The Sunday Oregonian., July 13, 1919, SECTION FIVE, Page 8, Image 72

THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 13, 1919.
HERE IT IS AT LAST THE NEW MAXWELL WITH HOTSPOT AND BAMSHORN MANIFOLD.
Pavement to The Dalles Prob
; able by End of 1920.
BIG PROJECTS UNDER WAY
Xer Road to Mosier Will Eliminate
Terrible Mosier Hill, TVnere
Accidents Are Frequent. .
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LEWIS A. McARTHCR-
- Highway Improvements between Cms
cade Lock, and Th Dalles are pro-
Kreislng rapidly and by fall there will
be many miles of new paving and
grading. The new work lies along the
Columbia river highway, as well as in
the city limits of The Dalles.
One of the important pieces of new
paving is embraced in the contract
covering about 22 miles from Cascade
Locks to the top of the Rnthton hill
west of Hood River. This hard-urface
will connect with the hard-surface from
Portland to the east end of Multnomah
county, and will provide paving all
the. way to Hood River. There is al
ready one mile of hard-surface on the
highway east of the county line, but it
is narrow-gauge, and the new contract
-will include the widening of this mils
atrip to full width.
The contractor has one paving plant
set -up at Cascade Locks and another
will soon be set up at Wyeth. A third
plant will probably be set up near Hood
lUver The three plants combined will
lay- about 1600 feet of paving a day,
or about a third of a mile. The high
way probably will be closed during the
paving, at least for part of the time,
during which cars will be routed across
the river over the north bank highway.
Rock at Shellrock Moaataiau
The highway as yet is in good shape
except for a few hundred feet at Shell
rock mountain, where a large amount
of loose rock has slid down on the
roadway and is being leveled off. The
highway is being raised a few feet at I
this point, and a new retaining wall
put in. This Is very ' rough, but the
distance is short.
From the top of Ruthton hill into
Hood River the road is narrow an
crooked, and a contract has been let
lor grading. The grading camp is as
sembied and the contract, which is
short, one, will soon be under way.- It
should not interfere with traffic, as
there are good detours.
Of great importance to motorists
the new work between Hood River an
Mosier, about six miles of grading and
tunneling now being under contract.
This will be a very fine piece of scenic
highway, on a low grade, through
new section. The old road over th
hill is dangerous and' there have been
many accidents on it. The old road
reaches an elevation of about 1600 feet
the new road will cut off at least 1000
feet of elevation, it will be near the
river all the war and will include three
tunnels.
-There are three steam shovels at
work, over half of the grading la
finished, and It is expected that the
tunnela will be completed by the last
of September. A contract will eoon be
let for graveling, as fast as possible
after the grading, so that the road will
be open for traffic this winter. It Is
possible to drive out on the road fo
three miles east of Hood River, al
though the going Is rather rough. This
la one of the most important pieces of
work on the Columbia river highway.
It is to be paved in 1920. The old
Uoaier grade has been Justly unpopular.
Hood River people are now talking
about a paved highway up the valley
to connect with the Mount Hood loop.
No plans have been prepared, but the
project will eoon be taking shape. Hood
River valley roads are now in fine con
dition.
The route of the Columbia river high
way between Mosier and The Dalles
has been selected. The road will be
near the river and will cut out the
long climb over Seven-mile hill. The
hill road has been reg railed and is fair
lor travel.
Te Pave ar The Dalles.
At The Dalles the paving contractor
Is well along toward completing a two-
mile stretch of hard-surface between
The Dalles and Eeufert. This should
be completed in less than three weeks.
A contract for a short addition east of
teurert has been let by the state. The
new pavement 1 a welcome contrast to
the old road.
The same contractor will soon start
paving from The Dalles city limits
west to Chenoweth creek, at the foot
t Seven-Mile hill. This will connect
with the new road to Mosier. This
contract will cover about three miles of
fcard surface and will be completed
this summer.
lnide the city limits of The Dalles
4 Hue new pavement In Ninth street
will connect at Mill creek with the
rrhanoweth creek road. ' In addition
tfl old lower road will be paved, so
there will be two entrances into the
rtty- from Mill creek. The new Ninth
street road is not yet open, as the new
concrete bridge on Mill creek has to
have the approaches filled and paved.
