THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, JULY 21, .1918.
BARLOW
TRAIL IS
THE BARLOW TRAIL OVER THE CASCADES VIA GOVERNMENT CAMP IS NOW OPEN TO TRAVEL, AS THIS FORD BUG, PILOTED BY RALPH
J. SlAlSnLi, UiiBIOIMSTKATIiD LAST WlSLJi BY MAKING THE RUN FROM THE CAMP TO WAPINITIA IN FIVE HOURS' TIME.
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NOW OPEN
OAUTOS
j Ralph J. Staehli Goes' Over It
j in Ford Bug With Bad
Tires in Five Hours.
BOAD FOUND PRETTY GOOD
Srachlnes Going Over Every Day and
No One Reports Trouble, Trail,
Due to Mild Winter, Being
Better Than Last Year. .
This Is & etory of faith, three "bum"
tires and gasoline and oil. Also a
Ford "bug," real mountain roads and
parts of Oregon that must ever be
Classed AS snmA nf thA mrmt wnndnrfnl
j mountain scenery In the country. It Is
me etory of a trip over the Barlow
l trail from Portland to Waplnltla and
Bend and thence back to Portland
through the McKenzle Pass.
Cars are mighty ecWce - these days
and around an automobile agency any
thing that will stand on all fours Is
kept handy for the man who comes
In and wants immediate delivery. Still,
Uel Wright wanted to know how the
road over the Barlow trail to Eastern
Oregon really was and what, advice to
give folks who called at the William
L. Hughson Company regarding the
routes to the country east of the moun
tains. So he looked through the garage and
decided that about the only thing that
might not be wanted right on the min
ute was a Ford "bug." In the first
place, it was too hot for most people
to travel in anything without a top.
In the second place well, just because.
Even Money on the Bag.
It was even money around the shop.
Borne said the "bug" would get over the
mountain, and some said the roads and
all would never let it by.
But, with faith firmly seated at the
wheel and knees showing up over the
top of the armor-like cowl, the start
Was made. In one or two spots even
then the tires on the front wheels
showed where the fabrio was getting
the wear.
i Leavinar Portland bv wav of the
I Base Line road and swinging over to
Gresham, the road through bandy and
Cherryvllle vwas found in fair shape
for this time of the year. It was
somewhat cut up and sometimes it led
the party to wonder if the Marmot
road would not have been the better.
But, in any event, the three "bum"
tires and the Ford got to Rhododen
dron. Information about the Barlow trail
generally was lacking. Five machines,
all from Los Angeles, which had
toured through Central Oregon and had
Jiret come 'over the trail, said -The
Hughson party would never make it
with the little rig. There were many
ups and downs, hard rocky grades and
tnany rough miles.
Over the Trail tn Five Honrs.
But, not a bit deterred, another start
was made and, leaving Rhododendron
at 8 o'clock Sunday morning. Govern
ment camp was reached before 10.
Here another party consisting of Mr.
and Mrs. C. S. Hudson and Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Whisnant, of Bend, had just ar
rived from the other side. They had
found the road fair and had crossed
through in less than five hours, trav
eling in the early evening and after
dark.
The Ford, piloted by Ralph X Staehli,
advertising representative of the Will
iam L. Hughson Company, made the
trip over the trail from Government
Camp in about five hours, and. In all.
found hardly more rough road on the
east side of the mountains than there
is on the west aide as far as Govern'
ment Camp.
From Government Camp the road
skirts the edge of the timber and
is well defined and no rougher than
any typical mountain road. Soon
the descent begins and for a mile or
r bo the trail runs acros a beautiful up
land meadow that presents a wonder
ful picture of Mount Hood in the crys
tal clear mountain air. -
The many high centers and stumps
that only a year or two ago made the
road a treacherous one for all but the
most adept driver, says Mr. Staehli,
have been worn away. Another thing
that left the road in better condition
this year was the mild Winter. There
have been no deep washes and the road
is practically as good today as it usu
ally Is at the end of a Summer's driv
ing.
