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PLAYGROUND FOR
DRIVE TO MOUNT HOOD PROMISES DELIGHTFUL OUTING IN WINTER AS WELL. AS EM SUMMER.
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Tills From a
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Rare Opportunity for Outdoor
Sport in Cold Season at
Mount Hood.
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 23, 1917.
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BIG ICE POND POSSIBLE
Ti. F. Pridemore Says Road Could
Easily Be Kept Open at All
Times Berries Plentiful
at Many Places.
Portland can have a 'Winter play
ground, with skating on outdoor Ice,
and tobogganing and skiing and all
that has drawn many people to other
places hundreds of miles from the
nearest city. Portland can have these
sports for four months out of the "Win
ter right at Mount Hood, within 2
tours' drive from the city.
The only charge for this big feature
will be the effort expended In getting
to Mount Hood in the Winter time. For
merly this was a considerable under
taking, but since practically every bit
of the Marmot road has been planked
the drive now promises to be almost as
easy as that out over the Columbia
Highway.
L. F. Pridmore, proprietor of Govern
xnent Camp, says that if Portland shows
any interest at all In Winter sports the
matter of keeping the road open all the
may to his place would be compara
tively simple.
Mr. Pridmore kept the road open one
Winter Just to show that It could be
done, and it could be done again just
as easily. All he did was drive a team
over the road every day, breaking up
the snow as fast as it fell, without giv
ing it a chance to pire up and block the
Xoad.
Ice Pond Possibility.
It is now freezing at Government
Camp on clear nights and in a few
weeks the temperature will be below
the freezing point practically every
right. That would make it possible to
Oivert a stream of water and create an
Ice pond any time, and snow can be
expected any day.
Truckee, Xev., across the border from
California, is said to have more visitors
from r an Francisco annually than
Portland has in the whole Summer.
People go there for one thing only, to
frolic In tUe snow and eujoy outdoor
.ports.
C. M. Menzies, of the Northwest Auto
Company, went over the Mount Hood
route last Sunday and found the Mar
mot road in excellent shape, even after
the rains of the week before. Even in
the worst weather chains will not be
necessary, unless possibly one last short
tretch near Minsinger is not planked
before the rains set in.
However, the stretches which for
merly blocked travel for most motor
lets are now planked with boards laid
on sills that make the going so smooth
that it is just like driving on the
pavement. The last short part prob
ably will be fixed soon because a big
lumber mill Just across the river at
Frightwood Is expected to operate all
"Winter, and it will need supplies which
ran only be brought in over the Marmot
road, as miles of the other road are
aeas of mud at the first sign of rain.
Blackberry Bushes Loaded.
This road to Mount Hood is now un
esually interesting. Many a family
could make a Sunday trip out that way
most profitable because of the numbers
cf blackberry bushes which fence the
. road every few rods.
Mr. and Mrs. Menzies have been help
ing Hoover and themselves very ma
terially in this manner. They hitch up
their Auto camp trailer to their auto
and start for the mountains. When
they find a place that suits, Mrs. Men
aies and the other women in the party
make camp while Mr. Menzies goes to
town. A day or two later he goes out
and gets them.
Usually the women can the berries
right on the spot. The evergreen
variety has never been more prolific
than this year and their quality Is ex
cellent for canning purposes.
Traces of the recent forest Ores are
to be seen from the road to Govern
ment Camp, and for a while automo
biles will not be able to approach Yo
um Falls, which are near the main
road about half way between Rhodo
dendron and Government Camp. The
trail is open and It is but a short walk
from the road to the falls.
RAINIER TRIP PLEASANT
DAVID S. STEAH.VS AND PARTY
RETVRV FROM SOO-MILE TO IB.
Boad Conditions Only Fair but Car
Demonstrates Power by Maklss
I Entire Distance in Bisk Gear.
David S. Stearns and party have re
cently returned from an 800-mile tour
of the Puget Sound regions, on which
they visited Tacoina, Seattle and Mount
Rainier Park.