This will be done this summer. In
addition the city plans to pave this sum
mer on the east end of town to connect
wirh the new paving to Seufcrt. The
city recently voted I6S.000 for paving
up the various connections with the
highways.
J'lans sre under contemplation at The
Dalles for a pavement from the city
limits to Three-Mile creek, on the Dufur
read. This will probably be finished
this summer.
The North Bank highway west of
"White Salmon is open, but rough.
Roads between White Salmon and
Ocldendale via Lyle are reported ex
cellent. The tourist crop at The Dalles,
Hood River and White Salmon is far
above all previous records. In one
huiir at The Dalles 11 cars from for
rtzn states were counted, not includ
ing Washington.
Sote the improved lines that characterise this latest Maxwell. In appearance It la muck like the Chalmers, and
tun ear" all the way through.
With the same motor as before, but with lighter pistons, giving greater compression and more cower, and the
addition of the famous hot-epot and ramshorn manifold that have been Chalmers features, this Maxwell is also a
much better looking car than its Maxwell predecessor. It has a new and heavier rear end. brakes, differential and
axles, a new gea shift lever, new instrument board and improved ignition. The radiator is higher and narrower.
It has Chalmers-style fenders and front mudguards, also a Chalmers-style front axle. C L. Boss of the C L. Boss
Automobile company. Maxwell, Chalmers, Hudson and Essex distributor, who is standing beside the new model, is
vastly pleased with it, and with reason. j
MOTORJSTS LOOKING NOW FOB
IX'G TIRE MILEAGE.
Star Tire Factory Increasing: Capac
ity to Take Care of Growing;
Cord Demand.
With the advent of larger motor
trucks, higher horse-powered motors
and truck trailers of every descrip
tion come new developments in many
industries, none of which show more
radical departures from a pre-war
basis than in that of manufacturing
automobile tires.
The demand upon the tire factories
for tires that will give excess mileage
and stand bad-road abuse in all kinds
of weather under the strain of heavy
hauling is paralleled by a demand from
pasenger car-owners for excess mile
age from tires.
O. Li. Weaver, secretary of the Star
Rubber company, recently commenting
on the trend toward cord tires, says:
"It is a remarkable development of
wise buying to see car-owners buy
ing cord tires a higher-priced tlr
to get cheaper mileage in the end.'
"At the Star factory we are increas
ing our manufacturing macilities to
take care o fthe growing demand for
cord tires, which we believe will be
continuous."
TOUR TO MOUNT RAINIER
Continued From First Paxe.)
FIRST AKREST BY AERO COP
He Flic After Speeding; Motoriot
auid Quickly Nabs Him.
I .OS AX'JELKS, Cal.. July 12. Speed
ers In southern California have had
another fly added to their ointment
in the form of aero cops. Andrew
Hansen went by a speed trap at Wll
lowville. near Los Angeles, at 60 miles
T1 hour. The motorcycle officer who
pttrsued him was forced to drop out
ot the rare on accoufft of engine
tnouble. He stopped near a commer
cial aviation field and two minutes
latr was going a 90-mile clip in an
ajrplane after the offending motorist.
A landing ws effected two miles
Letd of the speeder, who slowed down
of, seeing the airplane, thinking the
Txlot was in trouble. His arrest fol
lowed. -Thia Is the first court record here
of an arrest by airplane, although ma.
bines are being ueed to patrol the
national forests, the Mexican border
and the bathing beaches. Commercial
air service has been established be
tween Los Angeles and Bakersfteld.
San Diego, Phocotx. Aria, and CatAllna
island.