Meadow Lake m Beauty.
Larger cars are said to bs making
the trip in from three and a half to
four hours without a bit of trouble,
Finally Meadow Lake is reached, a
hallow body of water as clear as a
tub of Bull Run and with some fish
of huge size occasionally sending up
a spray of diamonds as they cavort in
Its shallow depths.
From there on, there is only 'one
more stretch of road that presents any
troublesome features. That is a grade
about a mile long, parts of which are
20 per cent. A good many cars boll
as they make this climb, but' plenty
of water along the road does not make
it necessary to take water along.
wnen tne top or this hill was
reached, Stoehli felt that the "bug"
with the three bum tires had won, for
from there on the road was really bet
ter than the average from Portland to
Government Camp and the delightful
drive through the timber, which here
occasionally shows the red trunk of
a yellow pine, more than compensates
for the occasional bumping that some
obstreperous root gives the rig.
Soon the road is almost like a paved
highway and winds in and out among
the timber, which now is entirely pine.
For short stretches deep ruts and badly
cut surface hinder progress, but there
is nothihg to be feared. This type of
road leads practically all the way to
Wapinitia. There came one of those
surprises that compensate us for living.
Roads Pretty Good.
Bum tires and all were forgotten by
the party when a hostess who has
opened a small inn recently to take
care of motorists who have traveled
far. put on the table a grand spread.
But the grandeur of the meal was only
nan tne story. The biggest surprise
was a charge of only half a dollar.
From Wapinitia the road to The
Dalles or to Shaniko is said to be in
fine shape. Mr. Staehli anr the Ford.
however, went the other way, turning
south from Wapinitia overhe Warm
fprinss Indian Reservation. Roads
throughout Central Oregon were found
in splendid shape for motor travel and
in no place excessively dusty or sandy.
Everywhere the traveler who has not
Veen over the road for a year or two
sees where obstacles have been re
moved and a curve here and a bad
place there ironed out. The road is
still far from being a boulevard, but
an ordinary driver with a fair car can
make Bend easily in six or seven hours.
The trip on the grade to the Warm
Eprings River still has its thrills an
good brakes are essential. Geologl
cally the country is one of great inter
est. The traveler as he passes through
the canyon3 sees bright colorings in
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After Crossins; the Honatalu en the Barlow Trail, Staehli and His Bnir Returned by Way of MeKenste Pass. -1 Tn, of the Three Slaters and Section et Lava
Field as Seen From McKeude Pass Road. 2 Mount Hood From Meadow on Barlow Trail Aboat Mile Beynna Government Camp. 3 Interesting Lava
Formations Sear Warm Springs Agency on Central Oregon Highway. 4 A Waterhole Along th Barlow Trail.
the walla where erosion has laid bare
the strata ot. the earth. There are
layer after layer, first of solid rock,
then gravel, then lava, then soil, then
alkali, then volcanic ash, only to re
peat the order several times in the
limb from the bed of the river to the
rim more than 1000 feet high.
Those Tires Still Gains;.
Faith was rapidly gaining over the
occasional appearances of doubt and
when the three bum tires had reached
the top of the Mecca grade-and the
Ford was taking it all "on high" the
party was as good as back home. Nev
ertheless, there had been some real
tire-tryers on the trip and when Del
Wright saw the pictorial evidence on
the party's return he decided to tell any
friends of his to be sure to take along
a good supply. of blowout patches and
spare tubes.
From Mecca.lo Bend, through Madras
and Redmond, traveling is all very
good, with roads in splendid shape.
The trip up to the McKenzle Pass
from Bend was made without a bit of
trouble, the stripped car passing over
the sand without hesitancy. No car
should have trouble if the driver will
let a little air out of his tires, especially
the rear ones, to give greater surface
over the worst part.
