KLICKITAT WILDS
ATTRACT TOURISTS
Good Highways, Good Fishing
and Accommodations
Are -Afforded.
AUTO FERRY TOLL IS $1
Many Points - of Interest ' Along
Route Are Worthy of Few Min
v -utes' Stop and Afford Many
' Interesting Snapshots.
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1 WHITE SALMON', Wash., June 23.
Special.) Good highways, well signed,
good accommodations 'and camping
sites, good fishing streams, scenic
stretches and points of Interest: these
aire the lure that attracts and holds the
tourist and these. Klickitat County.
"Washington, on the north side of the
Columbia River, opposite Hood River
and The Dalles, claims to furnish. By
auto from Portland this district may
be reached over the Columbia 'River
Highway to Hood River and via auto
ferry (1 per car and four passengers)
to White Salmon. From Seattle and
other points via. Yakima Valley by
either the Satus Creek or Mabton roads
to Goldendale.
The first mile and a half of the White
Ealmon-Trout Lake Valley run of 25
miles, over good roads and grades, is
by way of the hard-surfaced "Hood
View road," which closely follows the
high bluffs above the Columbia River.
At Scenic Point sign post; one mile out.
stop and drink in the broadest and
possibly the grandest panoramic view
of the Columbia River Basin; to the
south one has spread before him the
entire Hood River Valley and Its snow
capped sentinel. Mount Hood. 11.225
feet elevation: to the west and past
Mount Defiance the gaze follows for
miles down the Columbia, flanked by
foothills into the divide of the Cascade
Range the only water level pass in
this great mountain range: to the north
of the river is .seen a beautiful view of
the Underwood orchard homes. Almost
in the immediate foreground is "The
Eyrie" resort on the high bluffs above
the confluence 'of the Columbia and
White Salmon rivers. Continuing for
some 10 miles, you travel through a
rich orchard and strawberry section,
with many modern bungalow homes:
then a few miles of heavily timbered
tretches, broken here and there by
. charming vistas of the swift-running
White Salmon' River in its box canyons,
finally emerging into the well-famed
and popular Trout Lake Valley a gem
set in the mountains, with grand Mount
Adams, 12,307 feet elevation, close at
hand, as the masterpiece. Here will be
found two pleasing resorts. While here
one should visit the extensive and most
Interesting lava and ice caves; have
pointed out the Sleeping Beauty, which
is one of the clearest and most beauti
ful definitions formed by a mountain
range known, and take a try at the
gamy trout. Camping spots are In
abundance.
En route the following points of in
terest will be worthy a few minutes'
Stop and afford lasting souvenirs via
the kodak route: Short detour at 4.0 to
high dam and power plant of the North
western Electric Company, furnishing
light and power to Portland. As this
property at present Is under strict
guard, a pass from Portland headquar
ters will be necessary. At 7.1 a de-
touring road to the west reaches the
Northwestern Lake by a half mile run.
This is a famous fishing spot for the
steelheads .and rainbow trout, also an
ideal camping site. At 7.4, Husum,
will be found fine fishing, Husum Falls,
Pacific Power and Light plant and a
beautifully set free auto camping
ground.. At 9.4 extensive orchards of
the Mordecal Jones estate, of England.
At 14.1 walk down to the bridge (don't
drive) and view the river box canyons.
At 18.5 a short detouring road brings
you again onto the main road and pro
vides another glorious view of the
river rushing through a deep and nar
row gorge. At 17.9. on the west side
of the road, a small but interesting lava
cave lies but a few feet off the road.
" Returning from Trout Lake, take the
Tiver road back to the main White Sal
mon road: this road is picked up at the
1 rout Lake postoffice corner and af
fords a delightful series of pastoral
and river views. The Trout Lake Val
ley was settled and is still occupied by
several Swiss families, atttracted by
its similarity to their former moun
tain homes in the land of the Alps and
TIRK IS STILL (.OOn .IFTER
MKI M ILKS OK ROVCiK
TRAVEL I ROM FLORIDA
TO MOI ST ST. HELE.S.
One of the front wheels on the
Mitchell car which carried Rob
ert C. Bruce, head scenic direc
tor of the Educational Film
Corporation, of New York, on
his trip from Portland to Mount
St. Helens a week ago is equipped
with a Firestone tire which has
done 6800 miles of all manner
of road between St. Augustine,
Fla., and its present stopping
place, yet it still contains Florida
air and has not suffered either
puncture or blow-out in the en
tire time.