Aircraft are eo common that even
the children have ead to risk a
frt-k In the neck on hearing the purr
eX the motors In the air.
cars are coming down from farads
Palls, those upbound are held at Nls-
qually. The Narada Falls ranger tele
phones to the one at Nisqually the
-license number of the last car sent
down. And not until that car has ar
rived, and the Nisqually rangr has
satisfied himself that it passed no
other cars en route, are those up-
bound permitted to leave.
Bettom Long Way Down.
The climb up this road gives a won
derful sensation. Tou look over the
side of the canyon and see no bottom
unless you lean far out. ' There it is,
leagues down, it seems the Kisqually,
tiny silver ribbon, at the bottom of
forest-clad slopes. Across the canyon
on the other ridge, waterfall after
waterfall swings into view. The little
Chevrolet climbed steadily up and up
to Narada Falls, without ever having
to go into intermediate, though at this
high altitude cars use more gasoline
and frequently have to climb on a
lower gear than at sea level.
The day of this trip, July S, was
Jokingly referred to by the rangers
as "Portland day." because of the many
Portland cars that had driven over.
Montgomery Smith and W. C. Mont
gomery of the Howard Automobile
company, in Bulcks, were among many
Portlanders there. And there were
scores of Oregon licenses. The ranger
charge at the park entrance said
300 cars have entered the park already
this season.
The road to Rainier National park
from Tacoma is in beautiful condition.
Tou can't miss it it's a continuation
f the main street. Pacific avenue.
rom Jhe Tacoma hotel to the park is
7.S miles, but the distance from Ta
coma as officially measured is 56 miles
o the park entrance. From there to
Narada Falls is 16 miles, making the
total distance from Tacoma to Narada
miles, and to Paradise Valley about
76 miles.
Thia road la paved for 22 miles out
of Tacoma and is in good condition,
with one or two short exceptions where
ew construction is in progress, to the
ntrance. v
Here is a description of tahi drive.
taken from the government publica-
on on Mount Rainier National park.
that's worth the reprinting:
Read Leads Threagh Timber.
"Leading south as the crow flies.
the main business artery of Ta
coma. the highway to the park really
begins in the very business center of
he city. For 28 miles the railroad and
the highway, paralleling each other. I
run along the base of huge timbered Cowlits near Castle' Rock,' which "is jfree
dov
cliffs which rise sheer from the prairie
level, or through timbered copses and
huddling jack pines that dot the land
scape, mirroring themselves in the
crystal waters of many lakes.
"At the foothills of the mountain the
railroad and the highway really be
coane canyon roads. From the top of
King hill, overlooking Ohop valley, the
highway affords a most Inspiring view
of the great mountain and its sur
rounding peaks and valleys. This
point is about half way to the park
entrance. After descending this hill
the Toad begins rising, almost lm
perceptibly at first, toward the eternal
snows on the mountain's dome. On all
sides are mighty firs as yet barely
touched by the lumbermen. Now and
again the highway smoothly surfaced
from January to December leads to
the brink of canyons: gullies they are,
compared to what come farther toward
the clouds. Here the road turns sud
denly on Itself, and in a twinkling is
across the valley's floor. A few nun
dred yards and it begins again to
climb, this time through fir forests a
hundred times more splendid than
were found before the Ohop was
reached.
Presently the traveler finds him
self looking down a sheer thousand
feet to where the Kisqually river
threads its way to the sea. This is the
Kisqually canyon. How the road ever
came to wind- its very lip is one of
the marvels that only the engineers
can explain. ...
"For seeming miles of breathless In
terest the road runs perilously above
the canyon; then, presently, it plunges
anew into the endless forests of fir
and goes on and on, always gently
climbing. ...
Register at Entrance.
Almost at the southwest corner of
the Mount Rainier national park the
road makes its entry from the outer j
reserve. Here ' a huge log gate has
been erected, and through this gate
alone may comfortable entry be had
to this portion of the mountain park
with vehicles. Just inside the gate is
a lodge, where the visitor must enter
and become apprised of the rules; then
on and on the road plunges, through
timber so dense the earlier forests seem
pigmy, with glimpses of. the mountain
breaking through and the sound of
many rushing waters coming through
the trees, until at a sudden turn an
evidence of civilization presents itself
in the form of the National Park Inn
nd Longmire Springs. i
The mountain road really begins at
Longmlre Springs. By switchback and
crooked twist it rises gradually into
the clouds, doubling back and forth
on itself far below, every foot reveal
ing some new glory. . . . After
SH miles the way leads on to a bridge.
