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THE SUNDAY 'OSEGOXIAX, PORTXAXD, AUGUST 3, 1919. FOR IN STUDY OF ECOLOGY. J OBERLIN COLLEGE STUDENTS TRAVEL 3 JMr. and Mrs. George W. Dean z Revisit Charming Scenes. " 1 V IT" t. :i I tONG TRIP MADE IN BUICK Nineteenth Anniversary of Wedding Made Memorable by Journey Through California. mm I RETRACED OH TOUR fc-v, I l - , i ri- wTT I? I I k i v J r if , 4 sfc?K4 ' : 4 i I " " 1 " "" """" t - -W---"v! ! I I fl viT iiit Taaa'aaaaTaaaTaaaaaaaTa'aaaaaTaTaaaTaaa --.Ug l', ' K, fOne of the most indefatigable tourists la Oregon, not to say the Pacific coast. fc George V. Dean, manager of the Portland branch of the Howard Auto tuobile company. Along about this time a.ch year, sometimes sooner, sometimes little later, he packs the family into S Buick bis six and goes motoring into alifornia. He has driven so many thousands of Brules over California roads on these annual tours that by now he is just bout capable of getting up by himself tour book of that state. He could tfdd a few interesting pages on Pacific highway and Central Oregon highway conditions for the past three or, four years. Mr. Dean doesn't go touring by the otel route. He travels in the only $ay to get the full benefits of an all outdoor outing with camping and full commissary equipment to camp along the way as the gypsies do. He has this lamping layout down now to so scien tific a point that within half an hour of t-he time he makes fast for the night kt the selected spot the tent is pitched, beds made and the whole family sitting Sown to a luscious, well-broiled steak 5r-or whatever the ration of the day may be, cooked over a gasoline stove fcnd get on a table with cloth, napkins fcud all. Over tlie Honeymoon Trail. Mr. Dean, his wife and 10-year-old fion Reuel returned Monday from their Jour for this year. It was one of the most enjoyable they have yet made. In their five weeks absence they were two weeks in San Francisco, where Mr. ean talked business and Buicks with Charley Howard, big boss of the How ard Automobile company, and the re mainder of the time just toured, eamped and had a thoroughly good time. They visited among other points anta Cruz and the Big Basin, with its ftver-interesting giant redwoods; Fallen Jeaf lake and Lake Tahoe, the Feather iiver country and Mount Lassen na tional park. f- And during all this time, except ifchile in San Francisco, they camped fcut. Not a hotel bill to pay on the fcrip not even in San Francisco, as J3r. Dean owns up with a grin, for ttiere they were guests of friends. There was a touch of sentiment In Se route they selected for their tour is year, for on July 11 came the 19th Anniversary of the wedding in 1900 of Mr. and Mrs. Dean at Vallejo, Cal. So they retraced again, this time by auto mobile, their wedding journey of 19 years ago. After having first made a side trip o Santa Cruz and the redwoods of the Big Basin, they returned to San Fran flsco and began their tour from Val iijo. They drove first to Placerville, fp the American river canyon, and on wer the summit of the Sierras at an elevation of 8000 feet. They camped a ay at Kcho lake, then trekked on to Wautiful Fallen Leaf lake, at the foot & Mount Tallac, three miles back in the mountains from Lake Tahoe. Krai Ka i n Down There. r ""Fallen Leaf lake is not so well tsiown to the motoring public as others f the lakes in this beautiful region," aid Mr. Dean, "but its shores are ideal fjDr the camper. Hunting, fishing, swimming up there in the keen moun tain air make it a grand place to spend sr few days. We were there two days and could have remained a month with otirt tiring of it." Mrs. Dean, in fact, expressed the wish to return next year for a two weeks' stay. ."But why not in Oregon next year?" asked her husband. "Because," said Mrs. Dean, "here you never have to figure that it might rain." 'And just three hours later, glee fuJly related Mr. Dean, detailing this incident, "up came one of the worst thunder storms I've ever seen. It not only thundered and hailed hailstones like peas but it rained, rained, rained I Cats and dogs and guinea pigs! Every thing in the clouds just poured down on us." From Fallen Leaf lake the Deans motored around Lake Tahoe, camping t here a day, then headed north to Truckee, thence to Hobart Mill, Sierra ville, through the Feather river can yon, past the live mountain town of Quincy, which has all the city conve niences and business houses and schools that a big city could envy; on to Ches ter via Prattvilfc and into Lassen na tional park. Kn route they stayed rjrjetly here and there at places that in terested them. In Lassen national park they expect ed to see more wonders, including per-TT-ps Lassen in chance eruption. There in they were disappointed and Mr. Dean advises other motorists to avoid mak ing their mistake. 