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3200-MILE JOURNEY
TO CRATER LAKE IN A BUICK SIX-
MITCHELL BRINGS
IDE 111 BUIGK GAR
JORDAN LINE HERE
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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAJT, TOKTLANU, JULY 14. 1913.
FREE
to motorist readers of The Oregonian, detailed
strip road map covering the 2-day run over
the Pacific Highway from Portland to
This road map has been specially prepared by the
civic authorities of Vancouver to meet the great
demand for an authoritative and correct guide for
motorists taking this truly magnificent run across
the international boundary into British Columbia.
George W. Dean and Family
Portland Dealer Closes Con
Enjoy Vacation Tour
to California;
tract as Distributor for
the Entire Northwest.
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CRATER LAKE VISITED, TOO
Xosemite Xational Park, Bijr Trees
at Mariposa, Los Angeles and
Pasadena Among Points on
Route of Ijong Trip.
, How Is this for an automobile vaca
tion trip:
Drive from Portland down the Pa
cific Highway to Oakland and San
Francisco; from there take an over
Sunday spin down to Santa Cruz and
back; then drive to the Yosemite and
through that beautiful National Park,
thence motoring to the Mariposa big
trees, and on to Los Angeles, returning
to San Francisco via the Coast route;
and then, on the way back home, de
touring to Crater Lake.
This is the vacation tour completed
last week by George W. Dean, manager
of the Portland branch of the Howard
Automobile Company, in a 7-passenger
Buick car. With Mr. Dean were mem
bers of his family and guests.
Total distance traveled. 3200 miles.
Time, three and a half weeks.
Just to indicate how Mr. Dean liked
the trip, he would start out tomorrow
morning to repeat it if he could take
the time. As it is he returned from his
vacation sun-bronzed and rested, and
full of zip for another year's work.
lllKhway Good Moat ot "Way.
Mr. Dean brought back a compre
hensive report of conditions on. the Pa
cific Highway south as far as San
Francisco. He says it is in excellent
condition for most of the way, the only
bad place in Oregon at present being
about 10 miles from the top of the di
vide in rass vjreett anyuii iu iuuwu.
It is rather rough and quite dusty on
this stretch.
Between Dunsmuir and Redding, in
Northern California, there are about
61 miles of dirt road, says Mr. Dean,
some of which is good and some of
which is not. For 30 miles between
Dunsmuir and Antler, it is very poor.
At Delta, where new highway -construction
work is under way, there is a
stretch of several miles of very rough,
very dusty road, filled with loose rock
under the dust that is mighty hard on
tires. The grades, also, are stiff on
portions of this section, and in places
where blasting is going on, motorists
are routed over sharp rock.
Without going into minute details,
however, there is no part of the Pa
cific Highway that cannot be traveled
by any experienced driver without
great difficulty, Mr. Dean says. And
there are many miles of splendid high
way in both states.
Driving by Night.
Mr. Dean made the run from Port
land to San Francisco in three days.
Roseburg was reached the first night,
and Dunsmuir the second night. The
party didn't leave Dunsmuir until noon
next day, but drove all night and
reached Benicia on San Francisco Bay
at 5:45 o"clock in the morning.
They were too early for the ferry,
4n fact, and had to wait until 7 o'clock
for a boat. They were in Oakland at
8:30 A. M.
In Mr. Dean's party on the trip south
were himself, his son. Revel, his father-in-law.
Dr. George L. Voorhees, and
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Maeder. Mrs. Dean
had preceded them several days by
train, and met them in Oakland.
The Sunday following their arrival
in San Francisco, Mr. Dean drove down
to Santa Cruz via San Mateo and Half
Moon Bay, and returned by the inland
route, a round trip of 200 miles which
was made easily in the one day over
wonderful roads.
The following day the party headed
for Yosemite National Park. The scen
ery of that great natural wonder-place
they enjoyed greatly. From Yosemite
they drove to the big trees at Mariposa,
spending a day there, and then to Los
Angeles via Madera and Fresno.
They put in three days in Los An
freles. Venice and Pasadena, enjoying
every moment of the time, then re
turned to San Francisco up the Coast
Toute by way of Santa Barbara and Sa
linas. Crater Lake Road Good.
A couple of days in San Francisco,
and then began the return trip home.
The two weeks intervening had dried
the roads very much and there was
plenty of dust. Dr. Voorhees remained
at Oakland, to return later by train,
and Mrs. Frank Ellison, of Oakland, a
friend of Mrs. Dean, returned with
them to make an extended visit with
the Deans in Portland.