At the left, less than 1000 feet away,
huge wall of ice rears into the air.
This is the snout of Kisqually glacier
and the beginning of the Kisqually
river.
From the glacier the road leads on.
with devious windings and turnings,
through scenery more glorious every
yard, until finally, where eternal snow
begins, it ends."
From Portland to Rainier national
park is 205 miles, this being the Fa
cifle highway route to Tenlno, thence
through the towns of Rainier. Yelm,
Roy and Greendale to a connection
with the Tacoma-Mount Rainier park
road about 20 miles from Tacoma.
This is the most direct route. Some
may prefer to follow the Pacific high
way to Tacoma, stay there over night.
and then drive from Tacoma to the
park. This route is approximately 50
lies longer.
The Portland-Goble or Portland
Vancuver-Kalama section of the Pa-
clfic highway, the two being about
horse and horse now in good weather,
owing to construction work on both.
is the onlv, bad section on the whole
trip.
Condition of the Highway.
There is a possibility that the trav
eler may have to detour across the
Cowlits river at Keiso because of con
struction work on the highway, to
reach Castle Rock, but this detour, is
simple and the road fairly good. Just
cross the bridge at Kelso, if this de
tour is necessary, turn to the right
across the bridge, and at every road
fork take the road nearest' the- river.
This brings you to a ferry across the
between IA.11 and 6 P. M., the charge
being 2a cents at other hours.
At Tenlno, leave the main Pacific
highway to Olympia and turn right to
Rainier. The road thence through Yelm
and Roy is mainly good, though with
some very rough . sections, fortunately
not long ones. At Roy, turn right be
yond the water tank to Greendale, and
at that point turn right and you will
find yourself on a good prairie gravel
road tnat six miles farther on meets
the Tacoma-Mount Rainier Park road.
A word about the performance of the
Chevrolet on this trip. Mr. Fields took
a brand new car with him, but though
it had been driven only 12 miles pre
viously, it ran the more than 500 miles
round trip between Portland, Tacoma,
Mount Rainier park and back to Port
land without any adjustments, and av
eraging close to 20 miles to the gallon
on gasoline. A wonderful little car,
this Chevrolet-
Here is the log of the run from
Portland to Mount Rainier park: .
00.0 Oregonlan building, Portland.
42.0 Goble. New construction near Deer
island, with about a mile of crushed
rock for paving-, and very rough near
- Goble. Just -about horse and horse
now with Vancouver-Kalama road,
also very rough with new construc
tion. In wet weather take Goble
v road.
53.0 Kelso. Good road from Kalama.
Here It may be necessary, though
probably not, to detour across river
over bridge at Kelso to reach Castle
Rock. If you have to detour, turn
right across bridge, and at each fork
m road take the one nearest river.
Ferry at B2.8 to Castle Rock side.
78.8 Toledo. Road pretty fair through
' wooded stretch from Castle Rock.
Pavement from Toledo 8.2 miles.
89.5 Pavement into Chehalls.
08.4 Chehalis. Pavement to Centralis.
102.2 Centralia.
118.0 Tenino. Rather rough gravel from
Centralia. Here leave Pacifio high
way to tight. Pretty fair gravel
road through woods to Rainier.
127.4 Rainier. Road pretty rough be.
tween here and Yelm.
133.4 Yelm. Turn right for McKenna.
130.0 McKenna.
141.0 Roy. Road pretty fair.
144.4 Greendale. Turn right over gravel
prairie road.
150.8 Junction with Tacoma-Mount Rainier
park road. Turn right. Pavement
for two or three miles.
1.18.0 Chop Bob's.
173.3 Elbe. Between here and Ashford,
nine miles turther, there is some
bad road, but not much. It includes
a mile of crushed rock.
