TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 1917. DREGDNIAN SCORES CALIFORNIA ROADS H. H. Sichel Fails to Discover Alleged "Paved Routes" : on Los Angeles Trip. HEAT ADDS TO AGONIES Veteran Road Traveler Insists Bear State Is Getting a Ixt of Unde served Advertising on IllgU v ways That Do Not Exist. ' The California motorists who drive Into Portland cursing Oregon roads and boasting- condescendingly about the wonderful paved highways of Califor nia are given the retort courteous by H. Herbert Sichel, a prominent Port land motorist of many years' driving . experience, who returned last week from an extensive road tour through California. "I want to tell you the real truth about the roads of Central and South ern California," said Mr. Sichel yester day. "You have heard that little California yarn about the roads being paved from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Well, they are paved in some places, great roads leading to Modesto and from Mo desto to Merced, a total distance of 120 miles. From Merced to Madera the road is practically on a straight line except through the latter town and for three miles further, where it Is as dusty and rough as sin. You arrive in Fresno Jubilant. You. have had a dandy trip and if you drove at night It was fairly cool, about as cooj as Portland August 25 at 3 P. M. ' Your speed limit has been 32 miles an hour and you saw but few motor officers. You also-found that the motorists never dim their headlights and never stop if you are broken down or fixing a puncture, as In Oregon, to ask if you need help. Heat and Holes Disgust. "From Fresno for about 40 miles the roads are paved, with only one detour for construction, until you reach Tu lare County. Here the rough road and the heat starts in. For 62 miles all the way to Delano the road is one mass of chuck holes and dust. "The thermometer stands from 108 to 122 and if you stop and ask for water for your radiator they will give you a pint and a half in a dipper and that is all. No matter how cold your radia tor ordinary runs, it will overheat in this part of the country, as there is ab solutely no shade. The heat Is like the blast from a furnace and you have to run slowly because of the bumps. "From Delano on the road is paved to Bakersfleld, and it certainly i3 a treat to bowl along with one eye on the road and one searching for motor police. You arrive in Bakersfield, look ina mirror and scare yourself to death. "You have forgotten to wear a mask and your face is purple, with white goggles burned in and a white strip across your forehead where your cap has fitted down. The grain of the sweat band is burned into your head in an exact pattern and three days1 latier you looR like a man who has climbed Mount Hood without any protection, only you are as dark as any Mexican. "The next 22 miles out of Bakersfleld are straight except for one turn and all paved. If you take over 25 minutes for this run you are wasting time. You have Interviewed a. few garage men, etc., in Bakersfleld, about the road ahead and two have told you the' truth, but you hate to believe it. The road is the worst trunk highway one can im agine. The canyons of Southern Ore gon are a treat compared to It. The Mount Hood road is a boulevard in com parison. Terror Are Indescribable. "You climb the mountain for seven miles on a rather rough road and then get to Lubeck, which boasts of a ga rage and an inn. At the garage the man informed me that several cars a week burned their bearings out on the pass roads. For about 12 miles out of Lubeck you again find pavement, but this Is the last for over 40 miles. I am at a loss to describe the terrors of this atretch of road. "If you can imagine the figure eight on the highway half as wide as at present, winding through a chain 'of desert mountains, called the Tehachapi, with 1000 to 2000-feet precipices on one side and high banks on the other, with the few lonely tourists you meet stop ping you and warning you of the ter rors you are to meet and advising you to drive In the daytime, when the heat Is unbearable, over a road that is Just one mass of chuck holes and that has ever had an ounce of gravel pavement, you have some conception of one of those "wonderful California roads. "The road 1s entirely unfenced. Grad ing is being done In several places. The grades are 8 and 7 per cent and the turns are so short that over half of the time you are following your tail light, it seems. "All