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THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX PORTL-AJm. JULY 30, 1910. D Fominera poptlandeps V "TVT r dirz - . ' j UC'i a"" ' vpf Jjjj Iff !1 kC7'--" ' " " ,i Iftffi'Wt - rfer i-? V'rfiCV s5-. j I r . . ' . ALTHOUGH George L. Baker, Port land's popular Commissioner of P'ublic Affairs, has driven automo biles for a full decade, he is now en gaged in his first long overland tour by motor. His sleek Cadillac eiprht is IS Road to Goldendale Unfolds Beautiful Panorama. MOUNTAIN PEAKS LOOM KvniHl FirMn of Grain, Gorge of Hie Columbia and Varied Scenic Features Form Fascinating Picture for Tourists. THE PAU.ES, Or., July 29 (Spe cial. 1 No wonder .Samuel Hill built his million-dollar home at Maryhill, in Klickitat County, so he could look down the gorge of the Columbia, with the Celilo Falls and Ten-Mile and Five Mile Rapids, The Dalles-Celilo Canal and the wonderful North Bank bridge in the immediate foreground, while to the south the Deschutes Canyon and the fertile Fiftfeen-Mile Valley, with the immense grain fields of Wasco f-.nd Sherman counties, spread themselves to his view. All this anl much more may be seen on a drive to Goldendale from The Dalles, consuming not two hours' time. It is uhiMit nine miles by airline to the top of the Klickitat hills from The Dalles and looks possibly two. so clear is the air. It is 12 miles by the auto mobile route, although Klickitat Coun ty officials now are engaged in build ing a fine road, which will eliminate three miles and the steep ascents so thai ," or 7 per cent will be the maxi mum grade in the climb to the top. It will be finished. in the Fall. Klne Itaneh Home Seen. Two or three rods of planking have tven laid on the level beyond the ferry lsnding. where the shifting sanddunes sometimes cross the road. Any trouble from sand is obvLtted by the planking. Prosperous ranch homes are located In the canyons, where unfailing springs supply pure water. I.eo F. Brunt, one f the ranchmen having large sheep interests: John Crawford, who served , Klickitat County at the last 'ashing ton Legislature, who has his own pri vately stocked fishpond. fed from springs above his honrv. and other ranchmen well known over the country have homes on this Goldendale thor oughfare. Mount Hood is never seen to better advantage than on this drive. with Mount Jefferson and Three-Fingered .lack beyond. Mount AIams and other snow-capped summits are seen when the top of the hills is gained. Below is the Klickitat Valley, a level .country stretching fcr miles and miles between the Klickitas and the wooded SImcoe Mountains. r;o!dendale and Centerville are plainty seen, and also Wasco, in Sherman County. tiraln Fleldn Attractive. v The grain fields of Wasco and Sher man counties over to the south never show up more attractively than on this drive. They form a crazy-patchwork of freshly plowed fields. Summer Callow fields, ripe fields of wheat, barle oats and Siring grain fields in various shades' of grt-en. And there are thou sands and thousands of acres. Below is the panorama of the entire length of The Dailes-Celilo Canal and the rapids of the Columbia, as well as liie .Ctliiy Falis end the c'ij of The VIEW SWEEPING . ; vy carrying; Mr. and Mrs. Baker, Bruce Baker, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Logan, Mrs. W. M. Skeel and L. H. Pearl, treas urer of the Baker Theater. The route chosen for the vacation outing includes the Columbia River Highway to The Dalles, Central Oregon roads to Bend, Dalles. During the recent high water the breakers of the Columbia were as big as those at Coast points. . While just now the road is somewhat rough becaus'e of recent rains,' tourists say it is far preferable to -the -mutldy roads in the timber farther north and that the magnificlnt view from- this point is one that should not be missed. GKAXT SIX COXQUEUS SJVOW Seattle to Yakima Trip Made in liess Tlian 1 1 Hours. ' E. M. Cox. of Seattle. Wash., recently drov a new Grant Six through the heavy snows of the Snoqualmio Pass en route from Seattle to Kcrth Yakima. "It was a strikingly novel experi ence," wrote Mr. Cox. "We left Seattle warm and muggy, everybody seeking th co-l spots, and in a few hours we were in so cool a region that overcoats were called into use, xar;d our car was son buried in snow up to the top of the radiator. "The Grant Six proved equal-to the occasion, however, and we pushed through in good time, making the 200 miles from Seattle to Yakima . in slightly less than 11 hours. Consider ing th& conaition of the roads and the depth of the snow in many parts of the pass, we consider that we made a rather remarkable trip." CHALMERS SHOWS ABILITY TJirec-PaseiiRer Roadster Carries Big Load, Tows Another. