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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 3, 1916. NEW LOOP TRIP IS HIGH Ifl INTEREST Autoist Finds Many Scenic Delights in Tillamook Portland Drive ROADS ARE GOOD ALL WAY Route Along Beach to Seaside and Over Highway to Portland and Back by Grand Konde Is Great Two-Day Ruru (Automobile Editor's Note Following Is he complete Ior of a. trip over the new Tillamook loop written by W. S. Raker, of Tillamook, who made the SOO-mlle journey Meek before last. The accompanying map phowfl the entire road from Portland to Tillamook to Portlajid via Astoria, and feeaalde.) BY W. S. RAKER. TILLAMOOK, Or., Sept. 2. (Special.) Wednesday of last week we learned that the Clatsop County road to .Tilla mook via Astoria and Seaside had. been completed. The last spike had been driven In the new bridges that span tha north fork of the Nehalem River and the last link In the new Pacific Highway and Columbia Highway, or tho Portland-Tillamook loop, was ready for auto traffic and should be charted at once for the convenience of the tourist public who want a route to the ocean without coming back 'the same ruud. E. J. Claussen, of the Tillamook Commercial Club, and I decided to chart the road at once. Thursday morning at 5:40 we left the Tillamook Hotel. As the dinLngr-room was not yet open, we decided to breakfast at Neah-kah-nle Inn, the famous beach resort at the mountain by that name, owned and operated by S. G. Reed, former president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Reed, whose rep utation as a beach resort hostess is second to none of all the Pacific Coast hotels. We reached the famous inn at 7:45 pnd our speedometer registered just 30 miles, after having had a glorious view f the ocean while skirting Tillamook Bay and having passed Bay City, Hoo ronville and Miami. Leaving Garibaldi. Bar View. Twin Rocks, Rockaway and Lake Lytle to our left and driving up the beautiful trout stream of Miami, and down the Foley to the Nehalem River, crossing the P. R. & N. R. R., we drove around the horseshoe bend, leav ing Mohler and Wheeler to our left, and passing the historic old town of Nehalem City, which Henry Tohl founded 40 years ago when the Tilla mook Indians were a thriving tribe, who fished and hun'.od in the waters f the bay and adjacent mountains un molested. But the remnant of the tribe are so few that we scarcely noticed the Indian village and an ancient squaw weaving baskets from the reeds and rushes on the banks of Tillamook Bay as we passed it near the mouth of the Miami River. Nenli-kah-nle- Center of Loop. Neah-kah-nie, we discovered, as the accompanying chart will show, is al most the exact center of the Portland Tillamook 300-raile loop and is a half way house only in the distance covered, as it is near perfection in its struc ture, furiiture and culinary excellence as the moht exacting tourist could de eire. In fact, we found Henry L. Pit took, the founder of The Oregonian, and a party of his family and friends guests at the inn. We drove down on the beach in front of the inn and drove the ' bea,ch a mile south and east and returned to the highway through the Manzanita beach resort over a splendid road, back through Nehalem City along the bay by that name, saw the jetty work in progress at the mouth of the bay, pas -d the Klmore salmon 'can nery, and up th3 north fork of the Ne halem R:ver to the Clatsop County line, a distance of ten miles from the beach. Up to this point the road is all grad ed and gravelled, and so nearly level that we drove on the high all the way. imm mis point, xne roaa is granea Dut not rocked or gravelled. Prom here to the firs bridge is 3.7 miles, a part of which is corduroy and tlte balance pome-what rough but level and solid. This is the only rough road In Clatsop County. From this bridge the road graded to the next bridge ts 1.2 miles and here Is the prettiest high bridge and one of the most scenic spots on the entire route. The bridge is 120 feet long. The timbers or stringers are hewed logs in single sticks just that long and the river bed is fully 100 feet below, with Christmas fern, shrubbery and moss on the sides of the canyon as ieatly arranged as though planted by a landscape gardener or the Portland City Park florist, with the clear. . sparming waters or trie river below and tha overhanging shrubbery both above and below the bridge that mo torists should stop to Inspect and ad mire. Divide la Crossed. A short distance above the bridge e reached the fcummit of the divide on a real Clatsop