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8 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 13, 1916. TOURISTS LINGER Oil SHOULD ROUTE Crater Lake Highway Offers Many Attractions for Leisurely Trip. SCENIC CHARMS ENTHRALL DPominefrB nmU f-i - - VjivTv I I M 1 m A wnoMM pGPtlandeps 1 lytwx cpy AUTOMOBILE INFORMATION f-treams, Mountains and Forests, With Splendid Fishing Places, Lure Traveler to Make Fre quent Breaks In Journey. BY DENNIS H. STOVALL. (Written at Vnlon Creek Camp, Crater Lake National Forest, during: Mr. Sto&U's recent automobile tour.) It is the tourists who take their time and stop long- enough here and there to enjoy the many beauty- spots, along the Crater Lake Highway who get the most in real enjoyment from a trip into the big Oregon playground. All the "way from Medford to the stone monument that marks the entrance into the park the road is a succession of in teresting features a moving picture of wonder and charm. It is beautiful even to those who spin over the fine mountain road in four or five hours, but it is more beautiful, more impres sive, to those who halt now and then. The Government hatchery at Trail Creek is one of the interesting things. Though this is not the biggest hatchery in the West by any means, it is one of the most important, in that it keeps the Rogue and its tributaries stocked with the royal Chinook, silverside, steel head and other salmon. The little hamlet of Trail is a veritable mountain. gem and with its new hotel and im proved grounds it is yearly becoming more popular, especially to Rogue River Valley folks, who can run out there and back in a day, with plenty of time to fish or bask in the cool shade. Picturesque Falls Delights. A wonder that is too often over looked is beautiful Mills Falls. Though this is not as high as Multnomah, it rivals the latter in picturesque charm and beauty. It is more wildly grand than Multnomah. It cannot be seen from the main highway, but is only a short half-mile walk or climb from Prospect bridge. The trail is easily followed to the brink of the gorge and is then a zig-zagged stairway down the rocky bluff to the river's edge, -just opposite the base of the falls. A thou sand rainbows play continually in the narrow gorge, formed by the flying white spray from the falls and the bright sunshine overhead. The ever flying mists keep the big boulders covered with deep moss and give suc culence to the maidenhair ferns that find rooting in the rock crevices. Rogue River gorge, just above the falls, is one of the grandest sections of this wild river, in all its course. The river here has a fall of several hundred feet within a half-mile, making a roar ing, turbulent cataract and offering opportunity for unlimited power. Some of this power is already being utilized liy the California-Oregon Water Power Company. The hamlet of Prospect is no longer the unattractive "shack town" that it was in years gone by. Clean white buildings, broad grounds with a velvet-prreesass.-?'n, an artificial lake, foun-tains-.-gorgeo'is flower beds and water flowing everywhere, make the place most. inviting. Prospect Road Charming: ; At prospect the drive through the big sugar pine woods really begins. In all the West there is a no more charm ing forest road than this. For miles, or all the way to Union Creek, the ruad winds in and out among the tall trees. In places the big pines stands just -wide enough apart to allow the passage of the road. It is like driving through the fabled forests of Robin Hood. The great trees, for the most part, are bar of limbs for many feet up, the trunks being brown and smooth. The undergrowth is wild cinnamon and manzanita, two shrubs that are an ornament anywhere. Always and ever the atr is delightfully cool (End tanged with the rich fragrance of pine and fir. At the upper limit, or near the upper limit, of the reserve a short side road is reached that leads a brief mile to Rogue Rtver natural bridge. A visit to this Oregon wonder is well worth the time and trouble. In all America, or all the world, for that matter, there is no natural bridge like this one. It is disappointing to those who'look for high arches and tall buttresses. At this point the Rogue narrows till it is but little wider than a valley creek. It is flowing here in a gorge 6f lava rock, irregular, round and honeycombed. Of sudden the river disappears just tumbles its waters into a great hole in the rooks. Two hundred feet below. the water pours out again gushes out from the mouth of