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Lewis and J. L. Burns stopped- in Portland last week en route from San Francisco to Seat tle. The trip is being made in Mr. Lewis' three - passenger Chalmers roadster, which has been in constant service since lslfl. Besides carrying the three passengers the sturdy car is loaded with a full complement of camp equip age, from the outskirts of Dunsmuir, Cal.. nearly to Ashland. Or., the Chal mers towed a disabled car, which con tained five passengers. The party is traveling leisurely. stopping here and there to camp. The log showed that 11 days had been pleasantly spent since leaving the Bay City. PROMINENT PORTLAND WOMAN BUYS SUPER-SIX HUDSON' ON e? t- t. - i inn MRS. -'wn Jnf',. with stops along the Deschutes River for fishing, the drive to Crater Lake from the Klamath Falls entrance, a drive along the Rogue River and back, and the return to Portland over the regular Pacific Highway. TRIP RECORD IS FINE Portland-Los Angeles Run Ford Made in 65 Hours. in LITTLE GASOLINE IS USED Dr. and Mrs. K. A. Rood and Walter Robbie X'iiid fair Roads and Average 22 Miles to Every Gallon of Gasoline. From Portland to Los Angeles, a measured road distance of 1116 miles, in 65 hours actual running time is the record claimed for the Ford machine which carried Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Reed and Walter Robbie into the California city recently. Mrs. Reed, who kept the record of the trip, reports that the car used 51 H grail on s of gasoline, nine quarts of oil and averaged nearly 22 miles of travel to the gallon of gasoline. "Our whole trip was a perfect one in every re spect," writes Mrs. Reed to The Ore gonian. "We could easily have driven on to San Diepo in five hours running: time, thus making the entire distance from Portland to San Diego in 70 hours running time, taking out time for stops. "At S:30 A. M. Sunday, Dr. Reed, Walter Robbie and myself left Port land in our Ford touring car for Los Angeles. By 6 P. M. we had reached Cottage Grove, a distance of 149 miles according to our speedometer. The roads were fair, there being no mud but some rough places. Tree Ved mn Brake. "Next morning we left Cottage Grove at 8:30 and were in Grants Pass. 130 miles away, at 7 P. M. Our brakes (OKBKTT HEKRUt I.V 11 KR EV ini 7-r-?n t -X 1 - if Jf TSfc.- Jl. V - - - -s Mr. Baker's other cars have been Pope-I-Iartford. a Peerless and a Velie His favorite trips have been to Mount Hood, to McKenzle River points. Once he toured through the Puget Sound country. were worn out that day and it was necessary for us to make a brake by pulling a medium-sized pine tree down prade for several miles in order to keep the car from running: away. We lost time on this account. "With the brakes relined we left Grants Pass at 8:15 next morning pass ing through Medford and Ashland. At the latter point we stopped an hour to view the parks and obtain a drink of lithia water from the springs there. After enjoying a view of Mount Shasta for many miles and being at its base pert of the time we reached Duns muir. Cal.. at 6:20. P. M., a distance of 147 miles from Grants Pass. There is a perfectly wonderful road over the Slskiyo i Mountains. "We left Dunsmuir at 7:45 Wednes day morning and passed through Red ding and Red Bluff en route to Chico, the last part of the road being hard surfaced. The distance from Dunsmuir to Ohi-?o is 140 miles and we did not arrive at the latter point until . 6:3u ccloclt. 213 Mllea Made In Day. "Leaving Chico at 8 A. M. we passed through Gridley, crossed the Yuba River, passed through Sacranfento and Stockton and arrived for the night in Modesto at 6:35 P. M. after a day's run of 187 miles. . . "The longest distance covered on any day of the trip was made next day when we spanned 213 miles between Modesto and Bakersfield between 6 A.' 'M. and' 5:30 P. M. Merced. Fresno, Tulare and Tipton were way points. "We left Bakersfield at 7:30 A. M. and passed over mountains nearly all the j-emainder of the trip until arriv ing in lxs Angles. 