At MeUfoid. Mr. Dean took the road
to Crater Lake. This 80-mile drive he
made in six hours, and found the road
better than any time he has been over
It. After leaving Prospect, about half
way to Crater Lake, the road for miles
runs through the forest, winding be
tween the trees. This road has become
considerably rutted, with a high center,
making it difficult to turn out should
another car appear, but it is not very
rough.
Mr. Dean and his party arrived at
Crater Lake on July 3. just at the right
time. The smoke from forest fires in
this vicinity which for some weeks had
settled in the bowl of Crater Lake and
hidden the lake from view, had been
dispersed that very day by a stiff
breeze and the air was clear. The fires
In this region, Mr. Dean says, are not
nearly as serious as has been reported.
They were mostly confined to an old
burn and are well under control.
Fireworks For the Fourth. -
After spending the night at Crater
Lake Lodge, Mr. Dean drove for three
miles around the rim road to where it
was blocked by snow, then to the
lower rim road at the south of the
lake and went to Pkell Head. The
scenery repaid them for all the time it
took. They left the Government camp
at Camp Anna at 5:30 o'clock the after
noon of the Fourth, were in Prospect
at-S, where they had a wonderful din
ner at the hotel, were on their way
again at 9 and in Medford at 1.
Incidentally, they stopped a short
distance out of Medford and fired off
some rire crackers and rockets Mr.
Dean had bought in Oakland. Alto
gether, it was a fine, full Fourth of
July for them.
The drive to Portland from Medford
was without particular incident. They
made Eugene the first night, and Mr.
Dean was back at the Howard Auto
mobile branch in Portland the next af
ternoon. Saturday, in time to accept
orders on two Buick cars and wire San
Francisco for another Buick coupe, as
all coupes in stock here had been sold.
Then he consulted his statistics, care
fully kept on the trip, and found that
for the whole 3200 miles, including all
kinds of road and much monctain driv
ing, the big 7-passenger Buick car had
averaged 14 miles to the gallon of
gasoline.
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1 The Buick at the Edge of Skell Head, Near Red Cloud Cliff. Overlooking Crater Lake and Four Blilea la a DIreet Line
from Crater Lake Lottge. Aa the Road Goea, However, the Distance la Nearer 18 Miles. 2 Here la a View of Skell
Head Taken by George W. Dean, of the Howard Antomoblle Company, Who Drove the Buick on the Trip. The "X"
indicates waere tae itnick stanoa In the Preceding Photograph. 3 In Front of Crater Lake Lodge.
DURANT MAY RETIRE
Famous Cliff Actuated by Love
of Auto Racing Game.
HIGHEST HONORS ARE WON
By Putting His Chevrolet Special in
First at Tacorua in Grand Speed
Contests, Dnrant Achieved
Chief Ambition.
Will "Cliff Durant ever race again?
asks William A. Simonds, in the Seattle
Times, apropos of Durant's sweeping
victory in the Tacoma car. Is the busy
automobile manufacturer, sales director
and institution-builder ready now to
forego the lure of the speedway and
center his attention on cold, hard busi
ness? Has Thursday's victory in Ta
coma brought him the satisfaction
which he has demanded ever since he
first whirled about the oval and saw
other cars flash by him to first place?
Many times have these questions
been asked after the different contests
in which the California millionaire
sportsman has participated, with seem
ingly no answer; but after the July 4
races they recurred again this time
with more assurance than ever.
Those who know "Cliff" Durant best
know that his participation on the
speedway has been always actuated by
a genuine love for the sport. With this
has been coupled a desire to write the
name "Chevrolet" high among the fa
mous racing cars which have made
history.
Luck Vafavorable.
In past years the mounts which he
brought to Tacoma, while high-class,
were not of the standard which he in
sisted, and luck seemed unfavorable.
One year ago, in fact, on the night
after the big meet, he began laying
plans for taking the laurels this year
without fail. During his spare mo
ments he studied cars and engines and
finally completed the wonderfully
beautiful blue Special which made good
Independence day.
When the car went into the race it
had only been driven slightly more
than 600 miles. After the first race
"Cliff" remarked that a couple of miles
per hour had already been added to the
speed, and indeed it seemed to grow
better as each lap was rbunded.
There was no disputing the fact that
things came his own way in all three
heats, although in the last he lost first
place through his pit visit. Coupled
with the performance of the car was
the consistent driving of the pilot, and
even Durant's worst enemies, if he has
any. would admit that his manner of
handling the car. his sportsmanship
and his generalship were never sur
passed on the Tacoma track.
Through winning two firsts and one
second, he annexed the greatest total
number of points, giving him the grand
prize of $3000 in addition to a possible
(3500. Eddie Hearne, who nosed out
Durant for first In the third race, took
second money: with Earl Cooper and
his Stutz third. Dave Lewis and his
Deusenberg fourth and Eddie Pullen
and his Mercer fifth.