While in the act of taking
moving pictures here, there and
everywhere on his trip across
the southern border of the coun
try and north to the local field.
Mr. Bruce's car and its tires have
been forced to submit to all sorts
of treatment and to have a tre
mendous load, but that one tire
on the right front wheel seems
to defy all handicaps. Unless It
"Mows" before he leaves the
Mount St. Helens country, Mr.
Bruce says he intends to tap it
with an ax and replace air from
the extreme southeastern part of
the United States with air from
the northwestern section of the
country.
rroraing their former pursuits of
dairying, stockraising and production
oi nay ana grain.
Free auto camps will be found at 5.3
7.1 and 16.5. Touring maps oi the
district may be obtained at rooms of
-the White Salmon Commercial Club, on
ferry and at garages. The new system
of county road and scenic point sterna
will be found in place over the entire
run.
Cottage Grove-Drain Roads Clear
COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. June 23.
(Special.) The roads between here and
Drain have greatly improves during
the past week of sunshine. All mud
. has disappeared, but the riding is
ratner rougn despite the fact that most
of the chuckholes have been filled I
About an hour and a halt Is required
.to make the trip with comfort. The
roads between here and Eugene are in
excellent shape and fairly smooth.
Much work has been done on them this
' Spring. The 22 miles can be made in
50 minutea with comfort.- -
SPIRIT LAKE COUNTRY, AT BASE OF MOUNT ST. HELENS, IS DESCRIBED AS SUMMER
PLAYGROUND OF SURPASSING BEAUTY FOR THOSE WHO LOVE EXTENDED JOURNEYS
Few Portland Autoists Are Aware That
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BY CHESTER A. MOORES.
THERE Is a wondertul piajgrouna
at the base of a. great mountain
in the Northwest -which, by all the
laws of nature and geography, belongs
to Portland, yet surprisingly few Port-
landers appreciate that It is easily ac- I
cesaible by motor car.
It is the wild, peaceful, refreshing
Spirit. Lake .country at , the threshold
of Mount St. Helens. 45 miles out of
Castle Rock. Southern Washington.
The way from Portland to this ma
jestic peak, so lightly likened to a
dish of ice cream, was blazed a week
ago by H. S. Rodebaugh. sales man
ager of the Mitchell. Lewis & Staver
Company, distributors of the Mitchell
car. in a new Mitchell, and by. Robert
C Bruce, head' scenic director of- the
Kducational Films Corporation, of New
York, in his Mitchell, which has during
recent months carried Mr. Bruce and
his moving-picture staff along the
Kastern. Southern and Western shores
of the ITnited States. . . .
Mr. Bruce, together with his com
pany's star camera man. Jesse O. Sill,
formerly of Portland, and H. G. Hum
phreys, of White Salmon. Wash., are
now camped at the base of Mount St.
Helens for a fortnight's period, catch
ing moving pictures on and about the
mountain that are to .be shown ulti
mately in film houses all over the
country.
Most Oregonians no doubt have a
faint idea where Mount St. Helens .is
located on the map: many, perhaps,
know that it may be approached by
some sort of road from Castle Rock,
but probably not more than a couple
or three out of every thousand realize
that a good mountain road leads di
rectly to the edge of Spirit Lake, which
is at the very . doormat of the snow
capped peak. '
Deep Snow Is Found.
Mr. Rodebaugh's Mitchell was : the
first car this year to make the trip
from Castle Rock through Silver Lake.
Toutle. St. Helens and on to the Spirit
Lake country. At the upper end of the
road, when within some five miles of
Spirit Lake, there was plenty of deep,
heavily packed snow for the powerful
Mitchell to buck and there were dozens
of trees, both large and small, that had
fallen across the road here and there,
but it would have taken . far greater
handicaps than these to checkmate the
two Mitchell cars and their frisky,
good-natured crews a week ago. As a
result the road is opened up for the
season and those motorists whit enjoy
camping out along roaring mountain
streams populated with trout in great
numbers now have the opportunity of
their lives.
There is nothing about the motor trip
from Portland to the Mount St.. Helens
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This Delightful Outing Spot Is Easily Accessible by Motor Car Road by
Hood Recent Trip Is Described.