The road over the pass, especially the
lava fields, is still one that tries rubber
to the Quick and the scenery had to be
enjoyed with fingers crossed as the
three bum- tires crossed ridge after
ridge of jagged rock. Further along
the Forestry Department has done some
splendid work, but a car with its rear
end out from under it told the story of
steep grades and trouble encountered
in trying to come from West to East.
Many Machines Met.
Travel over the pass and all through
this scenic portion of Oregon 1 heavy,
and especially in Central Oregon they
are seeing three times as many ma
chines this year as they ever saw be
fore. California seems to have come to
Oregon In a body and at every hotel
down the road from north to south
parties from the state to the south
were named on the register.
Many of these, finding that the Co
lumbia Highway still is closed, cross
the mountains without hesitation and
none as yet has reported the least
trouble, which is both a tribute to the
condition of the road and the fact that
cars sent out by the manufacturers in
the East are finally meeting the de
mands, of the service that the West ex
pects of them.
The McKenzle country was full of
campers. Tents and machines were
seen every little way.
The road down the west side from
Salem and the east side from Eugene
was roiiowea ana round good for the
most part. Here, too, auto travelers
were met at every turn, with bundles
of blankets and tents and a tonneau
full of accessories that go with life on
the wheel.
Wednesday morning bets were
cashed, for the Ford "bug" and the
three bum tires rolled into the garage
of the William L. Hughson Company
with the original air in the casings.
The trip was in a measure vindication
of the arguments of those young chaps
who run around the streets with less
than half a car, for this car-with all
the weight stripped off covered the
450 miles over roads worse than which
there are none in Oregon, with a sur
prisingly small consumption of gas and
on tires that Mister Careful Motorist
would hesitate about driving around
his own block.
In more ways than one the trip
provedthat all that part of America
which can possibly do it gets" on wheels
somehow or another. Just this side of
Harrlsburg was a case that proved this
point.
The license on a machine camped for
the night showed it to be from Wash
ington and a pennant indicated Tacoma.
Tied to the rear of the automobile was
an old "sea-going" hack of the kind
that the leading banker used to have.
Many a good Sobbin would have turned
over in his grave to see a finely-built
Fischer hack tied to the rear end of the
gasoline usurper. The outfit carried
nine persons.
Near Eugene another party was go
ing to a picnic and the shortage of
automobiles was overcome- by tying a
discarded horsedrawn hotel bus to one
of the motor cars.
BRISCOE CHIEF WON
W. H. Wallingford Keeps Port
land on Auto Map.
USED-GAR FIRM FORMED
L. G. RAILSBACK AND T. T. EILLER
IN BUSINESS FOR SELVES.
Used-Car Salesmen for Western Motor
Car Sales Company Boy Acme
Anto Company.
A new used-car firm was established
In Portland last week when L, "G.
Rallsback and T. T. Hiller bought out
the Acme Auto Company, at S31 Alder
street, and announced that they would
be open for business at once with good
used. cars.. .
Both Mr. Rallsback and Mr. Hiller
are experienced used-car automobile
men. Mr. Rallsback has been for the
past six months in charge of the used-
car department of the Western Motor
Car Sales Company, Chalmers dlstrib
utora. Mr. Hiller has been with him
in the used-car department there.
They expect to do a lars-e business in
used cars in good condition.
GOODYEAR AD CHIEF VISITOR
Ii. Jj. Kins; in Portland From Akron,
O., on Tour of Coast.
L. L. King, manager of the advertis
ing department of the Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Company, was in Portland last
'week from Akr.on, O., in the course of
a tour of the West and the Pacific
Coast. While here he visited with John
A Leatherraan. manager of the Port
land branch of the company. .
Mr. King says the remarkable strides
made in fast truck transportation in
the East have been made possible by
the development of the pneumatic tire
for trucks, which was first brought out
by Goodyear. The possibilities of fast
motor transport, he says, have only
been tapped. Much exploration work in
this field is being done by the Good
year Tire A Rubber Company, which
regularly operates a fast truck fleet
between Akron and Boston. Mr. King
is much pleased with Portland and its
touring roads, and predicts a big field
Here lor last motor truck service.
