teaaoblle for Crater Lak for lba
Xaigiu of rythla conclave, our party
passed through a portloa ( tha beau
t f ul Rogue hirer Valley, crowtd the
eteeerc. reached the Onioa at Call
ferala Company, power pilot, returned
the way we ta4 coma, made abort .top.
to aa tie Natural Bridge. Union Craalt
(ore loots ara la lava aad Iiomui
roc formatlona. and oat oral obleeta of
great Intereet). HofiM River Caa yon.
He fa Camp, aad arrived at tba laka
boat S P. it.
When our party stcod Bpoa tha trun
cated riaa at a point ! foot above
tn surface of tte laka aad looked aat
and over tbo m oxpsnea of lia blue
waters, we fait tba emotioaa of sub
linily la bo .aiall degree.
Xavtw Pletarea Take.
On Tueeday algal, la a apruca aro-ee
Bear tba lake. In tbo light of two huge
bo.firee aad lb headlights of throe
autoa. two movie f-plctura oparatora
IKk a number of (laaalighl pictures
af trie camp.
Tha meeting of ta conclaa waa
celled to orier by E. W. Jagua. C C of
Taileican Lodae. Na II. of Hedford,
and tr a following programme waa glv
an: aluaio by taa bacd: waicoma ad
draaa by William (J. steal, snpenntend
aot of tbo Cratar Laito National Park;
mueie by tba baad: presentation of tia
drama, "Damon and l-ythiea.- by Talis
man Lodxe: nunc: "cat-acquainted aortal-;
lata, by bugler: -lights oot" Tba
authorised drama. "LesMa of Friend
ship." waa wall randarad aad much aa
y y ad.
Tfcere waro In attendance more than
!) knKbta. bastdea Udlaa. repreeant-In,-
. citiee and aTn elates. Twenty
four wara frwra Hoeeburg.
Nea.-iy all tba knt.fcta nudt tba trip
from Mediord I til automobiles. Iwr
In tba aame tima 3i other amoa reg
istered at tba Government ollica la
tha park.
Tha Vled'orj band made tha trtn to
tria laka with tha Kaiabta of Pytblaa
and payad tna first baad mualo ever
beard on tha ehorea of tba laka.
Ln( Troll la Paoceedeal
Farty on Wedneeday morning. Au
guat 11. tbo knichta aseembled and
b-.an to drecead tha ate p. iiiui trail
tnat bacha on tbo rim of tha laka near
tia Cratar Laka Lod-e. for tba crater
af tVUard laland.
On tba e-iore of tba laka an arch bad
teen erected, wbara each katcbt waa
required to give tba peaaword before
aloe admitted through It to tna float
Ira; plar lrn which two caaollne boaU
carried the knlfchta to Witard Island.
Then tbay bad to aacand on the trail
tha precipitoia aidea ot tba lalaad.
-fter racr;lna; the rim they bad to
crend tha bollum of taa cratar at a
piKh of about 3d decroaa to
a depth of lt fet. The floor
tbo cratar l about by i
feet, contalnlra; rook a of different eliea
homo of them were uaad for the altar
and atatloaa. Ta alaattoo of the la
Ui4 above the lake la 11 feat. Tha
0 ameter of tta crater at tha tap la
about I eat.
rtewoea af OrwaCa t oaar I'aaa.
Tba oparatora took aeeeral picturaa
af tl:e kn'abta In tfce cratar.
IB a aaurt time tha ceremonial
Paneu- At thta time aboot ,1 candt
alatee to'k decreae. amonc tbetn belnc
J4.fcn M. Jieott. ;enerl paenar aaent
of tte iKu.hrn Pacific Ballroad Com
jianv and William .. riteeL
flowara ef tle colore of tha order
ware found la ine crater.
Af;er luncb and after tha Vnlsbt
rank had been eonferre.1 upon Si caa
e):datae. Iba lodaa cloae-l la dua form.
All bad lo return oer the eame root,
but tha aavent from the boat laadlea
1., tha rim of tha Uho waa ataap and
lakorioua. and eaeeral atopa ware made
t raat; and .'O'X f"t had to bo trav
eled, where. tha eieeaitoa la a direct
1 M u iwi feet. Soma went to tba
KilM of rytMaa encampment and
othere to the toJsa. which will be com
pleted Beit Jear and modern la aery
particular.
Talfca Waa a at Ptaaaw
At tilaht. around campflraa. there
were talaa oo Pjthianlam aad tba baa'c
petnc-p.ea of the order by .V K.