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countrv that should Inspire heslta
in the heart of the experienced or aver
age, motorist, unless it be that at least
one night must be passed in a moun
tainous country that doesn't boast of
a hotel or roadhouse. True, there Is
some rough road, notably five miles of
old-fashioned corduroy going over
two sharp grades on this mountain
that might prove dangerous to a nerv
ous, new driver who is prone to be
come rattled when' changing gears on
a hill, but the -writer would like to
wager a handful of sweet pickles that
the road from Castle Rock to Spirit
Lake 45 miles, averages up into a bet
ter .proposition than the road from
Gresham to Mount Hood, about a like
distance.
As a matter of fact the road from
Castle Rock to Spirit Lake strikes the
average driver .bout as pleasantly as
the regular Pacific Highway from Cas
tle Rock, via Kelso, Kalama. Woodland
and Vancouver to Portland. And the
Castle Rock-to-Portland road isn't such
a bad article as some folks would have
us believe.
'Trip Is Test to AntoliatK.
The trip from Portland to Spirit
TjIip xnd Mount St. Helens offers a
great treat to the motorist who loves
the open country where he can breathe
a million dollars worth of pure, in
vigorating air every minute, where
there are plenty of friendly wild
birds to keep hlm company. where the
mere Fight of charging rivers, streams
and creeks is enough to draw excla
mations from the throat of any fisher
man, and where everything in sight,
is green and beautiful.
Directly along the curving roadway
stand immense stalks of yellow fir.
of big hemlock, spruce, cedar, alder,
coftonwood. There is- every variety of
fern and wild flowers galore, the pre
dominating blooms at this season being
large trillium and wood anemone.
This is the country where the boys'
division of the Young Men's Christian
Association of Portland hold their an
nual Summer camp, under the direc
tion of J. C. Meehan. Next month
these boys will again go on the train
to Castle Rock and there hire ajtomo
biles to carry them into the broad,
wild playground about Spirit Lake.
Spinit Lake may be reached by au
tomobile from Portland easily within
a single day as was proved handily r
Mr. Rodebaugh. Mr. Bruce and then
Mitchells a week ago. After stopping
more than an hour at Castle Rock for
luncheon and to stock up with pro
visions, and after tarrying here and
there to stage scenes for a subsequent
film portrayal to be, known as trie
Cruise of the Quickern'ell." the lat
ter word being the name assigned by
Mr. Bruce to his Mitchell, we made tht.
entire trip from Portland to the beau
tiful, camping spot at Elk. Crepk. post-
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Ing and the same hour In the evening.!
It might be well to mention the fact
that Mr. Bruce's Mitchell carried nearly
1000 pounds of luggage, including
principally "grub" and camera appar
atus, in addition to the bulk of Mr.
Bruce, Mr. Sill, Mr. Humphreys anu
j ,r- Bruce's
140-pound dog "Dane.
Among the foodstuffs were a number
of cans of desiccated eggs and powdered-milk,
put up in New York in
compact form. The honorable Mr. Hum
phreys held down the tonneau with
"Dane" and his brilliant yellow
shirt and shining bald spot served as
a continuous moving road sign for the
car in the rear. The shirts of Mr. Bruce
and Mr. Sill are. for that matter, by
no means tame, even alongside the
eloquent color which won the eye of
Mr. Humphreys. Mr. Bruce chose a
flaming red and Mr. Sill placed his
faith in a deep green that woujd de
light the eye of any Irishman.
Famed though they are as moun
taineers. Messrs. Bruce. Sill and
Humphreys, as well as Mr. Rodebaugh
failed to land any trout during a few
brief trys on Toutle River. Natives In
the community informed us. however,
that Jdne is a trifle early for the fish
to bite in the Toutle. but that - the
creeks. including Alder. Houffstead.
Wine. Studebaker. and Outlet, Creek
now offer adequate rewards in the
shape of trout. - All expert fishermen
will testify that the Toutle River and
Spirit . Lake., a little . later on. afford
fine fishing: ,
Spirit Lake Beautiful.
Perhaps the writer Is a bit super
lative in classing the Spirit Lake
country as the most beautiful ever and
the roads as splendid, on the average.
Weather conditions were absolutely
perfect m week ago. and the weather
always, of course, exerts a tremendous
influence on trip Impressions. Then
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again the Mitchell car Is rightly fa.med
for springs that let the tonneau pas
sengers down gradually and easily
even over fairly rough sections of road,
and springs also can "make" or
"break" a disposition that Is perfectly
good under normal circumstances.
Still, again, Mr. Rodebauph is one of
the cleverest drivers in the business
out this way.
