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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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