The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, November 16, 1919, SECTION SIX, Image 79

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Newspaper Page TextSECTION SIX Pages 1 to 12 Automobiles, Road Trips and Northwest Highway News VOL. XXXVIII. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1G, 1919. NO. 4G. THIS IS LATE DOPE ! grays harbor country has good roads for motoring OH PACIFIC HIGHWAY Carl D. Shoemaker Declares It Isn't So Awful. ONLY FOUR BAD PLACES Stale Game Warden Pilots One of ev Model Four Overlands to M Gilford and Siskiyous. The Pacific highway from Portland to the California line is now in pretty fair condition for automobile travel, with the exception of four places. Two of these are fairly passable, the other two are very bad. This information comes from Carl D. Shoemaker, state game warden who with George Putnam, editor of the Salem Capital Journal, motored south last week in one of the new ; Overland model four cars. Inciden tally, this car, purchased for the state f iah and game commission, was the first of the new models to be deliv ered in Oregon. Mr. .Shoemaker drove from Port land to Salem first, there picking up Mr. Putnam. They journeyed to Med ford in 16 hours and 35 minutes run ning: time, a day and a half elapsed time. This is pretty fair going for this season of the year, as any motor ist will admit who has traveled the highway lately. "The four bad places in the Pacific highway at present." said Mr. Shoe maker, "are a detour of about four miles from just this side of Cottage Grove into that town. This is the worst place on the highway, bar none. Our car was the only one to make "it on its own power during the week. This detour crosses the railroad and follows the Willamette. It is plain dirt, and is really very bad. Here's a Muddy Stretch. "The second bad place is between Leona and Drain, in Pass creek can yon, where the road Is, or was, cov ered with a sea of mud. This stretch is about an eighth of a mile long, but if one keeps to the center of the road no real difficulty will be encoun tered. It is not a detour, but on the main highway. "The third bad place is between Yoncella and Oakland. This Is on a new grade. It has some rock, but is soft and once one gets in a rut it is impossible to get out. The rut must be fo! lowed to get traction. This slretch is about four miles long, but j not difficult if the driver does not attempt to get out of the traveled rut. ' "The fourth bad place is on the sfconil hill south from Wol f creek. Tho same condition prevails here as to ruts. Road very soft, of clay. When we passed over this place the ground was drying and was therefore very stick y. Th is is about one mile long, not as bad as the other places mentioned. "Roberts mountain, eight miles south of Koseburg, strange to say. we found as dry as a bone. This road will have to be used all winter, as the new stretch of highway around it is not now ready and will not be ready for some time to come. Only the usual difficulties of a very steep grade are encountered on, this hill at present. Wolf Creek Hill Pretty Fair. Ith the new little Overland, we made this hill on intermediate, which is an un usual performance for any car. "Wolf creek hill, taking the very steep old grade, is in very fair condi tion for it at present. The new grade was too slick for use. Beyond Wolf Creek station there are now several miles of fine new pavement open to travel, a mighty pleasing contrast, believe me, to travel on the old route. "The old highway grade over Rice hill is Impassable on account of the mud, but cars now take the new grade, which has some pavement. You strike this pavement about four miles south of Yoncalla. "Cow creek canyon is in fine shape for the first seven to eight miles south of Cany on v ill e. This is the work that was done early last year, and it is all macadamized, with a fine, easy grade. From that point on for about an equal distance it is passable, but the road is full of ruts and chuckholes. though with a good, f i rm hot torn. Not comfortable trav el i ng, but passable. "The contractor is still working on this stretch, and will not be able to finish this winter. What makes it bad is the fact that cars have to swing alternately from the finished new. grade to the old grade, and when the real winter rains come along this is pretty likely to be passable only to an airplane. One llt our Eliminated. "From Grants Pass south the road is in splendid condition to Med ford and the Siskiyous. Between Grants Pass and the town of Rogue river the new paved highway is now open, eliminating a bad detour; thence to Gold Hfll the old highway is taken. ! but it is in good condition. From! there into Modford it is now all I paved. , "The top of the Siskiyous is cov t red with about fit im-hes of snow, sluthy,, but passable. The going up rhe Siskiyous now is good. Oskar ituber has completed the job of pav ing the Oregon side of the Siskiyous, and he has done a good job of it. "Between Eugene and Portland, to