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SECTION FIVE
Pages 1 to 12
Automobile and
Highway News
VOL. XXXVIII.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1919.
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LOGGING THE ROUTE TO SALEM STATE FAIR IN A BUICK
When You Drive to the Fair This Week, Take Capital Highway to Newberg and From There Travel Over St. Paul Route, Which Is in Much Better Shape Than Others.
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Bi tu H. GREGORY.
THIS is the week of the annual
Etate fair at Salem, and naturally
the question arises. "What is the
beat automobile route to Salem?"
At this writing there is only one
good automobile route from Portland
to Salem. That is the one by way of
Newberg, St. Paul and Hopmere, usu
ally spoken of as "the St. Paul route."
It crosses the Willamette river on a
long- and high wooden bridge at New
berg, whence it traverses a level farm
country with not a hill on it and enters
Salem over the river road from the
Wheatland ferry.
A lot of motorists seem to have the
idea that the east side Pacific high
way Is now paved and open to travel
all the way to Salem. This is de
cidedly erroneous. Unless you have
enough of a drag with the contractors
to drive through the barricades and
get' away with it, you have to jazz
over a lot of bad detours on this route,
bump over rough stretches that would
make Job curse and, in short, make a
long and hard trip out of it. Keep off
the east' side highway until paving
operations are completed.
The same - is true, though to much
less degree, of the west side Pacific
highway, by way of Newberg, ayton
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bad shape for the aame reason between
Dundee and Dayton, motorists bound
for Salem and the state fair this meek
will find the Nen berg-St. Paul-Hop-mere
. route by far the best. These
views on the St. Panl and east side
rostra were photographed laxt week an
a road-loKjclna; trip la a Bnlrk six with
Fraak V. Smith of the - Howard Auto
company.
The upper pleture shown the I
lamette rlvc from the high bridge
across It near Newberg, on the St. Paul
route. In the left crater Is a field on $ Js
one of the uumeroua tletours on the
east side route, with Kim. Frank
Smith1 prised bird dog. in the f ore
Kronnd. Jvlm had a nice workout In
th field. To the right ceater Is a view
of Kim, Kim's master, and Kim's mih -ter'a
llulek, at an attractive bend in the
St. 1'iul road.
Below, left. Is a atretch of new pave
ment now open on the east side high
way. But most of it Is not open. To
the right, a big oak tree In the road be
tween St. Paul and Hopmere.
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