THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND. MAY 9. 1920
THINK OF ALL THE WORK NOAH COULD HAVE SAVED HIMSELF- IF THEY'D MADE MACK
TRUCKS IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS OH THE FLOOD.
BY FOREST SERVICE
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Late Reports on 23 in Ore
gon, 10 in Washington.
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BLEWETT PASS NOW OPEN
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Itnad lo Tillamook Now Hard and
Xry, hut Very Rough; Snow '
Bars McKenzic Pass.
More roads are opening to travel
throughout the Pacific northwest, the
continued warm weather having: dried
up mud even mn the lower mountain
regions. Roads over the hig-h moun
tains, however, feuch as the McKenzie
pass highway, are still closed to au
tomobile travel by snow, ana in that
case are not likely to be open before
July.
Road bulletin No. 3, issued by tlTe
United States forest service, gives
data complete up to Thursday on 33
northfestern roads. 13 ot them being:
in Western Oregon, JO in Eastern Ore
gon and 10 in Washington.. These are
all roads in or near national forests
and the data on them is from re
ports by field men of the forest serv
ice. Among the roads mentioned In
which all motorists will be interested
are the Sunset highway from Seattle
east in Washington and the Blewett
pass highway, its continuation east.
The former is reported in good con
dition. The Blewett pass highway is
now open and in fair condition, ac
cording to the report, from the Sun
set highway to the summit of the
pass. Autos have crossed from El
lensburg to Wenatchee. but the road
is in bad condition on the north slope
of the mountains.
Following are the forest service re
ports: . . ..
Western Oregon.
Mount Hood' Open, Sandy to Cold
Spring; bad condition. Cold Sprinc-Gov-ernment
camp. cJotrJ by rnow.
toium-rna Kiver highva Open and in
Kood condition. Portland to Vienio. hard
Mjrface. Closed Vtento to Hood River on
account asphalt being laid, passable, how
ever, before 7 A. M., beiwean 12 and 1
P. 41. and after 3 f. M. Koad ahould be
paved to Hood River by June lo.
, Willamina-TIUamook Hard and dry'
very rough.
Row River Open, fair condition' Cot
tage Grove to Dlsston; c osed Disston to
I.und Park; no detours. Should be open
lor autos by May 10. i
Roseburg-Peel Rough, but open. Can
be traveled by any weight car.
Riddle-Trail Open, good condition Rld
d.e to Tiller. Closed Tiller to Trail; haa
never been completed here, work may start
here June 1.
Willamette highway Open Eugene to
Oakridge. poor condition. Closed Oakrldge
to summit. Never accessible for autos
above Rigdon. Fair condition to Lowell:
bad Lowell to Reserve; lair Reserve ta
Oakrldge.
:rIf,n!A hlvkn.nl. r. . , . . -
Eugene to Blue River. Closed Blue River
to McKenzie bridge, construction work:
should be open soon to MoKenzle bridge;
-w-lll be poor, however. Closed McKenzie
bridge to- fe-ummit. snow.
Green Springs mountain road Open, fair
condition Ashland to Klamath Falls.
Medford-Crtiter lake Open, fair condi
tion to Union creek, closed Union creek
to Crater Lake National park. snow. No
detour. Should be opan July 1.
Crescent City-iold Beach Open. Ex
cellent from Crescent City to Brookings:
Brookings to Gold Beach passable, but
rough. Mud on Meyers hill.
Port Orford-Gold Beach Open, but poor.
Difficult for autos.
Almeda-Merlin-Grants Pass Open, fairly
good.
Grants Pas s-Crescen City Open, diffi
cult on Hayes hill, teams necessary one
pot. Rough on Oregon mountain, other
wise good.
Eastern Oregon.
T.a Grande-Joseph Open, fair condition.
Follows Wallowa river.
Enterprise-lmnaha Open, fair condition.
Used by auto trucks.
I-akeview-BurnH Open, fair condition
for wagons. Closed for autos, I-akeview to
Plush: detour by Hogback. Lake Abert.
etc Should be open by May 20.
Klamath Falls - Lakevlew Open, but
rough.