switch to the northern end of the highway, the going is very fair now. From Portland to Salem the main east side highway is open and paved most of the way. From Salem to At ban y the new Pacific highway is open and rocked, but is not paved. It is somewhat rough and soft as yet, but passable enough. "From Albany, sout h to Eugene, take the main west highway to Cor vail is and Monroe, to w hich point it is first class. From Monroe to Junc tion the new highway has been macadam i zed and is in excellent shape. Between Junction and Eugene there is now pavement most. of the way." Mr. Shoemaker was enthusiastic over the performance of the new lit tle Overland, which will be used by tho fish screen superintendent in southern Oregon, with headquarters in Med ford. Mr. Shoemaker deliv ered the car to him at Medford. II - s ' 'Jfjr -. jilt . ' ' J', I 1 ,.,,,,,,,,,.,.,., 1 "I , . J- y K t "-Js - ir.:r:: K 4b" r . 1 essex sets new record . I mobile manufacturers In the United I I ; - i-- - V '&rr. : . i i . . v I I to make an especially keen analysis : i. ) V.P3 I I ..-VJ &i J?' i Bl HFMHKnrp PRnnrrrmv is of the problems and achievements of -4f NT '. II V--'' "'3 tMAKk.VBLt PRODI CI ION IS foreign manufacturers. The marked s y i ; Vf . : hf. ' JJ ACHIEVED BY FACTORY. success of the Jordan car has been - ,f . Si - ? -fa02r t&rJ& and France, and Sir. Jordan's reouta- I I I' S. J lj i . "JTrJ-? I I lo tion as an authority in the American i J , . : sS 9 - fripBT - i ---'v- . cTTSJLs:. automobile world will cause his ar- x I . - - - - tf" vr. ";SF i rival at the London show to be greet- ? ,? - I 3- ' "r - "rTt ti ? ed with more than usual interest. I if.:: yi -, "1 -.,;.- -f -lQ"- . i-. . v-iv '1t2 ' During the last few months Mr. . 1 X ' I . 'a- - - J r-r- K .s.lS!9ilS Jordan has been asked to address im- ,3 fe s 'l'i.JS" U wl.- . Ti,!,A Vf.--!:V J5 portant meetings of automobile men I ! 4 I -V I Tt Vt 4 JS'U 1 in 21 different states. Manufactur- ' t 4 i 11 i ' J V T? ers and dealers In all parts of the 5 i '- x 1 V - A'T'F country who have come to regard Mr. - Of S 1 C--1, f, vy W;VH' S J Jordan's opinion on all phases of the ' " . f ' I , t ? j- . ? SB"-' automobile business as authoritative, j 3 -' C,H I -, ' - - f jS?-? -f T t J " will be eager to hear what he has to - 1 i.Sy I ' VAS V-.W say about conditions in the motor carl ? Ti ! I M V i.V x ' t5 f. business abroad when he returns. " f 4 F 4i " -4 ' ?i I - "! ' WEEDED IN WHITE Gasoline Doesn't Vaporize Handily as When Warm. GAS ACTUALLY THICKEN ROADS FAIR TO EUGENE O.NXY BAD SECTION" BETWEEN SALEM AXD ALBANY. Even Their Conditions Are Pretty Good, Though Hill Route Is Not Advised. KUGBXE, Or.. Nov. 15. (Special.) The best route for autoists at this time of year oetween Kugene and Portland is by way of Junction City, Monroe, Corvallis. Albany, Jefferson, Marion, Turner and Salem, accord ing to J. P. Doppiemaier, local auto mobile dealer, who has just returned from a trip to Portland. Between Kugene and Junction. City there is a six-mile section of new pavement and the rest of the distance is good macadam. Between Junction City and Monroe is a fine stretch of new macadam road and thence to Corvallis the road is in great shape, says Mr. Doppiemaier. It is good between Corvallis and Albany. The new grade of the high way between Albany and Jefferson has been placed in fair condition by the state commission. From Jefferson Mr. Doppiemaier advises motorists o avoid the hill road to Salem as it Is not so good, but to go by way of Marion and Turner instead. From Salem to Port land the main Pacific highway is caved except for a few miles at the Salem end, and between Aurora and j Can by. NEVADA H.0 IS PLANNED CALIFORNIA DELEGATES AT TEND RENO CONFERENCE. ANGRY BULL ATTACKS FORD Turns Flivver Over, But It Again 1 Rambles Rijrlit Along. Just why a particular bull grazing on a side hill in Santa Ana canyon, California, recently should entertain so sincere a dislike for a black Ford touring car is a mystery. He may have had gastritis or a. bad liver, or he may have disliked all automo biles or all Fords. Anyway, when the Harris family of San Pedro drove their Ford around the base of that side hill, friend bull snorted, slapped his tail at a fly, missed it. saw red and for want of something better to do, decided to en gage the Ford in combat. There was not much of a' fight. After the bull had turned the Ford upside down in the road he was much better satisfied with himself and strolled into the shade of a nearby tree to view his handiwork. Members of the Harris family had not been hurt seriously, so they mo bilized rorces, roued the Ford over on to its wheels, cranked it and con tinued their journey. Paved Highway Across State Con-j sidered Necessity by Business Men of Two States. KEN'O, Nev., Nov. 15. A concrete programme for the construction of a paved highway across Nevada is ex pected to result from a conference of prominent northern California and Nevada men which is scheduled to be held here today. Ways and means oy which the road may be constructed as well as the benefits to be derived from it will be discussed and those who are in charge of the conference are optimistic over the prospects for a solution, of the problem. Charles Virden of Sacramento, will be chairman of the conference and L. A. Nares of Fresno, a director of the California State Automobile association and chairman of the Cali fornia branch of the federal highway council, will be the chief speaker. Other speakers will be Ben S. Allen, publisher of the Sacramento (Gal.) Union; D. E. Wat kins, Joseph E, Caine, representing the Lincoln High way association, and several engl neers who will submit plans for the road and estimates of its cost. 1 A nifty plank road near Oloha. 