150 miles distant, soon after noon of the same day. which was tne first Saturday following our departure from Portland." Coos Komi to Be Graveled. MARPH FIELD. Or.. July 29. (Spe cial.) Road enthusiirsts at Bandon propose to use the $38,000 from the good roads fund assigned to that dis trict for graveling nine and one-half miles between Bandon and the Curry County line. The County Court has determined that 40 000 yards of gravel can be taken from Flores creek and lid on -the Bandon highway at an average cost of Jl a yard. The $2000 shortage they figure, can be' made up from the regular road fund raised by taxation. ADVICE OF EASTERN FRIENDS, t n CAR. ONE SURPRISE AFTER YOUR first surprise will come when you stand off and view the new series Mitchell Six. Nowhere have you seen a more beauti tiful automobile. When you step into the car you will comment on its room no one is cramped the seats are form-fitting:, comfort able. Now you take the wheel: How convenient you find the starting of the Mitchell Motor and with what a pleasant purr it answers the command of the starter. Now you move without jerk or jar, you are in high before you realize it. You step on the foot throttle' and she fairly shoots ahead. You round a corner easily and smoothly no tug ging at the steering wheel. "Mother," you say, "you could drive this car." Now you come to a piece of bad road. You look for comment when you put her over the ruts. Youfind they pass without notice. . ,It takes the hills on high without apparent effort that you formerly founds hard pulling on second. The flexibility, responsiveness . and power of the Mitchell Motor give you unmeasured satisfaction. You sit back in your seat and give yourself up to the pleasure of driving a real car. ' Make the Test Drive the New Series Let it prove for itself that it offers you more more comfort and a better appearance than any near its price. Mitchell East AUTO TRAVEL HEAVY Amos Benson Finds Many Vis iting Cars in Washington. OREGON CAMPAIGN NEEDED Portland Motorist JJet-lares State Must Advertise Its Highways and Scenery in Order to Get Its Share of Tourlsy. "I'ntll I began to drive through Washington & week ago I imagined that we were getting a big share of the automobile tourist travel because of the Columbia River Highway ad vertising," says Amos Benson, who has Just returned from an extensive tri in Washington. "But I was mistaken. When driving through Snoqualmle Pass I met 100 machines that had not been in Oregon and were not going there because of the reports they had received from others returning. They were from Montana. Idaho, Minnesota. Utah, Canada, Wyoming . and other states. "A number of times I heard that there was no Pacific Highway from Olympia to the California line. That kind of advertising hurts. "Look at the state of Washington. It is building a permanent system of roads on a good grade. Even the poor counties are spending what they can on improving their highways. In tho 140 miles from Ellensburg to Seattle I did not encounter one grade that was over five per cent. There Is a new road through Snopualmie Pass 30 feet wide and on a five per cent grade. "For a ways out of Kalama I had to travel over an- old road and found grades of eight per cent, but not steep er. Within three years the road from Seattle to Vancouver, Wash., will be paved. Why. Just one-half of that dis tance, is hard-surfaced right now. Of course, most of the tourists do not know that, as they have to make o many detours at present, but -1 drove over the regular Pacific Highway route and found this to be a fact. -My speedometer showed just 205 miles to Portland and a little over 100 miles (aved. Lewis County. Cowlitz County and Clarke county are expending an they possibly can on permanent roads. "Between four and five million dol lars is being spent in hard-surfacing this road and we in Portland do not know' it. Up north they are telling the people these things. They are . ex plaining to them work being done and that which is completed. They ask the visitors to. remain- longer in order to sample the many drives. The Sound country has no prettrier scenery than Oregon, -and we must roo-ke tourists- realize the fact. Nearly $2,000,000 'Spent for Autos in Seven Months. Multnosnah County Alone Represent ed by This Klsrnre, Which la Gross Retail t ost. NEARLY $2,000,000 represents the gross retajl cost of the new auto mobiles registered Jn Multnomah Coun ty this year from the. beginning of the 1916 license period to July 1. seven months, according to figures just com piled by M. O. Wilkins, publisher of the Automobile Record. This retail cost Is the Portland aver age price of each make of car. In other words, this is the amount of money that the new car owners "of Multnomah County haye expended for new ma chines this year. The statement follows in detail ar ranged by makes of cars. The first column indicates the number of new cars, the second column the make and the third column the aggregate volumn of business for' the county. It will be observed that 45 cars are listed as mis- -Lewis & Staver Co. Morrison and East cellaneous and 82 are trucks. With the exception of the latter items the statement relates to pleasure cars only. No. New Cars. Hrtpcoc 113 Buick 33 CadlllM . .i . . :3 .hulmers 12 handler . . . . 