Pavement" la Pake. "I have a poor deputation as a slow driver, but these 40 miles took me over three hours. After getting tout of the passes you strike a stretch of dust that has Just been graded for a few miles. This dust Is from two to three foat deep and automobiles are constantly stall lng lh the center. Just like in a large muonoie. if you have lived vhroueh this you get to Sargus and And 84 miles of dandy pavement into Los Angeles. "Around the latter city the roads are all paved, but on some of the roads the heat has separated the asphalt from the concrete base and the surface is all in waves. This makes very rough riding, especially on account of Its deceptive appearance. "The tour books innocently state that the road is paved from Los Angeles to fan Diego, it is paved, all but 30 miles. The bridges were out a year ago. 'when I went through. Very poor temporary bridges were erected and they are still there. Tn old holes have not been re paired and s brand new detour of about four miles, rough as sin and twice as dusty and unattractive, has been marked out. "The last 21 miles Into Ban Diego have never been paved and there is no sign of work being started. So be pre pared for this when you go south. "Oh, yes, the roads from San Fran cisco south are all paved, NIT. "Incidentally I have been reliably Informed that there are ONLY 275 miles of rough road on the Coast route." Average Is 53.6 Miles an Hour. In setting his world's records for 500. 1000 miles, for 12 and 24 hours with a sidecar at the Cincinnati, O. Speedway on August 14-15, "Teddy" Oarrpll averaged 63.6 miles per hour for th entire 24 hours of riding, .and not 48.28 as originally stated. Carroll covered 1275 7-8 miles during the en tire period of 24 hours. He drove a stock Powerplus Indian Bidecar outfit. PORTLAND'S ONLY CHINESE GIRL WHO DRIVES MOTOR CAR IS BUT 16 YEARS OLD. i I IA : If . -i - , . ';' $ """, ---$ cj r .1 i ! li u. H ! M. mii. it'tfiC i . .ii i miaillij Jjlll ' V hiiimih j si::i : ? fj . 1. 1 I I fT Rev. I. W. MacCallum Claims 33 Miles a Gallon. MAXWELL CAR IS . USED Trip of ICS Miles Over Roads De scribed ' as Disgrace to State Xegotiated on Five Gal lons of Gasoline. Can anyone beat the gasoline econ omy record Claimed by Rev. J. W. Mac Callum. pastor cf the First Congre gational Cnurch of Oregon City, who last week drove from Portland to Ta- coma over the Pacifio Highway, a dis tance of 165 miles, on five gallons of gasoline? Over roads that Mr. MacCallum de scribed as murderous, he piloted his Maxwell motorcar through dust and over bumps and ruts, up grades that called for low gear and in timber where cow trail would be disgraced to be seen in company with such a high way. . Mr. MacCallum has had his Maxwell about 18 months and in that time has traveled about 7100 milus. Making bet ter than 33 miles to the gallon of gaso line, he regards as an unusual accom plishment, considering the roads. Many other persons also who have driven down the highway from the northern cities describe the road as something fierce." From Tacoma to Olympia the roads are said to be fair, except where repairing is being done. In some places they are Said to be fine, the total distance being about 32 mils. From Olympia to Centralia, 28 miles. the roads are good except where de tours are necessary on account of con struction work. At these places Mr. MacCallum had to steer his Maxwell around through the Jungles for a con siderable distance. From Centralia to Chehalis, about five miles, the roads are paved, and from Chehalis to Cas tle Rock, 36 miles, they vary from good to rough, a gravel surface making riding comfortable. From here on. according to Mr. Mac Callum, the worst stretch of road imaginable afflicts the motorist for about 30 miles. Even a minister of the gospel knows what it feels like to want to swear and curse the county, state and all the highway officials. This stretch of road is said to be a disgrace to the state of Washington. Here is where the motorist encounters the deep ruts and holes and bumps and dust and steep hills and narrow grades until he Is exasperated almost beyond endurance.' Then from Kelso to "Woodland, 22 miles, the grades are narrow, the hills steep and' more roughness is encoun tered. Dust is annoying also. From Woodland to about 10 miles north of Vancouver, 20 miles, this same condi tion is prevalent. From this point north of Vancouver there is hard-sur face road all the way Into Portland