2 Rivera full of logs waiting for hitch water. 3 -A real fir tree, about ten fet In diameter, on the North river road. 4 Camplnfr place along the highway In Maxfleld Parr in h colors, o Koaa at Sunset beach, on top of the bluff overlooking ocean. JORDAN ON TRIP TO EUROPE Big Motor Car Factories Abroad to Be Visited. Kdward S. Jordan, president of the Jordan Motor Car company: David Beecroft. directing editor of the Class Journal publications, and Russell S. Begg. chief engineer of the Jordan company, will sail for Europe on the steamer Adriatic, October 25. They will visit the principal motor car factories abroad, and be present EXTRA FUSE COMES IX HANDY Wire Solder Good Substitute AY hen Fuse Isn't to Be Had. It happens sometimes that a garage or repair shop is out of a certain sixe of fuse, so it is Always well to carry a small quantity of fuse wire to bind across in place of the fuse. It is also advisable for a motorist to carry a little of this necessity so repairs may be made on the road in case a fuse blows and an extra one is not on hand. Motor Age warns. A good substitute for a fuse is found in wire solder, which may be attached, to the two ends of the fuse block by a touch of solder. The wire solder may be scraped down if needed and in this way it readily will melt In case of a short in the circuit. BT RALPH J. STAEHLL ABERDEEN', Wash, Nov. 15. In Oregon a gasoline tax helps pay for Vi a V. i r-V t- n t a a a vet-Am built on the plan of the Woolworth stores or the sale of Bull Durham, gets its total through volume. Up here in Washington they have a new sys tem. They make you pay for all the j road you tear up in driving over It, with a little interest charged to boot. Grays Harbor county is Inventor of the novel scheme that has been worked through the past summer. How near the plan will come to pay ing for the year's road budget has not yet been announced, but some patrons of the system, who use it most often, are enthusiastically pre dicting that the statement to be issued when the season ends will in dicate a tidy surplus to begin next year's building programme. The first trial of the plan was in voked where it could hardly fail, on the road which leads to the beach north of Grays Harbor. The traveler to this country, after hearing the praises of the coast from those who had been there could not refuse and, accordingly took the county road out of Hoquiam. The route is along a pretty road that whets appreciation of the country. The road is broad and of sound gravel and though you are miles from the coast, the lane through the tall timber, brings the smell of salt sea breezes. Cars Stand In L.lne. Then comes the trap. At a place where the new road begins you go aboard the- ferry. If the day is at all pleasant, you take your turn in line. Somebody comes along and measures off 12 of you, for that is all the barge on which you are about to embark, will hold. If you happen to be No. 13, which usually happens. you enjoy the scenery until the barge comes back. ' Once on the barge, begins a journey up the river that parallels the road under repair. They charge $1 for the automobile, 10 cents for each pas senger, some trivial charge for each package and bundle in the car we hid the baby under a lunch basket before they let you off at the other end. After throwing a few rocks at the boat, you continue. No one has been able quite to ex plain the presence of the ferry. Un doubtedly, others feel the same way. for a recent article in the local press says that "owing to continued com plaint, the country has decided not to use the system next year." Working on the Hfghvray. Driving on, you pass through alter nate parks of magnificent timber and stretches of logged-off land, some of which is beginning to flower under man's care. Every few miles road crews are at work, rebuilding this section of the Olympic highway, making it part of a plan that will leave in a few years a splendid broad way completely embracing the Olym pic peninsula. The beaches are about 30 miles from Aberdeen. - Pacific beach Is met most unexpectedly. You are bowling along at fair clip, without a sugges tion that you are near the shore when all of a sudden, directly below you is the ocean, rolling in on wide sandy beach, on a coastline with many