But be weather and springs and
drivers as they may. the motor trip
over the 64 miles of Pacific Highway
to Castle Rock and over the 45 miles
of pretty road winding on to Spirit
Lake is certain to fascinate persons
of all dispositions at all seasons that
the -road is passable and in cars fax
less luxurious and less cleanly handled
than the sleek Mitchell.
For the reason that the - Pacific
Highway from Portland, via. Vancouver,
La Center. Woodland, Kalama: and
Kelso to Castle . Rock Ib well known,
and well marked it will not be -neoes-
sary to detail that leg of the trip. It
would, however, take a mighty good
detective to pick the correct roads to
be followed at unmarked junctures "in
the trip from Castle Rock .to Spirit
Lake, and for that reason the follow
ing, log,- with brief notations. Is given
for the guidance of motorists.
Miles. Places.
0.0 Castle Rock: proceed north over Pacific
Hlrhway out of town.
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Keep to riffht Instead of. dropping- down
to railroad track. ' Road fine; pretty
ptretch throush wooded trmct.
Take rtg-ht fork: some good road, some
smooth .plank.
Take right fork: road still Rood with
more plank.
Silver Iaka. located on rim of Sil
ver Lake; more ftood plank.
End of plank after croaalna: bridva.
Take rifrht fork.
Take left - fork where there is bis tree
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11.3 Keep straight ahead.
12. a Trlve alona- aouth fork of Toutle River.
13.0 TaJta lalt fork over brldra.
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Toutle poBtofflce: cood for abort dls
lance, then roush corduroy through
nretty wood.
Take left fork where sign aaya 31 mllea
to Hplrlt Lake: fine gravel road for
hnrt rilatanre. then rough corduroy.
Take right fork at tree; rough road
that la muddy during ralna.
Take right fork: rough, was muddy
week ago. This la at baae of hill
known aa Green Mountain.
Keep direct road, avoiding right fork:
corduroy: atirr cIlmD.
Pretty view at right through treea.
Kummlt of hill at red brick achool
house. There la nearly a solid stretch
of corduroy for about five milea going
over the mountains.
Reach banks of north fork of Toutle
River. ,
Beautiful creek, soon after which take
left fork where aign reada milea 10
Hplrit Lake.
Croasnort h fork Toutle Rlvar.
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Take right fork, following telephone
wires.
St. Helens postoffice above road
left: ket-o to right, coming soon
Houffstead Creek: most beautiful
camolng atnt along entire road: hunt
Ing and fishing good: sign says 21
milea to Spirit Lake.
Arrived at Elk Creek postoffice. the
deaerted homestead cabin of J. M
Gould, situated delightfully between
Toutle River and Elk Creek, which
cornea out of Elk Prairie, in Columbia
National Foreat, three milea away.
Sign at aide of mail points to branch
trail leading to Starkney.
Flrat aign of snow along road a week
ago.
Flrat mow on road a week ago.
First big tree obstructing rnad a week
ago: this and doaena of othera ahead
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wero cut down by Mltchell-rtruce-Ore-gonian
crew, leaving rnad open.
40.S Snow drlfta that were next to imp
ble a week ago.
4X.0 Edge of Spirit Lake.
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OPEN TO TOURISTS
Roads for Entire Distar.ca
Are Found to Be in
Good Condition.
TRIP TO BECOME POPULAR
Route From Portland to Astoria
. and Seaside, Thence to Tilla-
nook and Rack by Way of
McMlnnrllle, Described.
Good news for the motorist!
The famous beach loop trip from
Portland to Astoria and Seaside, dowel
the coast to the Tillamook resorts n4
the return by way of McMinnville Is
now open to automobile travel and will
remain so for the remainder -of the
season, barring heavy raina.
The course of the entire loop, which.
Is to be followed by the Portland au
tomoblle dealers on their annual "honht
honk" tour next month, was driven a.
week age by Charles M. Menzies. sales
manager of the Northwest Auto Com
pany, In a Cole Eight. The party in
cluded Mrs. Menzies. Donald Menzies.
Harry G. Lytle, of the Northwest Auto
Company, who handled the wheel for
part of the distance: Miss Edith Petty-
grew and Joe H. Jordan, a local news
paperman. Roads Arotaad Loop Fine.