which makes one sigh with great con tent. Conversely, when a tourist is traveling northward, he 1 ids this par ticular road a fond farewell with misty eyes. Over such a route did the Maxwell 1 r 1 x hi 1 .7 if Above Mm. Helen lfee and Several of Her Chlldrea About to Enjoy a Spin In Their New Studebaker Car. Below Miss Lily Chlnn.at Wheel of Car. Pretty little Lily Chinn, the 16-year-old daughter of Mrs. Helen Yee, may be seen most any day of the week at the wheel of her mother's new Stu debaker Six, sold recently by L. B. Obye, of the Oregon Motor Car Company sales force. There are seven children i n the family, all of them native born. Lily's father, -Chinn Yee. an Importer, died three years ago, since which time his affairs in Portland, San Francisco and Seattle have been looked after by Mrs. Yee. The family residence is at 263 East Fiftieth street. wend Its way to the northern city, and over such a higl way did Mr MacCal lum nurse his motor to accomplish the 165 miles on fiv gallons of gasoline. Now he wants to know if anyone can beat this record. If anyone can he would like to be shown. New Car Owners in County. THE following purchasers of 191V model automobiles obtained tem porary police permits in Portland last week pending the arrival of the of ficial state license tags from Salem: R. A. Weed, Estacada,' Or.. Saxon. G. O. Gerking, Tumalo, Or., Reo. K. E. Wilson, Marshfleld. Or.. Franklin. Jim Gasperis. 449 Morrison street. Pais. A. H. Schmidt, Sherwood, Or., Maxwell. J. R. Uarter, Tillamook, Or., Chevrolet. Portland Railway. Lisht & Power Com pany, Kleetrlc building. Chevrolet. M. . Hickey, 1BO JThird street. Mitchell. Oeorge M. Hall. 415 South Jersey strsst. Bixty-thlrd street 74 Maxwell. A. T. H.worth, 804 Southeast, Maxwell. K. B. Huston, 01 First street. Ford. American Tire & Rubber Company, .tsroaaway, tteo. M. O. Butterfleld, 3S4 Marguerite. Ford. A. Wood, fourth floor Electric building. Ford. J. Santry, Rita Hotel, ' Ovarland. J. Bickner Si Sons. Oswego. Or., Ford. R. 1. Morris. Sc-io. Or.. Chalmers. C V. Banks, Alexandra Court, Wlnton. Stats, of Oregon, hichway department, Nash. Mrs. M. Wintenberger, 8S1 Division street. Ford. Valsaiie Ppatarla, 854 Thvrmin, Maxwell. T. Robinson, Tillamook. Or., Chalmers. : Alfred Thompson, Gresham. Or., Maxwell. J. W. Reed, Estacada. Or., Maxwell. Clarence C. Bluhm, 0410 Thirty-seventh street Southeast, Chevrolet. K. S. Wilkey. Falrview. Or.. Chevrolet. H. H. Frincehonse, 1037 East Carutbsrs. Ford. Wlllard Lone, 1127 East Twentieth North, Chevrolet. Klla Hauber, 1-81 Hancock, Hudson. Palmer Bros. Company, -54 Russell, Etude baker. 1. S. DuBois, SSS East Forty-sixth North. Chevrolet. F. E. Gsynor. 340 Grant, Monroe. Mrs. Anna Raisner, 16S North Park, Chev rolet. Joseph Mlchaud. Tillamook. Elirtn. George R. White, Lexington avenue, Hud son. W. 8. Barsee, 433 Marguerite avenue, Wil- lys-Knlght. A. H. Richmond. 1509 East Sixteenth. Ford. Dr. Mllo Ktrkpatrlck, 1015 Stevens build ing. Franklin. G. F. Nlckerson, 609 McKay building, Chevrolet. H. A. Kervlk, 233 Ivy street. Oakland. W. H. Boyer, 808 North Twenty-fourth. Chevrolet. Harvey O. Wlllworth, 842 lelay, Chevro let. Pacific Grain . Company, 801 Board of Trade, Ford. c. 8. Bennett, 800 East Ankeny, Buick. F. A. George. St. Helens, Ford. Mrs. R. B. Drews. 604 Borthwlck. Ford. John Williamson. 704 Mississippi. Ford. H. K. Colesman. 863 Overton. Oakland. H. E. Baumann. 1S24 East Hoyt, Ford. H. R, Elliott. 428 Yamhill street. Ford. J. C. llelsen. 46 North First, Ford. Clay S. Morse, 734 Clackamas. Dodge. S. R. Dugan. McMinnvllle. Ford. L.. A. Lawrence. 1165 uat Yamhill, Over land. P. Salquist, Gre.ham, Overland. P. L. Hunter, Dallas. Or., Chevrolet. H. V. Johnson. 1304 East Fourteenth treeet North. Kord. - - - - George C. McDonald, Jr., 778 Pettygrove. Paige. . I. W. Fchipper. 895 6almon, Olds. A. M. Pullen. Saxon. H. A. Hildebrandt. IS East Sixteenth North, Ford. H. C. Muller, 26 North Twentieth, Max well. Crane Company, 160 North Fourteenth, three Fords. D. Eveland, 1111 Kllllnirsworth. Ford. L. J. Beldin, 63 Eighteenth North. Ford. Dan F. Stevenson. Baker. Or., Elgin. A. A. Ausplund. lilt Simpson. Bulck. John Yates, Sherwood, Or., Ford. Chester Tooxe, Sherwood, Or., Ford. Knight Packing Company, East Ninth and Alder. Ford. John Wortman, McMinnvllle, Or., Oldsmo bile. A. M. Kinney. Astoria, Or,, Oldsraoblte. J. L. Gulnmar, 3703 Sixty-fourth South east. Overland. George Carlln, 843 Mississippi, Saxon. J. C. Glover, foot of Main street, Saxon. James P. Madigan. 