They report a very pleasant trip al
though the road conditions were mere
ly fair. Mr. Stearns drove his Chal
mers -30, 191t model car, and made a
very interesting test of Its hill-climbing
abilities.
- Starting from Tacoma. the entire
run to Mount Rainier Park was made
on high gear, although sections of th
road were encountered containing nu
merous "chuck-holes'" and many
sharp turns. Mr. Stearns, estimating
that quite a few of the grades passed
over ranged as high as S per cent, was
ftreatly pleased with the consistent
performance of his car.
DRIVING BY WOJIEX JiOT FAD
AVar Encourages Tbem to Become
Their Own Chauffeurs.
The ever Increasing; number of
women drivers of gasoline motor cars
Is by no means the result of a fad. in
the opinion of E E Kling, local Over
land manager. On the contrary, he
ays that it is but the natural result
e a quickening spirit of responsibility
and independence and a consequent de
sire on the part of women to extend
their ability in practical and useful
fields.
The militaristic trend of the Nation,
so many men having Joined the Army
and Navy, has also encouraged many
women, through necessity, to learn to
drive their cars, he points out.
"Once a woman has learned to drive
her car." said Mr. Kling. "it is very,
very infrequent that she gives it up.
Like most useful arts, the driving of
aa automobile brings unexpected de
lights. There is a latent fascination
for most every man or woman in me
chanics and whn one realises the easy
mastery of a machine wherein a power
equal to 30 o more horses is waiting
for one's command the sensation is Just
is enjoyable' for women as for mem
bers of the other aez." -
HUGHSQN DONATES CAR
ABT (W CAMOUFLAGE "WILL. BE
ENCOURAGED.
KIsselKar Timed Over to Committee
of Artists to Make It Look Like
Fmrt of Landscape.
In keeping- with preparedness an3
to benefit by the many innovations
adopted by the warring- nations of Eu
rope, a. number of well-known artists
have taken up the study of camou
flage, tiie art of so decorating1 a mov
ing vehicle or any other object that It
will not be visible to the eye at a short
distance. Of such tremendous import
is this art, that the Government has
taken it under Its wing-, and the colony
of artists who formed this society
spread the study all over the country,
until the Government took cognizance
Of the movement and absorbed all of
the various societies under a Govern
ment department.
W. L. liughson. president of the Kis
selKar branch, has donated. & car to be
used to spread this new study and art.
A committee of three artists have
been delegated to paint and decorate
this car so that it will be an exact fac
simile of the cars now being UHed by
the allies along the various war fronts.
Camouflage had its birth during the
war. It is one of the consequences of
the growing importance of the aeroplane
In warfare. It is humbug, disguise and
concealment of military things, the art
of marking them look like something
harmless and uninteresting to an ob
server. The great bulk of this work Is
quite simple and consists in masking
batteries and equipment by means of
obvious natural materials, such as
trees, bushes, grass and rocks, making
them look like harmless details of the
landscape.
The KisselKar that Is to bo used all
along the Coast is being painted with
color patches, which suggests nothing
except the surrounding earth, trees,
wheat fields and sky, and will result
in the cax blending in with its sur
roundings. Only flat colors are being
used to avoid all reflections, such as
result in the use of varnish bodies. The
upholstery is also made to harmonize
with the painting on the ear.
New Car Owners in County.
THE following temporary police li
censes were Issued In Portland last
week to the purchasers of new auto
mobiles, pending the arrival of the of
ficial state license tags from Salem:
J. S. Hicks, 10 Willamette boulevard. Ford.
F. L. Hammond, b& Belmont street.
Studebaker.
1. M. Starr, 815 Hancock. Hudvon.
J. tV. Irapr, 443 Sherlock, Clialmera.
F. F. Fowler. 1091 East Thirty-second
street North, Ford.