Wr:Btman- craad caancettor; U R.
rtlaaon. grand beeper ef racorda aad
aeal. Oua C Moaar. auprama repreaen
tattee. aad other, after which many
rpl.-ed to tha lodo aad danced to
the rauata of the band aata attar rald-
''liiau lode a la to a- coacTata
tta4 for be eucceee of ta Ka'chta
of Pytbaa corc!ae and for tbalr patae
takiac care for t-a tomfart of tba ia
;in kaiaat and tnair famillea.
la tha ralf-Mntury-aaro column of
Tea korainc rreaonlan tha followlnt;
It.aa appaared. kaarmf cata of Aucuel
1'-Ja'onr.Ia. SaVaral of oar cltl
aena retarned laet weeh from a la!t
ta tsa ret auakan laka. altuated la
th. Caavada yi Jntalna. about Ti mliaa
rorthaa.t of Jae kaonellla. Tbla lake
ra.a tha famoua a:iey of !nbad
tha aaitor. It la thoucbt ta aearae
u feet da to the ede of tha water
. .I;,. a ti. w.:;. loat p.r-
pend runniaa down Into the wa
fer ani l..'n na b.acb. No Urtr.
maa baa ben and probably aeaar will
ho ab.e to reach the water-a edg-a.
Oo Tur1y morn'.nr. '
our party !e?t tha take on Ita return
ee.r the aceeic route, we.l repaid fox
aar lnrocenieaco underrpoe. and ar
rived a: Vejrord In the afternoon la
.mo to ci.aa vp bafor. lakiaaT tba
tram for borne at RoaabaraT.
ASTOIUAXS MOTOR TO CTTT
Trip to Portland la Made la Boor
and 31 Minmra.
C. R. Kiarma. caabler af tba Aatorla
Rational itana. C. a Stoat, preeideal
af tna Aat-iria Cbarabar af Commerce,
aad J. K. Uratka. editor of the Aalorla
lI.y Bud ret. made taa trip from Aa
torta to Port'and and return In Mr.
Orathe'e automooila Tbo party laft
Aataria laat Tuaaday noon, reafhtnf
Portland afta'r boura and 1 mtnataa
Tbey eaia alont the b;hway which
abuta the Co.umhia RtTar. and altbouch
taa road waa eomewhat roaah at aome
j,ea. tbay kept Tbay report
tia I Sa aauaual tmoutl of travel la
now oa betweea Aatorta and Portland
by automobile. After remainlat hare
ever alfhl tba trvo left for tkotr kemae
Vedaaaday at i i o clock.
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"Sura wa do.
-Then toaa ma your paeka
aad atep In." ,
Tbo queatlonar waa Prod W. Vogler.
who. aa head and ahouldera of the
Nurthweat Anto Company, anjoya tbe
aelUnir prlvilasaa of Lba Rao aad Cole
pleaaura care for tba entire Northweat.
Tboaa queatloned were Martha Jeake.
Vlinnle Jeeka and Clara Nlelsea.. three
JaacUoa City flrta who eat out nearly
a month ago for a :S-mile walk from
their home to tbo coaat at Florence, to
Newport and back homo over the
mountalna aad through lba Willamette
Valley.
Tba placa of the conversation was
not far taia etda of lodetl. a viuaaja
In tba Coaat Ranao Mountalna that waa
firat put on the map by a Vale grad
uate who bora mat name.
When Mr. Vo.ler Invited tha three
women hiaera to ride, hia hva-paaaan-ir.
four-cylinder Rao touring car al
ready waa loaded to tha brim wtth tbe
member a of aa Oregonlan pathflndlng
party and attendant luggage that tba
aturdy Rao had banled from Portland
to Newport aad back over tha moun
talna witkout a whimper.
Road Investigation Area af Trip.
It waa n't a pleasure Jaunt by any
meane. Tba purpose of tba trip waa
to find out tba condition of Ibe roada
from Portland to Yaquina Bay polnta
and to give Oregonlan reader, tha ben
efit of that Information.
But tha Incident at tbo roadside and
tba eaaa wtth whtcb tbe Kao Jerked
that monumental load over tbe road to
DeUlaa did more than I Host rata the blg
neaa of tha heart that baala behind
the rlbe of P. W. Verier. It did more
than demonstrate Mr. Vogler'a com
plete faith la tbe car and the truthful
neis of that 'trade-marked byword.
-You Caa 1h It With a Reo." It was
a testimonial to tha high quality of
tha roads betweea Biodgett and Dallas,
for Mr. Vocler-. car. with Ita double
load of panaanaers and lucrsre. Bailed
over that 31 mile of road la leaa than
aa hour and a half.
