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JUST ARRIVED IN PORTLAND.
SEATTLE 13 PASSABLE
Some Stretches Soft, but in
the Main Going Is Fair.
TOLEDO PAVEMENT OPEN
ctour Around by Way of Winlock
to Ilcacli Chehalis "o Longer.
Has to Be Traveled.
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 11, 1920
PACIFIC
HIGHWAY
"While it is not in what could be
called excellent condition, the Pa
cific highway is open and passable all
the way between Portland and Seat
tle. On the whole it is in coneidera
bly better shape than ordinarily at
this time of year. Though the auto
mobile journey north is not recom
mended for a pleasure trip, there is
no reason why any motorist with
strong causes for making the trip
should not do so.
The main difficulty with'travel over
the highway is that it is pretty badly
rutted and cut up. In some sections,
too, where new construction work
was carried on last summer and fall,
there have been slides, which natur
ally have not improved conditions.
Such a slide occurred recently this
side of La Center, near the first cross
ing of the Lewis river, between Van
couver and Kalama. Latest reports
received by The Oregonian are that
this slide has been cleared away suf
ficiently to let automobile travelers
past without having to detour.
Take Your Owl holce.
There also have been slides In the
Woodland-Martins Bluff section, where
construction work made traveling
bad even in the middle of summer.
This section is reported to be passa
ble to cars, however, all but a small
stretch of the new road having been
graveled since last fait. Without the
gravel it would be next to impassable
after a rain.
It Is largely a matter of personal
choice on the part of the motorist
whether he travels over this Vancou
ver - Woodland - Kalama stretch or
drives down the Oregon side to Goble
and thence ferries to Kalama. The
ferry was out of operation for some
time owing to drift ice in the Colum
bia, but is again back on the job at
the old rate of 2.5S per one-way trip,
$4 for a round-trip passage.
All but 12 miles of the 42 miles be
tween . Portland and Goble have now
been paved. On the other hand, only
about eight miles of the 44 between
Vancouver and Kalama are paved and
some of the road, especially beyond
the end of the pavement at Salmon
creek, where heavy trucks have cut
it badly, is quite rough. Still it is
passable on the Washington side and
the motorist taking that route avoids
the bother of having to ferry. As re
marked, it is largely a matter of per
sonal choice.
' Soft Beyond Kelao.
One soft place in the Pacific high
Way is that stretch between Kelso and
Ostrander, on the way to Castle Rock,
where an entirely new grade was
built last fall. This section is re
ported to be passable and not much
more, though considerably better at
that than the detour road across the
Cowlitz river. The worst mudholes
have been planked over.
There Is also considerably heavy
going in the hilly region beyond Cas
tle. Rock, en route to Toledo. Chains
are quite essential in wet weather,
but cars can get through.
That about sums up the worst of it.
News hat will please all motorists
who have made the long detour from
Toledo around by way of Winlock, in
order to reach Chehalis, is that the.
main highway between Toledo and
Chehalts, closed for several months
for paving work, is now open again,
with pavement all the way into Che
halis except for 3 miles.
There is improvement also in the
old "cobblestone" road between Teni
no and Olympia, which every person
who has ever driven over it will re
member sadly. Four miles of new
concrete pavement have been com
pleted and opened to travel on the
Olympia-Tumwater end of this road.
The rest of it is still as rough and
cobblestony as ever, though passable
In any old weather.
Latest Highway Reports.
From Olympia to Tacoma and Seat
tle there is pavement all the way.
Following are latest reports on Pa
cific highway conditions from Ore
gonian correspondents in various
towns along the way: '
LA CENTER. Wash., Jan. 10. (Spe
cial.) The large slide on the Paciflo
highway just south of La Center has
been partially cleared away and no
detour is necessary. The highway
between Woodland and this place is,
barring some rough spots, in good
condition.
WOODLAND, Wash., Jan. 10. (Spe
cial.) The gravel hauling machinery
being installed by W. D. Williams at
the upper end of this town, by means
of which gravel can be taken from
the bar across the Lewis river and
transferred by cable bucket to this
side, will soon be completed, after
which the graveling of the last sec
tion of a little more than one mile of
that part of the Pacific highway be
tween Woodland and Martins Bluff
will be rapidly completed. The high
way is to be finished by April 1.