Victory Sweeping One.
With such a complete. sweeping
victory. Durant's friends were hoping
to hear some announcement from him
that his days on the Speedway were
ended, except perhaps as proprietor of
a racing stable in which his cars could
participate. Few automobile manufac
turers have ever personally driven cars
at 100 miles an hour or better, and it
is almost proverbial that sooner or
later something happens, some slight
accident which might change a course
or events for the future.
For that reason Durant has been
urged and almost begged at times to
cease his personal participation, be
cause of the weighty business affairs
depending on him, but thus far he has
turned a deaf ear. He has said that in
time he would stop, but Jufat how soon
that time will come is not known.
Hence it was that after Thursday's
races, the question recurred again, with
more assurance than heretofore. Some
claim that when another year rolls
around, the fascination will be too
much for the manufacturer; others de
clare that the last race has been
driven. After all, probably time alone
will tell which is correct.
TIRE DOHT'S ARE TOLD
RACINE DEALER EMPHASIZES
NEED FOR CONSERVATION.
Mileage Can Be Greatly Increased,
Says Charles L. Wright, If Motor
ists Will Vse Care.
"Don't drive in car tracks!"
"Don't let your tires scrape the
curb!"
"Don't drive over wet stones!"
"Don't drive on under-inflated tires!"
"DorTt neglect small cuts or bruises!"
"Don't drive with wheels out of
alignment!"
Here are six vital "don'ts" Issued to
automobile owners of this locality by
Charles L. Wright, of Ballou & Wright,
dealers in this locality for Racine
Country Road and Multi-Mile Cord
tires.
"If automobile users will observe
these don'ts," the dealer asserts, "tire
mileage will be greatly increased. The
carelessness of tire users is appalling.
Often an automobile owner shortens
the life of his tires- by 50 per cent
merely by carelessness.
"In these days of top prices .tire
'don'ts should be carefully heeded.
Racine Country Road and Racine
Multi-Mile Cord tires are carefully
built and extra tested at Racine Rub
ber Company factories to yield maxi
mum wear under all conditions. Max
imum wear, however, is merely a com
parative phrase and the total mileage
depends largely upon the care which
the user exercises."
By observing the six "don'ts" listed
above, the car owners of this locality
will find that they obtain a fuller
measure of service and a greater de
gree of satisfaction than heretofore.
TRUCKS SAVE PEOPLE
PIERCE-ARROWS COME TO AID OF
MAROONED TOWNS.
Sturdily-Built Trucks Bring In Meats
and Other Foods In Face of
Awfal Weather.
Battling against conditions which
vanquished trucks of other makes. sev
eral Pierce-Arrow trucks came -to the
relief of towns last Winter when rail
road embargoes and storms isolated
them from civilisation. During a peri
od of two weeks at one time the
Pierce-Arrow trucks carried practi
cally all the meats received by the ma
rooned towns.
The trucks were operated by the
Pittsburgh Provision and Packing
Company, which owns eighteen Pierce
Arrows.
The triumph of the truck fleet gained
such local fame that the townspeople
of Connellsville, Smithton, Brownsville
and oth:r places served by the trucks,
dubbed the fleet, "The Pippco Express,"
a corruption of the initials of the com
pany's title.
"While much credit is due the drivers
of the trucks, who remained at the
wheels for stretches of 24 hours at a
time, had it not been for the faultless
construction of the trucks the feat
could not have been accomplished," said
C. H. Ogden, general manager of the
company, in telling of the event. "We
would not have attempted the trips un
less we had been fully confident that
the Pierce-Arrow trucks would survive
the test and their performance com
pletely justified our confidence."
Connellsville. one of the towns par
ticularly relieved by the packing com
pany, is about 60 miles distant from
Pittsburgh. Once a week, no matter
how furious the storm or deep the
snow, a five-toner would grind and
churn through the long drifts, up and
down hill, so that the inhabitants of
the town would not be deprived of
food. The driver and helper at times
would have to shovel a path for the
truck. It sometimes would take 24
hours to make the trip. Cost did not
count. It was a question of getting
food to the marooned people at all
costs.
FIRST SHIPMENT ARRIVES
Model Include Famous Sport- Ma
rine and Suburban Seven, In Two
Optional Colors and With
Complete Equipment.
Still another new car has come to
town. H. W. Mitchell, of the Mitchell.
Lewis & Staver Company. Mitchell Six
distributor in this territory, has closed
all arrangements to handle the Jordan
car not only in Oregon, but in the
whole' Pacific Northwest, including
Oregon, Washington and Western Ida
ho, as well.
And still more, the Jordan Is already
here. The Jordan factory at Cleveland.