DIRECTORS ARE CONVINCED
;
With Output Limited by War Condi
tions, Briscoe Dealer Organiza
tion Reduced to 11, of Wbom
Wallingford la Made One.
All because W. H. Wallingford went
East three weeks ago, and while there
took a trip to the Briscoe factory at
Jackson, Mich., to see what could be
done about giving him more Briscoe
cars for the Oregon territory, the Bris
coe business in the United States is to
be handled by 11 distributors Instead
another meeting. Mr. FIndlater put
the case before them quite stron.it ly.
and the board voted to take care of 11
distributors for the coming year in
stead of the 10 agreed upon previous
ly, and to make Mr. Wallingford the
11th distributor.
Big Allotment Promised.
More than that, he was promised 500
cars for the year ending next July 1.
A shipment of several carloads of
Briscoes is now en route. Inasmuch
as the distributors have now been lim
ited to 11. Mr. Wallingford Is pretty
sure he will get the 500 cars all right.
He would be glad if he could get .dou
ble the number.
With Mr. Wallingford added to the
list, the Pacific Coast will have three
of the 11 distributors: those at Port
land, Seattle and Los Angeles, San
Francisco being eliminated though the
parts depot there will be maintained.
The next nearest distributing point is
Denver, and the next beyond that Kan
sas City.
Mr. Wallingford, who is also die
trlbutor here for the Premier and Lib
erty, visited those factories also while
East. He found them both consider
ably hampered in output by difficulty
in obtaining certain units, but makini
some cars. However, they could prom
lse him nothing definite as to future
deliveries.
Many big manufacturers of motor
cars, otherwise well stocked with ma
terials, are having great difficulty, Mr.
Wallingford says, in getting some llt-
v 1 in
' ' . ,1a ,ni, 1 lj- m .n n tn. aaa-b vw a
That sounds startling, and Mr. TTil- , ""', . j
a a i, ii . u- ... I turn out a completed car. He told
lingford found it fully so. - He was
never more startled than when he ar
rived at the factory and found that.
due to curtailment in production on ac
count of the war, the Briscoe directors
had just voted to cut down their deal
er organization to 10 dealers for the
whole country.
Their point of view was that it would
be a lot better both for the Briscoe
and for the distributors themselves for
the factory to give plenty of cars to
10 live dealers representing different
sections of the country, than to try to
spread a limited output among many
dealers, none of whom would get
enough cars to keep his organization
going. ' -
Wallingford Goes to Bat.
But what nA.rtluln.rlv Interested Mr.
Wallingford was to find that" both
Portland and San Francisco had been
slated for decapitation, the Briscoe di
rectors, at the instance of Sales Man
ages FIndlater, having decided to con
centrate their Pacific Coast business in
Los Angeles and Seattle.
Mr. Wllllngford arrived on ta scene
just after all this had been decided.
Everybody was very, very sorry, but
wfiat could be done?
Well, Mr. Wallingford has overcome
some pretty stiff obstacles in his day.
He has learned that the man who never
gives up doesn't have to give up. He
went to bat right there. He put up
his case to Mr. FIndlater, laying all his
cards on the table.
Among other things, he laid stress
on the big business he has done with
the Briscoe in the Oregon territory in
the few months he has been dealer
here for the car, which he took on only
last February at the time of the auto
mobile show In Portland.
The upshot of It all was that Mr.
FIndlater became "sold" to Mr. Wal
lingford. The board of directors held
CONNOISSEUR IN AUTOS SELECTS JORDAN CAR.
v . - l
T.P. HO WITT AND HIS NEW JORDAN SPORT MARINES.
T. P. Howitt, well-known stock buyer and commission man, has the reputation among his friends and automobile
men "of being a particularly discerning and critical prospect when it comes to buying a car. He nets a new automobile
every year and demands a car that will hold up under hard driving antfgive real service at all times. The other day Mr.