an Immense cavern at the base of a rock cliff. Undoubted ly the river takes an irregular course under the surface. This surface, all of lava, is the "bridge." It. is not a high bridge: on the contrary, it is lower in the center than at either end so low that the river runs over it during the times of freshet. But it is a real bridjfcg for all that and in olden times w;i used by ranchers as a convenient cross- r nlace with sheep and stock. In truth, before the Prospect bridge was built, this was the only oriage on me Upper Rogue. CnmpInK Spot Lures. There are holes in the honeycombed lava of the bridge. The surging of the water through the underworld cavern or passageway causes a rush of air through these holes. Some visitor fashioned a whistle from a brass cartridge and placed it in one of these holes." The continual shriek of this whistle can be heard long before the bridtre is reached. There is a fine camp in the shade of the big pines at Natural Bridge. Here, -also, is a huge open fireplace that is abundantly used and enjoyed. Fishing Is good on the river here. Just a mile beyond is Union Creek Camp. This is directly on the highway and one of the most popular camps on all the Crater Lake road. Many of those who visit the lake come back down to Union Creek to camp. It is not so cold t nirrht here. There is plenty of narkltiir space for cars and no end of delightful places to pitch a tent. Union Creek, above the crossing. Is one of the best fishing streams in Oregon. A supply store, for the convenience of mrepera, has been established here and there is telephone connection, not only with all the surrounding forest stations but with the outside world as well. So delightful is Union Creek camp that many of the touring parties re main over here from one to three days and not a few stay for two or three weeks. - 1 JSP : ' S w rn? mmMmm swM-- '" CHALMERS Kkii An to Co., Broadway and Burnalds. Broadway U(l CHANDLER Gr!cir Motor Car Co 3 Oirtoo St. CHEVROLET BenJ. E. Boon Co.. m Aldor su Main SM. FRANKLIN Xraley Auto Co.. -Wuhlnrtoa at IStn St Xsla 4M0, GRANT SIX L'ulmax Maalsy Auto Co.. 48 N loth St. Marshall 189. EIAYNES LIGHT SIX H. U. Maan Motor Car Co-. t K. 23d. A 211. Mala 2M. HUDSON SUPER SIX C. U Boss Co.. 15-617 Wanlnton St. HUPMOBILE Dnlni4&s Mtuilsy Anto Co., . MAXWELL C. U Boas Co.. C1S-61T Vr aahlnston St. NATIONAL SIX & TWELVE Dulmtr Manlay Auto Co., 8 N 30th SC. Maxabail ICOg. OLDSMOBILE ' Tho Ollmobtl Co. of Otob. STUDEBAKER IF THE field of sport in Oregon had a king it probably would be Frank E. Watkins, motorist extraordinary, famous athlete, general all-around good fellow and the Fred J. Wagner of this section in the gentle art of officiating at athletic contests. Mr. Watkins is a member of the realty firm of Parrish-Watkins & Co., an organisation established Dy nis father 49 years ago and which is still active and successful in the business of selling real estate and renting city properties. During the past five years as an ener getic motorist, Mr. Watkins has driven three Mitchell cars and a Stutz bear cat approximately 75,000 miles in tour ing over all parts of Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho. At the present time he owns one Mitchell and his bear cat roadster, which Mrs. Watkins employs much of the time that her husband is busjs selling "dirt." Mr. Watkins says his particular ambition is to drive a car across the American continent from Portland to New York. 'Way back in 1892 Mr. Watkins joined the Multnomah Club, and he subse quently was made an honorary life member as a reward for the services he rendered the club as an athlete. He was captain of the basebalj team two years, captain of the track team two vears and manager of the Tootball . team for the same period. He was also elected twice as a director of the club, resigning in 1909 to enter upon a. four year career as City Councilman from the Fifth Ward. For the past six or seven years he has been a member of the club swimming committee, being chairman for w- portion of that time. Incidentally, he was director of the Portland Automobile Club during the 1913-1914 tenure, and is now president of Portland Kennel Club, being an en thusiastic dog fancier and owner. No important automobile races staged on the Pacific Coast during the pant seven or eight years have escaped Mr. Watkins. He has "held the watch ' on virtually every race conducted in Port land since the first road races of 1909 and, either here or elsewhere, has seen every race driver of any Importance