Even as it is, the road is in pretty
fair shape fpr auto travel all the way
north as far as Kalama. The slides
between-Woodland and Martins Bluff
are being rapidly cleared and will
soon be entirely off the grade.
The slides in the new cut between
La Center and Vancouver have been
removed and travel resumed over that
part of the road, but between Pioneer
and the end of the paving from Van
couver near Salmon Creek the road
Is in bad condition, due to the heavy
loads being hauled by trucks. Autos
can use the road, but it Is rough,
rutty and not In good condition. This
stretch of about seven miles was
graded and partly graveled last sum
mer preparatory to hard surfacing
and this will be completed during the
coming summer.
There .will be, however, no hard
surfacing on any part of the highway
In Cowltea county this year, but with
the completion of the graveling above
mentioned the road will be a good one.
KELSO. Wash., Jan. 10. (Special.)
New construction work on the Pa
cific highway north from Kelso, which
was left In unfinished condition wbn
the winter rains set in, has made trav
eling bad thla winter between Kelso
and Tucker, south of Castle Rock.
The highway Is passable and" that's
about all that can be said for it.
The worst mudholes have been
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The car In the picture Is the sport model of the Dayla nx. which U handled by the J. IT. firaham Motors company,
aiao tane and scnrlpps-Hooth dJstrtbntorn. The Davis car Is made by the George W. Davis company at Rich
mond, Ind. It la equipped vrlth the new 7 -Ft aere-type Continental motor, which develops a lot of power, and Is
a classy car throughout. J. II. Uraham la standing to the rear and on the other side of the car in Eocene Itice,
one of his salesmen.
highway is rough and In case of heavy
rains chains must be used, but even
under these circumstances it is better
than the detour road on the west side
of the river and the autoist should
stay with the main highway route.
South from Kelso to Kalama the high
way is in excellent shape.
CASTLE ROCK. Wash., Jan. 10.
(Special.) The Paclffc highway be
tween Kelso and Castle Rock Is now
open for, traffic without detours.
While there are some bad places and
the roads are not good, they are
passable.
The freeze has loosened the grav
eled soil so that it is hard sledding
for autos. Road men say that rains
will better this condition, as the soil
will then pack. 'From Castle Rock
north to Chehalis the highway Is pass.
able with slight detours for tempo-
of getting stuck,' but offering little
comfort to the joyrider.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 10. (Spe
cial.) The road tetween Centralia
and Olympia is in unusually good
condition for this semn of the year.
Tourists are giving the highway be
tween Centralia and Tenino, through
Bucoda, the preference over the main
Pacific highway, through Grand
Mound. A crew is now at work rill
ing up the rough spots in the Bucoda
road, which will be used entirely next
summer while paving is laid on the
new stretch of Pacific highway re
cently opened between the Lewis
county line, west of this city, and
Grand Mound. This work will begin
early in the spring.
About four miles of paving on the
Pacific highway out of Olympia,
leading from Tumwater toward Teni
no, has just been opened to traffic.
The remainder of the highway be
tween Olympia and Tenino, which is
. , , ' , . .,, , i also to be paved in the spring, is in
being done on Brown's hill, .north of good condltion. with the exception of
town, which has been such an obsta
cle. The hill is being graded for tem
porary use. The Pacific highway
contractors will tunnel the hill; when
completed it will be a deep cut. The
overhead will be excavated and re
moved from the Interior of thl tunnel.
There are 19 miles of hard-surface
paving open between Toledo and Che
halis. For necessary travel the high
way Is entirely passable, but for
pleasure touring would be classed as
abominable.
TOLEDO, Wash., Jan. 10. (Spe
cial.) After being utosed for several
months and making a bad detour nec
essary by way of Winlock and Napa
vlne, the Pacific highway is now
paved and opened to passenger cars
and trucks 'up to three tons between
Toledo and Chehalis, a distance- of
only 3a miles being now unpaved
between the two towns. Even that
stretch is not in bad condition. Paving
on this as yet unfinished stretch will
begin as soon as the weather, per
mits, the necessary machinery and
equipment being held In readiness by
the contractors. f
This new stretch of paved highway
opens up some very attractive scen
ery, beautiful forests lining the road
for miles.
From Toledo south, toward Castle
Rock, the highway is in very' poor
condition a rather rough roadbed,
but hard, so that there is no danger
PIONEER IMPLEMENT MAN 3VOW
IN AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS.
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George Roy rr
Photo by Davies.