County highway grade and then down the other side we soon reached the headwaters of the. Necanicum River. Just six miles from the high bridge we came to the ,Iwel-Jlist-Seaside road, which is solid and gravelled, but narrow and crooked, and dowr. this river through a mighty for est of tidelard spruce, 9.5 miles to the Elk Creek-Cannon Beach road, thence 4.5 miles to the arch of welcome that spans the road to Dan Moore's hotel at Seaside, where we . lunched at' noon, havlnir stopped n route several times to kodak sonn particularly Interesting scenery and an hour for breakfast. We consumec five hours driving the 65.6 miles from Tillamook City to Seaside via Neah-kah-nie and at no place on the road is there more than a 5 per cent grade except just out of Bay City. Then over the hard-surface road to Astoria, 19 milei by our log, including ft side trip to Gearhart. where the golf championship of the Pacific Northwest was being won at the time. At Astoria, Hiram Leinenweber. president of the Astoria Auto Club, piloted us about the streets to the offices of the Morning Astorian" and the Evening Budget and we needed a pilot, not because of the water but on account of the street im provements in progress in that city. The enterprising Astorians discovered that the grade was too low to permit of basements under their buildings and raised the grade and all the bulldiigs as well as the streets fix feet. This work was in progress all over town: hence the need of a pilot. From As toria to Portland 100 miles was a de lightful afternoon's drive with good grndes and fairly g-ood roads all the way except nbo'it five miles out of Clatskanie. where the heaviest grades and roughest road of the enti-e 300 mile loop was encountered, but to their credit let it be said that Columbia County is at work Improving this short stretch from there to R.iinier. Through Goble. Deer Island, St. Helens, Fcappoose and Linnton to Portland the road Is fine and we reached Port land by bedtime, covering 187.6 miles f the loop. Leave on Retnrn Trip. ; Friday at 2 r. iL. after lundSng at DPomineiTB fSPopttandepsl I ' "-" Summer Touring Enjoyment is Not Complete Without a Warner Prairie Schooner V si- x . v. vie y. AW. CHEXET, superintendent of the Pacific Stationery & Print- ng Company, has just returned from an extended trip through Califor nia and as far south as Tia Juana, Mex. The one trip alone was good for around 2800 miles and during the journey he took several side trips to the various beaches and resorts along the way. He was accompanied by Mrs. Cheney and their son. Orin. Mr. Cheney, In Columbia River Highway. He has his newly acquired Chalmers, loses no taken several trips around Oregon and time from engine trouble, nor does I now that he has a new Chalmers from he suffer from punctures or blowouts, the H. L. Keats Auto Company he plans He has made many trips over the on making more use of his car. the Commercial Club-with County Com missioners and members of the Auto Club, we left Portland for Tillamook on the last leg of the loop via the Ter wllliger Boulevard, Bertha. Rex-Tigard road to Newberg, thence via Dayton to McMinnville, Sheridan, Willamina and the Grand Ronde Indian Agency. Dolph, Hebo or Three Rivers, Beaver and Hemlock to Tillamook in time for a late dinner at the Tillp.mook Hotel, a distance of 109 miles, which included a detour, on account of a new bridge and grade on the Rex hill just ease of New berg. The Dolph tollgate road will be closed as soon as the new Sour Grass road is completed early in September. This new road is nearly level, less than 4 rer cent grades. The grading and bridges are completed and the paving or rocking is nearly completed. And the Grand Ronde Indian. Agency, road is much improved, thanks to the Yamhill County Commissioners. The road as a whole Is safe, solid.'and with the slight exceptions noted, is a splen did motor road all the way. Second only to the Columbia Highway up the Columbia in beauty and grandeur with its beautiful Willamette Valley, Its mountains and river scenery, and the ocean and beaches without question the most interesting two-day motor trip in Oregon or America. This trip was completed without a puncture, blowout or moment's delay on account of either the car or the road, and we burned just 15 gallons of gas and two quarts, of oil. The 300-mile trip was completed at a fuel cost of J3.30 in our 1914 model Ford. Tillamook Loop. M1K- Tillamook 0 Juno, railroad crossing 'A Day City 0.7 Miami lo Mohler :i Nehalem zi Neah-Kah-Nle . County line 4" Firt brl.lfce across Nehalem Klver 4-7 T'pper bridge 44. ; Forks of road to Jewel Forks of road to Elk Creek 110.4 Seaside t. Astoria 64 Westport 115 Clatskanie liM.4 Ranler 141. . Goble 14S.S St. Helens l..