Lakevlew-SIIver lae Open from Bend
lo Alturas via Silver lake and Lakeview ;
J&ir condition.
Prineville-Dayville Open Mitchell to
Dayvllle and Prinevllle to Ochoco. Be
tween Ochoco and Mitchell impassable be
cause of mud.
Mitchell-Condon Open, but poor. Im
passable for automobiles from Fossil to
Twickenham.
Eden-Elgin Closed by snow, should be
open June l.V
Bingham Springs - Pendleton Passable,
but rough. Improvement work being done.
Prinevllle-Bend Open. A good tfuto
roaa.
Western Washington.
Olympic highway No. I. Open, good
condition Olympla to Qulnault lake. De
tour necessary between Satsop and Alma,
paving. C'hehalis river crossed on toll
bridge, necessitating delay. Fare 25 cents.
V ery rough, short stretch Olympia to Me-
Cieary. Road much traveled. Camp
grounds open.
Olympic highway No. 2 Open Olvmnia
to Port Angeles and westward to Forks
and Mora: fair to good. Rough for about
2 miles along Skokomish Indian reserva-
non, aiso oetween uuckabush and Dis
covery.bay. Work going on all along the
roaa.
Katttern Washington. "
Blewett pass Open, fair condition - be-
tweca Sunset nlghway and summit. Autos
nave crossed from EUensburg to Wenat
chee, but road bad condition on north
slope Between summit and Jngalls creek.
sunset highway Open, good, condition
luiiensburg and Cle Emm.
Inland Empire (Laurier to Co!ville
Open, fairly good condition except between
Laurier and Rock cut. closed by construe
tion. Going north take east side of river
just before reaching Rockcut. going south
take east side of river just before entering
united states.
'Republlc-Tonasket Open, fair conditio
Old road between McKnight ranch and
weac creek Dad in places, crossing at
Mape creek Had. .New road closed (con
tract not completed!. - Ice gone RepubH-3
to ' w auconaa, passable with auto. Wau
conda to Anglin fair, Anglin to Tonasket
good. Travel iicnt.
Republic-Wilbur Open, rough but pass-
aDie wun auto.
Okanogan-Twisp Open, condition fair.
A:l main roads in the county open.
Cloverland-Wenatchee Closed from the
forest boundary to v enatchee ranger sta-
tion, should be open by May 15. Only de-
lodr via snoemaker grade and Flora, be
twren Lewisfon and Wallowa.
Pomeroy-Wenatchee ranger station
Open to Big hill. HJ miles south of Pom
ero : good. Closed Big hill to Wenatchee
ranger station, snow.
TIP OX' MOUNTING OF TIRKS
Rim Expander Invaluable Awes
sory lo Any Motorist.
The proper method of mounting
straight side tires is to lay the rim
on the floor, inserting the valve stem
of the tire in its proper place. The
bead for ten inches in both sides of
the valve should then be forced fn
place. After starting the tire in this
way it should be forced in place fur
ther by stamping on it. first on one
side and then on the other. Stamp
Ing in this way will let the operator
teat the tire easily as a general thing,
though It is sometimes necessary to
resort to a tire tool. The ends of the
rim may be brought into place by
means of a screwdriver to use
prying, and care must be used not to
make a mistake and get the wrong
end of the rim on top. This method
is for use when a. rim expanding and
contracting tool is not available, as
this latter saves much time and trou
ble and should be in eery tool box.
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Photo by Gifford.