interesting profiles. Here there is . a splendid hotel. We would have enjoyed nothing more than dinner on its wide verandas overlooking the sunset sea, but among ether things that county ferry keeps country hours. You can enjoy dinner and sunset at the beach if you want to, but to get -back to Aberdeen will cost you in the neighborhood of 2a. for that is -what those who have been caught on the wrong side of the stream are said to have paid to get back after regular ferry hours. Roads Pretty Fair. So we hurried on to Sunset beach, where a few little houses cling to the bottom of a high bluff and the beach In front lies In great crescents be tween projecting points. Roads In this country are either paved, graveled or planked. The ma jority of the latter are laid with pranks running the long way, making two tracks. Driving them becomes somewhat of a trick, for a moment's carelessness and you are bumped sky high by the rough ground between. For automobiles this type or plank road is most satisfactory. Many an interesting mile, especially over the road to Bay City, is covered by these tracks in the forest. The county and the state are just well started on a programme of road building that will double the joy of a drive throughout this country. No section of the coast is more interest ing. With even better roads the beaches of this section should quickly make a name for themselves with lovers of the out-of-doors. 0,000 Essex Cars Completed Six Full Weeks Ahead of Time Scheduled for Feat. What has been hailed by engineers as tho greatest production record in tbe nistory of the automobile indus try was completed on Monday, Octo ber 27, when the 20,000th Essex mo tor was swung from the engine as sembly line to ihe test block in the Hudson factory In Detroit. The event marked the finish of the 1P19 Essey . motor production pro gramme six weeks ahead of schedule time. As the motor settled into its cradle on the testing block, more than 17.000 Essex cars were actually in service in the hands of their owners n all parts of the world. And yet less than a year ago, the production lines on which these cars have been assembled existed only on paper, while the machinery which has turned out the thousands of separate parts entering into their manufacture had not yet been purchased. The Esex design had been perfected and submitted to every conceivable test for more than a year previous to this date, but plans for its production had teen brought to a sudden stop by the war. So when the armistice was signed new equipment had to be purchased and installed and material collected before manufacture could begin. Nov ertheless the Essex was in production in December of last year and earlv January cars were being shipped to distributors and dealers. On January 15, the Essex was in trod uc ted to the public and its success was ins tan taneous. Soak Springs for Squeaks. In cases of chronically squeaky springs, try jacking up the car so that the weight is removed from the springs and then soaking these latter with kerosene. Run the car for a day or so to let the kerosene soak in and then saturate the springs with some of the old oil that has been drained off from the crankcase. After a day's run wipe off any excess oil that shows to prevent the collection of unseemly dust. PACKARD ENGINEER, HONORED British Government Officially Ex presses Its Thanks. A letter just received by the secre tary of war from the British govern ment quotes the British ambassador In the report in which several promi nent Americans are warmly com mended for their aid during the war. The list of names given ii the am hassador's letter is as follows : Cap tain Raymond E. Carlsson Colonel Edward A. Deeds, Colonel J. G. Vin cent, vice-president of engineering, Packard Motor Car company; Lieu tenant Harold H. Emmons, Colonel Leonard S. Horner, General Brice P. Disque, William C. Potter. GLASS WALLS FOK PLANT Use of Choko After Starting X Recommended Because Waste Fuel Hurts Lubrication. In cold weather gasoline does n vaporize as it does in higher temper tures. resulting in all sorts of engi troubles from hard starting to la I of power. As gasoline gets cold I it becomes, we might say, thicker heavier, and then instead of flowi freely through the nozzlo of t carburetor it has difficulty in gettii through at all, especially on starti i un. In order to make tho acti clear, imagine the gasoline to bo thick as mucilage. Tho latter ca not be forced through a very smii opening such as a carburetor nozz I and formed into a fine spray. I might be forced through, but it wou run down the sides of tho nozzle i be pushed into the manifold in form of drops. Cold gasoline do lust that. On starting a 'cold engine on the days of poor (heavy) gasoline cv.i on a moderately warm day it is necc wary to apply the choke. This is do:; In order that a largo amount of gas I line will be drawn through the noz: In the hope that in that largo amou ' there is enough of a volatile natu to get into the combustion chamb and explode. It is for the same re son that you prime tho engi; through the petcocks or a spec primer. Introduce into the combusti chamber a comparatively lar.