7 Chevrolet .... in "o!e l."irt Io1k 23 Franklin 377 Kord 29 irnt 17 liayn ...... 4 tludon ...... :ft HupmohUe ... 10 Klsacl-Kar ... 3 Mtrmon fll Maxwrll 34 MU.h.ll 7 National tut Oakland -.'! Oldsmobile .. 14rt Overland 1 Packard 14 Paige 1 Hro 73 Pdion 3 Kerlpps Booth 1.14 sturiehaker .. S2 Truck! lO White ." Win ton 45 Miscellaneous 113 Price f. o. b. Portland. t 7.2o 13.l'...-. I 73.Jin 71.."..0 17.340 .'.7.570 31..'0 l:t7.II . . . . . 4s.oMi S74..M2 "7. -mi 3K.K.-.0 js.mio w.:tHi 4-j.:f.i.-, 4.:io 14.000 -'7. XM 131.4IIU ."7.1MH1 1S.-J73 7,10' ol.lU.-i 2.7. S lVT..Otl.-. lrt4.lOO S.YOOO 13.1 ... 4.'.otiO New Car Owners in County ACCORDING to the records of M. O. Wilkins. secretary of the Port land Automobile Dealers' Association, the following temporary police permits were Issued last week to the purchasers of new- automobiles pending the ar rivalN'of their official license numbers from ..the Secretary of State's office: 1. F. Eckert. 4430 Sixtieth Southeast. Dodge. " C. W. Smith, apartment 408, Haddon Hall. Metz. E. B. Schomp. Mayville. Or.. Overland. ' F. A. Vaughn. 3112 Fifty-first South east, Ford. E. V. Morrow, . Oregonian building. Cole. Clyde M. McRay. Bend. Or.. Reo. 8. llarwltz. 2190 Nlcolai. Olds. Isidor Rashland. Thirteenth and Irv ing. Olds. B. A. Hunslee, 657 Rodney, Maxwell. Dr. Ian Maclaren, 609 Kilers building, Saxon. C. P. Bradshaw. 1120 Spalding build ing. Hudson. Louis B. Gueringer, 414 East Elev enth, Buick. Ingalls & Brallier, 150 Killingsworth, Studebaker. A. G. West,' East First and Yamhill. Mitchell. Ot. W. Pardy. Independence. Or.. Hupp. The Motor Car Supply Company Inc. are now occupying their new quarters, 84 and 86 Broadway North, and are better than ever prepared to serve their jobbing and retail-trade, specializing in high-class motor car accessories, state agents for Mon amobile Oil and Greases, Federal Tires and Tire Sundries, Hassler Shock Absorbers; also carry the latest and largest stock of repair parts for Ford cars in the North west and have installed a gasoline and oil ' filling station the very latest in modern equipment. Come in and let us show you the Woolf Graphite Lubricator the greatest com pression and power producer. - Remember the location 84 and 86 Broadway North ANOTHER $1325 At Factory power, more beauty, car selling anywhere First Alfred Adams. Sllverton. Velle. W. H. I'indlnger. Marshneld. Kord. D. J. Hughes. 693 Alberta, Overland." F. J. Hackeney. 493 Alder. Knger. Mrs. H. P. MacXary, 474 Montgomery drive. Dodge. William Jakritz. Linnton. Dodge. Li G. Metzger. Gresham. Dodge. S. Washburn, Lebanon, Chandler. E. D. Stulleiv Riddle, Or, Buick. Frank Fate. Pardue. Or.. Buick. C. R. Beckley. Fossil. Or.. Oakland. R. A. Hume. 697 Washington, Saxon. George A. Atterbury, 511 East Ash, Maxwell. ". - William Hayde'n. sixtieth avenue and Forty-sixth street Southeast. Ford. Vera Meadows. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.Fordi Mrs. Thomas Bruhn. 2115 East Yam hill. Chevrolet. K. X. Wright, 943 Beaverton. Butck. E. F. Piatt. East Seventeenth and Center. Buick. H. H. Holzman. 40 Third, Buick. J. H. Goldstaub. 216 Cook. Ford. Joe Greco. 361 East Madison. Crow. H. W. Graham. 2S7 Front, Maxwell. K. C. Genereaux. 2 Second, Buick. I. A. Crosby. Roberts Bros.. Briscoe. Dan Danzlger, 27 Xorth Front. Max well. Gertrude Van Fridagh, S82 Overton, Chandler. M. M. Rounds. 745 Milwaukie, Over land. R. Wilhelm. 44 First. Studebaker. H. H. Jenkins. Jones Lumber Com pany. Oakland. SALESMANSHIP TALK IS MADK Lcc Anderson Declares Golden Itule and Service Win. Lee Anderson, commercial manager. Hupp Motor Car Corporation, spoke on "Co-operation," before the world's salesmen's congress in Detroit. After stating that co-operation as applied to the traveling salesman has" three as pects, first, between the salesman and the house; second, between the sales man and his customer, and third, be tween one salesman and another, Mr. Anderson continued: - "It l-i now generally accepted that the biggest fool in business is the man Lwho f' ols himself into the' belief that he can be anything but square .with the people to whom he sells his goods. The golden rule goes in business even stronger than it does in morals, re Uplon or ethics. . "But there is a broader phase of the co-operation between the salesman and his customer than merely not being dishonest or too sharp in one's deal ings. And this broader co-operation la service."