- Bcappnosd 170 5 Portland 1U1.2 Portland o TiRard a.3 Rex 2fl.r, Xewbers 7 Dayton So. 4 MeMlnnvllle :iS.-t Sheridan 51 s Wl, lamina .-,5.3 Butlers 62.5 Grand Ronde tlndlan Agency 65 Sour Grass cutoff 72 Dolph 75.3 F.nd of Sour Grass road 7ft Hebo 91.6 Beaver t n Tillamook 107 7 Total mileage of loop UOS.'J Douglas Road Is Worst. ROSEBURG, Or.. Sept. 2. (Special.) John Worley, who returned here re cently after an automobile trip across the continent, says Douglas County has the distinction of having the worst piece of road he encountered. The road in question, he says, is in Pass Creek Canyon and is a part of the Pa cific Highway. Mr. Worley and family made the trip East by train. They later purchased an automobile at Pittsburg and returned home in their car. FOUR WOMEN MAKE AUTO TOUR Girl Driver Pilots Car Over Duns-muir-Redding Stretch. DUNSMUIR, Cal., Sept. 2. (Special.) Mrs. A. W. Fisher and three daugh ters from -Corvallis, Or., are completing a tour through California. They ar rived here from the south last Wednes day. The four women are traveling without masculine aid. and a girl about 19 has driven the machine all the way.. Some of the roads encountered have been almost impassable, but the quar tet managed to make them all. They have had no trouble with their car thus far. They expect to return to their home by way of Eastern Oregon and the Columbia River Highway. This is believed to be the first girl driver who has driven alone between Dunsmuir and Redding, Cal. The party has been in Tia Juana. Mexico, since leaving th home of the Oregon Agricultural College. AUTO PARTY IS BACK Cheney Family Makes Coast Tour Down to Mexico. For a Day's Outing or a Vacation Tour Convenient, Economical, Useful Price $230.00 F. O. B. Seattle. Agents in Oregon Wanted Northwest Buick Company DISTRIBUTORS SEATTLE certain roads, as is the usual practice. Tlie Scripps-Booth had power in plenty to plow through mud and sand and to make the steepest grades without dif ficulty, because it carried 400 to 600 pounds less weight than the average car of equal power rating. At the end of six days the Serippa Booth had covered 1942 miles of city streets and mountain trails, without a moment's rest for the motor. Another advantage of Scripps-Booth light weight was shown In the economy of fuel consumption. Only 63 H gallons of gasoline was consumed, making an average of 30.58 miles per gallon a truly remarkable record considering the nature of the travel outside of Den OREGON TROOPS VISITED MAP SHOWING THE NEW OCEAN CIRCUIT WHI CH WAS OPENED UP FOR TRAFFIC RECENTLY. V) 0 V C"" fif CLATSOP k i i. J) t- ( "O--Ltf&'Y .J X VV X 1"' ' If TACt"C CITY VAS.KAKfiR. Worst Roads and Grades Found Be tween Dunsmuir and Redding, Tent Attached to Machine Used in Camping Out. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cheney and son. Orin, returned Tuesday from a trip to San Diego by automobile. The round trip was made In 28 days, and 2900 miles were covered. Stops of a day in San Francisco, another day in Los An geles, and four days in San Diego and the Murletta Valley were made, leaving days in which traveling was done. or an average of 131 miles a day. The trip was made In a "6-40" Chal mers and 206 gallons of gasoline was consumed, making an average of over 14 miles a gallon. Eight gallons of cylinder oil was used. The car, loaded with camp equip ment and passengers, weighed over 4500 pounds, and the 14-mile average is considered a very good performance. considering over one-third of the trip was over mountain roads and long grades. The first day out 158 miles were made on seven and one-half gallons of gaso line, an average of 20 miles a gallon. This was the longest stretch of good road in Oregon. From Cottage Grove to Medford the roads are more or less rough, but between Medford and Duns muir, Cal., the roads are average dirt roads and good time can be made. Between Dunsmuir and Redding are the worst roads and grades on the en tire trip. From Redding to Oakland good time can be made on a stretch that includes about 200 miles of pave ment. Between San Francisco and Los Angeles, via Bakersfield, the road is jiearly all paved and good time can be made the entire distance. The auto stages make the trip in 24 to 28 hours. From Los Angeles to San Diego on either route the roads are good, and about two-thirds paved. A trip was made to Tia Juana. Mex., and