Ten or 12 years ago. before there
was any C. L. Boss Automobile com
pany and Mr. Boss was In the farm
Implement business, one of his stiffest
competitors was George Royer. Mr.
Royer for 19 years was assistant secretary-treasurer
and sales - manager
for the Mitchell, Lewis & staver com
pany, another pioneer implement firm
now In the automobile business, and
following that, from 1903 to 1916, was
In business for himself as the Royer
Implement company. Since- then he
has been vice-president of the Coast
Culvert & Flume company. Mr. Royer
has just joined the sales force of his
old competitor. Mr. Boss, as salesman
planUea ana made passable, The for HMsfin, Esse and. C&aJaers saxaj
about four miles between the termi
nus of the pavement just opened and
Offut Lake.
ANOTHER ESSEX RECORD
STOCK CAR KCXS 1061
IX 24 HOURS.
MILES
Endurance Contest on Iowa Roads
Made Partly Through Bad
Snow Storm.
Running day and night over frozen
Iowa dirt roads, a standard Essex
touring car has just established a new
record by covering 1061 miles In 24
hours. Word of this latest Essex feat
has just been received here by C. L.
Boss of the C. L. Boss Automobile
company.
Starting at West Liberty, la., at 10
o'clock in the morning, November 26,
the Essex ran oyer the highways of
the eastern section of the state, stop
ping only for gasoline and oil, until
It was checked in at Iowa City at 9:46
A. M.. November 27.
And this new record was not made
on a track or speedway by a specially-built
racing machine. It was
made by a fully-equipped car that
already had been driven more than
12,000 miles in the previous ten
months. It also was made under the
most unfavorable weather conditions
imaginable.
During the entire period the mer
cury never rose above freezing and
the car was forced to fight its way
in the teeth of a bitter wind. Often
reaching a speed of 70 miles an hour,
then slowing down to a scant 20 miles
on some treacherous stretch, the Es
sex ran hour after hour.
barkness came and still the Essex
darted over the rough roads. To
ward midnight snow, whipped by a
freezing gale; began to fall steadily.
Dawn broke again, but still the car
rushed on. At the finish the cr was
running as sweetly as it had at the
start, not even a tire having been
changed. The actual running time,
deducting the stops made for gasoline
and oil and the finish 14 minutes
ahead of schedule at Iowa City, was
exactly 22 hours and 45 minutes. The
average speed during this time was
47.3 miles per hour.. The average
speed for the entire lapsed time was
44.4 miles.
CAXDLES LIGHT SALES ROOM
How Maibohra Distributor Got
Around Coal Shortage.
During the recent coal shortage the
the Detroit distributor of the Mal
bohm light six was prohibited, along
Tvith the rest of .the town, from using
any light for display purposes.
But this distributor was not to be
caught napping. He first went out and
cornered the floating supply of can
dies, which he installed In every nook
and cranny of his spacious show
rooms, until it took on the appear
ance of a house of a thousand candles.
Blase, home-going citisens were
startled out of their, customary calm
by the AIaddin-l!ke look of the show
room. - The many candles sputtering
in the half-gloom of the barely lighted
street gave Maibohm'e busy cor
ner a most unmetropolitan appear
ance. Their soft, glowing light, how
ever, made a peculiarly appropriate
setting for the Maibohm, enhancing
thestriklngly designed lines of this
latest six. '
Every hour watchful attendants
kept the home fires burning by set
ting up another round of fresh can
dles and during the entire week the
Maibohm headquarter was the cyno
sure of automobile row.
NEW GARAGE FOR PENDLETON
Dodge Distributors Buy Property
for Their Own Building.
PENDLETON, Or Jan. 10. (Spe
cial.) Announcement of the sale of
the old Knights of Pythias building
at Main' and Water streets to the
Ellis Schiller company has been ac
companied by a statement -of the
company that plans will be made Im
mediately for construction of a new
salesroom and garage for their busi
ness as Dodge distributors for this
territory.
The company has been here but
a few months. The members of the
firm," Rex Ellis and R. E. Sohiller,
came here from Spokane and brought
the Dodge agency. It was impossible
at that time to find display space.
The property- they have now acquired
is a valuable one and the price,
10.000, is a fair valuation.