Tha motort.ts of Portland have bean
passing up a pleasant opportunity these
many years by not patronixtng the
drive to Newport. Pr almost all af
tha 11 mllea the roadway from Port
land to Newport via Dalles. Blodgett
aad Toiedo are now la splendid condi
tion. There are intermittent stretches
that axe good and fair only, but the
road averasea np to a hlga atandard
and there la absolutely no road that
caa truthfully be called bad.
In setting out for a trip over tbe
mountains to Ui beach the motorlat Is
apt to sink Into qualms about Impoaal
bla trlla and other dira thing. There
ara a good many bll'.a betweea bare
and Newport but almoat all of them
ara of tna rolling variety that are
amaatae; rat bar Uiaa terrorising.
Tha ot.s along tha road Ih.nk the
road tear rtoneer Mousta:a. between
Cpitwood a-:d Toledo, la about tb flal
teat ta blUxrllmb.ng. They bad ua
scared moat ft deata about that Pio
neer HUL The women folka threatened
to Jump out and walk tba rest of tba
way. Even the veteran Mr. Vogler.
wbo 1. said to have organized tbe
worlds first automobile stage line in
tba mineral lands of Nevada about a
couple of decades back, grew a bit
nerroua and teethed hia cigar Into
breda.
Mill Cllaak Xet Xetlced ay Party.
Biit lo and behold, when It came tima
for Pioneer Hill to loom up above us
wa looked and kept on looking for
something tough, and after tha Reo bad
vaulted over a grade for a little mora
than a mile, all of the time oa Inter
mediate gear and with breath to spare,
wa learned from paaseraby tbat w bad
conquered tha so-called terrible moun
tain. Wa had a good langb about tbat
bill for tbe rest of tha arternoon.
The writer la willing to grant that
tba Rao ta pretty much of a eucceaa as
an automobile, and also that Mr. Vogler
can give most of tha boya cards and
spades when It cornea to driving, but
ha will not grant tbat Pioneer Hill la a
terror. Perhaps a car with pneumonia
and manned by a malted milk driver
would fall by tba wayside, but Pioneer
Hill la no better than tbe average car
and the average driver. If you ara one
of those persons who insist on compari
sons, it doesn't hold a candle to tbe
old Uatourell Hill and to tha hill
around Mitchells Point.
It wa. hardly daylight when we aet
forth for Newport via tha Terwtlllger
boulevard. Bertha aad Multnomah.
While tha County Commissioners are
tinkering with tbe road betweea Mult
nomah and Tlgard It la necessary for
motorlat to make a detour by way of
Garden Home. There ara eigne Just
outside of Multnomah and Tigard on
either end to guide tba motorist to tbla
detour.
Thl. road, by tbe way. i. hirh with
dust and amount, to perhaps the mort
Itvagreeable road between Portland and
Newport. But It doesn't laat more than
Ore mllea Then you come back on tha
main highway at a point 11. 1 miles
from Portland. On going aouth you
must take tha right road Juat acroaa
tha track, from Multnomah and on
coming; north tbe detoar lead, to the
left not far thl. .Ida of Tigard.
From Tigard on we found tba road
In One condition all tha way to Dallas,
a point our speedometer showed to be
t:.X mllea from Portland. Tha road
connecting Tigard and Rax. long fa
moua aa tbe worst road tn tbla coun
try, la now In perfect condition, and
a la the highway that laada on to New
berg. Dundee and Dayton.
Tha motorist baa two optlona from
Dayton to Dallas. By keeping tha di
rect road, aa we did. at a point about
two aad a half mllea tba other aide of
Dayton be la taken by way of Kick
rea.L Returning wa cum via Perry
dale, and wa found that tba Dallas
parage snaa bad told us tha truth whan
Ibey aaid tha propoeltioa waa about
half a dosea of one and all of an
other. too me body baa made a faux pas on a
road slck. Wbert our speedometer
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read 19 mile, from Portland wa aaw a
sign that almost "shouted" 41 mile, to
Dallas That aign i. not quite 20 miles
off. But In the Held close by we spied
fully 20 China pheasants, so we soon
forgot the circumstance. In and about
Amity ara aome wonderful wheat fields,
aod between Rickreall and Dallas we
saw some rich oreharda and a beauti
ful country. The four and a half mile,
of road from Rlckreall to Dallas Is par
excellence. In fact there ara three
roada with a smooth macadam surface
In the center.
Dua compliment already ha. been
paid to tha road leading on to Blodgett
from Dallas. The Blue Book touring
guide carries a detailed og of the road
from Dallas all tba way to Newport,
but that guidance la acarcely needed,
for helpful signposts are the rule, and
the roads are so good you don't care
much whether you go the long way or
not. .