To rerert to modern times, hovr'd yon like to be a Toby Tyler and gro to sleep every nlgrht alongaide fonr
count 'em four pontes, one -burro, three dogs, one ape, one educated monkey and a goat f
Mack trucks haul nearly everything: under the sun these days, from United States army searchlights to
gasoline for the Standard Oil company, but here's a brand-new one. so far as deponeht knoweth. The peace
and dignity of the commonwealth of Oregon was in grave danger of a shaking up when the layout herein pic
tured appeared the other morning b efore F. C. Atwell, Mack-International manager In Portland. In one
14x7', 4-foot body on a two-ton Mack chassis was housed the whole kit. posse and caboodle of Bulger's Comedy
Animal show, -en route from Portland to Camas, Wash., for a several days' stand. We give "em the ad for
nothing; it's the following, viz. and to-wit: Four trained ponies Pinto, Gunsel. Pet and Goofie; one burro, Jazzbo;
three dogs Jerry, Jim and Buster: one small ape, Joe. and a still smaller educated monkey, Micky; one Mexi
can goat. Tommy.. and 14-year-old Russell Carter, the Toby Tyler of the outfit, who not only cares for all these
pets, but sleeps right with 'em in the truck. And in addition to all this, the truck carries knocked-down seats
lor 150 persons. It's a knockout, mate, a knockout. Don't miss the show. ...
IN. ESSAY PRIZES
HERE'S A FINE CHANCE FOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
Roberts Motor Car Company to Pay
for Best Ship by Truck-.
Good Roads Essays.
Here is a grand little chance for
high school students to make some
money. Five chances to make money,
in short, and back of hat another
chance to win a 11000 university
scholarship.
The Roberts Motor Car company.
distributor of Republic trucks in Ore
gon, has offered $200 in prizes for
the best five essays by high school
students on the ship by truck-good
roads movement. Ship by truck-good
roads week will be observed in Ore
gon and all over the L'nited States
from May 1( to 22. inclusive.
The purpose of the celebration.
which will be accompanied in many
states by ship-by-truck tours into
the country and parades in the larger
cities, is to emphasize the impor
tance of using motor trucks on the
short hauls for transport of freight
and' express, and- also to stimulate
the good roads movement.
It has now- been thoroughly proved
that on the short hauls over good
roads, motor-trucks not only can haul
freight much faster than it can be
hauled by rail, and with less handling.
but at an actual saving in transpor
tation costs. This in turn has a de
cided effect upon the cost of living.
The $200, it is announced by Dave
Crawford, sales manager for the Rob
erts Motor Car company, will be di
vided into five prizes. There will
be a first prize of $100, a second
prize of $50, a third prize of $25. a
fourth prize of $15 and a fifth prize
of $10. The contest is open to any
bona fide high school student in Ore
gon, by which is meant one who is
actually attending a high school.
Rules of. the contest as announced
by Mr. Crawford are simple. Xhe
theme must be "the ship by truck-good
roads movement. The student may
handle the subject from any view
point desired. Essays should be writ
ten on one side of the paper only.
with name and address of the author
plainly written at the top of the first
sheet and at the end of the article.
Essays should not contain more than
500 words, but the shorfr the better.
While it is preferable that they
be typewritten, pen and ink essays
will be accepted. In no case, how
ever, will pencil-written manuscript
or manuscript written on both sides
of the paper be accepted
The essays should be addressed to
Contest Manager, Roberts Motor Car
company. Park and Everett streets.
Portland, Or. They must be .re
ceived not later than Thursday. May
20, which is the day before the pri
mary election.
The essays of the five prize win
ners will in turn be entered by the
Roberts Motor Car company in a nation-wide
essay contest on the same
subject, conducted by the Republic
Motor Truck company of Alma. Mich.
The winner of this nation-wide con
test will be awarded a $1000 univer
sity scholarship.
FIRE ENGINE COMPANY TO EX
PAND ACTIVITIES.
American La France Now Complet
ing First of Scries of Com
mercial Power Vehicles.
The American-La France Fire En
gine Co., builders of, fire department
apparatus, has entered the field of
the manufacture of commercial motor
trucks.
The company is now completing its
first series of trucks in its plant at
Elmira. New York. These types com
prise the following sizes; 5. 3, 4. 2'4
and 1 i tons, but for the permanent
production of its commercial trucks
the company has acquired a tract of
more than twenty-three acres' in
Bloomfield, New Jersey, near Newark,
on which a modern plant is now being
erected, and which it is expected will
be in active operation this summer.
Since 1S45, the American-La France
Fire Engine company has been active
ly engaged in designing and building
fire department apparatus, including
steam fire engines, hook and ladder
trucks, water towers, chemical en
gines, hoee wagons and other smaller
types.