647 Flanders. Ford. J. W. Long A Co., 8a Broadway, Ford. Holman Fuel Company. 04 Fifth, Ford. Standard Oil Company. Teon building. Ford. OVERLAND CAR, BOUGHT RECENTLY IN PORTLAND, NOW MAKING TOURS OUT OF SINGAPORE. x-iy-5w-'.i : rt2i-W- f- it :JS. R : . . - .... . k . -'. -f,V.X'.-5'; "'"'-;vsw-l ?MiWrv'M " - " - fM,v.- o ... - nr--.- . ' - - MMfU'ixn .-js.mm- i -. i-.-m - - vi'TOA;; ., f .'. 'V : ;?li. n?. V Photo by Plate Limited, Ceylon. Mrs. A. C. Logan. Formerly at Portland, at Wheel of Her Overland "Country Club" In Front of One at the World's Largest Banyan Trees In Ceylon. Since buying an Overland "Country Club" ear in Portland several months ago. A. C. Logan, as the representative of Connell Bros. Company, Singapore, has driven in and around Colombo and 2000 miles through Ceylon. The purchase was made while Mrs. Logan was visiting her relatives In Portland. Ac companied by R. TJ. Peterson, sales manager of the Portland branch of the Overland Pacific Company, the little car was driven overland to Seattle and from there shipped direct to Singapore, where, Mr. Logan reports, it has been creating a great deal of favorable comment. "My car has had great success," says Mr. Logan in a letter received last week by Mr. Peterson. "In a recent trip I ascended as high as 8000 feet above sea level without being forced to drop down to low gear, even on the narrow winding roads. This is considered the best record ever made In Ceylon." Duy iiow ana oave lviooey Qn a Hudson Super -Six Over 50 makes have already advanced in price. Hudsons, too, must cost more. Nearly every make of car, except the Hudson, has lately increased in price. Cars that sold at $1200 and $1400 now cost about as much as a Super Six. Since January, 51 makers of automobiles have announced price increases amounting to . $100 to $700. The necessity of buying mate rials on today's market has forced these increases. Steel costs five times as much as it did at the beginning of the war. Cotton, rubber all items that en ter into the manufacture of an automobile now cost more than ever before. Hudsons will cost more when the present stock of materials, bought last year at lower prices, is .ex hausted. There is no way of avoid ing it. The price advantage that other cars once held no longer ex ists. Hudson has been the most wanted car, regardless of price. It will be more popular than ever now that cheaper cars have advanced in price. We know the number of cars from present material supplies that we are to get. At the rate of pres ent sales present prices cannot be continued long. Some models will be advanced in price within one month. Now is the time to get a Hudson Super-Six. Have its use the re mainder of the Summer and throughout the Fall. Save the money that delay will necessitate your paying for a Hudson. C. L. Boss Automobile Co. 615-617 Washington Street, Portland HEW SERVICE OPENS Bearings for Automobiles, Etc., Carried in Stock. 3 MAKERS REPRESENTED Portland Gets One of Several New Branches Established Through out United States by Bear ing Service Company. The Importance of Portland as a dis tributing center for automobiles and automobile accessories Is emphasized by the choice of this city for one of the branches of the Bearing Service Company. The local branch has Just been opened at 24 North Broadway, with R. H. Cross, formerly assistant manager at San Francisco, as manager. The Bearings Service Company of Detroit. Mich., specializes in render in? service for three leading? types of anti-friction bearings used in automo biles Tlmken, Hyatt and New Depart ure. It has taken over the service or ganization of the Hyatt Roller Bearlns; Company of Newark. N. J.; the Timken Roller Bearing Company, of Canton, O., and the New Departure Manufacturing- Company, of Bristol, Conn. The idea Is similar to that of a union rail way station, where competing' lines enter a city. Instead of as many sta tions as there are lines, or In this case as there are companies, one station cares for the work of all. It is pointed out that the Bearings Service Company is entirely separate from the companies whose products it Is handling. Yet it Is the authorized representative of these companies and it is receiving the hearty support of all three. Sixteen service branches have for some time been In operation In the fol lowing cities:' New York, Detroit, Chi