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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1915)
V THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAX, PORTLAJiD, SEPTEMBER 5, 1913. 7 ' ll A PLEASURE OF TOUR OBTAINED CHEAPLY Family Motors to Fair and Camps Each Night in Open, Taking Trip Leisurely. TOTAL EXPENSE IS $110 Fuji Equipment Carried on Light Car and Tent Pitched by Some Chosen Stream or Spring, Fre quently Xear Other Parties. ' BT CENKXS E. BTOVALL. PHILOMATH, Or., Sept. 4. (Special.) That traveling by motor car, under average conditions, is the cheapest way one can get over the country, in addition to its advantages of personal comfort and the ability to enjoy and off-the-ground bed for the two chil dren, using the car seat cushions for a mattress. Warm blankets and bed ding were carried for all, these be ing wrapped in dust-proof carpet, and the carpet as floor of the tent when camp was made. We carried an oil stove, which proved handy when camp was made In town; but a sheet iron cover, laid on stones, came more fre quently into service for camp pur poses. Oh, how good is coffee and bacon on an early morning when cooked over a camp fire. Our grubbox. fastened securely to the running-board, carried at all times enough food to provide at least two meals. Bacon. coffee, sugar, salt, canned fish or meat, dried fruit, choc olate, condensed milk and a loaf or two of bread were always kept in stock, bo that camp could be made anywhere water was available. Gasoline Always Available. Our route often le2 us into Isolated regions, particularly along the Nevada border and in Eastern Oregon, yet gas oline and provisions could be found at almost every crossroads store. Always, when passing through arid districts, we kept our canteeens and water bags filled with water. Just to be safe." and this proved wise on more than one oc casion. As a visual thing people are kind to those who travel by auto. Whenever we stopped for a drink there were al ways some to show special favors to give us fruit or vegetables, or. if these were bought, the prices were, in practi cally every,. Instance, most attractively low. It is a mistaken idea that folks, either in city or country, want to "skin the tourist." Kindness is much more general than some people believe. As to the comfort and convenience DULPH ROAD TRIED A. H. Brown Describes Trip to Tillamook in Studebaker. SCENERY DECLARED GRAND Heavy Grades and S-tm rp Curves, However, Make It Difficult to Negotiate and "Warning- Is Given for Inexperienced. Croat improvement has been made this season on the Tillamook road, via Dolp, -according to reports from A. H. Brown, who Grove over, it recently in a Studebaker "Six." The stretch from Grand Ronde to Dolph is now com paratively smooth, and - in places the road has been Considerably widened. A great many rough spots have also been taken out of the stretch west of Dolph. Between Beaver and Tillamook the stretches of crushed rock which were loose early In the season are now PROMINENT PORTLAND LUMBERMAN BUYS NEW SIZE WINTON SIX. THE WHEEL OF" HIS SEW CAR IX ITROJIT OP HIS PALATIAL IRVIJirGTOX RE appreciate the scenery, was amply proved by the cost and the results of our trip of 2300 miles to Southern Cal ifornia and return. This trip coBt the five of us three adults and two chil dren J110. That cost Included everything, which meant not merely gasoline and oil, but our food, the good things we bought along the way melons, peaches, apri cots, fish, meat and game. It covered our expense while seeing the Exposi tion, it bought the extra tire required, it paid the park license, it paid the little repair bill at the wayside black smith shop, it paid the cost of ship ping the car and of buying steamer tickets from The Dalles to Portland. Expense of Travel Small. It seems incredible that five persons could have lived for almost foun weeks eo cheaply, much less be traveling by motor car most of that time: yet we did it. and we were making no es pecial effort to economize, for we saw everything we wanted to see, and we had the best the land afforded in the way of things to eat. It proves that travel by motor car, when one has a complete camping out fit, is far from being expensive. We had no idea, when we started out, that it could be done so cheaply. For one thing we had a light car a little Studebaker twenty. It uses small tires, and it will average IS or 20 miles to the gallon of gasoline. We got as high as 25 miles to the gallon, even in mountain country. Tet this little car carried us and all our camp stuff easily. We had a light, but commodious, waterproof tent, with folding poles that fit the running board. The tent could be set up or taken down quickly. Cathlon, Became Mattress. Twice it rained on us, but the rain during the night only added to the pleasure of our dreams. We carried three folding cots, and by a cross- of an automobile camp, that depends, of course, on the manner in which it is prepared. Numbers of times we camped near other touring parties. And when all the tents were up and all the campnres blazing, it