in action. He has witnessed the last two Grand Prix and Vanderbilt Cup races and will go to Santa Monica to see the same events this year. In addition to his services as official at the auto races, he has acted either as timer o starter at track meets and footbal games and at all swimming races of Importance. He also has judged many of the amateur boxing matches. In other words, be has been the godfather of athletic sports in Portland. NEW GRANTS ARRIVE Many Features of Excellence Are Ascribed to Model. PRAISE SUNG BY E.C.HABEL Oulmage-Manley Company Will Re ceive Two Carloads AYeekly for Some Time and Service De partment Has Been Added. The first carload of the new models of the Grant Six car arrived in Port land last week and E. C. Habel. sales manager of the Dulmage-Manley Com pany, Portland distributors of the line. is highly elated over the prospects or a big business during the coming season. "Not many cars on the American market have gained as much in pop ularity during the past year as the Grant Six," said Mr. Habel in demon strating one of the new cars last week. "Some of the real reasons lor the pop ularity of the Grant Six are its ability to climb hills, its low upkeep and the smoothness with which it rides over the roughest roads. Most- important, however, is the fact that out of all the Grant owners not a single one has re ported less than an 18-mile average on gasoline, some as much as 28 miles to the gallon, never less than 800 miles to a gallon of lubricating oil. "Our 1917 models bring out changes in the way of larger and roomier body and fuller streamline. The cantilever rear spring, so much spoken of, is also a part of the new model and the two unit Wagner starting and lighting sys tem replaces the single-unit system of last season's cars. Instead of carrying the gas tank under the cowl, it is carried in the rear, and Stewart vac uum system used. The new model will be brought into Portland at the rate of at least two carloads a week for the next eix months to enable us to catch up on back orders. There are six automobiles in a carload. "A feature in connection with the selling to the Grant car quite impor tant to the owner is the fact that a complete stock of parts is carried right here in Portland for all Grant models. "Our service department has just completed special arrangements for service to Grant owners. Something entirely doff erent and more satisfac tory than any plan ever tried has been planned." Mr. Habel reports that it is not an uncommon thing to see Grant cars idled down to a Bpeed of one mile an hour on high gear. 7 5 -II Scores Are Record. According to word received from Ma nila, in the Philippine Islands, the new series model 75 B Is there accomplish ing feats fully as notable as those be ing scored at home. In a recent test under the observation committee of the Philippine Islands, from Manila to Los Banos and return, a 75 B averaged 22 miles per gallon under very adverse road conditions. In spite of the poor highways the little car was pushed to 45 and 50 miles an hour at times. At the end of the trial it seemed none the worse for the run. ROADS ARE BETTER Lower Columbia River High way Officially Traveled. . SOME SPOTS ROUGH YET miles an hour, yet finished the trip of some 123 miles in six hours, elapsed time. He checked out at the Seaside garage at 6:15 o'clock in the morning and re ported his arrival at The Oregonlan office at 12:15, proving that a man can leave his family at the seashore after breakfast and be In his Portland office before luncheon without breaking any speed laws along the way. "It is not necessary to drive faster than 25 miles an hour in order to make the Seaside-Portland run in half- a day," said Mr. Thompson upon his ar- AUTOMOBILES COMMERCIAL CARS Oraron Motor Car Co Park and Darla Sta. Broadway VELIE t C. Warren Motor Car Co- 6-o n. :3q St. Main 7o IV DEN BY MOTOR TRUCKS McCnkm Motor Co.. 4-i5 Stark St. phon Main 901. G. M. C. MOTOR TRUCKS Columbia, Can-tar A Auto Worki 2ut-n Front Su Mala S892. REPUBLIC TRUCKS Roberta Motor Car Co. tarn aad f landrra, Pboso Broadway 1. REO TRUCKS C. L. Boss tt Co.. 61.S-S17 WaaKlEfton. USED CARS FORDS Fraacla Motor Car Co. 13ih and Hawthorns. ACCESSORIES AUTO WRECKING Vd parts lou than prlc-m. Auto Wrtckint Co., a"! Front. Mala 13. BALL BEARINGS REGROUND Ahlberff Bearing Co.. Sua Dvl phone tHroadw&y 123.. OILS AND TIRES MoDsmoblls Oils. Fadaral Tlrss. Motor Car Supply Co., bi Broadway X. PARTS Most all makes at ba!f prtca. Motor Parts idtg. Co.. 423 Burnatda, SPEEDOMETERS Stewart A Warner Products. Vortlaad Speedometer Service. S&3 Ankeny. STORAGE BATTERIES Gibson Electrio Garac 8 to rare Bat- tery Co.. Aldrr at l:h Marshall 175X AUTO DIRECTORY Make Night Driving Safe! Spotlights $4.50 Up Ballou & Wright Broadway at Oak DIAMOND ENDURANCE There are Degrees of Long Life in tires, called Milasre. No j tires pile up excess mileages (8, 10 and, 15 thousand miles and more) any oftener than DIAMONDS, no matter how fancy r price jfou pay for them. We advise Diamonds. f ARCHER & WICG1NS CO. ' Distributors. Sixth Street at Oali . 