cago, Atlanta, Boston, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Dallas, Los Angeles, Seat tle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, In dianapolis, Rochester. Cleveland and Denver. In addition to the local branch, service branches are being opened at Pittsburg, Toronto, Omaha and New Orleans. The local union station for bearings service will carry complete stocks of ball, taper roller and flexible roller bearings for automobiles, motor trucks, farm tractors and motorcycles. Owners of cars may go direct to this station and obtain the bearings they need and also advice and Instruction as to the method of making installations. In case they desire to do the work themselves. The establishment of this central sta tion will also be a material convenience to dealers and garage men, as the bear ings they need for replacement may be secured at a moment's notice. 2 4 -HOCK. RECORD IS CITED Motor In Dawson Car Same as That Used In Stock Chalmers. . Tha motor which carried Joe Dawson on a Chalmers stock chassis nearly 000 miles In 24 hours Is the same as that under the hood of the Chalmers cars which are being retailed from the salesrooms of , the Western Motor Car Sales Company and wholesaled throughout the Oregon territory by H. L. Keats. The motor, under a dynamo test at the factory, turns 3400 revolutions per minute, but attached to the car it develops its maximum power at not to exceed 2800 revolutions, according to factory tests. This is no faster than other high-grade automobiles, accord ing to Roy Hemphill, manager of the lo cal retail selling branch. "There is a great deal of satisfaction, however. In knowing." said Mr. Hemphill, "that the motor will stand up under the terrific strain of 3400 revolutions." AUTO PASSENGERS ARE MANY Nation's Motor Mileage Valued at More Than Billion Dollars. "The passenger car has developed into a universal utility," says Harry M. Jewett, president of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company. "As such, its economic influence Is now tremen dous In a thoroughly practical and constructive way. "Some inkling of what the automo bile now means to us and the practical part it ia playing in our economic life is realized when It is learned that greater passenger-mile service is ren dered by the passenger motor cars in the United States than by the entire railroad or street railway systems of the country. The 3,700,000 passenger cars, averaging 6000 miles a year and three persons each, give a total of 65. 600.000.000 miles. At a rate or 2 cents per mile, this Is worth 1. 110. 000, 000 a year." ROAD HOG PENALIZED NEW STATE LAW MAKES HIGH. WAV COl'RTESV NECESSA11Y. Writer Seta Forth Things Automobile Drivers Must Do to Keep WHhln Meaalna; of 1917 statatea. The "Road Hog" Is a peculiar animal, but he is the same animal whether he Is driving a one-horse cart, a freight wagon, a motorcycle or an eight-cylinder touring car. He is a person who will take just as much of the road as he can and will give the party meet ing him just us little of it as possible. He will drive by another vehicle or team at a 40-mile clip, or he will keep in the middle of the road for miles and just crawl along to annoy tha man who wishes to drive faster. Probably the "road hog" does not know It, but he Is 'violating the laws Of the state of Oregon and lai'ing him self' liable to a heavy fine every timo he fails to show courtesy. Road cour tesy is almost synonymous with road, law as enacted by the Oreon Legis lature. A few of the courtesies made obliga tory on the "road hog" by law are that a vehicle driving slowly must keep at all times to the right of the road, leaving, wherever possible, space for vehicles wishing to drive faster to pass at the left. The driver of any motor vehicle is violating the state law if he passes any team or another motor vehicle without giving a signal with his horn. Kugene Ginrd. TT TT TT ' "' '' TT IT1 We i& now The Warner-Lenz complies with the law, because our state law and city ordi nances are patterned after the New York laws and Warner-Lenz comply with the New York laws. In fact, the Warner Lenz has been approved by every city o importance in the United States. Further, they give you a perfect driv ing light under all road conditions, shift ing of the lenz in your headlight does not affect the light. Make night driving safe, equip your car today with Warner-Lenz. , Archer & Wiggins Distributors of High-Grade Motor Car Accessories SIXTH STREET AT OAK 7i