Howitt heard that the new Jordan Sport Marine was in town and went to the showrooms of tha Mitchell. Lewis &.
Staver Company at Broadway and Oak streets to have a look at it. The result was that he bought the car, though
substituting wood wheels for the usual wire wheel equipment of the Sport Marine model because of the fact that he has
a good deal of driving through mud to do. Mr. Howitt drives his car never less than 1000 miles a month and often as
niga as ,1600 or iuu muea.
. . p. ,
about one factory that has a whole
building stored full of auto rims, and
has a huge supply of most of its need
ed parts, hut is limited to a very small
output because of Inability to obtain
one unit.
M'RELL AROUND LOOP
TRIP MADE TO SALEM VIA BOTH
EAST AND WEST SIDES.
Member of C L. Boss Automobile Com
pany Says Rex-Tlgard Pavement
Is Nenrly Done.
Motorists wishing to drive to Salem
will be agreeably surorlsed to find that
most of the Rex-Tlgard road is now
paved, according to R. J. McRell. of the
C. L. Boss Automobile Company, who
last week, with a party of friends and
relatives, made the round-trio in
Hudson Super-Six from Portland to
Salem, going by the east side road and
returning via McMlnnvlUe on the west
side.
To Oregon City the highway Is In
good condition at present, but from
there to New Era it Is only fair. From
New Era south a new road is being
built to eliminate the dangerous New
Era hill, where many accidents have
occurred. From Canby to Aurora the
highway is fairly good, but badly cu
up, however, thence to Salem. Between
Salem and Dallas the roadbed all the
way is of very good macadam.
Mr. McRell drove from Dallas to
McMlnnville by way of Perrydale and
Sherfdan. Dust was almost hub-deeo
In places. There are about three miles
of paving out of Sheridan, but at Belle
vue one has to detour to the left fo
construction work into Gopher Hollow,
then turn to the right up over a hill.
which Is very rough and dusty, and
back into Bellevue. From there to
McMlnnville the roadbed is of good
macadam.
From Newberg in to . Portland -the
new pavement has been completed, ex
cept for about two miles.
MORE HIGHWAY COXSTRTCTION
Worlc of Csnyonvllle-Rlddle Section
to Be Started Soon.
KIDDLE Or., July 10. (Special.)
Another stretch of the Pacific High
way soon is to be begun between Can
yonvllle and Riddle, and this will al
most complete the road work Riddle
was to do in order that the highway
would come by way of Riddle. This
piece of road is on the Bollenbaugh
Hill between Canyonville and Riddle,
and will take out a grade and some bad
road.
The County Court met in special ses
sion at Roseburg this week to con
sider the construction of the stretch
of highway south of Canyonville,
through Cow Creek Canyon. It was
decided parts of the road would have
to be cleared during the construction
work, and the court ordered that it be
closed to traffic between the hours of
8 A. M. and 6 P. M.
The closing of this road will cause
tourists considerable inconvenience
temporarily, for traffic will not be al
lowed to pass during those hours, and
It is not possible to build a detour
road. This is one' of the most diffi
cult pieces on the Pacific Highway.
Flush and refill rear housings; pack
all grease cups; clean out muffler and
remove rust from, rlma.
HER1T3 the practical one-man tractor for Northwestern farmers.
Eaay to control, stop or reverse all with one lever. So simple
that a boy can do your plowing. Cheaper to operate, too. The
HEIDER burns kerosene and saves gasoline for our Army.
,TT9"'?n"r. wr,t that he has plowed hundreds of acres with his
HEIDER. using three fourteen-inch plow bottoms, and in one year
has only had 40 cents worth of repairs.
The HEIDER Is unlike other tractors .tn construction, and.
unlike them in the extra economical arrvir It irivaa vnn niir
with special friction transmission which means no gears to strip
'wer Psrta, less trouble, less chance of breakage, and lower
t.w n nciui.n is tne laeai tractor suited to tne
olf conditions of the Northwest. .