Mr. Menzies reported upon his re-
urn that the roads around the loop
were in fine shape lor tne entire dis
tance and that he didn't encounter any
mud or bad roads. He made the run
from Portland to Astoria by way of
he Nehalem Valley, or inland route.
about six and one-half hours, and
the run from Seaside along the new
road to Neah-Kah-Nie Tavern, near
Nehalem. in Tillamook County, in less
than two and a half hours. The road
from Neah-Kah-Nie via Bay City and
Tillamook City to Portland are said
to be in elegant shape for a great
share of the distance.
Mr. Menzies says there is great
activity in road building in Tillamook
and Clatsop counties and that the roads
along the loop should be in splendid
condition at the time the motorcar
dealers stage their run July 14. 15 and
16. Mr. Menxies and his party spent
three days for the entire trip, stopping
nights at Astoria and at Neah-Kah-
Nie.
On leaving Portland by way of the
Cornell road we found the highway in
fair shape to Hillsboro and Forest
Grove." related Mr. Menzies upon his
return to Portland. "From Forest
Grove to Timber, a point high in the
mountains, the roads were good. W ith
the exception of about two miles of
rough, but passable road, the going was
also good on from Timber to er-
nonia.
A considerable amount of new plank
has been placed on the road between
Vernonla and Astoria, in addition to
the 11 miles of smooth plank between
Mist and Jewell, and the road authori
ties In this section are entitled to a
great deal of credit. The road from
Astoria to Seaside is paved.
w Road Follows River.
The new road leading from Seaside
to the Tillamook country follows the
Necunicum Kiver. It is a new clay road
and was slightly rough last Sunday.
but will pe passable so long as it is
dry. At Nehalem we branched off the
main highway and drove the tnree
miles over to S. G. Reed's famous sea
shore resort at the base of Neah-Kah-Nie
Mountain.
Next morning we doubled back
across the Nehalem River bridge and
ran over fine roads to Tillamook City
and from there branched off toward
home again. A wonderful improvement
has been effected in the new road over
the mountains from Tillamook City to
Grand Ronde. The former climb from
Hebo to Dolph and the hills on either
side of the old toll gate have been
eliminated by a cutoff known as the
Sour Grass road.
"This new road, which is of macad
am surface, with no grade exceeding
six per cent, not only does away with
the necessity of paying toll, but short
ens the trips by about eight miles. Al
most all of the road from Tillamook
to Grand Rondr was fine a week ago
and should remain so the balance of
the season.
"From Grand Ronde to Willamina
some of the road was rather rough,
but not bothersome, and from Willa
mina to Newberg good. On the way
through Rex and Tigard from New
berg to Portland there are some rough
spots, as most Portland motorists
know. This stretch' is perhaps en
titled to rank as the worst road we
found on the entire loop of more than
300 miles. The new road from Astoria
to Tillamook, via Bay City. Is 75.3 miles
in length."
ROADS ARE FOUND GOOD
TRIP TO WILHOIT SPRINGS IS DE
CLARED DELIGHTFIL
Route Through Oregon City and Molnlla
and Back by Wood bum Described
by J. Fred Staver.
The roads leading from Portland
through Oregon City and Molalla to
Wilhoit Springs and the Scott's Mills
country are in splendid condition, ac
cording to a Portland motorist. J. Fred
Staver. a realty broker, who made the
trip last Sunday on his weekly explo
ration over some new bit of rural road.
Incidentally, Mr. Staver observed
that speed "cops" were as thick as bees
on the highways of Clackamas County.
None of the officers caught his Chevro
let in the act of breaking the laws of
the road, but he witnessed a number of
arrests by the roadside.
"In going to Oregon City I prefer
the route through Sellwood and Mil
waukie." said Mr. Staver last week in
reporting his trip. "From Oregon City
I went straight out the Molalla road,
finding the roads for the most part to
be in fine shape. The last five miles
running into Wilhoit Springs were
wonderfully good, as were the roads
leading on to Scott's Mills. Mount Angel
and Woodburn. except for a few short
stretches Just beyond WilhoiL
"The trip leads through the moun-
tains and affords many ranch and for
est scenes. I found the regular Paclflo
Highway route from Woodburn down
to Portland to be In good shape. In
fact. Uie entire loop of about 100 miles
was delightful."
Gasoline Economy Reported.
Percy K. Taber. Winters. Cal..
claims an economy record. On seven
gallons of gasoline, averaging 29 4-10
miles per gallon. Taber drove a new
Chevrolet "Four-Ninety" model touring
car from Winters to Stockton and re
turn. The distance is 207 miles, and
on the entire run less than one quart
of oil was used.
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