1-lL.e a BIpr Ann Pile. -'.'There's nothing to see in the park except a desolate country strewn with lava," said he, "and the roads are fierce. We passed in full view of Las mrm ten miles away, but the mountain wasn't smoking that day. It's nothing to see, anyway looks li ke nothing so much as a big ash heap. And that r&ad rough, rocky, steep hills and pitches, and a lot of it." As quickly as they could leave this dc&olat spot they did. and journeyed on tn-Chester and Red Bluff, 70 miles from th.B mountain, and on the Pacific high way. At Red Bluff the pavement on ftr northbound Pacific highway in Cal riornia ends. From there the 30 miles tp. Kedding is over good macadam road and they found the Kedding-Dunsmuir stretch in very fa.ir condition. ?Only three miles of this road, where (errs are detoured over the old grade wliile crews are finishing the new one, tsrreally bad." said Mr. Dean, "and it is not so bad for mountain road. Seven -fen miles of new grade now open will Ira rocked and rolled before winter. - ."From Dunsmuir to Weed is fair and from Weed to Ashland most of it 40- Trrtie-an-hour road. On the Oregon side f the Siskiyous half the width of the Coad is now covered with rock, prepar atory to paving." Mr. Dean took three days to Port land from Ashland, as he visittid sev eral Buick dealers en route. Cow Creek canyon he found not bad at all. "rThe car in which the tour was made ws a Buick H-49 big six. The only adjustment necessary on the whole trip tms to tighten the water pump pack on one occasion. The Goodyear cord tires went the 2600 miles on their original air. Anti-Rust Lubricant. As an anti-rust lubricant for the leaves of springs, etc.. heat a pound of rntiia rubber scrap and mix with half a paund of grease and half a pound of graphite. FRAXKIIX SEDAN CAR. FOR TOnUSG, ESPECIAXLY AS SLEEPING QUARTERS AT NIGHT. A most unusual touring party, comprising- Dr. Lynda Jones, professor of ecology at Obferlin college, Ohio, and 21 stu dents of that institution, most of the party being girls, reached Portland last week in a Franklin sedan and five Fords. They came to study ecology here and en route ecology, by the way, being the science of birds, plants and animals In relation to their changes in different environments. The Franklin sedan was owned and driven by Dr. C. J. Burgess of Milwaukee, who joined the party to accompany his daughter. Miss Elisabeth Burgess. She slept comfortably in the sedan at night, while the doctor slept comfortably outside under a tent fly. The party reached Portland 34 days from Oberlin, after traveling 3800 miles. Dr. Burgess Is a great fan for the Franklin. In the picture is Dr. Burgess (left). Miss Burgess (in the car) and Miss Leila Hazeltine, daughter of F. A. Hazeltine, who is editor of the South Bend (.Wash.) Journal. The party went to South 'Bend from Portland. LUKE CHELAN TRIP FINE JLOT ATTRACTION'S OFFERED TO AUTOISTS E. ROUTE. Round Trip Covers Eight Hundred Miles of Road, Vhicli for the Most Part Is Good. (Continued From First Pa.(re. peak and Red mountain, through a pass 5500 feet high, and won into the middle fork region to Goldmeyer hot springs, on Burnt Boot creek. This trip should be taken only by experienced mountain climbers. From Denny creek camp grounds the travelers continued their journey to Snoqualmie pass, going through a series of figure eights made necessary to keep the highway on suitable grades. At the pass, 3000 feet above sea level, they entered eastern Washington and began their descent into the Yakima valley, soon reaching Keechelus lake, a popular summer resort. At the mouth of Rocky run, near the head of this lake, they passed a group of summer home sites surveyed by the Forest service and available to the pub liQ for building summer homes under permit from the government, requiring the payment of a small annual rental. Temporary camp grounds are open to the public in all parts of the national forests. liow Cornea Blewett Pass. The highway follows the east shore of the lake for seven or eight miles, passing Keechelus inn. a summer hotel erected on national forest land under special use permit. The timber close to Lake Keechelus has been logged by the Reclamation service, preparatory to using the lake as a storage reservoir for irrigation water. The dam for this purpose has already been constructed. Leaving the lake, the highway con tinues down the Yakima river, through a forest in which Douglas firs and western yellow pine seem equally at home. Past Easton and Cle Elum, the latter a coal-mine town, the route runs to a point where a sign reads, "Liberty, three miles." Here the Blewett Pass highway begins. This road is much narrower than the Sunset highway and gives evidence of much travel. In a cosy nook beside a small stream near the roadway, a camping party con sisting of a Ford, tent, several women and a baby, was busy preparing a meal as the travelers drove by. A little further on, an auto truck loaded with 4000 board feet fit yellow pine lumber had just broken through the small bridge at Liberty when the travelers reached this point, making necessary the fording of a small stream to get past the obstruction. Liberty consists of several log build ings, and two turns in the road with a store at each turn. At the first store Dr. Karis bought his daily ration of candy, while at the second the supply of gas necessary to make Blewett pass was poured into the tank of the Ford at 35 cents per, which was the highest priced gas used on the trip. Three miles beyond Liberty was tne sawmill where the lumber was cut which was responsible for the broken bridge. Indications of former mining activity appeared at intervals along the road mining cabins, water wheels and rocky mine dumps. Good Drafeei Needed Here. Blewett pass is not for a timid driver or a machine equipped with poor brakes. For more than five miles on each side of the pass the road is only wide enough for a single machine. Fre quent turnouts make passing possible. Many of the grades of the Blewett Pass