Some twelve years ago the company
successfully placed on the market a
full line of motor-propelled fire de
partment apparatus, the designing of
which was a difficult engineering
feat, because of unusual fire service
requirements.
The motor pumping engine not onlv
has to be driven at speeds equaling
the fastest passenger car, regardless
of road conditions, but carries an
equipment of pump, hose and chemi
cal tank equivalent to the load car
ried on a three and one-half ton com
mercial truck. On its arrival at the
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fire, the same motor has to drive the
pump, discharging up to 1200 gallons
per minute, at high pressures. These
machines are of(n encased in ice
formed from the spray from the fire
streams, and under these extreme
conditions are expected to run con
tinuously without a moment's Bhut
down for hours. Several runs of more
than fifty continuous hours have been
recorded.
Several types of motor fire depart
ment apparatus have required special
engineering thought, such as, for in
stance, the hook and ladder trucks.
The hook and ladder truck has a
wheel base of 396 inches, making it
necessary to steer the rear wheels In
order to operate same through crowd
ed traffic and narrow streets. The
fire equipment carried on the truck
interferes with the application of
standard driving mechanisms, so that
it became necessary to design a spe
cial two-wheel front drive tractor in
which the front wheels propelled or
pulled the truck, and are also steer
able. In designing Its commercial trucks
the company has followed the high
standards employed in Its fire ap
pacatus along the most approved and
modern designs adopted by the best
commercial truck builders.
All parts are manufactured in Its
own plant and American-La France
quality is built into every part, and
it is believed that experienced users
who demand sturdy, reliable construc
tion and long life with minimum cost
of up-keep and operation will find all
of these qualities combined In American-La
France trucks.
The . company has branch sales
rooms and service stations in the fol
lowing cities: Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Atlanta, Pittsburgh,
Dallas, Chicago, Minneapolis. Denver,
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland,
Or., and Toronto, Canada.
Fire apparatus, because of the na
ture of its use, is liable to damage
from accidents, which because of the
importance of its service, must be re
paired quickly. Therefore, the com
pany has stationed in each of the
above cities one or more experienced
factory men and complete stocks of
parts to enable it to give quick ser
vice. It is proposed to carry a full stock
of commercial truck parts in these
service stations and equally prompt
service will be at the command of Us
commercial truck users.
Highway Contract Let.
HOQU'IAM, Wash.. May 8. (Spe
cial.) Bids have just been let for the
paving of Lincoln and Perry streets
and the John' Richardson road. This
extends to the Olympic highway. The
price was $189,190. It went to a lo
cal firm of contractors. No other
bids were submitted. The cost will
be borne jointly by the city of Ho
quiam and the Grays Harbor county
commissioners. The contract for the
construction of the Telocation of the
Wynooches road, a distance of two
and a half miles, was let to an Aber
deen contractor for $19,800.
Locked Car.
When the drive wheels of a car are
locked through breakage in the dif
ferential or in the unievrsal joint, the
car can be placed in position to be
towed home by removing the keys
that hold the rear wheels to the axles,
allowing the wheels to turn freely.
National Ship by Truck Good Roads Week May 17 to 22 Inclusive a
jW Acason Motor, Sales Co,,
'If - Distributors
326 Hoyt Street Phone Broadway 1431 .
J I Acason Motor Truck Company. Detroit, Michigan M
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DlflT RDAD5 WERE GOOD
ACTUALLY SOME DUST ON WAY
' TO VERNON I A.
Some Mudholes Yet, but Route Via
Forest Grove and Gales Creek
"Is in Excellent Shape.
The dirt roads of the Gales creek,
Buxton, Vernonia and Rock creek dis
tricts are in excellent condition at
present. E. C. Habel, manager of the
Manley Auto company, and Frank H.
Ireland, who drove there in a Hup-
mobile last Sunday on a fishing trip,
brought back excellent reports of the
roads. They had expected to run into
mudholes and rough going, but found
the road dry and good.
In some places there was actually
a surfacing of dust," said Mr. Habel.