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so
Write TODAT for ear New Boek entitled, "Owners
"T Se Knew the eeenomy ot owning; n HEIDER
tne traeter that given yon nil yonx Meals tn one onttlt
DO IT MOW I
Old
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Kert
Boy
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en In the
weat.
Barked by n Reps.
tatlen ot S3 Yeara
Scouts Plowing With a Helder Tractor. East Moreland Addi
tion. Portland. Oregon.
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AUTO DIRECTORY
TWIN STATES MOTOR CAR CO.
514-516 Alder St, at Sixteenth.
Phone Broadway 494
Franklin
offers more of "what you actually need and want in
an automobile."
BRALY AUTO CO.
Bfaln 4880. A 3881. 19th and Washington Sta.
International Motor Truck
A Track for Every Pnrpese.
Mannfsrtnred by
Internntlenal Ilarvrstrr Com
pany of Amerlcn.
For Sale by
Ilrnnemnn Motor Trark
Company, Broadway 5eV4.
Ninth and Conch streets.
nnnnnensr
MINUTE MAN SIX
Brunn Motor Car Co,
444-46 Stark St.
Phones: Broadway 2958, A 2953
MACK Trucks
Capacities, 1, ltt, 2, 3tt, 5, 5 Tons.
Complete Stock Kepair Parts.
F. C. ATWELL, Salea Agent.
Washing-ton at 21st, Tel. Mar. 440
SIXES
New Light Six, $1250 Factory
Mitchell, Seven-Passenger, $1525, Factory
31ITCHELL.LEWIS & STAVER CO.
Broadway at Oak
Oldsmobile
Distinctive High Grade. Light Weight.
OLDSMOBILE CO. OF OREGON
Broadway and Couch
Phone Broadway 2270
M0&
is ready to serve your requirements with suc
cess. Touring $2110. Roadster J2J40.
D. G. Warren Motor Gar Co.
ss-ao n. as at.
MAIN 78.
EIGHT CAPACITIES
4 TO 5 TONS
Investigate Onr Trnetor nnd Trailer Proposition
ROBERTS MOTOR CAR CO, Inc, Park at Everett St.
AUTO ACCESSORIES AND PARTo
AUTO ACCESSORIES AND PARTS
ARCHER & WIGGINS
Distributors of High -Grade Automobile Accessories
SIXTH STREET AT OAK
BOWSER
GASOLINE and OIL TANKS
STORAGE SYSTEMS FOB PtRLIO AWIl PRIVATB
GARAGES. S. D. Steddara. District
Sales, 71S-3U Corbett !. Mala 1476.
JJroadway and Glisan Phone Bdwy. 546
The bniy battery with a definite guarantee.
All makes of batteries charged and repaired.
David Hodes Co.
N. Broadway and Flanders.
AUTOMOBILE GEARS,
PARTS AND ACCESSORIES
REDUCED PRICES.
ENGINES A SPECIALTY
AT
voir worx tires TyjjT t ER AD-ON-A-TREADS
(TRETCHLESS INSIDE TIRE CO
134 North Brailway.
Opnnsltn New Poetofflc
LOOK FOR
THIS SIGN
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There's. an Exide Battery
For Every Car
THE STORAGE BATTERY CO.
348-350 Couch St.
II
7500
MILES
GUARAN
TEED ON
FORD
sizes; '
Perfection Asbestos Tires
Ka Innae Trends. Nn Sand Blisters.
Cool or Asbnatoa Fnbrle Protection.
Kept
Com In and Let Ca Explain. Asrents nnd Denlern
aatea. Sena for Descriptive Folders. Price, Etc
TRI STATE TIRE CO, Dlstrlbntors.
Tel. Brondwnr 7 Sixth St, Portlnnd.
Wt Stock Them. We Repair These,
We C'karie Thena.
Free AdTlce nnd Inspection.
ATJTO ELECTRIC EqilPMKST CO,
Sixth nnd Bnrnslde Streets.