4 u BOWSER GASOLINE and OIL TANKS STORAGE SYSTEMS FUK Pl'BUC ilHO f'ltl VA1K t 4RAt.tS. s. I, tx.ddard. District ( ales. 43 Aorbctt Hid:. HuiB 147s. DIAMOND TIRES Vulcanizing and Retreading R.LBLODGETT, Sa-31 Nirtk 14th. IT a. r Couch. Phone Malm 70US. Lewis Overland Factory Has Large Yards. At the Toledo factory of the Willys Overland Company are seven and three fourths miles of railroad tracks. Over this trackage more than 300 freight cars are loaded and unloaded each 'day. Irvine Thompson Demon strates Possibilities by Driving From Seaside to Portland In 6 Hours Without Speeding. ' An Improvement In the condition of the lower Columbia. Kiver Highway, from Portland to Astoria, is indicated by reports given last week by Ben Gadsby, Lewis Irvine Thompson and the members of the Pacific Coast Blue Book road lopitinR crew, all of whom went over the road in separate parties In a four-year-old two-pasaenKer Studebaker "25" Ben Gadsby and Leon ard Streibigr. cashier of William Gadsby & Son. made the trip down leisurely by leaving Portland at 8:30 o'clock P. M., putting -up at Rainier over night and proceeding to Seaside next morn ing in four hours' running time. Mr. Gadsby still has his car at the beach, using it for Ashing trips, but Mr. Stref blg has returned to Portland and ste ports that the highway is dried outlfor almost the entire way. The trip made by Lewis Irvine Thompson was interesting by reason of the fact that he avoided at all times exceeding the legal maximum of 25 FIRST SAMPLE OF 1917 GRANT CAR REACHES PORTLAND. " Oldest Car Looked For. The" Haynes Automobile Company. Kokomo. Ind.. will close entries to its offer to exchange a "Light Twelve" au tomobile tdr the oldest Haynes car at midnight Saturday. August 19. One hundred and thirty-five owners of two and four-cylinder models, vbuilt many years- ago. have answered the Inquiry of iht Haynes Company for the oldest car. ' mi si " f9H J'iaiwuB H'HS"m 1 l.ul.i'l.jiDTBTr'rrifT--Tl 1" ICTLj-LI II' ' lit ' " T WW 4 - k- - '. -j.av-.- r f'i. ' v-oe-. i-v.i .. -, si n, .... w-, "wsv-y'- L?.v w 1 , . . - - - - Wrf, I K. REESE. SALESMAN FUK DI LMIGE-AM.EV AUTO COHPAXY, AT WHEEL AIJ SALESMAN.11.1.K OK SA11G CO.Cta, IN TOMEAU OP DEW CAR. HABEL 1. -2 M'KEXHE PASS AND OTHER S.VOH BOl D ROADS ARE I.WADKD BV AUTOMOBILE. For the first time during the entire season automobiles were a week ago driven over the Mc Kenzie Pass road connecting Eu gene with Bend and conquered the climb on the north side of Mount Hood as far as Cloud Cap Inn. Heretofore both of these roads were choked with heavy stands of snow that stubbnrnlv refused to melt for months afterx t the normal season for automo- I bile traffic had arrived. Although motorists have been making the trip Into Crater Lake National Park for several months, it was only recently that machines were able to travel as far as the rim of the lake, on account of snow. The opening of the road for the entire distance has been the signal for a great rush of machines to Crater Lake. The first car over the McKen xie Pass was driven by Guy L. Ketcheson. who encountered four deep though not long snowdrifts along the road. One was so deep that the Ketcheson car had to be pulled through with a team. J. R. Roberts, a Redmond mer chant, who came to Portland for Buyers' week, was perhaps the first to drive over the pass from Bend to Eugene. that demand careful picking and cau tion." The Blue Book crew made the trip on Tuesday In their KisselKar path finder. J. S. Dellinger. a prominent news paper man of Astoria, drove over the inland route through on his way to Portland last week and reported that there were still some damp spots, but that the general condition of the in terior road was good. He said the new road from Seaside to Tillamook would be passable about August 20. provid ing good weather rules all of this week. This new road goes -up the Necani cum River and down the north fork of the Nehalem to