After enjoying pavement from Port
land to f orest Lrrove, we found a very
good dirt road to Gales creek. Thence
to Buxton the roadway was rather
rough and wet in places, but a few
more days of sunshine will dry out
the damp patches.
"There was more roughness and
mudholes between Buxton and Ver
nonia and the same applies in some
what stronger measure for the
Vernonia-Rock creek run. However,
no part of the entire trip of "5 miles
from Portland was at all impassable
and at no point was it necessary to
equip the Hup with chains. It may
be some time beTore all the mud dis
appears from the wooded stretches of
the highway, but several days of
bright weather will work wonders.
"For the motorist who likes occa
sionally to- get away from the con
gested highways I can heartily recom
mend the 75-mile drive to Rock creek.
The scenery is delightful and the road
is at least smooth enough on the
average to permit of fairly com
fortable driving?
"Our fishing activities were con
fined to the territory bordering on
the line between Columbia and Clat-
ann fnnntlna fnttnil , V. . . . ,i.a
waters of Rock creek and the Ne-1
halem as well were still a trifle too
cold for successful fishing."
NATIONAL PARK POLICY NEW
Efforts to Be Made to Induce Auto
Tourists to Extend Visits.
LIVINGSTON. Mont. In the hope of
inducing tourists to extend their vis
its to Yellowstone National park, a
change in, policy for next season has
been announced by the park admin
istration. The establishment of a park mail
service has been announced, addi
tional trails' will be constructed,
camps and hotels will be forbidden
to serve park trout on dining tables,
that fishing for the tourist may not
suffer, and a boys' summer camp and
school will be established.
Camp Roosevelt, at Tower Falls, is
to be devoted almost exclusively to
long-time -isitjrs and saddle horses
and other special equipment will be
made available.
Until private automobile parties
began to invade the park in recent
years, 95 per cent of all visitors at
tempted to see its natural wonders
on a lim'ted tourist schedule, park
officials declared, and it is this ten
dency that, the new regulations are
intended to discourage.
Battery Readings.
In taking battery readings with the
hydrometer the operation should be
performed before the distilled water
is added to the solution, which will
otherwise be dilute! and a wrong
reading given. Also after the water
has been put in it take some time
to mix with the acid. The water
being lighter stays on Hop. and if the
hydrometer is used, say an hour
after the water has been added, it
will take up only a weak solution
which is not the real one.
Smother the Kire.
Ammonia generates a heavy vapor
that tends to seek the floor. In case
The mysterious power of money and the
marvels of machinery in their influence upon
the progress of the world will always pale into
insignificance in the brilliant light of the
magic spirit of willing men.
You might possess all the wealth of the w orld
and all the machinery in Christendom, and yet
be poor indeed if you lacked association with
men who knowthejoy of honest united effort.
Happy is that organization which is domi
nated by the spirit of serving others, and this
spirit, expressed by men who have joy in
working and sharing with one another,
commands rewards in personal satisfaction
and happiness which exceed in value the
money for which it will ever serve as a
powerful magnet. . .
ftORBAin
MOTOR CAR CO., INC., CLEVELAND, OHIO
MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAVER CO., PORTLAND, OREGON
of a gasoline fire this vapor settles
on the flames, keeping off the air
and smothering the fire. A good
sized bottle of ammonia hung from
HEWITT
CORD TIRES
FABRIC TIRES
TRUCK TIRES
INNER TUBES
1 . Hewitt Tires ))
for Oregon 1 ffJ5 1
j ' The Hewitt Rubber com- litlll' j rfM
1 pany of Buffalo, N. Y., an- jyft? Ir li4 7
1 nounces the appointment of yy I ! (uj idn
j the States Auto & Truck II wS
j company to serve the trade J jM 3
1 of Oregon as distributors of 1 1 ii ftL jj
j Hewitt Tires.
States Auto & Mff jj
Truck Co. !l M 7
j 430 Burnside. j M JW '
Portland, Oregon jjf
the roof of the private garage by a
light but strong string makes no
mean fire extinguisher. The principle
Is that the flsmep burn the strine
lrttine; the bottle fall and break on
the cement floor, when the ammonia,
vapor spreads and tends to emother
or at loast chock flip fir.