highway which formerly struck terror to the motorist have been reduced by the Forest service, and hew construc tion work is now going on at both sides of the pass, which, when completed, will remove most of the motorist's griefs without detracting from the scenic en joyment of the trip. As the traveler climbs higher, he gains a constantly widening outlook over the Wenatchee mountains. At Red Rock lookout point, about a mile from the summit, where the road rounds the point of a ridge with a dangerously sharp curve, a wide place has been provided for motorists to stop and enjoy the panorama of the moun tains. Here the travelers paused to drink in the view. During their stay a family party arrived in a Ford which was making the hill laboriously on three cylinders. After satisfying them selves with the view, brake bands were tightened in preparation for the com ing descent. From this point to the summit, the grade was easier, being high-gear work all the way. The travelers made another stop at the summit, to sign the National for est travelers register which is kept in a rustic booth at this point, 4073 feet above sea level, more than 1000 feet higher than Snoqualmie pass, where the highway crosses the main range of the Cascades. The long descent was made without accident, although the opportunities for something to happen were present at frequent intervals. Several stops were made to get pictures of a few interest ing views of the road. Gas Cost Less Again. Strange to say. one of these was the picture of a garage at a road construc tion camp. This building was made of dynamite cases and roofed with the heavy paper which formerly surrounded the explosive. It may be truly said that the owner kept his automobile in pow der boxes. The mining town of Blewett. with Its deserted mill and other buildings, was passed about five miles from the sum mit. The highway follows Peshastin creek, or one of its tributaries, from near the pass to the point where it empties Into the Wenatchee river, near Dryden. After the trip through the rugged scenery of the mountains, the well-kept orchards of the Wenatchee valley pre sented a very restful appearance. A picture taken up the valley from a point near Dryden shows the orchards and the river with the mountains in the background, giving a very beautiful effect. Between Liberty and Dryden the price of gas dropped from 35 to 26 cents. The orchard town of Cashmere,, with the enterprise characteristic of pros perous eastern Washington towns, had its main street well torn up and closed to travel while pavement was being laid, and the travelers were detoured through side streets and alleys on the outskirts of the city. Crossing the Wenatchee at Cashmere, the trip was continued through the wonderful orchards of the region to a point near the Columbia river, where by a second crossing of the Wenatchee the road leads to the city of Wenatchee. Here the street curbs are so closely crowded with the six-cylinder cars of prosperous fruit farmers that it may sobn become necessary to open new streets to provide sufficient space for parking. . A call was made at the headquarters of Forest Supervisor Sylvester at Wenatchee, who furnished information of value to the travelers on their way to Chelan. Little CUp of a Ferryboat. They crossed the Columbia river and followed its east bank for 18 miles, crossing again at Orondo, on a little chip of a ferryboat equipped with a six cylinder automobile engine. which easily stemmed the swift current of the river at this point. The contrasts on this portion of the trip are startling. Stretches of dusty, barren, sagebrush country are inter spersed with fertile irrigated orchards and farm lands, illustrating very plainly tne ettects of irrigation on the soil. The route continues along the west shore of the Columbia, through Entiat and Winesap. leaving the river by a picturesque road up the canyon at Knapp's hill, which is climbed on a good roadbed, with heavy grades. Orchards line the road after the top of the hill is reached, making this portion of the trip attractive. Presently, the travelers gained a view of a large body of water, not much wider than the Columbia, which proved to be Lake Chelan. A turn in the road, and the rival towns at the foot of the lake appeared in the distance. The faithful little Ford was soon chugging merrily through Lakeside and Into Chelan, which is about a mile beyond, where the party put up for the night. They registered at the Chelan hotel and slept in a comfortable tent, with a fine outlook up the lake, which gleamed enticingly in the moonlight. At 7 the next morning, accompanied by Forest Supervisor E. H. MacDaniels of the Chelan national forest, the party This is what we have said right along. Almost four years ago we took, the platform for complete electric starting and lighting equipment in a very certain way by equipping every Grant truck with a first class electric lighting and starting system. We have gone the limit in this direction. We believe a truck 6hould be as completely equipped as a passenger car. Other mak ers will see it later. Grant equipment includes, in addition, the necessary storage battery carried in a cushioned cradle, spot light in addition to head lights, driver's seat, wind- A. B. Manley, President. embarked In the gasoline launch Vic tory for the 50-mile trip to Stehekin, at the head of the lake. It iS doubtful if any lake trip in the world