Tillamook. About 15 miles of this road has been macadamized, and the entfTe link be tween the two popular beaches has been completed except one long bridge. Many Portland motorists have been watching the construction of this road with keen interest, for it will open up a delightful loop drive. mobile dealer has reported that he has sold 75 to 95 pr cent of his automo biles to the farmer. The automobile has been an unexpected asset to the farmer and he has been tied closer to the automobile dealer by the trans action. There is no more logical. per son to handle the farm tractor in agri cultural states than the up-to-date auto dealer. Not all automobile dealers, however, will be tractor dealers. Some are not qualified for the work. Some handle cars that do not suit the agricultural trade. Others are not adapted to handle the farm business. There will be many good implement dealers who will take their place in the tractor dealer field. DEALERS TO SELL TRACTORS Extensive Business Looms for Auto mobile Agencies. That the sale of the modern type of small farm tractor is going to rest more or less with the automobile dealer has been indicated by the first tractor demonstration in Texas, says the Automobile, a magazine devoted to the automobile trade. The tractor ahow in Kansas City was held the same week aa the automobile show for the purpose of getting as many automobile dealers as possible to visit the tractor show. Many automo bile dealers signed for tractor terri tories at that time. In large agricultural areas the auto- PORTLAXD TOURISTS RETURN Dr. C. W. Ferrill Tells of Motor Trip to California. Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Ferrill, of Myrtle street, Portland Heights, have returned from a three weeks' tour in their car through Oregon and California. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Mc Donald. The trip south was made through the Willamette Valley and after San Fran cisco was left the Coast route was fol lowed to San Diego. While at - Santa Barbara the party was the guest of Harry Mclsaacs. well known In Portland because of his work in connection with the Lewis and Clark Fair. Dr. Ferrill says that tourists from all over the country are inquiring about the Columbia Highway, and when the roads between here and the Southland are as good as those further south Ore gon will reap a harvest of tourist dol lars that will be its greatest crop as well as Its bet advertising feature rival. "Not once on the entire trip did I exceed the state speed limit. -From Seaside to Astoria the limit can be traveled over the pavement, and most all of the road on to Clatskanie permits of the same speed. The no torious ruts just this side of Astoria are still there, but nobody is getting stuck now because the surface has dried out. leaving the former muddy stretch rough only. The roughest go ing Is between Clatskanie and Ra.tnier. where a gait of 18 or 17 miles an hour can hardly be exceeded. From Goble Into Portland the 25-mlle clip can be maintained again." Views on Roads Differ. The report of the Blue Book road authorities to the Portland Automobile Club la hardly as encouraging as that given by Mr. Thompson. Here is what Engineer Lisberger says: "There are a few bad spots Just be low Goble. where tire chains are abso lutely necessary. Then the road Is fairly good to Rainier. The new high way from Rainier to Clatskanie Is in very bad state, but is easily navigated by an experienced man with a good car. Near Clatskanie there are some deep, bad ruts In the timber. - "From Clatskanie to a point six miles this side of Astoria the road Is very good, but chains would be needed badly during or after any rain, as the character of the surface is such that It Is certain to be treacherous when wet. even though the car has non-skid tires. Just this side of Astoria there are several patches of deep, bad ruts 3. . - . . . , .y J y . . .. Cars - A'OVV' n (H) 00 of' Four : -E i VS. A-fiTV 7. ir,-v The origLoal shock absorber for Ford Car. The only one which combine these thre bit features: Looser, stronger, double Helical Spnn of Genuine Crucible Vanadium Steel Radius Lmki to prevent aide-sway Telescoping Oust Cap to permit longer springs and yet clear the fender rods. Buy of your dealer -or if he hssn't Temcos in stock we will send you a complete -set of four direct from the factory on receipt of the new price (10. OO. But act at. once this is the greatest shock absorber value ever offered. THE TEMCO ELECTRIC MOTOR CO.. Mit Sugar St.. LEIPSIC, OHIO