Between Lewisville and tna town of
Kirrere Valley we crossed the railroad
tracka and tba Luckimute River numer
ous times.
Soon after Blodgett come. Ladd Hill
and five or six mile, farther on the
motorist reaches the -summit of tha
Coaat Range mountalna. The grade, are
rolling and tba climb ia so gradual that
the bllla ara hardly noticed.
Before tha tourist know, it ha 1.
driving down Little Elk Mountain and
through tha valley of the beautiful
Uttle Elk River to Yaquina River,
which bob. up now and then almost all
tbe way to Newport. Tbe railroad ta
left tbla side of Pioneer Hill, a hog-
AGED MAX WTTH BUT ONE ARM DRIVES ALTO ACROSS COUXTBT TO PORTLAND.
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Every Man Wants a Six
In other words, any man that knows what a six is by having driven it will pre
fer a six to a four, and when a six can be bought at such a price as we now have
on the aiitchell six of 16 and you can get such a six, one that has power, snap
and get away, is easyridlng, comfortable to sit in and a joy to drive why look
farther? . .... . v. . ..
Our six of '16 we are selling at the price of a four. If you could afford a four
last year, you can afford a six today.
We have not been able to .make deliveries recently, but now have stock. See us.
Let us demonstrate to you that this is a car that will do the things you want to
do in the way you want to do them. '
PRICES66!.
7 Pass.
. .$1250
.-.$1285
8 CyL, 5 Pass. $1450
F. O. B. Factory
First
and East
Morrison
back mountain ridge, and It lsn t long
until the lnleta about Toledo are
reached, and than, not far this aide of
Newport ara the Yaquina hilte.
Machines Average X tm SO Dally.
At EddyvUle and Chitwood. ' towns
Intervening between Blodgett and New
port, wa learned that an averaso of
20 or SO machines had passed back and
forth each day during Jtbls Summer,
but surprisingly few came from as far
as Portland. Nona of tha tourists who
have taken tha .trip fail to praise the
scenery through the mountains and
down the slope, to Newport. Tbe woods
are of that delightful green with many
complimentary shades, and everywhere
peace and comfort beckons to the
trWben'" Mr. Vogler pulled the cool
and powerful Reo up at the Hotel Ab
bey at Newport on the afternoon of out
statrt. the timing watch showed a min
ute past four. We bad been on the
road elightly over 10 hour.. Wa count
ed three or four of tha main stop, ag
gregating 104 minutes and it Is safe
to aay that the many Incidental .tops
reduced our actual running time to
eight hour.. If anyone makes the 137
niile. m much less than eight hours Mr.
Vogler aay. he ia not getting all tha
pleaaura there ia In tha trip.
There ara all aorta of places to drive
by machine near Newport. One of the
favorite places for fishermen Is on the
Sileta Indian Reservation. There Is a
good road leading to the Siletz country
and It Is also possible to drive through
Fall. City and the wonderful Siletz
country to Newport, thereby cutting
what 1. claimed to be SO mile, off the
running distance from Portland to
Newport , '
This road via Fall. City was complet
ed only this year and" those who have
traveled It declare that It Is still in
the rough and they advise all motor
ists to keep off for this year at least.
Falls City, the interior termlnua of
thia new road, may be reached by turn
ing off from tbe main road to the
right at a point 5. mile beyond Dallas.
By ferrying across to the south beach
the motorist who love, fishins can also
drive over the beach to the Beaver
Creek. Waldport and seal nocas terri
tory that abounds with both fish and
game.
Newport Resort Read Planked.
A level plank road connects New
port proper with its famous beach re
eort. Nya Creek, where most of the
Summer cottagea are located on the
shores of tha ocean. Newport la sit
uated on Yaquina Bay not far from
tha bar. At Nye Creek machine, can
be driven an the beach and at low
tide there la a clean aweep to Agate
Beach, a comparatively new resort that
nestles at tha inner edge of the long
cape that holds the lighthouse. Even
at !high tide the long stretch of beach
from Jump-Off Joe to Agate Beach can
be reached by a good road over the
bills.
It took The Oregonlan, pathfinding
party two days to eat up about all of
the appetizing sea food dispensed by
the Abbey, -and we also enjoyed a
"gorge" at Idaho Point, a place on the
south beach pretty well inland toward
the town of Yaquina from the south
Jetty. Idaho Point is said to be the
only community "in captivity" that is
ruled by a 17-months-old girl. The
queen of Idaho Point la Betty Dunn.
tOO OF Al'TO TRIP FROM PORI
- IiAND TO NEWPORT IS PUB
PARED BY PATHFIXD
IG PARTY IX R0.