F. Tanaka, Troutdale. Or., Route 1, Ford.
R. R. Crawford, 300 Vancouver avenue.
Harmon.
E. V. Berwick, 507 Mississippi avenue.
Ford.
C A. Burckhardt, Twenty-second and
Myrtle, Cadillac.
J. A. Pointer, &304 Sixty-eighth South
east, Dodg-e.
Gunther & Hlckey, Twenty-third and Mar
shall, Ford.
J. We h offer, 1168 Division, Overland.
Max Sommera, 450 East Burnside, Oak
land. H. Olerman, 29T Front, Ford,
s. M. Davis, Corbett, Or.,- Studebaker.
Portland Laundry Company, Portland,
Or., Studebaker.
F. Nowatny, 80 Broadway. Ford.
B. B. Hiasredora. 170 Eleventh street,
Dodge.
C. T". Gill, 1259 Boston avenue. Ford.
L. B. Kenael, Madison Park apartments,
Velie.
L. K. Meyer, 1111 Board of Trade, Dodge.
M. Singer, 547 Clatsop. Ford.
TC. Tonkin, 1 XX Broadway. Ptudhaker.
"Working
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"Our 5-ton Troy Trailer is in use with our 5-ton Mack Truck.
We have no difficulty in moving capacity loads practically any
where in the vicinity of Salt Lake City. We are entirely satisfied
with our investment" MORRISON, MERRILL & CO, Salt Lake City
will cut your delivery costs in
Thm largest catcgiu in the tauuUy hmrm col their
track operating costs by p archaising- Troy Trailers. Such
automobile concerns as Ford, Cadillac Saxon and Stude
baker are tutnc Trailers. Tb Ford Company say that
since purchasing two Troy Trailers "they have done the
work with three tracks that formerly required fir.
SUker-Hecemaa New York, says their Troy Trailer
saves them "somewhere about fioe week.
The Rapid Transit Co- Kentucky, writer "By using'
ocr Troy Trailer we can doable our capacity at am actual
daily outlay of (a. where aa the daily cost of operating
truck alone is $15." And so it foe, all o-rer the country.
Aa satire list of users will be furnished if you desire, or
we can give you the names of other concerns using: Troy
Trailers with the same kind of truck YOU axe operating.
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Ij. L. Lendb.tter, 733 tut Nlnets.nth
tr.et f?orth, Kord.
C. G. Prlc. 14tS9 Minnesota avenue. Ford.
Goidle Gosl, tat Eut Forty-elxth street
North, Ford.
O. B. fomeror, Sanfly, Or., Chevrolet.
Balfour-Guthrie Company, Portland. Or,
Dodge.
Edith Wilkinson. 631 Thurmsn, Ford.
J. B. Hodaon, 630 Liberty. Ford.
T. A. WlcKes. Columbia River Shipbuild
ing Company, Chandler.
Kirs. It. F. Bennett. 93 East Fifteenth
street. Ford.
v.. joselyn, SS3 East Eloventn street,
Paige-Detroit. .
J. B. BUderback. Corbett building". Frank
lin. Mabel Vallew, 849 H Ankenr, Overland.
Broadway Dye Works, Portland, Ford.
Vogau Cafdy Company, Portland, Ford.
P. HarrowlLz, 231 First street. Ford.
A. Klose. Lenox Hotel, Buick.
E. E. "Wellinar. Gresham, Chevrolet.
E. B. Olson. 80 Broadway. Ford.
"Western Transfer Company, First and
Ankeny, Ford.
T. L. Gholson, 8 West Watt. Oakland.
J. B. Shea, Jr., Boston Packing Company,
Ford.
George Puesten. Estacada. Or., Chevrolet.
T. J. Perkins. 126S Hood. Saxon.
W. T. Harrison. 461 East Alder, Ford.
C. L. Herrell. 414 First, Ford.
G. E. Jackson, Ninth and Davis, Over
land. G. K. Pease, 644 Medical building. Chand
ler. II. E. Harris, 1T4 East Water, Dodge.