surpasses this one in beauty fand variety of scenery. For 15 miles the shores of the lake consist of rolling hills covered with sagebrush except where irrigation has transformed the sage desert into beautiful orchards. A scattered growth of yellow pine occurs in patches, and there is very little aug gestion here of the rugged mountains which appear further up the lake. Country Here Is Hugged. The Victory made only two stops be tween Chelan and Stehekin. The aver age width of the lake is one mile. which gives opportunity for good views from the boat along both shores. Gradually the country becomes more rugged and the shores are lined with rock cliffs hundreds of feet high, while in the distance appear snow-capped mountains rising to an elevation of more than S000 feet. The timber which fringes the lake varies from good stands in some of the canyons of side streams to occasional small trees in the more rocky regions and nd timber at all at various points. From some places along the route the mountains in the distance seem almost to lean toward the lake, so steep are their sides. Little settlements appear at various points and a few ex cellent summer hotels flourish on both shores of the lake. Cosy little summer homes built on land leased from the forest service dot the lake shore In several places. So clear is the water of the lake that the tourist may look from the bow of the launch at the beautiful Dolly Varden and cut-throat trout swimming in the depths below. Seen from above, the water has a wonderful blue color, giving it a special charm. There are numerous side streams rushing swiftly down from rocky canyons, and in some of these , flashing waterfalls may be seen as the launch glides past. As one approaches the head of the lake, the skyline is broken by many peaks, giving a saw-tooth effect. The wilderness ahead beckons the traveler to explore its mysterious fastnesses. The launch reached Stehekin a little before noon and was met at the dock by a party of campers eager for the mail. The Field hotel, which had been visi ble for some distance, stands a little back from the lake at Stehekin and furnishes excellent accommodation for tourists. t Raiser Good Photographer. Two Seattle campers in knickerbock ers and middy blouses informed the travelers that the fishing near the head of the lake was excellent. They had taken 20 cut-throat trout the preceding evening, which averaged about two pounds each. - After posing for a pho tograph with a few of these fish which escaped the frying pan. they gave the travelers each a two-pound trout, which were cooked by the chef at the hotel for their dinner and eaten with great relish. Forest Ranger E. O. Blankenship, In charge of the Stehekin district, met the I Don't allow your mind to be diverted party at the hotel and informed them I from your driving. Why Shouldn't a Truck be Completely Equipped Electrically? Automobile Topics remarks on the large numbers of hand lanterns that decorate the front end of motor trucks, shedding a dim but far from religious light and comments intelligently on the absolute danger of such faulty equip ment. And then it sagely remarks "Why shouldn't motor trucks be equipped with electric lights? They would more than save their cost by helping the driver avoid the bad places in the road. And this aside from getting better service from the trucks." Safety Demands Complete Electrical Equipment shield of the rain-vision ventilat m type, Pierce governor, Boyce motometer, instrument board assembly including speedometer, oil gauge, ammeter, choker, front fenders, bumper, complete tool equipment, etc The accessory man has no use for Grant trucks. But the man who drives and the man who pays for the truck knows that we are giving the biggest truck value in the world more for the money in real truck value than anyone etse. Is this what you want? Is this what you believe in? Then come and see us. 1800 pounds including body yi tons 2 tons $1170 $1885 $2150 f . o. b. Cleveland MANLEY AUTO CO. Kleventh and Oak at Bnrnslde, Pbonr Broadway 217. TERRITORY OI'E FOR LIVE DEALERS. GRANT MOTOR CAR CORPORATION C. M. Menzlea, Manager. CLEVELAND of the completion of the trail bridge across the Stehekin river, 12 miles up the valley. Mr. Blankenship is much interested In the wild "life about the lake and has been fortunate in secur ing excellent pictures of mountain goat and deer, which are still fairly plenti ful in this wild region. After spending about two hours at Stehekin. the launch with the party on board made the return trip to Chelan, passing on the way the barge Black foot, with 2500 sheep on board, which were being transported to the excellent grazing range on the Chelan national forest, near the head of the lake. The return trip was filled with views of wonderful scenery and ended all too soon at Chelan. An early supper was eaten, and bidding goodbye to Super visor MacDaniels, the party pulled out in the little old '14 Ford for Wenatchee. where Dr. Faris took the train lor his return trip to Philadelphia. Wenatchee was having a three-day celebration, the features of which were a street fair and round-up. The hotel rooms were all filled, so the writer went on to Cashmere for the night, returning to Portland the next two days by prac tically the same route taken in going in. Ho celebrated July Fourth by driving the Ford -42 miles from North Bend. 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