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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 13, 1916.
TOURISTS
LINGER Oil
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Crater Lake Highway Offers
Many Attractions for
Leisurely Trip.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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