Tentative plans are for erection of
a 75x100 one-story -brick with tile
front. The wooden building now oc
enpying the pdoperty has been used
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using Public Double-Thread Tires. These Tires often
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THESE PBICES INCLt'DE TIRE AND TUBBt ,
28x3 1 6.90 84x4 311.40
30x8 $ 7.30 34x4V4 313.05
30x34 8.40 33x4 J13.30
32x3 9.00 36x4'.i J13.S0
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n ordering state whether S. S., CI.. Plain Tread or Hon
skid is desired. Send M. O., cashier's Check or Draft,
and mdse. will be shipped subject to your examination.
All orders to be accompanied with full amount, less
5 for this special sale. .
PUBLIC TIRE CORPORATION
Dept. F-3515, S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Ill,
How to Guarantee Spring Delivery
of Hudson and Essex Open Models
No Large Money Outlay Required. Make Your Choice Now. We
Will Store It For You and Insure You Against Disappointment
In the light of the year just closed, it is
not conjecture to assert that a shortage of
Hudson and Essex cars is sure to recur
this Spring.
More than 22,000 Essex cars were sold
in the past twelve months. The factory
capacity was increased time after time.
Beginning with a daily production of 30
years, it reached 125 cars daily.
Yet we were never able to overtake
advance orders.
A similar condition was true with re
spect to Hudson.
You remember how scores waited in
vain for delivery. Perhaps you were
among those disappointed.
Practically our entire quota of both
Hudson and Essex cars were sold weeks
ahead. Few were able to get delivery who
had not placed their orders ahead.
Settle the Delivery
Worry Now
This year we have arranged a special
plan to guarantee you delivery, during
the acute spring rush of orders.
It will require no large outlay of money.
You can place your order now. We will
have your car ready for you on the day
you want it. ,
Thus you dispose of all concern about
getting your Hudson or Essex when you
want it. It will be a source of satisfaction
to know you are insured against having
to accept some less wanted car, when the
season for open types crowds the market,
with more buyers than we can supply.
- If your preference is for a light car)
what choice equals the Essex ?
It represents a new, unexpected valued
It brings to the light car field such quality
and fine performance as was hitherto
found only among large costly cars.
Note the Quality
of the Essex
If speed is your requirement see if the
Essex does not meet it. Where luxury
and finish are demanded compare the
Essex with any car.
It is needless to speak of the Hudson
All know what it has done. Its records;'
which prove supremacy throughout the
range of performance, are confirm ed by,
the satisfaction that more than 80,000
owners know in their Super-Sixes.
The supply of Hudsons and of Essex
has never been sufficient for the demand j
You can only insure yourself against
disappointment in getting either of these
popular cars, by placing your order under
the convenient plan we have set forth
above.
C. L. Boss Automobile Company
615-617 Washington Street, Portland.
as a salesroom by the Blue Mountain
Motors company. handling- KlRln,
Harroun and Westcott cars. This
company will build In the spring.
Cleaning Spark Plugs.
The porcelain of a spark plus may
be made almost as clean as new by
soaking: It In carbon disulphide.
Grease Gun Repair.
Sometimes the threads on the cap
of a grrease gun become so worn that
the g-un jumps the threads. In these
oonditlons take out the plunger and
unscrew the cap. Next solder a nut
of the same size and thread as the
screw on the Inside of the cap. This
will obviate the former trouble, as
the new I threads will hold the cap
firmly in place.
Soldering Aluminum.
An Ingenious method of soldering
aluminum is as follows: Drill the sur
face of the aluminum with as many
small holes as possible at a slight an
gle. Drive In brass plugs that are a
tight fit and smooth off the pegs even
with the surface. The surface should
next be cleaned thoroughly and paste
solder be applied with a hot solder- j faces are put together, heated and
Ing Iron, niter which the two snr- treated exactly as copper or brass.
Meier & Frank
have added another
Ton GMC Truck
to their fleet.
Another Truck Owner Is
Convinced of G-M-C Quality
Wen tworth -Irwin, Inc.
Second St., Cor. Taylor, Portland, Oregon
No higher ideal of motor truck
serviceability can be achieved
than the Low Cost Ton-Mile as
exemplified by Garford.
Garford Oregon Motor Sales Co
EIGHTH AND DAVIS
Win. Cornfoot, President
E. N. "Wheeler.
Secretary-Treasurer
T. M. Geoghegin,
Vlce-Prea. and Gen. Mgr.
J. A. Haley, Sales Mgr.
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