- amount of fuel the greater part which is so heavy that it will vaporize even with ordinary heat a piiea. j ne remainufr, tnougn small portion of the whole, forms sufficiently large volatile volume stf.rt an explosion, which is all tr Is necessary. Choke Wastes Onsollne. The trouble with priming and w; keeping the choke applied is that wastes fuel and also lets into engine a quantity of gasoline whi does no work in fact it is harm! if we may say the production of ca bon and oil contamination are real harmful. I The gasoline that does not vapo I Ize does not all go out through Hi exhaust. Some of it does, but mu burns with a flame and deposits ca bon. Some also flows down the sid I of the pistons and gets into tl I crank case, whore it mixes with t ' oil. Both conditions are not 1 1 b-st for the engine, and of ttie t v he oil dilution ia the worst. Tl il is thinned and weakened, hen uhrication of the entire engine is in pa ired. The owner can overcome some hes difficulties by making a f e changes and observing certain faci I First install a primer, but instead using ordinary gasol ine use a mi ture of gasoline and com m ere i. et her. This gives firing im media t- providing the spark is good. avoid using a large quantity of f u I to get initial firing. Secondly, avoid keeping the chol I applied longer than necessary. much for getting started. After tl engine is started. It should run such a temperature that the fuel W! be vaporized before it gets into tl I combustion chamber. This does thr ill in gs; It saves fuel, gives mo: I power, and keeps the engine clea The same results practically are hi if the fuel is preheated enough ai kept so until it reaches the cylinder There are various ways . in whu the engine temperature can be ke; up. One is to use a radiator shutt or a radiator cover. When the e gine is cold these can be made keep out the cold or they will reduce the effective fan draft as il reduce the cooling effect on the w; 1 ter in the radiator. Thermostatic control of the watt is another method, but it is not coi I sidered to have all the advantage of air control. The thermostat blocti Ing the water passage when the gine is cold is likely to cause free: ing of the water at the bottom the radiator while the rest of tl water is warming. By all means Is necessary for the owner to altt the carburetor hot air opening. Ijack of Air Costa Power, While for part of tho running will be advisable to close the a control altogether, it also will 1 1 found that doing this reduces tl power perceptibly. If a means of a j taching a hand control is provide it should be done. If there is r such means it is obviously impra- tical to lift the hood and change tt. size of the air opening. If there is a fuel preheater. or shutter, it is best to keep the hot a control open only half way. If yol find you can get results with it oin full, do so, because then you take 1 1 cold air which permits of higher voi metric efficiency. The market now affords variovl devices for heating the gasoline eitht for priming or for normal runnin I or both. The electrically operate primers will be found to be especialJ j desirable, as they heat the gasolml by causing it to pass over a red tu I coil made so by battery current. Fuel preheat ers in constant opera I tion may be of the electrical or e. haust type. The latter are more eccl nomical and if properly regulated ai I perfectly satisfactory. Hot spot man I ifolds tend to produce tho same e: I feet, but the manifold must have reasonably large size heated area b fore it will show good results. For general all around results, gil ing the easiest starting normal powe good flexibility and fuel economy, th following will be louna just a hoi right: A primer using a highly vc hit lie mixture, with initial mixturj preferably heated, hot air con t re open half way and a heated intak New Firestone Factory Is to Have Plenty of Light. Glas will make up 85 per cent of the wall area and most of the roof of the new mechanical building of the Firestone Tire & Rubber company at Akron. O.. for which ground was re cently broken. The building, which will cost $400,000, will take care of the activities of 500 of the company's 17,000 employes. Among the features to be provided for their comfort are cafeteria and shower baths. A venti lating system will keep the air in cir culation at all times. Polished Steel. When polished iron or steel becom lusterless they may be restored wit ammonia soapsuds and a stiff brus: The parts are rinsea tnorougniy ar. dried by heart. Next a copiou I amount of sweet oil is applied an j then powdered quicklime is dusted oi I The lime is permitted to stay on fe two days and is then cleaned off wi a stiff brush. The metal is polish with a softer Drusn and with soi I cloths until the luster is restore. If the lime is left on the iron or ste may be kept from rust almost in I definitely.