was the rule to "go calling" to pass from one car to another, say "hello," exchange a few words of greet ing and go "back home." It was inter esting, not only to meet these travelers from all corners of the country, but to see how comfortable they were, all of them, in their quickly-set-up quarters. Folding tables, chairs, cots, dressers, traveling trunks and kitchenettes were the rule. Many of the camps were elec tric lighted. Some cars, "usually the bigger ones, carried baggage trailers, but these were few, as the hairpin turns in the mountain roads make them difficult to manage. Laundry Problem Solved. Getting laundry done on a trip that occupies three or more weeks is one of the problems to solve. The women folks of our party, by using an extra half day on a delightful stream in the mountains, "did a light washing." But the main laundry work was done in a regular laundry and we waited for the clothes or had them shipped on to us. The selection of a suitable camping place was a matter to which all of us gave attention an hour or so before stopping time each day. Being total strangers to the country through which we passed, we found it advisable to pause and Inquire for such a place and quite often we were directed to a stream, a spring or a good well 10 or 20 miles farther on. Within less than an hour from the time the car was run out of the road and brought to a halt the tent would be up, the cots unfold ed and blankets spread, the fire built and. supper cooking. Miss Kate Rank, of Llmeatonville. Pi., has a haversack which her grandfather. John McGlnnl.. carried in the War of 1812. It Is aiat arrangement made an additional present-day mall pouch. fairly well hardened and offer an ex cellent surface. Mr. Brown and his party, compris ing w. x. masters and .his two son W. H. and Alfred Masters, drove to Tillamook over the Wilson River road, via Hillsboro, Forest Grove and Wil son River Postoffice, a road seldom used by automobiles on account of its steep grades, sharp turns and rough going. This road, however, is the soonest ana most direct road to Til lamook. the actual distance registered being 81 miles. It Js not a practical road for automobile travel and should only be attempted by experienced arivers ana even then with caution. "Eighteen miles of this road Is mountainous, with sharp turns, ac companied by steep pitches, and It Is frequently necessary to back down to mane the turns," said Mr. Brown yes terday. "The road is too narrow the majority of the distance for one vehi cle to pass another. In fact, for miles me ousnes ana saplings have grown up so close to tne roadway that pas sengers constantly have to dodge overhanging branches and bushes. "The descent known as Zigzag Hill, the top of which is about 48 miles irom Portland, is a grade estimated at from 25 per cent to 85 per cent for a distance of a mile and a half, with sharp turns that are difficult to nego tiate. The car, in descending these grades, in low gear, on compression, often obtained speed of from 15 to 20 miles an hour. "Despite the present long spell of dry weather we found numerous mud holes, a few of them in bad shape, al though all of them were passable. "Arduousness of the trip, neverthe less, was compensated for by wonder ful scenery in the mountains, the trees being of immense size and the forest itself comparatively free from the dense undergrowth which character izes forests in the Cascade Range. "There are excellent camping places, with flne spring water, particularly ii Haiinriei 5 Oti-A mmm b I J-W Big, Roomy, Luxunous. 7-Passenger Touring Car at Lowest rnce- at wruca naimers Quality Mas t-ver tJeen ispld TilS is the new motor car- at & lower price, with the wonderful new type of motor which is making it necessary for the Chalmers Company to quadruple its produc tion plan for 1916. The first car of this model was delivered' to the Sales Department by the factory on July 28th. ; "When, this .-advertisement was written -August 11th) We were unable to ship more than one qar in-every four ordered This was in spite of the fact that we wera making four times as many cars, as in 'the corresponding period a year .ago The Season's Motor Sensation .Other, manufacturers are announcing mul tiple cylinder- and other new motor types to be available some time in the future. But the Chalmers Motor Company is selling daily NOW more than 100 tars equipped with the greatest prptxd type of motor in the world. This, motor, has been built into a bigger' Toomier; more luxurious seven-passengef tour ing car which is sold at the lowest price -ever placed on tny Chalmers cai The motor is a valye-in-head with overBead camshaft identically the same type as the motor which won all places and all records at the Indianapolis and Chicago Speed way races traveling at the remarkable speed of 90' to, 100 milei. per hour for -500 mile. We Proved It in Europe. It is the most wonderful motor ever built. Practically all racers have been using it for two years. It is the type toward which all European stock design was tending when the war stopped production. Out . engineers decided two years ago 6 this type.' or motor in collaboration with European engineers. Hence we -found ourselves the first great motor ear manufacturers in the world building this! type of motor for the. use of the public That's why we have some Tig European -orders to 11. when we catch .up -with the American demand. Glides Like Express Elevator "the valve-in-head motor has- been proved by sevwJ eral American cars but none'of them untij this.car has ever made the most of its opportunities-by adding, the overhead camshaft. The car gets away like a racer or it can creep along at a. snail's pace. In either-case you are conscious'only of a motion that Is velvety smooth like that of the high speed electric elevators in the Woolworth Tower. Comfortable as a Rocking Chair, It if at comfortable as a rocker or a. big.- IeauW library chair. And for the same reasons: the leather upholstered -seats are deep and luxurious: the -sides of the tonneau are built on the arm chair" principle. The leg room was calculated for an Abraham Lincoln; the springs wider, longer than any other car in its class. The wheel base is unstinted (124 inches) thewide U doors swing completely out of the way. the Jutch. clutches the trarismitioa instead of the passenger, Beautiful "Coach'. Finish In .appearance it is an aristocrat as it must be. for Chalmers owners make up the Blue Book of Motordom. Its lines are those of the masterpiece among Chalmers 1?reat triumphs in design. -V 'Out $90,000 machines for-mtVing Chalmers oval fen. Krif"l.-0. B. ractry 'ders still protect the excluitveneM cf these fenders fof" Chalmers owners.- ' ' The master touch of its beauty b in the wonderful ."coach' finish which all owners of vehicles are taught, ta know as the last word in paint. , We carefully prepare the body for finish byjtand blast, ing. The colors are thai laid on by skilled peintertr artists who love their work. i Chalmers bodies ire neither sprayed, dipped' ."nor. baked. Exclusive methods inside the factoVy make exclusive - appearance on the road watch for thosc.darlfL blue bodies' ' with smart fed wheels. Made in Our Own Shops Our cars are made in our own shops under the- most exacting standards. A motor is not picked up hera -a transmission there and another part somewhere else. As one dealer said who recently discontinued another line and took on the Chalmers. The only car that can possibly dominate the medium priced motor car. field, must be a manufactured product with f ualitg as, its back' bone." "Quality First" is not only an advertising stbgaai it Is"! - a Chalmers business principle. t - After-some misgivings in the past about the practical .money value of sticking to quality, the greatest business -in our history is renewing our iaith m this principle. New Service to Owners" . Every Chalmers dealer tve to every buyer-cf a Chal -triers car a Service Coupon Book, each coupon good for a -definite amount of service at any Chalmers dealer's' any where. ' i Each Chalmers owner is entitled to (1 mernbershjp card', in the Chalmers Club commending him to the courtesies. of Chalmers representatives everywhere, and to receive regularly without charge the Chalmers Clubman., a ' magazine devoted to the interests of Chalmers owners. '. Demonstrators of the 7-passenger Stx-40 t $1350- ara now in the hands, of Chalmers dealers. Do you hot owe it to yourself to'.at least examine a car about which a reputable manufacturer .has.madcTsucb remarkable claims as we h&ye foe this one? COa H. L. K.eats Auto Broadway at Burnside. Portland "Let your next car bthis Neva Chalmers on the Wilson River, and -the fishing; is sufficiently good to Insure a square meal three times a day, even if pro visions give out. "There are two small hotels on this route which offer meals and lodging to travelers one known as Reeher's place, which is 66 miles from Portland, the other at Ellsworth's, which Is 63 miles from Portland." t The smallest penknife In the world is the handiwork of Dr. John H. Temple ot Marshallton, Pa. The handle, made ot sold. Is three-sixteenths of an Inch In length, and the blade Is one-eighth of an inch lng. Its wela-ht Is somewhat, less than one-half grain. TOWNS UNITE FOB RQAD SHORTEXIXG OF HOOD RIVES YAKIMA ROUT IS PROPOSED. COMPLETE DIAGRAM HIGHWAY MAP OF OREGON SHOWING PRIN OPAL LINES OF AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL. 1 MWWy cJr I CL ELUM. SEATTLE 6 WAU 1UA I ((GM ri' See Mileage 4ap of I WACTON num J"' fj . I I fpL. N-n?V t. .WASHINGTON lull v ; Kucm j&r' rPSt If "SN" yr- pj-" -" sy mae sivf i J""" pf S ' mummS FREMONT ,Jr row asac &r" ft fll'l sait 'cZum J I 1 J josnui iwr I '., u.r. Qjoot I H I S as 11 jl JtGLN0ALC lci3Tr I V - 'i" w"coTj nuao?' Klamath. J rjnusur J!ff X I I'm '7 4fv v--,, v efeN -sT5 s Vl'iV s ' &"y7&4rg!&Z nrrj-f ,wj , The Goodrich National Touring: Bureau has Just issued for motor travel a nig-away mao of Orezon. showing nil th i-.cnmm.n. n... .,,,v.o. travel, with the mileage indicated between towns. The map is now being distributed bV lScaT Ctabs and tnl il traia nukp jrorit; Is $a be auppletnented Jater by. coiajieta road, log book, pi to atate, . "a.ta" Ilrm Tepresentatrves on the Pacific coast. Way Aloaar KUeldtat Already Open Except for Stretch Near Indian ReservatloB. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Sept. 4. (Spe cial.) Hood River and White Salmon people alike are interested in hasten ing: the construction of a proposed road to lead northeast In a straight line from the latter town on the Washing ton bank' to North Yakima. A road alone the KllcKltat River route is already open except for a stretch lying between the terminus of a road leading out from Glenwood and tne end of a road passing- down through the Yakima Indian reservation from North Yakima to old homesteads of this remote district. The reservation road ends at what is known as the Par- rott place, a fevy miles north of the Klickitat River. By the completion Tit this stretch of proposed road, one of the most scenic feeders of the Columbia River Highway ill be opened. The distance for a motorist from Hood River to North Yakima will be shortened by more than 50 miles, and instead of making it necessary for the tourist, driving in this direction," to pass over the arid, sandy stretches encountered between Goldendale- and Mabton. he will be afforded a way through dense pine and fir forests for the most part. The region around the scenic headwaters of the Klickitat will be penetrated. From White Salmon to Glenwood. the motorist at the present time is offered the choice of three excellent routes. He may go by way of Snowden and Fulda,. by Husum and Gilmer or by Husura and Trout Lake, the latter highway leading up the west bank of the White Salmon River on an easy grade. From Trout Lake to Glenwood is one of the most delightful drives in the mountains of Ihe Northwest. One passes along the level roads of the fertile, level valley, through fields of excellent grain or -meadow land, where many herds of dairy and beef cattle may be seen grazing. The road then passes over a grade that penetrates the National Forest Reserve at the top of the plateau. CADILLACS t-SED IX TRAIXIXtJ Machine Fully Equipped for Mili tary Purposes. One of the most interesting features of business men's military instruction camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., in command of Major-General Leonard Wood, was the train of motor cars, among which were two Cadillacs fully equipped for military purposes. One of these was one of the fully armored and armed eight cylinder machines which recently made the notable trip across the con tinent in the squadron under command of Colonel R. P. Davidson, of the North western Military and Naval Academy. The other was a field hospital, also on the eight-cylinder chassis, which at tracted much attention. In addition to the two Cadillacs In the motor corps, another was used by General Wood as the official head quarters car. General Wood laid par ticular stress on the usefulness of the motor car in time of war and pointed out the fact that if the owners of pleasure and commercial cars all over the United States were organised Into a trained body, they would be a power- ful division of the Army. The camp at Plattsburg was eom-' posed ot about 1000 businessmen of New York, including many of national prominence, who spent two weeks ' learning military life as enlisted pri vates, under instruction of officers of . tho Regular Army. Employes Train for Array. All employes of the Goodyear Tire Sc ' Rubber Company, of Akron, O., who are ; members of the National Guard re- -cently attended the Summer camp at Yellow Springs, spending the time in drill, receiving tactical instruction and "sham battling." Goodyear encourages , its employes to become members of tho , National Guard by offering full pay tor time spent in camp or on military duty. ; The Salvation Army has P413 corps ana outposts and 18,938 officers and oadets, whilst eornected with it tr 1142 social in- . sTltutione. Sales Manager Wanted Men wanted to organize and manage sales territories on Perfek Steering Device for Ford cars. Thousands ot ' Perfek Devices now in - use. Only high-class salesmen considered. No investment required. Send full par- ticulars in first letter. PERKINS DEVICE CO. 2207 East 15th Kansas City, Mo. To-day There Isn't a New Reo Automobile of Any Model For Sale in the World! SO FAR AS WE CAN ascertain that is the condition; and second hand Reos, two years old, com mand prices higher than new cars of other makes that formerly tried to compete with the Reos at - similar prices. YES I READ THAT AGAIN 1 Youll get it all the second time! THOUSANDS of tardy buyers who either discounted or failed to heed our warnings have had to be disappointed. It's futile now to say "We Told You So." WE ARE SORRY but we did the best we could to make enough Reos to go around. Impossible! ONLY THING YOU CAN DO now is wait for the new Reos. Announcement of the new models and sensational new prices, next Sunday, Sept. 12 everywhere. AND HEREAFTER Remember Always; "When you see it in a Reo Ad it's true" Reo Motor Car Company, Lansing, Michigan