8. D. Evans. Rosebure;, Chalmers.
R. Franks, 557 Foster mad. Maxwell.
H. M. Jones. tiO Front street. Reo.
William Schmuckle. 114 East Twenty
eighth North. Ford.
K. O. LOane, Slake-McFall Company,
Ford.
B. Dumls, 572 First street. Ford.
P. Miller, ,K1 First street. Ford.
Dr. C. G. Sabln, Belling building, Stude
baker. F. W. Lange, 231 Main, Btudebaker.
George L. Hannum, Postoffice Station E,
Ford.
C. Rehberg. Beaverton, Or., Maxwell.
L. M. Wescott, 273 Yamhill, Dort.
G. Murl, Portland Hotel, Portland, Or.,
Chevrolet.
Dr. G. E. Watts, 555 East Sixteenth North,
Cadillac.
w. G. Pennock, 830 Hamblett avenue,
Studebaker.
C. J. Pieper, 469 East Fifty-third street.
Ford.
Piass & Sons, 83 Front street. Overland.
C. W. Cornelius. Cornelius Hotel, Ford.
to Our Entire Satisfaction"
Troy Motor Track TraQsrs ntnge ta capacities front
to 5 tons. We also make a complete line of trailers of
smaller capacities to be operated with small trucks or
pleasure cars.
Put it up to as. TOrlta aa Just what your hmliaf prob
lems are; what truck you now operate and we will show
you how to cut your delivery costs.
Hodson-Feenaughty Co.
Northwestern Distributors
PORTLAND, OREGON
Frasier McLean. 40 East Eighth street.
Ford.
E. G. eeherfen. 443 East Eleventh street
North. Ford.
W. B. Clark, 0643 ' Forty-eighth street
Southeast, Ford.
E. J. Dixon, 105 Front street, Elgin.
Mrs. R. A. Davis. 656 East Broadway,
Harmon.
N. Hlslop. 7 Sixth street. Maxwell.
W. E. Finxer 4k Co., V93to Stark. Ford.
E. Sandberg, 74 East Twenty-fourth
street. Buick.
E. iL Newman, Oregon City, Or., Ford.
Mrs. L. Ingersoll. 1748 East Yamhill.
Franklin.
William Mackenzie. 201 Lewis . building,
Studebaker.
F. Fisher. T05 Thurmen, Ford.
W. M. KnlgUt, S42 Morrison, Oldsmoblle.
F. Blackwood. 1118 East Twentieth street
Korth, Chandler.
P. D. Plnkerson, Orlando apartments,
Veils.
A. M. Beaver, 526 Alder street. Ford.
B. E. Beall, 602 Sumner, Ford.
II. W. Baker. 28S M, Third street. Ford.
Mrs. Bernard Albers. 374 East Twelfth
street North, Cadlllao.
C. o. Thammington, 1585 Fremont, Max
well.
W. Jones, 20 East Forty-ninth, Ford.
B. F. Cogswell, Eagle Creek. Dodge.
T. R. Wise, 804 Syracuse, Ford.
Multnomah Fuel Company, 552 Hood
street. Dodge.
Mrs. u. E. Frettyman. ivoyai ami -apart
ments. Liberty.
A. Hicks. 1135 East Twenty-second street
North. Ford.
J. J. Densom, Dayton. Or., Chalmers.
F. Wolyra. 9U6 East Twenty-seventh
Street, Ford.
T. Tojo, 494 Washington. Ford.
H. Bowe. Deurer apartments. Ford.
A. L. Mills, 171 North Twentieth, Plerce
Arrow. BARKER GOES OVER HIGHWAY
Counsel of Commercial Travelers
Says Road Is Wonder.
W. T. Barker, grand counselor of the
United Commercial Travelers of Amer
ica, upon his recent orflclal visit to
the local council, drove out on the
Columbia Highway In an Elgin six.