the sol dier camps on the border. The Mexican town was "wide open and all kinds of gambling games were running. The Oregon boys had moved their camp to Imperial Beach and now had very sanitary and nicely located quar ters about a half mile from the ocean. The hospital tent was nearly empty. which spoke for Itself. The return trip to San Francisco was made via Santa Barbara and took three days, instead of two going, on account of rough roads. Detours were made necessary by new road construc tion. The return Trip from the bay was made over the same road as the outgoing trip. One puncture on the outgoing trip and five on the return trip, accompanied by a few minor troubles, delayed them a couple of hours altogether. An auto tent attached to the ma chine was used for sleeping purposes when outside of cities, and camp meals were features nearly every day. 6-DAY, NO-STOP RUN IS MADE Scrlpps-Dooth Car Averages 3 0 Miles Per Gallon of Gasoline. Scripps-Booth stoutness and economy have again been convincingly demon strated by James A. Nisbet, who made in Denver a six-day non-stop run with a 1917 four-cV Under Scripps-Booth roadster. For the first two days of the run the car roamed only through the streets of Denver. Then it made for the hills and mountains of the surrounding ter ritory. Here the advantage of ScrIpp-Booth scientific light-weight construction was xnarkeu. It was not necessary to pick Tourist Lauds Tires. Miss Claire Rochester, vaudeville fa vorite and musical comedy prima donna, recently made the trip from Coast to Coast in an Apperson Roada ylane. equipped with Goodyear tires Miss Rochester attributes her success ful trip largely to the splendid per formance of the tires, 110 trouble hav ing been experienced. Johnny Junor Auto Prospect. Johnny Junor. professional at the Tualatin Country Club. Is expected to get in line with the automobile own ers in the very near future. He waa an interested spectator at tbe recent auto mobile show In the Meier & Frank basement balconies, and It was impossi ble for him to get away from the new Ford. He is a "live" prospect, because he hates to have to wait for the trains to bring him to Portland, and he wants to come here whenever he feels like it. Cmde Rubber ItuiuMry Grows, A Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Company expert announces that about three times as much crude rubber is received from the plantations of the East as from the forests of South America. Ten years ago but a email fraction of the supply was derived front this source. Plantation or cultivated rubber comes free from dirt and is less expensive than the South American product. AUTOMOBILE INFORMATION AUTOMOBILES CHALMERS Keats Auto Co.. ' Broadway and Bursal da, Broadway 5368. CHANDLER Gerllnrer Motor Car Co, 803 Oregon St. CHEVROLET Benj. E Boone Co., 5.4 Alder St. Main 8960. FORDS Francta Motor Car Co, 13iu and Hawthorn. FRANKLIN iialey Auto Co.. Vashlnt3o at 19th St. Main 48S0, GRANT SIX DulmMB Manfey Auto Co.. 4H N 20th St. Marshall 168ft. IAYNES LIGHT SIX H. L. Mann Motor Car Co.. 60 N 231. A 2411. Main 299. IIUPMODILE 'Dulmtfe Manley Auto Co., 4tt -V uth St. Marshall 1699. NATIONAL SIX & TWELVE Dulmaie Manley Auto Co., 48 N 20th St. MarahaU 1089. OLDSMOBILE The Oldamoblla Co. of Orcon, "R -n a -1 w a y and Couch Broad w 1 M STUDEBAKER Oregon Motor Car Co.. Park and Davis St. Broadway 61 COMMERCIAL CARS VELIE p. C. Warren Motor Car Co t-tiu N- 13U SL. Main 7i0. DENBY MOTOR TRUCKS McCriken Motor Co., 44Z Stark SL Phone Main 0019. G. 31. C. MOTOR TRUCKS Columbia Carriage & Auto Works, 2u-ll Front it. Main 2892. REPUBLIC TRUCKS Roberts Motor Car Co. f-arkt and Klander. phuue Broadway IS 60. ACCESSORIES CALL BEARINGS REGKOUND Ahiberff Bearing Co., 1U5 Uavi. Pnuno i road way 125. SPEEDOMETERS Stewart & Warner Product. Portland Speedometer Service, 333 Ankeny. STORxGE BATTERIES Gibaon Electric (iarajce Storaa-a Bt tr Co Aider at 12:h Mara hall 17 3 J AUTO DIRECTORY Warner Lenz Make Night Driving- Safe. All Sizes in Stock. Ballou & Wright Broadway at Oak ? 1 ; - DIAMOND TIRES Set a new standard in tire values. When you think of tires, think of Diamond Tires. When you buy tires, buy Diamond Tires. For Sale by us at FAIR-LIST Prices. ARCHER & WIGGINS CO. Distributors of HiEh-Grade Motor Accessories. SIXTH STREET AT OAK. 1. 1 BOWSER GASOLINE and OIL TANKS S It) It At: K SISTEJI5 KOIl PUBLIC AXD PRI. VA1K a 4RAUES. S. I. Moddard, UI.tr id Saul, 41S Carbect UldK. Mala 14TO. DIAMOND TIRES Vulcanizing and Retreading R.LBLODGETT, SO-31 Ntrth 14th. Near Couch. Phone Main 70US.