Time.
Place Miles. A. M.
Oregonlan building,
Portland .........
Bertha
Multnomah .......
Garden Home
Greenburg ..
Tigard ..........
Rex
Newberg
Dundee .........
Dayton ........
Amity
Rlckreall
Crider'a Garage,
Dallas ..-
Lewisville ......
King'. Valley ...
Blodgett
0.6
. -1.0
. 6.0
. .l
. 10.5
..11.5
. 2J.4
. 25.5
. 28.4
. 33.5
. 44.1
. 57.7
, 2.2 1 Arr. '
I Dep.
. 73.7.
84.5.
5:25
5:3l
5:40
5:49
:00
6:04
6:30
6:45
6:5t
7:05
7:36
8:16
94.9..
Eddyville 111-5
Chitwood 116.9
Start Pioneer Hill. 122.5
Toledo 128.7...
Newport 137.6...
S.2S
8:57
:50
..10:26
..11:20
P.M.
..12:38
.. 1:07
. . 2:33
.. 3:03
.. 4:01
Several stops not Indicated.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Dunn,
of Payette, Ida. Betty is a good poli-
tician. It i. more fun than a circus to
see her raise her little nana io xpe say
three times and cry. "Three cheers for
the working man."
Our trip home didnt vary much from
the Journey over except that we en
joyed it even more. We didn't atart
from Newport until nearly 1 P. M. and
we reached home about 10 that night,
thus avoiding all beat. For a share of
tbe way we had a fall moon at our
backs, which helped some, and the
roads were still crackerjacke. On the
whole trip there is hardly any cord
uroy. We found Pioneer Hill to be two miles
In length on the far aide, but the
Reo climbed it at a 20-mile-an-hour
gait and Mr. Vogler was led to remark '
that anyone who didn't like that road
didn't know what good roads were.
From Dallas our course led by way
of Perrydale and McMinnville, through
country where golden wheat fields and
bunches of green trees made a won
derous picture. This took us three
miles further, but Mr. Vogler was driv
ing like a veritable road demon and .
the 62.1 miles were covered by the Reo
tn 2 hours and 45 minutes. In spite of
the dust the roads were fine.
Our total elapsed time for the return
trip was 8 hours and 25 minutes, and
the actual running time was 7 hours
and 46 minutes, which proves, all over
again, that Mr. Vogler is "there" as
a road driver and that the Reo is an
automobile all the way through.
AUTO FREIGHT CAR SHOWN
O.-W. K. & S. Co. Invites Dealers
to Slake Inspection.
Automobile dealers in Portland have
been Invited to inspect a new type of
automobile freight car now on exhi
bition In the Portland yards of the O.
W. E. & N. Company.
Tbe car is designed particularly to
accommodate autos in set-up con
dition that is, machine, on their own
wheels. It is 50 feet long, and high
enough to carry two tier, of machines,
one tier above the other. Its aides are
of solid steel. It haa aide doora. ar
ranged diagonally across from each
other eo tbat a machine can be run
into the car and turned around Into
Its natural position.
The Onion Pacific system la having
built a large number of these cars and
is seeking tbe advice of automobile
shippers on details of construction. -'
HIGHWAY STRETCH COMPLETED
Work Progresses Rapidly on Cow
litz County Road.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Aug. 28. (Spe
cial.) There has been 3.S miles more .
of the Pacific Highway Just completed ,
south of Kalama at a cost of 812,507,
and worlc is progressing rapidly on a
similar stretch north of there. Porter
& Conley were the contractors.
It is expected that by Winter a fairly
good highway will have been built
t&rougn Cowiltz County, leading north
and south.
HERCULES S rl
I I tires rl i
W 7000 miles
Auto Owners Attention
About Hercules Tire Adjustments
Hereafter we wfll make any adjustments we may have on a basis of 7000 miles.
-Heretofore we have guaranteed for 5003 miles, bnt the replacements have been so
small and the average has been so far in excess of 7000 miles that the manufacturers of
this FAilOUS TIRE feel safe in increasing: the mileage instead of lowering it, as so many
other tiremakers have been forced to do.
Fionre the cost per mile of any other tire you may be using and compare it witn it-a-CULES,
and you will find HERCULES TIRES in the lead, and besides, your mind will
be at ease when you know your tires are- right. . r.
All our stock is new and fresh from factory. We want you to come m and see WHY.
and HOW we can increase your mileage with HERCULES TIRES.
HERCULES TIRE SALES CO.
We are distributors for State
of Oregon and want live agents
in all sections.
Phone Broadway 164J
.102 Oak Street
Between Fifth and Sixth
.Portland, Oregon