"My duties as A traveling salesman re
quire me to do considerable driving.
as I not only find It more convenient
and cheaper but quicker than the
Owoeir to a -Friend:
"YES, I AM DRIVING a Reo Six and It certainly is a great car for the
money $1385 f. o. b. Lansing, Michigan.
"I GET 12 MILES to the gallon of gasoline and all the speed and pep that
a fellow wants.
"I CAN IDLE ALONG on high, choked down to two miles an hour.
"REPAIRS ARE NIL and she always responds.
"VERY ECONOMICAL on oil and the vacuum feed is perfect.
"THE ENGINE IS ENCLOSED and free from dirt and dampness.
"CLUTCH AND BRAKES and gear shifting are absolutely perfection.
"I HAVE RIDDEN IN practically every car on the market and prefer the
Reo Six to any other-make at the price."
NOW THAT'S AN ACTUAL letter from a Reo Six owner to his friend,
in reply to a query as to how he liked his car and whether he would
advise the purchase of a Reo Six or one of several other makes the .
writer named.
AND WE REPRODUCE the letter in its entirety ot "edited" to suit
our needs.
WORD FOR WORD as written the letter is here reproduced.
WE COULD ADD that his tire consumption is less than it would have
been were his car other than a Reo -but he doubtless felt he covered
that item fully in his short but eloquent sentence, "Repairs are niL"
SO WE WONT TRY to improve on this splendid testimonial, whose
author we do not know personally and who hadn't the slightest idea'
when dictating his letter that it would ever reach us. -
ASK YOUR FRIENDS all of them, who drive Reos or other cars.
IF YOU DO, we know the answer you'll select a Reo Six for yours. ,
DELIVERIES are fairly prompt now. If your order is in at once we won't
have to keep you waiting long. But don't delay.
The Northwest Auto Co.
Broadway at Couch, Portland, Oregon
F. W. Vogler, Pres. C' M. Menzies, Manager
train." says Mr. Barker. I want to
add my testimony to your wonderful
Columbia Highway. It certainly is a
wonder and a trip that I. shall always
remember with pleasure."
Mr. Barker represents an. organiza
tion of about 80,000 traveling: men In
America.
lXESPEIUKXCE OFTEN" OF USE
Sometimes Man "Who Has Had Car
looses Selective Judgment.
"Ha who has owned'a car previously
is not necessarily better qualified to
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select a new automobile than the ut
terly inexperienced one," is the con
clusion of F. W. Vogrler, of the North
west Auto Company.
"I say 'not necessarily because a
very large percentage of experienced
owners, in buying a new and different
car. seem to be possessed of but one
idea, namely, avoidance of details that
caused them dissatisfaction in the past.
They are so intent upon seeing that the
new car- has something different, that
they neglect to check it up with the
old car's good qualities.
"On the other hand, an equally large
percentage of first buyers have studied
the car question pretty thoroughly,
Savages arc " keyed" by means of serial num
bers. And are distributed by our own organiza
tion, not sold to middlemen in huge quantities
and carried in stock sometimes for a year or
more.
,We know just where a casing Is and how long
it has been there. The minute a tire reaches the
the doubtful age, the point beyond which there
is possibility of deterioration, it is replaced by a
new casing. '
You are always sure of getting live tires, full
of "pep" and miles, when you buy
R. W. PRICE
14 North Broadway, Portland, Or.
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getting the best impartial advice on all,
features of various cars, reading cara
fully the catalogue and comparing,
specifications with a judicious eye.'.'.r
Track Meet Big Success. Vj.Vr'
The second annual field and tracTe
meet of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber"
Company, at Seiberllncr Park. Akron,"
O., on Labor day. is eaid to have beeix.
the most elaborate athletic carnival
ever staged by any private corporation,
in the country. It far eclipsed the ini
tial field meet of last year, both in at-;
tendance and general character of pro-
gramme. '
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