IftO.A Afthfnrrf-
lb6.0 . Park entrance. 8top here and reg
ister. Each car required . to be in
good mechanical eondltlon, with good
tires and to have one good spare tire.
Registration fee $2.50 per car.
192. B National Park inn and Longmlre
springs. Also garage here and Stand
ard Oil lining station.
197.5 Nisqually glacier checking station.
201.0 Narada. falls.
205.0 Paradise valley.
FEDERAL TRUCKS IX DEMAND FOR ROAD. WORK.
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trartara. Thia track west te Hood River, bat 11 others were psurchased for
read wwrk aewa the Willamette valley.
DETOUR NO LOXGEK NEEDED
Faclflo Highway "ow Open From
Kelso to Castle Rock.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., July 12.
(Special.) The Pacific highway is
open and in good condition between
Kelso and Castle Rock. As there has
been work on the road for some time,
tourists have been advised to take the
detour road on the other side of the
Cowlits by crossing the bridge at
Kelso. The road straight through over
the Pacifio highway from Kelso to
Chehalis is good now with most of tee
work finised. No detour, go straight
through.
Carburetor Tronble.
Many cars have no provision aside
from a strainer in the tank for keeping
dirt out of the carburetor. Owners of
such vehicles will do well to fit a
trap in the fuel line. All the big car
buretor makers offer these traps, which
are to be placed in the line near the
carburetor or in the bottom of the tank.
The trap catches all the dirt and water
and should be cleaned regularly once
a month. I
The Tractor That Has Made Good
There are sufficient draw-bar and belt jobs on your farm to be done
between now and fall to keep the Fordson busy earning money for you
throughout the summer.
GET YOUR FORDSON NOW
The Fordson will pull two 14-inch bottoms in the stiff est soils and still
have enough reserve left over for peak loads.
The Fordson operates successfully, economically, on cheap kerosene. No
raw fuel going through the exhaust none passing down through the piston
rings into the crankcase.
And its 22 H. P. in the belt make it capable of running your grain sep
arator, your corn husker, your huller, your silo filler, hay bailer; in short,
it supplies a steady, economical, dependable power for all belt jobs within its
rating.
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Station Tells of Factory
Trained Experts.
"When a motorist buys a piece of
equipment for his car Tn behalf of
which there is not any system of local
ized service maintained," says Thomas
M. Hart, manager of the local Stewarts
Products service station, he is in the
same boat as the man who has an ob
solete make of car, one that has gone
out of business.
"One of the first things a motorist
should think of when buying any Buch
equipment is, "what kind of service will
I be able to get on this whenever I
may need it? Will I be able to get re
placement pacts quickly and easily?"
"You will note that car makers are
very careful not to put any item of
mechanical equipment on tneir cars
for which this service is not close at
hand and readily accessible wherever
the motorist may happen to be.
"That's undoubtedly one of the rea
sons why Stewart custombilt necessi
ties, particularly the speedometer and
vacuum system, are so universally used
as standard equipment. The car maker
does not expect that inspection and re
pair Bervice on these items of equip
ment should devolve upon their local
dealers; nor do they want buyers of
their cars to be absolutely at sea should
they ever require any service on these
most important parts of their cars.
"Car makers know that the stewan
factory maintains a chain of service
stations all .over the country line ine
one we conduct here in Portland. They
know that we, like all other Stewart
Products service stations, have on hand i
a corps of factory-trained experts who
can make any adjustments, repairs or
replacements of Stewart products tnat
will ever be needed on their cars in
our territory.
'The motorist when buying any new
or additional equipment for his car
should keep this thought in mind. The
whole background of the successful op
eration of a motor car is localized, spe
cialized service, close at hand. The
same applies to all the individual and
contributing parts of that car."
Good Roads Minimize Fires.
National forests cannot be econom
ically and efficiently protected against
fires until they are well equipped with
roads, trails, telephone lines and look
out stations, says the annual report of
the chief forester of the United States
service.
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