O., demonstrated its ability to deliver
cars directly after Mr. Mitchell on a
recent trip Fast signed- up as the Pa
cific Northwest distributor by ship
ping immediately several carloads to
the Coast. More are to follow.
The first Jordans are now on dis
play in the Mitchell West Side sales
rooms at Broadway and Oak streets,
abross from the Benson Hotel. They
Include the famous Sport Marine model
and the new Jordan Suburban Seven.
The Sport Marine la a five-passenger
car, while the Suburban Seven, as its
name implies, is a seven-passenger ma
chine.
Sport Marine Handsome.
Every motorist who looks over the
Jordan line is bound to be enthusiastic
bout it. The Jordan is one of the
most stylish cars made today, and it
is built throughout 6f the most ap
proved units. The Jordan Sport Ma
rine, particularly, is a strikingly hand
some car.
The new cars have not been here
long enough to be worked out yet. but
despite their newness, they give every
Indication of fine performance. The
power plant is a Continental Red Seal
six-cylinder motor, which runs with a
truly surprising smoothness and ab
sence of vibration. And when the
driver steps on the throttle there is
an instant and powerful Impulse.
One of the features of the Jordan
the aluminum custom-made body.
which Is much lighter than the cus
tomary ateel body and is free from
rumbles. The paneling is In Honduras
mahogany, with special hand-buffed
genuine leather upholstery.
Car Fully Equipped.
The Jordan Sport Marine comes com
pletely equipped for the purchaser.
This equipment includes Macbeth
lenses, tailored top with bevel plate
glass, an extra Goodrich Silvertown
cord tire, rim wind and set clock on
the dash, tonneau light, motometer and
traffic bumper.
Both models come In two optional
colors. Briarcliff green and liberty
blue. Among the units used In the
Jordan are Borg & Beck clutch and
Brown-Llpe transmission. The car
sells in the medium high price class.
Mr. Mitchell will handle both the
wholesale and retail distribution of the
Jordan, which, although now brought
to the Northwest for the first time. Is
very popular In California. Already
Mr. Mitchell has received orders from
his dealer in the Seattle territory for
30 cars.
TIRES
Special Bargains
Direct From
Factory
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13x4
34x4
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6x4
17x5
37x5
Our Regular
Price Price Tribes
Plain $ 9.75 $15.0S 1 S
Plain 10.10 IS. is 110
Non-Skid.. 15.60 30.20 I 5
Non-Skid.. 18.30 23.90 3 30
Non-Skid.. 21.15 28 40 S.S
Non-Skid.. 20.90 31.35 4.15
Non-Skid.. 25.10 81.45 4.26
Non-6kld.. 16. 4S 32.85 4.40
Non-Skid.. T6.95 J3.T0 4.60
Plain 20.90 30.00 4.(5
Non-Skid.. .27.25 36.85 6.95
Plain 29.90 47.20 6.45
Non-Skid.. 34.30 47.40 6.00
Non-Skid.. 35.60 48.30 COS
Non-Skid.. 41.60 67.35 S.90
Cord 67.90 84.00 6.90
We Gnaraatre
ODD SIZE A SPECIALTT
Never toss burning matches or to
bacco into the dry grass along the
highways or roads. It Is a crime.
Stop in and see them or write. Goods
shipped C. O. D. express or parcel post.
Money refunded on goods returned to us
intact within 10 days.
Malcom Tire Co.
82 North Broadway, Portland, Oregon
SO Braaehee
Big Buyers Small Expense Little
Profit Large Sales.
HAVE YOUR GAR
WASHED and
POLISHED
We sell Oils, Grease, Gasoline
and Tires.
We Do SImoniilng.
City Auto Laundry
lOS Eleventh St.
Between Washington and Stark.
Under New Management.
The Finest Touring Trip Of. T
fered in the Pacific Northwest
Accompanying the map will also be sent illustrated
folder describing the wonderful natural attractions
of which Vancouver is the center and a road map
showing the magnificent system of auto highways
radiating from the point.
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International Motor Truck ,B
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444-46 Stark St.
Phones: Broadway 2958, A 2958
MACK Trucks
Capacities, 1. ltt, 2, Stt, 5, 6 Tons.
Complete Stock Repair Parts.
F. C. ATWELL. Sales Agent.
Washington at 21st. Tel. Mar. 440
SIXES
New Light She. $1250 Factory
Mitchell. Seven-Passenger, $1525, Factory
MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAVER CO.
Broadway at Oak
Oldsmobile
Distinctive High Grade. Light Weight
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Broadway and Couch
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All makes of batteries charged and repaired.
David Hodes Co.
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PARTS AND ACCESSORIES AT
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voir worn- tires MILLER AD-ON- A-TREADS
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